AFRICA

All 'fitbitters' know that as one accumulates 'lifetime' miles, one will be rewarded with imaginary 'badges'. Apparently on October 8, the day before my 33 miles of accumulated miles walking, I earned the 'AFRICA' badge for the accomplishment of walking 5000 miles since I purchased my fitbit on September 3, 2015. I suppose it would be fairly simple to find out how many more miles I must walk to earn my next badge, but it is fun to be surprised.  So, for the time being, I will remain in the dark.

I had been convinced that yesterday, which was one day after my 33 mile day on Sunday would be a day of complete rest. In fact, it was. Nevertheless, I did join my family for an extremely leisurely walk downtown which added up to six miles by the time I returned home. There is no doubt that I have influenced my family over the past couple of years. Two years ago, we regularly would take the subway or a bus to travel as little as even one mile. These days no one in my family unit would suggest such a mode of transportation to travel such a short distance. 

Your Food Diary For:

Monday, October 10, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker - Grits - Instant - Original, 6 packet	600	132	0	12	1,860	0
Post - Great Grains	400	72	11	10	286	15
	1,000	204	11	22	2,146	15
L U N C H
Quaker Rice Cakes White Cheddar	630	112	14	14	1,400	0
Read - 3 Bean Salad	300	65	0	5	1,500	40
	930	177	14	19	2,900	40
D I N N E R
Epic - Pub Burger, 1.0 burger	600	38	34	34	0	0
	600	38	34	34	0	0
S N A C K S
Powerbar - Harvest Energy Chocolat Bar	210	23	9	10	110	15
C2o - Pure Coconut Water 16 FL OZ	100	26	0	0	150	24
YOGURT ALMONDS	300	30	19	5	27	26
Whole Foods - Vanilla Granola	400	69	12	8	127	33
	1,010	148	40	23	414	98
Totals	3,540	567	99	98	5,460	153
Your Daily Goal	3,305	413	110	166	2,300	124
Remaining	-235	-154	11	68	-3,160	-29
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,375 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 216.4 lbs in 5 weeks.

       Your Exercise Diary for:

Monday, October 10, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
LEISURELY 6 MILE WALK	91	1,044
Daily Total / Goal	91 / 30	1,044 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	91 / 210	1,044 / 4,130

Usually when I take a walk with my family, they have trouble keeping up with me as I naturally walk a bit quicker even when I am not in 'workout mode'.  After walking 33 miles on Sunday, I had trouble keeping up with them on Monday during our extremely leisurely stroll in downtown Chicago. My wife and I stopped to take a photo on the State Street Bridge.  Our daughter was the photographer.