I was up far too late with interesting ideas streaming through my brain. I also got some writing done. The day looks and feels nice out.
I didn’t mention it yesterday, but I logged another loss. That’s right. Can you guess what I lost between Saturday and Sunday? 1.6 pounds! I stepped on the scale 3 times, unbelieving my eyes. It said 322.8 lbs.
I really do believe a combo of the 16/8 fasting and my mindset is the major difference. I’ve eaten these types of calories before around this size and only lost the normal, healthy, 1-2lbs a week. I’m sure I will be getting back to that loss rate soon, but, for now, I’ll enjoy this ride.
Anywho, I ordered some lighting gear and have decided to do a weekly video post.
Lights ordered 5/30/2021
I have no direct plan on what will be the point, but that will get that figured out. I’m thinking Mondays, starting next Monday. I may do both a youtube video and a facebook live. I’m still working out the plans.
Well, I should get started and stop lolly gaggling about watching Dr. Who. Exercise still to do and more weeding to get done. Then I’ll break my fast with a pb cookie. Yum!
Today I did a ton of weeding and clearing garden space. I did this steady for over an hour. I was surprised, when I called it for the day, to see this activity burned over 900 calories. I wouldn’t have ever known this without my heart rate monitor. I feel this is a necessary tool for anyone serious about losing weight.
So, what do I use? A decade ago, when I was steady exercising and losing weight, I used a Polar watch with a chest strap. These generally worked well, only occasionally giving issues reading. A few years ago, I purchased a second-hand Garmin that came with chest strap. It wasn’t as accurate, to me, as the Polar had been. It worked, but lost connection more.
About 18 months ago, I purchased my current heart rate monitor (hrm) a Polar M430. This is an intelligent hrm with gps and even a Fitness Test. This test gives VO2 Max level. If your are serious about getting in shape, this number can greatly help you. It also monitors your sleep. There is no chest piece on this setup. It is simply a watch that works.
I have found this Polar watch to be as accurate as the chest strap versions had been. I had tested their accuracy and have tested this one with a 30 second manual test. To do that, I find my pulse in my neck and make a hash mark for each heart beat I feel for the time frame. I found less than 2 beats difference the two times I checked it.
Now, for complaints or weaknesses the device may have, I have only two to bring up.
**The band connection to the watch. The band itself is a fairly durable plastic, but after wearing it for about 9 months the connection where it connects to the top of the watch broke and came loose. I was able to reconnect and fix it with super glue. It has only come apart once since and is again reattached and glued. About 3 months ago the bottom connection to the watch came loose. It wasn’t as bad a break and was easier to reconnect and I glued it as well.
Again, these issues happened with 24 hour wear, doing a variety of rough things.
** The second issue I would bring forth is it’s a bit complicated to add custom exercises. You have to use their website on a device you can hook the usb connector to to get the changed uploaded to your watch. The site is a bit rough to navigate at times.
Overall, if I were to rate the hrm I use now, I’d give it 8 out of 10 scales. It works as it should the vast majority of the time and does exactly what I need it to do.
I will probably update to a newer one in the next few months. I will do a review of the new device once I have it.
I hope this helped anyone looking into this device or a similar one.
It’s a cool and cloudy Saturday here in mid Missouri. I’m a bit sleepy and my right knee is slightly stiff from the fronts rolling through. Overall it’s been a fine day off, though.
I weighed in, of course, and woop! I’m melting folks. I’m down another 1.6lbs. That puts me at 324.4lbs. I’ve lost 5.6lbs in a week. 1.7% of my body weight is gone, burned and flushed away.
8 weeks left on this challenge. I was worried about weighing the group down, but so far so good 🙂
It is misty on and off today, but I’ve got some transplanting to do for some pumpkins, cucumbers and a couple tomatoes.
I also will do some kind of exercise today. Depending on how much the knee bugs me, I may end up doing just arms today. We shall see.
We had a bit of a nasty storm come through yesterday afternoon. No damage, just a lot of wind and thunder.
Figured I’d just kind of update since it’s the end of the third week I’ve been back to tracking everything. I’ll be weighing in again tomorrow. I’ve gotten pretty accustomed to 16/8 fasting. It’s definitely sustainable for me. I’m pretty adaptable and basically get used to most things quickly. I rarely even get hungry before 1pm now.
Most days I am only eating 1000-1200 calories. I make sure to eat at least 1400 once or twice a week. I will probably keep this up until the end of the 3 month challenge.
According to Healthy Wage I’m averaging 4.8lbs a week. That’s crazy lol. I’m used to only losing 1-2lbs a week. As it stands, I only need to average 1.4lbs a week to make my goal over the next 17.5 months.
5/28/2020 Healthy Wage
This weekend is a long weekend for me. It’s awesome having a career where I actually get these days off! You know how I got my position? It’s something so many scoff at and may lose me some fans, but mostly it was a type of law of attraction combined with persistence. I wanted to have a position making a minimum of x amount a year ( about twice what I’ve made in any other job I’ve had) with vacation ( never had that before) and decent insurance. I have all of that here. I have no college degree and make more than what over half of college graduates are making. That’s awesome for me but sad for so many others. I’m eternally grateful.
I also am using this similar system in my weight loss journey. Really, this system can work for achieving anything.
Yeah I gave in to the scale pressure. This 3 month challenge is both great and terrible lol
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Weight 5/27/2021
That’s down another .4lbs in two days. I personally think it would be higher but I feel kind of bloated. I will take it though!
That is 10lbs down in 3 weeks!
I am 8% of my way to my healthy wage goal. I’m down 1.44% in 6 days. I’m definitely succeeding with my losing fat. I also am slowly getting stronger and in better shape.
Feeling a little meh this morning I took it a bit easy but still did 18 minutes on my TG.
Anyway, figured I just swing by to give that update.
Losing 100 plus pounds 