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Day 3 of 30
2026-05-25.
Wt: 168.2
Steps 30,328
Abs Day

Water 1 gal: Completed
1551 calories
163g protein

Those are 4 egg whites.. no yolks. My diet is all protein, with an apple or
pear thrown in here when I need some fruit. Almonds (snack/not shown)

How's this kind of diet working for you as is - not for weight loss - how do you feel/ recover?

from Jan 1- Mar 15 it was 90% weight loss.
Mar 16-April 16 was weights 90% putting back muscle. did squats, bench, shoulders, (large muscle groups) and abs.
April 17-May-18 or so was also weights 75% putting back muscle. 15% Cardio improvement, (Norwegian 4x4's bench, an pulldowns.)

Goal: April 17-May 18 was originally to lose weight and get down to 160 lbs. but I didn't think I was strong enough.
My secret goal was to be able to do 3 clean pullups by May 18. Did not happen. Quickly ramped up my pulldowns and ended at 8 reps at 140 lbs.
Need +160 lbs. .. no chance. ... yet. can do 0 at 165.

The current diet IS 90% weight loss and 10% toning. I messed up the dates and am leaving for a 10day cruise in Eastern Med on June 13 .
So I have 18 days left on this diet. I am toning up shoulders, chest, arms and abs. Not trying to build muscle. Vainly trying to be able to
pull off a 60y old in shape guy who can wear a white linen button down shirt.. (unbuttoned), tan shorts, and sandals on the pool deck.
From what I understand, If I keep loosing fat, that will help me to expose my abs more. I am still looking for those abs... the name of my blog.

1530 calories is my BMR and the 4 hours of daily walking with some weights mixed in is supposed to be around 1k calorie burn. If that is
7k calories = 2 lbs per week.

I feel good. Never hungry because it is all protein, BUT if it is late and I am still on my computer, I do feel a nagging urge to eat something.
I get in bed around 10pm read before bed and get up at around 6am-6:30, so I am well rested.
As long as I post here, I will stick to my diet and other weight loss goals. 2+2 is my accountabilty partner.

Two days ago I had a dream about a girl I worked with 35 years ago. I saw her about 18 months ago after not being in touch for 30 years.
In my dream, she was fat and had grey hair like she was when we had lunch 18 months ago. In the dream, we started working out at the gym
and she got thin like she was 35 years ago.
I had a feeling that something happened to her when I woke up, so I looked her up on the internet and found out that
she died 6 months ago. She was 56!

Since I am semi retired, I have lots of spare time to completely focus on health. That dream reaffirms my commitment to put
attention to fitness and improving my longevity in the #1 spot on my list of things to do. As an aside, my dad died at 75. so I figure I have
15 years to go and anything past that is a bonus.

My Costco Protein Haul today
Blueberries, Pickles and 90cal fudgecicles, not included.

Day 4 of 20
2026-05-26.
Wt: 166.2 Stopped eating sugar 3 days ago, so I think I finally flushed
all the glycogen and excess water out. Probably 1.5-2 lbs.
Sad that as soon as I go on vacation and eat one cookie, I am going to hold on to that water like a dried up sponge.
Steps 30,671
Arms Day

Water 1 gal: Completed
1440 calories
147g protein

Good deal on Costco Eggs. That is CDN so $7 US/30 eggs. Will be eating 4 egg whites/day for lunch for a while.
Portioned up the Lean Chicken breast/ground beef/ and steak.
Kirkland Protein Bars taste 4/10. Will go back to my old bars if they have them.

Day 5 of 20
2026-05-27.
Wt: 165.5
Steps 30,865
Shoulders-Back Day

Water 1 gal: Completed
1470 calories
157g protein

Kirkland Protein Bars taste like someone took a scoop of protein powder,
added some water and chocolate chips, then put it into an air fryer till it dried out to the
consistency of a soft cookie. Lowered my rating to 3/10.

When I started 75 hard, drinking water was my biggest challenge.
Now I have no problem. I have 2 litres down by 10-11am.
I usually take about 5 litres of fluid every day now. 3800ml water + 1200ml 'other'
other = some combination of 500ml protein shake, 250ml protein latte, 300-500ml black coffee, 500ml spinach protein smoothie, 355ml diet pop.

Day 6 of 20
2026-05-28.
Wt: 165.5 (same)
Steps 30,550
Chest Day

Water 1 gal: Completed
1460 calories
158g protein

Felt super tired this morning. Even after first 30min on treadmill, I felt heavy and
did not want to keep going. I put on some Motiversity youtube videos and kept going.
Double progress photo today. Fist one with the lighting from the side. Had to switch hands
so I did not block the light with my arm.

Day 7 of 20
2026-05-29.
Wt: 165.5 this morning (same-same)

today is Abs day. Planks, crunches, bicycle crunches, russian twists. Cramped several times near the end.
Water 1 gal: Completed

Yesterday's steps 30,544
Yesterday's diet
1630 calories
161g protein

Still felt tired today, but not that heavy feeling like I just woke up.
Upped to 5 egg whites today. Protein is way up. (will show on tomorrows numbers)
I figure if my protein is 1/10 my total calories I am doing ok.
Just starting to see the faintest outline of a 4 pack abs.

Day 8 of 20
2026-05-30.
Wt: 165.3

today is arms day
Water 1 gal: Completed

Yesterday's steps 30,442
Yesterday's diet
1576 calories
174g protein

Felt excellent today. did 28k steps by noon.
Two days ago was a -5.. ended at -4 (my energy level rating)
yesterday started at -2 and ended 4h workout at +2
today .. started at a +5 and ended at +6

Day 9 of 20
2026-05-31.
Wt: 164.4
Shoulders day today

Water 1 gal: Completed

Yesterday's steps 31,632
still working out 4h/day

Yesterday's diet
1386 calories
166g protein

Day 10 of 20
2026-06-01.
Wt: 164.9
Chest day today

Water 1 gal: Completed

Yesterday's steps 30,093

Yesterday's diet
1630 calories
186g protein
Started trying to do 30k steps on May 15, .. ended up with big blisters... fixed them. Started again on May 23.
816K steps in May.

Day 11 of 20
2026-06-02. Slept 9h last night.
Wt: 163.3 Getting Close. Need 2.5 more lbs in 9 days. gonna be very tight.
Chest day today

Water 1 gal: Completed

Yesterday's steps 31,229

Yesterday's diet
1500 calories
179g protein

great to see some progress!

Thanks!

Day 12 of 20
2026-06-03. Slept 7.5h last night.
Wt: 164.0 .
Arms day today

Water 1 gal: Completed

Yesterday's steps 30,520

Yesterday's diet
1505 calories
162g protein

Had to prep 4h for a late Real Estate meeting at 8pm and did not prep a real dinner.
Essentially ate pepperoni and more almonds.. and a Yoghurt as snacks for the 4h. Not very Healthy but i got my protein in.
I can feel my body missing the fruit and some veg.
Have another real Estate meeting tomorrow night, but I am not running that one, so I don't have to prep.

Day 13 of 20
2026-06-04.
Wt: 164.4 .
Shoulders/back day today

Water 1 gal: Completed

Yesterday's steps 32,059

Yesterday's diet
1485 calories
170g protein

That is Sardines in the top right

Day 14 of 20
2026-06-05.
Wt: 164.0 .
Chest day today Day 11 was an abs day, not Chest day.

Water 1 gal: only 3l, missed 3.8l

Yesterday's steps 30,644

Yesterday's diet
1515 calories
126g protein

Day 15 of 20
2026-06-06.
Wt: 163.1
Abs day today

Water 1 gal: completed

Yesterday's steps 30,135

Yesterday's diet
1880 calories
168g protein

Hardened toe blister. Annoying but no pain now.
Cleaned it up a bit after the photo.

Day 16 of 20
2026-06-07.
Wt: 164.0
Arms day today

Water 1 gal: failed at 3l. don't want to drink the rest.
Worked on a Contract for 5h today and submitted an
offer on a property for a client. Will find out tomorrow if
the offer is any good.
Yesterday's steps 32,779

Yesterday's diet
1506 calories
178g protein

(Today I lost track because I was eating too many almonds as snacks and diet coke as i was working.)

Day 17 of 20
2026-06-08.
Wt: 162.9 New low
Abs day today

Water 1 gal: Completed
Work; was in a bidding war. Offer was above asking but still too low !
Yesterday's steps 30,114

Yesterday's diet
2050 calories (went out to an evening meeting 5h.. took a protein bar, found out offer was no good and had 4 cookies. Sigh)
167g protein

Day 18 of 20
2026-06-09.
Wt: 163.1 lbs.
Chest day today

Water 1 gal: Stopped at 3l. Going to slowly drop to 1l. + other drinks in prep for vacation.
Yesterday's steps 30,355

1476 Calories
184g Protein

Day 19 of 20
2026-06-10.
Wt: 164.0 lbs. only slept 6h, so extra water in me.
Abs day today

Water 1 gal: failed. Stopped at 2l.
Yesterday's steps 30,288

1530 Calories
159g Protein

Holy **** man. It’s tough enough for me to get 10-11k steps consistently, I couldn’t imagine 30k. That’s a lot of moving for maintenance.

Well it is my easy walk on the treadmill for 3.5h-4h (total) at 3mph and learn something or watch a motiversity video on my ipad.
That gives me about 25000 steps, the last 5k is from my normal daily movement.
I am 60 in 2 months and semi retired so I have the time to invest in health now.
My knee joints are telling starting to feel the effects of no days off. I watch a lot of videos for +50 staying healthy and mobile.

This is the last full day before I go on a twelve day vacation and try not to put on too much weight.
I will not have access to a food scale or the calorie count for most of the foods I am going to eat.

Only five rules.
1) Protein at every meal.
2) zero calories from drinks, unless it is specifically a protein type drink. Coffee/Diet Drink/Water.
3) 30k steps (except on fly out and fly back days) will be in the air +12h with 3-4h in airport(s)
4) Visit the gym (weights for 15-20 min) OR take one of their free classes, OR swim every day. (unlikely to swim much because I have skin issues)
5) photo of each meal. (not going to include photos of about +900 calories of snacks between meals)
Hopefully I will keep my calorie intake to around 2400 cal or less per day. (BMR is 1500) ... so gain 900x12 = 10800 calories = 3 lbs.+water
Come back home and weigh 169 or less is a win.

Optional Rule
6) if I can I will post a daily report on 2+2 (guaranteed to keep me mindful of what I am eating)
2-3 interesting day photos and 2-3 food photos per day. No progress pic.