Congratulations jbro you’re doing so well and thoroughly deserve the positive effects that have resulted from it.
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Thanks Rexx. Still a long way to go but it’s nice to already have some positive benefits.
04-Sep-2019: 1577 calories
Vegetarian day but not by design. I planned to have 8-10 ounces of chicken tonight but my wife got caught up carting my daughter around and I didn’t get home from work until almost 7 so I just ended up having some black beans, avocado, lettuce, and salsa on those soft kind of corn tortillas that are 60 calories each. This is a very low protein day for me and honestly I don’t understand how vegetarians get enough protein without spending a ton of thought and effort on meal planning.
My legs are still too sore from DOMS to row W2R2 today, but I think I’ll be able to do it tomorrow. It didn’t help having terrible traffic today and almost 5 hours of commuting in total plus 9 hours sitting on my ass in meetings including through lunchtime. Tomorrow is another day!
05-Sep-2019: 1308 calories
My legs are still sore but it’s possible I could get my required row in tonight. If not, I’m going to have to row the 2 remaining required sessions Friday and Saturday and plan on Mon, Wed, Fri next week for my week 3 rows in order to get back on track.
I scheduled a massage for tomorrow to try to work the tightness out of my quads and calves.
Week 8: 06-Sep-2019
Weight: 231 pounds
Starting weight: 254 pounds
Weekly loss: 2 pounds
Total loss: 23 pounds
Weeks 1-4: 1638 calories/day
Weeks 5-8: 1739 calories/day
I ate a bit more in month two but was still comfortably below my goal of averaging fewer than 1900 calories/day.
I don’t have too many challenges over the next 4 weeks, but then in October I need to travel to Ireland and Germany plus a few days at a conference in PA and I’m considering taking some time to head west and do a desert hike with an old buddy of mine. Traveling is always hard, so I need to start planning now for how I’ll maintain good habits as best as possible.
06-Sep-2019: 1893 calories
Rowing session W2R2: 4 x 750 M with 2 minutes rest between intervals. I was supposed to maintain 2:15 splits and I averaged 2:15.1 across the 4 intervals so I’m going to call it close enough. I struggled with the last interval.
I’m sure you’ve posted this, but do you estimate for your maintenance calories?
yeah it was in the first post on the old site:
That was based on sedentary, but I’ve gotten quite a bit more active recently and probably qualify for light/moderate activity.I think I have about 1000 calorie/day deficit currently which translates (in theory) to an expected 2 pound/week loss.
Lunch yesterday:
Homemade fra diavolo tomato sauce from local plum tomatoes with wild caught shrimp over spiraled summer squash with wax beans (at the bottom) and Romano cheese. 450 calories with 56 grams protein.
Protein might be high as the organic sauce I used for a proxy in fitbit said 10 grams protein, and that seems off. I was looking for a low calorie proxy because I didn’t add sugar or any of that shit that’s commonly added to commercial sauces and I went light on the EVOO.
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07-Sep-2019: 1847 calories
Rowed W2R3: 5500 M row at 2:30 splits
Did two required sessions on consecutive days so I’m back on track with the Pete’s Plan beginner rowing program.
Belay high on Tenaya Peak, Yosemite NP, CA
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A few years later, across the road from Tenaya Peak (Tenaya Lake down below and the peak is out of view to the left of the photo), and 20 pounds fatter. This was the first of a couple of climbing trips where my fitness was subpar and then eventually I stopped climbing for a while.
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One of my buds that I’ve been climbing with for 25 years agreed to meet at the climbing gym once a week this winter, and 4 of us are planning our comeback to climbing next spring and then a trip planned in October 2020 to Joshua Tree.
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08-Sep-2019: 1442 calories
Walked 3.1 miles on an easy trail at about 3.5 mph
Edit to update calories as I forgot to log the butter and olive oil I sauteed some mushrooms in at dinner
Sorry, didn’t realize you were asking me. I’m a software engineer, and lucked into the working at home gig when the company closed my local office. One thing to consider (which you probably have) is negotiating one or more work at home days for a full time in-office position, and increase the days at home as you prove yourself.
09-Sep-2019: 1510 calories
Walked for 25 minutes at about 3.5 MPH.
Was supposed to row W3R1 tonight but I’m wiped out. Only got 4.5 hours sleep last night because of Pats game and I’m just realizing that I’m coming down with something. Head hurts, throat hurts, and lungs hurt and I’m way more tired than I should be for 1 night missing some sleep. This blows because I just got back on schedule with the Pete’s Plan.
10-Sep-2019: 2170 calories
Still feel like shit, it’s like a cold that went directly to my lungs without all the sneezing and runny nose foreplay. Rude if you ask me.
I probably won’t be posting until Thursday night as I’m going to a show tomorrow and we got a hotel room so we can cut loose a little with the booze. Hopefully I feel up to it. Calories will be rather large as we’re probably going to eat at a good steakhouse before the show.
Edit: had to update my calories and nutrition info as for the first time since starting this log I ate more after logging for the day. For some reason ate about 50 pistachios and a yogurt parfait made with raw milk yogurt, honey, and whipped cream. I guess not the worst blow-up one could have, but it still pisses me off.
Hope you feel better soon Jbro.
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11-Sep-2019: 3505 calories
Ok, well that didn’t quite go according to plan last night! I was doing ok until we decided to hit the North End for pizza after the show even though we already ate at the Capital Grill before the show.
Back in the saddle now. Lungs feel better and energy is coming back so I’m going to hit it hard again starting tomorrow.
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Just remember it’s fine to have the occasional “cheat” day, as long as you get back on track the next day.
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