Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
Woke up very sore from the total body workout. I told Mrs APK that despite our advanced age I will need a different type or form of total body workout once per week. She didn’t even break a smile lol.Day 4. Was starving after yesterday so I upped my calories to 1500 for the day. Largely stuck to my food plan with one exception — a half scoop of ice cream tonight.
Did a 30-minute “total body workout” that involved core strength building. Walked 3.5 miles (which is on the low end for me).
Interested to see what tomorrow looks like. I have a lunch in downtown Chicago and my gameplan is to eat a salad with chicken breast. Should be able to keep it to 500 calories or so, that’s the goal. Hoping to walk 3-4 miles early morning before work.
Curious about tomorrow’s weigh in but not concerned. Just curious how my body is responding and behaving right now.
Ok, so the weigh in today was 0.5 lbs up from yesterday, not a shock. I was massively dehydrated yesterday.
What it really tells me though is my post-holiday, post-vacation body was massively bloated from unhealthy eating. Salt. Sugar. Meat. Junk.
That said, I do look healthier already and more importantly feel better. Less bloated. Less intentional distress. More energy. More desire to get up off the couch. Less depressed.
Glad this group is here to help motivate me and keep me accountable. It makes a huge difference. I’m going to stick to my goals — not just weight loss, but healthier eating (cutting out most ultraprocessed food), incorporating 5-6 workouts per week at home, lifting at the gym, and logging everything I eat into the MyFitnessPal app.
I ate lunch in downtown Chicago today with a hot, early-mid 30s former co-worker. She told me all about her job, life, boyfriend, etc. And I ordered a southwest chicken salad, dressing on the side. Only ate half of it, brought the rest home.
She asked “why are you eating a salad, not a burger, that’s not like you?” My smirking reply (she has met my wife multiple times) was “because I’m evidently middle aged now and need to take care of this temple of a body differently if I’m going to steal you away from Brian (boyfriend) in the next year.” She laughed and blushed. Harmless but enjoyable.
Anyway, it will be hard all day (pun intended) to stick to my calorie goal. I’ll do my best and if I do snack, will focus on fruits and veggies. And now I have to tell my wife about the boyfriend joke or else I’ll feel guilty. Darn it.