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Another beautiful morning just like yesterday. Breeze was a bit more steady, so I added a vest to my long-sleeved t-shirt and I stayed comfortable. Walked 2.8 miles only, due to a huge dog lounging in someone's yard and I could not tell if it was tethered or not. The owners were in front working, so I suspect it was not leashed. I know one of my dogs sees this dog as a threat, so I opted to cut off that part of the walk, turned around and headed in the opposite direction.
For the 50-in-30 Challenge, this brings my weekly total to 7.4 miles and my Challenge total to 23.9 miles.
Now the WATER challenge is something else. OMG, I was so-o-o full of water yesterday, it was actually uncomfortable. The 64 oz. is not the problem....it's all the additional water I'm challenged to drink in an ounce-for-ounce offset for caffeinated beverages. I suppose this is one way to decrease one's caffeine!
I've said before that I pretty much ignore tenths of a pound in terms of a weigh-in. I think tenths make a huge difference in the early stages, but after that, not so much. Well, I found another time when tenths make a difference - when you're closing in on a major goal! I'm just a tenth away from my halfway point, 45 pounds. I really wished that last tenth to fall as I stood on the scale this AM, but, no, not today. And, this scale is so accurate, it didn't matter how many times I tried, it still gave me the same result..."not today." So, I know it's close, it's just a matter of a few days, probably, and I'll celebrate a major milestone that I had hoped to hit by Halloween.
ADDED LATER:
Well, another day for doing Stairmaster, this time with my heart rate monitor. Good thing I read the instructions, as a refresher. I'm older than I was when I used this before, so my maximum, target, and intensity heart rates are all different. The days are gone running my HR up to near 180 at peak intensity.
Now that I know where my zones are, it makes a lot more sense why I got tired just doing the 20-minute routine I did yesterday. I knew my (former) weight influenced my cardio fitness, but thought I had done well with my walking and all the outdoor chores I do. And, I guess all that helped, it's just that it didn't do as much conditioning as I thought it did. I can't even imagine what my heart rate might have gone to doing this 20-minute routine back in March at my highest weight and before I started all this.
View Diet Calendar, 05 October 2010:
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1321 kcal
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Fat: 81.49g | Prot: 105.38g | Carbs: 48.23g.
Breakfast: String Cheese Mozzarella Cheese Snacks. Lunch: Brown Sugar & Honey Breakfast Sausage, borden shredded cheese, Pieces & Stems Mushrooms, scrambled eggs. Dinner: beef, cut like stir fry, Tam-X-ico's lo-carb whole wheat tortilla, sweet onions, shredded cheese, turkey bacon, cauliflower. Snacks/Other: reddiwip, Atkins Endulge Peanut Caramel Cluster Bar. more...
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2394 kcal
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Exercise:
Stairmaster, Level 1, interval - 20 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 14 hours and 44 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 5/kph - 56 minutes. more...
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