Wednesday, November 30, 2016

PEDAL TO THE METAL

With cold temperatures and darkness conspiring to make hiking in the woods unavailable and certainly ill-advised, I have still be able to do urban hiking no matter what the light conditions. Still, for the second day in a row, I chose to find an alternative to walking outdoors. I selected my Columbus, Ohio hotel specifically because it had a 'fitness room.' I completed two 99 minute sessions in the evening last night. When one is on the elliptical machine, the workout increases when one puts the petal to the metal. My two sessions allegedly burned 2349 calories.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal, 6 packet	780	162	9	18	960	54
Kellogg's - Raisin Bran Crunch	400	95	2	8	421	40
	1,180	257	11	26	1,381	94
L U N C H
Jason's Deli - Creamy Fruit Dip	500	53	26	7	79	53
Jason's Deli - Potato Salad	400	32	29	6	571	3
Jason's Deli - Salad Buffet	600	30	49	16	627	16
	1,500	115	104	29	1,277	72
D I N N E R
Jason's Deli - SPICY SEAFOOD GUMBO, 1 Bowl	230	26	8	12	1,710	3
Jason's Deli - Flatbread Crackers	700	84	28	28	1,330	14
	930	110	36	40	3,040	17



Totals	3,610	482	151	95	5,698	183
Your Daily Goal	3,892	486	129	195	2,300	146
Remaining	282	4	-22	100	-3,398	-37
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Elliptical Trainer	99	1,356
Elliptical Trainer	99	993


Daily Total / Goal	198 / 30	2,349 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	379 / 210	3,261 / 4,130

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

WALKING IN PLACE

On Monday, my hotel did not have a fitness room. To complicate my workout schedule, the weather outside was frightful. That may be overstated a bit. But it was cold and rainy all day. The appeal of getting dressed to take some kind of hike in the rain was completely unappealing. Instead, I simply watched a lot of Netflix, and while I did, I stood up in my hotel room and simply 'walked in place.' When the night was over, my fitbit still managed to record 20,000+ steps. I am sure that this is not as effective as a session on the elliptical machine or as effective as an actual hike. I am completely sure that this is still better than nothing. This morning, I found the results of a 2012 study that seemed to confirm what only makes sense.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Bagel With Cream Cheese, 1 bagel	400	58	12	13	780	4
Quaker - Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	650	135	8	15	800	45
Kellogg's - Raisin Bran Crunch	400	95	2	8	421	40
	1,450	288	22	36	2,001	89
L U N C H
Edame Hummus	300	10	27	7	300	0
Rutherford & Meyer - Gourmet Wafers	200	44	6	6	313	0
Sharp Cheddar Spreadable Cheese	200	13	18	13	450	10
	700	67	51	26	1,063	10
D I N N E R
Speedway - Italian Footlong Sub	800	14	37	50	3,305	9
Nature Valley - Oats 'n Honey Crunch Bar	190	29	7	3	180	11
	990	43	44	53	3,485	20



Totals	3,140	398	117	115	6,549	119
Your Daily Goal	2,597	324	86	130	2,300	97
Remaining	-543	-74	-31	15	-4,249	-22
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking in Place	180	900
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Daily Total / Goal	180 / 30	900 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	181 / 210	906 / 4,130

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this article was lifted from medicalxpress.com

Walking in place during commercials offers a good calorie burn

January 24, 2012 By Jeannine Stein

Fitness experts are always telling us that incorporating movement into our day is a good way to burn calories. But is it effective? A study finds that walking in place during commercials while watching TV actually provides a pretty good workout.

Researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville studied a group of 23 men and women ages 18 to 65 under a number of conditions to see how many calories they burned. The study participants also represented a wide range of weights, from normal to obese.

Their calorie expenditure was monitored while the participants were both sedentary and active, such as reclining, sitting and watching televisionfor an hour, standing, stepping in place during commercials while watching television for an hour and walking on a treadmill at 3 mph. Steps were counted during the walking-in-place scenario.

Stepping in place during commercials burned an average 148 calories and resulted in an average 2,111 steps in about 25 minutes. Walking on a treadmill for an hour burned an average 304 calories. Being sedentary didn't provide much activity at all - sitting and watching TV for an hour burned a whopping 81 calories, hardly enough to make a dent in that bowl of ice cream.

The study authors said that commercials could serve as a good cue for people, reminding them to get up and be active for a few minutes. Having environmental cues for regular activity is helpful in developing new, healthful habits, a study found, and is part of making small changes for better health.

"Given the large number of hours American adults watch TV," they wrote, "we suggest that TV commercial stepping is one potential approach for reducing sedentary behavior and increasing physical activity."

The study appears in the February issue of the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

Monday, November 28, 2016

ROLLING STONES: BLUE & LONESOME

Way back on October 6 of this past year, The Rolling Stones, announced that they would be releasing a 'new' album on December 2 entitled BLUE & LONESEOME. At that time, they released the cover art for their collection of new music shown below.

I am proposing that if they had been a bit more politically incorrect, but certainly politically accurate...They could have used the 2016 United States Presidential Election Results Map by County as their album cover as shown below.

BLUE & LONESOME

To live in loser blue county (Hillary Clinton) among this vast sea of winning red counties (Donald Trump) would easily make one blue & lonesome. I live in Chicago, which is part of Cook County, and politically speaking, I do often feel lonely. In the aftermath of the Presidential Election which was still less than two weeks ago... I am definitely not feeling blue.

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Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker Apples Cinnamon Oatmeal	780	162	9	18	960	54
Hormel-Kirkland Signature - Cooked Bacon	240	0	18	18	1,050	0
	1,020	162	27	36	2,010	54
L U N C H
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese	425	0	21	28	650	2
BLT 1.5 white bread sandwich	600	38	45	30	750	8
	1,025	38	66	58	1,400	10
D I N N E R
Lay's Kettle Cream Cheese Chive Chips	190	27	8	3	200	2
Subway - Turkey Breast Foot Long	560	92	7	36	0	14
	750	119	15	39	200	16
S N A C K S
Rice Rolls, 7 roll	266	56	0	7	35	28
Met-Rx - Chocolate Fudge Deluxe, 1 bar	310	29	10	31	115	2
	576	85	10	38	150	30

Totals	3,371	404	118	171	3,760	110
Your Daily Goal	3,033	379	101	152	2,300	113
Remaining	-338	-25	-17	-19	-1,460	3
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,103 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Elliptical Trainer	99	1,281


Daily Total / Goal	99 / 30	1,281 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1394 / 210	17,745 / 4,130

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here is the original October 6th press release announcing Blue & Lonesome

THE ROLLING STONES ANNOUNCE THEIR RETURN TO THE BLUES WITH NEW ALBUM ‘BLUE & LONESOME’ OUT ON DECEMBER 2

Five decades in the making and just three days to record

On 2nd December 2016, The Rolling Stones will release ‘Blue & Lonesome’, their first studio album in over a decade. Recorded in just three days in London, England, ‘Blue & Lonesome’ takes the band back to their roots and the passion for blues music which has always been at the heart and soul of The Rolling Stones.

‘Blue & Lonesome’ is available in various formats and will be released on December 2nd by Polydor Records. It was produced by Don Was and The Glimmer Twins and is available for pre-order worldwide from today, October 6th, at 9am EST in the USA and 2pm in the UK (equivalent times worldwide), go to rollingstones.com/blueandlonesome.

The album was recorded over the course of just three days in December last year at British Grove Studios in West London, just a stone’s throw from Richmond and Eel Pie Island where the Stones started out as a young blues band playing pubs and clubs.

Their approach to the album was that it should be spontaneous and played live in the studio without overdubs. The band – Mick Jagger (vocals & harp), Keith Richards (guitar), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ronnie Wood (guitar) were joined by their long time touring sidemen Darryl Jones (bass), Chuck Leavell (keyboards) and Matt Clifford (keyboards) and, for two of the twelve tracks, by old friend Eric Clapton, who happened to be in the next studio making his own album.

‘Blue & Lonesome’ sees the Rolling Stones tipping their hats to their early days as a blues band when they played the music of Jimmy Reed, Willie Dixon, Eddie Taylor, Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf – artists whose songs are featured on this album.

The tracks are – Just Your Fool, Commit A Crime, Blue and Lonesome, All Of Your Love, I Gotta Go, Everybody Knows About My Good Thing, Ride ‘Em On Down, Hate To See You Go, Hoo Doo Blues, Little Rain, Just Like I Treat You, I Can’t Quit You Baby.

Sunday, November 27, 2016

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

This morning, I am 'borrowing' the title of an old 'Monty Python' skit (and movie) just to make the point that yesterday, I DID NOT WALK, I returned to the elliptical machine for my daily workout. On Thanksgiving Day, I walked (a lot) and when that day was over, I had logged 26 miles. I was still not 'recovered' from this on Saturday as my legs felt a bit like jelly. Of course, that is an exaggeration, but it is true that I could not fathom an outdoor walk of any meaningful distance. Instead, I trekked upstairs to my local friendly elliptical machine and completed a vigorous 99 minute workout. One thing I know about exercise, and do not act upon, is that it is important to do different things all the time. It is not beneficial to work on the same muscles, day after day, without mixing it up a bit. Although, I apparently did not have the energy or desire to take an urban hike, I must say that 99 minutes on an elliptical machine is 'no walk in the park either.' That workout was so good, and so refreshing, that I will repeat it today.

John Cleese of Monty Python announcing: 'And now for something completely different...''

elliptical machine, 99 minutes, 1531 calories burned

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker Maple & Brown Sugar	960	192	12	24	1,560	72
	960	192	12	24	1,560	72
L U N C H
Costco - Cheese Pizza Slice, 1.5 Slice	1,050	105	42	66	2,055	11
	1,050	105	42	66	2,055	11
D I N N E R
Cơm Chiên Dương Châu	500	63	22	24	0	0
Vietnamese - Shrimp Spring Roll	100	11	4	6	350	1
	600	74	26	30	350	1
S N A C K S
all natural - rice rolls, 7 roll	266	56	0	7	35	28
Dark Cocoa Chocolate Wafers	400	44	24	5	82	38
UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS	200	19	12	2	6	1
	866	119	36	14	123	67

Totals	3,476	490	116	134	4,088	151
Your Daily Goal	3,291	411	109	165	2,300	123
Remaining	-185	-79	-7	31	-1,788	-28
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,361 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Elliptical Trainer	99	1,531


Daily Total / Goal	99 / 30	1,531 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1294 / 210	16,634 / 4,130

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And Now for Something Completely Different
Original theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ian MacNaughton
Produced by	Patricia Casey
Written by	Monty Python
Based on	Monty Python's Flying Circus by Monty Python
Starring	Graham Chapman John Cleese Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Terry Jones Michael Palin
Music by	Douglas Gamley Terry Jones Michael Palin Fred Tomlinson
Cinematography	David Muir
Edited by	Thom Noble
Production companies	Playboy Productions Python (Monty) Pictures Kettledrum/Lownes Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	22 August 1971
Running time	95 minutes^[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£80,000

And Now for Something Completely Different is a 1971 British sketch comedy film based on the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring sketches from the first two series. The title was used as a catchphrase in the television show.

The film, released in 1971, consists of 90 minutes of sketches seen in the first two series of the television show. The sketches were remade on film without an audience, and were intended for an American audience which had not yet seen the series. The announcer (John Cleese) appears briefly between some sketches to deliver the line "and now for something completely different", in situations such as being roasted on a spit and lying on top of a desk in a small, pink bikini..