Caveat comedenti
The following comments and tedious details are meant to serve as a Bullshit Detector for me. If anyone Out There derives inspiration (etc.) from My Fat Struggle, cool, but I don't have any expectation that anyone other than myself will be interested in this. Just sayin', sir.
continued from https://songsofinnocenceampexperience.blogspot.com/2017/08/if-i-werent-fat-man-deedle-deedle.html
I have to say that I don't think I'm going to hit my 190 pound goal by the 19th, and that makes me a little bit sad. Which may be stupid, I know, in that (1) it's just an arbitrary thing I decided I wanted to do and (2) I didn't really give myself enough time to hit that mark. But (3) that shit doesn't matter. You set goals and you either make them or you feel shitty about not making them.
On the other hand, last night I took the kids to bowling practice and the coach, who hasn't seen me since last year, noticed that I'd lost a lot of weight and immediately expressed concern, so that's two people now who have asked me if I was dying of cancer because of my weight loss, so that's obviously good.
Week 28: Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Wake up Weight: 197.4 pounds. Which is 2.2 pounds less than yesterday's wake up weight, and it's not like I starved or dehydrated myself yesterday. In fact, I had a drink with my snack and went over my calories limit, and then I had another drink and another snack. So this weigh in thing is something of a mystery to me. But 197.4 is okay with me, for sure. Probably means that I can hit in the 195s after exercise. Maybe even 194? That would be awesome wicked cool. We'll see how that goes.
Breakfast:
coffee 20c, crisp 110c (3g dietary fiber, 4g protein), 16 oz water
130c, 16 oz water
Before exercise weight: 198.4 pounds
Exercise: Part I
62 minutes on The Schwinn, which tells me that I burned 1301 calories, went 19.86 miles at an average speed of 19.1 mph, and for the most start stayed between the mid to the upper 60s in rpms.
The pedometer says . . . oh, fuck that pedometer, man. That lying son of a bitch. If it didn't keep paying me I'd chuck it in the Ohio River. (Speaking of which, I just cashed in points on the GO365 website again--for my fourth $25 Amazon Gift Card. So I got paid $100 for walking. I like it.)
Things went a little better for me today. I didn't have that Oh My God, I Can't Finish This feeling until about 45 minutes in. I think part of the reason is because I let myself do the first ten minutes or so at a slightly slower pace . . . like in the low 50s on rpms. And then I just let myself naturally creep up, which seems to be what happens when you start slow. I also hit at least 70 for at least a moment. And although the bike "computer" doesn't give you your average on rpms, the average speed tells me that I must have ended up pretty much at the same exertion level as on my previous Schwinn days, which is good. Don't want to burn out, ya know. Don't want to fade away, either. I think I'll order from Column C.
After Exercise Weight: 195.8 pounds.
Exercise: "Heavy" Weights (Which is actually with the light dumbbells, but it's the every other day set, which makes it the Heavy Set. Maybe I should reconsider my nomenclature.)
After Exercise Weight: 195.6 pounds.
Exercise: "Light Weights" which includes leg-lifts (30) and sit-ups (40 / 25). And then the "Heavy Weights." I decided to break it down on this round of exercises, which goes curl, press, toe raises, rowing, twists at 20 repetitions, then 15, 10, and 5, just to see how the time broke down. It went like this.
Round 1 (20 repetitions each): 4:22
Round 2 (15 repetitions each): 3:12
Round 3 (10 repetitions each): 2:10
Round 4 (5 repetitions each): 1:07 1
After Exercise Weight: 195.2 pounds. So you KNOW I couldn't let that shit go. I was defuckingdetermined to break into the 194s, no matter WHAT it took. So I took a hot shower. And shaved off my beard. And cut my fingernails. And dried every drop of moisture I could find off of my body. And got back on the scale, which said
So big hip hip hooray on that. Of course I immediately started thinking, "If I could just take a shit, I could get into the 193s . . . . " Well, it COULD happen. But I'm just going to enjoy the moment for now. And yes, it is just a moment. As soon as I drink a glass of water I'll gain a pound. But for this brief and shining moment, I weighed 194 pounds. A mere four pounds away from my birthday goal. That's good enough for me.
198.4 to 194 in 90 minutes. Although I don't know that I can see much of a difference in the Before and After Pictures, actually. But I have to say that my stomach is actually starting to reappear, and I am happy about that.
1 Oh my god . . . exACTly when I typed those numbers, the a voice in the video I was watching while I exercised said "1:07" in response to a doctor's request for "Time [of death]." That is some weird ass shit, isn't it?
Lunch: Skipped it. I was really excited about weighing 194 pounds for a minute and wanted to keep it for a little while. Drank 16 oz water, though.
Dinner: lettuce 10c, tomatoes 18c, cucumbers 10c, artichoke heart 10c, dressing 20c, 16 oz water, tuna 240c, toast 120c, vegetable mix 60c = 488c, 32 oz water
618c, 48 oz water
pretzels 110c, strawberries 67c, 16 oz water, fffudge bar 80c, banana 112c
987c, 64 oz water
Week 28: Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Wake up Weight: 195.8 pounds. Which is 1.6 pounds less than yesterday's wake up weight. Although I did kinda sorta starve myself yesterday with > 1,000 calories. So . . . yesterday my after exercise weight was 3.4 pounds less than my wake up weight. If that happened to happen today, I would clock in at 192.4 pounds. That is VERY exciting. Not that it's a slam dunk or anything, but it is definitely within the realm of possibility. I'm kind of anxious to get to it and see what happens!
Breakfast: eggs 180c, toast 60c, 10g ham 15c, coffees 20c, 16 oz water
= 275c, 16 oz water
Got to say . . . it felt goooood to eat some real breakfast. In fact, in actually felt extravagant. Ha ha. 275 calorie extravaganza. Of course, it helps that most of this stuff was good Trader Joe stock--the eggs and the bread. Kroger ham, but hey, only 10 grams of it, right? Speaking of which, on the one hand it's kind of ridiculous to have such a meager portion, of course, but on the other hand . . . it was really tasty, and yet it only cost me 15 calories. And one of the things I've realized over the course of the past six months is that a lot of the joy of eating comes from taste, and taste is not dependent upon quantity. Although, of course, it is only human to want more, more, more. I've done a fairly decent job of steering around that pothole, though. Except when I get drunk. Then it's all about the more.
Post Schwinn Weight: 193.4
After "Light Weights"--which shall henceforth be known by the more apt nomenclature "Every Day Weights"--193 pounds. That's right, babies. And I haven't even taken a shower yet, and that usually peels off another 20 ounces or so. But right now I'm trying to decide if I should capitalize on the low weight ebb and the tiny need a shower ebb and go cut the grass before the shower, which might could pop another pound off of the weight. Looks like rain, though. Fuck it, ahmo give it a shot.
Did it. And not a scrap of rain. And . . . I weighed myself after cutting the grass. I'd had sixteen ounces of water whilst cutting, so I wasn't very hopeful, but when I stepped onto the scale, this is what I saw:
Now, of course that's a post exercise, post cutting the lawn, post shower, dehydrated weight, so it's not "real" real . . . but hey, I'll take it. 190.2 pounds. And tomorrow . . . who knows?
Lunch: sunflower seeds 100c, 32 oz water
Dinner: tomatoes 23c, cucumbers 10c, artichoke heart 10c, crisp 110c
vegetable mix 90c, green beans w/ almonds 120c, 16 oz water, crab cakes 300c, bread 120c, strawberries 58c, fffudge bar 80c, pretzels 101c, sunflower seeds 100c 969c
1497c, 64 oz water
Week 28: Thursday, August 17, 2017
Wake up Weight: 193.2 pounds.
Breakfast: coffee 10c, toast 60c, egg 90c, ham 52c, 16 oz water, sunflower seeds 100c
312c, 16 oz water
Before exercise weight: 194 pounds.
Exercise: Schwinn--with a variation. At the 19, 39, and 59 minute marks, I tried to hit it hard for a full minute. Hung in there on the first two, pooped out about halfway through the last. My high hits were in the low 80s. I thought that this might help me to get into the much ballyhooed Fat Burning Zone . . . though I've read some stuff that questions the true efficacy of that theory. But it made for a nice challenge--more than nice, I suppose, in that I failed to completely meet it. And breaking up 60 minutes into three "chunks" does help psychologically, for sure. I think I'll try it again. If I can work myself up to it, that is. It wasn't the easiest thing I've ever tried to do, for sure.
The Sports Science Facts: 63 minutes (3 cool down), 1238 calories burned, 19.54 miles, 18.6 mph, 62 rpm. I am thinking that the last two figures--mph and rpm--might be representative of the last moments of the last minute on the machine rather than cumulative figures / averages, since the math wouldn't work out quite right if 18.6 was the average mph for 63 minutes . . . right? Oh wait a minute . . . yes, it would. What I meant to say was that I averaged 18.6 mph. Which ain't fuckin' bad, eh? I'd also point out that it's one hell of a lot more intense than I'll ever hit on my Real Bike.
Post Schwinn Weight: 191.2 pounds.
I was going to soldier on into the weights and stuff then, but I was feeling pretty wasted, so I decided to let the sleepy dog lie down. It was a little hard, though, since I was SURE that I could have put down that 1.2 pounds and gotten a glimpse of 190 flat today.
As it turns out, that was it for exercise for the day. Just pooped. POOP-ed.
Lunch: coffee 10c, bread 120c, crab cake 150c, 16 oz water
280c, 16 oz water
Dinner: lettuce 16c, tomatoes 14c, cucumbers 11c, dressing 15c, sweet potato 214c, pork chop 422c, bread 120c, vegetable mix 100c, soda water 10c, margarine 15c
937c, 12 oz water
1529c, 44 oz water
pretzels 110c, soda water 10c, 16 oz water = 1649c, 72 oz water
Week 28: Friday, August 18, 2017
Wake up Weight: 193.4 pounds.
Breakfast: coffee 10c, soft-boiled eggs 156c, crackers 72c, 16 oz water
238c, 16 oz water
Exercise: walked 5 miles in the park. It's amazing how much walking wears me out. And makes my butt ache. And makes me sleepy. How is it that walking 5 miles at a steady pace seems to be harder on my body than 20 miles on the Schwinn bike--which seems much more taxing when I'm doing it? Maybe it's the impact factor. Dunno, but I do know that I am pooped. And hungry. So hungry . . . .
banana 101c, ham 123c, bread 60c, tomatoes10c, strawberries 33c, sunflower seeds 100c, pretzels 110c, coffee 10c, water 8 oz, whoopee pie 230c, 16 oz water
777c, 24 oz water
1015c, 40 oz water
Week 28: Saturday, August 19, 2017
Wake up Weight: 193.4 pounds. Yep. And after what I did last night, too. I could still reconstruct most of the foods ingested, as I did keep a list, but I don't know if I will do that. Yes, alcohol was involved. But hey, today's my 60th birthday. So I think I get a pass on that shit. And I most assuredly will NOT keep track of my calories today.
Still did an hour on the stationary bike, though. Even with that hangover.
Week 28: Sunday, August 20, 2017
Wake up Weight: 196.4 pounds. Yep. Just in case you thought that eating lots of shit food and drinking for your birthday didn't matter, there it is. I don't feel bad about it per se, since I know I can knock those extra pounds off pretty quickly, but I have to say that I do feel bad about the candy bars and chips and whiskey and Steak 'n' Shake physically. I mean, I actually felt nauseous when I went to bed last night, and I still feel a little awful this morning. I think as soon as I get my pins steady I'm going to get on my Schwinn and commence to sweat.
Breakfast: 2 cups of coffee 20c
Exercise: 61 Schwinn minutes. 1329 calories, 19.89 miles, 19.5 mph, 65 rims. Post Schwinn weight 194.4 pounds.
Lunch: ham 123c, cheese crackers 200c, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, 16 oz water.
483c, 16 oz water
Exercise: cut most of my sister's grass. Got stung by bees six times. And my lawnmower motor shorted out just ten minutes before the finish line. Post-cut weight: 193.6.
16 oz water
Exercise: Every Day and Every Other Day Weights. I briefly thought about referring to these as ED and EOD Weights, but then I thought again. Maybe EDW? That takes the sting out of it, I think.
Dinner: sunflower seeds 100c, crisp 110c, 16 oz water, tomatoes 18c, cauliflower 36c, artichoke hearts 20c, artichoke juice 8c, almonds 52c *, 16 oz water
344c, 32 oz water = 847c, 64 oz water
lentil soup 200c, fake meat 70c, broccoli 25c
295c--and I've just got to say, THAT was a meal, man. It was good, it was good--14 grams of fiber, almost no sugar, and less than 300 calories--and it filled me up. And on top of that, it was cheaper than a shit meal at Steak 'n' Shake. Mmm-hmm.
sweet potato 112c, margarine 35c = 442c
= 1289c
strawberries 66c, pretzels 110c = 1465
crisp 110c, 16 oz water = 1575c, 80 oz water
Holy shit, there are 52 calories in 9 GRAMS of almonds???? That's ridiculous. Also the end of my almond eating career.
Week 28: Monday, August 21, 2017
Wake up Weight: 198.4 pounds. Yep, back to Orwell weight. Strange, too, isn't it? Yesterday I did a full set of exercises, cut Mary's grass, and ate under 1700 calories, but I still managed to wake up two pounds heavier than yesterday morning. I wonder if that's part of the repercussions of a drinking / eating excess for the birthday? Dunno . . . but I do know that I have my eye back on 190 pounds, and I'm going to get there asap.
Breakfast; coffee 20c, eggs 180c, crackers 60c, 16 oz water = 260c
Exercise: 61 minutes on Schwinn (1 cool down)-- -1,289 calories, 19.58 miles at 19.2mph / 64 rpm. I was able to do my Pedal as Hard as You Can for the full minutes at 19, 39, and 59 minutes. The highest rpm that I hit was 90. It was hard.
Also EODW, and I added 30 twists with the light dumbbell. And oh yeah, just for the hell of it I pushed myself on the push-ups and did 20. It was definitely all that I had in me, and even though I did it before I hit the bike, I was still feeling the effects when I did the very last of my EODW over an hour later. Push-ups are REALLY hard. Like Hard Math.
Post Exercise Weight: 193 pounds.
Lunch: ham 123c, cheese crackers 200c, tomatoes 16c, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, 16 oz water, sunflower seeds 100c, coffee 10c = 573c, 16 oz water
833c, 32 oz water
Dinner: strawberries 33c, lettuce 11c, croutons 30c, bbits 30c, tomatoes 18c, dressing 30c, artichoke hearts 20c, vegetable mix 100c, tuna 240c, 16 oz water = 512c, 16 oz water
1345c, 48 oz water
Crisp 110c, fffudge bar 80c, cookies 80c, pretzels 110c, 16 oz water
1725c, 64 oz water
Week 29: Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Wake up Weight: 195.7 pounds.
strawberries 5c, ham 123c, coffee 20c, sunflower seeds 100c, milk 200c, crisp 110c, 16 oz water
558c, 16 oz water
So many disadvantages to waking up at 2:00 in the morning . . . one of which is that more calories are consumed to no benefit. But when I cut sister's grass the other day I was stung by five bees, and I guess it took my body a few days to decide it didn't like that shit, because I woke up with an ankle aflame with irritation. So sleep was no longer a possibility. Further proof that no good deed goes unpunished.
Exercise: 9,000 or so steps with Pat, which I think is 5 miles-ish, but I lost track while we were walking. My legs feel like they did five miles, though.
Lunch: ham 123c, crackers, 60c, coffee 0c
Exercise: 61 Schwinn minutes with the 19/39/59 peaks. On the first one I managed to hit 99rpm, which is the highest number I've seen from myself so far. REALLY worn out at the end of it, though . . . couldn't even think about doing any weights just now. Maybe tonight. Maybe not.
Post Exercise Weight: 191 pounds.
16 oz water
741c, 32 oz water
granola bar 170c, pretzels 110c, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c,
Dinner: 16 oz water, tomatoes 9c, fake meat 105c, cauliflower 59c, crackers 144c, artichokes 30c, pea soup 320c = 1087c, 16 oz water
1828c, 48 oz water
I know, I could have stopped there and only been a LITTLE bit over my daily calorie intake goal, but I was really hungry. So I ate some stuff:
fffudge bar 80c, apple juice 60c, pretzels 110c
And then I felt a little better. It may be a rationalization, but I really think I needed that "extra" shit.
Week 29: Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Wake up Weight: 194.4 pounds.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, ham 130c, crackers 60c, sunflower seeds 100c, 16 oz water
310c, 16 oz water
Exercise: The whole shebang--Schwinn, EDW, EODW. On the Schwinn full out I hit 102 rpm for a second or two. It made me holler. I mean, for real holler.
Oh, and my after exercise weight?
Lunch: ham 123c, crackers 60c, pretzels 183c, coffee 10c
376c
Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, cauliflower 31c, 16 oz water
857c, 32 oz water
Dinner: lettuce 15c, carrots 41c, dressing 30c, croutons 30c, bits 30c, 8 oz water, lentil soup 200c, spaghetti noodles 200c, 16 oz water = 546c, 24 oz water
1403c, 56 oz water
pretzels 110c, brussels sprouts 150c, TJ whiskey 78
1741c, 56 oz water
And by the way . . . my pedometer says that I burned 621 calories today . . . and that doesn't seem to include the 1,000 + calories the Schwinn AD2 says I burned in my hour on it.
Just sayin', sir.
Week 29: Thursday, August 24, 2017
Wake up Weight: I Forgot to Get It pounds.
Breakfast: ham 123c, crackers 72c, sunflower seeds 100c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water
315c, 16 oz water
Lunch 4 strawberries, coffee with whole milk, 16 oz water, bread 160c, ham 123 + .3, pretzels 110c, granola bar 170c, crackers 200c
Shortly after lunch I had a little mental implosion. Completely out of energy and feeling super depressed. I managed to push myself through one hour on the Schwinn--without the one minute rushes, but that was all she wrote. And I didn't overeat, but I just didn't have it in me to keep track and write everything down.
Maybe mañana.
Week 29: Friday, August 25, 2017
Conked out early last night--bone tired. Slept pretty well but woke up way too early, around 4 o'clock, and just did a slight bit of dozing whilst MSNBCing and CNNing. We'll see how it goes.
Breakfast: Alpine Valley Super Grains bread 1 160c, eggs 180c, coffee 20c, strawberries 25c, sunflower seeds 100c, 16 oz water = 485c, 16 oz water
1 A- on Fooducate! A little more expensive than Trader Joe's sprouted wheat and you have to freeze it, which I don't like, but it was really tasty and had a nice grit to it. I warmed it on the skillet while I fried my eggs, and that worked quite well.
Exercise: walked 3.75 miles with Pat, then did 61 Schwinn minutes. Resting up and hoping to get the weights in, too.
Lunch: bread 160c, ham 123c, tomatoes 10c, veggie stick 140c, 16 oz water, merangue cookies 90c =
523c
And then that day got away from me. I did the full weights, though.
Week 29: Saturday, August 26, 2017
Breakfast: bread 160, egg 90c, ham 37c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water =
307c, 16 oz water
And then things just go too busy. All morning and part of the afternoon at the baseball field as Joe had two games (with an hour in-between). Then home and straight up onto the exercise bike, finished about a minute before X1:TNO arrived to get the kids, straight into the car and off to The Home Depot to look for an electric lawn mower, only to discover that they had NO corded models. She-it. So I had to take the edge off of Post No-Corded Depression by stopping in at Half-Price Books. Home and straight to cutting the grass with my no cord and no power push mower, which still works but not all that well. Funny, though, as doing that made me realize that I don't really mind the Man Power Mower at all, it's just that it doesn't do a really good job . . . and that I could probably cure that by sharpening the blades. So ahmo try to do that today and maybe just go back to using that and not buy a new mower.
ANYway, I just didn't keep track of the input and output calories. Maybe mañana.
Week 29: Sunday, August 27, 2017
Breakfast: coffee 20c, sunflower seeds 200c, 16 oz water
220c, 16 oz water
Exercise: Did a little bike ride just for the taste of it--about 2 miles by my eye, about 8:51 to 9:06 (15 minutes), 2042 - 566 (1476 steps), .58 - .16 (.42 miles? what is up with THAT bullshit?), and 120.7 -33.4 (87.3 calories 1) according to my pedometer.
1 Which seemed low to me, but I checked an online calculator (at http://www.mapmyride.com/improve/calorie_calculator/ ) and it said I would have burned 111, so not even difference there to quibble about, I suppose. But if that is accurate . . . or accurate-ish . . . then why oh why is the mileage always so far off? I've fiddled with the length of stride everywhichway to no avail. And it really doesn't matter, since all I care about are the steps 2 (so that I can get points when I upload them to GO365 and then cash in the points for Amazon Gift Certificates), but it still irritates me for some odd reason.
2 Which I've "hand checked" both walking and riding, and it comes out right on the money.
Exercise: The Schwinn: 1:31 start to finish (stretching, push-ups, fucking around, riding)--62:05 actual riding time, 7,886 steps according to pedometer (AtP), 2.23 miles (AtP . . . and no, not true; btw, Schqinn says 20.17 miles travelled at an average speed of 19.5 mph / 65 rpm), 465.1 calories burned (AtP; Schwinn says 1,349; calories burned; the MapMyRide calculator says I would have burned 916, but that totally disregards the arm movements, so I'm starting to think I can rely on the Schwinn's counter to tell me the true truth on this).
Post exercise weight: 191.4 pounds.
Lunch: merengue cookies 90c, 16 oz water
310c, 32 oz water
Exercise: EDW and EODW, and I weighted myself after that and my scale said 191 pounds. Is that tuff enough? I think so.
Dinner: coffee 0c, sweet potato 285c, vegetable mix 100c, artichoke hearts 20c, beef 170c, bread 80c, 16 oz water
= 655c, 16 oz water
965c, 48 oz water
a little more beef 85c, crackers 24c = 1074c
pretzels 110c, fffudge bar 80c, cat cookies 110c = 1374c
Week 29: Monday, August 28, 2017
Wake up weight: shit, I forgot to write it down and then I forgot what it was. But I do remember being happy about it.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, strawberries 47c, ham 44c, bread 160c, egg 90c, 16 oz water = 361c, 16 oz water
Lunch: sunflower seeds 150c, bread 160c, ham 123c, 16 oz water
Exercise: 62 Schwinn moments, push-ups, EDWs--now with 12 military press at the end
Post exercise weight:
A droll roll, if you please.
Yes, that was indeed
Ahhh. That took some effort.
So I had a Tiger's Milk Bar (140c) and 16 oz of water to celebrate. Had to party like it was 189.
573c, 32 oz water
934c, 48 oz water
granola bar 170c, cauliflower 51c, tomatoes 17c, lettuce 15c, dressing 20c, croutons 30c, bits 30c, artichoke hearts 20c, roast beef 227c, crackers 120c, 16 oz water = 700c, 16 oz water
1634c, 64 oz water
pretzels 110c, veggie stir 140c, 16 oz water, cauliflower 50c, dressing 20c, fffudge bar 80c =
2034c. 80 oz water So yeah, on the one hand over almost 300 calories there . . . though an impressive water intake day. Thing is, that I'm STILL kind of hungry. And I'm wondering if the whole Burning a Shitload of Calories in Exercise and Not Imbibing Sufficient Calories to Replace Them is kind of undermining me here. I mean, sure I still want to lose a few pounds . . . 180 is still my ultimate goal . . . but I think there is quite a difference between wanting to eat and being hungry, and I feel that I can tell one from the other, and I feel that I am HUNGry.
Just sayin', sir.
Week 30: Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Wake up weight: 191.6.
Breakfast: bread 80c, egg 90c, ham 22c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water
Exercise: short walk in the park with Pat--probably not 4 miles, but not less than 3 1/2.
Lunch: granola bar 170c, pretzels 110c, 16 oz water
492c, 32 oz water
Exercise: Schwinn 62 minutes, -1309 calories. EDW and EODW, which made me sweat some more.
Post Exercise Weight . . . check THIS shit out:
I don't think I've seen a number like that in forfuckinever. Pretty sure I didn't get down to that even at the height (or depth, as the case may be) of Post Divorce I Want to Die Depression. And sheesh, man, that is less than 8 pounds from my ULTimate weight goal. I think I can, I think I can!
Dinner: cauliflower 53c, veggie stir 140c 1 , 16 oz water, coffee 10c, vegetable mix 100c, ham 123c, bread 134c, crackers 60c, beef 487c, milk 80c, 16 oz water = 1187c, 32 oz water
1679c, 64 oz water
fffudge bar 80c, lemon brownie 90c = 1849c, 64 oz water 76 calories over my goal, but I'm okay with that, y'know?
1 I haven't been much of a Veggie Stix Man previously, but this package of em has made me a believer. They taste just like potato chips, and 28 grams of them ( = 1 serving, which = 140 calories) actually feels like enough . . . unlike 28 grams of potato chips or pretzels or other chips, wherein 28 grams feels like a start. Hats off to Veggie Stix, man!
Week 30: Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Wake up weight: 190. Well, I would have liked to have woken up to this on my birthday (eleven days ago), but I'll take it.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, bread 40c, sbegg 76c, 16 oz water
136c, 16 oz water
Before Exercise Weight: 190.2 pounds.
Exercise: 62 minutes, 1132 calories, 18.62 miles, 18.0 mph 60 rpmI consciously let myself do a lower level of exertion this time around, just to see how it would feel. I've got to admit that it feel pretty great. The time passed more quickly, too, probably due in part to the fact that I was able to give more (just about all) of my attention to what I was watching (Railroad Alaska and the first episode of Mr. Mercedes, btw) because I wasn't busy dying a slow death. Checking the Sports Science figures, it's obvious that I burned fewer calories and had lower figures in all of the other categories . . . but only about 200 fewer calories, and not all that big of a difference in the other figures, either. So I'm now wondering if I was knocking myself out for no really good reason. Must scan this thought. But before I do, my post Schwinn weight today was 188.2 pounds. Yowza. Methinks I have had a breakthrough.
Exercise: cut sister's lawn. And I fought the wasps, and for once I did not get stung. Post Lawn Mowing Weight: 187.2 pounds. Really wanted to go ahead and do my EODW and get that down into the 185s, but I am too hungry, man.
Lunch: 16 oz water, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, ham 123c, cheese crackers 200c, 16 oz water, Veggie Stix 140c, pretzels 110c, 16 oz water
713c, 32 oz water
849c, 48 oz water
lemon brownie 90 90 pretzels 110c sushi 225c . . .
Week 30: Thursday, August 31, 2017
Wake up weight: 189.2. Which is doubly pleasing because (1) I'm in the 180s and (2) I did a spot of drinking last night and while I didn't go way out of control on eating (for a change), I did eat a few extra bites, and I didn't write them down and am not inclined to do anymore than ellipsis them right now. So there's that. And now . . . I really need coffee. Need.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, 16 oz water
Exercise: 5 mile walk with Pat, then home to cut my grass . . . with a reel push mower, mmm-hmm. This was my first home cut with my new SCOTTS 20" REEL MOWER ($139 + tax), and it went quite well. It was harder than pushing an electric, but I knew the job was dangerous when I took it. And I'm not averse to real (or, in this case, "reel" ha ha) exercise. And it took just about exactly the same amount of time. So there you have it. I forgot to upload my steps yesterday (being drunk and all that), so my pedometer is now showing 30,564 steps. Pretty sweet. 30% of a 100 point bonus right there. Dunno if I'll make it this week, though, since my ass will be plastered into a car for fourteen hours as I drive to Vermont. Maybe if I jiggle my leg as I drive . . . .
Lunch: pretzels 110c, 16 oz water
candy bar, 16 oz water
Yep, I did eat a candy bar. A Snickers, matter of fact. It was good. I don't know if it was 250 calories good, but maybe.
And then it occurred to me . . . I'm going to be leaving for Vermont tomorrow, and I won't be in complete control of what I eat for a week (staying with son and daughter-in-law) unless I really snob out (and I'm not going to do that), and I decided to stop tracking for the nonce. I don't really intend to go off the rez per se . . . and I haven't lost sight of the teepees today, for sure . . . but I'm just going to take it as it goes. And if I gain a lot of weight, then I'll double down on it and get back. Cause I like this not being fat business. I feel better. And I feel better about myself. And I can do more stuff. I don't have that invulnerable feeling that I once had as a young man, but I also don't have that fragile and nigh helpless feeling that was a part of my mindscape in the not too distant past. Basically it comes down to this: if you can't walk a couple of miles, your survival capacity is immensely diminished.
And I can walk a few miles these days.
Peace out.
Week 30: Friday, September 1, 2017
Schwinned: 35 + 27 minutes, 794 + 565 calories burned. And then I was off to Vermont, so . . .
Week 30: Saturday, September 2, 2017
Vermont: Traveling--No Exercise Day.
Week 30: Sunday, September 3, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, signed up for a week's worth of membership, and did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 30: Monday, September 4, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Thursday, September 7, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Friday, September 8, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Saturday, September 9, 2017
Vermont: Traveling--No Exercise Day.
On most of my The Gymnasium days I did weights and leg raises and shit, too, but I didn't keep track of the details. So there.
Week 31: Sunday, September 10, 2017
Back home, did 45 minutes + 15 minutes on the Schwinn. It was harder than that elliptical machine, too. (But I stopped at 45 minutes because the kids came home, not because I pooped out. Let the record show . . . . )
Week 31: Monday, September 11, 2017
Schwinned: 62 minutes 1354 calories 20.23 miles 19.5 mph 65 rpm
552 as of 8/29
557 as of 8/31
575 as of 9/11
Lunch: Skipped it. I was really excited about weighing 194 pounds for a minute and wanted to keep it for a little while. Drank 16 oz water, though.
Dinner: lettuce 10c, tomatoes 18c, cucumbers 10c, artichoke heart 10c, dressing 20c, 16 oz water, tuna 240c, toast 120c, vegetable mix 60c = 488c, 32 oz water
618c, 48 oz water
pretzels 110c, strawberries 67c, 16 oz water, fffudge bar 80c, banana 112c
987c, 64 oz water
Week 28: Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Wake up Weight: 195.8 pounds. Which is 1.6 pounds less than yesterday's wake up weight. Although I did kinda sorta starve myself yesterday with > 1,000 calories. So . . . yesterday my after exercise weight was 3.4 pounds less than my wake up weight. If that happened to happen today, I would clock in at 192.4 pounds. That is VERY exciting. Not that it's a slam dunk or anything, but it is definitely within the realm of possibility. I'm kind of anxious to get to it and see what happens!
Breakfast: eggs 180c, toast 60c, 10g ham 15c, coffees 20c, 16 oz water
= 275c, 16 oz water
Got to say . . . it felt goooood to eat some real breakfast. In fact, in actually felt extravagant. Ha ha. 275 calorie extravaganza. Of course, it helps that most of this stuff was good Trader Joe stock--the eggs and the bread. Kroger ham, but hey, only 10 grams of it, right? Speaking of which, on the one hand it's kind of ridiculous to have such a meager portion, of course, but on the other hand . . . it was really tasty, and yet it only cost me 15 calories. And one of the things I've realized over the course of the past six months is that a lot of the joy of eating comes from taste, and taste is not dependent upon quantity. Although, of course, it is only human to want more, more, more. I've done a fairly decent job of steering around that pothole, though. Except when I get drunk. Then it's all about the more.
Post Schwinn Weight: 193.4
After "Light Weights"--which shall henceforth be known by the more apt nomenclature "Every Day Weights"--193 pounds. That's right, babies. And I haven't even taken a shower yet, and that usually peels off another 20 ounces or so. But right now I'm trying to decide if I should capitalize on the low weight ebb and the tiny need a shower ebb and go cut the grass before the shower, which might could pop another pound off of the weight. Looks like rain, though. Fuck it, ahmo give it a shot.
Did it. And not a scrap of rain. And . . . I weighed myself after cutting the grass. I'd had sixteen ounces of water whilst cutting, so I wasn't very hopeful, but when I stepped onto the scale, this is what I saw:
Now, of course that's a post exercise, post cutting the lawn, post shower, dehydrated weight, so it's not "real" real . . . but hey, I'll take it. 190.2 pounds. And tomorrow . . . who knows?
Lunch: sunflower seeds 100c, 32 oz water
Dinner: tomatoes 23c, cucumbers 10c, artichoke heart 10c, crisp 110c
vegetable mix 90c, green beans w/ almonds 120c, 16 oz water, crab cakes 300c, bread 120c, strawberries 58c, fffudge bar 80c, pretzels 101c, sunflower seeds 100c 969c
1497c, 64 oz water
Week 28: Thursday, August 17, 2017
Wake up Weight: 193.2 pounds.
Breakfast: coffee 10c, toast 60c, egg 90c, ham 52c, 16 oz water, sunflower seeds 100c
312c, 16 oz water
Before exercise weight: 194 pounds.
Exercise: Schwinn--with a variation. At the 19, 39, and 59 minute marks, I tried to hit it hard for a full minute. Hung in there on the first two, pooped out about halfway through the last. My high hits were in the low 80s. I thought that this might help me to get into the much ballyhooed Fat Burning Zone . . . though I've read some stuff that questions the true efficacy of that theory. But it made for a nice challenge--more than nice, I suppose, in that I failed to completely meet it. And breaking up 60 minutes into three "chunks" does help psychologically, for sure. I think I'll try it again. If I can work myself up to it, that is. It wasn't the easiest thing I've ever tried to do, for sure.
The Sports Science Facts: 63 minutes (3 cool down), 1238 calories burned, 19.54 miles, 18.6 mph, 62 rpm. I am thinking that the last two figures--mph and rpm--might be representative of the last moments of the last minute on the machine rather than cumulative figures / averages, since the math wouldn't work out quite right if 18.6 was the average mph for 63 minutes . . . right? Oh wait a minute . . . yes, it would. What I meant to say was that I averaged 18.6 mph. Which ain't fuckin' bad, eh? I'd also point out that it's one hell of a lot more intense than I'll ever hit on my Real Bike.
Post Schwinn Weight: 191.2 pounds.
I was going to soldier on into the weights and stuff then, but I was feeling pretty wasted, so I decided to let the sleepy dog lie down. It was a little hard, though, since I was SURE that I could have put down that 1.2 pounds and gotten a glimpse of 190 flat today.
As it turns out, that was it for exercise for the day. Just pooped. POOP-ed.
Lunch: coffee 10c, bread 120c, crab cake 150c, 16 oz water
280c, 16 oz water
Dinner: lettuce 16c, tomatoes 14c, cucumbers 11c, dressing 15c, sweet potato 214c, pork chop 422c, bread 120c, vegetable mix 100c, soda water 10c, margarine 15c
937c, 12 oz water
1529c, 44 oz water
pretzels 110c, soda water 10c, 16 oz water = 1649c, 72 oz water
Week 28: Friday, August 18, 2017
Wake up Weight: 193.4 pounds.
Breakfast: coffee 10c, soft-boiled eggs 156c, crackers 72c, 16 oz water
238c, 16 oz water
Exercise: walked 5 miles in the park. It's amazing how much walking wears me out. And makes my butt ache. And makes me sleepy. How is it that walking 5 miles at a steady pace seems to be harder on my body than 20 miles on the Schwinn bike--which seems much more taxing when I'm doing it? Maybe it's the impact factor. Dunno, but I do know that I am pooped. And hungry. So hungry . . . .
banana 101c, ham 123c, bread 60c, tomatoes10c, strawberries 33c, sunflower seeds 100c, pretzels 110c, coffee 10c, water 8 oz, whoopee pie 230c, 16 oz water
777c, 24 oz water
1015c, 40 oz water
Week 28: Saturday, August 19, 2017
Wake up Weight: 193.4 pounds. Yep. And after what I did last night, too. I could still reconstruct most of the foods ingested, as I did keep a list, but I don't know if I will do that. Yes, alcohol was involved. But hey, today's my 60th birthday. So I think I get a pass on that shit. And I most assuredly will NOT keep track of my calories today.
Still did an hour on the stationary bike, though. Even with that hangover.
Week 28: Sunday, August 20, 2017
Wake up Weight: 196.4 pounds. Yep. Just in case you thought that eating lots of shit food and drinking for your birthday didn't matter, there it is. I don't feel bad about it per se, since I know I can knock those extra pounds off pretty quickly, but I have to say that I do feel bad about the candy bars and chips and whiskey and Steak 'n' Shake physically. I mean, I actually felt nauseous when I went to bed last night, and I still feel a little awful this morning. I think as soon as I get my pins steady I'm going to get on my Schwinn and commence to sweat.
Breakfast: 2 cups of coffee 20c
Exercise: 61 Schwinn minutes. 1329 calories, 19.89 miles, 19.5 mph, 65 rims. Post Schwinn weight 194.4 pounds.
Lunch: ham 123c, cheese crackers 200c, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, 16 oz water.
483c, 16 oz water
Exercise: cut most of my sister's grass. Got stung by bees six times. And my lawnmower motor shorted out just ten minutes before the finish line. Post-cut weight: 193.6.
16 oz water
Exercise: Every Day and Every Other Day Weights. I briefly thought about referring to these as ED and EOD Weights, but then I thought again. Maybe EDW? That takes the sting out of it, I think.
Dinner: sunflower seeds 100c, crisp 110c, 16 oz water, tomatoes 18c, cauliflower 36c, artichoke hearts 20c, artichoke juice 8c, almonds 52c *, 16 oz water
344c, 32 oz water = 847c, 64 oz water
lentil soup 200c, fake meat 70c, broccoli 25c
295c--and I've just got to say, THAT was a meal, man. It was good, it was good--14 grams of fiber, almost no sugar, and less than 300 calories--and it filled me up. And on top of that, it was cheaper than a shit meal at Steak 'n' Shake. Mmm-hmm.
sweet potato 112c, margarine 35c = 442c
= 1289c
strawberries 66c, pretzels 110c = 1465
crisp 110c, 16 oz water = 1575c, 80 oz water
Holy shit, there are 52 calories in 9 GRAMS of almonds???? That's ridiculous. Also the end of my almond eating career.
Week 28: Monday, August 21, 2017
Wake up Weight: 198.4 pounds. Yep, back to Orwell weight. Strange, too, isn't it? Yesterday I did a full set of exercises, cut Mary's grass, and ate under 1700 calories, but I still managed to wake up two pounds heavier than yesterday morning. I wonder if that's part of the repercussions of a drinking / eating excess for the birthday? Dunno . . . but I do know that I have my eye back on 190 pounds, and I'm going to get there asap.
Breakfast; coffee 20c, eggs 180c, crackers 60c, 16 oz water = 260c
Exercise: 61 minutes on Schwinn (1 cool down)-- -1,289 calories, 19.58 miles at 19.2mph / 64 rpm. I was able to do my Pedal as Hard as You Can for the full minutes at 19, 39, and 59 minutes. The highest rpm that I hit was 90. It was hard.
Also EODW, and I added 30 twists with the light dumbbell. And oh yeah, just for the hell of it I pushed myself on the push-ups and did 20. It was definitely all that I had in me, and even though I did it before I hit the bike, I was still feeling the effects when I did the very last of my EODW over an hour later. Push-ups are REALLY hard. Like Hard Math.
Post Exercise Weight: 193 pounds.
Lunch: ham 123c, cheese crackers 200c, tomatoes 16c, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, 16 oz water, sunflower seeds 100c, coffee 10c = 573c, 16 oz water
833c, 32 oz water
Dinner: strawberries 33c, lettuce 11c, croutons 30c, bbits 30c, tomatoes 18c, dressing 30c, artichoke hearts 20c, vegetable mix 100c, tuna 240c, 16 oz water = 512c, 16 oz water
1345c, 48 oz water
Crisp 110c, fffudge bar 80c, cookies 80c, pretzels 110c, 16 oz water
1725c, 64 oz water
Week 29: Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Wake up Weight: 195.7 pounds.
strawberries 5c, ham 123c, coffee 20c, sunflower seeds 100c, milk 200c, crisp 110c, 16 oz water
558c, 16 oz water
So many disadvantages to waking up at 2:00 in the morning . . . one of which is that more calories are consumed to no benefit. But when I cut sister's grass the other day I was stung by five bees, and I guess it took my body a few days to decide it didn't like that shit, because I woke up with an ankle aflame with irritation. So sleep was no longer a possibility. Further proof that no good deed goes unpunished.
Exercise: 9,000 or so steps with Pat, which I think is 5 miles-ish, but I lost track while we were walking. My legs feel like they did five miles, though.
Lunch: ham 123c, crackers, 60c, coffee 0c
Exercise: 61 Schwinn minutes with the 19/39/59 peaks. On the first one I managed to hit 99rpm, which is the highest number I've seen from myself so far. REALLY worn out at the end of it, though . . . couldn't even think about doing any weights just now. Maybe tonight. Maybe not.
Post Exercise Weight: 191 pounds.
16 oz water
741c, 32 oz water
granola bar 170c, pretzels 110c, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c,
Dinner: 16 oz water, tomatoes 9c, fake meat 105c, cauliflower 59c, crackers 144c, artichokes 30c, pea soup 320c = 1087c, 16 oz water
1828c, 48 oz water
I know, I could have stopped there and only been a LITTLE bit over my daily calorie intake goal, but I was really hungry. So I ate some stuff:
fffudge bar 80c, apple juice 60c, pretzels 110c
And then I felt a little better. It may be a rationalization, but I really think I needed that "extra" shit.
Week 29: Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Wake up Weight: 194.4 pounds.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, ham 130c, crackers 60c, sunflower seeds 100c, 16 oz water
310c, 16 oz water
Exercise: The whole shebang--Schwinn, EDW, EODW. On the Schwinn full out I hit 102 rpm for a second or two. It made me holler. I mean, for real holler.
Oh, and my after exercise weight?
Lunch: ham 123c, crackers 60c, pretzels 183c, coffee 10c
376c
Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, cauliflower 31c, 16 oz water
857c, 32 oz water
Dinner: lettuce 15c, carrots 41c, dressing 30c, croutons 30c, bits 30c, 8 oz water, lentil soup 200c, spaghetti noodles 200c, 16 oz water = 546c, 24 oz water
1403c, 56 oz water
pretzels 110c, brussels sprouts 150c, TJ whiskey 78
1741c, 56 oz water
And by the way . . . my pedometer says that I burned 621 calories today . . . and that doesn't seem to include the 1,000 + calories the Schwinn AD2 says I burned in my hour on it.
Just sayin', sir.
Week 29: Thursday, August 24, 2017
Wake up Weight: I Forgot to Get It pounds.
Breakfast: ham 123c, crackers 72c, sunflower seeds 100c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water
315c, 16 oz water
Lunch 4 strawberries, coffee with whole milk, 16 oz water, bread 160c, ham 123 + .3, pretzels 110c, granola bar 170c, crackers 200c
Shortly after lunch I had a little mental implosion. Completely out of energy and feeling super depressed. I managed to push myself through one hour on the Schwinn--without the one minute rushes, but that was all she wrote. And I didn't overeat, but I just didn't have it in me to keep track and write everything down.
Maybe mañana.
Week 29: Friday, August 25, 2017
Conked out early last night--bone tired. Slept pretty well but woke up way too early, around 4 o'clock, and just did a slight bit of dozing whilst MSNBCing and CNNing. We'll see how it goes.
Breakfast: Alpine Valley Super Grains bread 1 160c, eggs 180c, coffee 20c, strawberries 25c, sunflower seeds 100c, 16 oz water = 485c, 16 oz water
1 A- on Fooducate! A little more expensive than Trader Joe's sprouted wheat and you have to freeze it, which I don't like, but it was really tasty and had a nice grit to it. I warmed it on the skillet while I fried my eggs, and that worked quite well.
Exercise: walked 3.75 miles with Pat, then did 61 Schwinn minutes. Resting up and hoping to get the weights in, too.
Lunch: bread 160c, ham 123c, tomatoes 10c, veggie stick 140c, 16 oz water, merangue cookies 90c =
523c
And then that day got away from me. I did the full weights, though.
Week 29: Saturday, August 26, 2017
Breakfast: bread 160, egg 90c, ham 37c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water =
307c, 16 oz water
And then things just go too busy. All morning and part of the afternoon at the baseball field as Joe had two games (with an hour in-between). Then home and straight up onto the exercise bike, finished about a minute before X1:TNO arrived to get the kids, straight into the car and off to The Home Depot to look for an electric lawn mower, only to discover that they had NO corded models. She-it. So I had to take the edge off of Post No-Corded Depression by stopping in at Half-Price Books. Home and straight to cutting the grass with my no cord and no power push mower, which still works but not all that well. Funny, though, as doing that made me realize that I don't really mind the Man Power Mower at all, it's just that it doesn't do a really good job . . . and that I could probably cure that by sharpening the blades. So ahmo try to do that today and maybe just go back to using that and not buy a new mower.
ANYway, I just didn't keep track of the input and output calories. Maybe mañana.
Week 29: Sunday, August 27, 2017
Breakfast: coffee 20c, sunflower seeds 200c, 16 oz water
220c, 16 oz water
Exercise: Did a little bike ride just for the taste of it--about 2 miles by my eye, about 8:51 to 9:06 (15 minutes), 2042 - 566 (1476 steps), .58 - .16 (.42 miles? what is up with THAT bullshit?), and 120.7 -33.4 (87.3 calories 1) according to my pedometer.
1 Which seemed low to me, but I checked an online calculator (at http://www.mapmyride.com/improve/calorie_calculator/ ) and it said I would have burned 111, so not even difference there to quibble about, I suppose. But if that is accurate . . . or accurate-ish . . . then why oh why is the mileage always so far off? I've fiddled with the length of stride everywhichway to no avail. And it really doesn't matter, since all I care about are the steps 2 (so that I can get points when I upload them to GO365 and then cash in the points for Amazon Gift Certificates), but it still irritates me for some odd reason.
2 Which I've "hand checked" both walking and riding, and it comes out right on the money.
Exercise: The Schwinn: 1:31 start to finish (stretching, push-ups, fucking around, riding)--62:05 actual riding time, 7,886 steps according to pedometer (AtP), 2.23 miles (AtP . . . and no, not true; btw, Schqinn says 20.17 miles travelled at an average speed of 19.5 mph / 65 rpm), 465.1 calories burned (AtP; Schwinn says 1,349; calories burned; the MapMyRide calculator says I would have burned 916, but that totally disregards the arm movements, so I'm starting to think I can rely on the Schwinn's counter to tell me the true truth on this).
Post exercise weight: 191.4 pounds.
Lunch: merengue cookies 90c, 16 oz water
310c, 32 oz water
Exercise: EDW and EODW, and I weighted myself after that and my scale said 191 pounds. Is that tuff enough? I think so.
Dinner: coffee 0c, sweet potato 285c, vegetable mix 100c, artichoke hearts 20c, beef 170c, bread 80c, 16 oz water
= 655c, 16 oz water
965c, 48 oz water
a little more beef 85c, crackers 24c = 1074c
pretzels 110c, fffudge bar 80c, cat cookies 110c = 1374c
Week 29: Monday, August 28, 2017
Wake up weight: shit, I forgot to write it down and then I forgot what it was. But I do remember being happy about it.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, strawberries 47c, ham 44c, bread 160c, egg 90c, 16 oz water = 361c, 16 oz water
Lunch: sunflower seeds 150c, bread 160c, ham 123c, 16 oz water
Exercise: 62 Schwinn moments, push-ups, EDWs--now with 12 military press at the end
Post exercise weight:
A droll roll, if you please.
Yes, that was indeed
Ahhh. That took some effort.
So I had a Tiger's Milk Bar (140c) and 16 oz of water to celebrate. Had to party like it was 189.
573c, 32 oz water
934c, 48 oz water
granola bar 170c, cauliflower 51c, tomatoes 17c, lettuce 15c, dressing 20c, croutons 30c, bits 30c, artichoke hearts 20c, roast beef 227c, crackers 120c, 16 oz water = 700c, 16 oz water
1634c, 64 oz water
pretzels 110c, veggie stir 140c, 16 oz water, cauliflower 50c, dressing 20c, fffudge bar 80c =
2034c. 80 oz water So yeah, on the one hand over almost 300 calories there . . . though an impressive water intake day. Thing is, that I'm STILL kind of hungry. And I'm wondering if the whole Burning a Shitload of Calories in Exercise and Not Imbibing Sufficient Calories to Replace Them is kind of undermining me here. I mean, sure I still want to lose a few pounds . . . 180 is still my ultimate goal . . . but I think there is quite a difference between wanting to eat and being hungry, and I feel that I can tell one from the other, and I feel that I am HUNGry.
Just sayin', sir.
Week 30: Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Wake up weight: 191.6.
Breakfast: bread 80c, egg 90c, ham 22c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water
Exercise: short walk in the park with Pat--probably not 4 miles, but not less than 3 1/2.
Lunch: granola bar 170c, pretzels 110c, 16 oz water
492c, 32 oz water
Exercise: Schwinn 62 minutes, -1309 calories. EDW and EODW, which made me sweat some more.
Post Exercise Weight . . . check THIS shit out:
I don't think I've seen a number like that in forfuckinever. Pretty sure I didn't get down to that even at the height (or depth, as the case may be) of Post Divorce I Want to Die Depression. And sheesh, man, that is less than 8 pounds from my ULTimate weight goal. I think I can, I think I can!
Dinner: cauliflower 53c, veggie stir 140c 1 , 16 oz water, coffee 10c, vegetable mix 100c, ham 123c, bread 134c, crackers 60c, beef 487c, milk 80c, 16 oz water = 1187c, 32 oz water
1679c, 64 oz water
fffudge bar 80c, lemon brownie 90c = 1849c, 64 oz water 76 calories over my goal, but I'm okay with that, y'know?
1 I haven't been much of a Veggie Stix Man previously, but this package of em has made me a believer. They taste just like potato chips, and 28 grams of them ( = 1 serving, which = 140 calories) actually feels like enough . . . unlike 28 grams of potato chips or pretzels or other chips, wherein 28 grams feels like a start. Hats off to Veggie Stix, man!
Week 30: Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Wake up weight: 190. Well, I would have liked to have woken up to this on my birthday (eleven days ago), but I'll take it.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, bread 40c, sbegg 76c, 16 oz water
136c, 16 oz water
Before Exercise Weight: 190.2 pounds.
Exercise: 62 minutes, 1132 calories, 18.62 miles, 18.0 mph 60 rpmI consciously let myself do a lower level of exertion this time around, just to see how it would feel. I've got to admit that it feel pretty great. The time passed more quickly, too, probably due in part to the fact that I was able to give more (just about all) of my attention to what I was watching (Railroad Alaska and the first episode of Mr. Mercedes, btw) because I wasn't busy dying a slow death. Checking the Sports Science figures, it's obvious that I burned fewer calories and had lower figures in all of the other categories . . . but only about 200 fewer calories, and not all that big of a difference in the other figures, either. So I'm now wondering if I was knocking myself out for no really good reason. Must scan this thought. But before I do, my post Schwinn weight today was 188.2 pounds. Yowza. Methinks I have had a breakthrough.
Exercise: cut sister's lawn. And I fought the wasps, and for once I did not get stung. Post Lawn Mowing Weight: 187.2 pounds. Really wanted to go ahead and do my EODW and get that down into the 185s, but I am too hungry, man.
Lunch: 16 oz water, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, ham 123c, cheese crackers 200c, 16 oz water, Veggie Stix 140c, pretzels 110c, 16 oz water
713c, 32 oz water
849c, 48 oz water
lemon brownie 90 90 pretzels 110c sushi 225c . . .
Week 30: Thursday, August 31, 2017
Wake up weight: 189.2. Which is doubly pleasing because (1) I'm in the 180s and (2) I did a spot of drinking last night and while I didn't go way out of control on eating (for a change), I did eat a few extra bites, and I didn't write them down and am not inclined to do anymore than ellipsis them right now. So there's that. And now . . . I really need coffee. Need.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, Tiger's Milk Bar 140c, 16 oz water
Exercise: 5 mile walk with Pat, then home to cut my grass . . . with a reel push mower, mmm-hmm. This was my first home cut with my new SCOTTS 20" REEL MOWER ($139 + tax), and it went quite well. It was harder than pushing an electric, but I knew the job was dangerous when I took it. And I'm not averse to real (or, in this case, "reel" ha ha) exercise. And it took just about exactly the same amount of time. So there you have it. I forgot to upload my steps yesterday (being drunk and all that), so my pedometer is now showing 30,564 steps. Pretty sweet. 30% of a 100 point bonus right there. Dunno if I'll make it this week, though, since my ass will be plastered into a car for fourteen hours as I drive to Vermont. Maybe if I jiggle my leg as I drive . . . .
Lunch: pretzels 110c, 16 oz water
candy bar, 16 oz water
Yep, I did eat a candy bar. A Snickers, matter of fact. It was good. I don't know if it was 250 calories good, but maybe.
And then it occurred to me . . . I'm going to be leaving for Vermont tomorrow, and I won't be in complete control of what I eat for a week (staying with son and daughter-in-law) unless I really snob out (and I'm not going to do that), and I decided to stop tracking for the nonce. I don't really intend to go off the rez per se . . . and I haven't lost sight of the teepees today, for sure . . . but I'm just going to take it as it goes. And if I gain a lot of weight, then I'll double down on it and get back. Cause I like this not being fat business. I feel better. And I feel better about myself. And I can do more stuff. I don't have that invulnerable feeling that I once had as a young man, but I also don't have that fragile and nigh helpless feeling that was a part of my mindscape in the not too distant past. Basically it comes down to this: if you can't walk a couple of miles, your survival capacity is immensely diminished.
And I can walk a few miles these days.
Peace out.
Week 30: Friday, September 1, 2017
Schwinned: 35 + 27 minutes, 794 + 565 calories burned. And then I was off to Vermont, so . . .
Week 30: Saturday, September 2, 2017
Vermont: Traveling--No Exercise Day.
Week 30: Sunday, September 3, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, signed up for a week's worth of membership, and did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 30: Monday, September 4, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Thursday, September 7, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Friday, September 8, 2017
Vermont: Went to The Gymnasium, did the elliptical for an hour.
Week 31: Saturday, September 9, 2017
Vermont: Traveling--No Exercise Day.
On most of my The Gymnasium days I did weights and leg raises and shit, too, but I didn't keep track of the details. So there.
Week 31: Sunday, September 10, 2017
Back home, did 45 minutes + 15 minutes on the Schwinn. It was harder than that elliptical machine, too. (But I stopped at 45 minutes because the kids came home, not because I pooped out. Let the record show . . . . )
Week 31: Monday, September 11, 2017
Schwinned: 62 minutes 1354 calories 20.23 miles 19.5 mph 65 rpm
552 as of 8/29
557 as of 8/31
575 as of 9/11
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