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  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,049 Member
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    Friday 7/1

    TDEE: 3,437 cals
    Steps: 19,204
    Active Minutes: 132

    Three day holiday weekend.

    Hope everyone celebrating 4th of July has a safe weekend.
  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,049 Member
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    Saturday 7/2

    TDEE: 2,074 cals
    Steps: 2,067
    Active Minutes: 0

    First day of a three day holiday weekend and I binge watched Netflix ALL day long. Call it 15 hours doing nothing at all.

    Strike that... I made many trips to the kitchen. Eating, while not totally out of control, was certainly off the books.

    I don't know why but I'm more sore this morning, doing nothing yesterday, than the day after shoveling tons of gravel.

    OK body, I get the message. Eating will still be off book for the rest of the holiday weekend but I won't be a lump in the chair all day. Today I move.
  • d_thomas02
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    Sunday 7/3

    TDEE: 2,314 cals
    Steps: 4,306
    Active Minutes: 0

    Twice as many steps as Saturday. A little surprised at another 0 active minutes as I did some welding with my son after lunch. Thought that would be good for 20 or so, but nada.

    Well, I'll get some active minutes today. Have two bags of fertilizer to put down on my Mom's yard today if this rain ever lets up.
  • d_thomas02
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    Monday 7/4

    TDEE: 3,061 cals
    Steps: 12,831
    Active Minutes: 69

    Great holiday weekend. Now back to work.
  • d_thomas02
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    Tuesday 7/5

    TDEE: 4,163 cals
    Steps: 29,200
    Active Minutes: 222

    With a 102 Heat Index.
  • d_thomas02
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    Wednesday 7/6

    TDEE: 2,420 cals
    Steps: 6,437
    Active Minutes: 0

    Mowed our first yard and then the rains hit. Waited out two and a half hours (while eating a second breakfast) then drove to the far west side of town and tried to get some more yards under our belt. Had to stop after just two more. Conditions just too poor for quality mows. We could have just hacked away at it the rest of the day, leaving ruts, mud lines, and grass too wet for the mowers to cut evenly (as many companies did), but we packed it in at noon.

    Short week AND a rain-out. Gonna be some kind of week all right. Crossing fingers we don't get even more rain this week. (60% chance on Saturday, which we will be working.)

    And the cherry on top... Heat Index predicted to be in the triple digits again today.
  • d_thomas02
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    Thursday 7/7

    TDEE: 4,030 cals
    Steps: 27,602
    Active Minutes: 149

    Mowed in light rain for first three yards. Then misty drizzle for next couple. Sun came out after lunch and brought the steam bath. Still, didn't make triple digits on Heat Index. Just 95 around 4pm.

    Almost pleasant by the time we knocked off... 7:30 pm, and then thirty minute drive back to the shop and unload the truck. Clocked in at 7 am. Clocked out at 8:30 pm. Nothing like a 13 and a half hour day in the Summer heat and humidity.

    Looking at another grind today, and again tomorrow... assuming we don't get rained out... again. (Sorry, 5 hours sleep and I blew my calorie budget by a couple of hundred last night.)
  • d_thomas02
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    Friday 7/8

    TDEE: 4,043 cals
    Steps: 26,082
    Active Minutes: 162

    Rains threatened but held off. Cloud cover kept heat down. A good day. Crossing fingers for today.
  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,049 Member
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    Saturday 7/9

    TDEE: 4,248
    Steps: 35,619
    Active Minutes: 319

    And, thankfully, this short week is done. Beautiful day. Rains never even threatened. Sun, little breeze, warm temps but not horrid. The kinda day that makes me glad I retired the white collar and took on a blue collar job.

    Life IS good!
  • d_thomas02
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    Sunday 7/10

    TDEE: 1,935 cals
    Steps: 1,356
    Active Minutes: 0

    Talk about a recovery day. Not sure I every really woke up.

    Not something I'm really proud of, but I think these are my lowest numbers yet.
  • d_thomas02
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    Monday 7/11

    TDEE: 4,080 cals
    Steps: 28,680
    Active Minutes: 215

    Good day but short on sleep. Gotta do better hitting the sack. I tend to eat when tired, especially late at night.
  • d_thomas02
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    Wednesday 7/13

    TDEE: 4,117 cals
    Steps: 28,671
    Active Minutes: 178

    Internet has been up and down. Currently up, hopefully for a while [crosses fingers]. Got some catching up to do.
  • d_thomas02
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    Thursday 7/14

    TDEE: 3,707 cals
    Steps: 21,973
    Active Minutes: 144

    Absolutely gorgeous morning!! Overnight rain cooled things off nicely. Paid for it with another bump to mugginess when morning heated up into afternoon. Rain threatened after lunch but held off. Finished day list and back to shop by 6:30 pm. Just a typical 11 and a half hour day.
  • d_thomas02
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    Friday 7/15

    TDEE: 3,781 cals
    Steps: 25,580
    Active Minutes: 180


    Saturday 7/16 TDEE:

    3,685 cals
    Steps: 14,176
    Active Minutes: 153

    Busy weekend. Been playing catch-up all day.
  • d_thomas02
    d_thomas02 Posts: 9,049 Member
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    Sunday 7/17

    TDEE: 2,521 cals
    Steps: 5,227
    Active Minutes: 0

    I don't get Active Minutes. Sweated buckets three different times; working on skid-steer, fixing siding on my Mom's house, and working on a hedge trimmer.

    Heart rate shows 91 minutes in the fat burn zone (>95 bpm) for the day, with peak rate near 112 bpm, yet my FitBit gives me 0 active minutes? WTH?!?
  • d_thomas02
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    Monday 7/18

    TDEE: 4,168 cals
    Steps: 27,595
    Active Minutes: 191

    First day (and coolest) of a five day heat advisory done. Heat Index hit 98F twice.
  • d_thomas02
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    Tuesday 7/19

    TDEE: 3,280 cals
    Steps: 15,352
    Active Minutes: 88

    Didn't feel like a slow day. Heat Index hit at least 99F. We finished our daily mow list plus five from the other crew's.
  • d_thomas02
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    Wednesday 7/20

    TDEE: 2,928 cals
    Steps: 12,041
    Active Minutes: 26

    Saw 99F Heat Index just after lunch.2:30 PM and nine clients left on the day list when torrential down pour. Like, can't see the front of the truck. Cell not that big but not moving, and all the yards we have left are inside.

    [sigh] At least it broke the heat for the day.
  • d_thomas02
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    Thursday 7/21

    TDEE: 4,225 cals
    Steps: 22,411
    Active Minutes: 234

    Interesting day.

    The Yin: Got our skid-steer running while waiting for boss to show with mowing list. Been working on it (on and off) for about a week.

    The Yang: Running down highway to second mow, thought I smelled anti-freeze. All gauges showed normal, so could have been some passing car. Pulled up to client and steam is pouring out of engine compartment. Mowed yard while waiting for steam to dissipate. Turned out to be heater hose at water pump had split. Able to trim off three inches and reattach. Refilled radiator from clients hose. Back on road in less the 25 minutes... including mow.

    Finished day's mowing list, including the leftovers from day before's rain out.

    Saw 100F on the Heat Index. Today is suppose to be hotter.

    The Yang: Weather service has extended heat advisory through weekend :(

    The Yin: Boss says too hot to work this weekend ;)
  • d_thomas02
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    Friday 7/22

    TDEE: 4,773 cals
    Steps: 33,527
    Active Minutes: 333

    And hottest day of the summer so far. Saw 106 F on my Heat Index app.

    FitBit says I spent 4 hours and 51 minutes in the Fat Burn Zone (95-130) and 11 minutes in the Cardio Zone (130-160) with a Peak HR of 148 just before lunch.

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