Sandy701's Journal, 09 October 2012

Walked 4.2 miles yesterday (Monday) and should get in 4.5 miles today.

Yesterday, I did my first splitting of the distance, going 3.2 in the AM and then a quick mile just before dinner. Today, I anticipate the same, having gone 3.5 this morning (2.7 with doggies)....should get that extra mile in later today.

If everything falls into place, I'll be at 21.4 miles cumulative for the week, with 1 day left to get to the 25-mile mark. This challenge is really working my legs (duh!), but more than I thought it would. Yesterday's "regular" 3+ miles felt easy as could be, after having Sunday off. But even just that extra mile last night and then the mileage today....well, I'm really feeling it. By the end of this challenge, I'll either be in better shape or I'll be an invalid! LOL!!!

For this challenge, I'm proving the Taubes' contention that exercise makes one HUNGRY!! 3.1 miles doesn't do that to me but, boy, can I ever tell with this higher mileage!

Yesterday was a busy day with me heading off to the thrift store to help out again. I groomed both dogs when I got home, as they were overdue and I wanted to get that done before dosing with Frontline.

I've got routine contractors for various things coming over today and tomorrow. Nothing special for me to do with them, but I always feel like they're intruders. Even though most work is outside, I feel like I want to clean up the yard from the dogs and also have the fence gates open, so everything is available to them. I know others don't do those kind of things, but I try to think what I'd appreciate if I were in their lines of work.

The weather's just beautiful....sunny, low humidity, and not even 70 degrees for all of my walking this AM....so I may put the oven on self-clean later today and open up the windows, as that's one of those tasks that needs to get done too (like the dog grooming yesterday).

151.0 lb Lost so far: 84.0 lb.    Still to go: 6.0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

---

2187 kcal

Fat: 170.47g | Prot: 118.25g | Carb: 49.47g.   Breakfast: Shady Brook turkey breakfast links, Hunt's petite diced tomatoes, Pieces & Stems Mushrooms, chia seeds (bulk), eggs, Egglands Best. Lunch: ribeye steak. Dinner: grape tomatoes, salad toppins, chia seeds (bulk), Armenian cucumber, romaine, Wishbone ranch dressing. Snacks/Other: heavy cream, Land O' Lakes Sugar Free Whipped Heavy Cream (pressurized - purple cap), Planters extra large Virginia peanuts, Sorrento Colby Jack Sticksters, Jones cherrywood smoked bacon. more...

1927 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 1 hour and 17 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 43 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...