UBER DRIVER

My Mom and her brother came to Chicago from New York this weekend for a wedding. I promised them both that I would be their personal uber driver during their 48 hour visit. Although I kept my promise, I still managed to get my walking accomplished as well.  On Friday when I picked them up at the airport, I walked 3 miles around O'Hare airport before I met them at the luggage carousel.  Friday afternoon we did some sightseeing, and while my guests rested before a Friday night party on a Chicago Party Boat, I had enough time to sneak in a seven mile walk before I had to don my uber hat again and drive them to the riverfront.  I spent the whole morning and afternoon with my Mom on Saturday. The high point of the day was watching The Thunderbird Jets as part of the Chicago Air and Water Show. We watched from the rooftop or our building.  

This photo was taken as these four jets flew directly over us on the 24th floor rooftop.

On Saturday night, I drove my Mom and my Uncle to the wedding which was about five miles from downtown (30 minutes with traffic) and since the parking lot seemed rather secure, I decided to park the car, and do my walking from that location. I dropped my guests off at 6:45PM and I picked them up at 11:45PM.  During that downtime, I managed a 17 mile walk, and I managed a quick healthy dinner at Mariano's.  Have I previously mentioned that I like to walk?  My hike was all over the to no place in particular, the one particularly nice spot I found was a short Canalport Riverwalk.

My favorite photo taken yesterday was me and my Mom in front of a Chicago store.  I can't say that I shop there often, but I do seem strangely attracted to the shop.

Does my Mom seem young or what? Couldn't we pass for brother and sister?

Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, August 20, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker - Grits - Instant - Original, 3 packet	300	66	0	6	930	0
	300	66	0	6	930	0
L U N C H
Italy Restaurant pizza quatro formaggi	700	86	26	28	0	10
Arrugula Salad	6	1	0	1	6	0
Chocolate Eataly - Chocolate	200	19	14	0	8	16
	906	106	40	29	14	26
D I N N E R
Bush's - Baked Beans	300	62	2	13	1,177	26
Cranberry Walnut Cabbage Slaw	200	19	14	3	167	0
Chicken 3 oz - Chicken Breast	300	0	4	65	158	0
	800	81	20	81	1,502	26
S N A C K S
Luna Bar - White Chocolate Macadamia	200	25	7	9	190	8
	200	25	7	9	190	8
Totals	2,206	278	67	125	2,636	60
Your Daily Goal	6,176	772	206	309	2,300	231
Remaining	3,970	494	139	184	-336	171
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 4,246 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 164.6 lbs in 5 weeks 

       Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking	237	3,137
Daily Total / Goal	237 / 30	3,137 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1780 / 210	20,904 / 4,130

JUST CAN'T WEIGHT FOR THIS POLICY TO HIT US AIRLINES...

This morning, an article that I saw on the drudgreport.com got my attention which was linked from the Daily Telegraph UK website.  I have duplicated the article below.  Is there any doubt that this system will eventually come to United States Air Carriers?  The airlines currently charge for a multitude of 'services' that one would have never been able to imagine being offered a la carte a decade ago.  There is no doubt in my mind that this is coming to an airline near you...

Uzbekistan Airways to weigh passengers before boarding

Uzbekistan Airways plane in Frankfurt, Germany Photo: Alamy

By Soo Kim

7:06PM BST 12 Aug 2015 Uzbekistan's national carrier plans to weigh passengers with their hand luggage before boarding as part of a new ‘flight safety’ measure

Uzbekistan Airways passengers will be directed to a “special weighing machine” at the departure gate, to determine each person's average weight with their hand baggage.

The airline said that individual passengers' weights would not be disclosed, and “full confidentiality of results is guaranteed”, with the weighing machine only categorising passengers by sex and into adult and child groups.

“According to the rules of International Air Transport Association, airlines are obliged to carry out the regular procedures of preflight control passengers weighing with hand baggage to observe requirements for ensuring flight safety", the company said in a statement.

The Tashkent-based airline, whose motto is "safety, stability, comfort", has not made it clear whether larger passengers will be charged a fee, or excluded from flights on smaller planes.

It is also not known what measures would be taken should the total weight of the passengers and their hand luggage appear to exceed an aircraft’s weight limit and guidelines.

More than 44 per cent of those 20 years and older in Uzbekistan were found to be overweight, while nearly 15 per cent were obese, according to estimates from 2008 reported by the World Health Organization. The report predicts that in 2020, 13 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women in the same age group will be obese.

Uzbekistan Airways operates numerous routes throughout eastern Europe and Russia, and between London and Tashkent. It is sometimes used for internal or regional flights by tour operators offering "Silk Road" and central Asia tours.

Uzbekistan has some fascinating old cities, but would you be happy to be weighed before a flight to get there? (AP)

Telegraph Travel received an overwhelming response to a recent story on a man who attempted to sue Etihad Airways after he claimed he was left with back pain from sitting next to an obese passenger. Claire Mackichans wrote that her husband endured a nine-hour flight from Los Angeles next to a large gentleman, whom she said was so overweight, "he needed to shuffled sideways along the aisle and bring his own seatbelt extension onto the flight with him. He intruded at least 20cm into my husband's seat and was so large he couldn't fold down his tray table. Virgin Atlantic flight staff were unhelpful when my husband complained on two occasions during the flight. He had paid for a seat but was having to share half of it with another passenger. No other seat was available apparently."

Uzbekistan Airways is not the first airline to keep an eye on passengers' weights. In 2013, Samoa Air became the world’s first airline to charge passengers by their weight rather than per seat, in a bid to raise obesity awareness and improve public health. The Pacific island nations served by the carrier have some of the world's highest rates of obesity.

The Pacific national airline allows passengers to nominate their weight and then measures them on scales at the airport. Passengers do not pay for a seat but pay a fixed price per kilogram, which varies according to the length of the route. At the time, the head of Samoa Air, Chris Langton, said the system was fairer and that some families with small children were now paying substantially cheaper fares.

In the same year, the airline also introduced a special "XL class" to cater for larger passengers, creating a a wider row on its aircraft for passengers weighing more than 286 pounds (130 kilograms).

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 Wednesday MENU

breakfast   oatmeal, poached eggs, center cut bacon, corn thins             780 calories

lunch         fuji apples, granola, wasabi peas, mango, cacao goji           1228 calories

dinner       Sante Fe Chicken Chili, Mariano's spinach salad                   750 calories

SNACK    ginger chews, Kariba Farms organic dried pears                    245 calories

total calories consumed 3123 calories

calories burned

PRECOR EFX elliptical machine, set to fat burn, level 20 resistance, level 20 inline , 125 min    1757 calories

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Wednesday net calories 1366 calories

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I particularly enjoy using the PRECOR EFX elliptical machine at my Chicago YMCA as I look forward to completing my workout and taking a snapshot of my 'stats' when the workout is complete.

SNAP DECISION

Yesterday, I had to go back to my local APPLE STORE to pick up my MacBook Air which was starting to experience random shutdowns (and was not always so quick to start up again)  I should thank my computer for breaking down just two weeks BEFORE my 2-year warranty period was due to end.  It turns out that the LOGIC BOARD needed to be replaced.   I parked my car about two blocks from the store and passed a new business that I had never noticed before: SNAP KITCHEN.

This place looked interesting, so I made a SNAP DECISION to investigate.  This business is a Texas-based chain that has just entered the Chicago market.  They prepare foods daily that are both healthy and low calorie.

This is from the snapkitchen.com website:

About Us

Food you can feel good about.

Since 2010, we have worked hard to create a place for people to experience consciously crafted food that is both delicious and nutritious. We are dedicated to educating our guests and providing healthy, chef-driven creations prepared with the highest quality ingredients available. Our menu offers a wide selection of meals, snacks, and cold-pressed juices that are made fresh daily, portion controlled, and nutritionally balanced.  

The woman who approached me to offer guidance and answer my questions recommended that I try their most popular menu item.  So I did.

SNAP KITCHEN: Grass-fed BISON Quinoa "Hash" (400 CALORIES)

SNAP KITCHEN currently has locations in Texas and now Chicagoland (Illinois)  I am sure that I will be visiting again!   The food was very tasty

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 WEDNESDAY MENU

breakfast  Nori seaweed rice crackers, oats 'n honey granola bars                           710 calories
lunch        oat 'n honey granola bars                                                                          380 calories
dinner       SNAP KITCHEN bison, wasabi seaweed                                                780 calories
SNACK   WHOLE FOODS mango slices, 2 apples, coconut almond granola        540 calories

TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED   2410 CALORIES

calories burned

8:00AM  PROCOR EFX elliptical machine   65 MINUTES, 
                MACHINE SET TO MAXIMUM INCLINE, MAXIMUM RESISTANCE    826 calories
                                                                          

WEDNESDAY net calories  calories 1584 calories

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