I did some sprints and squats otherwise it was a lazy day.

5/13:
I closed my rings and clocked 18k steps on a strength day so not too shabby there. I didn’t eat the best by having some sweets then overate protein at dinner. I just wanted all the food. Oh well, keep on keeping on.

Check in for 5/13 and 5/14

Almost made it to 15,000 steps on 5/14 but wasn't even close on 5/13.
Didn't get those rings closed either day.
Well under calories and low carb both days.
Using my new resistance bands very carefully and getting a good arm workout every day.
Pretty good low stress days.

5/14 Check in:

1. Mini Break workouts (10 min x 4, 5 times) ✔
2. Eat low carb- ✔
3. Limit drinks to weekends- ✔
4. Close all 3 rings on Apple Watch (stand, move, exercise) daily ✔
5. Stress Less!! ✔

I knew it was going to rain during lunch so I went for a run in the morning. It felt good, kept me in a good mood. I wanted to go to another long walk/hike after work but it was raining and turned thundering so I stayed home and did back workouts. I'm sore today.

5/14:
I ended up with just over 22k steps and closure of all rings. The weather is starting to turn in OH so I was able to get outside a bit. On the food side, I didn’t have a great day but it wasn’t awful either. I don’t normally eat breakfast, opting to ordinarily fast for 16 hours. I started the morning with a small omelet and some bacon. I wasn’t hungry at lunch but snacked a bit in the afternoon. By dinner I was starved and ate more than needed but stuck with my normal carnivore. Consequently I passed out by 8 on the couch. I want to experiment with smaller meals more frequently and see if that helps.

5/16:
Saturday was a total washout - 5 inches of rain between Friday night and Sunday morning - still managed to get 5800 steps for the day. Food was good -> under calories and under carbs.

5/17:
Sunday was better weather, sun came out so we could clean up the yard after the rain. Got 5900 steps doing yard work and cleaning up from trimming trees on Thursday and Friday. Food was good - under calories and under carbs for the day.

Weighed myself this morning and I am now down 12 lbs in the last month (April 19 till now).

Gardening all weekend, weather was perfect. Rain today so getting some strength in during work breaks.

5/18 Check in:

1. Mini Break workouts (10 min x 4, 5 times) ✔
2. Eat low carb- X Damn yogurt and ice cream.
3. Limit drinks to weekends- X and had a glass of wine at the end of the day.
4. Close all 3 rings on Apple Watch (stand, move, exercise) daily ✔
5. Stress Less!! ✔

I haven't been sitting in front of a computer all day since I've been furloughed so neglected to check in regularly.

1. >15,000 steps per day. Not at goal most of the last several days
2. Close the Fitbit rings. I have been able to close the ring most of the time.
3. Continue low carb and low calorie goal. This doesn't seem like an issue even though my days have been full of working around the house and yard all day.
4. Run 3X week and body weight exercises 5X week. I've been able to run very regularly and am counting yardwork as body weight exercises. I've been aggressively weeding out large amounts of flower beds and pulling out dandelions by the roots after spraying with weedkiller.
5. Be mindful of stressing less. If I'm busy I can stay less stressed.

Hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy.

I'm still here, still doing the things, but I need to get better at keeping up here!