Calories: 2300
Steps: 9000
Comment: Calories are better, but starting tomorrow I'll have them down in the 1900 range as I find that is most effective. Good to have a good step day finally; the hardest part about being home from work is my usual schedule is upended (which affects my exercise the most).
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Saturday, December 31, 2016
December 30
Calories: 2400
Steps: 7000
Comments:
Not bad, not great; but not as bad as last weekend, which is good!
Steps: 7000
Comments:
Not bad, not great; but not as bad as last weekend, which is good!
December 29th
Calories: 2500
Steps: 6500
Measurements: same as last week.
Weight: +1.8 (TOTALLY fine, see comments)
Comment:
"Oh no Rob you screwed up!" No, actually, I'm fine. I've been at this diet game for too long to get bummed over a small regain following a week where I had a big loss.
While two weeks ago, there was no way I amassed an actual calorie deficit large enough for a 4 pound loss. This week, I racked up enough of a calorie deficit to have a bit more than a pound lost, yet I'm up; this is water, this is normal, and not a big deal at all.
THAT said, I'm going to be "unofficially" weighing in on Monday to check where I am. I am SUPER EXCITED about next week and making MORE progress.
Steps: 6500
Measurements: same as last week.
Weight: +1.8 (TOTALLY fine, see comments)
Comment:
"Oh no Rob you screwed up!" No, actually, I'm fine. I've been at this diet game for too long to get bummed over a small regain following a week where I had a big loss.
While two weeks ago, there was no way I amassed an actual calorie deficit large enough for a 4 pound loss. This week, I racked up enough of a calorie deficit to have a bit more than a pound lost, yet I'm up; this is water, this is normal, and not a big deal at all.
THAT said, I'm going to be "unofficially" weighing in on Monday to check where I am. I am SUPER EXCITED about next week and making MORE progress.
Thursday, December 29, 2016
December 27th and 28th
Call this the "fast wrap up post."
So Monday's fast was successful, as I made it into the next day as planned.
I also didn't do the classic fasting mistake of "making up for" the debited calories on the previous day.
Tuesday saw me eat 2400 calories: a little higher than I'd like, but not enough to ruin Monday's 0.
Wednesday I ate 2200 calories.
Each day saw me get about 6500 steps. A little light on that, hoping to do better today!
I weigh in/measure tomorrow, and I'm optimistic that I'll at least avoid rebound week (this usually happens to me after I lose a big chunk of weight the week before). I should be on pace to lose at least a pound, but of course water retention and all that may not show that on the scale.
One thing I learned this week was: "bad weekends make it hard on you." I pretty much *had* to turn in a 0 calorie day to get myself back on track. So as I approach next weekend, I'm going to focus on it being great!
So Monday's fast was successful, as I made it into the next day as planned.
I also didn't do the classic fasting mistake of "making up for" the debited calories on the previous day.
Tuesday saw me eat 2400 calories: a little higher than I'd like, but not enough to ruin Monday's 0.
Wednesday I ate 2200 calories.
Each day saw me get about 6500 steps. A little light on that, hoping to do better today!
I weigh in/measure tomorrow, and I'm optimistic that I'll at least avoid rebound week (this usually happens to me after I lose a big chunk of weight the week before). I should be on pace to lose at least a pound, but of course water retention and all that may not show that on the scale.
One thing I learned this week was: "bad weekends make it hard on you." I pretty much *had* to turn in a 0 calorie day to get myself back on track. So as I approach next weekend, I'm going to focus on it being great!
Monday, December 26, 2016
December 26: Liveblogging a fast
So yesterday was terrible and I need to make up for it, because I can't have bad days anymore. At my age, a bad day pretty much ruins a whole week, so today I am fasting for the whole day, and live blogging it here.
I'm going to a full day, and into tomorrow: I'll end this fast at 5pm tomorrow, in which I'll resume my "one meal a day" intermittent fast. A secondary (but less important) "stretch goal" is to hit 12k steps today.
10:00 am: Feeling pretty gross from yesterday still.
11:00 am: feeling hungry for the first time. Easy to resist though.
11:50: Roblox is the ugliest game I've seen in my life. Going to get some steppin' on inside my home.
1:37: Wave of hunger crashed through the system, but fine now. Only at 1200 steps though, so going to grab more steps.
4:14: Had an irrational desire to take an unopened bag of Reese's peanut butter bells and melt them in a pan. This passed. Still only at 2500 steps, although when Monday Night Football starts, I'll be nervously pacing (and catching up).
Also enjoying some coffee brewed by boiling grounds in a pan. :p
5:10: Kicking the kid off of Roblox to watch FOOTBAWL. Still fasting, still gotta get WAY more steps in today....
6:24 Made dinner for the kids, this surprisingly did not trigger a lot of hunger. Closing in on 5000 steps.
8:42 Well the Lions disappointed. Still hanging in there, but sorta wanting to taste something savory, will make some chicken broth when I can boil some water. At 7100 steps now.
10:04 Feeling... not really hungry at all, which is odd since this is longest fast I've done in quite some time. (I don't think I've gone longer than 48 hours). I've decided to stop going after steps, I'll land somewhere in the 7-8k range which is enough to supplement the inevitable drop in metabolism that fasting causes.
I'm going to a full day, and into tomorrow: I'll end this fast at 5pm tomorrow, in which I'll resume my "one meal a day" intermittent fast. A secondary (but less important) "stretch goal" is to hit 12k steps today.
10:00 am: Feeling pretty gross from yesterday still.
11:00 am: feeling hungry for the first time. Easy to resist though.
11:50: Roblox is the ugliest game I've seen in my life. Going to get some steppin' on inside my home.
1:37: Wave of hunger crashed through the system, but fine now. Only at 1200 steps though, so going to grab more steps.
4:14: Had an irrational desire to take an unopened bag of Reese's peanut butter bells and melt them in a pan. This passed. Still only at 2500 steps, although when Monday Night Football starts, I'll be nervously pacing (and catching up).
Also enjoying some coffee brewed by boiling grounds in a pan. :p
5:10: Kicking the kid off of Roblox to watch FOOTBAWL. Still fasting, still gotta get WAY more steps in today....
6:24 Made dinner for the kids, this surprisingly did not trigger a lot of hunger. Closing in on 5000 steps.
8:42 Well the Lions disappointed. Still hanging in there, but sorta wanting to taste something savory, will make some chicken broth when I can boil some water. At 7100 steps now.
10:04 Feeling... not really hungry at all, which is odd since this is longest fast I've done in quite some time. (I don't think I've gone longer than 48 hours). I've decided to stop going after steps, I'll land somewhere in the 7-8k range which is enough to supplement the inevitable drop in metabolism that fasting causes.
Sunday, December 25, 2016
December 24
Calories: 2700
Steps: 3500
Comment:
So Eggnog is a terrible thing. I ate one meal as per the plan, and typically when I do this, I feel SUPER FULL AND STUFFED TO THE GILS at around 1800 calories or so.
But eggnog was drink, and those extra calories pushed me beyond a "reasonable for a holiday" 2300 cals and into a "at least it isn't a calorie surplus I hope" 2700.
And obviously my steps sucked, so on Christmas Day (Merry Christmas!) I need to make sure to spend a little time in the gym, and make sure to be a whole lot more careful with calorie dense beverage choices.
Steps: 3500
Comment:
So Eggnog is a terrible thing. I ate one meal as per the plan, and typically when I do this, I feel SUPER FULL AND STUFFED TO THE GILS at around 1800 calories or so.
But eggnog was drink, and those extra calories pushed me beyond a "reasonable for a holiday" 2300 cals and into a "at least it isn't a calorie surplus I hope" 2700.
And obviously my steps sucked, so on Christmas Day (Merry Christmas!) I need to make sure to spend a little time in the gym, and make sure to be a whole lot more careful with calorie dense beverage choices.
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