Senseless, of course, but still . . . this feels like coming up on the end of a cycle. My disposition to think in terms of beginnings and endings. And that feeling makes me want to hit that high note that I've been reaching for for the past couple of months . . . even when I wasn't thinking about it in those terms. I want to hit 180 pounds. I haven't weighed myself in a few weeks, so I don't really know where I am at the moment. And I got up really early this morning --4:30 a.m. (cat, meowing) and have already had a cup of water and a cup of coffee, so it's too late to get that Wake Up Weight. But maybe I'll do a post exercise weight later today. I'd like to at least start on a kinda sorta high note . . . just in case. I have most certainly learned that failure is not an effective goad for me. It just makes me say "Fuck it." So let's see what we can do with that.
Week 51: Tuesday, January 23, 2018:
= 216c
Okay. Decided to step on the scale after breakfast. It was worse than I thought it would be: 192 pounds. So if I really want to make that 180 lb goal by the end of Week 52, I have got some distance to go. I don't know if I want to push that hard. Thought about it. Thought about not eating breakfast . . . maybe even trying to fast for a day or so. But that's not the way to do it. So we'll see what happens. But note to self: get it through your thick head, you can exercise your balls off, but if you don't watch what you eat, you're going to gain weight. It's just the way it is.Exercise: 4 mile Mall Walk with Jacqueline! -360 calories!
Lunch: pretzels 110c, ham sandwich 123+130= 253c
And then around noon I started to get really hungry. REALLY hungry. I was telling myself that I would just have a granola bar (170c), and that seemed like a pretty good idea. But the little skinny fellow in the back of my mind said, "You know that's just the beginning, man. That will only whet your appetite." So I made ATB instead. In it was--16 oz water, 103g carrots 42c, 107g banana 95c, 107g turnip greens 24c, and 83g of blackberries 36c = 197c. Which is kind of astonishing, in that that's just a tidbit more calories than that granola bar would have given me . . . and a lot more nutritional value, a lot less sugar, and a lot more filling. Good choice, Brother K!
= 450c
which makes a day's total of . . . wait for it . . . 666 calories! ¡El Diablo! Fortunately I have that -360 going for me, so the net calorie total here is 306--a decidedly Not Diablo number.
Exercise: warm-ups with 15 X 4 ab raises and the usual stuff; 15/15/15/17 Schwinn, and at a pretty good clip, too: 359/68, 359/68, 358/67, 403/67. And then a full round of the HWs. My body was starting to feel good today, too. Parts of the routine were still difficult, but I could feel a power in my muscles that has been noticeably absent for the past few days. I like the feeling. And I'm going to try not to miss any more days, because I want to keep that thang going.
I ran a timer on my whole routine and it came out at 112 minutes. And that's pretty much non-stop exercising. So together with my Mall Walk this morning, I easily spent three hours exercising today. Man . . . you'd think I'd weight about 150 pounds by now (since this is pretty much what I've been doing for awhile now). Fuuuck.
Oh, yeah, I did take a post exercise weight: 188.4 pounds. Not too shabby.
Dinner: 16 oz water, vegetable soup 160c, 81g spinach 30c, fake meat 70c, 100g blueberries 57c, 117g strawberries 39c, crackers 120c
= 476c
1142c - 926 for a net of 216 calories. Um . . . is that possible? If so . . . it doesn't sound very healthy. So I think I'll have some whiskey. And snacks.
Jim Beam's Maple Whiskey 122c X 3 = 366c
pretzels 165c
crackers 200c
Now 1873 calories total . . . minus 930, for a net of 943 calories. Might could have another whiskey, then.
Another two whiskeys: 244c. And some cat cookies, too. 110c.
2227 - 930 = 11297 net calories
Week 51: Wednesday, January 24, 2018:
Breakfast: water 16 oz, coffee 10c, soft boiled eggs 160c, crackers 60c
= 230c
Lunch: ham sandwich 130+123= 253c, pretzels 110c, ATB consisting of 195g banana with peel 117c, 100g of tomatoes 18c, 100g blueberries 57c, 103g strawberries 34c, 8 oz water
= 589c
819c
granola bar 170c, 16 oz water
Exercise: Schwinn 62 + LWs. Increased the ab stretchers to 17/16/16/16 for a total of 65. It was hard . . . but I could do more, I think. All in all I felt back in the pink today. So it only took me a week to recover from taking two days off. I think that means I am going to try not to take any more days off.
Post Exercise weight:
So, you know, getting there.Dinner: summer rolls 200c, 16 oz water, and another ATB which contained 127g turnip greens 29c, 99g carrots 41c, 122g strawberries 40c, 16 oz water. It needed something else . . . and it was way too thin . . . but it was okay. Didn't fill me up enough, though, so I also had 144g of garbanzo beans 132c and some pretzels 110c. Might still need more, but first, the math:
552c
for a grand total of 1,371 calories . . . but wait! -711.3, so net = 659.7 calories. Guess I can go eat a little something more, then.
Like . . . yogurt 70c, popcorn 130c, cookies 110c, crab cake 150c, bread 130c, 16 oz water, ham and bread 188c, fffudge bar 80c.
= 858c. Wow. That's a lot more than I meant to eat, for sure. But I just kept being hungry. And what's the damage? Our survey says
. . .
1,371 + 858 = 2,229 - 711.3 (forgot to update, but that's okay) = 1517.7 calories, so that worked out.
Week 51: Thursday, January 25, 2018:
Breakfast: eggs 160c, crackers 72c, coffee 20c, ATB consisting of 100g blueberries 57c, protein powder 100c, 12 oz water, cereal 120c, banana w/ skin 117c (= 394c)
total 646c . . . which is, of course, a hell of a lot of calories for breakfast . . . but I wanted to load some protein up front, so I went with the ATB with protein powder . . . and I didn't drink all of it, so I'm thinking maybe that can be a part of my lunch later today, maybe after a bit of a Mall Walk. That's the plan, anyway.
Exercise: 5 mile Mall Walk. Listened to an episode of the Philosophize This! podcast (recommended to me by my #1#1son) which was quite good. Check it out. Philosophy + ha ha. Who could ask for anything more?
pretzels 220c, 16 oz water
Lunch: Progresso Vegetable Soup 160c, 81g spinach 30c Morningstar Crumbles 70c
= 260c
Exercise: 62 Schwinn, HWs. Post Exercise Weight:
Dinner: salad 15+30+30+20= 95c, 16 oz water, pizza 680c, garbanzo beans 120c, ketchup 20c, yogurt 70c, prezels 220c, granola bar 170c
1375c
2501c -1232c * = net of 1269c. I hafta say, there's a lot to like about this heavy duty exercise program. I guess that also explains why I get SO hungry. I'm burning a lot of fuel.
Fffudge 80c, crackers 200c. So I got my granola bar and my cheese on cheese crackers after all. And I still made my calorie goal. That's what I'm talking about.
* As for this calories burned: I checked my pedometer for calories burned before and after doing a set of concentration curls. According to my pedometer, 15 concentration curls with a 15 pound weight burned 0 calories. Mmm-hmm. So maybe it is time for A FitBit of My Own.
Week 51: Friday, January 26, 2018:
today
I like today's number a lot more than yesterday's. And now I have my eye on that Lowest Weight Recorded to Date, yes I do.
Breakfast: 16 oz water, coffee 20c, egg 90c, toast 65c
= 175c
Exercise: Short walk, about 1.5 miles (with Jacqueline).
Lunch: ATB=245g turnip greens 55c, 94g blueberries 54c, 133g garbanzo beans 130c, 8 oz water = 239c, pretzels 220c, granola bar 170c, crackers 200c, coffee 10c, 16 oz water
= 839c
Exercise: Decided it was time to see if I could still hang with a straight through 62 minutes of Schwinn time--with 1 minute bursts after every 14 minutes. It was tough, but yes, I could. And not too shabby at 1381c and 65 rpms. Then LWs and sit-ups. And oh yeah, on the push-up front, I pushed up to 25/16/17/17, so now a total of 75. And it felt pretty good. I could probably tag on another one without hurting too much. We'll see, though. Total running time of 1 hour and 40 minutes, by the way. And that's pretty much non-stop exercise. No wonder I'm so fuckin' tired. And post exercise weight? I'm glad that you asked. It was
That's what I'm talking about, bay-bee.
Dinner: 16 oz water, sushi 290c
= 1304c - 948 = 356 net calories. Wow.
6 Jim Beam Honey Whiskey @132c each = 792c, pretzels 110c
902c
2206 - 956 = 1250c
bran flakes and milk 230c, pretzels 110c, granola 170c total net 1760c, which is most excellent. Hard to believe that I made my goal whilst imbibing 6 shots of whiskey. Jenny Craig doesn't let you get away with that shit, man.
Week 51: Saturday, January 27, 2018:
Wake-Up Weight:
Hmm. I don't know if that's ever happened before--that my wake-up weight was as low as my post-exercise weight. In fact, I'm not even sure how that's possible. But I'm not checking this bequested equine in its orifice. Makes me want to go exercise right now and see if I can squeeze it down even more, though. As it is only 7 a.m., however, I think that I shall resist that impulse.
Breakfast: soft boiled eggs 136c, crackers 72c, coffee 20c, 16 oz water; also made ATB ( 8 oz water, 105g grapes 70c, 115g broccoli 39c, 117g strawberries 39c= 148c)
= 376c
Exercise: 5 mile Mall walk
Lunch: ham sandwich 130+143, pretzels 110c, granola bar 170c, 16 oz water, tuna 80c
= 633c
Exercise: Had a hard time tonight, as the moment I finished the "warm-ups" the phone rang. It was Jimmy, and I don't get to talk to him nearly often enough. So I decided I would go ahead with the Schwinning, but I would do it on low intensity so that the sound wouldn't drown out our conversation. It was a HWs night, so I did 15 minute segments . . . and did almost all of the HW exercises, only running out of time for the 3 sets of concentration curls, which I think I am going to do in a few minutes. As for the Schwinning, the numbers were way low--202 / 51, 266 / 58, 254 / 57, and 332 / 61 . . . for a total burn of 1054c, which is about 300 too low. But it was kind of nice to do a slow roll. It felt good. And as you see, the last round was not all that far off. I liked doing it that way, actually. I'm thinking about doing another 15 minute set after I do my concentration curls. Assuming that that happens.
ANYway, I also added a bit to the push-ups and the ab stretches, so my warm-up now looks like this:
1.
20 four count wing stretches, 25 push-ups, 1:15 plank, 20 ab stretches
2.
3 X 30" leg stretches each leg, 17 push-ups, 1:00 plank, 20 ab stretches
3.
3 X 30" calf stretches each leg, 18 push-ups, 1:00 plank, 20 ab stretches
4.
20 four count toe touches, 17 push-ups, 1:00 plank, 20 ab stretches
TOTAL: 77 push-ups, 4:15 planking, 80 ab stretches.
It's actually a pretty demanding work-out in and of itself. But I'm back in the New York Groove now, and it actually felt good to hit those push-ups and planks. Except for the last round, when I was starting to get a little shaky. And as for upping the ab stretches? Well . . . I could push it a little more, actually. Might could do it, too. We'll see how tomorrow feels.
Oh yeah. Post exercise weight:
That's pretty sweet.
16 oz water
Dinner: salad 125c, beef 170c, rice 160c, 173g broccoli 59c, cookies 130c, 16 oz water
=644c
=1653c . . . which is quite good. But you know what's even better? My pedometer (which, as you know, always lowballs me) says that I've burned 913 calories, so my net right now is only 740 calories. Yowza.
Pringles 150c. Well, hell, I had to teach Joe the beauty of sharing, didn't I?
Did my concentration curls and 10:04 / -174c more on the bike. I think that's about enough of that for one day. Speaking of my pedometer's calories burned count . . . according to it, my 15/15/15 concentration curls (with a 15 lb dumbbell) burned 0 calories. As in z-e-r-o. Moving from my table to sitting down on my exercise bench, on the other hand, burned one and a half calories. So there's that.
On the other hand, it's now telling me that I've burned a total of 990 calories, so there's another 80 or so that I can eat tonight. Or . . . maybe drink? Heh heh.
1803 - 990 = 813 calories net
And then . . .
cereal and milk 145c, pretzels 110c, yogurt 70c, fffudge bar 80c, ham 123c = 528c for a total of 2331 - 990 = 1341 calories. Pretty sweet.
On the other hand . . . I find myself falling into a pattern of piling onto calories after dinner. It's not hurting me in terms of overall intake, but I've heard that it's better not to eat two hours before bedtime, and that seems like a sensible and reasonable rule, so I'm going to see if I can work on that aspect of my eating habits.
Week 51: Sunday, January 28, 2018:
Breakfast: egg 90c, toast 65c, 16 oz water; ATB (= 8 oz water, 105g banana 93c, 208g strawberries 69c, 101g tomatoes 18c, protein powder 100c) 280c, coffee 20c
= 455c
coffee 10c, pretzels 110c
ga 170c, pineapple 70c, orange 45c, banana 139c, strawberries 55c, ham sandwich 253c
Dinner: 243g chicken 280c, rice 160c, candy 180c, meringue cookies 90c,pretzels 220c, crackers 300c, cat cookies 110c, 16 oz water, granola 170c
For a whopping total of 2817 calories.
- 924c still leaves me at a net total of 1893c, which is more than I want go see, but actually not that bad. Have to admit that the day kind of got away from me, and I didn't even total up until the next day . . . which is part of the problem. You've GOT to stay on top of this shit to keep it under control.
On the plus side, even though it was a hectic day and I didn't get to exercise until 7 pm, which is not the best time for me, I did a full 62 Schwinn and LWs session. Even added a couple more push-ups (went to 25/18/18/18, for a total of 79. Getting known.)
Week 51: Monday, January 29, 2018:
Breakfast: coffee 20c, toast 80c, egg 90c, 16 oz water
Exercise: 2.5 mile Mall Walk
Lunch: ham sandwich 333c, pretzels 110c, meringue cookies 90c, ATB= 95g banana, 211g strawberries, 113g yoghrt 85c, 8 oz water
Pretzels 220c
And then . . . the bad day turned to worse, and then it got really bad. Or really worse.
So I drank six shots of whiskey. And didn't keep track. Though I'm sure I went over my calorie goal. Fuck it.
So Week 52 begins inauspiciously. I thought I'd at least try to do some "clean up," so I began (at 4:00 a.m.--thanks, fuckin' cat) with 16 oz of water and some coffee, and when 6:00 a.m. rolled around I made a big bowl of bran flakes. Double strength. We'll see where things go from there.
Week 52: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Breakfast: 16 oz water, coffee 30c, bran flakes 206c and milk 100c, toast 80c, egg 90c
506c
Exercise: Well . . . I had a few strikes against me from the start. (1) I was really tired, as I'd been up till 10:30 or so and was awakened at 4:00 a.m. by my wailing cat Jet, (2) I had six shots of whiskey at the end of last night, so was feeling a little wobbly from that, (3) I had exercised around 4:00 to 6:00 yesterday, and my muscles hadn't had a full day to recover yet, but (4) Joe has basketball practice tonight, so I knew that it was going to be between very hard to impossible to exercise once Jacqueline got home at 4:00. So I set my teeth and got down to it. And I'm happy to see that I made it all the way through my 62 Schwinn minutes . . . and we're talking STRAIGHT 62 here, not in sets . . . and the numbers weren't too shabby, either: 1337 / 64 rpm. And I even added a push-up to the warm-up cycle (for an even 80--I like round numbers) and five ab stretches (for a not even 85, but hey, it's a good number, right?). And my muscles could tell that it was a bit early, but they took it okay.
And my post exercise weight was a pretty sweet
--so I felt good about all of that. Tired, but good.
pretzels 110c
Week 52: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
About last night . . . things were going along pretty well, but I was really drained after the exercise, and then I had to drive Jacqueline over to Jo Ann's house, and then I only had 90 minutes before it'd be time to take Joe to basketball practice, and then I drove him over to Jo Ann's house, and then I got home and I was really hungry, and I didn't feel like writing everything down because I was also really tired, so I ended up dozing on the couch whilst eating too much extra stuff and watching The State of the Union speech. And fell asleep. And woke up with a cat sitting on my face.
So I didn't keep track. I know it wasn't terrible, but I also am pretty sure that I ate more than I wanted to. I wish that there was a way for me to just take a picture of what I was going to eat and having the calories be recorded and totaled up for me. Well, there is, of course. That's what all of those diet systems do. You pay them so that you don't have to think about how many calories are in whatever it is you're eating. Not worth it to me, but I understand it. Especially on those Low Energy Days. Hopefully I can do a better job today. Let's see.
Breakfast: coffee 30c, cereal and milk 150c, 16 oz water, ATB ( = 90g banana 80c, 255g oranges 355g 189c, pineapple 203c, protein powder 100c, 8 oz water, Grand Total of 572 calories)
752c, 24 oz water
Lunch: pretzels 110c, merengue cookies 90c, bread and butter 195c, 16 oz water, granola 170c, apple 50c, cheese crackers 200c, coffee 10c, chips 140c
= 965c, 16 oz water
Exercise: 2 1/2 mile walk
Dinner: French onion soup 90c, fake meat 105c, radishes 4c, rice 160c, crackers 120c, 16 oz water
= 479c, 16 oz water
2196c, 56 oz water
So . . . I started feeling a little shitty towards the end of my walk this afternoon. In a "I'm getting the flu" kind of way. Which is why I went ahead and ate what I wanted to eat (witness the 965 calorie lunch), one of my rules being that when you're sick, you eat what sounds good to you and damn the lard torpedoes. But after dinner, I started thinking, "Maybe this is just an allergic to something thing, which sometimes feels like the flu starting up to me." And I decided to just take it easy tonight, let myself relax and alllathat. But then I counted up my calories and saw that it was a fur piece over, and my calories burned wasn't enough to offset them. So I thought, "I'll just do a little slow exercise on the Schwinn." Maybe 15 minutes's worth. And you know how that goes, right? It felt okay. So I kept going. And I found myself picking up a little speed. And I ended up doing the whole hog--62:10. I didn't set any land speed records, but I ended up with a respectable 1107 "calories burned" at a rate of 59 rpms. So not too shabby. And my pedometer tells me that my calories burned for the day now stands at 790. Which puts my net calories for the day (at this moment) at 1406, which is mos def okay. Now, I'd kind of like to knock back a whiskey or two (for medicinal purposes only, of course) . . . and maybe have a little snack. And you know what? I did the math, and I can have two Jim Beam Maple shots and a serving of pretzels and still come in under 1800 calories (1760, to be exact). So I might could do that. Going to think on it for a moment first.
Still taking the day off from weights and warm-ups, though. Hope that's not a thing I regret tomorrow, but I really need it.
ADDENDUM: Went for a crab cake on a piece of Ezekiel bread with a fat free fudge bar chaser. Believe it or not, that is 44 calories cheaper than the whiskey and pretzel proposal. Hmpf.
Week 52: Thursday, February 1, 2018
Breakfast: bran flakes and milk 180c, coffee 20c
Lunch: pretzels 90c, crab cake 150c, bread 160c, 16 oz water, vegetable mix 150c, granola bar 170c, coffee 10c
= 930c
Exercise: Schwinn 62--354/67, 360/68, 356/67, 395/67--for a grand total of 1465, which is pretty fuckin' good, man. Also did a full on HW. Felt strong today.
Post exercise weight 184.4 lbs
Dinner: salad 115c, artichokes 30c, lasagna 540c, 16 oz water, pretzels 220c, popcorn 75c, maple whiskey 122 X 2 = 244c, cat cookies 110c
= 1334c for a total of 2264c, which is a lot. But you know what else is a lot? My calories burned today, which Mr. Ped tells me = 1,194. Which is kind of a holy shit thing, isn't it? Also explains why I've been sooooo hungry post exercise. Also explains why my net is still at a very nice spot: 1070 calories.
So I had a few more: crackers 200c, yogurt 70c, pretzels 110c, fudge bar 100c = 480c. Still fine. Just fine.
Week 52: Friday, February 2, 2018
Breakfast: cereal 210c, milk 50c, 16 oz water
= 260c
Lunch: macaroni and pickle 10c, pretzels 110c, granola bar 170c
=290c
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Well . . . I haven't exactly been doing a great job of keeping up with things during this most venerable Week 52. I have kept up with exercising, though. Just don't quite seem to have the drive I need for that at the moment. Dunno why. But I'm going to just let it ride for now and maybe give it another shot when Year Two officially commences. Maybe.
Lowest Weight Recorded To Date:
179 lbs
(which was a post-exercise weight).
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