FEELS LIKE 5°

Feels like 5°?  That was not even the issue.  The issue was that the temperature was 16° when I set out for my daily 10 mile walk yesterday at 7:30AM.  Layers.  I wore lots of layers.  I wore five layers on my upper body and my legs were protected by 3 layers.  My frantic search for my balaclava turned up empty.  Why is it that you can never find your balaclava when you need it?

bal·a·cla·va

ˌbaləˈklävə/

noun

1. a close-fitting garment covering the whole head and neck except for parts of the face, typically made of wool.

I wrapped a warm scarf around my neck and set out.  For only the second time (second day in a row) did I wear my hiking shoes that I had purchased for the Half Dome adventure back in October.  The streets and sidewalks were slippery in some places, but for the most park the hiking shoes gripped the surface and kept me upright.   It was bone chillingly cold outside.  You don't have to believe me, just check with Sue the Dinosaur at the Field Museum.

That's 'Sue the Dinosaur' over my right shoulder, at the Field Museum.  

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It's right there in the Chicago forecast:
FEELS LIKE: 5°

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My ten mile walk ended at Whole Foods in Streeterville.

The perfect place to enjoy a well-deserved cup of oatmeal.

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, November 22, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Market Pantry - Protein Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Chewy Bar, 1 bar	180	17	10	10	170	7
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple (170g)	190	50	1	1	4	38
Whole Foods - Oatmeal, 1 cup	300	54	5	10	180	2
WHOLE FOODS 5938 - UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS, 24.9 g (1/4 cup)	141	13	8	2	4	1
WHOLE FOODS 8739 - SUN DRIED FIGS, 70 g (approx 4 figs)	228	74	0	2	0	49
WHOLE FOODS 8738 - DRIED MANGO SLICES, 30 g (approx 6 pieces)	83	21	0	2	1	15
	1,122	229	24	26	358	112
L U N C H
Campbell's - Home Style Mexican-Style Chicken Tortilla Soup, 2 cup	260	40	4	14	1,700	8
Diet Snapple - Peach Tea, 40 fl oz	25	3	0	0	38	0
	285	43	4	14	1,738	8
D I N N E R
Skinnytaste - Asian Grilled Chicken, 6 oz	296	11	6	40	0	0
Generic - Grilled Brussel Sprouts, 3 cup	195	39	8	17	69	0
Aladdin Food - Cranberry Stuffing, 10 oz	324	74	2	5	280	30
	815	123	16	62	349	30
S N A C K S
WHOLE FOODS 6952 - POP'd KERNS ORIGINAL CORN SNACK, 38.64 g (approx 1/2 cup)	221	22	11	1	221	0
WHOLE FOODS 8497 - CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA, 63.25 g (3/4 cup)	276	46	8	6	69	17
WHOLE FOODS - NATURAL WASABI GREEN PEAS, 0.40333294271564485 cup (30 grams)	145	23	4	5	290	2
WHOLE FOODS 7700 - ORGANIC DATE PIECES w/OAT FLOWER, 66.0 g (2 TBSP)	198	49	0	2	16	36
Pizza Hut - Personal Pizza, 1 slices	155	17	7	6	385	2
	995	158	30	20	982	58
Totals	3,217	552	74	122	3,427	208
Your Daily Goal	4,589	573	153	230	2,300	172
Remaining	1,372	20	79	108	-1,126	-35
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,659 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 5.0 mph	126	2,081
Walking, 5.0 mph	20	453
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	125
Daily Total / Goal	147 / 30	2,659 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1061 / 210	19,204 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3216 calories
total calories burned (12 miles, two walks) 2534 calories
total net calories 682 calories
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fitbit day 81

49350 steps

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ten mile walking streak reached 14 days

This was the logo used by the Rolling Stones to promote their recent European Tour.

I am using it today to celebrate the 14th day in a row that I have walked 10 miles or more.

That's the SEARS TOWER behind me.

You might know that the tower that formerly was called the Sears Tower is now the Willis Tower.

I do not know what Willis is.  And I will be calling it the Sears Tower for a long time to come.

I guess you can say I don't like change.  I definitely did not like 'Hope and Change"

After a long day of rain and snow and ice... 

...the clouds cleared away and left the bluest of skies in its wake.

I could never have worn 5 layers on top and 3 layers on bottom as a 309 lb man...

Where could I have found increasingly larger jackets and/or pants?

As a 309 lb man, I was lucky to find one garment that actually fit.

This photo was inspired by a cool photo my daughter came home with from France.

A group of her friends were all captured jumping 'up in the air' in front a museum.

This was my first effort to use my timer to capture myself jumping up in the air.

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I always enjoy receiving an email from fitbit and/or mapmywalk apps.

This weekly recap came from mapmywalk.

During the week of November 15 thru November 21, I logged 11 workouts (walks)

These walks took a total of 19.99 hours and I logged a total of 90.36 miles.