Sunday, December 10, 2017

THE RETURN OF BALACLAVA MAN

Yesterday, the temperature in Chicago was in the mid twenties. On Friday I had let my streak of consecutive days taking some kind of walk lapse. On Saturday, I had the choice of starting a new streak. Two consecutive days of not walking or one consecutive day of walking. I chose the second. With the temperatures in the mid twenties, it was time for the return of balaclava man.

Standing in from of this giant threee story high mural, I found myself singing Bicycle Race by Queen.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Egg - Poached Egg, 4	300	2	20	25	629	1
Bread - Whole-wheat, toasted	200	37	3	8	427	16
	900	127	29	41	2,296	21
L U N C H
Meatballs, 10 meatballs	540	12	40	32	1,220	4
	540	12	40	32	1,220	4
D I N N E R
Plain Kaiser Roll, 3	450	84	6	18	840	3
Sensational Seafood Salad	380	18	28	18	960	6
	830	102	34	36	1,800	9


Totals	2,270	241	103	109	5,316	34
Your Daily Goal	3,675	459	122	184	2,300	137
Remaining	1,405	218	19	75	-3,016	103
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,745 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 213.7 lbs in 5 weeks.

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I don't quite understand the fascination with this Mexican Artist from the 1950's, Frida Kahlo. I sell fabric today, that uses her image and it is very popular. I found this mural painted on the side of a building on Milwaukee Avenue.

Monday, August 24, 2015

BICYCLE RACE

BICYCLE RACE is a weird, fun and terrific song from QUEEN originally released in 1978, on their album, Jazz. The lyrics start like this:

Bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride my bike

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride it where I like

Yesterday, I 'rescued' by bicycle from 'mothballs' where it was being kept in the bike room in the garage of my building. I have not used my bicycle in more than 3 years. Our family is going to be part of the Chicago 'Critical Mass' bike ride this Friday - so it was time to see if my bike was in working order. After dusting if off a bit and pumping some air into the tires I was back on the roads again. I don't think that I actually forgot how much fun bike riding can be. It was NOT fun when I was 300+ pounds. It WAS fun yesterday. I think I am going to be biking around town much more these days. What a great way to get to my local YMCA - rather than driving the car. Yep, I am a bike rider again!

My set of wheels: DIAMONDBACK

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 Sunday MENU

breakfast steel cup oatmeal, rice cakes 545 calories
lunch spinach, hearts palm, clam chowder, kale crunch 626 calories
dinner spinach, hearts palm, chowder, salmon fillet, rice cakes 851 calories
SNACK mango, wasabi peas, granola, kahuna trail mix 770 calories

total calories consumed 2792 calories

calories burned

elliptical machine 92 minutes, manual, level 20 2191 calories

CALORIES BURNED 2191 CALORIES

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Saturday net calories 601 calories

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QUEEN - 'SIMPSONS' STYLE