TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING TWENTY

Yesterday, was the beginning of a new tradition.  I set out in the morning, long before my family was stirring about, to walk 20 miles.  The weather was much more cooperative at the beginning than at the end of this particular urban hike.  The weather was a very comfortable 53°F when I started and the forecast for rain was for much later in the afternoon.  The forecast for rain was not quite so accurate.  The last 5 miles of my walk was largely in a pouring rain.  Nevertheless, I perservered and continued on until I had logged my 20th mile.  Whether I will be able to do this next Thanksgiving (a 20 mile walk does carve out a bit of time) or not - I do not know.  It seems like a good tradition to shoot for.  Next year I will let you know how the 2nd Annual Traditional Thanksgiving Twenty goes....

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As part of my 20 mile urban hike - I explored parts of Grant Park for the first time

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For the past few days, I have continued to attempt to 'perfect' this type of 'action' photograph.  By standing very near the edge, it does become much more obvious that I am 'in the air.'  On this grey day, my bright orange shirt is the only color in the picture.  It should be fairly obvious now that the premise of the 1992 film, White Men Can't Jump, is certainly not disproved by my prowess defying gravity!

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, November 26, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quakers - Rice Cake Lightly Salted, 14 Cake (9g)	490	98	0	14	210	0
Michigan Apples - red delicious apple, 3 large	390	102	0	3	0	75
	880	200	0	17	210	75
L U N C H
Sweet Baby Ray's - Original Beef Jerky, 6 oz	540	36	6	66	2,880	36
Nature Valley 4 Crunchy Granola Bar Oats and Honey	380	58	14	6	360	22
	920	94	20	72	3,240	58
D I N N E R
Brisket - Brisket, 8 oz	352	0	17	48	176	0
Potatoes, red, flesh and skin, baked, 1 potato large	266	59	0	7	36	4
Roundy's - Sweet Peas - Canned, 1 cup	120	20	1	8	30	10
	738	79	18	63	242	14
S N A C K S
General Mills 2 Nature Valley - Oats 'n Honey	190	29	6	4	160	12
Kind Healthy Grains 2 Dark Chocolate Chunk	300	46	10	4	140	16
	490	75	16	8	300	28
Totals	3,028	448	54	160	3,992	175
Your Daily Goal	5,516	689	184	276	2,300	206
Remaining	2,488	241	129	116	-1,691	30
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 3,586 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	260	3,978
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-392
Daily Total / Goal	261 / 30	3,586 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	794 / 210	12,476 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3028 calories
total calories burned (20 mile walk) 3978 calories
total net calories 950 caloric deficit

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fitbit day 85

51605 steps

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ten mile walking streak reached 18 days.

Around mile 5, the rain was still two hours away...

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and for no particular reason, here is some very bad advice from The Most Interesting Man in the World....