TIME TO SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT

I see that I am slowly gaining weight. This is very unpleasant. Losing weight was hard. Keeping it off is just as hard and perhaps harder. This morning, I decided to change the way that I spent my 92 minutes on my home elliptical machine. Recently, I have set the the 'resistance' to '20' for the entire session. This morning, I set the program to 'calorie-burn' in which the highest resistance during the session is 20, but during the 92 minutes the levels of resistance increase and decrease. The workout was seemingly more fun as there were times when I was 'pedaling' much faster than I can at the highest level. I noticed that my calorie burn recorded by the machine was significantly less after the 92 minutes. However, I am convinced that it is important to make some changes in the way that I work out for two reasons.  One, I think that the workout can ultimately be more effective, and secondly, it just makes the workout a bit more interesting. 

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Your Food Diary For:

Monday, January 25, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Nature Valley - Crunchy Oats & Honey, 2 bars (46g)	190	29	6	4	160	12
Omelette - 2 Egg, With Cheese, 1 Omelette	250	2	10	5	468	0
Cracker - Nabisco Original Premium - Cracker	210	36	5	3	405	0
Jewel - Sensational Seafood Salad, 3 oz (85g)	190	9	14	9	480	3
	840	76	35	21	1,513	15
L U N C H
WHOLE FOODS 5938 - UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS, 45 g (1/4 cup)	255	24	15	3	8	2
Kroger - Whole Cashews - Unsalted, 0.63 cup (28g)	400	20	35	13	0	3
Kroger Organic - Yogurt Covered Almonds, 11 pieces	220	27	14	4	20	20
Kroger - Dark Chocolate Raisins, 34 pieces	170	26	8	1	0	21
	1,045	97	72	21	28	45
D I N N E R
EARTHBOUND FARM - ORGANIC BABY SPINACH, 85 g (approx 3 oz, two cups)	20	0	0	2	65	0
Louis Kemp - Crab Delights Leg Style, 3 legs (85g)	70	11	0	6	430	1
365 - Hearts of Palm: Salad Cut, 1 cup	50	10	0	4	580	0
Bacon - Real Bits, 3 tbsp	75	0	5	9	660	0
Ham slices - Ham pieces, 3 oz	160	4	10	14	1,000	2
Eggs - Hard Boiled - Large, 1 egg	78	1	5	6	62	1
Goya - Chick Peas, 0.25 cup	50	10	1	3	180	1
Raisin - Raisin, 50 g	36	9	0	0	0	6
Crouton - Crouton, 4 tbsp	60	10	2	0	130	0
Onions, raw, 4 slice, thin	14	3	0	0	1	2
	613	57	23	45	3,109	11
Totals	2,498	230	130	86	4,649	71
Your Daily Goal	3,355	419	112	168	2,300	125
Remaining	857	188	-17	81	-2,349	53
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,425 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Monday, January 25, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,509
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-84
Daily Total / Goal	93 / 30	1,425 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	93 / 210	1,425 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 2498 calories

total calories burned (92 min elliptical) 1509 calories

total net 989 calories

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fitbit day 143

13939 steps
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GAS PRICES:

I was very pleased to pay only $1.559/gallon for gasoline while I was in Portage, Indiana.  This was the lowest price I can remember paying in a very long time.  This purchase was made at 9:32AM.

About 5 hours later, I was in Bowling Green, Ohio... Again, I topped off my tank at a significantly lower price - $1.319.

It is hard to believe that a person can pull up to gas station and buy a GALLON OF GASOLINE for $1.32.  One cannot buy a GALLON OF WATER that cheap!  

I know that there is a worldwide glut of oil and gasoline right now... but can a gallon of gasoline really be more difficult to bring to market than a gallon of water?  

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