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Well...i was about to let the day get away from me....but hit the road and went to a different spot today...had to be careful a bit muddy...my tracker thingy wouldnt work....i spent a solid hour and half in woods messing around looking and searching...had a real good time.....only 1 squirrel.

good day to be alive !
 
week 34 day 2

bad food day today, chili dogs, that's it. Not really that many calories, no more than we eat usually maybe even less, but junk. But I rarely do this. Son texted that he was going out for dinner with his new boss, and we got home late from shopping, so that worked today
 
got to hike early today....i was headed to big forest but professor couldnt go so that was on hold...hiked my regular trail....seen 1 deer,1squirrel and song birds. its 20 degrees cooler today than yesterday and overcast...life is good !

by the way a few days ago i heard a pileated woodpecker on my regular trail...thats a first there for me...now i know they like up the river a mile or so at another spot i go because i see and hear them there often...its sorta closed off for now so cant go up there.

also another spot up river about 3 miles theres eagles at times but dont see them in area i go through regular for whatever reason.
 
got to hike early today....i was headed to big forest but professor couldnt go so that was on hold...hiked my regular trail....seen 1 deer,1squirrel and song birds. its 20 degrees cooler today than yesterday and overcast...life is good !

by the way a few days ago i heard a pileated woodpecker on my regular trail...thats a first there for me...now i know they like up the river a mile or so at another spot i go because i see and hear them there often...its sorta closed off for now so cant go up there.

also another spot up river about 3 miles theres eagles at times but dont see them in area i go through regular for whatever reason.
Professor??? 'splain!
 
week 34 day 4

finally stuck to my diet again yesterday, did not eat after 6 and only had a pear in the evening, but one day is not enough I need to do it for the entire week to lose any weight.

Today I am going to make lasagna , and some vegetable soup. I will not eat a huge amount, can't really , that stuff is very filling
If I stick to my one real meal a day diet, it really does work. You can pretty much eat anything you want for that one meal because you will be full before you can eat too much. It makes perfect sense that this will work. Try eating 1500 calories of home cooking in one meal. You will be super full.
 
Professor??? 'splain!
roflmao....lets see the professor....hes a young man thats super smart and knows lots of about nature and birds,reptiles etc. when he was 10 years old he got to go to local college and talk with real life professors about dinosaurs for a few hours and later afterwards he said its the most intelligent conversation i had in years....lol...he would correct teachers all through school....lol...later on out of school he has found multiple species (salamanders)not known in our region and got published in yearly magazine giving him credit and more.

he likes hitting woods with me because i know so many places to go. i showed him his first rattler last year after wanting to for years to see one and trying.he jabbers on entire time with me talking birds and reptiles and trees etc. he has to do deal with my lack of ability to talk latin names though....lol i tease him telling him latin names say the same thing common talk does....i say red bird he says cardinal.....latin name (Cardinalis cardinalis)..i point out its saying red bird to tease him...roflmao..the kid is over my pay grade...he likes it cause i know more than anyone he knows about these subjects. hes disabled and cant go as much as i want him to. i tell him you need to go because i am about twice your age and one day i wont be able to...the kid cant read a compass and gets lost easily..i am trying to teach him a few things i try and get him to find our way back to truck. i bought him a compass too.

i guess you say he is a citizen scientist.
 
week 34 day 6

did not make soup yesterday , no time, took dog to vet. After we got back I was really hungry and had some leftover lasagna from the day before, but a small piece

today sweet and sour red cabbage, potatoes and Bratwurst. And I am making the soup I didn't make yesterday
 
week 34 day 7

another week of no progress, 13 pounds to go again, but probably some of it from drinking vodka yesterday
I wished winter was over and I would enjoy having smoothies again, but too cold for those

today Asian chicken salad, some soup not sure what yet
 
so I was bad today again, instead of the soup, we just had Austrian pancakes with peaches
Calorie bomb, but I felt like I needed something sweet

but the Asian chicken salad was good. When my inlaws were still alive, the MIL liked to take us out to eat to Applebees. I am not even sure they still exist but they used to have this Asian chicken salad I really liked. So I figured out how to make it.
here is my recipe
shred some red and green cabbage ,a lot like for cole slaw. I pour boiling water over it, so it is not so hard, and to wash of any stuff on it. Shred a carrot or 2, chop some celery, some green onions, garlic, ginger , and a cut up a head of iceberg lettuce.
dressing: a cup of mayo, some soy sauce, some sesame oil, about quarter cup of honey, rice vinegar, some hot sauce, salt, pepper

then just add breaded fried chicken strips on top , plus toasted almonds, and either Lo Mein noodles or rice noodles ( those you can get in the Asian section at the store but you can leave them out too)

I think mine is actually better than the restaurant one, I improved the sauce

They still have this !! LOL
https://www.applebees.com/en/menu/salads/oriental-chicken-salad

I wonder how much that costs nowadadays
 
so I was bad today again, instead of the soup, we just had Austrian pancakes with peaches
Calorie bomb, but I felt like I needed something sweet

but the Asian chicken salad was good. When my inlaws were still alive, the MIL liked to take us out to eat to Applebees. I am not even sure they still exist but they used to have this Asian chicken salad I really liked. So I figured out how to make it.
here is my recipe
shred some red and green cabbage ,a lot like for cole slaw. I pour boiling water over it, so it is not so hard, and to wash of any stuff on it. Shred a carrot or 2, chop some celery, some green onions, garlic, ginger , and a cut up a head of iceberg lettuce.
dressing: a cup of mayo, some soy sauce, some sesame oil, about quarter cup of honey, rice vinegar, some hot sauce, salt, pepper

then just add breaded fried chicken strips on top , plus toasted almonds, and either Lo Mein noodles or rice noodles ( those you can get in the Asian section at the store but you can leave them out too)

I think mine is actually better than the restaurant one, I improved the sauce

They still have this !! LOL
https://www.applebees.com/en/menu/salads/oriental-chicken-salad

I wonder how much that costs nowadadays
I googled it! $9.99, some areas higher. 1560 calories!
 
hiked...went to big forest and went to top of small mtn....went out top a ways....i could hear a ruckus down over side of mtn and i eased up to edge and coming up side was a group of turkeys....8-10...seen one big tom with a 10 inch plus beard....what a glorious day...it was cooler as higher up in elevation...but afternoon sun warmed it up some....felt good and strong..but much more and harder than i been doing for sure...2 hours spent hiking...unknown distance.
 
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going out top of mtn...notice how it falls away on both sides of trail...north/south sides...narrow but nice walking.

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I googled it! $9.99, some areas higher. 1560 calories!
that's not too bad but I bet theirs has more calories than mine. I do not put anywhere near as much fried chicken on top and have more veggies, way more cabbage for one

oh and mine is definitely less, I seem to remember not being able to finish their salad, typical super size restaurant food!
 
that's not too bad but I bet theirs has more calories than mine. I do not put anywhere near as much fried chicken on top and have more veggies, way more cabbage for one

oh and mine is definitely less, I seem to remember not being able to finish their salad, typical super size restaurant food!
I bet their's has way more calories. Well, maybe, if there are any weird preservatives or things like that in it!!
 

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