The visit to Chicago by my Mom and her brother came to an end when I dropped them off at O'hare Airport at 11:30AM. My Mom wrangled an invitation for me to join them at the Wedding Brunch held in a downtown Chicago Hotel. It gave me an opportunity to briefly meet some distant relatives and enjoy a good hearty breakfast. We arrived at O'Hare Airport precisely when we needed to and miraculously there was very little traffic in either direction. I was back home by noon time. This gave me just enough time for a 10 mile urban hike before I needed to get underway for my drive to Cincinnati. There was time to squeeze in a ten mile hike because I wanted to make the time. It would have been easy (at least for an earlier version of myself) to come to the conclusion that there was no time for a ten mile hike with a five hour drive looming at the end of the day. That particular version of myself is long gone. My priorities included getting in my exercise. As the summer is winding down, I will be faced with options that include the elliptical machine and/or treadmill in the future. I am convinced that there is simply nothing better than an outdoor hike, be it a fast walk through city streets or navigating down the sides of a gorge or climbing to the top of a midwest hilltop. Outdoor exercising when possible is the best. One thing you can't do indoors - Take a Hike.
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Your Food Diary For:
| BREAKFAST | Calories
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Fat
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Protein
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| Bacon - Generic - Bacon | 150 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 684 | 0 | |
| Pineapple slices - Slices, 4 slices | 120 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | |
| Scrambled Eggs - 2 Large Eggs | 70 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 0 | |
| steel cut oatmeal - steel cut oat meal | 750 | 135 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1,090 | 165 | 30 | 42 | 774 | 33 | ||
| L U N C H | |||||||
| Oki Sushi - Spicy Tuna Maki, 1 roll | 330 | 33 | 13 | 17 | 210 | 1 | |
| YOGURT RAISINS | 400 | 66 | 16 | 2 | 35 | 59 | |
| 730 | 99 | 29 | 19 | 245 | 60 | ||
| D I N N E R | |||||||
| Gimme Organic - Roasted Seaweed Snacks | 50 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 130 | 0 | |
| Tru Joy - Organic Choco-Chews | 240 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | |
| Whole Foods 365 - Whole Cashews | 160 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Whole Foods - Tamari Almonds | 150 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 110 | 1 | |
| WHOLE FOODS - DATE PIECES | 300 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 55 | |
| SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE | 210 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
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1,110 | 144 | 50 | 18 | 265 | 105 | |
| S N A C K S | |||||||
| skinny pop - pop, 1 cup | 80 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 0 | |
| 80 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3,010 | 416 | 114 | 80 | 1,324 | 198 | |
| Your Daily Goal | 3,926 | 491 | 131 | 197 | 2,300 | 147 | |
| Remaining | 916 | 75 | 17 | 117 | 976 | -51 | |
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| *You've earned 1,996 extra calories from exercise today | |||||||
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Your Exercise Diary for:
| Cardiovascular | Minutes | Calories Burned | |
| 136 | 1,996 | ||
| Daily Total / Goal | 136 / 30 | 1,996 / 590 | |
| Weekly Total / Goal | 1917 / 210 | 24,496 / 4,130 | |
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| Me and me Mum right before enjoying a downtown Chicago Sunday Brunch. |
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A party favor from the wedding attended by my Mom was a gigantic 360 gram (a bit more than 3/4 of a pound) chocolate bar. 159 calories per serving. Allegedly twelve servings per bar. Yeah, right. I know myself.
I have a complex formula that I use to calculate calories for any packaged food.
1 BAR=1 SERVING
THAT WOULD BE NEARLY 2000 CALORIES
FOR THIS 'ONE BAR' OF CHOCOLATE.
My wife asked for the bar, for my child and herself. I immediately handed it over. I do not need it. I am not active enough to 'erase' 2000 calories in one chocolate bar.
Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar
Product information
Guideline Daily Amount Summary
Description
Milk Chocolate
By Appointment to H.M. The Queen Cocoa and Chocolate Manufacturers Cadbury UK Ltd., Bournville.
Pack Size: 360g
- Deliciously creamy milk chocolate made with a Glass and a Half of fresh milk
- Made with Fairtrade cocoa and sugar
- Generous 360g bar - perfect for gifting
- Packed in our special easy-open, easy close wrapper
- Suitable for vegetarians
Information
Ingredients:
Milk**, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea), Emulsifiers (E442, E476), Flavourings, Sugar, Cocoa: traded in compliance with Fairtrade Standards, total 70%, **The equivalent of 426ml of Fresh Liquid Milk in every 227g of Milk Chocolate, Milk Solids 20% minimum, actual 23%, Cocoa Solids 20% minimum, Contains Vegetable Fats in addition to Cocoa Butter
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ONE LAST QUESTION? This Cadbury Chocolate Bar touts its 'EASY CLOSE WRAPPER. They close?
WHO CLOSES A CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR!
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one more thing...I titled today's blog TERRIFIC WEEKEND.
I just want to clarify that I am using definition '1' for 'terrific'.
ter·rif·ic təˈrifik
adjective
- 1.of great size, amount, or intensity."We had a terrific vacation"
synonyms: tremendous, mighty, great - 2.archaiccausing terror.
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