Making Excercise a Habit
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Wednesday 8/3
TDEE: 3,512 cals
Steps: 20,434
Active Minutes: 68
Heat Index 106F. Know I'm sounding like a broken record but, ya, it was warm. And not a dry warm. A wet, sponge in the face warm.
Drinking 5 to 6 liters of water (about a gallon and a half) during the day (not counting normal drinks at meals) and then sweating it all out. That's about 13 pounds of water in case anyone was wondering.0 -
Thursday 8/4
TDEE: 3,813 cals
Steps: 19,265
Active Minutes: 168
Heat Index touched 104F. Actually not that bad with a 9 mph breeze nearly all day. Went to a local fast food for lunch and decided to go back to the truck to eat as was way too cold inside. Felt good to get back out into the heat.0 -
Friday 8/5
TDEE: 4,492 cals
Steps: 35,539
Active Minutes: 317
I think the weatherman's thermometer is stuck. Heat Index 104F again.
Noticed something the last couple of heat waves. (Hope none are squeamish. Could be TMI.) A cotton tee-shirt (with company color and logo) once saturated with sweat to the point of dripping, no longer breathes. It is like wearing neoprene. Take it off, wring it out, flip it a few times to open the weave, and put it back on... [ahhh].
I've had five or six wringer days during the last two heat waves. This day was only a two wringer.0 -
Saturday 8/6
TDEE: 2,101 cals
Steps: 3,513
Active Minutes: 0
Rest Day0 -
Sunday 8/7
TDEE: 2,735 cals
Steps: 9,307
Active Minutes: 42
So, thought I'd try and do the last 10K app workout I completed before growing season started 21 weeks ago.
10K app W11D1 incomplete.- normal 5 minute warm-up
- 3 sets, 17 minute jog @ 5 mph, 1 minute walk @ 3.5 mph
- 5 minute walking recovery @ 3.5 mph
- 4 sprints, 1 minute run @ 7 mph, 2 minute walk @ 3.5 mph
- normal 5 minute cool-down
Bonked midway through second set. Probably shouldn't have worn the long-sleeve tee over my running shirt. Over-heated. Dropped into walk and then into normal cool-down. Didn't even think about sprints.
FITBIT CHARGE HR STATS- 45 minutes total,
- 42 active minutes,
- 500 cals,
- 5,286 steps,
- 3.17 miles.
- 0 minutes in peak zone (>160 bpm, peak HR 165 bpm),
- 26 minutes in cardio zone (130 - 160),
- 15 minutes in fat burn zone (95 - 130),
- and the rest out of zone (<95 bpm).
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Okay, I'm going to partially hijack your hijacked thread.
8/7
FITBIT ALTA STATS
15,961 steps
90 active minutes
3,268 total calories burned
No food logged
No gym workout, just dog walking and yard work.1 -
Monday 8/8
TDEE: 3,784 cals
Steps: 22,604
Active Minutes: 179
Four hour rain delay this morning. Started work at 11 AM with overcast... then the sun came out and somebody turned the steam on. HI was technically cooler at 97F and it was a zero wringer day, just felt warm and sticky until late afternoon. Back at shop when too dark to see grass, 8 PM.
Still, all in all, a beautiful day to be outside. :-)0 -
8/8
FITBIT ALTA STATS
15,231 steps
133 active minutes
3,151 total calories burned
2492 calories logged
No gym workout, again dog walking and working in the yard after work.0 -
Tuesday 8/9
TDEE: 3,582 cals
Steps: 20,387
Active Minutes: 96
Strange Summer we've been having. Heat Index hit 106F on one of my weather apps but didn't see over 98F on two others. I believe the 106. And then we get more rain in the late afternoon. [sigh]
No worries. We finished both what we didn't get to Monday due to the late start and all of Tuesday's list before the rain started, so all is good.
Upcoming weather... "Hot and humid with Heat Index near 100 and a storm or two is possible". There's a surprise.0 -
Wednesday 8/10
TDEE 3,400 cals
Steps: 18,495
Active Minutes: 112
Saw triple digits. Two more days of heat in this wave. Today is suppose to be the crest. Looking forward to the downhill slide into Fall.0 -
Thursday 8/11
TDEE: 3,692 cals
Steps: 19,048
Active Minutes: 166
New high for Heat Index... 108F. Need to make it through one more hot muggy day and then we're expecting some relief from the heat. Low to mid eighties for next week... and more rain.0 -
Friday 8/12
TDEE: 4,016 cals
Steps: 23,210
Active Minutes: 232
Made it through 103F Heat Index and hopefully the last triple digit for the Summer. Finished the weekly list of mows and a handful of odd jobs just before the rain unloaded (yes, torrential and almost sideways). Mid eighties next week (yes, and more rain)
Now have the whole two day weekend off! [Hallelujah chorus plays LOUDLY]0 -
Saturday 8/13
TDEE: 2,283 cals
Steps: 3,932
Active Minutes: 0
Rest day.0 -
Sunday 8/14
TDEE: 2,437 cals
Steps: 6,871
Active Minutes: 20
Basically, another rest day. Did spend some quality time working with my son on his backyard forge project.0 -
Monday 8/15
TDEE: 4,140 cals
Steps: 32,776
Active Minutes: 258
Started day overcast with a light mist. Overcast stayed all day. Mist came and went several times, not enough to worry about but cool on the skin. High hit 78F, almost chilly compared to past couple of months. Was on last yard for the day when heavy sprinkles started. Was a little damp by time we finished yard.
Main weather front seems to have moved south of us. Rest of week looks decent. [crosses fingers]0 -
Tuesday 8/16
TDEE: 3,522 cals
Steps: 20,740
Active Minutes: 104
This was a work day that all other work days will be measured against. Temperature - perfect, humidity - perfect, wind - perfect, clouds perfect, sun - perfect, workload - perfect, three beers back at the shop at the end of the day - perfect.
A good day.0 -
Wednesday 8/17
TDEE: 3,852 cals
Steps: 24,684
Active Minutes: 172
Another nice day. Warmer though at 87F, almost a one wringer. Still, almost 20 degrees cooler than last couple of heat waves so I can deal.
Lost our college kid Summer help this week, so having to relearn all our yards with a crew of two.0 -
Thursday 8/18
TDEE: 4,311 cals
Steps: 31,028
Active Minutes: 275
One thing about all the rain we've gotten. Air is clean. Amazing how sharp everything looks. Every leaf glistens. Love being outside everyday.0 -
Friday 8/19
TDEE: 3,813 cals
Steps: 27,546
Active Minutes: 223
Looking forward to a normal weekend off.0 -
Saturday 8/20
TDEE: 2,085 cals
Steps: 3,124
Active Minutes: 0
I did do two loads of my own laundry. Even folded. Still laying on the living room floor, but had to leave something to do for Sunday.0 -
Sunday 8/21
TDEE: 3,634 cals
Steps: 24,655
Active Minutes: 206
Not sure where these numbers came from. I did put up the two loads of folded laundry I did Saturday... OK, and worked with my son on his backyard forge... and mowed the 4 acres at the shop... and replaced a broken set of leaf spring shackles on my mowing trailer... and mowed my own place... and then string trimmed my own place, including the 1/4 mile drive... and then did a few odd jobs at my mom's.0 -
Monday 8/22
TDEE: 4169 cals
Steps: 30,402
Active Minutes: 208
Hinky charging on laptop finally forced me to take it back to computer shop. Definitely a loose power plug socket on motherboard. (a little down pressure on power plug and charges fine, no pressure and charge light blinks showing power plugged in but not charging, little up pressure and computer shuts down like you powered off.)
Back to smartphone for a while. [ugh]0 -
Tuesday 8/23
TDEE: 3,247 cals
Steps: 18,336
Active Minutes: 1380 -
Wednesday 8/24
TDEE: 3,828 cals
Steps: 22,924
Active Minutes: 1500 -
Thursday 8/25
TDEE: 3,807 cals
Steps: 22,293
Active Minutes: 203
Heat and humidity has returned. A two wringer day.
On brighter note, computer shop called. Power cord jack is issue. $40 for new jack and $150 to solder it onto motherboard. Told them to do it. 3-5 days to get jack in. Should have laptop back sometime next week.0 -
Friday 8/26
TDEE: 3,258 cals
Steps: 19,200
Active Minutes: 1300 -
Saturday 8/27
TDEE: 3,211 cals
Steps: 16,104
Active Minutes: 1110 -
Sunday 8/28
TDEE: 2,235 cals
Steps: 4,632
Active Minutes: 00 -
Monday 8/29
TDEE: 4,030 cals
Steps: 27,114
Active Minutes: 1910 -
Tuesday 8/30
TDEE: 3,392 cals
Steps: 16,362
Active Minutes: 108
Fell off the wagon... OK, more like a double twist pike into a swan dive... straight 9's across the board.
Been having tooth pain on right side of jaw. Can't localize it to any one tooth. Finally saw my dentist. Best guess is a root canal on that side (#3) I had done a couple of years ago which had to be re-done a couple of months after that. Looks like it may need a third try, this time attacking through the gum and bone rather than through the tooth. (I forget the name of the procedure.) Currently on antibiotics and ibuprofen... Still hurts. Antibiotics need another 12 hours.
Question I have to answer soon. 1) Do the third procedure to "save" the tooth.
Or have tooth extracted and; 2) do nothing, 3) get bridge, 4) go for implant?0
