Making Excercise a Habit
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Thu 06/01 - TDEE: 3,964 cals, Intake: 3,020 cals, Deficit: 944 cals, Steps: 23,387 , Active Minutes: 142
Average Daily Deficit: 448 cals (Sunday - Present)
Almost caught up. Two school campuses and then on to shrub trimming with more shrub trimming on the schedule for tomorrow... weather permitting, of course. Scattered showers forecasted both today and tomorrow.0 -
Fri 06/02 - TDEE: 4,491 cals, Intake: 3,317 cals, Deficit: 1,174 cals, Steps: 27,377 , Active Minutes: 297
Average Daily Deficit: 569 cals (Sunday - Present)
Surprise! No rain at all!
Beautiful day. Weekly mows done by lunch. Shrub trimming after lunch. Fell in bed and slept like the dead.0 -
Sat 06/03 - TDEE: 3,738 cals, Intake: 3,362 cals, Deficit: 376 cals, Steps: 18,489 , Active Minutes: 153
Average Daily Deficit: 541 cals (Sunday - Present)
Shrub trimming all day. Without a doubt, this is my least favorite aspect of lawn maintenance.
40% chance of scattered showers today and then no precipitation on the horizon for all of next week. Maybe we can stick a fork in this Spring shrub trimming by the end of the week. [fingers crossed]
On task for today.- Heat up forge and try to clean crucible of solid lump of dross we left in it last weekend.
- If we get crucible clean, try out new dross skimmer (hoping to make while dross is heating).
- Run to shop after lunch and remount the rear caster wheel on my bagger which fell off yesterday on the last shrub trimming yard. (Looks like a pin sheared off that held the axle shaft in place. Probably replace it with a large, long bolt and nut and then drill through the nut for a cotter pin lock similar to what is on the other rear caster, or maybe do it right (what???) and use a castle nut on both sides.)
- Sharpen all our shrub trimmers.
- Mow my own yard, if son hasn't done so by time I get back home.
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Sun 06/04 - TDEE: 3,106 cals, Intake: 4,255 cals, Deficit: -1,149 cals, Steps: 11,500 , Active Minutes: 45
Average Daily Deficit: -1,149 cals (Sunday - Present)
Check off 1-4 on Task List. Salvaged 4 1/2 ingots of aluminum out of the slag we made last weekend and dross skimmer worked great (stainless steel spaghetti serving fork wired onto 4ft of 1/2 rebar). Even fixed the 72 after boss-man thought he blew the right side drive pump. Issue wasn't pump per se, but the control arm slipping on the input shaft. Tightened control arm clamp and... shebang! She works just fine.
Got home from shop and yard not mowed so jumped on mower and was almost done with front yard when rain let loose. [sigh]
Fired forge up again (after son got home with an interested friend) setting up on concrete garage apron under overhanging porch to stay out of rain using propane since we were so close to house. Ran for over an hour and everything working great until molten aluminum started showing up under forge drain. Turns out the thin walled stainless steel kitchen canister we were using for a crucible erodes/corrodes more in a propane flame than in a diesel flame.
New item on Task List. Get/make a new crucible.0 -
Mon 06/05 - TDEE: 4,449 cals, Intake: 3,778 cals, Deficit: 671 cals, Steps: 31,232 , Active Minutes: 332
Average Daily Deficit: -239 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Monday plus 4 shrub trimmings at end of day. Shrub trimming at day's end in 85F heat with matching (or greater) humidity is not fun.0 -
Tue 06/06 - TDEE: 4,128 cals, Intake: 3,304 cals, Deficit: 824 cals, Steps: 25,596 , Active Minutes: 176
Average Daily Deficit: 115 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Tuesday plus 2 shrub trimmings at end of day.0 -
Wed 06/07 - TDEE: 4,089 cals, Intake: 3,068 cals, Deficit: 1,021 cals, Steps: 26,350 , Active Minutes: 201
Average Daily Deficit: 342 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Wednesday. No shrub trimming.0 -
Thu 06/08 - TDEE: 4,087 cals, Intake: 3,140 cals, Deficit: 947 cals, Steps: 28,296 , Active Minutes: 234
Average Daily Deficit: 463 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Thursday. No shrub trimming.0 -
Fri 06/09 - TDEE: 4,474 cals, Intake: 3,599 cals, Deficit: 875 cals, Steps: 30,027 , Active Minutes: 333
Average Daily Deficit: 532 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Friday plus 4 shrub trimmings (1 house and 3 mansions) and a fresh mow for a client getting married over the weekend. Call it a 10 hour day with 90F heat and 85% humidity.
Good news, no work for Saturday.0 -
Sat 06/10 - TDEE: 2,614 cals, Intake: 2,867 cals, Deficit: -253 cals, Steps: 8,063 , Active Minutes: 8
Average Daily Deficit: 419 cals (Sunday - Present)
Rest day. Boss-man said we were caught up enough and could easily finish up shrub trimming next week.
Puttered around the shop. Put replacement head on a straight bar edger. Put new deck drive belt on 72 with its new tensioning spring. (What? That's the way it is suppose to go? Really?). Tried to replace leaking oil drain valve on 48, but will have to remove engine mount bolts and raise engine about an inch off the frame to get enough clearance to spin old drain valve off and new drain valve on, all while tipping mower over on its side past 45 degrees (to keep oil from pouring out of open drain)... or wait for next oil change and the lift engine while on the level... I'll think about it another week. Maybe then I'll give the side tip another try as I'm getting tired of the growing oil puddle on the deck of my trailer.
Took my bride to see "Wonder Woman" as part of our wedding anniversary (6/2, 27 years). Managed to stay away from all the junk food and the movie wasn't bad at all.1 -
Sun 06/11 - TDEE: 2,664 cals, Intake: 2,791 cals, Deficit: -127 cals, Steps: 7,943 , Active Minutes: 33
Average Daily Deficit: -127 cals (Sunday - Present)
Rest day.
Put finishing touches on our pressurized waste oil reservoir (converted propane tank) but will take more time than I had to play around with it to get a decent heat for the melt forge.
Bought another stainless steel kitchen canister and set it up as a new crucible for the forge.
But about an hour into another soda can melt (using diesel for heat), the crucible failed again even though this one never felt the lick of a propane flame.
Post inspection of crucible shows we probably punctured the thin (red hot) walls of the crucible with the prongs on the spaghetti spoon (mounted on rebar) we were using as a dross skimmer.
Good to know.
Will probably set up one more kitchen canister (left from a set of four) while looking for a thicker wall crucible. 4 to 6" scrap pipe with 1/4" walls maybe.
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Mon 06/12 - TDEE: 4,206 cals, Intake: 2,658 cals, Deficit: 1,548 cals, Steps: 28,844 , Active Minutes: 266
Average Daily Deficit: 711 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Monday,
89F with Heat Index of 96F.0 -
Tue 06/13 - TDEE: 4,304 cals, Intake: 3,849 cals, Deficit: 455 cals, Steps: 28,162 , Active Minutes: 264
Average Daily Deficit: 625 cals (Sunday - Present)
Two shrub trimmings at beginning of daily run. This put whole day about 3 1/2 hours behind. Not sure what boss-man was thinking. SOP is to finish mows and then pickup shrub trimming.
Anyway, did not finish day's mows. Boss-man called about 4:30 and had us wrap it up, six yards short.
Heat Index in the mid 90s (F). Guess boss-man was wanting to get shrubs in during cool of the day and break us in slowly to increasing heat.0 -
Wed 06/14 - TDEE: 4,034 cals, Intake: 3,262 cals, Deficit: 772 cals, Steps: 25,555 , Active Minutes: 214
Average Daily Deficit: 662 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Wednesday plus picked up those six yards we were short the day before plus a oneoff mow.
Heat Index low to mid 90s (F).0 -
Thu 06/15 - TDEE: 3,687 cals, Intake: 2,469 cals, Deficit: 1,218 cals, Steps: 21,255 , Active Minutes: 173
Average Daily Deficit: 773 cals (Sunday - Present)
Two hour late start due to overnight rain. Finished day's list with no worries.0 -
Fri 06/16 - TDEE: 3,942 cals, Intake: 2,782 cals, Deficit: 1,160 cals, Steps: 21,610 , Active Minutes: 195
Average Daily Deficit: 838 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Friday plus four shrub trims and a (smallish) stump removal.0 -
Sat 06/17 - TDEE: 4,159 cals, Intake: 3,114 cals, Deficit: 1,045 cals, Steps: 28,373 , Active Minutes: 292
Average Daily Deficit: 867 cals (Sunday - Present)
Working Saturday- odd jobs. Tree work. Trim up low hanging branches, remove large storm downed limbs, remove large junk tree (mulberry), and remove apple tree uprooted by storm (yesterday's stump).
Still have to do a final cleanup Monday of hundreds of little green apples that dropped off tree during the removal, and trim a couple of shrubs that were covered by the downed canopy.
That apple tree was not easy. The original tree had died decades ago and owner allowed four suckers to sprout off the old stump and grow into a knotted mess of trunks and limbs. Suckers were 6 to 8 inches in diameter at base and 20 foot tall. Limbing this monster was like opening a Chinese puzzle box.
After we unloaded the very full trailer and truck, I also mowed the 4 acres of the shop with the 72. New belt and tensioning spring are holding up OK.
First triple digit Heat Index warning of season. Forgot to look to see if we hit 100F but I did soak my shirt and my pants to the thighs in sweat.0 -
Sun 06/18 - TDEE: 2,394 cals, Intake: 4,017 cals, Deficit: -1,623 cals, Steps: 5,771 , Active Minutes: 0
Average Daily Deficit: -1,623 cals (Sunday - Present)
Rest and refeed... OK, gorged on Father's Day goodies.
Did rewire the master bath light switch. Was hearing an occasional sizzle when main light was on, accompanied with flicker from lights, from the custom switch that came with the light/heat/vent unit installed 25 plus years ago. I've replaced the cheap rocker switches before but decided to toss the whole bloody thing. Pulled the single box out and installed a double box with two standard double switches (main light, nightlight, heater, vent). No more sizzle.0 -
Mon 06/19 - TDEE: 3,826 cals, Intake: 3,242 cals, Deficit: 584 cals, Steps: 25,020 , Active Minutes: 171
Average Daily Deficit: -520 cals (Sunday - Present)
Not bad for a Monday. Little bit cooler, little bit drier.
Finished day's list with no issues, including final cleanup on that apple tree. Boss-man texted everybody that since we finished early, why not head over to a large client and string trim his very large and very rough hill (a thing we do once or twice a year) and three very large forsythias that have not been trimmed in... well, forever... behind the tennis court. Seven guys, four string trimmers, two shrub trimmers, a rake, and forty minutes later... job done.0 -
Tue 06/20 - TDEE: 4,235 cals, Intake: 2,934 cals, Deficit: 1,301 cals, Steps: 27,736 , Active Minutes: 227
Average Daily Deficit: 87 cals (Sunday - Present)
One man down, but we made good time through the day's mow list plus four shrub trims.
Saw 91F on a bank sign but didn't lookup heat index.0 -
Wed 06/21 - TDEE: 3,806 cals, Intake: 2,500 cals, Deficit: 1,306 cals, Steps: 20,157 , Active Minutes: 181
Average Daily Deficit: 392 cals (Sunday - Present)
Bad things come in threes. 1) Front left wheel on 48, weld between steel rim and hub failed and wheel woobling badly. Too much wooble to use on high profile lawns. 2) Strange squeeking chirp coming from truck while moving slowly (<20 mph). Seems to be in drivetrain somewhere. Still not sure exactly where but currently thinking seal on back of transmission or front u-joint on driveshaft.3) While looking for noise saw that dump rack welds on truck's dump bed have broken free at rear which puts entire weight of load on rear dump picot pins all the time.
Finished mows using 60 rider, other crew's 36 walk-behind, and 30 push mowers.
Temp hit 91F with heat index of 94F.0 -
Thu 06/22 - TDEE: 3,637 cals, Intake: 3,322 cals, Deficit: 315 cals, Steps: 22,017 , Active Minutes: 155
Average Daily Deficit: 377 cals (Sunday - Present)
Spot welded that wheel rim back onto the 48's hub. Got most of wobble out. Just a stop gap until new wheel comes in. Just about 80% convinced squeak/chirp is coming from front u-joint, even though I get no play in the joint.
Finished day's mows in good shape.
Temp 82F with heat index of 89F.
Women folk at home (wife and daughter) picked up a new 3 month old puppy from the pound. A mastador... which is a labrador/mastiff cross. Dependents now comprise a wife, a son, a daughter, two dogs, two cats, and a bearded dragon.0 -
Fri 06/23 - TDEE: 3,140 cals, Intake: 3,921 cals, Deficit: -781 cals, Steps: 17,697 , Active Minutes: 114
Average Daily Deficit: 184 cals (Sunday - Present)
Big blow came through at noon just as we finished the last mow of the week. We had some odd jobs to do after lunch but called it a day as the storm unleashed.
Scary drive home. South bound in center lane of six lane divide highway with concrete center barrier and sideways rain in 40 - 50 mph crosswinds when a white SUV 20 to 30 yards ahead starts fishtailing. The SUV does a couple of 360s and then slams into the center barrier hard on the passenger quarter panel. (By now I've moved over to the far right lane and half onto the shoulder.) The SUV bounces off the barrier (as I'm staring into its headlight) still spinning until it finally straightens out, facing south bound again... right next to me! The SUV, now more or less under control, continues to slow and drifts back over to the center barrier and stops (now in my rear view mirror). My rig is too big to pull over on the center shoulder so I have no choice but to plow on through the deluge.
So much rain and wind, I swear the water on the road was white capping.
(I might have stress eaten a little bit... like a whole package of gummy bears (800 calories).0 -
Sat 06/24 - TDEE: 3,415 cals, Intake: 3,317 cals, Deficit: 98 cals, Steps: 13,867 , Active Minutes: 63
Average Daily Deficit: 171 cals (Sunday - Present)
Odd jobs. Start time of 9am 'cause it is Satuday after all. Cleaned up two and a half medium size storm downed Bradford Pears at one client. Two guys, one chainsaw, one truck (two loads), three man hours. After unloading the debris on the burn pile, put match to it. While pile burned, started coolant flush on cabover, While fushing cabover, dropped driveshaft out of my work truck... yup, bad front u-joint. Replaced rear seal on transfer case while driveshaft was out. Knocked out and replace front and rear u-joint. Re-installed driveshaft and greased new u-joints. Drained cabover after flush and replaced lower radiator hose and refilled coolant. Pile burned down nicely so called it a day. 8 hours 30 minutes.0 -
Sun 06/25 - TDEE: 2,750 cals, Intake: 3,277 cals, Deficit: -527 cals, Steps: 9,105 , Active Minutes: 23
Average Daily Deficit: -527 cals (Sunday - Present)
Rest and refeed.
The son and I fired up the melt forge again. First 30 minutes on diesel and then switched over to waste oil. Worked great!
We ran almost two hours and were almost done with the melt when I poked a hole in the side of our last crucible (stainless steel kitchen canister) with the spaghetti spoon dross skimmer, even being as gentle with it as I knew how.
OK, Three times is enough. No more melts until we come up with a more durable crucible.0 -
Mon 06/26 - TDEE: 4,001 cals, Intake: 3,031 cals, Deficit: 970 cals, Steps: 28,043 , Active Minutes: 232
Average Daily Deficit: 222 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Monday. Temps mid 70s to low 80s (F). overcast. A few drips of rain around lunch.0 -
Tue 06/27 - TDEE: 3,458 cals, Intake: 4,200 cals, Deficit: -742 cals, Steps: 20,636 , Active Minutes: 155
Average Daily Deficit: -100 cals (Sunday - Present)
Normal Tuesday... except for the chips and chive dip I inhaled after reaching my calorie goal for the day. And then the handful of garlic croutons. And then an apple to make the overage a little healthier. Yeah... that works.0 -
Wed 06/28 - TDEE: 3,756 cals, Intake: 3,691 cals, Deficit: 65 cals, Steps: 24,147 , Active Minutes: 169
Average Daily Deficit: -59 cals (Sunday - Present)
No issues except for body screaming "Feed me Seymour!" all evening long.0 -
Thu 06/29 - TDEE: 3,860 cals, Intake: 3,616 cals, Deficit: 244 cals, Steps: 23,662 , Active Minutes: 177
Average Daily Deficit: 2 cals (Sunday - Present)0 -
Fri 06/30 - TDEE: 3,585 cals, Intake: 2,583 cals, Deficit: 1,002 cals, Steps: 17,843 , Active Minutes: 145
Average Daily Deficit: 169 cals (Sunday - Present)
Odd jobs. Dropped 18 bags of fert, one school campus to finish week's mow list, and three shrub trims.
Two day weekend off... except for mowing the shop, changing out the leaking oil drain on my 48, grease a dry bearing on their 36, weld diagonal braces on the left rear rail of my trailer, and paint the rear gates on the white Isuzu. (My son should get my yard mowed and string trimmed, so that one is not on my to-do list.)0
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