Weight Loss and exercise

158 again.

@Tucson - After burn is pretty limited unless you do "real" HIIT. The "real" is because a lot the exercise programs people do as HIIT really don't have the level of intensity and base exercise exertion as was done in the studies that show high after burn. Burn settles pretty quickly.

Getting a lot of rain today and we also got a bunch overnight. Fishing might not be so good tomorrow, which is a mixed bag. I will likely get more exercise if the fishing is poor, especially if the river is up and I have more current to fight. But there are swampy side channels that might not be affected as much by rain.

It has been raining here too. I did get some walking in before the rain. I made 4,537 steps today. I walked a little over a mile, burning about 195 calories. I ran for about a bit less than a couple blocks. I do not know where one of the walks came from that shows up in MFP. I now checked my watch and it is not listed in my history of walks. Interesting. So as a consequence, I over ate. My target was initially calculated to be 2,340 + 195 which is 2,535 calories. I have consumed 2,532 calories. However, my actual target should of been 2340 + 136 which is 2,495 calories. So I have an overage of only 37 calories. So this still works.

My leg his hurting a bit, but not too bad at all. This time I stopped when it began to hurt, instead of pressing on. This is what I should of been doing from the beginning of this physical problem of mine. I am interested in seeing what my weight will be over the next several days.

Swam for an hour and logged it. Literally swam an hour - no stopping/standing or hanging on the side. Also walked in the water with a lot of lunges for another 15 minutes, Did not log that.

2068 calories. Slightly over but maybe not really. I think I may have burned more than I got credit for. Nay grab one more late snack and log it as tomorrow.

@UpDownAround:

It looks like you have healthy snacks to fill in the calories. You also have small portions of for example sgaphetti. So this amounts to eating several times a day. Someone told me this is a healthier way to eat instead of eating three big meals a day.

The problem for me purchasing fruit is that it would go bad before I had a chance to eat it. This is particularly true with bananas. However, every now and then, I get a melon, or even a couple mangos. Perhaps I can go to the grocery store a couple times a week to pick up fruit? I do like sweet grapes.

MFP calories 1,035 Apple Watch 3,003
Water intake 50.7oz

A new low of 171 pounds. Looking back on my previous food diaries, I have not been including the calories for a “leasurely pace”. I have been doing this because the calories turn out to be much too high for slow paces. I need to start including them in my caliries burned calculation. I need to find the correct percentage to reduce the calories burned for this pace.

163. Wow. 6 pounds since Monday. I had a ton of family events all weekend. I’ve also eaten a lot of fiber cookies. I feel very bloated. I’m guessing I didn’t really gain 6 pounds in less then a week?

MFP calories 1,026 Water intake 33.8oz

I weighed 157.6 this morning; pretty much mid range.

Yesterday:

Paddled kayak over 9 miles. It was on a river but the flow was almost negligible and it seemed like the wind was in my face both ways. Caught about 15 fish, including a couple of nice bass. Strava tried to give me over 1500 calories for it, but I cut it back to 950, about 100 per mile.

2657 calories. Always seems too high when I get over 2500 even with a lot of exercise.

I weigh 173 pounds. My weight is going up and down. I may exercise today. I do not know if I will walk on a track or around my townhome complex.

@Tucson - Why don't you swim? I got a good workout on Sunday swimming for an hour. I didn't stop/stand or hang one for the entire hours, which was tough but I wore myself out muscle wise without any pounding.

OK, I will do it today. This is a good idea. I have been procrastinating getting my swim trunks. I will go to Walmart and pick up something cheap. I can walk every two days, and those other days I can swim, or go to gym to build up the muscles of my legs. That will leave me one day to relax.

I walked/jogged (mostly walking) an hour and swam an hour today. When I swim an hour, I swim an hour - no stopping. Not fast but continuous. Paddling and walking had my muscles in good enough shape to do it. Not the first time I swam; then I got about half an hour before needing a break. But the last couple of times I have. I get out of the pool pretty drained - it's a good workout.

5,086 steps today. Walked 1.33 miles at a “leisure” pace. The slower I go, the calories go up substantially. After some research, I have decided to use 85 calories per mile in place of the very high calories that my watch gives me for a leasure pace. So this makes for 113 calories. So my target is 2,453 calories. I will have consumed 2,414 calories by the of the day. So I met my target. I must mention that MFP is adding in walks that I did not do. This has happened over the past couple days.

I walked/jogged (a little here and there) for 3.3 miles with a lot of hills. I swam for an hour, non stop. I accepted over 700 calories for it. It did seem like that much effort.

2419 calories. Lots of fruit and some sweets, but chicken, asparagus, salad and yogurt in there also.

I will weigh next on Wednesday morning. I plan to do a long paddle on Wednesday. May take it easy tomorrow and keep the calories low.

Thanks for sharing. I am also very overweight and I am finally going through taking my health seriously.

I weigh 171 once again. Boy, my weight has been popping around allot recently. I find it is very difficult to eat the calories of food that would total to my target. I stuffed myself yesterday and still did mot meet my target by a significant amount. I am going to have to rethink the food I eat.

@UpDownAround: I see you eat allot of small portions of snacks. Also, you do eat fruit. And there is that yogurt. I think I need to purchase small sized treats like fun sized candy bars. I need to stock up on fruit and have some every day. I am going to have to drink yogurt smoothies with protien powder much more often. The way I make it, there is a significant amount of calories. At the grocery store, there is this package of seasoned chichen breasts, and there is also hot wings. At Costco, there are these balls of pastry loaded with very very rich cream. IOW an obnoxious amount of calories. Do you have any other suggestions?

@Tucson - you can always do the southern thing and learn to batter and fry anything and everything. We even have hush puppies, which are batter fried batter.

@UpDownAround: I like hush puppies! I have not had any in at least 20 years.

3,249 steps today. I exercised by walking at a moderate pace for 1/2 of a mile. My leg started to hurt a kittle, so I quit and I am doing more strebuous exercise tomorrow. My watch tells me this is 62 calories, which is a bit high. I will use 85 calories a mile, so this comes to 42.5 calories. This makes my target to be 2,382 calories. I have consumed 2,375 calories.

BTW MFP is still adding on fantasy exercises.

This morning the scale says 160. this is not a shock. I had treats yesterday and then other temptations came my way and I ate them. Much was fruit and bread which retains water and adds a lot of weight to what is in the gut. I didn't really gain 3 pounds in 2 days. Yesterday was a rest day; no exercise. Today I will paddle a long distance and probably be back on track.

Yesterday's report looks normal. That's because I pushed forward a bunch of stuff (nearly 1000 calories) to today in anticipation that paddling would wipe out a lot of it.

I will weigh again Friday.

@Tucson - you can get frozen hush puppies. Make sure you get ones that have directions for frying. The best oil for frying them isn't particularly good for you - peanut oil. It can get to a higher temp without burning.

@UpDownAround: I have used peanut oil before in high temperature cooking. It has a much higher flashpoint than other oils. Frequently I use a cast iron skillet with this.

I weigh 171 pounds today. I am getting frustrated. I need to gain some weight. I had MFP reevaluate the day-to-day caloric intake I need to gain at least a pound a week. This is aside from any exercising. The caloric requirements turns out to be 2,820 calories. So I will cut my exercise down to walking two miles a day, and see if I can come up with the caloric intake that I need. Walking two miles can add up to 200 or more calories a day. Perhaps one icecream shake with protien powder can help? Also perhaps relying on more fried foods can help too?

I am looking at previous calorie rich food diaries to see where the calories came from. Here are some examples: Papa Johns pizza, chocolate shakes, cocos pie, home made maccaroni and cheese, Dennys $2 pancakes with butter, french toast, home made pancakes, potatoe pancakes with apple sauce, tomatoe soup spiked with cream, some of TJs dinners, some Bertolli (sp) meals, and PF Changs meals. I am sure the snacking will help too like my trail mix and the fun sized candy bars. So I am going to include at one to two of these items for each day. Today, it will be Dennys pancakes, and a slice of pie.

@Tucson - Go get or make some hush puppies. Just over 3 calories per gram; it's almost like eating sugar (except it is other carbs and fat). 512 calories per cup 9152g) according to USDA.

I weighed 161 today. I knew the 163 was a fluke. Today wasn’t too bad. I had a large tub of popcorn and a hot dog, but for dinner I just had fruit. I’m hoping it somewhat balances it out and I maintain the 161.

that should have read 512 calories per cup (152g)

Paddled 7+ miles. I was planning to paddle a little further but some dark clouds moved in. Accepted Strava's 1000+ calories without editing; probably a little high.

2711 calories. A bunch were rolled forward, like 900 or so. So there were really less than 2000 new calories. Well, except that I rolled 275 into tomorrow. So tomorrow I really do need to ratchet down and stop eating so much. I think I need to go back into weight loss mode and get into the low 150s.