it's just way too hard to focus

i mean i'll do it but not that often, and usually only if I've been drinking before

Maybe it was just because it was morning but I was 169.8 when I weighed myself this morning

still weigh 169. Don't know if it's actual loss or just fluctuation. Probably fluctuation.

kind of a meh day. Had a jimmy john's turkey sandwich + italian + mayo at 11am with some leftover chicken fried rice, about a similar portion as the other day.

Then later in the afternoon I had a del cheeseburger which is surprisingly one of the lower calorie things on the menu.

Now I am waiting for my gf to bring me some japanese food. No idea what she's going to bring yet. i think I am probably going to drink with her tonight, probably the leftover michelobs.

Walked a half hour after work, same as yesterday. Throughout the day, about once an hour, I do a walk around the office park. It's probably a quarter mile-ish.

had 3 beers last night + some curry my GF brought over. it was a medium sized portion. But I munched on 2 of her california rolls and a piece of fried chicken. probably puts me at 2500-2700 for the day yesterday. bahhh.

It's supposed to be a nice day in so cal today, not seeing any evidence of it yet, but this afternoon I'm gonna go on a 6 mile walk at the beach (pier to pier via boardwalk) and try to get some sunshine and walk this off.

It's kind of amazing to me the amount of calories burned per mile walking vs running, they're almost the same. I had no idea. The only downside is my knee is starting to bother me pretty badly, but I'm just gonna push through it. It's an old injury/disease (if you're curious, it's called osteochondritis dessicans (sp?)), an area I had surgery on 5 years ago. It gets super stiff and painful. It's slightly arthritic. I'm almost certainly going to need a knee replacement in the next 15 years, so there's not really any point in nursing it. The short and long term health gains will far offset that if I can manage to drop some lb's and get my cardio health back to where it should be.

also, i'm not sure if i've stated how much I love walking. idk why. I can do all the stuff I normally do at home on my phone - play hearthstone, browse forums, listen to podcasts and music - except I'm burning a good amount of calories and i'm outside. It's ****ing amazing. I'm only limited by my phone battery.

I used to think to exercise meaningfully I had to jog, which is way too hard on my knee and I get winded way too quickly. But this type of exercise suits me just fine, nice and leisurely.

I thought running burned about double the calories, depending of course on weight and terrain covered, hills etc If you have a bad knee though running would probably be something to avoid.

it's like 88 calories a mile vs 120 or something pretty close to that ratio.

I believe there's some "afterburn" from running that you get from your increased heartrate. Idk. I'm not good at this stuff. But everything I'm reading suggests that at my age I'm probably burning around 90-100 calories per mile I walk, which was fairly close to what I logged when I used to jog. I jog a ~10-12 minute mile. Walking brisk 15-20 minute miles isn't really that much of a difference. And, I'm so out of shape my heartrate goes up and I do get a little sweaty.

it's ****ing awesome because I hate jogging. I don't have a bike and I suck at swimming. Unless I pick up a sport, this is pretty much it.

Short answer: it depends.

Longer answer: https://www.runnersworld.com/nutriti...will-you-burn/

That said, ultimately this is all neckbearding, especially in jmakin's situation; the best workout is the one you're motivated to perform consistently. If you like to walk, walk. If you eventually feel motivated to track your pace and try to improve, great, but just consistently walking, eating at a deficit, and cutting out most of the booze will get you to where you want to be quicker than you'd expect.

the booze is the bottleneck. I'm not sure if i have a problem or not, but it's definitely not easy so far.

Have you given any thought to butt rocketing?

Walking at a 12:30 pace is a really fast walk.

I like walking too, and try to get in at least several 30-45 minute sessions (15-16min pace) a week outside, just cause it's nice to be there, and it's good for the soul.

It's activity, not exercise, that's how I look at it. Super healthy and a nice bump to our NEAT.

I’m about 15-16 mins but it creeps up depending on if i’m messing around on my phone.

Lifting is an option eventually - but i dont know if i want to commit to a gym membership quite yet

Walking versus doing nothing is definitely a winner. Plus walking on the beach in the sunshine has to be up there in best things ever! Probably just after swimming in the ocean, but still

dumpster fire today. drank a lot. ate a lot. don't want to log it.

i have a WIL problem

I'm logging my crappy days. Get to it lol.

MLYLT,

I've told you so many times you need to log your bad days. Get to it.

no logs in forever

That’s a dumb post, I mentioned that I’m taking time off this project to address my drinking

What post was that in? (Not sure if you're serious.)

Probably my other blog, don’t really care to elaborate here. The bump was dumb.

But if anyone actually cares im down to 168 lbs just from skipping breakfast every day

Great news

Well done J.

nice job!

Amateurs call it skipping breakfast.

Pros call it intermittent fasting.