SNAP OUT OF IT

This is my admonition to myself: Snap out of it.
I am 'down' about my hernia.
I am 'down' about my increased inability to eat well.
I am 'down' about my recent weight gain.
I am 'down' about my inability to be exercising as I was for so long.
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Being 'down' about anything is a completely useless endeavor.
SNAP OUT OF IT!

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Next week, I am taking a four-day overnight trip with my daughter during her 8th Grade Spring Break. We are going to see some of my customers in the Minnesota. Our trip will begin in Minneapolis and end with a customer visit in Duluth, Minnesota. We will return home on Thursday. I am looking forward to this high intensity, high quality time with my daughter. Last summer, she accompanied me on a three day, two night trip to Ohio. Our first business trip together was an overnight in Madison, Wisconsin. This trip to Minnesota will be the longest trip for daddy/daughter and it should be memorable.

On this trip my daughter is very excited about seeing the Mall of America.
There will be no time to be 'down' during this special time together.
This will be good for me.
I will be spending time seeing some customers, and trying to insure that my daughter enjoys the trip too. No time to feel sorry for myself.
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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker Oats - Instant Oatmeal Apples & Cinnamon	640	132	8	16	800	48
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
	830	182	9	17	804	86
L U N C H
Lunchables - Ham and Swiss, 1 package	260	22	13	14	750	5
Apples - Apples, 3 medium apple	240	66	0	0	0	48
Banana Chips, 1 cup	340	40	20	2	0	10
	840	128	33	16	750	63
D I N N E R
Chipotle - Burrito, 1 burrito	1,000	104	39	60	1,855	7
Endangered Species Chocolate Coconut - Chocolate, 1 bar	500	48	32	4	0	34
	1,500	152	71	64	1,855	41
Totals	3,170	462	113	97	3,409	190
Your Daily Goal	2,017	252	67	101	2,300	75
Remaining	-1,153	-210	-45	4	-1,108	-114
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 87 extra calories from exercise today

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MALL OF AMERICA

Last night was my last night in Minneapolis for this trip.  After visiting my last customer yesterday, I returned to the New Hope YMCA for a 40 minute workout on their elliptical machine.  After a vigorous workout I showered up, grabbed a Jimmy John's Unwich and headed to the Mall of America.

The Mall of America is the biggest mall in the United States with over 500 stores.  My shopping list was still not complete as I was still looking for some brand-new white dress shirts.  The Mall of America is a four level mall and in order to walk once around a particular level one would traverse .6 mile.  I stayed at the Mall for around three hours and although I did a little shopping at Nordstrom Rack, most of the time I was just zipping around through all the levels and I figure that I probably walked nearly 5 miles during my visit.

Visiting the Mall of America might seem like an obvious thing to do while visiting Minneapolis.  In fact, I had been there twice in the past 20 years of visiting Minneapolis.  The 'old' Marc would have been far less interested in visiting a place that required so much walking, so much effort.  The 'new' Marc found this same requirement the exact reason for visiting.  I think that it is a great way to spend an evening in Minneapolis - it's a guaranteed multiple mile walk and therefore a calorie burning event It's a lot more challenging than spending three hours shopping on amazon.com and a far healthier way of spending an evening.

THURSDAY MENU

breakfast  Quaker Oats Instant Oatmeal, one peach, one pear, one orange                     376 calories
lunch       28 raw whole almonds, apple, JIMMY JOHN'S UNWICH, pickle                500 calories
dinner      JIMMY JOHN'S UNWICH, pickle, two apples                                               410 calories

total caloric consumption  1286 calories

CALORIES BURNED
New Hope YMCA elliptical 40 minutes 481 calories

THURSDAY NET CALORIES 805 CALORIES

MALL OF AMERICA