62blackdogs

Weekly check-in Weight: 205.1 so holding.. Eating not great to many sweets at the office, with a lack of control on my part. Steps: 8348/day average. Doing well close to 10K/day this week. Spanish: Doing well,everyday for the last week. 7 day challenge got no legs. I did one day!

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs March 2

Current weight is 205.2. I feel like weight is rising and if I keep doing what I'm doing I will be close to 209 by April 15th. I'm going to try a 7 day challenge. Record food and meet all my daily goals. I figure I will do this for a week and maybe keep the streak alive. Today is day 1 Steps current average is: 8264/day.

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs February 23

Current weight is 204.6 which I view as quite good. Just trying to be conscious of my eating, and put effort into keeping my calories in the 1800 range. Being in an office is hard, I had two large amazing cookies on valentines day. Bread products and the office are difficult for me. Steps going well. I have low step days…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs February 16

Last two weeks, I have been off the program, but have done fairly well. I will be working long hours between now and April 15th. (Tax Season). I have not worked in a few years, didn't remember how hard it was. My goal is to be maintain until April 16th. I will: Keep my daily average of steps at 8250. (Currently at…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs February 13

Week 4 (On-Track) 1. Meet daily food intake goal. 2. 7000 steps daily min 3. Drink 80 oz of water daily. (Key to success in 2024) 4. 10 min core training 5. Study Spanish 20 minutes. 6. No eating before 10am or after 6pm (Really helped keep me on track in 2024) 7. Track my progress with weekly weigh-in. Yearly Goals…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 29

Day 28 Been busy with work. All going well, my weight this morning was 202.8. Which is very good. I'm planning on cutting down my breakfast portion sizes some. My breakfast has seen about a 250 calorie increase since the start of this challenge. The result is I have been doing 2 1/2 meals a day. Thinking about cut back on…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 28

]Week 3 (On-Track) 1. Meet daily food intake goal. 2. 7000 steps daily min 3. . Drink 80 oz of water daily. (Key to success in 2024) 4. 10 min core training 5. Study Spanish 20 minutes. 6. No eating before 10am or after 6pm (Really helped keep me on track in 2024) 7. Track my progress with weekly weigh-in. Yearly Goals…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 22

Day 19 The days have been long. I have started working part-time, this is Soooo much easier to do when you have all day to do it. Respect to people who do this with a full time job, kids and other stresses. Yesterday was the first time that I thought about not doing it. Ending up getting my last 2000 steps in at 9pm. Good…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 19

Week 2 (On-Track) 1. Meet daily food intake goal. 2. 7000 steps daily min 3. . Drink 80 oz of water daily. (Key to success in 2024) 4. 10 min core training 5. Study Spanish 20 minutes. 6. No eating before 10am or after 6pm (Really helped keep me on track in 2024) 7. Track my progress with weekly weigh-in. Yearly Goals…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 16

Day 14 Another long day. Didn't really start on task until after 5:15pm. Respect to folks that work long hours and still manage to do this. I had a 7 hour work day today, and it felt like I had no time to spare. Expecting a good weigh-in in 12 hours or so.

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 15

Day 10 Long day. Didn't really start task until 4:45pm. I have days like this every now and then. Pushed thur it.

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 11

Week 1 (On-Track) 1. Meet daily food intake goal. 2. 7000 steps daily min 3. Drink 80 oz of water daily. (Key to success in 2024) 4. 10 min core training 5. Study Spanish 20 minutes. 6. No eating before 10am or after 6pm (Really helped keep me on track in 2024) 7. Track my progress with weekly weigh-in. Yearly Goals…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 8

Day 7 First week went well, looking forward to first weight-in tomorrow morning.

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 8

Day 5 It is 5:30pm - I have 300 calories left, so I will be having a snack in the next 30min, 32 oz of water to drink. I will complete these. Walked @16:10/mile pace for 10K. I woke up sore, I did a relaxed walk today. Feeling good.

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 6

Day 4 It is 7:40pm - I have Spanish to do and 16 oz of water to drink. I will complete these. I do weekly check-ins to record progress. I'm doing daily progress reports to ramp up. Most likely I will get to the point were I only report in a few times a week.

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 5

Wow!... People are here. Welcome. As you can see I have a modified plan. @Dory_42 Welcome. What long hike are you doing? I just finished 400 miles in 3 months in Tokyo and have done parts of The Camino twice. Congrats on a new attempt. I made it 70 days last year before a partial dislocated knee stopped me, I finished the…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 5

Day 3 It is 5:35pm - Cooking last meal now, I have 3 cal to spare. A little hungry today. 10 min of Core, and 20 oz of water. I will get these done before bed.

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 4

Day 2 Successful - Sore from run on day 1

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 3

Day 1 Late start It is 6pm - Done eating for the day, 20 min of Spanish, 10 min of Core, and 24 oz of water I will get these done before 9pm

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 2

Looking back and celebrating! Weight January 1, 2024: 224.0 July 1 2024: 205.0 (-19.0) January 1, 2025: 209.8 (-14.2) Steps Averaged 7844/day 2.86 million/year 1400 miles Walked: 400 miles in Tokyo/3months and loved it. What I learned I didn't make 75 days streak goal - injury around day 70 prevented it - what I learned is…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs January 1

Been a while since my last entry. I have been off the wagon, but at least I have been close to it. First day back on. Doing food entry, walking, intermittent fasting, yoga, and water. Weigh-In January 1: 224.0 March 18: 209.3 (-14.7) first 77 days. April 8: 203.9 (-20.1) low before vacation May 6: 207.5 (+3.6) New Day 1…

in 75 Challenge for The New Year Comment by 62blackdogs July 2024

Check-in 75 Happy (Goal is to loss weight and to do task with/for happiness) 1 Meet daily myFitnesspal food intake goal. 2. 5000 steps daily 3. Drink 80 oz of water daily. 4. No alcohol drinks 5. Read 20 minutes. 6. Track my progress with weekly weigh-in. 7. Yoga 20 minutes. Weigh-In January 1: 224.0 March 18: 209.3…