Thursday, November 12, 2015

DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN

You, my readers, know that I have been very honest in this blog. With Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner in the news so often lately, I, too, have made a new realization about myself:

I used to be a male trapped in a woman's body.

Then 58 years ago, at 6:03AM Eastern Time, I was born. And that issue ended for me. In other words, today is my birthday. I feel like a new man. It has nothing to do with gender re-assignment, and everything to do with my levels of energy.

What a difference a day makes. On Tuesday morning in central Illinois I was on a trail at 6:30AM and my hike started with the temperatures at 30° Fahrenheit. (-1° Celsius for my readers in the rest of the world) Yesterday, I was much further south within Illinois (across the river from St Louis) and the temperature when I started my 10 mile hike at 5:00AM was 50°F (10°C) However, when one starts the day at 5:00AM there is a darkness on the edge of town, in fact, there is darkness all over town!

I continue to maintain my desire to walk 10 miles per day. It is a great feeling. And once the walk is completed, the tone is set for the day - it makes me somewhat impervious to some of life's curveballs. Whatever small roadblocks or setbacks that life deals me - I simply can remind myself that I have walked 10 miles that day - and I simply feel good. I feel good about my accomplishment, I feel good about my determination and I feel good about myself. I did once read that it is harder to lose weight when one exercises a lot. This appears to be true - as it 'allows' me to eat a bit more than I might otherwise as there is an increase in appetite. The body is a machine - it needs fuel.

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Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker - Instant Original Flavor Oatmeal, 4 pack	400	76	8	16	300	0
Tropicana - Orange Juice - 100% Juice, 7.15 fl oz	100	24	0	1	14	20
KELLOGGS - RAISIN BRAN (dry cereal, no milk), 2 cup	380	92	2	10	420	36
	880	192	10	27	734	56
L U N C H
FRESH THYME - SALAD BAR CHICKEN HAM SOY CHEESE SPINACH, 1 salad	375	25	10	10	100	10
FRESH THYME - FRIED GREEN PEAS, 64.5 g (approx 1/3 cup)	65	9	2	4	258	4
WHOLE FOODS 5938 - UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS, 75 g (1/4 cup)	425	40	25	5	13	3
	865	74	37	19	371	17
D I N N E R
Lundberg - Tamari and Seaweed Organic Rice Cake, 13 cake	780	169	0	13	975	0
Campbell's Chunky - Manhattan Clam Chowder, 2 cup	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
	1,020	205	6	23	2,575	6
S N A C K S
FRESH THYME - CAROB RAISINS, 90 g (approx 40 pcs)	383	68	16	2	0	56
FRESH THYME - DARK COCOA MELTING WAFERS, 32.0 g (1/3 cup)	176	19	10	2	36	17
	559	87	26	5	36	73

Totals	3,324	557	79	74	3,716	152
Your Daily Goal	3,629	453	121	182	2,300	136
Remaining	305	-103	41	107	-1,415	-15
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,699 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	136	1,878
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-179


Daily Total / Goal	137 / 30	1,699 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	418 / 210	5,116 / 4,130

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TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 3324 CALORIES
TOTAL CALORIES BURNED (10 MILE WALK) 1878 CALORIES
TOTAL NET CALORIES 1446 CALORIES
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I 'discovered' this tree on the trail this morning.... It screamed out for some photos taken with my 10 second timer. (The real trick was trying to balance my phone on my backpack which was hanging from a post and to get it oriented straight and to take the photo without phone succumbing to the early morning windy conditions so that it could snap the photo before falling to the ground.)