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Ugg..difficult week both physically, emotionally and foodwise. So, where do I begin? Ok, lets start with Last week. Last week, I was on vacation in Florida and that week was very good. I managed to stay within my calories and I even upped my exercise. I walked 6/8 days at least 2 miles before the day even began and with shopping and other things, I did really well with the miles I walked. Monday, I flew back to New York and started to get the house together again (it is not together..as we speak). Wednesday, I got a concerned call from my husban'd cousin that his grandfather (100years old) is not responding very well. This was evening time and we go immediately to the emergency department. It was very touch and go for the first day and a half. Basically, pneumonia with an exacerbation of congestive heart failure. He (as of yesterday) has delirium as well. So there is the emotional part. Physically, my husband got me a fitbit and I am loving it. I did over 70k steps in the first week and my legs and lower back are TIRED but I feel great about it. Today I am not going to try doing 10k steps because my muscles need a rest. Between steps and standing at the hospital to help grandpa, my body is shot. Just sitting here, I can feel the soreness of my legs. I gained a lot of muscle in the last two weeks and I can actually see my legs are more muscular/leaner. I also so my scale increase a bit.
Foodwise, with being at the hospital the majority of the time, there is no time to plan/prep healthy low cal foods. We get home really late and so to avoid eating late, I had resorted to a breakfast and a very heavy lunch and no dinner. I still watched the calories but it was a lot of restaurant/take out. We did go to healthy places (except one pizza lunch), so I am not unhappy with my choices. I am looking forward to eating properly again. Yesterday, I did eat late because I was exhausted and very hungry. Today I am striving to go back to my normal routine but I am not sure about what will happen during dinner because we leave for the hospital in the afternoon and are unlikely to return until 8-9pm.
Slept about 9 hours last night and still exhausted. My body is trying to catch up but since I started really walking a lot, I have been falling asleep faster and staying asleep. Developing an addiction to walking and thanks to the fitbit, not finding stairs and uphills a bad thing (It counts these has floors - trying to do more than 10 floors a day). I won't be updating the exercise portion of fat secret much because it isn't a whole picture of what I do in the day but I will record major exercises.
Anyway, hope my friends here are doing well and hoping that all this muscle gain will quickly show up in loss of lbs. I have lost inches though and that is always a plus. Time to start the day.
Diet Calendar Entries for 12 August 2013:
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866 kcal
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Fat: 34.69g | Prot: 42.34g | Carb: 94.64g.
Breakfast: Tropicana Orange Pineapple Juice, Pepperidge Farm Light Style 7-Grain Bread, Fried Egg. Lunch: Milk (Fat Free or Skim, Calcium Fortified), Sugar, Lipton Black Tea Bags, Hot and Sour Soup, General Tso (General Gau) Chicken, Pork Fried Rice. Dinner: Dumplings for Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken and Dumplings. more...
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2112 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 20 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 40 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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