Making Excercise a Habit
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Fri 04/07 - TDEE: 4,045 cals, Intake: 3,071 cals, Deficit: 974 cals, Steps: 23,104 , Active Minutes: 1510
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Sat 04/08 - TDEE: 3,930 cals, Intake: 3,145 cals, Deficit: 785 cals, Steps: 26,813 , Active Minutes: 239
Short list to finish week. One school campus, one church/school campus, and two residentials.
Mow the first school as they are having soccer tournaments in afternoon. Early lunch as next church/school campus is a four hour marathon. Pull into driveway and slam on brakes. People EVERYWHERE!! Pavilion tents, rows of port-a-pots. BIG doin's.
Had to put one of my guys on the trailer tongue to help push banners strung across drive up and over front of trailer as we creep down entrance so I can turn-around and get the *kittens* out of there.
Communication is a wonderful thing.
Finished the two residentials and head back to the shop.
Had time to knock the cobwebs off our big water-cooled 72" field mower. Sharpen blades, scrape deck, air up tires, check oil... wait, what-the? Water in the oil and no water in the radiator! Crap!
Mowed our 4 acre shop with the smaller 60". I'll worry about the 72 another day.0 -
Sun 04/09 - TDEE: 2,561 cals, Intake: 3,002 cals, Deficit: -441 cals, Steps: 5,654 , Active Minutes: 38
Rest and re-feed.
Home chores.0 -
Mon 04/10 - TDEE: 4,019 cals, Intake: 3,789 cals, Deficit: 230 cals, Steps: 22,915 , Active Minutes: 157
Fairly normal Monday.
Boss changed oil in 72 while we were out. He also topped off the coolant and added some UV coolant dye. Let it run until warm, then checked the oil with UV light. No glow. Mowed with it for 15 min and repeat check. Still no glow.
Guessing the water was just condensation build up over an unusually warm winter. [thumbs up]0 -
Tue 04/11 - TDEE: 3,599 cals, Intake: 3,448 cals, Deficit: 151 cals, Steps: 20,123 , Active Minutes: 90
Two greenhorns on my truck while my experienced guy is off on his own turning on irrigation systems so less walking for me for a couple more weeks. I can see my stress eating is up probably as a result.1 -
Wed 04/12 - TDEE: 4,110 cals, Intake: 2,702 cals, Deficit: 1,408 cals, Steps: 24,406 , Active Minutes: 107
Average Daily Deficit: 337 cals (Sunday - Present)
Beautifully normal Spring day. Turned into a 12 hour day due to thick Spring grass and two greenhorns. Both issues should get better with time.
Too tired to eat much when I got home at 8 pm. Quick shower, nuked a couple of dogs, and then hit the sack. Morning still came way too early. [yawn]1 -
Thu 04/13 - TDEE: 3,795 cals, Intake: 2,798 cals, Deficit: 997 cals, Steps: 18,649 , Active Minutes: 50
Average Daily Deficit: 469 cals (Sunday - Present)
Time to rearrange my greenhorn seating. The greenhorn with three weeks time has been in the front seat of the truck with me. The other has one week under his belt and rides in the cramped back seat with all the *kitten* that won't ride well in the bed of the truck; tarps, toolboxes, etc.
Problem is, the guy in the front seat is not doing well with the company. In a zombie daze most of the time, while the other one is on the bounce. He sees what needs to be done and does it without me having to tell him.
Zombie dude is going in the back seat as of today.0 -
Fri 04/14 - TDEE: 4,063 cals, Intake: 2,207 cals, Deficit: 1,856 cals, Steps: 25,540 , Active Minutes: 240
Average Daily Deficit: 700 cals (Sunday - Present)
Zombie dude survived the day in the back seat but he didn't make any progress earning his front seat back. I still feel the urge/need to smack him on the back of his head, just to get his attention, before giving out instructions.1 -
Sat 04/15 - TDEE: 2,939 cals, Intake: 2,537 cals, Deficit: 402 cals, Steps: 9,142 , Active Minutes: 0
Average Daily Deficit: 658 cals (Sunday - Present)
A rare Saturday off work for the Easter weekend.
Spent the morning getting three different maintenance items off my work to-do list and the afternoon with my adult son as we welded some finishing touches on his backyard forge. Crossing fingers we can do the first firing today (more likely next weekend) to start really curing out the refractory cement in the body which has air-dried these last few months.1 -
Sun 04/16 - TDEE: 2,556 cals, Intake: 3,660 cals, Deficit: -1,104 cals, Steps: 6,142 , Active Minutes: 17
Average Daily Deficit: -1,104 cals (Sunday - Present)
Easter Day and MFP stoped syncing with my FitBit.
Not a huge deal as I use a spreadsheet to calc calories the day after, but I miss MFP's continuous adjustment throughout the day.
Big ham for lunch at in-laws so no way to weigh intake. Had to guess portion size and then downed a whole bag (1,000 cals) of jellybeans by myself.
Looks like sync issue is still not fixed. Perhaps no one was working on problem over holiday.
Did some more welding on my worn out work trailer after lunch with in-laws. Wish I was better at it and that we had a mig welder that was worth a *kitten*.0 -
Mon 04/17 - TDEE: 3,841 cals, Intake: 2,708 cals, Deficit: 1,133 cals, Steps: 20,176 , Active Minutes: 188
Average Daily Deficit: 15 cals (Sunday - Present)
Some rain overnight. Spent morning dropping 9 yds of mulch on two different clients. After lunch mowed what yards we could without tearing them up.1 -
Tue 04/18 - TDEE: 4,216 cals, Intake: 2,903 cals, Deficit: 1,313 cals, Steps: 27,578 (PB), Active Minutes: 119
Average Daily Deficit: 447 cals (Sunday - Present)
12hrs 45 min work day, a new record for me.
Playing catch-up after rains yesterday. Started day 4 hours behind. Ended day... 5 hours behind. Spring grass loved the rain and bolted. Double and triple mows are the rule. Last yard was nasty thick. Finished in dark. Will have to go back this morning for final blow as we couldn't see the clods in the dark.1 -
Wed 04/19 - TDEE: 4,176 cals, Intake: 2,987 cals, Deficit: 1,189 cals, Steps: 25,533 , Active Minutes: 163
Average Daily Deficit: 633 cals (Sunday - Present)
12 hour work day. Now only 4 yards behind, but rain in today's forecast and Friday & Saturday look to be rainouts.1 -
Thu 04/20 - TDEE: 3,371 cals, Intake: 2,947 cals, Deficit: 424 cals, Steps: 15,993 , Active Minutes: 45
Average Daily Deficit: 591 cals (Sunday - Present)
Only got four mowed before being rained out. Did housekeeping on shop until 2pm. Rain had stopped for about an hour, so we went back out searching for yards that we could mow damp. Mowed another five, each taking twice as long as it should due to damp, before calling it a day
Not great but not a horrible day considering.1 -
Fri 04/21 - TDEE: 3,031 cals, Intake: 2,628 cals, Deficit: 403 cals, Steps: 10,140 , Active Minutes: 0
Average Daily Deficit: 560 cals (Sunday - Present)
Total rain-out. Spent day knocking items off my work maintenance list.0 -
Sat 04/22 - TDEE: 3,026 cals, Intake: 2,708 cals, Deficit: 318 cals, Steps: 11,097 , Active Minutes: 30
Average Daily Deficit: 525 cals (Sunday - Present)
Another total rain-out. And another day knocking items off my maintenance list. Gotta say, that list is getting pretty thin now.
We may be working today, we are that far behind on mowing.0 -
Sun 04/23 - TDEE: 3,783 cals, Intake: 3,269 cals, Deficit: 514 cals, Steps: 21,054 , Active Minutes: 131
Average Daily Deficit: 514 cals (Sunday - Present)
Rare Sunday work day. Split into three crews to finish residential mows after two and a half days of rain.
Still have a couple of commercial mows but will try and squeeze them in over the next two days.
Weather this coming week looks like a repeat of last week. Rain expected Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 70 to 80%.1 -
Mon 04/24 - TDEE: 4,810 cals (PB), Intake: 2,949 cals, Deficit: 1,861 cals, Steps: 37,172 (PB), Active Minutes: 293 (PB)
Average Daily Deficit: 1,188 cals (Sunday - Present)
Boss moved zombie dude to the other crew today. The other greenhorn and I kicked it all day. In fact, I have a triple play of personal bests for this year (and getting closer to break last year's PBs).
Finished the day's list and then we got an add-on to mow a foreclosed property for the bank we mow. 'Weed abatement' its called. Hadn't been mowed since before leaves fell last year (if at all). moved the deck up to 4.5" and crept through the knee high grass and weeds hoping I'd see the rocks, limbs, cinder blocks, dead animals, old cars, mine shaft holes, etc, before I hit them.
Got back to the shop without major incident and sent the greenhorn home. Then I mowed the shop, another 2 hours. Headed for home at 7:30pm. Just another 12 hour day.
Have to say, feeling it this morning. Keeping up with twenty-somethings is tough on us fifty plusers.
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Tue 04/25 - TDEE: 4,494 cals, Intake: 3,304 cals, Deficit: 1,190 cals, Steps: 29,900 , Active Minutes: 208
Average Daily Deficit: 1,188 cals (Sunday - Present)
Finished Tuesday's list in good form, even picked up one of the school campuses we missed last week due to rain and four residentials on tomorrow's list in anticipation of another rain-out day.
Then got a call for another one-off like we did yesterday. Rake up gumballs in the front yard and mow on a yard up for sale. Raked the gumballs, 35 minutes, check. Mow the front... a little tall on one side and sidewalks have never been edged but ok, 15 minutes, check. Open the double gate to the backyard... OMG. I've seen production hayfields with less grass. Raised deck and dove in.
And one hour later.
Just another 12 hour 30 minute work day.1 -
Wed 04/26 - TDEE: 2,370 cals, Intake: 2,550 cals, Deficit: -180 cals, Steps: 4,406 , Active Minutes: 9
Average Daily Deficit: 846 cals (Sunday - Present)
Total rain-out. Spent entire day changing out the lower element on my electric water heater... just 'cause I didn't have to rush.
Went to bed with nausea, cold sweats, and muscle aches. Woke up with 100 degree fever. Called the boss and he said keep it home. Just woke up again with 14 hours of sleep under my belt and blinding headache. First time I've been ill since starting this lawn maintenance job two and a half years ago and it Sucks!0
