THINK PINK

The various subway lines in Chicago are color coded. Before making a trip to Midway Airport to fly to New York my first stop was at the dentist for a checkup and routine cleaning.  My wife dropped me off at 9:30AM for my 10:00AM appointment. Directly from the dentist my plan was to take the subway, which is right across the street from the dentist, and travel to Midway Airport. The one wrinkle in that plan was that the 'pink' line train near my dentist does not go the Midway Airport. I figured out that I was going to have to take the train back to downtown Chicago and transfer to an 'orange' line train to get to the airport.  Due to Hurricane Matthew, still more than 2000 miles away from New York, my original Southwest flight scheduled to depart at 3:00PM was delayed 3 hours. In the early morning, I rebooked my flight to the 1:00PM flight which was also delayed, but only by 2 hours and 20 minutes, which meant that it was scheduled to depart at 3:20PM (a mere 20 minutes later than my original flight.) My dentist visit was completed at 11:30AM.  I had plenty of time to get to the airport, and then I had an idea.  I decided to THINK PINK. I would take the 'pink' line train which does not go to Midway Airport and get off the train and walk to the airport.  That walk turned out to be 4 miles. When I arrived at the airport, my 1:00PM flight, which had been scheduled to depart at 3:20PM, had been pushed back even further to 3:55PM.  This gave me time to walk a bit more.  So after I ostensibly had arrived at Midway Airport, I 'circumnavigated' the airport, and by the time that I actually entered the terminal at 2:30PM, I had walked 8 miles.  I was very pleased to have squeezed in an 8 mile hike on a day that I thought I would surely not get a chance to walk or do any exercising at all. This particular walk was accomplished in my street clothes, wearing my backpack and wheeling along my carry-on luggage.  I did not walk at my normal 'blistering pace' of 13 minutes per mile, but I wasn't cheated out of a day of exercise either, so it felt great.  My flight did finally depart at 4:00PM, and I finally arrived at my Mom's home at around 8:30PM. We had a delicious Chinese dinner at a nearby restaurant, as guests of my Mom's friend, John.

After getting off the pink line subway train, I walked 8 miles before I came to this spot just before finally entering the airline terminal and subjecting myself to a full body search by TSA agents who didn't like how my entire upper body lit up in their body scanner. I guess the heat emanating from my body after walking 8 miles was mistaken by the machine as residue from a bomb-making factory.

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Eight mile urban hike from the Pink line train to Midway Airport

I usually weigh myself on Saturday, but this time I weighed myself on Friday before I left for New York.  I am simply going to pretend that this was my weight on Saturday.  I actually have gone on trips and brought my scale with me, but for this trip to New York I only brought 'carry-on' luggage, so there was no room to bring a bathroom scale. My weight this week is 219.4 (still down 90 pounds from where I started on December 24, 2014)

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Your Food Diary For:

Friday, September 30, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Roundy's - Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal	600	120	10	20	1,300	20
	600	120	10	20	1,300	20
L U N C H
Subway - Footlong Turkey Breast on Wheat	560	92	17	36	1,890	11
	560	92	17	36	1,890	11
D I N N E R
Miso Soup	100	9	4	7	1,188	3
Tempura Vegetables	400	91	3	4	134	23
Chinese Beef and Broccoli	300	7	17	28	592	2
Shrimp With Brocolli	300	40	14	26	0	22
Chinese - Fortune Cookie	30	7	0	0	22	4
	1,130	154	38	65	1,936	54
S N A C K S
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup	110	12	6	2	75	11
Southwest Airlines Lightly Salted Peanuts	70	2	6	3	95	0
Generic - Luna Chocolate Dipped Coconut	200	24	8	9	190	8
Red Delicious Apple, 1 medium apple	95	25	0	1	2	19
Chocolate Brownie	200	37	4	8	134	18
Sprinkles - Cupcake	250	29	15	2	0	0
	925	129	39	25	496	56
Totals	3,215	495	104	146	5,622	141
Your Daily Goal	3,336	417	111	167	2,300	125
Remaining	121	-78	7	21	-3,322	-16
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,406 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 208 lbs in 5 weeks.


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Your Exercise Diary for:

         Friday, September 30, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
8 MILE URBAN HIKE	124	1,328
Daily Total / Goal	124 / 30	1,328 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	851 / 210	12,400 / 4,130

OCTOBER 1, 2015 
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY....
THIS IS WHERE I WAS...
...ON THE SUMMIT OF HALF DOME IN YOSEMITE PARK.

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Hurricane Matthew which as of Friday Night was 1221 miles southeast of Tampa, Florida was already causing airline delays in Chicago yesterday?  This does not bode well for my return trip to Chicago on Tuesday.

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BRAND NEW YMCA

After my two appointments on Tuesday I headed for the closest YMCA in the Twin Cities where I had been before on previous trips. When I arrived, I was surprised to see the parking lot completely empty. The sign on the door was advising of the BRAND-NEW location less than two miles away. What a treat! I visited the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities in their new location which opened their doors for the first time on January 4, 2016.  Although, the facility was brand-new, I was already registered as a guest as I had been at the previous location.  Everything was brand-new.  New locker rooms.  New Fitness Equipment. New Carpeting.  Well, you get the idea...  I did two sessions of 65 minutes on a newer model Elliptical Machine that I was seeing for the first time: Matrix Fitness 7xi.  This machine asked me to create an account, a log in, and after I did that...it sent me an email confirming my registration.  That was a first.... Receiving an email from a piece of exercise equipment...

YMCA of the Greeater Twin Cities
St. Paul Midway YMCA
1761 University Avenue West
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
stpaulmidwayymca.org

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Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Thomas' - Cinnamon Raisin Bread, 2 slice	160	32	2	4	250	14
KELLOGGS - RAISIN BRAN (dry cereal, no milk)	760	184	4	20	840	72
	920	216	6	24	1,090	86
L U N C H
Whole Foods - Turkey Gravy, 2 1/2 Cup. 60g	350	30	20	10	2,600	0
Whole Foods - Raw Broccoli, 200 g	56	10	0	6	54	0
Winco Foods - Golden Sweet Corn Whole Kernel	240	36	6	8	800	28
WHOLE FOODS 7608 - YOGURT PRETZELS, 40 g (	190	28	8	2	180	19
WHOLE FOODS 8497 - CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA, 73.15 g (3/4 cup)	319	53	9	7	80	20
Ginger Crystallized In Dark Chocolate	320	30	22	6	0	22
	1,475	187	65	39	3,714	89
D I N N E R
Whole Foods - Pork, Cooked, Barbecue, Pulled, 6 oz	404	16	16	58	310	4
Whole Foods - Cheese Manicotti, 6 oz	300	20	17	17	270	1
WHOLE FOODS - YOGURT PRETZELS	190	28	0	2	180	19
	894	64	33	77	760	24
Totals	3,289	467	104	140	5,564	199
Your Daily Goal	3,417	427	114	171	2,300	128
Remaining	128	-40	9	31	-3,263	-70
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,487 extra calories from exercise today

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
MATRIX FITNESS 7xi	65	741
MATRIX FITNESS 7xi	65	729
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	17
Daily Total / Goal	131 / 30	1,487 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	224 / 210	3,564 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3289 calories

total calories burned (130 min elliptical) 1470 calories

total net 1819 calories

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fitbit day 138

16043 steps
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This is what my 'hometown' Chicago YMCA looked like when it opened in 1928.
Fast forward nearly one century, it basically looks unchanged... although the cars often parked in front look a lot different!

SWEET HOME CHICAGO

After 6 days (five nights) in Houston, Texas I returned to Sweet Home Chicago by noon on my Southwest Airlines flight.

Apparently I brought the rain with me.  And I had forgotten that Chicago can be a bit colder this time of year as well.  I did set out for a 10 mile walk in the late afternoon early evening.  It was rainy and it was cold and windy.  I found myself walking against the wind which made it all the more difficult.  My ten mile walk was broken down into two walks: 7.82 miles and 2.20 miles.

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Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
John McCann Steel Cut - Oat Meal, 1 cup	600	108	0	16	0	0
General Mills - Nature Valley - Oats 'n Honey Crunchy Granola Bar, 4 bars	380	58	12	8	320	24
Dagoba - Organic Chocolate Dark 59%, 2 oz	270	30	20	3	0	23
	1,250	196	32	27	320	47
L U N C H
Forelli - Rice Cake, Multigrain, Thin, 18 slice	360	72	0	0	360	0
MARIANO'S - HUGE SPINACH SALAD, 1 SALAD	500	0	0	0	0	0
	860	72	0	0	360	0
D I N N E R
WHOLE FOODS 5938 - UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS, 30 g (1/4 cup)	170	16	10	2	5	1
Campbell's Chunky - Manhattan Clam Chowder, 2 cup	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
	410	52	16	12	1,605	7
S N A C K S
Ritz - Toasted Chips 100 Calorie Bag, 1 bag	100	16	3	1	190	2
RITZ - SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CHIPS, 2 package	200	32	6	2	380	4
Southwest Airlines - Peanuts, 2 Bag	140	4	12	6	190	2
	440	52	21	9	760	8
Totals	2,960	372	69	48	3,045	62
Your Daily Goal	4,293	536	143	215	2,300	161
Remaining	1,333	164	74	167	-745	99
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,363 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	103	1,525
Walking, 5.0 mph	25	515
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	323
Add Exercise Quick Tools
Daily Total / Goal	129 / 30	2,363 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	257 / 210	4,890 / 4,130

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TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 2960 CALORIES
TOTAL CALORIES BURNED 2040 CALORIES
NET CALORIES 920 CALORIES
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fitbit day 55

25715 steps
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