Friday, October 28, 2016

16 MILES, THE HARD WAY

This must be the hard way. Walk 6 miles in Midway Airport before taking off for a trip to Houston, Texas. Arrive Houston, Texas and walk 10 miles.

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I accomplished a 6 mile INDOOR AIRPORT HIKE by walking the entire Midway Terminal a little more than three times. Each 'lap' was approximately 1.7 miles. I timed my walk perfectly so that the moment I was finished, I needed to line up to board the aircraft. In the 'old days' I would have arrived early at the airport and purchased a nice high calorie bagel with cream cheese with a chocolate milk. These days, instead of consuming 1000 calories, minutes after my arrival at the airport, I have found a way to burn nearly 1000 calories.

Part of my URBAN HIKE yesterday in Houston, Texas had me hiking through Buffalo Bayou Park

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker - Grits - Instant - Original, 5 packet (28 g)	500	110	0	10	1,550	0
	500	110	0	10	1,550	0
L U N C H
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 4 medium apple (170g)	380	100	1	2	7	76
100% Pure Coconut Water with Pineapple, 16 fl oz	90	24	0	0	80	20
Wheat Thins Original (Southwest Airlines)	100	15	4	1	160	3
Southwest Airlines - Peanuts, 1 Bag	70	2	6	3	95	1
	640	141	11	6	342	100
D I N N E R
Benihana - Spicy Tuna Roll, 8 pieces (full roll)	380	53	11	18	600	0
Sushi With Gusto - Spider Roll, 8 oz (227g)	500	67	13	29	724	0
	880	120	24	47	1,324	0
S N A C K S
Doubletree - Chocolate Chip Cookie, 1 Cookie	310	33	18	4	200	22
Skittles - Skittles, 2 pack	240	34	8	6	300	2
Dewars - Scotch 1 Oz. Shot, 8 oz.	552	0	0	0	0	0
	1,102	67	26	10	500	24

Totals	3,122	438	61	73	3,716	124
Your Daily Goal	4,945	618	165	248	2,300	185
Remaining	1,823	180	104	175	-1,416	61
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 3,015 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 194.1 lbs in 5 weeks .
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Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
6 MILE HIKE WITHIN MIDWAY AIRPORT	89	1,045
10 MIKE URBAN HIKE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS	139	1,853


Daily Total / Goal	228 / 30	2,898 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	746 / 210	12,481 / 4,13

As part of my 'food diary' yesterday, I included 8 oz of Dewars Scotch. I don't drink too often, but when I do, I can overdo it. It is all part of the same personality trait that made me an overeater. I suppose it is part of the same personality trait that makes me an over-walker. You know what, I may have overdone it a bit on the drinking last evening, but I woke up early on Friday, as I had planned, with enough time to take a hike through part of the beautiful park that I 'discovered' yesterday before meeting my colleagues for a 10:00AM breakfast.

Monday, August 8, 2016

MIDWAY MARATHON MADNESS

My daughter was to arrive back home from a weeklong trip to California. Her arrival time at Midway Airport was scheduled for 8:15PM. My wife took the car to pick her up and bring her home. I still wanted to greet her at the gate when she deplaned. I had planned all week to walk to Midway Airport from my home. This urban hike would have been twelve miles if I had taken a direct route. I decided to make the hike a bit longer. I walked all along the lakefront, detouring at Navy Pier and Northerly Island and continued all the way down to 'The Promenade' and then I headed west for about 10 miles more and continued my hike to Midway Airport. I made a few side trips along the route to insure that my mileage when I arrived at the airport would be 26.2 miles. I walked the distance of a standard marathon. I left my home at 11:30AM and took a 30 minute break at the Hyde Park Whole Foods. I arrived at Midway Airport exactly when I wanted to arrive - 7:30PM, in time to check in with the desk and get my TSA pass to meet my daughter at the gate. Still, even I know that a 26.2 mile to the airport is some kind of madness. Guilty as charged. My actual hiking time was six hours thirty five minutes. Madness. Healthy madness.

I walked 26.2 miles yesterday from my home to Midway Airport.
A direct route would have been only 12 miles. I did not walk 'direct.'

Shortly after picking up a snack at Whole Foods in Hyde Park I passed a street that was being protected by a rail, and two unmarked SUV cars manned by Secret Service agents. I was at Greenwood Avenue - Chicago home of the President of the United States. You can be sure that I asked if it was OK to take a picture before I did. Permission was granted. The next two photos are approved by the Secret Service of the United States of America.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Kroger - Grits, 5 cup	500	105	5	10	1,700	5
Maltomeal - Honey Nut Scooters, 2 cup	240	48	3	6	420	18
	740	153	8	16	2,120	23
L U N C H
Read - 3 Bean Salad	300	65	0	5	1,500	40
Take 5 - Candy Bar, 1 package (2 bars)	200	25	11	4	180	18
Nice! - Whole Cashews Roasted	200	10	17	6	150	0
Nice! - Almonds Smoked	250	8	23	8	0	0
	950	108	51	23	1,830	58
D I N N E R
Whole Foods Salmon Avocado Roll, 7 oz	430	0	9	0	0	0
	430	0	9	0	0	0
S N A C K S
DRIED MANGO SLICES	110	28	0	2	1	20
YOGURT PRETZELS	190	28	0	2	180	19
Whole Foods - Banana Chips	150	17	10	1	0	10
FRENCH VANILLA GRANOLA	400	74	13	8	96	22
	850	147	23	13	277	71

Totals	2,970	408	91	52	4,227	152
Your Daily Goal	6,394	799	213	320	2,300	239
Remaining	3,424	391	122	268	-1,927	87
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 4,464 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 178.5 lbs in 5 weeks.

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
26.2 MILE HIKE	395	4,464


Daily Total / Goal	395 / 30	4,464 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1605 / 210	19,629 / 4,130

Wow....great news... I can consume 3000 calories per day as long as I walk 26.2 miles and after five weeks I will weigh 178.5 lbs. What a fantasy. I do not think that I will be taking another 26.2 mile hike for awhile.

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THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD - found another dime yesterday.
MONEY FOUND WHILE HIKING...The hobby that pays for itself

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