Mindflayer's looking for abs Log

Feb 28
174.1 lbs
1710 Calories
20,378 steps
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Mar 1
174.1 lbs
2050 calories
20,929 steps
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Mar 2
174.1 lbs pretty steady
1960 calories
23,136 steps
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Mar 3
?? lbs
1400 calories
21,382 steps
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Mar 4,
173.0 lbs
1760 calories
20,429 steps
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Made mash potatoes for my MIL, so added to my lunch.
She is 91 and was in the hospital for 3 days with
a stomach blockage.
One of the items that she was fed in the hospital.

Mar 5
wt 172.1
1500 Calories
24,412 Steps
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Mar 6
Wt 172.6 lbs
1550 Calories
20,025 steps
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Mar 7
172.8 lbs
1950 Calories
21,218 steps
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Mar 8
174.3
1880 Calories
21,445 steps
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Mar 9
175.4 lbs
1700 calories
22,831 steps
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Mar 10 Fasting Day
174.3 lbs
0 calories
21,510 steps
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Mar 11
170.9 lbs
2460 calories (I always seem to overshoot on the day after a fast) =(
20,414 steps

Mar 12
172.3
2280 calories
20,634 steps
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Mar 13
172.3 lbs
1630 calories
21,931 steps
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Mar 14 Friday Fasting Day
172.5 lbs
0 calories
24,767 steps
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Mar 15
170.1 lbs
2230 calories
20,386 steps
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Mar 16,
172.8 lbs
1880 Calories
20,264 steps
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Mar 17
173.9 lbs
2300 calories
20,566 steps
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Mar 18
174.6 lbs
2040 calories
20,790 steps
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Mar 19
172.8 lbs
1980 Calories
21,562 steps.. (46 steps on stair master counted for 6000 steps.. so 15,562 on pedometer)
Went to Eye Doctor. Eyes getting old etc. my mother has 10% vision at 92y...
Gave me a food list of natural foods to eat.
He recommended I add egg yolks and corn to my diet.

That is a can of flaked tuna .
Coffee and Protein drink.

Mar 20,
173.7 lbs
Calories ??
20,436 steps
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Mar 21 Friday fasting day
172.8 lbs
0 calories
20,211 steps
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Mar 22
170.6 lbs
1930 Calories ... YES! Had an extra protein drink in the evening.
That helped to keep me feeling full.
20,726 steps
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Mar 22 dinner.

Mar 23
171.9 lbs
1980 Calories
220,224 steps
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Mar 24 Fasting Day
171.2 lbs
0 Calories
20,104 steps
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Today's lunch

Mar 25,
168.6 lbs
Calories 2320
20,266 steps
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Mar 26
170.8 lbs
2520 Calories- had too much junk food late at night. =(
20,177 steps
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Yesterday's.. 26th lunch
Beet and spinach salad + huge grapes
Can of Mackerel 20g of protein
Protein Drink 33 g protein
3 eggs w/ 1 yolk 20g protein

Mar 27
172.8 lbs
1780 Calories
20,215 steps
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Mar 28 Friday Fasting Day
171.7 lbs
0 calories
20,161 steps
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Mar 29
169.3 lbs
2560 calories. =( ended up eating an extra 520 calories of junk
between 9pm and 11:30pm as I was up late. Wasn't tired, but
should have gone to bed early and just read more.
21,355 steps
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Lunch.. first meal after fast on 29th
500 ml water with 2tsp of apple cider vinegar, Protien drink, coffee
12oz lean chicken breast, broccoli and greek yoghurt (9g protein)
100g protein total.

Mar 30
172.1 lbs
1970 Calories
20,387 steps
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Mar 31 Tried Fasting (failed around 10pm. should have been in bed but was up and snacked)
171.9 lbs
500 calories
20,185 steps
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April 1,
171.7 lbs
2330 Calories
25,512 steps.. Surprised i have not missed a 20k step day so far this year.
Contemplating doing a 100k step challenge day.. or 16h walk day and see how far I can get.
Thinking around 2nd week in July or somewhere around then.

April 2
170.4 lbs
1930 Calories
20,177 steps
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April 3
171.9 lbs
1790 Calories
20,652 steps
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April 4 Fasting Day
172.3 lbs
0 calories
20,151 steps
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April 5
169. 3 lbs
2150 calories
29,219 steps..
I am getting pretty efficient with walking and probably have to start mixing it up
or doing more.
Today I was testing out a walking path for a walk challenge on April 18.
14h of daylight and ok weather. 5-12 degrees C.
The walking loop I checked out is 8.16miles or 13.05 km per loop.
Am contemplating doing this challenge either on April 18 or on June 6.
June 6 is 16h of daylight and 11-19 degrees C. Will think about it more.

April 6
172.1
1475 Calories
20,796 steps
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April 7
171.5 lbs
Calories ?
20,070 steps
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April 8
171.2 lbs
Calories ?
25,640 steps
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April 9
173.2 lbs
Calories ?
23,179 steps
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April 10 Tried Fasting .. Failed
?? lbs
ate 1800 calories all late night
20,032 steps
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April 11 Friday Fasting
171.7 lbs
0 calories
27,171 steps upping my step count to see if i will be able to do the proposed 'walk challenge'
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April 12
169.9 lbs
2500 Calories =(
20,289 steps
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April 13
172.8 lbs
1640 calories
22,186 steps
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April 14
171.0 lbs
Calories??
33,171 steps Spent 4h walking outside. testing my walk challenge route.
got blisters on my right foot. Need to callous that area of my foot up so
it does not become an excuse or factor into my walk challenge.
my pedometer says that is 16.42miles
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April 15
171.1 lbs
1780 Calories
20,748 steps
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Yesterday's Lunch

April 16
Starting a long fast at 7pm
169.7 lbs
1980 Calories
21,413 steps
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+60h fast min, Goal is 72h. See how this goes.

April 17 Fasting Day
171.1 lbs
0 Calories
38,390 steps (19.0 miles) have blisters on my right foot.
Getting used to the pain. It hurts less when I walk!
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April 18 Good Friday: Fasting continues Day 2
168.6 lbs
0 Calories
12,331 steps. Frist day under 20k.
Feel tired and weak, but not hungry.
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April 19 Saturday Today it is Day 3, 9am... 62h complete.
166.4 lbs
Fasting continues, see if i can make it 72h.
I feel really tired and don't want to move, but I do not feel hungry.
Will force myself to do 10k steps minimum.
I have a dinner to go to in 10h Hope I make it.
No food pics!

April 19
166.4 lbs Completed a 72h fast for the first time ever.
wt at 5pm was the same 166.4, as in the morning 10h earlier.
2000 calories
13,620 Steps
Today I will get back to working on my walking challenge prep.
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today's lunch
Water and Apple cider vinegar, coffee,
Chicken, broccoli, greek yoghurt and some granola mixed in, pear.

Not sure how old you are but this year since about Jan you have not lost much weight. It seems you are outputting more activity to eat more. Cut the snacking at night and you probably won’t need to do the absurd amount of 20-30k steps per day plus the various caloric tricks you are trying ie calorie banking/day fasting etc. This is with the assumption you still trying to lose enough bodyfat to see ur abs. If you need some tips or techniques to help with snacking let me know.

Agree 100% with your post. I am 58 so I don't have the same mentality as the majority of the posters in this forum.
I already tell myself that I only have 17 years left to live... and don't waste it. My father passed at 75, so that is where I set the +- line. Anything more is a bonus.
My mom is 92, has 50% of her teeth, 50% of her memory. (long term memory is not bad, short-mid term memory is bad) 10% of her vision. (nearly blind)
At my age it is all about living healthy and longer. See abs, don't see abs, its not really that important. Wife doesn't care. We have been married
for 28 years and my kids are grown up and are working in decent jobs. There is nobody that I am trying to impress. I post here to be accountable
to myself and ... anyone reading this who wants to post Feel free to suggest, but keep in mind I am old and what is good for you guys
(lifting heavy, running races, looking buff, impressing the women or Judges)
is not necessarily good at my age. I watch a ton of videos focused on older people staying fit and lucid. Walking/Stretching/Diet/Sleep routine and
a some running/weight resistance to ret@rd muscle loss.

EV, you have pointed out one of my major leaks.
The simple goal of cutting late night junk snacking would be a HUGE victory for me. I can't stop the snacking,
but I can easily improve my choice of snacks. Time to peel and cut some raw carrots.

Wt. loss and dieting is for many things.
Easier on joints (father had both hips replaced and docs made him slim down from around 180 to 155.)
Eat less _> weigh less -> live longer. (in general... of course, go to far and die sooner from malnutrition or some vitamin deficiency.
Fasting for Autophagy and fat adaptability..

So I set myself interesting goals, like 72h fasting over the Easter Weekend. (Watched at least 100 videos on fasting as I do a 36h fast regularly)
Now this walk challenge. Since I walk a lot, I have looked up lots of walking u-tube videos. One of the most popular challenges is the 100k steps
in 1 day challenge. It does not seem hard for a guy who walks 20k steps/day regularly so I thought why not walk for 20h and see how many steps
I can take.

Right that’s why I was wondering where your head/goals were at. Even for myself I do it more for my health now (physical and mental) whereas when I was 25 I was in a different mindset.

So regardless, holding yourself accountable starts with knowing ur leaks.
When I started dieting about 1 year ago late night snacks put me at maintenance/surplus calories when I set my meal plan at a deficit. It was because of poor caloric distribution throughout the day. It left me with minimal calories at night and I am a sweet tooth fiend. If I don’t have sweet/salty snacks to end my night I will do the “just one” trick.. okay I’ll just have one chip it’s only one then half the bag is gone then I’m like well fk it doesn’t matter now.

I redid my whole diet so I left myself 500 calories at night and I knew I couldn’t mess this up. The caloric and nutrition distribution during the day suffered but I gained so much value by doing this trick. Adherence matters more than total balance, hands down. Find what works for you and stick to it. Also throw out all junk food doesn’t matter how much it costs. If it’s not in your pantry it’s not like you will goto the grocery store to cheat on ur diet lol.

Apr 20
169.3
2150 Cal
20,005 steps
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Apr 21
168.6 lbs
Cal ??
24,393 steps
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Apr 22
170.1 lbs
2110 calories
20,051 steps
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Lunch today

Apr 23
167.9 lbs
2010 Calories
22,519 steps
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Apr 24
169.8 lbs
?? calories
20,480 Steps
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Apr 25
170.0 lbs
900 Calories
20,008 steps
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Today's lunch. Can of tuna. need to reload on Keto wraps.

Apr 26
171.0
1410 Calories
28,092 steps- Did extra 8k Steps as I am in an all day RE Conference tomorrow
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Apr 27 Trying to fast today, but will fail. Free Coffee and Cookies. Ate 5 cookies!
170.5 lbs
Calories?
12,333 steps
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Apr 28
169.3 lbs
1350 Calories
20,886 steps
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Yesterday's (May 4th) lunch

Apr 29
169.0 lbs
Calories ?
20,339 steps
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Apr 30
170.6 lbs
Calories?
20,056 steps
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May 1
Wt ?
Calories?
20,179 steps
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May 2
Wt?
Calories ?
20,709 steps
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May 3
171.7 lbs
Calories ?
22,575 steps

May 4
171.9 lbs
1110 Calories
33,071 steps; No issues with my right foot.
So I got a huge blister on the middle of my right foot on April 17, after walking 38k steps in one day.
Sorry in advance if it grosses you out! (see photo)

The blister has turned into a huge callous now and I was testing it out again because
I want to do a walk challenge this month and do not want any foot issues to pop up and stop me.
I am planning something later this month (May 16)

May 5
171.2 lbs
1420 Calories
20,340 steps
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May 6
170.4 lbs
1350 calories
20,352 steps
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May 7
169.7 lbs
1860 calories
20,072 steps
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