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Thanks for the support. Just to close this out: Day 23: 12/19/2017 Steps: 13,136 Day 24: 12/20/2017 Steps: 9,795 Day 25: 12/21/2017 Steps: 11,223 Day 26: 12/22/2017 Steps: 13,377 Day 27: 12/23/2017 Steps: 7,975 Day 28: 12/24/2017 Steps: 7,588 So of all my goals, I successfully completed exactly zero. I did probably get out for walks more than I would have without the challenge. I also got back to deadlifting some, which is good, and didn't hurt too much. But I need to learn consistency in all things. The food part went off the rails early, as the holidays buildup early, and food is a major part. An unrealistic goal given the timing.

12/18/2019 DL (week1 TM: 387) 45x20 135x10 185x5x2 225x5x2 275x3 290x5 310x5 330x9

12/17/2019 Bench Day (week1) TM: 256.5 Warmup: 45x10 95x5 135x5 155x5 Work Sets: 190x5 210x5 220x9 BBB 165, 10,10,9,9,7 Bentover Row: 45x15 95x10 135x10 155x10 185x10 185x10

Day: 22 12/18/2017 Steps: 11,622 531 Deadlift day.

Camping in the cold is the best! Most likely there's no one else in the woods. And it's a reason for a big campfire. Your food might freeze, but your beer stays cold. It was deer/gun season, so it was a little discomforting to hear shots while in your tent. Fortunately this time there was no snow, so finding wood was easy.

Winter Camping. Things went of the rails for a few days. Ate lots. Drank lots. Slept in the cold. Sat around the fire. Spent a lot of energy finding firewood. Day 12: 12/8/2017 Steps: 12296 Day 13: 12/9/2017 Steps: 7111 Went on a hike, not very long I guess. Day 14: 12/10/2017 Steps: 6857 Got Back from Camping and stopped counting calories. Also sleeping on the ground got my back to acting up, giving me an excuse to miss workouts. Although I shouldn't have, I was just lazy. Day 15: 12/11/2017 Steps: 9774 Day 16: 12/12/2017 Steps: 10079 Day 17: 12/13/2017 Steps: 4880 Day 18: 12/14/2017 Steps: 12218 Day 19: 12/15/2017 Steps: 11343 Day 20: 12/16/2017 Steps: 5236 Day 21: 12/17/2017 Steps: 6802 531 Bench Workout So haven't done yoga in a while. Haven't made it onto the bike trainer.

Day 12: 12/7/2017 Steps: 9340 Calories: 2000 Couldn't get away at work for my lunch walk. Still did ok. Getting ready for some weekend winter camping.

Day 10: 12/5/2017 Steps: 11835 Calories: 2000 Wt. 236.4 Another day I should have lifted or done something, but decided not to. Not feeling great and having a super frustrating time at work. This challenge is not going well for the exercise portion. I was too ambitious with what my schedule would allow, then some unexepected problems, and it's completely off the rails. I am committed to still tracking and logging everything.

Day 10: 12/5/2017 Steps: 11027 Calories: 1900 Should have lifted, but decided not too. Still feeling sick and dealing with events which I can't seem to get away from.

Day 9: 12/4/2017 Steps: 10755 Calories: 1700 Tough day. Still recovering from a cold and other emotionally fatiguing events. Went to bed early and didn't over eat. So a great success.

Thanks for the encouragement. I haven't met all of my goals for the first week, but I'm trying. Logging it in the forum further encourages me, even when I come up short. 90% is better than 0%.

Day 8: 12/3/2017 Steps: 9913 Calories: 3000 531: Bench Day

Day 7: 12/2/2017 Steps: 3168 Calories: 2400 Felt ill today, so didn't do much, except sit around the house.

Day 6: 12/1/2017 Steps: 10162 Calories: 3650 Alcohol at lunch to celebrate the end of jury duty.

12/3/2017 Bench Day (week3) messed up and did week 3 instead of week 2 TM: 256.5 Warmup: 45x10 95x5 135x5 155x5 Work Sets: 190x3 215x3 245x5 J 255x3 BBB 155, 5x10 Bentover Row: 45x15 95x10 135x10 185x10

Day 5: 11/30/17 Steps: 7890 Calories: 2700 Yoga: in the AM 531: DL, JS Still on jury duty. It may never end. Really hampers getting in my walking. I have to either walk in the morning or evening when the kids are asleep. Hopefully this will be the last day, but I thought that on Weds. Deadlifted last night for the second time in two weeks. It felt good. My knee bothered me a bit at the end, but not too bad. And my ankle didn't bother me at all, the hip a little bit. So that's good. It's amazing at how anxious I feel walking up to the bar just to lift it up. Even knowing full well I can pick it up.

11/30/2017 25 minutes yoga (am) DL (week2 TM: 360) 45x20 135x10 185x5x2 225x5x2 275x3 290x3 305x3 325x10 325x5

11/29/2017 Bench Day (week1) TM: 256.5 Warmup: 45x10 95x5 135x5 155x5 Work Sets: 190x5 205x5 220x7 J 220x7 BBB 155, 5x10

Day 3: 11/28/17 Steps: 13901 Calories: 2000 531: Bench Day, BBB Day 4: 11/29/17 Steps: 9974 Calories: 2600 Still on jury duty, it's not great. Interesting and eye opening, but tiring. Still rehabbing the ankle. Tried to jog across the street to avoid getting run down by a car, and the ankle didn't like it.

Have fun on the cruise! Depending on the size of the ship, you can get a lot of walking and stairs in. I tracked my steps on a Disney cruise and got up to 15k steps a day and over 10 flights of stairs.

Day 2 recap: 11/27 Jury Duty, so an unusual day, and more to come for at least tomorrow. Stuck in the court house all day and had to buy lunch A short walk at lunch. Unplanned visit from out of town guests for dinner and hanging out. No time for exercise. 7578 steps. Tracked food. Came in around 2900 calories for the day on the great American diet.

That's the best way to do it. 'close enough' is usually good for me too. I try to keep it low carbish, so it's either that or the great American diet which makes me not lose weight, despite a calorie deficit.

Wooh! Day 1 result (11/26/17) 12 minutes on the bike trainer. 9353 steps, and raked leaves for 2 hours. Tracked food. Came in around 2300 calories for the day. Thanksgiving leftovers are hard to calculate.

That's a great goal, "the Allegheny 100". I've camped at Minister Creek along that trail. I've never done a long hike before, I might just have to add that one to my bucket list. The Kinzua Tango looks tough, but fun. I like that it's a super triathlon with canoeing. I've never heard of a race like that.

Well, I'll track my progress here. I hope it goes well. I guess we'll see. wt. 239.8 DL (week1 TM: 360) 45x20 135x10 185x10 225x5 225x5 275x5 305x8 305x5