I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET

Sure, our society is in a slow steady decline (That's bad.)

My weight, however, is also in a slow steady decline. (That's good.)

Even this week, when I had prepared myself for a negative result, that is, a weight gain, I lost an additional 1.4 lbs. You see, during the past week, which included three nights in Houston, I forgot to remember to forget to log all the 'bar snacks' I was freely munching on while hanging with my colleagues. I only had three adult beverages during my entire Houston excursion, but I might have had many hundreds of calories of chips, nuts, whatever else a bar sticks into a bowl of free thirst inducing snacks. I knew that I 'might' have neglected to account for all of those calories. Apparently, my exercise during the past week was able to erase much of these indulgences. Just like I forgot to remember to forget to include the extra Halloween Candy that floats around this time of year - usually available at all kinds of retail stores.

Nevertheless, the new weight for me today is 235.4 lbs

Considering the fact that my stupidity allowed me to reach 263.3 lbs on August 26, just ten weeks ago, I have every reason to be happy about my progress.

Regarding the slow steady decline in our society... That is not going to be so easy to reverse.

Your Food Diary For:

Friday, November 3, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Colby & Monterey Jack cheese	240	0	21	15	390	0
Grits	300	66	5	6	930	3
	540	66	26	21	1,320	3
L U N C H
Read - 3 Bean Salad	300	65	0	5	1,500	40
Taco Bell - Hard Shell Taco, 2	340	24	20	16	620	2
	640	89	20	21	2,120	42
D I N N E R
Spicy Salmon Maki Sushi	300	33	13	12	238	0
	300	33	13	12	238	0
S N A C K S
Chocolate Coconut Clusters	500	44	39	6	28	39
	500	44	39	6	28	39
Totals	1,980	232	98	60	3,706	84
Your Daily Goal	3,298	412	110	165	2,300	123
Remaining	1,318	180	12	105	-1,406	39
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,368 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 210.7 lbs in 5 weeks     

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THAT'S BRISK, BABY!®

Brisk is well known for its high-profile “That’s Brisk, baby!” campaigns. The J. Walter Thompson ad agency first launched the campaign in 1996, featuring pop-culture icons in claymation, and was revived in 2010 by creative agency Mekanism. The advertisements highlight exhausted celebrities who are dramatically reinvigorated by drinking Brisk. Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Bruce Lee, Danny DeVito, Bruce Willis, Ozzy Osbourne, Sylvester Stallone, Danny Trejo and Eminem have all been featured in Brisk spots.

So, you are of course, wondering why am I talking about BRISK today?  I have two applications on my phone that communicate with each other: Map My Walk and My Fitness Pal.  When I record a workout on Map My Walk, it automatically records the workout with a short description onto My Fitness Pal.  My TEN MILE walks are recorded like this:

EXERCISE
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace

Yesterday afternoon in between the time that my daughter checked in for a Swim Meet and the time that she did actually swim in a race, I had about a hour or so.  I decided to take a quick walk around the neighborhood, and as I knew that my walk was going to be a bit shorter, I walked a bit faster than normal.  In fact, I did manage to log three miles in just under 36 minutes.  The application does not bother to label this walk at a brisk pace.  It simply logged this walk like this:

EXERCISE
Walking, 5.0 mph
(if 4.5 mph is very, very brisk - 5 mph is should have been 'brisker!' - Why didn't this faster pace rate an adjective?)

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The reason that I was able to take a THREE MILE walk in the afternoon was that I had already logged my TEN MILE walk in the early morning.  Very early morning.  I knew that I would not have a lot of free time during the day, so at the stroke of midnight on Saturday, I departed from my home for my daily 10 mile walk.  I returned home around 2:15AM,  took a quick shower, took a quick sleep and I was ready to start my day on Saturday morning.  It is extra fun to wake up in the morning and already have 15000 steps 'in the bank.'

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Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, November 28, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
John McCann Steel Cut - Oat Meal, 1 cup	600	108	0	16	0	0
Starbucks - Reduced-fat Turkey Bacon Sandwich, 1 sandwich	230	28	6	13	560	3
	830	136	6	29	560	3
L U N C H
Roundy's - Center Cut Bacon, 6 Slices	140	0	8	14	440	0
Eggs - Grade A Large, 2 egg (50g)	140	0	10	12	140	0
Nice! - Toasted O's, 1 cup	120	23	1	4	160	2
	400	23	19	30	740	2
D I N N E R
Roundy's - Center Cut Bacon, 6 Slices	140	0	8	14	440	0
Quaker - Rice Cake - Buttered Popcorn, 14 cake (9g)	490	112	0	14	630	0
	630	112	8	28	1,070	0
S N A C K S
Quaker - Rice Cake - Buttered Popcorn, 14 cake (9g)	490	112	0	14	630	0
Campbell's - Grilled Chicken and Sausage Combo Soup, 2 cup	280	38	8	14	1,560	0
Heb Organics - Toasted O's, 3 cup	330	66	6	12	480	3
	1,100	216	14	40	2,670	3
Totals	2,960	487	47	127	5,040	8
Your Daily Goal	5,710	714	190	286	2,300	214
Remaining	2,750	227	143	159	-2,740	206
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 3,780 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	132	1,942
Walking, 5.0 mph	36	663
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	27	390
Walking, 3.5 mph, brisk pace	106	940
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-155
Daily Total / Goal	302 / 30	3,780 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1353 / 210	20,191 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 2960 calories

total calories burned (10, 3, & 2 mile walks) 2995 calories

total net calories 5 caloric deficit

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fitbit day 87

48479 steps

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ten mile walking streak reached 20 days.

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