Weight Loss and exercise

20341 steps. Logged 8 miles out of 10 and then cut mmw's calories in half, ending up with 447.

2227 calories consumed. Lots of fruit, junk and sugar, but enough protein and fat and plenty of carbs.

I will weigh in the morning.

I have taken 14,746 steps. I exercised for endurance by walking 6.31 miles. The first two miles was at a fair pace, but the remaining miles were at slower pace. By the time this was over, I was really tired. So I have burned 707 calories. This places my target at 2797. Outrageous. I have consumed 2591 calories. I am having trouble eating that much. This is after I ate a Cocos apple pie at about 730 calories. However, the 200 calorie deficit will go toward that 400 calorie overage made a few days ago. So everything tallies correctly.

I am down 2 more pounds. Soon I will be back in the 200's. That is a milestone for me. It means I might be able to walk more. I hope so. I enjoy walking. So far I have lost 20 pounds. I'm excited about that.

This morning I weigh 157.8, pretty much right where I want to be. If my next physial says 5'7" instead of 5'8" (a very real possibility), I would still have a BMI of 24.7. But, I fear I am getting a low reading today because of water weight. My shirt was soaked after walking yesterday. Near 90 today and tomorrow and in the 90s the rest of the long range forecast, all with high humidity. I need to try to get out and paddle all I can instead of walking. When walking, you can't just take a dip in the asphalt to cool off...

I weigh 174 pounds. I will walk around my townhome complex today. I will be walking two miles at a more relaxed pace. Note that I exercise when it is 100 degrees out, and sometimes more. This does not bother me much, but I sometimes do get a mild sunburn.

6039 steps. I didn't log any but I went over my goal by 50 calories knowing I have it covered.

1750 calories. A bit light on protein, but just over minimum RDA. Heavy on carbs and sugar as usual. I need to get some salad. EDIT - Just put it on the grocery list.

Going paddling twice tomorrow, though it may be kind of light. Early AM I am going fishing in my kayak with a friend. So some paddling around but a lot of sitting and fishing. Tomorrow late afternoon I will be doing a largely social SUP paddle, but I may find a group that wants to get some good paddling in, or stay an extra hour and spend it paddling hard.

MFP 1,180 calories total. Apple Watch steps 2,456. Water intake 50.7oz

Walked my dog a few times today.

I have made 6,018 steps. Not bad for an off day. I walked at a regular pace for about two miles today for exercise. This burned 200 calories. So my target is 2290 calories. I have consumed 2230 calories. So this works out. My protein was half of wat I need. Since I am trying to build muscle, this is not good. I can eat trail mix or protein powder in a yogurt smoothie to help. If I am up to it, I will walk four miles as what MFP calls a very very brisk pace. I will also try to run for maybe four short segments.

158 today. Tuesday night, Wednesday and Thursday were difficult. I was taking a lot of Ativan. That causes hunger for me. I’m pretty sure it’s just water weight. I was 153 on Tuesday. I’m guessing the most I can actually gain in 2 days would be 2 pounds.

Anyways, I got back on track today. I had 1,190 calories today.

I didn’t weigh myself today. I had a Vanilla Coke. 150 calories. I got an iced cofee that had 120 calories. I didn’t finish it. I had some tiramisu for lunch. Im not sure on the calories. I didn’t finish it but the piece was kinda big. I put it at 500 calories. I also had 4 gummy bears at 20 calories total.

It’s too hot to do much cooking. I plan on just having a couple lean cuisines for the rest of the day.

I’m really not sure on a total. I have 1,260 on my fitbit.

It's almost 4 pm, i have less than 200 calories left and no worries...

About to go paddling for 3 hours; I will probably have over 1000 when I get back. Not going to eat all I earn today. I will be getting some home made key lime pie tomorrow.

Will post up today's total later.

Steps say 8725 but it's paddling. I paddled my kayak a couple of miles this morning and my SUP 6.8 miles this afternoon. Strava gave me 1177 for the SUP which I didn't edit lower but didn't eat all of either. Leaving about 200. Kayak wasn't logged. Also loaded trailer and hauled a bunch of stuff to the dump; untracked work.

2682 calories. Seems like way too much. One of my kids is making me key lime pie tomorrow; I may go over.

I will weigh in the morning, I expect it to be over 158. Could get up close to 160 after tomorrow; will try to do a light day with lots of walking on Monday before weighing again on Tuesday. I don;t want to see 160.

I have made 11,359 steps today. I made a 14 1/2 minute mile again! I also ran for a short distance 5 times. Anyway, I walked about 2.5 miles. I burned 415 calories. On my way back from Cocos, I had already walked one mile. At this point the sleeve of my jacket touched my watch which discarded this miles stats. I could of screamed. So I added 100 calories to my total burned for this missing mile. It was probably more.

Anyway, this gives me a target of 2,505 calories. I have consumed 3,139 calories. So this is about 594 calories over. I will spread this across four days, 160 calories a day. My next exercise is a couple days from now which will be for endurance. My goal is six miles for that day.

I thought the calories of my mac and cheese would be equivalent to the highest calories listed on MFP. I was wrong. My version is seven times the calories of the highest on MFP. I did not know this was possible. Figures. Must be that heavy whipping cream. Also I did put allot of cheese into this one where half of it might of sufficed. Next time I will cut these calories in half.

I am 157.6 today. I weighed a few times, a couple of times in the middle holding a bag of epsom salts to make it "forget" the prior weight. They aren't as accurate as they look like; they remember the weight so if it is really close the next time they show the same number again. The other time it said 157.4, but i am erring on the side of caution and using the higher weight.

It's Father's Day, so I will cut myself some slack and likely go over with little or no exercise to offset it. I weigh next on Tuesday so if I go a little too wild i can always make up for it on Monday. Mid to upper 90s with high humidity might limit walking though; or it may provide an easy way to she some water weight before the Tuesday weigh in.

I know for dinner tonight I will be getting fish tacos, and I use the 50 calories xTreme wraps, The mahi mahi I saw in the fridge will probably be sauteed in olive oil and seasoning and there will be home made (from fresh fruit) pineapple mango salsa, which means there will be left over pineapple, which I tend to eat too much of. Side is asparagus, I think, because I saw some in the veggie drawer. But dessert will be home made key lime pie; my summer favorite (winter is pecan pie).

Happ Father's Day to you @Tucson. I think I remember you mentioning a daughter (?).

@UpDownAround Yes I have a daughter. She talked about having a pizza with me today or tomorrow. It is interesting to me that you weigh yourself every couple days instead of every day.

My weight is 175 spot on. I have been going between 175 and 176 for the past two weeks. This is despite some days with a significant overage. I will stick to meeting the target very close to being exact. I need to stop ending the day with an overage. I have graham crackers and trail mix for helping me get very close to my target. Perhaps pick up some apples too.

I think my watch is underestimating calories burned which will be a surprise to me if this is true after this week. Most watches overestimate by at least 20%, in a couple cases, and others much more than this. Going exactly by my target calories will tell me if this is true.

@Tucson - Sometimes I weigh 2 days in a row and sometimes I miss a day. I don't always shower first thing in the morning and I don't want to weigh at night or even after breakfast.

It was so good, but it was ugly...

1282 steps; barely got off my lazy butt all day.

3005 calories. Not sure of accuracy. Key lime pie was homemade, not Edwards, but I used that since it seemed to be about middle of the pack of entries. It is quite possible what I had was substantially more. 3005 is 1305 calories over goal. Less than half a pound of true weight gain if I do nothing to offset it, but I plan to offset it substantially in the next few days.

Weigh on Tuesday and expect a bump, but probably no more than 159, if that, and then back to 158 or less on Thursday. We'll see...

I have made 7,372 steps. I exercised for 1.54 of a mile burning 180 calories. So this makes for a target of 2,200 calories. I have consumed 2,228 calories. I did not start allowing for that large previous overage. It is Fathers Day, so I ate from a very large Calzone pizza. I estimate it is equivalent to 1.5 or less of a normal sized Calzone pizza.

The changes that are made by MFP for my watch has been going wild lately. It has been adding hundreds to my total calories consumed for a few days now. I do not have a clue why this is happening. The only reason I can think of is to include the calories burned from the total steps taken for the day aside from exersizing. However, I do not remember this happening in the past. I will keep a close eye on this.

Shooting for about 1200 today; normally considered unhealthy low for an adult male but it is okay when the average across up to 5 days is at or above 1500 (or at least according to something I read it is). Definitely okay across 2 or 3 days. Still managing to fit in another piece of pie today.

EDIT - as noted yesterday, i could be off as much as a couple of hundred on the pie calories. If so, adjusting by what the scale reads will get me back where I want to be.

My weight is 176 pounds. Today I will walk for exersize four to six miles. My left leg is hurting a bit so I may have to turn back prematurely. I am really depressed. I think the exersize can help this.

156 today. Not too bad. I weighed myself at 11 though. I always weigh way less at that time.

Since I woke up late there wasn’t much time to eat. I had a slim fast. At 3 I still wasn’t hungry. I had packed a small container of Pringles, a package of Starburst gummies and a mini coke. Dinner was a berry chicken salad and a value fry from Wendy’s.

I didn’t eat the package of almonds that came with the salad. Total for today it was about 1,210 calories.

So much for shooting for 1200. I am at about 1500 now, but I did accept 200 from exercise even though I only did 3.33 miles. mmw wanted to give me about 400. I did walk fast and did some serious hills, I managed to do a mile averaging 4.5 mph in the hilliest part. I walked for about 45 minutes while one of my kids was in an appointment and took a towel and a shirt to change into. I probably shouldn't have exercised then. I didn't realize until later that it was code orange for ozone and humidity that made it feel like 100. Anyway, I will probably have something else tonight and end up at abou 1600, which is still a deficit, especially with the walking even though it wasn't a lot.

As mentioned, I went over what I planned. I weigh in the morning and will decide how to react then.

6566 steps, Logged 5900 and edited to accept only half the calories but didn't eat any of them, so all it is doing is predicting a deficit of around ~300.

1585 calories - if it is accurate. A couple of home made items that I may be way off on. Still seems likely I have a deficit.

I made 23,287 steps today. I pushed myself too much yet another time. My right leg definitely hurts when I place weight on it. First the left leg, and now the right leg. I need to slow down and work up to these goals. Instead I just make myself do it now. Immediate gratification I suppose. I averaged 133 bpm, so it was a mild cardio workout. I have walked about ten miles. I burned 1064 calories through exercise. This makes for a target of 3154 calories. I have consumed 3125 calories. I had to order a Big Mac and their medium chocolate shake to get it this high.

I have done some research on the accuracy of calories burned. One way is to note speed and distance. This can be off as much as 60%. Then there is heart rate based calculations with proprietary algorithms. I believe this can be off by up to 25%. BTW Just because a watch has a heart monitor does not mean it uses it for its calories burned calculation. Then there is the the patented FirstBeat algorithms which provide the best accuracy with only 7% to 10% of an error. This software technology is being implemented by both FitBit and Garmin on their newer watches. As an example, my Garmin wristwatch apparently underestimates the calories burned according to a study. So this means my calories burned from the watch stated above can be 106 calories more, which means 3260 calories for my target instead of 3154 calories. I can live with this amount of error.

BTW FirstBeat uses average and resting heart rate, BMI, the individuals normal activity level, heart rate zones, and I think both pace and time. However, this requires a accurate heart rate sensor. A chest strap is required. The variation between each heart beat is also used to determine how much actual effort is being expended. Note that heart rate itself does not provide this information.

I weighed 159.6 this morning.

I kind of half expected it to be that high.

I suspect the key lime pie was much richer than I was logging it as. There were also some nibbled snacks that I guessed at servings on. It is still too big of a jump to be true weight gain and it is still below where I was maintaining before and almost 5 pounds below true max. Just the same, I am dropping my goal down to 1550 for a few days and won't do much logging of exercise until the scale is moving.

Until we start having some cooler days, there won't be much exercise to ignore. Yesterday's 3.3 miles really wore me out from the heat and ozone level (which I didn't realize was high when I went out for a walk). I might walk from 9 to 10 tonight. I do plan to paddle tomorrow night. I want to see a drop on Thursday.

I will stay in a deficit until I get to the bottom of my range at 155.