Biking: June

I'd set a modest goal of 50km for the last part of June. I was at 49.25km for the last few days, but riding home from work today covered the distance by a long shot. 9.25km from work to home to bring June's total to 58.5km.

July has a target goal of 150km.

I've been thinking that if I ride the full distance to and from work 3 days out of 4, should rack up about 57km per week. I should, just from getting to and from work, be able to go almost 230km. So, 150km should be easy enough.

Biking again

Got on the bike with Athalos today. We're planning a big bike trip later in the year, so we need to start riding more.

13.75km ride today.

June total: 49.25 of 50.0 goal.

So... I could do circles in the parking lot for a few minutes and make up the distance necessary.

I've still got a few days to do the last little bit. Cool.

Friday

Rode bike around a bit. 11.75km

June total: 35.5km

Bike

Went on a ride yesterday. Did a loop from the house up to the Chapters, then back down to home again, stopping for a panzarotti on the way home.

Total: 16.25km.

This will start up my biking journal. I'd like to do a few longer rides this year, so I've got to start building up my riding ability.

I also did a short ride to Athalos' place and back, a total of 7.5km.

So, June total: 23.75km

Desired total: 50km

I'm hoping to start doing weekend rides of 20km or more, with an eye to do up at least 150km over the month of July.

Off wagon

So I fell off all the wagons I was on. Diet, exercise, everything.

To sum up, I'm eating poorly again, and haven't been exercising.

I'm getting back to it all again though.

I got to the gym on Monday and did 25 minutes on the treadmill at an average pace of about 5.8.

I also got out the bike and have been trying to ride that more as well.

APoD

I'm way behind on this. I've got 20 days to do 31 models. So, this is going to go way up in priority for me and my time at home.

June 7, 8, and 9

Ok... it's been a bad week for getting to the gym. I've done nothing this week so far. And have been totally off diet, and off even weighing myself or counting calories. Yay me?

Wednesday's weight was 192.6#, and I have no idea how not exercising and eating badly make me lose weight. There's no sense to it!

June 4, 5, 6

I got in a quick workout on the 4th. 45 minutes on treadmill.

No workout on the 5 + 6. A combination of too lazy and too busy.

No weighings that I remembered, and I did not bother to track foods. Eating ranged from light grazing to heavy consumption. Generally, I've done things wrong.

My mental stresses are much lower now, but not gone.

June 3

Mental breakdown evening. No workout.

Weight: 195.8#

Calories: about 2700

Get down

I've had a goal for weight loss for over seven weeks now. My total loss so far is just 2.6#. That's not a good sign.

I have been reasonable with my diet, but not great. I've have been good with my workouts, but not intense. I have been diligent, but not consistent.

It's the "but nots" that have stymied me.

I want to weigh less. I want to look and feel better. I want to not have this gut.

But wanting something is not the same as doing something about it. I know this. And while knowing is half the battle, the other half is effort. I don't think I've been doing much on that half lately.

Keeping a diet record these last three days has been good. I can see that my diet isn't horrible. It's about 2000 calories a day. That's maintenance weight for me. Especially with the foods that I eat. To lose, I need to aim at about 1800 a day. A rather different amount of food. And I need to really cut back on the starches and sugars.

I have done some good things. I have made some good changes. I skip out on fries and burgers. I don't drink any cola. I drink a lot more water. I get to the gym.

But I haven't done some of the things I should be doing. I'm not consistent with fruit, and don't eat enough veg. I do not get the amount or kind of sleep that I should be getting.

These are all changes that impact the choices I make. Why I haven't made them, I'm not sure. But, I think it's time for some adjustements in the way I carry out my days.

Week seven

I started at 198.8#

Week 1 was 200.6.# (up 1.8#)

Week 2 was 198.6# (down 2#, down 0.2# total)

Week 3 is 197.4# (down 1.2#, down 1.4# total)
Week 4 is 196.2# (down 1.2#, down 2.6# total)

Week 5 is 196.6# (up 0.4#, down 2.2# total)

Week 6 is 196.2# (down 0.4#, down 2.6# total)

Week 7 is 196.2# (no change, down 2.6# total)

Clearly, nothing is working. Or, more accurately, doing nothing is doing nothing.

July 2

Very tired, went to bed early, no workout.

Weight: 196.2#

Calories: 2240

June 1

Slacked today to play games.

Weight: 195.4#
Calories: 1896