TXSnowman's Journal, 09 July 2014

Down a bit more over the past 5 days since my last weigh-in. My body fat percentage held steady at 17.6%. I'm really pleased with this combination of LCHF with IF. Starting today, I'm trying to stretch the 16/8 fasting to 18/6 by delaying my first meal until 2 pm. I think that I'll switch it up by doing the longer fast some days and the shorter fast on others to keep my body off balance, the same way I do with total caloric intake.

I bought all new SCUBA equipment and signed up for a class to get re-certified. Its been so long that I decided to take the entire class instead of just a refresher. I'm also getting certified to use NITROX for longer, more frequent diving. Once I finish these, I'm planning on taking some advanced certification courses before beginning wreck dives.

I also ordered a set of the Power 90 program from Team Beachbody. Its the earlier (less intense) version that grew into P90X. Most of the info I've found from users is that its a great way to get into good enough shape to start P90X without dying. It should be here next week and I'll give it a try. I doubt that I'll ever need to move up to P90X in as much as I turn 58 next week. But you never know.

Still working with the new horse. He's a pretty palomino. He's really friendly and mostly gentle but he's really bit-shy, so I'm not riding him yet. He takes the saddle just fine and I can put my 4-year old granddaughter on him and lead him with a halter, so I think that I'll just get a hackamore instead of using the bridle with a bit. The problem is that we're so far out in the middle of nowhere, it may be weeks before I can get to a tack store that actually sells them. They're not very common out here.

Tomorrow I'll be spending the morning working at a charity golf tournament instead of running the dogs. At least I get to drive the drink cart, so the golfers will be happy to see me, anyway...LOL.

Well, enjoy the rest of your hump-day and I hope that the rest of your week is great.

185.4 lb Lost so far: 144.6 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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1653 kcal

Fat: 82.94g | Prot: 188.35g | Carb: 24.68g.   Breakfast: Almond Breeze Almond Milk Unsweetened Vanilla , Bob's Red Mill Golden Organic Flaxseed Meal (Corrected Fiber), GNC Pro Performance 100% Whey Isolate - Vanilla Ice Cream, Great Value Broccoli Florets (3 gm protein), GNC DHA 600, GNC Fish Oil 1000, Starbucks Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup, GNC CLA, Coffee, Strawberries, Blackberries. Lunch: HEB 100% Bacon Bits, Great Value mozzarella cheese deli style Low Moisture Part Skim, Honeysuckle White 97% Fat Free Extra Lean Ground White Turkey. Dinner: Butter, Oscar Mayer Real Bacon Bits, Great Value Sliced Non-Smoked Provolone Cheese, Egg Beaters Egg Beaters - Original, Wal-Mart Sirloin Steak - USDA Choice Petite. Snacks/Other: Bill's Richer Low Carb Vanilla Ice Cream. more...

3346 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Stairmaster - 45 minutes, 6.4 Mile Walk with 50+ lb of weight - 2 hours and 17 minutes, Resting - 12 hours and 58 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...