How did I manage . . .

. . . to miss three--not one, not two, but three!--workouts in a row?

Yech!

Back on pace but . . .

Back on my regular pace of last season on the Devinci, but the eating and drinking--and thus the weight--continue to be problematic. I have my first stress test in maybe five years on Monday, so maybe that will shake me up.

Bike 44 minutes along lakeshore
Average weight for week 240.3 lb, up 0.2 lb from last week
Weight loss of 1.1 lb per week needed to reach target

Treadmill down

The treadmill is down so I'm using alternates.

Elliptical 10 minutes, Stationary bike 10 minutes, Weights 10 minutes

Gorgeous day

Bike 30 minutes along lakeshore

Prayer of the day

Holy Spirit, enable us to turn towards you at every moment. So often we forget that you dwell in us, you pray in us, and that you love in us. Your presence within us is trust and continual forgiveness.

Prayer from Taize, an international ecumenical community founded in 1940


Photo by John Watson of lightproofbox.com

Back in the saddle

I was feeling so good today, what with work going well and the weather so great, that I went out harder than I had planned for just my third time back on the bike since last fall.

Bike 30 minutes along lakeshore, 16 km/h average, 42 km/h fastest in a short spurt
Calories consumed 2,200, burned 3,168, deficit 968

Ever onward!

Walk/Run 20 minutes on treadmill
Calories consumed 1,705, burned 3,113, deficit 1,408

Feels like summer

Bike 30 minutes along lakeshore

Average weight for week 240.14 lb, no change from last week
Weight loss of 1.11 lb per week needed to reach target

We're launched!

I missed my workouts yesterday and today but the boat has been launched.

Staying indoors for the walk/run

For now, I think I'll stay indoors on the treadmill for my thrice-weekly walk/run workout. To get the max out of my 20 minutes. And eventually to also work with weights in the same session.

It's the bicycle time outdoors that I want to build. Walking/running for 30 minutes burns 214 calories. Bicycling at about 15 km per hour for 30 minutes burns 299 calories. That's 40 percent more calories. Get up to 17-18 kmh (which I'll be doing after a couple of weeks back biking) and you burn 385. I'd love to be able to get up to an hour twice weekly and then up to two hours on Sundays.

That would be the way to shed at least a pound per week for the next year--to get down to my high-school weight by my 67th birthday.

Walk/Run 20 minutes

First ride outdoors this year

Even though it was a short, easy ride, the legs felt a bit wobbly when I finished.

Bike 31 minutes along the lakeshore

I can feel the extra weight

Whether doing sit-ups or walking/running 20 minutes on the treadmill, I'm conscious of the extra pounds I'm carrying.

Walk/Run 20 minutes on treadmill

This is terrible!

Too much pigging out over last week, too much wine, too much beer. Hardly any exercise. What's going on with me?

Average weight for week 240.1 lb, up 1.5 lb from last week
Weight loss of 1.1 lb per week needed to reach target

Outdoors first time this year

Down by Lake Ontario at last.

Walk 35 minutes to recover from Wednesday

Counting calories again . . .

. . . with the help of FitDay.

Walk/Run 25 minutes on treadmill
Calories consumed 2,010, calories burned 3,168, deficit 1,158 calories

Prayer of the day

God of every human being, we long to listen to you when you tell us: Rise up, let your soul live! We never wish to choose darkness or discouragement, but to welcome the clear light of praise.

--Taize, an international ecumenical community founded in 1940

Today, it's 60 pounds to go!

Too much junk food on the weekend while working at the boat yard to get the boat ready for launch.

Walk/Run 20 mins
Weight this morning 240 lb

Still 58.6 pounds to go

No progress this week. Too much eating.

Average weight for week 238.6 lb, no change from last week
Weight loss of 1.03 lb per week needed to reach target

Spring is on its way

Soon, I'll be able to get out of the gym and out on the lakeside trails on the bike.

Bike 20 minutes on stationary bike

The best pizza

In our neck of the woods, that is, Greater Toronto, the best pizza comes from Pizza Nova. Our favorite is the deluxe which means pepperoni, crisp bacon, fresh mushrooms, green peppers, sliced tomatoes, and Spanish onions.

Walk/Run 25 minutes on the long day of the week

Pigging out

Tonight I made old-fashioned pork roast with browned sauerkraut and roasted potatoes. Diet, wherefore art thou?

Bike 20 minutes