BLACKJACK 21

BLACKJACK
21
Twenty-one consecutive days of maintaining a dramatically reduced calorie consumption..
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I cannot figure myself out.

Weeks ago, while on the road, I would typically have six packets of Apples & Cinnamon flavored oatmeal to START my breakfast and my day... 140x6=840 calories.
And if the hotel, had a chocolate donut or some other pastry - I would grab one or two of those too.
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Lately, I have ben restricting myself to a 300 calorie breakfast.
It has always been very easy for me to revert back to this calorie consuming monster - it does take some willpower to walk away from a buffet breakfast - even a very crappy one... but lately, I have re-discovered that willpower... And all I had to do was balloon up to 283.6 pounds before I changed course.

I cannot figure myself out.

I checked into my Days Inn Hotel in Danville last around 9PM Sunday night.
I have stayed here before.
The front desk has freshly baked chocolate chip cookies for arriving guests.
Anytime, and every time a treat like this is available - I have always grabbed at least three cookies.
Last night, I glanced at them, and walked away.
I might have been OK, for me to eat one of them... Even one cookie would have only 'catapulted' my daily calorie consumption to something like 1100.
But I thought, why bother.

I cannot figure myself out.

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FAILURE TO REACH 5000 STEPS

Yesterday was a day unlike others in recent months, and very much like days in recent decades. By the time midnight struck I had accumulated only 4970 steps. This number of steps is similar to the number of steps that I accumulated when I was recovering from a hernia operation. As I was too tired to walk or hike prior to getting my day started, and equally too tired to walk or hike in the dark once I returned to my hotel room - my step count was anemic. On the bright side, I did visit two customers in the Cincinnati area which were both extremely productive. My week started when I awoke at 4:00AM on Monday morning and arrived in Cincinnati for a 1:00PM appointment. That disruption of proper sleep really caught up with me on Tuesday. I will try to get a hike in on Wednesday, although time and darkness may continue to conspire against me.

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Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker - Cinnamon & Spice Instant Oatmeal	320	64	4	8	420	22
KELLOGGS - RAISIN BRAN	380	92	2	10	420	36
	700	156	6	18	840	58
L U N C H
Whole Foods - Turkey Meatloaf w Mushroom Gravy	600	48	21	48	1,530	9
Whole Foods - Pumpkin Tortellini	450	73	10	21	225	0
Whole Foods - Traditional New England Stuffing	450	54	21	12	690	6
	1,500	175	52	81	2,445	15
D I N N E R
Subway - Turkey Breast Foot Long, 12 Inch	560	92	7	36	0	14
Subway - Sun Chips- Harvest Cheddar	210	27	9	4	320	3
	770	119	16	40	320	17
S N A C K S
Quaker Oats - Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal	480	99	6	12	600	36
	480	99	6	12	600	36
Totals	3,450	549	80	151	4,205	126
Your Daily Goal	1,970	246	65	99	2,300	74
Remaining	-1,480	-303	-15	-52	-1,905	-52
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 40 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 226.9 lbs in 5 weeks .


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NO EXERCISE TODAY!  (AAARGH!)

DEMISE OF DOWNTIME

It is hard for me to believe my own response to the littlest 'toy' that I have ever purchased for myself. Once again, I am speaking about my fitbit. I can give two examples that show how this little tiny device affected my behavior just yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon I picked my daughter up at school.  I arrived approximately 45 minutes early and scored a parking spot close to the school.  In the past, I would have sat in the car for the 45 minutes listening to the radio and/or playing video games.  This is how I would have spent my downtime.  Nowadays, I have a new way to spend downtime and that is by proactively doing something constructive.  During the 45 minutes of 'downtime',  I walked around the neighborhood and I calculated that I walked an additional 2 miles prior to picking up my daughter.  This is what I call the demise of downtime.  There is always an opportunity to do something constructive.  There does not have to be downtime.

Last evening, there was a meeting at my daughter's school laying out the various events approaching as the year unfolds.  The school is just shy of two miles from home. In the past, I would have only considered driving to the school for the meeting. Once again, the tiny 2" fitbit called out to me to travel by foot and log the additional steps.  So I did.  The irony of walking is that it barely takes any longer.  A two mile drive in the city of Chicago still takes about 10 minutes with all the stop signs, traffic and traffic lights. Once one arrives at a destination, one must budget time to find a parking spot.  Therefore, in order to drive to the school to be there at a specific time and park the car one must budget nearly 30 minutes.  A two mile walk can easily be completed in  30 minutes. The walk is more constructive, it is healthier and it reduces wasted downtime.  

You may ask, "Why is it only now, with the fitbit recording your steps, are you walking so much more?"  The answer is simple.  That little device brings so much joy when the steps taken accumulate and get recorded.  It seems silly, but the thing is very effective.  This must explain why so many people around the world use the darn thing!

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 Wednesday MENU

breakfast   Raisin Bran (dry cereal, no milk) KIND BAR                             770 calories

lunch         SUBWAY ROAST BEEF SANDWICH, apples                          830 calories
dinner        Campbell's Manhattan Clam Chowder, Snacksquares             390 calories
SNACKS   DANG TOASTED COCONUT, BEEF JERKY, date pieces      1269 calories
      

total calories consumed 3259 calories

calories burned

elliptical machine, 92 minutes, level 20                                                          2028 calories

TOTAL CALORIES BURNED 2028 calories

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Wednesday net calories 1231 calories

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SUBWAY: FOOTLONG 9-GRAIN WHEAT BREAD ROAST BEEF (NO CHEESE)
LETTUCE, TOMATO, CUCUMBER, ONION - 640 CALORIES

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fitbit day 14

26697 steps