Yet another day at 170 pounds. I have been at 170 for about two weeks. There are a couple exceptions. I ran about two miles. I am out of shape. This is what happens if I do not run for a month and a half. My heart rate topped out at 80 bpm. Probably not a good idea.

I think I know why I am gaining weight, albiet slowly. I had started to not exercise eliminating that as a variable. I stood with 2500 which I though would help me gain some weight. So apparently I have been gaining weight. Also a couple weks ago, I had a total of a rack and a half of ribs. This amounted to maybe 800 or 900 calories per day. This probably helped too. I also did not closely track my calories back then.

Before then, I was using a base of I think 2200 calories. Between this and having days where I came up short, I think this is what helped me lose weight. I had been basing my calories burned using my MET approach, which started I think sometime in October. When I did this, I appeared to have been able to maintain my weight for a significant period of time. Since I am exercising now, we will see where the MET approach takes me this time. So 2200 may be where I can keep my weight stable as long as I consistently meet my target. At 2500 calories, I appear to gain weight very slowly, but at least I am gaining weight.