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12/27/22 was my "Day of Reckoning",...that day after the holidays when I take a hard look at the scales, and know exactly what I've got to do going forward until I re-achieve my goal weight. My goal is 180 for a maintenance weight. My wife says I look "too skinny" at 175, so I compromised and chose 180. On 12/27 I weighed 209.4. That is the most I've weighed since 4/10/20. I've bounced around between 185 - 195 for the past 24 months, and then let the Holiday season and lack of exercise for the past 3.5 months catch up to me. Yesterday, I put on the brakes to the Holiday skids, and stopped the lack of control. This A.M. I weighed 204.2. Now granted, most of what I lost is additional "water weight" from all of the salt, but it is a positive sign. I am back on the bike riding 30+ minutes since 12/9 and did 8.3 miles this A.M. in 32 minutes. That is a little over 15 MPH which is about 1.5 MPH less than my average when I am riding 90 minutes. The injured knee cannot handle much more than 30 minutes at this time, and I still need to do some PT exercises this afternoon. Pure Protein and Premium Protein shakes are in my future meals at least once a day until I have achieved a "fast drop" wall at which time I will return to 3 regular meals of about 1500 calories per day with at least 9 servings of vegetables & fruits per day plus fat & protein percentages. The old saying is "5 is fine, but 9 is divine". That is the norm that we have eaten the past 4 years. It works, and one does not need special programs to lose and maintain at levels that are normal. We are all in this together trying to lose & maintain our weights at normal levels. Keep focusing, keep achieving, and stay with your program. Be well my friends. God is good !!
View Diet Calendar, 28 December 2022:
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1622 kcal
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Fat: 59.72g | Prot: 113.88g | Carbs: 169.39g.
Breakfast: Kroger Roasted & Salted Pumpkin Seeds, Pure Protein Chocolate Shake, Silk Unsweetened Vanilla Cashew Milk, Florida's Natural 100% Pure Florida Orange Juice, Shamrock Farms Fat Free Half & Half, Mariani Pitted Prunes. Lunch: Persimmon, Avocados, Kroger Low Fat Cottage Cheese, Mariani Pitted Prunes, Metamucil Sugar Free Metamucil, Ranch Dressing - Low Calorie, Blue Diamond Almond Nut-Thins - Cheddar Cheese Nut & Rice Cracker Snacks, Lettuce Salad with Assorted Vegetables. Dinner: Not Your Mother's Chicken Soup, Hillshire Farm Beef Summer Sausage, Blue Diamond Almond Nut-Thins - Cheddar Cheese Nut & Rice Cracker Snacks, Metamucil Sugar Free Metamucil, Sunsweet Dried Pitted Prunes, Cabot Vermont Seriously Sharp White Cheddar Cheese Cracker Cut Slices, Sausage Balls (Made with Biscuit Mix and Cheese), Pecan Nuts, Dove Dark Chocolate Miniatures, Laughing Cow Creamy Swiss Garlic & Herb, Great Value Mini Pretzel Twists. more...
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2723 kcal
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Exercise:
Bicycling (fast) - 15/mph - 32 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 28 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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