Saturday, July 2, 2016

PIECE OF CAKE

SATURDAY. Time to weigh in. I weigh 229.6 lbs. This is the first time in three months that I have been below 230 lbs. I lost 2.9 lbs this week. All I had to do was the following: walk 89 miles and spend approximately 13 hours on the elliptical machine. It was a piece of cake.

Saturday June 25 walk 180 minutes 12 miles elliptical 198 minutes
Sunday June 26 walk 162 minutes 10 miles elliptical 198 minutes
Monday June 27 walk 177 minutes 10 miles elliptical 99 minutes
Tuesday June 28 elliptical 99 minutes
Wednesday June 29 walk 212 minutes 16 miles
Thursday June 30 walk 292 minutes 21 miles
Friday July 1 walk 268 minutes 20 miles elliptical 196 minutes

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A piece of cake. Something which is very easy to do. It is thought that this idiom originated in the 1870s when it was tradition to give cakes as prizes in competitions.

Sarcasm. The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say, especially in order to insult someone, to show irritation, or to be funny.

For example, it was not a 'piece of cake' to walk 89 miles and spend 13 hours on the elliptical machine this past week.
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It might have been easier to cut back on my calories a bit more than I did, but that apparently is not my way. I am finally, once again, below 230 lbs. At the peak of my stay on the 'dl' (disabled list) from my hernia I reached 242 lbs. I am really pleased to have made so much progress since the beginning of June when all restrictions from activity were lifted after my outpatient surgery.

F R I D A Y J U L Y 1, 2 0 1 6

Friday was one of the most active days of my life.
I woke up and spent 97 minutes on the elliptical machine.
I walked to the Apple Store with a 'Genius' appointment to address an issue with my ipad. 3 miles
I dropped my daughter off at Junior Lifeguard Camp and walked 13 miles.
After dinner, I walked with my daughter to pick up an after-dinner treat (for her) 4 miles.
I returned to the elliptical machine and spent another 99 minutes on the elliptical machine.

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Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Grits - Grits, 3 packet	300	66	5	6	930	3
Sargento - Provolone Deli Thin Cheese	80	1	6	5	153	0
Butternut - Whole Grain White, 2 slices	140	27	2	5	270	4
Louis kemp - Salmon Delights, 2 stick	120	10	6	8	560	2
	640	104	18	24	1,913	9
L U N C H
Salmon Avocado Roll (Brown Rice)	440	64	10	15	920	0
Apple - Apple Gala, Med, 280 g	160	44	0	0	0	34
	600	108	10	15	920	34
D I N N E R
Mixed Vegetable Casserole	375	30	23	8	525	10
Chicken Breast	260	0	6	52	0	0
	635	30	29	60	525	10
S N A C K S
VANILLA MACAROON GRANOLA	250	38	9	5	60	14
Dark Chocolate Chips, 4 TBSP (15g)	148	20	8	2	0	16
Provolone Deli Ultra Thin Sliced Cheese	120	1	9	8	230	0
Oscar Meyer DeliBlack Forest Ham	50	0	2	9	560	0
Butternut - Whole Grain White, 2 slices	140	27	2	5	270	4
	708	86	29	29	1,120	34

Totals	2,583	328	86	128	4,478	87
Your Daily Goal	9,304	1,163	310	466	2,300	349
Remaining	6,721	835	224	338	-2,178	262
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 7,374 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	97	1,354
Walking	42	556
Walking	155	2,914
Walking	71	657
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	99	1,148


Daily Total / Goal	464 / 30	6,629 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1347 / 210	17,657 / 4,130

The '100' in front of 'The Bean' is commemorating 100 years of nearby Navy Pier

The man in the orange shirt in the reflection of 'The Bean' is me.

A person with a casual interest in weight loss knows that the two ingredients to success are diet and exercise. It turns out that these two ingredients are not mixed in equal quantities. Without scientific backing to these approximations I would say that diet is 90% part of the solution, with the remaining 10% being attributed to exercise. There are not too many people who are trying to lose weight who could, or care to, walk 89 miles in one week and augment that with an additional 13 hours on an elliptical machine. The most effective way to lose weight is to cut down on calories. I have taken advantage of my time on the elliptical machine. I have been watching the entire series: Star Trek Voyager. I am enjoying it immensely. I enjoyed it when it first aired, but it is better than I remembered it. I am also taking advantage of my time spent outdoors walking and hiking: I have a wicked deep tan on my arms and legs. I guess, if I actually went to the beach, instead of hiking on it, my 'tan lines' would be a bit ridiculous looking. At least my belly would not be draped over the front of my swim trunks.

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