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When we lived in Calgary I did not see too many people who went for walks.  There were people on the trails on nice days but not in the quantities I would expect for a city that size.  If I went down by the river I would see a lot of joggers but that was …

Continue reading Geocache Diet – Day 50

One of my main concerns when I started the Geocache Diet was wondering if I had enough time to fit in the amount of exercise I wanted to include into my routine.  I had chosen hiking and geocaching for the exercise portion as I enjoy it and I always seem to get a boost of …

Continue reading Geocache Diet – Day 44

I have now been geocaching for 41 straight days and in that time I have found 126 geocaches.  If I include the caches found prior to starting the Geocache Diet, I have now found 257 different geocaches.  This number is far from impressive compared to long time geocachers and I definitely have not seen everything, but …

Continue reading Geocache Diet – Day 41

I knew I would experience a large variety of emotions during my weight loss challenge.  There would be all the positive emotions involved with getting outside, exercising, exploring, and feeling better.  I knew that there would be days I would not feel like going out and I would have terrible cravings wanting to eat something I shouldn’t.  One emotion that I …

Continue reading Geocache Diet – Day 37

Thursday was my biggest day of caching ever.  Lisa and I have decided to give each other a full day to themselves while the other gets a full day with the kids.  I was going to make the most of this opportunity so I woke up at 6am and was out the door by …

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906 Geocaches – 2284 km on foot – 85lbs – 333 Days!

Back in Day 20 of the Geocache Diet I gave my thoughts on how I gained the weight in the first place by analysing my eating habits.  Weight loss and weight gain is a formula of input and output and although I was …

Continue reading Geocache Diet – Day 32

Last night I was watching the woman’s moguls at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and saw the poor competitors trying to cope with the rain and wind.   Those were the same west coast conditions that I have been geocaching in the past few days.  It has been wet, real wet, and windy enough to blow down …

Continue reading Geocache Diet – Day 29

Here are some random thoughts and observations of the past 3 weeks of geocaching that do not fit as a standalone blog. 

We should encourage our general public to use trails as a way to stay in shape and care needs to be taken to present these trails in a positive manner.  I was out hiking …

Continue reading Geocache Diet – Day 26