Week 8 – Portland Hikes and lost 3 lbs

This week had a lots of highs and lows. My net carb to protein ratio has come up from 0.8 to 0.95. This is mostly thanks to eating Punjabi Chole (Garbanzo Beans in Indian curry gravy) that I made. I need to be more careful in the future when it comes to chole. I lost 3 lbs this week. I am now 166.4 and down 20 lbs from where I officially started.

Over the weekend, I went to Portland and spent time with my cousins. On Saturday morning, I went to Powell’s Bookstore (great store and this alone could make the trip worth it). Then, in the afternoon, I went for a walk in Washington Park with my cousin Sangeetha. I walked on the Wildwood Trail for the most part. This trail is 30 miles long. I walked about 4 miles in it. There was a great collection of trees including Sequoias. I used Sullivan’s book on trails near Portland. You can see the beautiful trees and a view of Mount St. Helens too.

On Sunday, I went to Multnomah Falls with my cousin Subbu and his friends. Unfortunately, the bridge you see in the picture was too icy. We tried crossing and one of our friends fell. So, we went on to Horsetail Falls which is just 3 miles further east along the Columbian Gorge. It was a wonderful trail. It starts of with one waterfall called the Horsetail Falls. Then, you get to go behind a waterfall called Ponytail Falls. Then, at about 800ft about it is Triple Falls.

  

 

Horsetail, Ponytail and Triple Falls

 

Columbian Gorge

I got my body measured on Monday and interesting have lost 3/4 of an inch around my neck :)

On Tuesday, I got a Root Canal redone. My dentist in India had left one of the canals undone. That puts me in some pain but nothing that Vicodin cannot fix.

I started running for the first time today. It’s exciting – I ran for 2 minutes at 5 mph and then walked and did this about 5 times. I definitely need new shoes – so I am planning to get a pair in the next couple of days.

Tip:

Try to increase your steps each day by doing some of the following: 1. Take the stairs 2. Use a printer that’s far away or even in a nearby building 3. Park at the last parking stall 4. Take a longer route to every place you walk to 5. If you are reading something, try doing it standing up or while pacing. Doing such simple things, increases the calories you burn everyday. Good Luck!

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