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Off to the gym today. About time. I'll deal with the mulch when I come home. I've been splitting and transplanting perrenials, followed by a layer of newspaper lasagna to supress weeds, then covering with mulch for more weed suppression and moisture retention. My pile isn't shrinking fast, but on the plus side alternating physical movements digging, bending, lifting stretching, shovelling keep any one part of my body from getting too sore.
I am thrilled, as a year ago I was not physically able to do most this. Had to hire a kid to help. I credit the gym as it has helped break down scar tissue created as a result of two surgeries to the pelvis and hip. Having less of me to lug around has helped too. Between some weight loss and the scar tissue breakdown, I can now put on socks and tie my own shoelaces instead of having to go sockless and use pre-tied elastic laces and a shoe horn. A big win. It is the small things that most people don't even give a second thought to.
Speaking of small things, I have been thinking about the little changes I've made to food intake since starting this in March. Coffee - used to be double double. Now coffee black or with whipped protein powder (and less coffee overall). My go to evening beverage was a giant mug of hot chocolate with milk now it is herbal tea, black or with sweetener if I'm craving it. Those two tiny changes cut out 300-400 calories per day. More if you consider that I generally had more than one coffee. As Joe Not Exotic pointed out in his posting, it is the daily small improvements that add up over time. From a pure caloric intake perspective since March 1 that's almost 30000 kcal not consumed just in my choice of beverages. Yowza. Funnily enough, that evening beverage is just as relaxing and helps me wind down as the caloric version did. The added bonus is that there are so many varieties and flavours of herbal teas that there is more diversity in taste and my palate quite likes it.
Onward. Milestone 2 is in sight.
Happy Tuesday FS friends.
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1046 kcal
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Fat: 31.64g | Prot: 84.70g | Carbs: 115.66g.
Breakfast: Bananas, Revolution Nutrition High Whey Iced Cappucino. Lunch: Cooked Asparagus (from Fresh), Mushrooms, Ground Beef (85% Lean / 15% Fat, Patty, Cooked, Broiled), Rotini. Dinner: Clover Leaf Seafoods Flaked Light Tuna Garlic and Hot Pepper, Kraft Light Classic Caesar Reduced Fat Dressing, Everything Veggie Salad. Snacks/Other: Iogo Iogo 0% (strawberry/Raspberry/Peach/Vanilla), Dried Prune. more...
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3162 kcal
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Exercise:
recumbent stair stepper (legs and arms seated) - 30 minutes, Weight Training (moderate) - 1 hour, Resting - 14 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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