Sunday, September 18, 2016

SPOCK, UHURA and ME

It was hard for me to believe that on Friday I took an 18 mile urban hike. I woke up on Saturday with a terrible cold, a bit of a sore throat and intermittent chills. I rested all morning and in the afternoon I joined my family for a slow walk downtown. While we were at Macy's we discovered 'Mr Spock' and 'Lieutenant Uhura' promoting new Star Trek branded makeup from MAC. As you can imagine, this called for a photo. I declined any opportunity for a complete makeover.

Mr Spock, me and Lieutenant Uhura

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Creamy Wheat - Enriched Farina	480	100	0	16	340	4
Apple Fritter	600	82	28	8	0	0
	1,080	182	28	24	340	4
L U N C H
Chili, 1 cup	180	16	5	15	790	5
Fried Chicken Tenders	380	22	25	18	970	2
	560	38	30	33	1,760	7
D I N N E R
Panda Express - Broccoli Beef Entree, 5 oz	150	13	7	9	520	7
Panda Express - Grilled Teriyaki Chicken, 6 oz	300	8	13	36	530	8
Panda Express - Mixed Vegetable, 8.6 oz	80	16	1	4	540	5
	530	37	21	49	1,590	20
S N A C K S
VANILLA ALMOND GRANOLA	375	69	12	8	90	21
YOGURT ALMONDS	250	25	16	5	23	22
Yogurtland - Toasted Coconut	500	104	21	17	271	75
	1,125	198	49	30	384	118

Totals	3,295	455	128	136	4,074	149
Your Daily Goal	2,887	361	96	145	2,300	108
Remaining	-408	-94	-32	9	-1,774	-41
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 957 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking slow speed urban hike 5 miles	111	787


Daily Total / Goal	111 / 30	787 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	809 / 210	10,146 / 4,130

My daughter took a picture with Spock and Uhura as well.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

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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