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Week 12 Food Times

Week 12 -- 10:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Week 12, Day 1 & 2

Day 1
Weight: 240 lbs.
Waist: 44.0 inches

Ride: 30.0 miles
Time: 2 hours 5 minutes 2.74 seconds
Pace: 14.4 miles per hour
Conditions: light north wind.

Calories burned: 2,272.54

First food: 10:33 a.m.
Last food: 2:53 p.m.
Exceptions: Scone at Starbucks; salad later.

Note: Rode over the causeway to La Bou in West Sac, but arrived just before it was closing; so I stopped at the Enterprise Blvd Starbucks and had a good coffee and a good scone. On the way home I took the Olive Drive bike path.

Day 2
Weight: 240 lbs.
Waist: 44.0 inches

Run: 3.0 miles
Time: 30 minutes 0.00 seconds
Pace: 10.0 minutes per mile
Conditions: no wind.

Calories burned: 545.41

First food: 11:09 a.m.
Last food: 3:02 p.m.
Exceptions: Post-run banana.

Note: Today was my second post-illness run. I ran the west loop of the North Davis greenbelt + an added circle on Heron, Curlew and Sandpiper, before returning to the greenbelt. The route was a bit too short, and I think I'll do a full outer greenbelt loop next time I run in North Davis.

Week 11, Day 7

Weight: 240 lbs.
Waist: 44.0 inches

Run: 3.7 miles
Time: 41 minutes 0.00 seconds
Pace: 11.1 minutes per mile
Conditions: raining; light south wind.

Calories burned: 672.67

First food: 10:44 a.m.
Last food: 3:24 p.m.
Exceptions: Post-run banana.

Note: Today was my first post-illness run. I returned to my exercise routine on Friday, October 16, but put off returning to the restrictions of the diet until today. On Friday and yesterday (Sunday), I rode the 17.7 mile Tremont Cemetery course; and Saturday I rode to Steady Eddie's in Winters (27.3 miles) and back. I'm not where I was on the bike -- or running. But I had a nice pace going on the bike ride home from Winters, even passing a number of riders on much faster bicycles.

The infection which won't ever die

It's almost been three weeks since I first got sick. Typical for me, my throat began to ache. That was on Sunday, September 27 -- 19 days ago. Since then, I have had a cold, ranging from mild to miserable. I've had a lot of mucous in my sinuses, headaches, some coughing, a little sneezing, and generally a feeling of fatigue.

My thinking from the beginning, which I now largely regret, was that I had to go off the time and nutrient restrictions of this diet for the duration of my illness, because I didn't want a lack of food throughout the day to prolong my sickness. Yet despite violating every rule -- eating ice cream, cereal, bread and so on at all hours of the day and night -- I didn't get well. I'm still not perfectly healthy.

So today, feeling mostly better, I return not just to the diet but to the exercise. This afternoon, I will go for my first bike ride since I caught this infection. And should I get sick again, I'll not use that as an excuse to quit the diet temporarily. All that does is make me gain weight, which was hard enough to lose in the first place, and make it that much harder to get back the inertia of the entire diet and exercise program.

Week 11, Day 6

Weight: 231 lbs.
Waist: 43.0 inches

Ride: 19.6 miles
Time: 1 hours 21 minutes 40.00 seconds
Pace: 16.1 miles per hour
Conditions: moderate NNW wind.

Calories burned: 1,529.81

First food: 10:33 a.m.
Last food: 3:29 p.m.
Exceptions: Pre-ride banana; post-ride prunes.

Note: Woke up with a sore throat this morning; I hope that does not portend further illness as the week goes along.

Week 11, Day 4-5

Weight: 231 lbs.
Waist: 43.0 inches

Ride: 52.1 miles
Time: 3 hours 35 minutes 44.40 seconds
Pace: 14.5 miles per hour
Conditions: mild south wind on the trip to Winters; normal head winds on the road to the dam.

Calories burned: 3,779.68

First food: 12:25 p.m.
Last food: 4:11 p.m.
Exceptions: Pre-ride, a few prunes; mid-ride, a breakfast bar; stop at Steady Eddie's, a cranberry scone.

Note: Best ride yet. I've never had an easier time riding up the road to Monticello Dam. It wasn't "easy," but it has been much harder in the past. My sense is that my wind was much better, probably due to taking up jogging this week combined with having not ridden so much on the bike this week.

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Weight: 232 lbs.
Waist: 43.5 inches

Run: 3.7 miles
Time: 37 minutes 0.00 seconds
Pace: 10 minutes per mile
Conditions: no wind.

Calories burned: 650.25

First food: 10:44 a.m.
Last food: 3:24 p.m.
Exceptions: Post-run breakfast bar; and many exceptions, including a cheeseburger with fries and chips consumed with Barry, Justin and family on a visit to Davis.

Note: Today was my second run. It felt good, but I was still sore from my first run. I ran (with Truman) again from Border's to the Putah Creek Bike Path to Drummond Avenue and back.

Week 11, Day 3

Weight: 232 lbs.
Waist: 44.0 inches

Ride: 17.7 miles
Time: 1 hour 13 minutes 26.79 seconds
Pace: 14.5 miles per hour
Conditions: very light south wind.

Calories burned: 1,282.92

First food: 10:48 a.m.
Last food: 3:43 p.m.
Exceptions: Pre-ride banana.

Note: Slept too late to bike over to Woodland this morning, so did the Tremont Cemetery ride, instead. Stopped for coffee and a (very high quality) scone at Chamonix in the Anderson Plaza shopping center. Good place, but not really a comfortable or inviting place to lounge.

Week 11, Day 2

Weight: 232 lbs.
Waist: 44.0 inches

Run: 3.7 miles
Time: 37 minutes 0.00 seconds
Pace: 10 minutes per mile
Conditions: no wind.

Calories burned: 650.25

First food: 10:44 a.m.
Last food: 3:24 p.m.
Exceptions: Post-run breakfast bar.

Note: Today was my very first run in years. It felt good. I ran (with Truman) from Border's to the Putah Creek Bike Path to Drummond Avenue and back. I ran slow, but had no significant pain and feel fine now, a couple of hours after the run. My plan is to run again Friday, and then resume running the following Monday.

New Time Constraints

Week 11 -- 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Week 11, Day 1

Weight: 232 lbs.
Waist: 44.0 inches

Ride: 33.6 miles
Time: 2 hours 19 minutes 2.07 seconds
Pace: 14.5 miles per hour
Conditions: 10 mph north wind.

Calories burned: 2,442.82

First food: 12:24 a.m.
Last food: 3:44 p.m.
Exceptions: Bran muffin at La Bou.

Note: Biked over to the State Capitol, this morning, after frustratingly repairing my slowly leaking front tire. The problem was my pump was not working right. I ended up putting some air in my tire and finishing the job at the Shell station. In Sacramento, I didn't find a cafe I wanted to stop at, so I went to La Bou in West Sac, which was good, as usual.

Week 10, Day 7

Weight: 232 lbs.
Waist: 44.0 inches

Ride: 17.7 miles
Time: 1 hour 13 minutes 21.16 seconds
Pace: 14.5 miles per hour
Conditions: no wind, but warm.

Calories burned: 1,282.92

First food: 10:17 a.m.
Last food: 3:43 p.m.
Exceptions: Pre-ride banana.

Note: Ate like a pig all weekend at Lake Almanor. I had a great time up there, but it was not a good trip for a diet.

Week 10, Day 6

Weight: 232 lbs.
Waist: 44.0 inches

Ride: 17.7 miles
Time: 1 hour 13 minutes 17.52 seconds
Pace: 14.5 miles per hour
Conditions: no wind, but warm.

Calories burned: 1,282.92

First food: 10:55 a.m.
Last food: ??? (will be off diet this afternoon).
Exceptions: Post-ride banana.

Note: Leaving today for Almanor. Diet resumes on Monday.

Week 10, Day 5

Weight: 232 lbs.
Waist: 44.0 inches

Ride: 23.7 miles
Time: 1 hour 38 minutes 4.14 seconds
Pace: 14.5 miles per hour
Conditions: light north wind.

Calories burned: 1,722.28

First food: 11:00 a.m.
Last food: 3:23 p.m.
Exceptions:

Note: Notice today's weight: 232 pounds. Today is a day of celebration. I've now lost exactly 50 pounds from my starting weight. It's good to make progress. I still feel like I have a long way to go. I bought some running shoes, yesterday, and walked Truman with them this morning around far East Davis. Perhaps beginning next Monday, I will give running a try. This weekend, up at Lake Almanor, I'll try to further break-in the new shoes.