beasty1's Journal, 28 June 2015

Do not trust everything you read on the internet.

So yesterday I went for a 12km walk, I was carrying 25lbs (i am a man and do not want to be accussed of power walking which is a ladies activity! lol)

So i have in the past few days had a mental switch back on to focusing on weight and fitness more and am working into a routine that will reduce my weight and improve my fitness (I did not log in here for 2 months or so and i realised that logging in here really focuses me on what I am and am not doing)

So anyway i went online to find how many calories i would have consumed with this walk, i used to walk over 100km a week and have decided I will find the time in my day to do this walk each day (one day off a week is ok) until i hit the number i want for summer. So thinking about exercise shows me to be in a good frame of mind and i went online, anyway, different websites gave different info, no exact caluclations, but it seems i will use approx 1000 calories doing this.

BUT the point is of this ramble, i found various websites that told me what my calorie intake should be daily

AGED 40
5 11
175LBS

One site said 1375
Another said 2750

I know that the reality is with exercise that for me i like to create a daily deficit of 1000 calories so but wow is that a big variation.

Now.. my plan going forward which i hope to do for 7 days (Do it for 7 days it will become routine) is this

1. Walk dogs in the am.. just so they can go do what dogs need to do
2. Jillian Michaels 30 day shred level 1
3. 12km walk with pack arrive back at around 2pm.. so that is am taken care of

4. walk dogs properly around 4pm
5. post dinner Jillian michaels level 2
6. walk dogs night time

I am self employed and really my work takes very little time, the likelihood is the dogs will get another 30min walk somewhere in there.. but the total NON dog walking time is only around 3 hours, with just over 2 hours of that being a lovely stroll along the sea..

I feel great after a week or so back on this site and had started doing 100 press ups whilst walking the dogs... got easy fast as all the old exercise is still in there..

i am rambling

100% difference in recommended calories from the web.. do not trust everything

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1878 kcal

Fat: 64.86g | Prot: 99.30g | Carb: 207.62g.   Breakfast: Milk (1% Lowfat with Added Vitamin A), Kellogg's All-Bran Plus. Lunch: Rienzi Italian Cherry Tomatoes, Trader Joe's Eggplant Caponata, Zucchini, Penne. Dinner: Bell & Evans Breaded Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts. Snacks/Other: sfornasole biscotti, forllini con goccce di ciccolato. (Italian cookies with chocolate chips), Egg Omelet. more...

3334 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Weight Training (moderate) - 10 minutes, Crossfit - 15 minutes, Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 1 hour, Walking with 20lb backpack - 2 hours, Walking (brisk) - 4/mph - 30 minutes, Sleeping - 10 hours, Resting - 10 hours and 5 minutes. more...