Living at 7000ft and Hard to satisfy my appetite even though I feel I'm eating a lot. drinking a lot of water too of course. does this make sense?
Living at 7000ft and Hard to satisfy my appetite even though I feel I'm eating a lot. drinking a lot of water too of course. does this make sense?
Nope.
Yeah, with lower oxygen content at altitude your cardiovascular system needs to work harder to deliver the same amount of oxygen. This extra work translates to more calorie demand from your body.
If you walk around Boulder you'll have a hard time finding a fat person anywhere. I was amazed.
Fat people were banned in Boulder 10 years ago.
stumbleupon wrote:
If you walk around Boulder you'll have a hard time finding a fat person anywhere. I was amazed.
I live in Salt Lake City at 4500'. I notice that when I go up to ski in the mountains (8000' to 11000'), I am absolutely ravenous the entire time. This is largely based on what stumbleupon is saying, but I've also noticed some other more short term effects. For example, even eating a large amount of food doesn't seem to satisfy my hunger 100%. I can eat until my stomach physically hurts and somehow not feel entirely full. Not sure if you feel this same way, but it's a rather interesting experience. I do find that spending more time at altitude makes this go away, so hopefully it will for you as well.
stumbleupon wrote:
Yeah, with lower oxygen content at altitude your cardiovascular system needs to work harder to deliver the same amount of oxygen. This extra work translates to more calorie demand from your body.
If you walk around Boulder you'll have a hard time finding a fat person anywhere. I was amazed.
Nice. That's good to know. I still saw a few fat people in Boulder, but you're right, it's hard to find.
PS - Seeing as you mentioned Boulder, I was just wondering - any relation to the Uncivil Engineer poster on letsrun?