Friday, February 1, 2013

What a Day!

I’m late a day posting, but I *did* get out for a few miles on Wednesday. The day was *perfect*. Temperature in the mid 60’s, a slight breeze blowing up from the ocean, nary a cloud in the sky. Such a change from last week!

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I headed out to Laguna Coast Regional Park and did three plus miles on Bommer Ridge. The views were phenomenal!

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I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but Laguna Coast Regional Park is a county wilderness park that abuts Crystal Cove State Park. If it wasn’t for Laguna Canyon Road, these two parks would border with Aliso/Wood Canyon Regional Park to give us Orange Countians a little over 20,000 acres of wilderness smack dab in the middle of suburban Orange County.

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I headed to the high point in Crystal Cove State Park, and managed a picture. Here’ why I live in Orange County:

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That’s the ocean glistening in the distance…..

On the calorie front, I’m adjusting again. I’ve been at 1780 a day and have been going nowhere. I had been hoping to lose a pound a week. Part of the reason is my cooking is so good I’m eating too much Laughing out loud. I think the larger reason is that my calorie goal was predicated on exercising five days a week for half an hour a day. That is just not happening right now for a variety of reasons. So, I’m going to adjust again and see if I get get weight loss to be consistent. Starting today (Friday) I’m going to be looking at some pretty shocking daily calorie budgets. Crap….

Wednesday calorie stats:

  • Budget: 1780
  • Food: 2104
  • Exercise: 536
  • Too few/(too many): (38)

Thursday calorie stats:

  • Budget: 1780
  • Food: 1790
  • Exercise: 0
  • Too few/(too many): (10)

4 comments:

  1. I miss going to the ocean. We have it here in WA of course but it just isn't the same. :/

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  2. I counted calories too...failed. Ditch the carbs, increase the healthy fats and you can eat all you want. I lost 50 lbs in 6 months never counting a calorie and eating a lot of great whole foods.

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    Cheers,
    Scott

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  3. I love the ocean...the main reason why I choose a lot of marathons in California :). Glad you had a great run and good luck with the calorie count. I actually started losing weight was when I stopped counting calories and just decided to be so damn hungry all the time. Eventually, my body adapted and it wasn't so bad. But it's not easy at all.

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  4. Nice one on getting out there. Thanks for rubbing in the weather. Take your 60s and you know what. lol. Take care man. Adjust and conquer!

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