Making Excercise a Habit
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Wednesday 6/1
TDEE: 3,568 cals
Steps: 21,132
Active Minutes: 112
Rained out about mid afternoon, so did about an hour on the treadmill @ 2.5 mph to achieve my burn and step goals.
Rain chances today over 70% around noon, so getting caught up on mowing this week not looking good.0 -
Thursday 6/2
TDEE: 3,765 cals
Steps: 23,633
Active Minutes: 114
Light scattered rain during first hours of morning. Worked around it. Got pretty damp. Then sun came out and had good day. Finished mowing list. Back at shop by dusk for another 12 plus hour day. Not quite caught up for the week but close.
So, of course, it is raining now as I type. Looks like it will continue, on and off, most of today.
A little concerned as weight has been creeping up since Memorial Day weekend. Not sure what I'm doing different.0 -
Friday 6/3
TDEE: 3,324 cals
Steps: 15,735
Active Minutes: 98
Rained all morning. Went to the shop about 9:30 am and worked on moving snow plow from old and busted black Ford to new and shiny red Ford. Also sharpened two and a half hedge trimmers (still need to finish one). Started mowing at 2:30 pm. Two large campuses. Back at shop around 7 pm. Mowing list far from complete.
Back home, wife had doughnuts for our oldest who apparently has moved back in and been sleeping on couch last few nights with a cold. I must be tired... downed two doughnuts without thinking. Kept eating
Needed 50 minutes on treadmill to make my activity goals. Ate instead.
Should have gone to bed at 9... too busy eating.
No idea how many calories I ate but wrote down 6,000... in red. True Weight trending app says (also in red) this morning I'm up 0.6 lbs for last seven days.
Enough whining. Its only a small bump in a long road.0 -
Saturday 6/4
TDEE: 3,993 cals
Steps: 28,701
Active Minutes: 206
A good day. Despite all the rain (which we needed), we managed to finish the week's mowing. Even had time once we got back to the shop to mow it's 4 acres. (Still have to mow my own place sometime today.)
Next week's forecast is warm and dry. Temps into the nineties by the end of the week. My kinda weather!0 -
Sunday 6/5
TDEE: 3,529
Steps: 21,868
Active Minutes: 181
Had to put in another 1.25 hours on the treadmill @ 2.5 mph late last night, even after my morning run, to meet my activity goals for the week. But meet them I did.
Scale is also starting to tip back toward the right direction. Weight trend is down 0.1 lbs this morning.
Looking forward to a great week.0 -
Monday 6/6
TDEE: 4,031 cals
Steps: 25,719
Active Minutes: 229
And a great first day it was. Finished off mowing list and shrub trimming list for day in only 9 hrs 25 mins. Feels like getting out of school early.0 -
Tuesday 6/7
TDEE: 3,971 cals
Steps: 23,372
Active Minutes: 160
Truly a gorgeous early summer day. Only clouds in the sky are drifting contrails. THIS is why I retired from an indoor job.0 -
Wednesday 6/8
TDEE: 4,585 cals
Steps: 34,513
Active Minutes: 276
Another absolutely gorgeous day in the Ozarks.0 -
Thursday 6/9
TDEE: 4,198 cals
Steps: 30,255
Active Minutes: 251
Weekly mowing list about done. Another couple of hours this morning should finish it off and then its on to shrub trimming the rest of today and tomorrow. Maybe spread some fertilizer (fert for short) too.
Get shrubs and fert out of the way and things should slow down again for the summer. Short 6 to 8 hours days during the summer heat would be nice.
Temps today in 90s (F) with increasing humidity (currently 78%, dew point 62F), UV index 10 (very high), wind SSE 5 to 10 mph.0 -
Friday 6/10
TDEE: 4,019 cals
Steps: 22,110
Active Minutes: 2350 -
Saturday 6/11
TDEE: 4,014 cals
Steps: 26,537
Active Minutes: 192
Another week done. I'll admit, even for me, it was starting to get hot and muggy there the last couple of days.
This next week, the humidity starts cranking. Highs in the low 90s every day with chances of rain every day, increasing as the week goes by. Temps drop back into mid 80s on Friday.0 -
Sunday 6/12
TDEE: 2,044 cals
Steps: 2,528
Active Minutes: 0
I did get out of bed... and that's about it. Truly a day of rest.0 -
Monday 6/13
TDEE: 5,145 cals (PB)
Steps: 35,355
Active Minutes: 394 (PB)
Guessing the PBs are more from working in the heat than increase of activities. We did do shrub trimming on two yards in addition to the normal mowing.
Today's temps pretty much like yesterday's, just touching 90s, then the next three days get warmer. Mid 90s. Still chances of rain every day.0 -
Tuesday 6/14
TDEE: 3,736 cals
Steps: 20,134
Active Minutes: 125
A two liter Gatorade day. First of the season.
Next three days have heat indexes in the triple digits (F). Hoping to get some yards mowed with getting heat stroke.0 -
*without
Kinda changes the meaning of that last statement.0 -
Wednesday 6/15
TDEE: 3,524 cals
Steps: 20,335
Active Minutes: 117
Knocked off work at 4:30 pm due to heat. Put 35 minutes on treadmill @ 2 mph to meet my activity goals for the day.
Two more excessive heat days to go.0 -
Thursday 6/16
TDEE: 4,117 cals
Steps: 22,437
Active Minutes: 193
Knocked off about 3:30 pm as heat index was 101F.
Only a couple of yards left on the day list and everyone was getting a bit grumpy. Boss said if we finish the weekly mowing list today (Friday) we get the whole two day weekend off.
Today is the last day of a three day killer heat wave. Had a storm roll through last night about 2 am so there will be plenty of humidity in the air.0 -
Friday 6/17
TDEE: 3,572 cals
Steps: 22,270
Active Minutes: 192
Finished weekly mowing list AND knocked off at 2:30 pm with heat index of 100F. Had to add 30 minutes on the treadmill at 2.5 mph to make activity goals, but made it.
Nothing but chores to do the next two whole days!!! Probably through in a 5K run Sunday, just to keep from getting bored. :-)0 -
Saturday 6/18
TDEE: 2,865 cals
Steps: 13,398
Active Minutes: 94
Just chores. Burned the brush pile, mowed the shop, turned the compost heaps. That sort of thing. Beautiful day to be outside!0 -
Monday 6/20
TDEE: 4,345 cals
Steps: 28,574
Active Minutes: 261
Weatherman promised cooler weather this week. He was wrong. Highs in mid 90s all week. [grr]
Sorry, helped a friend trailer his car back home after work (four hour round trip) and short on sleep. Woke up this morning with less than 5 hours under my belt. Makes me cranky.0 -
Tuesday 6/21
TDEE: 3,617 cals
Steps: 21,564
Active Minutes: 120
Other than heat, an easy day. Had to put an hour on the treadmill @ 2.5mph after dinner to meet my activity goals for the day.
Also managed 7 hours of sleep so feeling human again. Ready to deal with another 95F humid day.0 -
Wednesday 6/22
TDEE: 3,579 cals
Steps: 21,719
Active Minutes: 94
Had to add 45 minutes on the treadmill @ 2.5 mph to meet my activity goals for the day.
Really starting to see the effects of the heat and being 8 plus inches behind in rainfall for the year. Even the irrigated lawns are showing heat stress.
More mid 90s the rest of the this week and now into middle of next.0 -
Thursday 6/23
TDEE: 3,202 cals
Steps: 13,079
Active Minutes: 93
Yup, heat is getting to me. Got home and needed 90 minutes on the treadmill to meet my activity goals... not gonna happen. Polished off half a package of cinnamon Bun Oreos instead. Went over my calorie budget for the day by 936 cals,
My only saving grace for the whole day was hitting the rack at 8:30 pm. Got a full 8 hours sleep and hear a drizzle outside right now.
I just might survive this heat wave after all.0 -
Friday 6/24
TDEE: 2,882 cals
Steps: 10,595
Active Minutes: 26
Drizzled on and off most of the day. Stayed in the shop and did maintenance. Oil changes, air filter cleaning, sharpening trimmers and chain saws, took care of a flat tire on the skid-steer, and those many minor adjustments that make the equipment a joy rather than a curse to work with. A good productive day.
By the time I got home, I would've need nearly two hours on the treadmill to make my activity goals. Went to Long John Silver's instead (I did stay within my calorie budget), and then hit the rack early again.
This last week of heat has taken its toll and I'm listening to my body, giving it some much needed rest.
We should easily finish the mowing list today. Not sure what other jobs the boss may put on the list. Still have a few 'Spring' shrub trimmings to finish up and some fertilizer to put down, maybe some sod work.0 -
Saturday 6/25
TDEE: 4,604 cals
Steps: 37,334
Active Minutes: 321
Good day! Heat Index never went over low 90's. Muggy and warm but not exhaustively so.
And sleep bucket is full. Tried for 8 hours last night but was up after 7 and 20. Just couldn't stay in bed any longer.0 -
Sunday 6/26
TDEE: 2,397 cals
Steps: 4,233
Active Minutes: 51
I was on the knife's edge with my intake calories... then my wife baked bolillo rolls with swiss cheese on top [drool].0 -
Monday 6/27
TDEE: 4,557 cals
Steps: 32,051
Active Minutes: 309
Muggy day. Heat Index in low 90s. Short pop-up showers during afternoon doing nothing but adding to humidity.
Today will be the same. Currently humidity is 90%0 -
Tuesday 6/27
TDEE: 3,656 cals
Steps: 19,882
Active Minutes: 144
Finished day's mowing list with time to also finish steps 2 & 3 (out of 5 yearly steps) of our fertilizer program. Boss says if no rain-outs and we finish the weekly mowing list, we get three days off this weekend for the Fourth.
Only problem with a long three day weekend... is the short four day week afterward. Still have to squeeze in five days of mowing.
Also not finished with 'Spring' shrub trimming list. Getting pretty far into Summer for 'Spring' trimming.0 -
Wednesday 6/29
TDEE: 3,523 cals
Steps: 22,244
Active Minutes: 105
Morning was pleasant, both temp and humidity down. Afternoon... not so much. Finished day with no issues but ran through some pop-up showers on way back to shop.
Weight not dropping, but not gaining either. Guessing its the heat. Not going to worry about it.
Survive the Summer is the name of the game. Hottest is usually a four week stretch, last two weeks of July and first two weeks of August. After that, its down hill into Fall leaf clean-ups.0 -
Thursday 6/30
TDEE: 3,760
Steps: 22,875
Active Minutes: 153
Got caught in a pop-up shower just before lunch. Refreshing at the time, yes. Comfortable afterward, no.
Rumor for today is, one school campus, but just around main building (no playing fields today) and a couple sq.yrd. of mulch to put down.
Should be done in time for lunch at home, and then a three day weekend to look forward to.0
