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.


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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
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Carbs
g
Fat
g
Protein
g
Sodium
mg
Sugar
g
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Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular Minutes Calories Burned
99 1,356
99 993

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


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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
                                  
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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular Minutes Calories Burned
180 900
Add Exercise
   
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
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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 for an hour, standing, stepping in place during commercials while watching television for an hour and walking on a  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  for an hour burned a whopping 81 , 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  and increasing ."
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         
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Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular Minutes Calories Burned
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 2016The 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         
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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular Minutes Calories Burned
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
ANFSCD poster.jpg
Original theatrical release poster
Directed byIan MacNaughton
Produced byPatricia Casey
Written byMonty Python
Based onMonty Python's Flying Circus
by Monty Python
Starring
Music by
CinematographyDavid Muir
Edited byThom Noble
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 22 August 1971
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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..