"It is a poor mind that is never in conflict."
New Maps of Hell:
A Survey of Science Fiction
by
Kingsley Amis
Who is quite the wag, it seems.
I may need some more of him.
Sunday, December 31, 2017
A History of Philosophy, Volume I: Greece and Rome- From the Pre-Scoratics to Plotinus
November 2 to December 31st, 2017.
Sixty days.
And sixty nights.
More or less.
Since I'm witing this on the 31st at 6:14 a.m., I can't really claim that 60th night. But why disrupt the poetry for a mere quibbling fact, right?
ANYway . . . I just finished my 60th straight daily "15 minute" reading in Copleston's A History of Philosophy, and I've also just finished volume I of that massive, XI volume work. Which I'm pretty happy about. I've been wanting to take this journey for a very long time--at least since I encountered Dr. Paul Matthews at Bellarmine College (sic) somewhere between 1980 and 1983. And maybe even before that.
Shit, I was 23 years old in 1980. My youngest son just turned 23 a few weeks ago. How this wheel doth turn. And now I'm 60, and have outlived my father. And I'm working on my bucket list. Remembrance of Things Past?
✔️
Finnegans Wake?
✔️
Frederick Copleston's XI Volume A History of Philosophy (From the Pre-Scoratics to Logical Positivism and Existentialism)?
Working on it. I / IIth of the way there.
And you know . . . once again I'm impressed by how much you can do if you just push at it every day. I mean, seriously. I've been thinking about reading this series for over half of my life, but the prospect of the whole was just so daunting that I never made more than a tentative start which fizzled out almost immediately. But 15 minutes a day, and it only took me two months to knock back the first volume. Hells yeah. I realize that these sentiments condemn me to Nerd Hell for all eternity, but it's not like I wasn't going there anyway, you know? I'm super-excited about this.
And reading Volume I has been a really effervescent intellectual and spiritual activity. I've been doing some hard thinking on subjects that have piranha-nipped my exposed appendages for as long as I have been capable of thinking. That's better than getting really drunk, taking my underpants off over my head, fucking a girl I don't know, and passing out at a party, ennit?
Is for me.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
500
Hit page 500 of Frederick Copleston's
A History of Philosophy
today.
Only 4,844 pages to go!
Also, was inspired to send this email:
Hey, Pat, this morning's A History of Philosophy reading brought me this line:
" . . . the transcendent character of God is an integral doctrine of Christianity . . . . "
Which isn't profound or anything, but you know how sometimes things just snap into place? I read that and thought, That's why it's important to dress up to go to church. It's not just a gesture of respect, it's an acknowledgement of our lesser standing in the universe. And that's why a lot of people--especially younger people--dress in such a casual (and sometimes even slovenly) fashion: they do not acknowledge that they are of lesser standing than anyone--not even God. It's the ultimate extension of democracy, the idea that "I am just as good as God." Which might be the most serious of sins, the sin against The Spirit.
Or maybe I'm just an old fart.
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Who Is This Proclus, And Why Is He Saying These Strange Things About The Structure Of The Universe?
Proclus.
Met him for the first time this morning.
Like others before him, he wanted to construct a cosmological schema which would separate God from The Material World. In my A History of Philosophy reading this morning, I read this bit:
"Not content with these divisions Proclus introduces further subdivisions in each of the three spheres of Nous, the first two being sub-divided into three triads, the third into seven hebdomads, and so on."
I had a hard time picturing that. For one thing, I didn't know if three triads was redundant or was referring to nine divisions. For another thing, I'd never seen the word hebdomad before. So I Googled. And I found a rather lovely illustration (which, by the way, is Public Domain, but I Deep Arted it up anyway, because I liked the look of it. Looks of it, actually.)
Met him for the first time this morning.
Like others before him, he wanted to construct a cosmological schema which would separate God from The Material World. In my A History of Philosophy reading this morning, I read this bit:
"Not content with these divisions Proclus introduces further subdivisions in each of the three spheres of Nous, the first two being sub-divided into three triads, the third into seven hebdomads, and so on."
I had a hard time picturing that. For one thing, I didn't know if three triads was redundant or was referring to nine divisions. For another thing, I'd never seen the word hebdomad before. So I Googled. And I found a rather lovely illustration (which, by the way, is Public Domain, but I Deep Arted it up anyway, because I liked the look of it. Looks of it, actually.)
Which didn't bring me complete clarity on the three triad thing, actually, since there are four interlocking triangle thingies here, but I'm supposing that's indicative that Proclus meant three groupings of threes. As for the hebdomad, as you and I both suspected it's a group of seven.
Mmm-hmm.
Pretty pictures though, huh?
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Here We Go Again
Okay, so how weird is this.
Last night, after the football game, I was flipping through the channels, looking for something that went well with a triple Vermonter's worth of Jim Beam Vanilla when I happened upon Tomorrowland.
I hadn't seen this movie when it came out--Jacqueline and Joe went to see it with Jo Ann, and I wasn't feeling the need to see it by myself, so it passed me by.
But I figured that I would check it out for a minute or two, maybe get to a commercial break if I could take it, and then I'd see what was happening elsewhere. But I ended up getting interested in the story, and since I'd missed the first 35 minutes and since I was really tired and ready to go to bed and didn't want to stay up any longer, even though I wanted to see what happened after the Eiffel Tower Rocketship Launch, I found out when it was showing again and set the dvr. (See Illustration A below.)
Fast forward to today.
I was out all morning, and when I got home there was a Christmas package from my sister Ginny sitting on my porch. I got it inside and opened it up and there was a present for me. I unwrapped it and saw this:
Cue "The Twilight Zone Theme Song."
And welcome to The Matrix, man.
This Is My Fight Song (Week 47 to Week 50 ) aka 1749 Or Bust & [68.4 grams of protein per day? oh, and 38 gF / 800g fandv while you're at it]
Week 47: Tuesday, December 26, 2017:
So I read this thing--
Your BMR value is 1749. This means that your body will burn 1749 calories each day if you engage in no activity for the entire day.
--and it made me wonder (oooh oooh oooh , and it made me wonder). Because it seems to me that that means if I can keep track
of how many calories I burn in a day that I can know pretty much exactly how many "extra" calories I'm allowed to eat. Kind of akin to the idea of Riding Time in wrestling, y'know? For instance, the other day I noted
Ped says 915 🔥so far.
Which means . . . assuming I'm not missing something here . . . that if my calories burning activities had ceased at that moment, I could have eaten 2664 calories that day and still had a zero sum gain. I like that idea. I like it a lot. Because one of the contributing factors to my past several weeks of Backslidin' has been the idea, niggling at the back of my medulla oblongata, is that the reason I get SO hungry is that I'm burning more than I'm taking in . . . not in a good, Burning That Fat way, but in a bad, Not Enough Fuel For The Fire way. It'd be nice to be able to get past that.
Of course, it would require a bit of bookkeeping. More than I've ever done before, actually, and I wasn't all that happy about all of that keeping track shit. But I'd like to give it a try. So I will take a lesson from my #1SON, who had the idea (I think it was his original idea; if not, solly): The One Minute a Day Rule. (I will practice violin for One Minute a Day. I will read for One Minute a Day.) Of course I've done variations of this before . . . like my fifteen minutes a day for reading Fr. Copleston's A History of Philosophy (which has been going quite well, thank you--coming up on page 500, which is about 478 pages farther than I've ever gotten on my previous attempts to scale this mountain), but the innovative part of #1SON's idea is the absolute brevity of it. Who doesn't have one minute a day for whatever? And of course the idea is that once you've gotten into something for one minute inertia will take you farther, but the beauty of it is that if it doesn't, that's okay: no guilt trip. You did your minute. So I'm going to do this + and - calorie tracking for one day. (I'd do it for a minute, but that doesn't really go anywhere, does it?)
Kind of exciting, isn't it? Okay, let's go!
Breakfast: coffee 20c, banana 105c, toast and butter180c, soft-boiled egg 80c, 8 oz water
= 385c in
And my pedometer says that at this point in the day I've burned . . .
Um . . . did you say wicker? 5.5 calories. Okay, I've got to say that isn't a promising sign and that I'm wondering how well this is going to go, but I'm STILL going to go for it. So as of 8:31 a.m. . . . when, admittedly, I've done nothing more than get out of bed and walk to the kitchen and then to the living room a couple of times . . . I'm at
8:31am +385 - 5.5 = +379.5 calories
And with that in mind, I think I just decided to go for a walk in the mall. C-ya.
Exercise: Well . . . it turned out to be a long walk. I called Pat to see if she wanted to join me, and she did . . . but she needed 45 minutes. And I really wanted to walk Right Then, so I went ahead and drove to The Mall and then did two laps (2.4 miles) before Pat joined me. And then we walked for two hours. Oh my. My pedometer is now showing just shy of 11 miles. And the base of my spine is throbbing. Time to hit the couch for a few hours and recover. Maybe nap a bit, too. But first . . . no new input calories yet (but there will be in a minute), but I'm now showing -955 calories, which means that
Exercise: Well . . . it turned out to be a long walk. I called Pat to see if she wanted to join me, and she did . . . but she needed 45 minutes. And I really wanted to walk Right Then, so I went ahead and drove to The Mall and then did two laps (2.4 miles) before Pat joined me. And then we walked for two hours. Oh my. My pedometer is now showing just shy of 11 miles. And the base of my spine is throbbing. Time to hit the couch for a few hours and recover. Maybe nap a bit, too. But first . . . no new input calories yet (but there will be in a minute), but I'm now showing -955 calories, which means that
3:06 pm +385 - 955 = -570 calories
I mean . . . THAT's what I'm talkin' 'bout. And now . . . I gotta eat some shit, man, so there goes that. Still, it was nice while it lasted.
Lunch: coffee 10c, 16 oz water, pretzels 110c, granola bar 170c, ham sandwich 313c
= 603c
Dinner: 213g pear 121c, soup 220c, crackers 120c, 16 oz water, tuna 230c
= 691c
Which brings me to a total of 1679 calories for the day so far.
Exercise: Did my warm-ups, including planks and push-ups. (Did I mention that I am now at 20/12/12/12 on the push-up end of that combo? Can't remember.) Then went right to the LWs. And I know that I forgot to mention that I bought myself a Christmas present: 15 pound dumbbells. Those 10 pounders were just getting too late. I was going to go for 12 pounders, but I experimented at the Y and thought that I could handle 15. After today I'm not so sure. It was really hard. But I'm guessing that that was in part due to the fact that I went right from my push-up / plank sets to the LWs, since there's usually a bit of bicycling in between and that gives my shoulder muscles (the biggest complainers) at least 15 minutes to recover. I didn't feel up to the Schwinn game, though--legs are still pulsing from that big walk this morning. Might do a little bit later on, though. We'll see how it goes.
And a little calorie in / out check up:
And I'm "allowed" 1749 per day, so that means that I can have another 1065.3 calories today and still be at a net gain of zero. Whaaaat? Is that possible? That's what the maths say. I'm not going to push it that far . . . but I am going to have a little something something.
hot chocolate 110c (and it was orGANic hot chocolate), pretzels 220c, fffudge bar 80c
= 410c
So if that works, I came out at - 655.3 calories for the day. And -3500 calories = 1 lb loss, so that's a pooty good day, ennit?
Week 47: Wednesday, December 27, 2017:
Wake-Up Weight: 191.2 lbs. Which is disappointing, but only to be expected given the facts that (1) I have not been tracking my caloric intake or my weight very well lately and (2) I have let myself eat pretty much whatever and however much I wanted to eat for the past several weeks. And it's not like that's a terrible weight. It's better than I've been for decades, really. But it's not where I want to be, and I do want to focus on that. Okay? Okay. Let's go.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, banana 105c, toast 80c, egg 90c, 16 oz water
= 295c
Lunch: 100g tomatoes 18c, granola bar 170c, crackers 200c, pretzels 110c, Pringles 150c
= 648c *
* Case in point: this was really not much of a lunch at all, yet it brought a large chunk--a bit over a third of my daily goal--to the table. (Literally literally.) And yes, I realize that it included lots of junk food, but that's kind of the point, ennit. A ham sandwich would have netted me 283 calories--and we're talking good bread on that count. Unfortunately I ran out of bread this morning. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it. Though I did consider having some Raman Noodles for lunch, thinking that that would have been a nice warm dish for this cold fuckin' day (18 degrees, man; that is NOT Louisville weather) . . . and I got the package out and looked at it . . . saw 190 calories listed and thought, "Well, that's bad, but I really like this shit, and besides, it's only 18 degrees out today!" And just as I went to open the package I saw the fine print: that calorie count was for 1/2 of the package. So 380 calories . . . for some shitty soup that was pretty much dietary poison? I said no, no, no. Still should have gone for some ham instead of those crackers, though. And no Pringles, goes without saying. Though they were very good. Okay, enough already. Time for a caloric check in:
So let's go.
Exercise: Did the 15 minute increments on Schwinn, and with pretty good results--total of 1403c and average of 65.5rpms. Also did a full set of HWs, still using the 10 lbs dumbbells for the lateral flys and supine French curls, but used the new 15 lbs for the concentration curls (15/15/15), and it was really hard . . . right at my limit, actually. My pedometer is not reliable for counting calories burned on a lot of this stuff. (For example, according to it, I burned less than two calories doing 25 sit-ups.) But right now it is saying I've burned 631.8 calories, which puts me at a net of +311.2 at the moment, so that's alright. Now I'm going to go eat some french fries.
Dinner: French fries118c, vegetable mix 60c, salad 80c, soup 320c, crackers 120c, 16 oz water
= 698c
1641c
So . . .
Dinner: 213g pear 121c, soup 220c, crackers 120c, 16 oz water, tuna 230c
= 691c
Which brings me to a total of 1679 calories for the day so far.
Exercise: Did my warm-ups, including planks and push-ups. (Did I mention that I am now at 20/12/12/12 on the push-up end of that combo? Can't remember.) Then went right to the LWs. And I know that I forgot to mention that I bought myself a Christmas present: 15 pound dumbbells. Those 10 pounders were just getting too late. I was going to go for 12 pounders, but I experimented at the Y and thought that I could handle 15. After today I'm not so sure. It was really hard. But I'm guessing that that was in part due to the fact that I went right from my push-up / plank sets to the LWs, since there's usually a bit of bicycling in between and that gives my shoulder muscles (the biggest complainers) at least 15 minutes to recover. I didn't feel up to the Schwinn game, though--legs are still pulsing from that big walk this morning. Might do a little bit later on, though. We'll see how it goes.
And a little calorie in / out check up:
7:55 pm +1,679 - 995.3 = 683.7 calories
And I'm "allowed" 1749 per day, so that means that I can have another 1065.3 calories today and still be at a net gain of zero. Whaaaat? Is that possible? That's what the maths say. I'm not going to push it that far . . . but I am going to have a little something something.
hot chocolate 110c (and it was orGANic hot chocolate), pretzels 220c, fffudge bar 80c
= 410c
So if that works, I came out at - 655.3 calories for the day. And -3500 calories = 1 lb loss, so that's a pooty good day, ennit?
Week 47: Wednesday, December 27, 2017:
Wake-Up Weight: 191.2 lbs. Which is disappointing, but only to be expected given the facts that (1) I have not been tracking my caloric intake or my weight very well lately and (2) I have let myself eat pretty much whatever and however much I wanted to eat for the past several weeks. And it's not like that's a terrible weight. It's better than I've been for decades, really. But it's not where I want to be, and I do want to focus on that. Okay? Okay. Let's go.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, banana 105c, toast 80c, egg 90c, 16 oz water
= 295c
Lunch: 100g tomatoes 18c, granola bar 170c, crackers 200c, pretzels 110c, Pringles 150c
= 648c *
* Case in point: this was really not much of a lunch at all, yet it brought a large chunk--a bit over a third of my daily goal--to the table. (Literally literally.) And yes, I realize that it included lots of junk food, but that's kind of the point, ennit. A ham sandwich would have netted me 283 calories--and we're talking good bread on that count. Unfortunately I ran out of bread this morning. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it. Though I did consider having some Raman Noodles for lunch, thinking that that would have been a nice warm dish for this cold fuckin' day (18 degrees, man; that is NOT Louisville weather) . . . and I got the package out and looked at it . . . saw 190 calories listed and thought, "Well, that's bad, but I really like this shit, and besides, it's only 18 degrees out today!" And just as I went to open the package I saw the fine print: that calorie count was for 1/2 of the package. So 380 calories . . . for some shitty soup that was pretty much dietary poison? I said no, no, no. Still should have gone for some ham instead of those crackers, though. And no Pringles, goes without saying. Though they were very good. Okay, enough already. Time for a caloric check in:
1:56 pm +943 - 111.9 = +831.1 calories
Oh? Oh, oh, oh. I have to go-oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh. Time to exercise, then, ennit?
Remember The Maine!
 |
| February 2017 |
 |
| December 2017 |
The Maine Thing, that is.
Or, as a character in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel said,
"We exercise so that we can eat cheesecake."
Exercise: Did the 15 minute increments on Schwinn, and with pretty good results--total of 1403c and average of 65.5rpms. Also did a full set of HWs, still using the 10 lbs dumbbells for the lateral flys and supine French curls, but used the new 15 lbs for the concentration curls (15/15/15), and it was really hard . . . right at my limit, actually. My pedometer is not reliable for counting calories burned on a lot of this stuff. (For example, according to it, I burned less than two calories doing 25 sit-ups.) But right now it is saying I've burned 631.8 calories, which puts me at a net of +311.2 at the moment, so that's alright. Now I'm going to go eat some french fries.
Dinner: French fries118c, vegetable mix 60c, salad 80c, soup 320c, crackers 120c, 16 oz water
= 698c
1641c
So . . .
6:23 pm +1641 - 654.4 = +986.6 calories
Which leaves me with a pretty good cushion of 762.4 calories. (Man, I sure hope that I'm doing that correctly. I think if anything I'm low-balling it, though, since the pedometer doesn't record all of my burned calories. In fact, I would bet that I've burned at least several hundred more than the 1,641 that are showing.)
After that . . . nacho chips 280c, yogurt 70c, pretzels 110c, fffudge bar 80c, carrots 84c = 624c . . . which almost allowed me to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, but not quite, as I ended the day with 138.4 calories on the good side of the deficit. But the nachos were offered to me by Joe, who loves those Nacho chips. And of course I love them, too, and really wanted them, but I wouldn't have eaten them if he hadn't brought them to me and said that I could finish them off. I mean, greater love hath no man than to give up the last of his nachos for his dad, y'know? No excuse for the rest of it, but the rest of it was pretty minor, really. Besides, the important point to recognize here is that I made my goal two days running in this 47th week of Famine and Pestilence. So onward and upward.
Week 47: Thursday, December 28, 2017:
Wake-Up Weight: 188 lbs. Now THAT's more like it. Just got to keep on pushin' till I reach the higher ground now. Or is it the lower ground?
Breakfast: supplies were low this morning and I wanted to make sure that there were eggs for Joe, so I made myself a pancake. Just one, but it was pretty big. It cost me . . . 210 calories plus another 25 for margarine . . . but it was pretty good. I held off on the temptation to syrup it down when I saw the calorie count on that shit, though. I mean . . . sheesh. Not something I'll do on a regular basis, but it was pooty good, I have to say.
pancake 235c, coffee 20c, 8 oz water
Lunch: sesame sticks 140c, Sushi 210c, Pringles 150c, ☕ 10c, 16 oz water
765c
Exercise: 62 Schwinn--1362c, 65rpms; pedometer says 8003 steps, 430.3 calories burned
16 oz water
Dinner: salad 110c
And then, suddenly . . .
After that . . . nacho chips 280c, yogurt 70c, pretzels 110c, fffudge bar 80c, carrots 84c = 624c . . . which almost allowed me to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, but not quite, as I ended the day with 138.4 calories on the good side of the deficit. But the nachos were offered to me by Joe, who loves those Nacho chips. And of course I love them, too, and really wanted them, but I wouldn't have eaten them if he hadn't brought them to me and said that I could finish them off. I mean, greater love hath no man than to give up the last of his nachos for his dad, y'know? No excuse for the rest of it, but the rest of it was pretty minor, really. Besides, the important point to recognize here is that I made my goal two days running in this 47th week of Famine and Pestilence. So onward and upward.
Week 47: Thursday, December 28, 2017:
Wake-Up Weight: 188 lbs. Now THAT's more like it. Just got to keep on pushin' till I reach the higher ground now. Or is it the lower ground?
Breakfast: supplies were low this morning and I wanted to make sure that there were eggs for Joe, so I made myself a pancake. Just one, but it was pretty big. It cost me . . . 210 calories plus another 25 for margarine . . . but it was pretty good. I held off on the temptation to syrup it down when I saw the calorie count on that shit, though. I mean . . . sheesh. Not something I'll do on a regular basis, but it was pooty good, I have to say.
pancake 235c, coffee 20c, 8 oz water
Lunch: sesame sticks 140c, Sushi 210c, Pringles 150c, ☕ 10c, 16 oz water
765c
Exercise: 62 Schwinn--1362c, 65rpms; pedometer says 8003 steps, 430.3 calories burned
16 oz water
Dinner: salad 110c
And then, suddenly . . .
So, yeah, there was that.
Week 47: Friday, December 29, 2017:
mmmmmmmmmmmm
Week 47: Saturday, December 30, 2017:
Okay? Okay. And yes, there was a bit of drinking Thursday night. That Jim Beam Vanilla is good shit. Quite good shit.
I was talking to a friend and she said to me (not in a condemnatory way, not at all), "You've done all this work to lose weight and to get into shape, so why are you drinking so much more now than you did before?"
And that gave me a bit of pause. Because I really have been pretty close to a teetotaler for decades. Like three or four of them. But I've always liked being drunk, though I never liked drinking. Part of it, I suppose, is what I told Friend: when I drink, I always go off of my "diet," and maybe I'm just giving myself permission to do that. And that does make some sense. Also a part of it is the discovery of Trader Joe's Blended Whiskey, which was the first alcoholic beverage that didn't give me the shivers when I quaffed it. At any rate . . . when I stopped at Trader Joe's yesterday, I didn't go into the liquor store part. I don't know if I'm going to not drink for awhile . . . and I do still have a little bit of alcohol on hand . . . but I think I might give it a shot. Not because I'm worried about drinking in and of itself--that is not a problem. But I do think that it's impeding My Fat Struggle goals. So I'd like to see if I can just get down to business for a bit. Starting . . . NOW.
Breakfast: toast 65c, egg 90c, coffee 20c
= 175c
Lunch: ham sandwich 253c, meringue cookies 90c, sesame sticks 292c, 16 oz water, coffee 10c, pretzels 84c, granola bar 170c, buckeyes 180c
= 1079c
Exercise: 62 Scwhinn minutes, HWs
Dinner: salad 85c, vegetable mix 60c, soup 200c, crackers 120c, pretzels 140c, 16 oz water
= 605c
So the bad news is that I'm already at 1859c for the day. The good news is that my pedometer is telling me that I've burned 624.2 calories thus far, which puts me at a net of 1234.8 calories . . . which actually means that I have 514.2 calories left to me. And to be honest, I need at least some of them. I am very hungry, yes I am.
So . . . cereal and milk 235c, yogurt 70c, fffudge 80c--for a grand total of 2244 calories minus . . . oh, I forgot to get a final looksee. Well, <624 .2="" 1619.7="" a="" at="" but="" day="" even="" font="" hoo.="" it="" loss="" makes="" me="" net="" obviously="" of="" put="" still="" that="" weight="" which="" woo="" would="">
I should also say that what with this and that, I ended up having no opportunity to exercise until around 5 pm, and I was really not feeling like doing it. I had every excuse, too--didn't get much sleep the night before (four wake ups from #2 son, who needs to stop drinking water an hour before he goes to bed), family duties, general crappy feeling. But I convinced myself to try to do a little bit, starting with stretching. And that naturally led to the push-up plank cycle, since I've integrated those. And then why not 15 minutes on the Schwinn. And I ended up not only doing the whole HW routine, but even pushed hard and did 20 presses with the 20 lb dumbbells, which I've never done before. So yep rock.
Week 47: Sunday, December 31, 2017:
Wake-Up Weight: 191 lbs.
Breakfast: polenta 60c, egg 90c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water
= 170c
Lunch: sunflower seeds 100c, crackers 200c, granola bar 170c, pretzels 140c, buckeyes 180c, merengue cookies 90c, coffee 10c
= 890c
= 1060c . . . which is just a ridiculous number of calories given that it's only 3 pm as of this writing. And once again it was my ill-conceived attempt to circumnavigate a big calorie lunch. Took the kids to church and then to Subway, and instead of eating with them I'd brought along crackers and a granola bar. But as soon as I got home the heavens were opened, and one snack led to another. If I'd just eaten at Subway I probably would have had a 400 calorie six-inch sub and felt pretty satisfied with life. But no . . . .
On the positive side, I definitely need to buy a new suit.
And the best part about that is that I bought this suit after divorce 2 --when my weight was dropping precipitously (but not because I was watching my diet and exercising). So I've definitely blown past that mark.Breakfast: polenta 60c, egg 90c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water
= 170c
Lunch: sunflower seeds 100c, crackers 200c, granola bar 170c, pretzels 140c, buckeyes 180c, merengue cookies 90c, coffee 10c
= 890c
= 1060c . . . which is just a ridiculous number of calories given that it's only 3 pm as of this writing. And once again it was my ill-conceived attempt to circumnavigate a big calorie lunch. Took the kids to church and then to Subway, and instead of eating with them I'd brought along crackers and a granola bar. But as soon as I got home the heavens were opened, and one snack led to another. If I'd just eaten at Subway I probably would have had a 400 calorie six-inch sub and felt pretty satisfied with life. But no . . . .
On the positive side, I definitely need to buy a new suit.
Exercise: Upped push-ups to 20/13/13/13; 62 Schwinn, LWs.
Dinner: salad 80c, soup 180c, crackers 180c, pretzels 140c, yogurt 70c, 16 oz water
= 650c
1710 calories . . . but - 613.1, so 1096.9 net, which should mean that I have 652.1 calories left to me, today woo hoo. (Because guess what? I'm HUNGRY.)
sunflower seeds 100c, popcorn 125c, hot chocolate 110c, pretzels 140c = 475c . . . so only 177.1 under the wire and an ugly win, but still a win. I'm counting it.
Week 47: Monday, January 1, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 189.6 lbs.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, polenta 60c, egg 90c, 16 oz water
= 170c
Smoothie: (1 cup) turnip greens 80c, 100g strawberries 33c, 100g carrot 41c, 1 banana 105c = 259c
Lunch: pretzels 140c, buckeyes 180c, ham sandwich 253c, coffee 10c
= 583c
Dinner: rice 160c, vegetable mix 60c, soup 120c, 16 oz water, roast beef 170c
= 510c
1522c
Exercise: Almost pooped out, but decided to go for a little stretching . . . which led to the push-up / plank cycle . . . which led to Let's Try Just a Little Low-Key Biking . . . which led to a respectable -1247c, albeit at a low rpm of 62 . . . and for a whole 62 minutes. So that worked out pretty well.
pretzels 187c, cereal 235c, 16 oz water, yogurt 70c, apple 104c = 596c
2218 total . . . but wait! -469 = 1649 net
Which means . . . SCORE!
Breakfast: coffee 20c, egg 90c, toast 65c, 16 oz water
= 175c
(1 cup) turnip greens 80c, 100g tomatoes, 18 calories, 1 banana 105c = 203c
Lunch: sunflower seeds 100c, coffee 10c, meringue cookies 90c, granola bar 170c, ham 103c, bread 130c, pretzels 165c, buckeyes 180c, 8 oz water
= 948c
1326c
Exercise: 62 Schwinn minutes and HWs . . . except for the sit-ups. I've been having trouble with lower back pain, and I want to find out if it's the leg lifts or the sit-ups that are causing the problem, so today I did leg lifts. If there's no pain, I will try doing sit-ups with the LWs to see if breaking it up that way will work. I really don't want to stop doing sit-ups . . . but I also don't want to have to deal with pain every time I exercise. (Or every other time, even.)
apple 95c, 16 oz water, pretzels 140c, whiskey1 80c
315c
1641c
- 727.3c (as of 7:00 pm) = 913.7 net . . . 835.3 to go! I think that means more whiskey!!! *
tuna 225c, whiskey X 3234 = 240c, chips 140c = 605c . . . uh oh, only 230.3c left to me if I want to meet my goal . . . but my pedometer says I've burned another 6.4 calories (motherFUCKer!), so let's make that 236.7!!
oops. -80. Another whiskey. So 156.7 to go if I'm going to make my goal. Of course, I could go burn some calories. Ha ha, just kiddin'.
FFFudge bar 80c
. . . which left me (as I write in the cold morning light) on the good side of my goal . . . by 76.7 calories. Plus a few, no doubt, that I didn't recoup from my pedometer, but no need to quibble, here's the point: for the first time I managed to do some pretty good drinking (five shots of whiskey is a goodly sum for a lightweight like me) without going over my calorie goal for the day. I'm stoked, man. Of course if I hadn't missed dinner because of my trip to Honda for an oil change it wouldn't have been possible, but I ate enough to make up for it . . . and even had some Fun Food as well. SCORE!
* Yeah, I know I said I was going to stay away from The Whiskey. But . . . well, you know. Baby, it's COLD outside. 17 degrees, man. And I'm all alone and lonely. So I HAD to have a drink. Or two. Or three. Or four. Maybe one more?
* That was an eye-opener. And to think that I stopped eating yogurt for awhile there because I thought that I wasn't getting enough bang for my calorie buck. But I was focusing on the fiber aspect back then. I'm thinking it might be time to focus on the protein aspect for a bit.
Exercise: 4 mile walk.
Lunch: the rest of that smoothie . . . but added 100c's worth of protein powder [24g protein mmm-hmmm **], 16 oz water, pretzels 121c [1g fiber, 3g protein], sunflower seeds 100c [3g protein 1.5g fiber]
= 321c /// 2.5g fiber /// 30g protein
= 756c /// 13.6g fiber /// 51.2g protein
** Yes, I took the plunge on this. Added a scoop to my morning fruit smoothie and could not even taste it, which is probably good. Though maybe I will look into one of the flavored ones in the near future. But after totaling up for The Day So Far, it looks like I probably don't have to worry about getting that 68.4 grams of protein per day. I'm going to track through today just to see, but it looks like it should be good. The fiber count, on the other hand, is quite low . . . not even half of what I was aiming for previously. No doubt in part because I stopped eating the high fiber cereal for breakfast. That might be something worth looking into . . . but I really don't want to keep track of all of this shit. I think the best idea would be to concoct some smoothie--ish thing which would be both high protein and high fiber, hit a couple of those per day, and not have to think about it so much. I will look into that. Might even see if I can just put some cereal into the smoothie. It could work, right? News as it happens.
crackers 200c [protein 3g], granola 170c [protein 3g, fiber 1g]
salad 15l+15t+30c+30bb+20dr= 110c [3g protein], buckeyes 180c, roast beef 425c [42.5g protein] crackers 120c, vegetable mix 140c [protein 2g, fiber 1g]
= 1345c /// 53.5 protein /// 2g fiber
= 2101c /// 15.6 fiber /// 104.7 protein
So . . . the calories look bad, but it gets better when I factor in my -ped calories . . . -491.1c . . . which brings it to 1609.9, within the goal area (woo hoo). The fiber is quite low, though . . . less than half of what I was hitting when I was paying attention to that, so I will try to focus there a bit more. As for protein . . . I clearly don't have to worry about that--at least for today. Then again, I did eat a pretty good pile of meat today, so . . . .
ANYway, I'm still going to try to do some biking tonight . . . but first I have to let that beef settle in for a bit. So we'll see how that goes. As of this writing, though, I have 139.1 calories left to me tonight, which sounds okay. Ish.
Exercise: 62 Scwhinn minutes (straight up, too), LWs, plus 50 sit-ups.
Pedometer now shows 991.1 calories burned, putting me at
Which leaves me at 149.1 calories on the good side . . . another slim victory . . . heh heh, didn't intend that pun, but it's pretty good. I think we might have a title here. So . . . SCORE!
Week 48: Sunday, January 7, 2018:
Popcorn 130c, Cookies 55c, Pretzels 220c, fffudge 80c, apple 95c
=580c
2367 - 869.2 = 1497.8, a decent amount under the daily limit goal, so:
SCORE
Week 48: Monday, January 8, 2018:
Breakfast: coffee 20c, egg 90c, toast 80c, 16 oz water
= 190c
This morning's ATB: 104g carrots 43c, 80g banana 71c, protein powder 100c, 100g blackberries 43c, 8 oz water = 257c
447c
Lunch: sunflower seeds 100c, chocolate 290c, pretzels 165c
= 555c
Exercise: 62 Schwinn, HWs
And by the way . . . post eXercise weight 183.2 lbs. Just goes to show, doesn't it?
Dinner: salad 15+30+30+20+15= 110c, lentil soup 320, Morningstar Grillers Crumbles 105c, 16 oz water
= 535c
1537c . . . and I tallied that up to see if I could afford a couple of pieces of that lovely Ezekiel Bread (Sprouted Grain Sesame). And the verdict was Yes, Yes, Yes.
bread 160c, crisp 110c, meringue cookies 90c, 70g blackberries 30c, cereal 80c, milk 30c, sunflower seeds 100c, 16 oz water
= 600c
2137 - 551.5 = 1585.3 net
163.7 remains
fffudge bar 80c
83.7 to spare . . .SCORE!
= 170c
Smoothie: (1 cup) turnip greens 80c, 100g strawberries 33c, 100g carrot 41c, 1 banana 105c = 259c
Lunch: pretzels 140c, buckeyes 180c, ham sandwich 253c, coffee 10c
= 583c
Dinner: rice 160c, vegetable mix 60c, soup 120c, 16 oz water, roast beef 170c
= 510c
1522c
Exercise: Almost pooped out, but decided to go for a little stretching . . . which led to the push-up / plank cycle . . . which led to Let's Try Just a Little Low-Key Biking . . . which led to a respectable -1247c, albeit at a low rpm of 62 . . . and for a whole 62 minutes. So that worked out pretty well.
pretzels 187c, cereal 235c, 16 oz water, yogurt 70c, apple 104c = 596c
2218 total . . . but wait! -469 = 1649 net
Which means . . . SCORE!
Week 48: Tuesday, January 2, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 188.2 lbs.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, egg 90c, toast 65c, 16 oz water
= 175c
(1 cup) turnip greens 80c, 100g tomatoes, 18 calories, 1 banana 105c = 203c
Lunch: sunflower seeds 100c, coffee 10c, meringue cookies 90c, granola bar 170c, ham 103c, bread 130c, pretzels 165c, buckeyes 180c, 8 oz water
= 948c
1326c
Exercise: 62 Schwinn minutes and HWs . . . except for the sit-ups. I've been having trouble with lower back pain, and I want to find out if it's the leg lifts or the sit-ups that are causing the problem, so today I did leg lifts. If there's no pain, I will try doing sit-ups with the LWs to see if breaking it up that way will work. I really don't want to stop doing sit-ups . . . but I also don't want to have to deal with pain every time I exercise. (Or every other time, even.)
apple 95c, 16 oz water, pretzels 140c, whiskey1 80c
315c
1641c
- 727.3c (as of 7:00 pm) = 913.7 net . . . 835.3 to go! I think that means more whiskey!!! *
tuna 225c, whiskey X 3234 = 240c, chips 140c = 605c . . . uh oh, only 230.3c left to me if I want to meet my goal . . . but my pedometer says I've burned another 6.4 calories (motherFUCKer!), so let's make that 236.7!!
oops. -80. Another whiskey. So 156.7 to go if I'm going to make my goal. Of course, I could go burn some calories. Ha ha, just kiddin'.
FFFudge bar 80c
. . . which left me (as I write in the cold morning light) on the good side of my goal . . . by 76.7 calories. Plus a few, no doubt, that I didn't recoup from my pedometer, but no need to quibble, here's the point: for the first time I managed to do some pretty good drinking (five shots of whiskey is a goodly sum for a lightweight like me) without going over my calorie goal for the day. I'm stoked, man. Of course if I hadn't missed dinner because of my trip to Honda for an oil change it wouldn't have been possible, but I ate enough to make up for it . . . and even had some Fun Food as well. SCORE!
* Yeah, I know I said I was going to stay away from The Whiskey. But . . . well, you know. Baby, it's COLD outside. 17 degrees, man. And I'm all alone and lonely. So I HAD to have a drink. Or two. Or three. Or four. Maybe one more?
Week 48: Wednesday, January 3, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 185.2 lbs. Say what? How did that happen? I don't know, but I like it. Hope I can keep it.
Breakfast: 25c maple, coffee 20c, egg 90c [6g protein], toast 65c [3g protein, 1.5g fiber]
= 200c /// 1.5g fiber /// 9g protein
Today's smoothie:100g blackberries 43c /// 5 grams fiber /// 1.4g protein
100g strawberries 33c /// 2 grams fiber /// .7g protein
100g of banana 89c /// 2.6 grams fiber /// 1.1g protein
yogurt 70c /// 0g fiber /// 9g protein *
= 235c /// 9.6g fiber /// 12.2g protein
= 435c /// 11.1g fiber /// 21.2g protein
Breakfast: 25c maple, coffee 20c, egg 90c [6g protein], toast 65c [3g protein, 1.5g fiber]
= 200c /// 1.5g fiber /// 9g protein
Today's smoothie:100g blackberries 43c /// 5 grams fiber /// 1.4g protein
100g strawberries 33c /// 2 grams fiber /// .7g protein
100g of banana 89c /// 2.6 grams fiber /// 1.1g protein
yogurt 70c /// 0g fiber /// 9g protein *
= 235c /// 9.6g fiber /// 12.2g protein
= 435c /// 11.1g fiber /// 21.2g protein
* That was an eye-opener. And to think that I stopped eating yogurt for awhile there because I thought that I wasn't getting enough bang for my calorie buck. But I was focusing on the fiber aspect back then. I'm thinking it might be time to focus on the protein aspect for a bit.
Exercise: 4 mile walk.
Lunch: the rest of that smoothie . . . but added 100c's worth of protein powder [24g protein mmm-hmmm **], 16 oz water, pretzels 121c [1g fiber, 3g protein], sunflower seeds 100c [3g protein 1.5g fiber]
= 321c /// 2.5g fiber /// 30g protein
= 756c /// 13.6g fiber /// 51.2g protein
** Yes, I took the plunge on this. Added a scoop to my morning fruit smoothie and could not even taste it, which is probably good. Though maybe I will look into one of the flavored ones in the near future. But after totaling up for The Day So Far, it looks like I probably don't have to worry about getting that 68.4 grams of protein per day. I'm going to track through today just to see, but it looks like it should be good. The fiber count, on the other hand, is quite low . . . not even half of what I was aiming for previously. No doubt in part because I stopped eating the high fiber cereal for breakfast. That might be something worth looking into . . . but I really don't want to keep track of all of this shit. I think the best idea would be to concoct some smoothie--ish thing which would be both high protein and high fiber, hit a couple of those per day, and not have to think about it so much. I will look into that. Might even see if I can just put some cereal into the smoothie. It could work, right? News as it happens.
crackers 200c [protein 3g], granola 170c [protein 3g, fiber 1g]
salad 15l+15t+30c+30bb+20dr= 110c [3g protein], buckeyes 180c, roast beef 425c [42.5g protein] crackers 120c, vegetable mix 140c [protein 2g, fiber 1g]
= 1345c /// 53.5 protein /// 2g fiber
= 2101c /// 15.6 fiber /// 104.7 protein
So . . . the calories look bad, but it gets better when I factor in my -ped calories . . . -491.1c . . . which brings it to 1609.9, within the goal area (woo hoo). The fiber is quite low, though . . . less than half of what I was hitting when I was paying attention to that, so I will try to focus there a bit more. As for protein . . . I clearly don't have to worry about that--at least for today. Then again, I did eat a pretty good pile of meat today, so . . . .
ANYway, I'm still going to try to do some biking tonight . . . but first I have to let that beef settle in for a bit. So we'll see how that goes. As of this writing, though, I have 139.1 calories left to me tonight, which sounds okay. Ish.
Exercise: 62 Scwhinn minutes (straight up, too), LWs, plus 50 sit-ups.
Pedometer now shows 991.1 calories burned, putting me at
2101 - 991.1
=
1109.9 net calories.
Which means I have up to 639.1 calories left to me.
So bring on the dancing girls, man.
16 oz water, chips 210c, cookies 110c (319.1)
granola 170 Which leaves me at 149.1 calories on the good side . . . another slim victory . . . heh heh, didn't intend that pun, but it's pretty good. I think we might have a title here. So . . . SCORE!
Week 48: Thursday, January 4, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 185.6 lbs. Holding pretty steady.
Breakfast: decided to start the day with a smoothie, which consisted of a cored apple (171g) 89c, 71g of blackberries 31c, 100 grams of strawberries 33c, a cup of protein powder 100c, and 31g of Nutty Nuggets cereal 105c (plus some water) for a grand total of 358 calories, which ain't cheap . . . but it yielded 4.1 + 3.55 + 2 + 0 + 3.5 = 13.15 grams of fiber and .5 + 1 + .7 + 24 + 3 = 29.2 grams of protein. That's pretty good. Oh, and I had some coffee, too. (20c) And some water. (16 oz)
378c
Exercise: Walked 4 3/4ths miles in The Mall. Solo, alas, as Pat hurt her knee, but I listened to "Rita Mae Young" and some other songs by The Record Company and a bunch of Greta Van Fleet, all of which made most excellent walking music.
sunflower seeds 200, granola bar 170c, coffee 10c, 16 oz water
380c
And since I missed the main course on lunch, I had a late afternoon smoothie which featured 303g of turnip greens 71c, 108g tomatoes 19c, cereal 105c, 57g strawberries 19c, yogurt 70c. I was a little dubious about putting vanilla yogurt into that mix, but it was actually quite good. The turnip green taste pervades, but that is not a bad thing for me. Total calorie count: 284c
pretzels 110c, buckeyes 180c
= 574c
1332c . . . -490.3 at the moment, so net of 841.7, which seems pretty good.
salad 15+30+30+20= 95c, 171g chicken 276c, vegetable mix 60c, 8 crackers 96c, 88g tomatoes 16c, 16 oz water
= 543c
1875c - 500.5 = 1374.5 net c
sunflower seeds 100c, Pecan Pie Piehole Whiskey 4 X 115 = 460c
560c
net 1934.5 . . . Uh oh. That means in order to make my goal I have to do -185.5 calories. -20.2, actually, so 165.3. I was planning on drinking and maybe eating a little something something. Maybe I should get on the bike instead? Exercising whilst drinking . . . there's something I've never tried before. It could happen. Have to finish the fourth whiskey first, though. Then we'll talk.
And believe it or not . . . with four shots of whiskey in me . . . I got on that bike, man. And did 20 minutes of decently hard pedaling. (20:03 / 330 / 57/) Which put me at -663.5 on the pedometer, which meant
2435 calories - 663.5 = 1771.5 net. Which means I only need to hit another -22.5 to make my goal. And I am pretty damned sure that I can do that. In fact, I have to say that this exercising drunk thing really was pretty okay. I mean, I wasn't pushing it that hard, obviously, but still . . . I worked up some sweet, but it wasn't really damaging my calm at all. In fact, I was thinking . . . if instead of doing 22.5, I did 137.5, I could have ANOTHer Piehole Pecan Pie Whiskey, and STILL make my calories goal. That would be kind of cool, wouldn't it? I might just see if that's do-able. Mmm-hmm. A night of firsts, eh?
Irony being that after another stint on the Schwinn (25:04 / 910 / 57), and having met the pedometer calorie goal (-833, which put me at a net of 1602, so plenty of room for another whiskey) . . . I just didn't have it in me. So, 147 calories on the good side, I decided to have some pretzels instead. 110c's worth. So you know what THAT means, right? Thats right.
SCORE!!!
Final count, by the way: 2545 - 838.4 = 1706.6, 42.4 under the limit. Which is significant in two ways: one, in that I drank a fair amount and didn't go over my goal (net-rise speaking) and two in that I saw that I was going to go over the goal and instead of saying fuck it the way I have in the past, I took hold of it and shook it back into its place. That's a most excellent thing, I think.Breakfast: decided to start the day with a smoothie, which consisted of a cored apple (171g) 89c, 71g of blackberries 31c, 100 grams of strawberries 33c, a cup of protein powder 100c, and 31g of Nutty Nuggets cereal 105c (plus some water) for a grand total of 358 calories, which ain't cheap . . . but it yielded 4.1 + 3.55 + 2 + 0 + 3.5 = 13.15 grams of fiber and .5 + 1 + .7 + 24 + 3 = 29.2 grams of protein. That's pretty good. Oh, and I had some coffee, too. (20c) And some water. (16 oz)
378c
Exercise: Walked 4 3/4ths miles in The Mall. Solo, alas, as Pat hurt her knee, but I listened to "Rita Mae Young" and some other songs by The Record Company and a bunch of Greta Van Fleet, all of which made most excellent walking music.
sunflower seeds 200, granola bar 170c, coffee 10c, 16 oz water
380c
And since I missed the main course on lunch, I had a late afternoon smoothie which featured 303g of turnip greens 71c, 108g tomatoes 19c, cereal 105c, 57g strawberries 19c, yogurt 70c. I was a little dubious about putting vanilla yogurt into that mix, but it was actually quite good. The turnip green taste pervades, but that is not a bad thing for me. Total calorie count: 284c
pretzels 110c, buckeyes 180c
= 574c
1332c . . . -490.3 at the moment, so net of 841.7, which seems pretty good.
salad 15+30+30+20= 95c, 171g chicken 276c, vegetable mix 60c, 8 crackers 96c, 88g tomatoes 16c, 16 oz water
= 543c
1875c - 500.5 = 1374.5 net c
sunflower seeds 100c, Pecan Pie Piehole Whiskey 4 X 115 = 460c
560c
net 1934.5 . . . Uh oh. That means in order to make my goal I have to do -185.5 calories. -20.2, actually, so 165.3. I was planning on drinking and maybe eating a little something something. Maybe I should get on the bike instead? Exercising whilst drinking . . . there's something I've never tried before. It could happen. Have to finish the fourth whiskey first, though. Then we'll talk.
And believe it or not . . . with four shots of whiskey in me . . . I got on that bike, man. And did 20 minutes of decently hard pedaling. (20:03 / 330 / 57/) Which put me at -663.5 on the pedometer, which meant
2435 calories - 663.5 = 1771.5 net. Which means I only need to hit another -22.5 to make my goal. And I am pretty damned sure that I can do that. In fact, I have to say that this exercising drunk thing really was pretty okay. I mean, I wasn't pushing it that hard, obviously, but still . . . I worked up some sweet, but it wasn't really damaging my calm at all. In fact, I was thinking . . . if instead of doing 22.5, I did 137.5, I could have ANOTHer Piehole Pecan Pie Whiskey, and STILL make my calories goal. That would be kind of cool, wouldn't it? I might just see if that's do-able. Mmm-hmm. A night of firsts, eh?
Irony being that after another stint on the Schwinn (25:04 / 910 / 57), and having met the pedometer calorie goal (-833, which put me at a net of 1602, so plenty of room for another whiskey) . . . I just didn't have it in me. So, 147 calories on the good side, I decided to have some pretzels instead. 110c's worth. So you know what THAT means, right? Thats right.
SCORE!!!
Week 48: Friday, January 5, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 185.8 lbs. So still holding steady.
Breakfast: liked the morning smoothie idea, so I hit it again. Short on supplies, but did this--
Nutty Nuggets cereal 105c, Coco Puffs 25c (for a smidge of chocolate), 94g banana 84c, yogurt 70c, protein powder 100c
--for a total of 384c. I am not in the mood to count up the fiber and protein content, but I know that I did pretty well on both of them with this mixture . . . which was quite tasty, by the way.
I did go for toast 65c and egg 90c and a half of a piece of bacon 30c, and coffee 20c, though . . . so that added 205c to the load, putting me at a pretty high 589c . . . but I needed it today. Hopefully I can balance it out later on.
Lunch: granola bar 170c, Jack Fruit 90c, ketchup 20c, 16 oz water, crackers 200c, cookies 110c, coffee 10c
= 600c
Buckeyes 180c, chips 140c
= 920c
1509c . . . which is a lot. Like dinner should be included to get that high. I've just been really hungry today. Going to try to do a full round of exercises to knock that number down a bit. We'll see how that goes. Right now my pedometer is only showing 78.2 calories burned, so I have a very long way to go if I'm going to make my goal today.
Exercise: As for these push-up / plank sets . . . I am starting to feel really strong on these. In fact, it actually feels good to hold myself up in the push-up position for a full minute for the most part. Something seems to have changed. I also don't find myself fearing push-ups anymore, even though I'm doing a lot more now than I was previously (20+13+13+13=59 . . . hmmm, I should definitely add one more to even that up, shouldn't I?). Did the swing-shift Schwinn today, and my pedometer says that I burned 453.9 calories. That does include the in-between sets exercises, but I'e found that the pedometer registers almost nothing with respect to those bits. (For example, I checked before and after, and the pedometer showed that after doing 25 bench presses with 20 lb dumbbells, then 30 leg raises, then 20 more bench presses, that I had burned a grand total of 13.3 calories. And to put that into perspective, it tells me that one circuit around my house--about 35 steps, I think--burned 1.5 calories. So you can probably see why I don't trust the calorie burn counter for anything except walking and biking . . . and biking only when I wear it on my wrist, where it actually registers every "step.")
ANYawy . . . 1509 - 602.4 now, so back on some semi-solid caloric goal ground at 906.6 net, leaving me with 842.4 calories to go today. I'm going to spend some of them now:
Dinner: salad 15+30+30+20= 95c, vegetable mix 60c, chicken 96c, 16 oz water
= 251c, so I still have 591.4 to my name tonight. Is it wrong that the first thing I think of is of having a shot of Crown Royal Vanilla Whiskey? If so, then prepares a place for me, 'cause here I go!
96c per shot . . . oh, whilst looking for that information (which goes for a 1.5 oz shot, by the way, and I don't think my shot glass is actually that big, but ahmo check, because it certainly DOES make a difference) I discovered that Crown Royal also makes Maple flavored whiskey, which I knew but haven't yet been able to find, and also Salted Caramel, which I most certainly will be In Search Of . . . . Not so anxious to try the Apple, but who knows, it could work.
whiskey 96c, popcorn 125c . . . 370.4 to go
Piehole has 103.5c, actually. The larger number I found yesterday applied to a bigger shot than I have. So there's that. (Which means, theoretically, of course, that I could have three shots of Piehole tonight and still land on the right side of the calorie line. Hmmmm.)
Just had one . . . 103.5 . . . and some pretzels 73c, and a ganola bar 170c. So 346.5 total. And you know what that means. If I want to hit my goal, I'm done for tbe day. Sight. I want to hit my goal.
So . . . SCORE!
Week 48: Saturday, January 6, 2018:
Breakfast: liked the morning smoothie idea, so I hit it again. Short on supplies, but did this--
Nutty Nuggets cereal 105c, Coco Puffs 25c (for a smidge of chocolate), 94g banana 84c, yogurt 70c, protein powder 100c
--for a total of 384c. I am not in the mood to count up the fiber and protein content, but I know that I did pretty well on both of them with this mixture . . . which was quite tasty, by the way.
I did go for toast 65c and egg 90c and a half of a piece of bacon 30c, and coffee 20c, though . . . so that added 205c to the load, putting me at a pretty high 589c . . . but I needed it today. Hopefully I can balance it out later on.
Lunch: granola bar 170c, Jack Fruit 90c, ketchup 20c, 16 oz water, crackers 200c, cookies 110c, coffee 10c
= 600c
Buckeyes 180c, chips 140c
= 920c
1509c . . . which is a lot. Like dinner should be included to get that high. I've just been really hungry today. Going to try to do a full round of exercises to knock that number down a bit. We'll see how that goes. Right now my pedometer is only showing 78.2 calories burned, so I have a very long way to go if I'm going to make my goal today.
Exercise: As for these push-up / plank sets . . . I am starting to feel really strong on these. In fact, it actually feels good to hold myself up in the push-up position for a full minute for the most part. Something seems to have changed. I also don't find myself fearing push-ups anymore, even though I'm doing a lot more now than I was previously (20+13+13+13=59 . . . hmmm, I should definitely add one more to even that up, shouldn't I?). Did the swing-shift Schwinn today, and my pedometer says that I burned 453.9 calories. That does include the in-between sets exercises, but I'e found that the pedometer registers almost nothing with respect to those bits. (For example, I checked before and after, and the pedometer showed that after doing 25 bench presses with 20 lb dumbbells, then 30 leg raises, then 20 more bench presses, that I had burned a grand total of 13.3 calories. And to put that into perspective, it tells me that one circuit around my house--about 35 steps, I think--burned 1.5 calories. So you can probably see why I don't trust the calorie burn counter for anything except walking and biking . . . and biking only when I wear it on my wrist, where it actually registers every "step.")
ANYawy . . . 1509 - 602.4 now, so back on some semi-solid caloric goal ground at 906.6 net, leaving me with 842.4 calories to go today. I'm going to spend some of them now:
Dinner: salad 15+30+30+20= 95c, vegetable mix 60c, chicken 96c, 16 oz water
= 251c, so I still have 591.4 to my name tonight. Is it wrong that the first thing I think of is of having a shot of Crown Royal Vanilla Whiskey? If so, then prepares a place for me, 'cause here I go!
96c per shot . . . oh, whilst looking for that information (which goes for a 1.5 oz shot, by the way, and I don't think my shot glass is actually that big, but ahmo check, because it certainly DOES make a difference) I discovered that Crown Royal also makes Maple flavored whiskey, which I knew but haven't yet been able to find, and also Salted Caramel, which I most certainly will be In Search Of . . . . Not so anxious to try the Apple, but who knows, it could work.
whiskey 96c, popcorn 125c . . . 370.4 to go
Piehole has 103.5c, actually. The larger number I found yesterday applied to a bigger shot than I have. So there's that. (Which means, theoretically, of course, that I could have three shots of Piehole tonight and still land on the right side of the calorie line. Hmmmm.)
Just had one . . . 103.5 . . . and some pretzels 73c, and a ganola bar 170c. So 346.5 total. And you know what that means. If I want to hit my goal, I'm done for tbe day. Sight. I want to hit my goal.
So . . . SCORE!
Week 48: Saturday, January 6, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 185 lbs.
Today in NUTRiBULLET News . . .
29 grams of Nutty Nuggets cereal 105c (for the fiber, but I also like the taste of this stuff), protein powder 100c, 103 grams of banana 92c, 204 grams of apple (everything except the stem and core) 106c, and some water (to the fill line).
Calorie total: 403
Protein total: 3 + 24 + 1.1 + .6 = 34.1 grams (about 50% of MDR)
Fiber total: 3.5 + 0 + 2.7 + 4.9 = 11.1 grams (about 29% of MDR)
Also, 307 grams of fruit and vegetable, which = about 38% of MMDR (My MDR, which is considerably higher than that suggested by the gummint . . . but based on The Save Your Life Diet by David R Reuben makes sense to me . . . and I'm pretty sure that eating "too much" fruit and vegetable matter is not a bad thing unless you're trapped on an island with a bunch of psychotic adolescent boys.)
So on the one hand . . . that's a lot of calories for breakfast. On the other hand . . . a big infusion of fiber and protein, which seems like a good idea to me. Just have to see how it goes with my body.
Let the day begin.
Breakfast: smoothie * 403c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water **
= 423c
* I really hate the term "smoothie." I think I will start calling it A Thick Beverage (see Wikipedia), or maybe just ATB for short. Yeah, that's much better.
** I really need to remember to start counting the water I put into my ATBs, as (1) it's not an inconsiderable amount and (2) I want to get my Full Water Credit. (That's FWC for short, of course.)
Lunch: sunflower seeds 200c, crackers and margarine 130c, coffee 10c, granola 170c, salad 95c, hot chocolate 110c
= 715c
granola bar 170c
1308c thus far today. Guess I'd better do some exercising, eh? Some days the bear eats you, baby. And Peddy tells me that I've only burned 95.6 calories thus far today, so that's not even worth figuring in until I do a bit of this n that. So let's go.
Exercise: 62 straight Schwinn minutes and LWs. On the push-up part, I went to 21/14/15/15 (= 65 total) . . . just for giggles and shits. Didn't really notice any difference. Although those 15 lb dumbbells are proving to be a bit of a challenge. Hanging in there with them, but it's not so easy, for sure.
Dinner: tuna 260c, crackers 120c, 8 oz water
1688c . . . but wait! My pedometer tells me that I've now burned 605.2 calories, which puts me at 1082.5 net . . . so ahmo have a little more to eat.
vegetable mix 140, Piehole 310.5 = 2138.5 - 610.2 = 1528.3, which leaves me 220.7 calories. Hmmm. 103.5 for another Piehole, 207 for two. That would be nice. Although 110 for Cat Cookies and ONE more Piehole would be 213.5, which would still work, too. Decisions, decisions. I think that I shall have one more Piehole while I consider the options.
cookies 110c
-612.3 for the day . . . which leaves me at a grand total of 2352 - 612.3 = 1739.7 calories for the day, and you know what that means, right?
SCORE! Winning ugly is still winning, man.
Today in NUTRiBULLET News . . .
29 grams of Nutty Nuggets cereal 105c (for the fiber, but I also like the taste of this stuff), protein powder 100c, 103 grams of banana 92c, 204 grams of apple (everything except the stem and core) 106c, and some water (to the fill line).
Calorie total: 403
Protein total: 3 + 24 + 1.1 + .6 = 34.1 grams (about 50% of MDR)
Fiber total: 3.5 + 0 + 2.7 + 4.9 = 11.1 grams (about 29% of MDR)
Also, 307 grams of fruit and vegetable, which = about 38% of MMDR (My MDR, which is considerably higher than that suggested by the gummint . . . but based on The Save Your Life Diet by David R Reuben makes sense to me . . . and I'm pretty sure that eating "too much" fruit and vegetable matter is not a bad thing unless you're trapped on an island with a bunch of psychotic adolescent boys.)
So on the one hand . . . that's a lot of calories for breakfast. On the other hand . . . a big infusion of fiber and protein, which seems like a good idea to me. Just have to see how it goes with my body.
Let the day begin.
Breakfast: smoothie * 403c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water **
= 423c
* I really hate the term "smoothie." I think I will start calling it A Thick Beverage (see Wikipedia), or maybe just ATB for short. Yeah, that's much better.
** I really need to remember to start counting the water I put into my ATBs, as (1) it's not an inconsiderable amount and (2) I want to get my Full Water Credit. (That's FWC for short, of course.)
Lunch: sunflower seeds 200c, crackers and margarine 130c, coffee 10c, granola 170c, salad 95c, hot chocolate 110c
= 715c
granola bar 170c
1308c thus far today. Guess I'd better do some exercising, eh? Some days the bear eats you, baby. And Peddy tells me that I've only burned 95.6 calories thus far today, so that's not even worth figuring in until I do a bit of this n that. So let's go.
Exercise: 62 straight Schwinn minutes and LWs. On the push-up part, I went to 21/14/15/15 (= 65 total) . . . just for giggles and shits. Didn't really notice any difference. Although those 15 lb dumbbells are proving to be a bit of a challenge. Hanging in there with them, but it's not so easy, for sure.
Dinner: tuna 260c, crackers 120c, 8 oz water
1688c . . . but wait! My pedometer tells me that I've now burned 605.2 calories, which puts me at 1082.5 net . . . so ahmo have a little more to eat.
vegetable mix 140, Piehole 310.5 = 2138.5 - 610.2 = 1528.3, which leaves me 220.7 calories. Hmmm. 103.5 for another Piehole, 207 for two. That would be nice. Although 110 for Cat Cookies and ONE more Piehole would be 213.5, which would still work, too. Decisions, decisions. I think that I shall have one more Piehole while I consider the options.
cookies 110c
-612.3 for the day . . . which leaves me at a grand total of 2352 - 612.3 = 1739.7 calories for the day, and you know what that means, right?
SCORE! Winning ugly is still winning, man.
Week 48: Sunday, January 7, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 182.6 lbs. Yeah, I did a double take, too. A double-weigh-in, too. And then a third. But it stayed the same. I don't know what this means. I'm trying not to get too excited, since I know that weight can fluctuate quite a bit depending on many factors--have you taken a shit lately? etc.--but I can't help but note that this is the third day in a row that my weight was gone down, that I haven't moved my bowels this morning, and that I have been using that protein powder every day . . . and I have to wonder if there's a connection there. It's too early to get excited, of course, but . . . well, I'm so excited, I just can't hide it. I'm about to lose some weight and I think I like it.
I think that my dream of hitting 190 pounds has been revived.
So let's go.
Breakfast: 180g apple 95c, 92g banana 82c, protein powder 100c, and some water (still didn't measure it, though), 16 oz water, coffee 20c, eggs 138c, crackers 72c
= 507c . . . though I didn't drink all of the ATB, having learned THAT lesson (I hope), so some of those are carried over to later today.
Exercise: Long Mall Walk. My pedometer is showing 8.57 miles. I don't think that's possible, but I don't see where I would have gotten more than a half mile--if that--in my before Mall Walking walking, so maybe we did make that many laps. That'd be 7. We've never done that much before . . . but I did lose count. And my legs are REALLY tired. So I guess that's what happens when you exercise with a beautiful woman. Hmpf.
Lunch: granola 170c, cheese cracks 200c, coffee 10c . . . and the rest of that ATB, of course, which was quite tasty but . . . for some reason it turned brown and got foamy. Dunno what's up with that.
= 380c Which didn't seem like enough, so I had some sunflower seeds 100c and some meringue cookies 90c, thus 570c.
1077c but then - 751.5 (!), so there's that. How the hell did that happen???? Anyway . . . net of 325.5, so I guess that explains why I feel like field stripping a passing cow with my teeth. But ahmo drink this coffee and put my feet up instead. I'm really tired!
Dinner: vegetable mix 140c, lentil soup with Morningstar Griller Crumbles 390c, crackers 180c, 16 oz water
= 710c
1787c - 839.3 = 947.7 net
So part of me actually wants to exercise. But another part of me is really tired from all of that walking, and a little sore as well . . . and that part of me is also noting that it's already 6:23 pm . . . and that I still have 801.3 calories available to me, and chances are pretty good that I won't use up all of them . . . . So we'll see. I just ate my soup a minute ago, so I'll give that an hour to settle and see how my ambition is feeling at that point.I think that my dream of hitting 190 pounds has been revived.
So let's go.
Breakfast: 180g apple 95c, 92g banana 82c, protein powder 100c, and some water (still didn't measure it, though), 16 oz water, coffee 20c, eggs 138c, crackers 72c
= 507c . . . though I didn't drink all of the ATB, having learned THAT lesson (I hope), so some of those are carried over to later today.
Exercise: Long Mall Walk. My pedometer is showing 8.57 miles. I don't think that's possible, but I don't see where I would have gotten more than a half mile--if that--in my before Mall Walking walking, so maybe we did make that many laps. That'd be 7. We've never done that much before . . . but I did lose count. And my legs are REALLY tired. So I guess that's what happens when you exercise with a beautiful woman. Hmpf.
Lunch: granola 170c, cheese cracks 200c, coffee 10c . . . and the rest of that ATB, of course, which was quite tasty but . . . for some reason it turned brown and got foamy. Dunno what's up with that.
= 380c Which didn't seem like enough, so I had some sunflower seeds 100c and some meringue cookies 90c, thus 570c.
1077c but then - 751.5 (!), so there's that. How the hell did that happen???? Anyway . . . net of 325.5, so I guess that explains why I feel like field stripping a passing cow with my teeth. But ahmo drink this coffee and put my feet up instead. I'm really tired!
Dinner: vegetable mix 140c, lentil soup with Morningstar Griller Crumbles 390c, crackers 180c, 16 oz water
= 710c
1787c - 839.3 = 947.7 net
Popcorn 130c, Cookies 55c, Pretzels 220c, fffudge 80c, apple 95c
=580c
2367 - 869.2 = 1497.8, a decent amount under the daily limit goal, so:
SCORE
Week 48: Monday, January 8, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 186.6 lbs. Which was disappointing, to say the least, but . . . I know how it goes, and don't want to overemphasize / freak out about this. We'll see how it goes.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, egg 90c, toast 80c, 16 oz water
= 190c
This morning's ATB: 104g carrots 43c, 80g banana 71c, protein powder 100c, 100g blackberries 43c, 8 oz water = 257c
447c
Lunch: sunflower seeds 100c, chocolate 290c, pretzels 165c
= 555c
Exercise: 62 Schwinn, HWs
And by the way . . . post eXercise weight 183.2 lbs. Just goes to show, doesn't it?
Dinner: salad 15+30+30+20+15= 110c, lentil soup 320, Morningstar Grillers Crumbles 105c, 16 oz water
= 535c
1537c . . . and I tallied that up to see if I could afford a couple of pieces of that lovely Ezekiel Bread (Sprouted Grain Sesame). And the verdict was Yes, Yes, Yes.
bread 160c, crisp 110c, meringue cookies 90c, 70g blackberries 30c, cereal 80c, milk 30c, sunflower seeds 100c, 16 oz water
= 600c
2137 - 551.5 = 1585.3 net
163.7 remains
fffudge bar 80c
83.7 to spare . . .SCORE!
Week 49: Tuesday, January 8, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 185 lbs Working my way back to you, babe.
Breakfast: ATB, = 28g Nutty Nuggets 101c, 100g carrots 41c, 100g blackberries 43c, protein powder 100c, 12 oz water, coffee 20c
= 305c
Exercise: 7+ mile Mall Walk with Pat. Pedometer is telling me that I've burned 648.5 calories so far today. Yowza.
I also spotted a Thing I Could Not Identify whilst walking, so when Pat and I parted ways I went back to have a look and thus encountered this loverly thing:
coffee 10c, sunflower seeds 100c
=110c
Mo Betta Exercise: pushed a little on the push-ups and wanted to see if I could do 25 for the first set--and it was really not even that hard. Made me want to know how many more I could do, but I let it sit there. Then, just to keep things even, I did 15/15/15 for the other push-ups / plank sets. So up to 70 push-ups. Not too bad for an old man. Did 62 straight Schwinn minutes . . . and at a pretty good clip, too (62:10 / 1364c / 65rpms), then did the LWs and ended with 50 sit-ups. Speaking of, I haven't had anywhere near the back pain I was having before when I did the leg lifts and sit-ups on the same day. In fact, Only a little trouble after leg-lift day, and none after sit-ups day. (Which is pretty much the opposite of what I'd expected.) So that might be my thing. Of course, this new "body stretcher" machine might change all of that. Got to get that thing together and see what she will do.
P.S. Pedometer now says that I've burned 1,151.2 calories today--and I checked to see and 422.1 of those were whilst Schwinning. So there's that.
P.P.S. Post Exercise Weight: 182.4 lbs. Now we're talkin'.
=415c
granola bar 170c, 16 oz water, ham 123c sandwich 190c, meringue cookies 90c
= 573c
Dinner: salad pretzels 110c, tuna 225c, mayonaise 60c, cereal 80c, vegetable mix 150c, 8 oz water
= 625c
1613c total, which is pretty good . . . but wait! It's been a Big Steppin' Day today (23,309 as of now), and the calorie burn is -1,253.4, so the net is a HOLY SHIT 359.6. And I've got to say . . . I think that a couple of Pieholes and maybe a bowl of nacho chips is in order, don't you?
Yes indeedy.
So 3 Pieholes (103.5c X 3 = ) 310.5c, popcorn (in lieu of nacho chips . . . or possibly as a predecessor) 130c = 440.5. Still have 948.9 open calories. Hmmmm.
96 vodka + 103.5 Piehole . . . and yes, the Nacho Chips 140c . . . for a grand total of -609.4 calories.
Slightly less big after a granola bar 170c and a fffudge bar 80c total 250c but still -359.4, so hey, let's call it big anyway.
101 grams of bkbries (43c / 5.0g fiber / 1.4g protein)
030 grams of HFcerl (80c / 9.0g fiber / 3.0g protein)
100 grams of ppwdr (1200c / 0g fiber / 24g protein)
8 ounces of water
so 234c / 20.4g fiber / 32.4g protein . . . not to mention 307 grams of fruits and vegetables . . . which is a pretty good chunk of change for breakfast: with respect to the daily requirements, that's 54% of fiber, 47% of protein, and 38% of the fruits and vegetables . . . at the much higher rate recommended by Dr. David Reuben (which, as I recall, was twice the government recommendation).
234c, 8 oz water, coffee 20c
= 254c
Exercise: 4 mile Mall Walk with Pat.
Lunch: 16 oz water, coffee 10c, ham sandwich 160 + 123 + 30 = 313c, meringue cookies 90c, pretzels 110c, granola bar 170c
= 693c
947c
Breakfast: ATB, = 28g Nutty Nuggets 101c, 100g carrots 41c, 100g blackberries 43c, protein powder 100c, 12 oz water, coffee 20c
= 305c
Exercise: 7+ mile Mall Walk with Pat. Pedometer is telling me that I've burned 648.5 calories so far today. Yowza.
I also spotted a Thing I Could Not Identify whilst walking, so when Pat and I parted ways I went back to have a look and thus encountered this loverly thing:
And I probably would have looked at it, said "Hmpf," and walked away, but the superdedooper cute salesgirl came over and starting chatting and got me to try it out, and I was really impressed. This thing put a lot of pull on the abdominal muscles. It was on clearance for $50, and I Googled around and found that that was indeed a really good price . . . and that the product had stellar reviews . . . and did I mention that the salesgirl was really attractive? . . . so I bought it. I'm not looking forward to assembling it, but I am anxious to give it a real whirl, so I may have to stop being lazy pretty soon.
coffee 10c, sunflower seeds 100c
=110c
Mo Betta Exercise: pushed a little on the push-ups and wanted to see if I could do 25 for the first set--and it was really not even that hard. Made me want to know how many more I could do, but I let it sit there. Then, just to keep things even, I did 15/15/15 for the other push-ups / plank sets. So up to 70 push-ups. Not too bad for an old man. Did 62 straight Schwinn minutes . . . and at a pretty good clip, too (62:10 / 1364c / 65rpms), then did the LWs and ended with 50 sit-ups. Speaking of, I haven't had anywhere near the back pain I was having before when I did the leg lifts and sit-ups on the same day. In fact, Only a little trouble after leg-lift day, and none after sit-ups day. (Which is pretty much the opposite of what I'd expected.) So that might be my thing. Of course, this new "body stretcher" machine might change all of that. Got to get that thing together and see what she will do.
P.S. Pedometer now says that I've burned 1,151.2 calories today--and I checked to see and 422.1 of those were whilst Schwinning. So there's that.
P.P.S. Post Exercise Weight: 182.4 lbs. Now we're talkin'.
=415c
granola bar 170c, 16 oz water, ham 123c sandwich 190c, meringue cookies 90c
= 573c
Dinner: salad pretzels 110c, tuna 225c, mayonaise 60c, cereal 80c, vegetable mix 150c, 8 oz water
= 625c
1613c total, which is pretty good . . . but wait! It's been a Big Steppin' Day today (23,309 as of now), and the calorie burn is -1,253.4, so the net is a HOLY SHIT 359.6. And I've got to say . . . I think that a couple of Pieholes and maybe a bowl of nacho chips is in order, don't you?
Yes indeedy.
So 3 Pieholes (103.5c X 3 = ) 310.5c, popcorn (in lieu of nacho chips . . . or possibly as a predecessor) 130c = 440.5. Still have 948.9 open calories. Hmmmm.
96 vodka + 103.5 Piehole . . . and yes, the Nacho Chips 140c . . . for a grand total of -609.4 calories.
BIG SCORE!
Slightly less big after a granola bar 170c and a fffudge bar 80c total 250c but still -359.4, so hey, let's call it big anyway.
Week 49: Tuesday, January 8, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 183.4 lbs. I like that jib cut.
Breakfast:
Today's ATB =
115 grams of spinach (30c / 4.0g fiber / 3.0g protein)
091 grams of banana (81c / 2.4g fiber / 1.0g protein)Breakfast:
Today's ATB =
115 grams of spinach (30c / 4.0g fiber / 3.0g protein)
101 grams of bkbries (43c / 5.0g fiber / 1.4g protein)
030 grams of HFcerl (80c / 9.0g fiber / 3.0g protein)
100 grams of ppwdr (1200c / 0g fiber / 24g protein)
8 ounces of water
so 234c / 20.4g fiber / 32.4g protein . . . not to mention 307 grams of fruits and vegetables . . . which is a pretty good chunk of change for breakfast: with respect to the daily requirements, that's 54% of fiber, 47% of protein, and 38% of the fruits and vegetables . . . at the much higher rate recommended by Dr. David Reuben (which, as I recall, was twice the government recommendation).
234c, 8 oz water, coffee 20c
= 254c
Exercise: 4 mile Mall Walk with Pat.
Lunch: 16 oz water, coffee 10c, ham sandwich 160 + 123 + 30 = 313c, meringue cookies 90c, pretzels 110c, granola bar 170c
= 693c
947c
Exercise: 62 Schwinn minutes in 15/15/15/17 sections. HWs.
Post Exercise Weight: 182.8 lbs.
Dinner: tuna sushi 340c, sunflower seeds 200c, 32 oz water, 160c cereal, blackberries 44c, milk 83c
= 827c
1774c which is good in and of itself, but wait! The pedometer says -1013.9 for the day, which means my net is 760.1. Now that's what I call a BIG SCORE! Ahmo celebrate with a fat free fudge bar (80c) and call it quits. Biometric screening tomorrow, baby!
well, I did have some pretzels 110c and water 16 oz. Still golden, though.
Exercise: 6 mile Mall Walk with Pat.
Lunch: Ham sandwich 160+123+30= 313c, pretzels 110c, meringue cookies 90c, coffee 20c, sunflower seeds 100c
= 633c
1000c
* As for this Biometric Screening . . . this so-called Biometric Screening . . . . Well, it was good. My blood levels are all in acceptable ranges, my weight is down, my waist measured 33 1/2 inches (and that's not at the smallest part of the waist, for reasons too boring to explain). So I was pretty happy. Though it did grate my butt a little to have the 50 pounds or so overweight nurse tell me that I was overweight by 4 1/2 pounds. (And I need to point out that the weight was taken whilst wearing jeans, underwear, socks and t-shirt, so there's that.) But even though I didn't like hearing it, I know that there are different charts and some of them do say I should weigh as little as 155 pounds, and that none of these charts take into account the fact that my arms are more muscular than average, etc. Allathat. You know how it is, though. That negative stands out like a turd in a swimming pool. It's hard not to let yourself devote all of your attention to it.
Sigh.
Exercise: 62 Schwinn minutes, LWs with sit-ups. By the way . . . still doing the 25/15/15/15 push ups, but those first 25 are not so easy now. Going to try to stick with it, though. And it might be time to start extending the planks. Hard to tell, as on some of them it's pretty hard to stay up, but on others it's fine. Have to experiment, I suppose.
Post ExerciseWeight: 183 lbs.
Dinner: salad 15+15+30+30+20 = 110c, chicken 140c, rice 160c, vegetables mix 60c,16 oz water, pretzels 110c, granola bar 170c
= 750c
4 piehohole 414c and yogurt 70, sunflower seeds 100c
= 584c
Crisps 110c
2444 total, which is uh-oh and You Shouldn't Have Had Those Pie Holes . . . but wait! -1354.4 on the pedometer, so a net of 1089.6, meaning I actually have another 659.4 to me for today. I like this new way of tracking calories, man!
ham 156c, chips 140c,16 oz water, crisp 110c
= 406c
Total: 2850 calories -1368.5 = 1481.5c net.
SCORE!
Post Exercise Weight: 182.8 lbs.
Dinner: tuna sushi 340c, sunflower seeds 200c, 32 oz water, 160c cereal, blackberries 44c, milk 83c
= 827c
1774c which is good in and of itself, but wait! The pedometer says -1013.9 for the day, which means my net is 760.1. Now that's what I call a BIG SCORE! Ahmo celebrate with a fat free fudge bar (80c) and call it quits. Biometric screening tomorrow, baby!
well, I did have some pretzels 110c and water 16 oz. Still golden, though.
Week 49: Thursday, January 10, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight: 183.4 lbs I'm happy. Want to be happier, though.
Breakfast: postponed, as it is Biometric Screening Day 2018 *. I'll have some water, then coffee, and I've prepared ATB for post screening which contains
8 oz water
High Fiber Cereal 80c
99g banana 89c
53g blackberries 43c
196g spinnach 45c
protein powder 100c
= 357c, 10c coffee, 16 oz water
367c
Breakfast: postponed, as it is Biometric Screening Day 2018 *. I'll have some water, then coffee, and I've prepared ATB for post screening which contains
8 oz water
High Fiber Cereal 80c
99g banana 89c
53g blackberries 43c
196g spinnach 45c
protein powder 100c
= 357c, 10c coffee, 16 oz water
367c
Exercise: 6 mile Mall Walk with Pat.
Lunch: Ham sandwich 160+123+30= 313c, pretzels 110c, meringue cookies 90c, coffee 20c, sunflower seeds 100c
= 633c
1000c
* As for this Biometric Screening . . . this so-called Biometric Screening . . . . Well, it was good. My blood levels are all in acceptable ranges, my weight is down, my waist measured 33 1/2 inches (and that's not at the smallest part of the waist, for reasons too boring to explain). So I was pretty happy. Though it did grate my butt a little to have the 50 pounds or so overweight nurse tell me that I was overweight by 4 1/2 pounds. (And I need to point out that the weight was taken whilst wearing jeans, underwear, socks and t-shirt, so there's that.) But even though I didn't like hearing it, I know that there are different charts and some of them do say I should weigh as little as 155 pounds, and that none of these charts take into account the fact that my arms are more muscular than average, etc. Allathat. You know how it is, though. That negative stands out like a turd in a swimming pool. It's hard not to let yourself devote all of your attention to it.
Sigh.
Exercise: 62 Schwinn minutes, LWs with sit-ups. By the way . . . still doing the 25/15/15/15 push ups, but those first 25 are not so easy now. Going to try to stick with it, though. And it might be time to start extending the planks. Hard to tell, as on some of them it's pretty hard to stay up, but on others it's fine. Have to experiment, I suppose.
Post ExerciseWeight: 183 lbs.
Dinner: salad 15+15+30+30+20 = 110c, chicken 140c, rice 160c, vegetables mix 60c,16 oz water, pretzels 110c, granola bar 170c
= 750c
4 piehohole 414c and yogurt 70, sunflower seeds 100c
= 584c
Crisps 110c
2444 total, which is uh-oh and You Shouldn't Have Had Those Pie Holes . . . but wait! -1354.4 on the pedometer, so a net of 1089.6, meaning I actually have another 659.4 to me for today. I like this new way of tracking calories, man!
ham 156c, chips 140c,16 oz water, crisp 110c
= 406c
Total: 2850 calories -1368.5 = 1481.5c net.
SCORE!
Week 49: Friday, January 11, 2018:
Breakfast: coffee 20c, egg 90c, toast 80c, and the ATB of the day: high bran cereal 80c, 58g banana 52c, fruit cup 60c, protein powder 100c, 8 oz water = 292c
= 482c
Exercise: 4 mile Mall Walk with Pat . . . and Jacqueline!
Lunch: 16 oz water, coffee 20c, ham sandwich 313c, granola bar 170c, pretzels 110c, meringue cookies 45c, cat cookies 110c
= 768c
= 1250 calories--- -448.9, net of 801.1 calories
= 482c
Exercise: 4 mile Mall Walk with Pat . . . and Jacqueline!
Lunch: 16 oz water, coffee 20c, ham sandwich 313c, granola bar 170c, pretzels 110c, meringue cookies 45c, cat cookies 110c
= 768c
= 1250 calories--- -448.9, net of 801.1 calories
Exercise: 15/15/15/17 Schein, HWs. Also started using my new Ab Power Fitness Abdominal Trainer 5 Minute Shaper Fitness Core Toner which I purchased a couple of days ago, and I think I am going to like this thing. It's quite the ab workout, as you basically pull your body weight up by your abdominal muscles, and it puts zero strain on your back, unlike sit-ups and leg raises. It looks a bit odd--
--but it really, really works. I'm going to start out slow . . . only did ten reps today . . . because with exercise you never know what it's going to do to you until the day after, but I plan on working up to a goodly number of reps as quickly as possible, any maybe even start phasing out the sit-ups or / and the leg raises, as even separating them to different days hasn't taken all of the spinal stress and resultant pain away.
More news as it happens. And oh, post exercise weight today = 182.6, which is pretty darned good. Getting closer to that Lowest Weight Recorded to Date below!
Dinner: salad 65c, soup 320c, fake meat 105c, crackers 120c, garbanzo beans 120c, chips 210c, apple 53c, 24 oz water
= 993c . . . for a whopping total of 2243 calories . . . but then there's -894, for a net of 1349, which means that despite big calorie dinner, I still have 400 calories coming to me tonight. And I'm feeling quite (QUITE) peckish, so I will no doubt use a few of them, at least.
16 oz water (60 oz total at this point; y'know, I really shouldn't have stopped tracking my water intake. It's important in and of itself, of course, but it also really helps to keep the old belly feeling full, ya know.)
pretzels 110c, pudding 60c, ham 123c, fffudge bar 80c = 373c, so let's call it a day there. Not by much, but still, it counts: SCORE.
Wake-Up Weight:
So, yeah. Whatever.
Breakfast: The ATB for today consisted of 8 ounces of water, 100g of carrots 41c, protein powder 100c, fruit cup 60c, 68g banana 61c, 86g garbanzo beans 83c = 345c, coffee 20c, toast and butter 195c
= 560c, 8 oz water
Exercise: 9 mile Mall Walk
Lunch: sushi 310c, granola bar 170c, pretzels 110c, peanuts 160c, coffee 10c, 16 oz water
= 760c, 16 oz water
= 1,320c, 24 oz water Which is a pretty big chunk of calories for so early in the day (2:52 as of this writing). But that Mall Walk? Mmm-hmm. -830.6c, putting me at a net of 489.4 calories, which is pretty fuckin' good. To quote The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel once again, "We exercise so that we can eat cheesecake." Or something like that. You get the idea.
sunflower seeds 109c, water 16 oz, peanuts 160c
Dinner: salad 15+30+30+20= 95c, lasagna 588c, 16 oz water
= 952c, 32 oz water
= 2272c, 56 oz water . . . -862.3c for a net of 1409.7 thus 339.3 remaining. Which actually means that I could have another serving of lasagna. Which I just might have to do. Ahmo wait ten minutes and see if I really still want more, but I do feel that I've burned an enormous number of calories today, and have no quite gotten enough gas back into the tank. KnowwhatI'msayin'?
crackers 140c, pretzels 110c, apple 53c, fffudge 80c 383c
total 2655c - 915.7 = 1739.3
--but it really, really works. I'm going to start out slow . . . only did ten reps today . . . because with exercise you never know what it's going to do to you until the day after, but I plan on working up to a goodly number of reps as quickly as possible, any maybe even start phasing out the sit-ups or / and the leg raises, as even separating them to different days hasn't taken all of the spinal stress and resultant pain away.
More news as it happens. And oh, post exercise weight today = 182.6, which is pretty darned good. Getting closer to that Lowest Weight Recorded to Date below!
Dinner: salad 65c, soup 320c, fake meat 105c, crackers 120c, garbanzo beans 120c, chips 210c, apple 53c, 24 oz water
= 993c . . . for a whopping total of 2243 calories . . . but then there's -894, for a net of 1349, which means that despite big calorie dinner, I still have 400 calories coming to me tonight. And I'm feeling quite (QUITE) peckish, so I will no doubt use a few of them, at least.
16 oz water (60 oz total at this point; y'know, I really shouldn't have stopped tracking my water intake. It's important in and of itself, of course, but it also really helps to keep the old belly feeling full, ya know.)
pretzels 110c, pudding 60c, ham 123c, fffudge bar 80c = 373c, so let's call it a day there. Not by much, but still, it counts: SCORE.
Week 49: Saturday, January 13, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight:
So, yeah. Whatever.
Breakfast: The ATB for today consisted of 8 ounces of water, 100g of carrots 41c, protein powder 100c, fruit cup 60c, 68g banana 61c, 86g garbanzo beans 83c = 345c, coffee 20c, toast and butter 195c
= 560c, 8 oz water
Exercise: 9 mile Mall Walk
Lunch: sushi 310c, granola bar 170c, pretzels 110c, peanuts 160c, coffee 10c, 16 oz water
= 760c, 16 oz water
= 1,320c, 24 oz water Which is a pretty big chunk of calories for so early in the day (2:52 as of this writing). But that Mall Walk? Mmm-hmm. -830.6c, putting me at a net of 489.4 calories, which is pretty fuckin' good. To quote The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel once again, "We exercise so that we can eat cheesecake." Or something like that. You get the idea.
sunflower seeds 109c, water 16 oz, peanuts 160c
Dinner: salad 15+30+30+20= 95c, lasagna 588c, 16 oz water
= 952c, 32 oz water
= 2272c, 56 oz water . . . -862.3c for a net of 1409.7 thus 339.3 remaining. Which actually means that I could have another serving of lasagna. Which I just might have to do. Ahmo wait ten minutes and see if I really still want more, but I do feel that I've burned an enormous number of calories today, and have no quite gotten enough gas back into the tank. KnowwhatI'msayin'?
crackers 140c, pretzels 110c, apple 53c, fffudge 80c 383c
total 2655c - 915.7 = 1739.3
(Had to walk a few laps around the house to squeeze out those last negative calories, but hey, a dirty win is still a win.)
SCORE!
Week 49: Sunday, January 14, 2018:
Breakfast: Chocolate Frosted Flakes * 165c, milk 50c, coffee 20c. ATB: 12 oz water, 103g banana 92c, 2.7g fiber, 1.1g protein, 12g sugar, protein powder 100c,<1g 0g="" 24g="" fiber="" protein="" sugar="" u=""> 102g blueberries 58c, 3.7g fiber, 1.1g protein, 15.3g sugar
= 485c, 12 oz water
* Before you ask, let me just say it: Chocolate Frosted Flakes is not a healthy breakfast choice. Add to that that it wasn't even very good, and I doubt that you'll be seeing a repeat performance of that particular event. Also, this: I made biscuits for the kids this morning, and I was thinking about having one or two for myself when I checked the label. Oh, my. I made ATB instead. But check out this blow by blow comparison:
ATB Biscuit 2 Biscuits
250 calories 180 360
6.4g fiber >1g >2g 25.2g protein 3g 6g
27.3g sugar 5g 10g
And really, I'd have wanted at least two biscuits. So as you can see, the ATB beat the living hell out of the biscuits on every count except the sugars. Which is worth noting, obviously, since limiting sugar intact is an important aspect of dieting. But even there, there are some mitigating factors. Most of the sugar in the biscuit is added sugar, for instance (80% of it), and from what I've read, that is a lot worse than the sugar that natural occurs in fruits (as here). In fact, according to the WHO, the sugar in fruits doesn't even count towards that Toxic Total of 25 grams per day. So . . . looks like ATB was a better choice on every count, eh? Thanks for your support.
Week 49: Monday, January 15, 2018:
As for yesterday . . .
It was all good until I took the kids to Subway after church. I was hungry and they still had their Reuben thing going. I did the math and decided to do a six inches on flatbread . . . 470 calories. Which is bad, but not really terrible. The sandwich wasn't very good, though. (I've had them in the past and thought they were pretty good then, I should add.) And then I got home and it was time for football and I just thought, Time For a Day Off the Rez. I didn't go wild . . . I didn't even drink any whiskey . . . but I just didn't keep track. Did exercise, though . . . 62 Schwinn minutes and LWs. I also added in the new Brookstone ab machine (with the warm-up / push-up / plank cycle). So there's that.
And now, today.
Breakfast: coffee 20c, water 12 oz, egg 90c, toast 60c
ATB: 12 oz water, banana 89c, 102g blueberries 57, 11g sunflower seeds 73c, high fiber cereal 80c, protein powder 100c = 399c
Although I didn't actually drink all of the ATB--saved some of it for later on. So there's that.
Lunch: coffee 10c, lasagna 290c, peanuts 160c
= 460c
Exercise: 62 Schwinn minutes and HWs. Also went up to 7/7/7/7 on the ab stretcher machine (integrated into the warm-up / push-up / plank thing . . . and come to think of it, my warm up has now become a pretty decent exercise routine in and of itself).
Dinner: salad 15+30+30+20= 95c, chicken 140c, rice 160c, vegetable mix 60c, pretzels 110c, sunflower seeds 100c, 16 oz water
= 665c, 16 oz water
= 1694c, 40 oz water . . . and -682c, so net of 1,012, so 737 left to me today.
crisps 110c, 16 oz water, cereal 105c, milk 25c, blueberries 22c, fffudge bar 80c, pretzels 110c, peanuts 160c = 612c
For a grand total of 2306c and I didn't update my -, but it was probably not much more than the -682 previously recorded, which would leave me at a net of 1624 at most . . . which is golden. I think that's the new term for the under the limit day, too: golden . Seems less testosterone-y.
Week 50: Tuesday, January 16, 2018:
Wow, week 50. As in soon it will be a year since this thing kicked off. That's a lot of time. A lot of days. A lot of pounds of fat. I was looking back through my pictures to see if I had any from before I started working on this that I hadn't used previously, and I came up with two, neither of which are particularly revealing--
 |
| February 21, 2017 |
 |
| July 9, 2017
--but it's pretty
easy to see that I was a much bigger person then than I am now, I think.
|
 |
| January 16, 2017
It's funny how so many people have said to me, "I never thought of you as fat," or something of like ilk. Because I was definitely fat. Obese. I guess that's why several people have thought that I'd lost too much weight . . . which, as I've indicated previously, is not a helpful comment. Advice to you if you have a dieting friend: compliment, don't criticize. Even "positive criticism" is hurtful, damaging, and undermining. Nuff said.
Breakfast: egg 90c, toast 60c, ATB: 16 oz water, 93g banana 83c, 103g blueberries 59c, protein powder 100c= 242c, coffee 20c
= 412c
As for this ATB . . . this so-called ATB . . . I was running low on supplies, but I think that this morning's ATB was a better choice in several ways. First, I upped the water ante to 2 full cups, and that made for a much more liquid substance, and I found that I liked this better. It was still thicker than a liquid like water or milk, but not by much. With 12 oz of water, it was more milkshake-y in consistency. Also, it's a good way to kick up the water intake. And only three ingredients might be a better way to go, too. It's kind of fun to throw in all kinds of stuff, but it takes a lot less time to put it together with just a few ingredients, and there's mos def something to be said for that. So I did.
|
Week 50: Tuesday, January 16, 2018:
Well, yesterday was not golden . I probably should have seen it coming. The Walgreens screening comment. The report that the President was in excellent health. Snow closing everything for the kids, so trying to keep them entertained whilst the streets were iced and there was Other stuff. I didn't feel it until after breakfast.
eggs 140c, toast 120c, margarine 20c, 16 oz water, coffee 20c, sunflower seeds 200c
= 500c
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Week 50: Thursday, January 18, 2018:
Well . . . THAT happened. I don't really want to talk about it, either. Except to say that I did still Mall Walk 6 miles Tuesday and did 15 minutes on the stationary bike and 15 minutes on the treadmill Wednesday. But today was Getting Back on the Horse Day. Did the full warm ups, and pushed the body shaper reps to 10 per set. Did 20/20/22 on the Schwinn, and all of the LWs. Didn't do sit-ups, though. And it was pretty hard. The bike was actually a relief, too, though. My muscles had already started aching from not hitting it. Amazing that no matter how much I walk or how much other exercise I do, it won't stand in for whatever the hell it is my muscles get out of biking. I am a hostage to this exercise.
I'll get back to the diet shit in another day or two.
But not today.
I said no, no, no.
Week 50: Friday, January 19, 2018:
Pretty much a full on exercise day with 62 Schwinn minutes and HWs . . . except for the concentration curl sets at the end, as I was having a little elbow concern. On the warm-up etc. cycle, I pushed the ab machine thing up to 12 reps (4 sets), and I think I'm getting close to where it's enough. But I might push it a little bit more. Have to confess that it was a pretty hard night, but I got through it without too much of a problem, and my bike numbers were pretty decent at 343/66, 335/65, 329/65, and 348/63 (so total "calorie burn": 1355 . . . which, as I said, is pretty okay. Tending toward good, actually, come to think of it.)
Week 50: Saturday, January 20, 2018:
Got down to it. The full Schwinn + LWs, including sit-ups. Also including upping the reps on the ab stretcher to 15 per set (4 sets). I could still push it a little bit further, but I don't know if I want to do that or not.
Hard to believe, but I still feel like I'm fighting my way back to being in tune . . . even though I only missed two fuckin' days, man. I guess that's what I get for not taking many days off for a year. Frog get used to that boiling water. Gets chilly when you turn off the burner. But I think I'll be back in the swing in one or two more at the most.
Week 50: Sunday, January 21, 2018:
Peace out.
Week 50: Monday, January 22, 2018:
Sigh.
Ahmo try.
Breakfast: egg 90c, toast 80c, ham 41c, coffee 20c
= 231c
Exercise: 5 mile Mall Walk 465 calories burned
Lunch: ATB which contained 100g of turnip greens 80c, 100g of garbanzo beans 92c, protein powder 100c, banana with peel 90c, 8 oz water, also sesame sticks 110c
= 472c
703c
Ham Sandwic Sesame Sticks
Well, it's a start. And I did 62 Schwinn and LWs, including sit-ups. So there's that. I think it's time for a new start for week 51, though, so . . . .
Lowest Weight Recorded To Date:
179 lbs
(which was a post-exercise weight).
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)