JoeinHouston's Journal, 20 July 2022

Following a whole foods plant based diet and keeping careful track of calories, limit 1500 per day. Weight edging down. The temperatures here in Houston not conducive to (much) running but I have been substituting with the rowing machine and boxing - pounding a heavy hanging bag. I turned 70 the other day and have literally never felt better. It took me many years to figure out but personal experience and research findings are pretty conclusive: you have to pair good nutrition with regular, vigorous exercise (several times per week) which elevates your heart rate well beyond the resting rate. Of course there are lots of other things involved and everyone is different, but there's no denying this fact. Exercise AND diet. Not just one.

172.0 lb Lost so far: 6.0 lb.    Still to go: 22.0 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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1483 kcal

Fat: 35.99g | Prot: 55.69g | Carb: 242.64g.   Breakfast: Grapes (Red or Green, European Type Varieties Such As Thompson Seedless), Watermelon, Strawberries, Blueberries, 365 Organic Steel Cut Oats, Eden Foods Edensoy Organic Original Soymilk (Fortified), Blueberry chia pudding. Lunch: Trader Joe's Raw Whole Cashews, Russet Potatoes (Flesh and Skin), Trader Joe's Organic Firm Tofu. Dinner: Del Monte Avocado, Mangos, Great Value Garbanzo Beans, 365 Sourdough Bread. more...