Mindflayer's looking for abs Log
I Turned 55 a month ago. On my birthday my 7d.a.wt. was 166.77 lbs. I have lots of financial, education, and fitness goals, and thought I should start posting to give myself an extra boost.
Since I am up there in age, I am not trying to build muscle to look good for the ladies. I have been studying health and longevity for a while and so i thought it would be better to set an alternative goal. If I end up looking better that is just a bonus.
The actual goal is to become more healthy. By that I mean.
Eat better, get a good night sleep, exercise regularly, lower my weight and keep/gain a bit of strength.
I will give more explanation of those goals as time goes on.
At the top of my list is to lose enough body fat/weight to see a six pack. I am sure I do enough ab exercises to actually have abs, but it is hidden under a layer of fat.
I have been tracking my weight and exercise daily since January 1 and will post my morning weight and 7 day average, (7d.a.wt shortened to 7d) which I use as my actual weight. When you see my diet, you will know why.
I am sure this log will change over time, but as it may be interesting, I will post about all the things that I am doing to get my health in good shape.
See you at the other end.
July 28
up 5:41am
173.2 lbs
20,185 steps 16.0km
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July 29 Fasting Day
171.2 lbs
21,309 steps 16.9km
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July 30
168.8 lbs
20,079 steps 15.9km
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July 31
?? lbs
20,274 steps 16.1km
August 1
171.1 lbs
20015 steps 15.9km
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August 2
171.9 lbs
20,056 steps 15.9km
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August 3
172.1 lbs
21,588 steps 17.1km
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August 4
173.2 lbs
20,034 steps 15.9km
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August 5
173.2 lbs
20,003 steps 15.9km
August 6
173.5 lbs
20,050 steps
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August 7
174.8 lbs
20,308 steps 16.1km
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August 8
??
In a course sitting down all day.
10,005 steps 7.9km
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August 9
173.9lbs
21,389 steps 17.0km
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August 10
173.9lbs
20,091 Steps
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August 11 Fasting Day
173.0lbs
19993 steps 15.9km
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August 12 Fasting Day 2nd in a row
171.2 lbs
11,148 steps 8.8km
Exhausted, but within my new rule
15k steps on a fasting day
and 10k steps on a 2nd day in a row
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August 13, 60h completed.
168.6 lbs I know about 3lbs of this is lost water
as I do not have a lot of sugar in my
body to hold on to water.
20,005steps
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August 14, 2025
171.5 lbs
22,916 steps 18.2km
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August 15
173.7 lbs
20,033 steps
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August 16 Fasting Day
172.8lbs
20,015 steps
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August 17
168.6 lbs
?? steps
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August 18
171.9lbs
5,535 steps 4.4km
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August 19
172.8 lbs
20,132 steps
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August 20
173.0lbs
20,067 steps
15.9km
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August 21
172.8 lbs
20,093km 16.0km
August 22
173.2 lbs
20,055 steps
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August 23 Fasting Day
173.2 lbs
15,371 steps 12.2km
As per previous notes, on a fasting day I only need to log 15k steps
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August 24
169.7lbs
20,098 steps
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August 25
173.2 lbs =( eating too much day after. I need to log my calories
20,038 steps
August 26 Fasting Day
172.6 lbs
15,716 steps 12.5km
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August 27
170.1
20,343 steps 16.2km
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August 28
171.9lbs
20,013 steps
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August 29
173.9 lbs =(
Now that I am looking at the numbers a month later, need to start logging my calories
especially the 1-2 days after fasting. I am probably eating 3000 calories on these days. ugh.
20,013 steps
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August 30
Away on a short trip for 3.5days , no scale
20,225 steps
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Aug 31
24,614 steps 19.19 km
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Sept 1
20,05 steps
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Sept 2
175.0lbs =(( ate way too much.
I went to the Cheesecake factory 3 days in a row.
Gota get back to dieting and need to track my calories.
Did not start until Sept 6.
20,075 steps
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Sept 3
173.7
20,272 steps
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Sept 4
174.6 lbs
20,101 steps
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Sept 5
174.8 lbs
20,023 steps
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Sept 6 Fasting Day
173.7 lbs
15.148 steps 12.0km
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Sept 7
172.1 lbs
Start Tracking Calories today (Failed)
20,273 steps
Sept 8
173.0 food log failed
20,014 Steps
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Sept 9 Fasting Day
174.6 lbs food log 0 calories
17,064 steps 13.5km
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Sept 10
171.7 lbs
Food log 2650 Calories!!.. no wonder not losing calories.
Will keep at or below 2000 calories/day.
22,971 steps 17.89km
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Sept 11
172.6 lbs
1720 Calories
20,254 steps
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Set a goal today (posting on Oct 4. to get to 166lbs by Oct 26. Will be tough but I have motivation.
(party day where I need to semi formal dress to meet friends I have not seen in 5-6 years some +10y)
Sep 12
172.3 lbs
1650 Calories
20,010 Steps
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Sept 13 Fasting Day (Failed)
171.9 lbs
1600 Calories all eaten after 6pm
20,025 steps
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Sept 14
171.7 lbs
2400 calories =( this is why you fail
Feeling weak and hungry. No energy to walk
5,502 steps
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Sept 15
172.6 lbs
1700 calories
20,282 steps
Sept 16 Fasting Day
173.2
0 Calories
15,048 steps
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Sept 17
169.5 lbs
2060 Calories.
20,0125 steps
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Sept 18
170.5 lbs
1800 Calories. I am sure this is my biggest leak... underestimating calories
hopefully I will get better as I check/double check calorie intake
I can/do way underestimate Snacks that are not prepackaged.
The other leak is eating out. No way to really get a good estimate of calories.
20,040 steps
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Sept 19
171.7 lbs
2010 Calories. The other thing i need to do is to write down the calories
BEFORE i eat them. Then I am mindful of what/how much I am eating
and do not miss any items.
20,065 steps
Do you weigh your food? It's a faff, but makes logging a lot more accurate. (I don't weigh more, but I'm not looking to lose any more; and I have logged for nearly 6 years now.)
Do you weigh your food? It's a faff, but makes logging a lot more accurate. (I don't weigh more, but I'm not looking to lose any more; and I have logged for nearly 6 years now.)
I did buy a scale when I was losing weight several years ago, but I have not started weighing my food again.
I do measure my food when cooking so that is easy. Ie 2/3 cup of oatmeal and 1.5cups of water. .. then it is just math.
The big leak being eating from a big bag of chips or nuts and not knowing how much I ate.
The small bags or portion control packages are super easy to measure but cost twice as much.
I recently purchased a bunch of zip lock hard plastic containers and will pre measure my snacks, so I can do math again and
save money.
The last problem on the list is eating out. If I have a bowl of noodles or some strange dish, there is little chance that I
will be able to accurately count those calories. Will try to overestimate those calories.
I think my best defense is to eat out less and prepare my own food.
Sept 20
172.6
1900 Calories
20,049 steps
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Sept 21
171.9 lbs
1870 Calories
20,052 steps
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Sept 22
171.9 lbs
1860 Calories
20,124 steps
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Sept 23 Fasting Day
172.6 lbs
0 Calories
16,384 steps
Sept 24
169.0 lbs
1900 calories
20,055 steps
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Sept 25
171,0 lbs
1885 calories
20,612 steps
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Sept 26
172.3 lbs
2130 calories
20,009 steps
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Sept 27 Fasting day again (Failed)
172.3 lbs
Failed reporting calories (notes say also under reporting calories)
this is not fixed until Oct 7
20,022 steps
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Sept 28
173.2 lbs
1370 calories
20,158 steps
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Sept 29
172.8 lbs
1400 calories
23,853 steps
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Sept 30 Fasting Day
172.8 lbs
0 calories
15,053 steps 11.9km
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Oct 1
169.3 lbs
1570 calories
3362 steps
Took a day off walking.
Not feeling well due to a financial failure in
one of my investments.
Oct 2
172.1 lbs
Calorie count says 1250.. but pretty sure that is not right (Fail)
20,014 steps
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Oct 3
170.6
1920 Calories
20,677 steps 16.4km
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Oct 4
171.7 lbs
1530 calories
20120 steps
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Oct 5
170.8 lbs
2160 Calories
21,177 steps 16.8km
Oct 6
8am 170.6 lbs
1990 Calories
20,068 steps
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Oct 7 Fasting Day
170.4 lbs lowest start to a fasting day in a long time
0 Calories
15,045 steps
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Oct 8
167.7 lbs =) lowest weight in 18 months
1730 calories
20,620 steps
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Oct 9
169.7 lbs
1700 calories
So I worked out a plan for calories and exercise
If I fast one time per week AND eat approx 1630 calories
per day on the other 6 days I will lose 1lb/week.
Of course my calories will vary up and down (mostly up) but
I will try to be somewhere between 1630-1900 calories/day + 1 fast/week.
In reality, If I just fast 1/week and keep my calories under 2000/day on the
other days, I should see an overall 0.5lb loss per week.
Lots of variance +- water loss, but the trend should be -0.5/w
Also for a good omen on this weight loss journey, I saw a double rainbow
yesterday (Oct 9) and Northern Lights last night on Oct 10.
Oct 10
169.5 lbs
1710 Calories
26,521 steps
finished my steps.. then at 10pm heard there
was Northern Lights visible from parks/beaches.
Went out late.. more walking 477 steps down/up to
get to beach to get my photo from yesterday's post.
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Oct 11
170.5 lbs
1830 calories
some ab workout. Crunches/planks/Russian twists. etc.
Started recording this in a notebook too.
20,077 steps
Oct 12
171.5 lbs
2100 Calories Keeping decent track now
20,615 Steps
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Oct 13
170.6 lbs
1960 Calories
20,194 steps
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Oct 14 Fasting Day Nobody else in my fasting group tried.
Is Thanksgiving (Stat Holiday) in Canada
169.0 lbs
0 Calories
15,921 steps
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just over a week to hit 166. are you gonna make it?
If I do two fasts Monday Oct 21 my regular day (with group)
and an extra on Thursday Oct 24 (solo), I should make it the cutoff of 166.0 or less.
This assumes that my weigh in day/time is the morning after my last fast.
If I only do my regular group fast, I should hit a low of 166.3 or so.
This makes me think, what is the actual (day after weigh in) weight of fighters?
I am assuming that my actual weight is +2lbs for water loss overnight.
Oct 15
166.8 lbs
Calories 2100
20,0116 steps
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Oct 16
168.6 lbs
Calories 1650
20,050 steps
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Oct 17
170.1 lbs
2320 Calories
20,043 steps
Oct 15 Fist meal after fast
broccoli, 3 egg whites, Coffee, & Protein drink
(whey protein, 1/2water and 1/2almond milk)
I swap the Yoghurt for fruit or avacado or Sardines if I am really hungry
Oct 18
170.1 lbs
1800 Calories
20,932 steps
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Oct 19
169.3 lbs
1380 Calories
20,633 steps
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October 20
171.2
1880 Calories
20,056 Steps
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Oct 21 Fasting Day
169.9 lbs
0 Calories
17,554 steps/13.63 Km
