October 18

Diet: 1990 cals
Exercise: 10k steps

Comment: So I've walked 10k steps for 8 straight days, which might be a record? And I've managed to keep my calories lower the last few days, which is great, since some folks believe that increased exercise is canceled out by a parallel increase in appetite. If I keep this up I should get things moving along in the right direction again!

October 15-17

Oct 15:
Cal 2800
Exercise: 10k steps

Oct 16:
Cal 1900
Exercise: 10k steps

Oct 17:
Cal 2200
Exercise: 10k steps

Comment:
So Saturday was another high calorie day. My hosts that I'm living with knocked on my door (after I've already eaten) and sort of insisted that I eat dinner with them (one of the things that makes being a guest in someone else's home awkward at times). But the last two days have been fine. And I have one of my longer "10k step streaks" going, so that's good.

October 14

Calories: 2900
Steps: 10k

Comment:

So yeah, really high calorie count. It was supposed to be a great day; I had fasted through most of the day, and it was time for dinner.

I made the classic fat guy mistake. Sort of just wandered until a found a fast food place ("wienerschnitzel," an all hot dog joint) and got some stuff. "no prob, I have a bunch of calories to spend, no prob"

Except when I looked up the nutritional info on what I ate it was......... very calorie dense. Very.

I thought: "I surely couldn't have eaten that much..."

As soon as that thought crossed my mind,  I burped, and my stomach lurched, and suddenly I felt.... VERY FULL.

I basically lied in bed Friday night in a food stupor. I did get my 10k steps in though, so believe it or not I was still something like a 400-500 calorie deficit.

October 13

Diet: 2400 cals
Exercise: 10k steps

Weight: -4.4 lbs (same as before)

Comment:

My weight hasn't changed in about 10 days or so, which is no surprise since my measurements haven't either. Of course the increase in calories around my birthday is the easy culprit here.

As to today, I'm going to be honest: I felt like crap all day. Just melancholy for no reason, and while I didn't pig out, I didn't maintain my goal of 2000 cals either. I did get my steps in though. Hoping to bounce back tomorrow. 

October 12

Diet: ~2000 cals
Exercise: 10k steps

Measurements: No change form previous (-2" from chest, -2 2/3" from waist)

Comment:
Didn't weight myself yet but I did measure, and no change from the previous week. No surprise there, birthday week has consequences, which is why I'm trying to ratchet down the calories (while making sure I get those 10k steps) each day.

October 11

Diet: 2050 cals
Exercise: 10k steps, pushups.

Comment:

The project to cut back from 2300 cals or so to about 1900-2100 cals a day continues apace. I suppose I should do some fresh measurements soon...

October 10

Diet: 2250 Cals
Exercise: 7000 steps

Comment: My goal this week is to cut back about 300 cals a day, since I've allowed my daily intake to creep up to ~2300 most days. I need to be *really* at 1800, but I probably make progress if I'm at 2000-2100 (as long as I'm getting close to or near 10k steps).

October 6-9

Oct. 9:

Cals: 2490
Steps: 1500

Oct 8:

Cals: 2200
Steps: 1800

Oct. 7:

Cals: 3300
Steps: 10,000

Oct. 6:

Cals: 2254
Steps: 6100

Comment:
I'm overdue on some new measurements. Coming soon.

October 5th

Diet: ~2500 cals.

Exercise: 6100 steps.

Comment: Not terrific not horrible, which is sort of where I've been at the past two weeks.

October 3 and 4

Oct 3 Diet: ~2700 cals
Oct 3 Exercise: ~3500 steps, back exercises

Oct 4 Diet: ~2200 cals
Oct 4 Exercise: 12,100 steps

Comments:

One of the things that always derails me during October and beyond is once birthdays kick in (it was my birthday Oct. 2, then my wife's next then my oldest kid, all in one week) my diet goes out of control. Being out of town this was easier, but it was still in danger of happening when my coworkers bought an AMAZING (but extremely calorie dense) peanut butter cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory. It's "bad" enough that they did that, but they also let you keep the cake afterwards, and there was a TON of it left.

So it was important that on Oct. 4 I had something of a bounce back. 2200 cals is still about 300 too high for a typical day for me, but I also had a very high step day: over 12k steps.

October 2

Exercise: 10k steps
Diet: ~3200 cals

Comment:

So today was my birthday, so I allowed myself more leeway and ate some junky food. It wasn't necessarily my intention to eat a ton, but usually when I say, "ok today you can cheat," that's what happens. I did walk my 10k steps though, so it shouldn't damage my efforts very much at all.

October 1

Exercise: 9k steps
diet: ~2600 cals

Measurement update:

Chest -2" (same as before)
Waist -2 2/3 " (down 2/3 of an inch)

Comment: Some nice progress on my measurements today.

September 30

Diet: ~2100 cals.

Exercise: 10k steps and chest exercises. Hurray for the many malls here for walking :)

Comment: trying to not fall into the "let a bunch of days pile up" trap. Also trying to keep cals down a bit more, while keeping the steps up.