GOD BLESS LIGHT POLLUTION

Light Pollution is sum total of all the light that lights up the night sky and prevents those that are earthbound from seeing the stars.  I live in Chicago - On the clearest night maybe a person can spot a handful of stars.  When I was making my 11 mile walk in Goshen after sundown on Tuesday evening, I could barely see where I was going, although the night sky had more stars than I am used to seeing at home. I utilized the flashlight feature on my iphone as a flashlight and beacon to insure that oncoming cars could see me.  After a successful one day tradeshow which took place in Shipshewana, Indiana, I returned to Chicago. Since I spent most of my day standing or sitting on one place for eight hours, followed by another three hours in the car driving - I was raring to go for walk when I returned home.  It was a joy walking in Chicago at night.  Compared to the true darkness I experienced walking of the night before, night time Chicago seemed like daytime!  God bless light pollution!

Millennium Park, Chicago (at night)

The evening temperature when I returned to Chicago shortly after 7:00PM was still 66 degrees.  I was able to go out in shorts and a t-shirt and feel completely comfortable.  My walk lasted until I had logged 13.1 miles.  It was warm enough that even dressed in short and t-shirt I worked up a good healthy sweat.

This is Chicago in November.  It is hard to imagine better weather for this time of year.

This is an enlargement of the part of the 13 mile walk that took place in Millennium Park and Maggie Daley Park

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker Oats - Instant Oatmeal Apples & Cinnamon, 3 Bowl (43g)	480	99	6	12	600	36
Forrelli - Rice Cakes Multigrain Thin, 18 SLICE	360	72	0	0	360	0
	840	171	6	12	960	36
L U N C H
Side dishes - Potato salad, 0.33 cup	108	13	6	1	312	0
Barrel O' Fun - Pretzel, Mini Twists, Fat Free, 32 pretzels	220	46	0	6	820	2
Home Made - Sloppy Joes, 4 oz	252	5	8	18	389	0
	580	64	14	25	1,521	2
D I N N E R
Trader Joe's - Coconut Chips, 1 bag	320	30	20	2	260	18
Primal Strips - Hickory Smoked Meatless Vegan Jerky Soy, 28 g	99	8	3	10	344	3
FRESH THYME - DEHYDRATED PAPAYA (lLOW SUGAR), 52.5 g (approx 1/10 cup)	175	44	0	0	44	32
Campbell's Chunky Soup - Sirloin Burger with Country Vegetables, 2 cup (240mL)	280	34	10	14	1,580	6
	874	116	33	26	2,228	59
S N A C K S
Forrelli - Rice Cakes Multigrain Thin, 36 SLICE	720	144	0	0	720	0
WHOLE FOODS 8497 - CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA, 66.0 g (3/4 cup)	288	48	8	6	72	18
WHOLE FOODS 7700 - ORGANIC DATE PIECES w/OAT FLOWER, 66.0 g (2 TBSP)	198	49	0	2	16	36
	1,206	242	8	8	809	54
Totals	3,500	592	61	71	5,517	151
Your Daily Goal	4,688	586	156	235	2,300	175
Remaining	1,188	-5	94	163	-3,216	24
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,758 extra calories from exercise today

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	Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 5.0 mph	156	2,925
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-167
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Daily Total / Goal	157 / 30	2,758 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	466 / 210	8,429 / 4,130

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TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 3500 CALORIES

CALORIES BURNED 2925 CALORIES

NET CALORIES 575 CALORIES

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fitbit day 63

45093 steps
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Three photos taken in front of Cloud Gate in Millennium Park...more commonly known as The Bean

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885 CALORIES

It is hard to believe that the same guy who less than one week ago gave almost no thought to consuming a 2000 calorie meal has just completed another day of SATISFYING EATING that was actually under 900 calories for the day!  I promise you I found myself no hungrier today than on any other day of the previous many years.  Four days ago, during my 'wellness' checkup, my doctor said that we really don't have to eat so much at one sitting as the next meal is typically only 6 hours away.   We only need enough to survive until that next meal.   This is what I ate today:

BREAKFAST:   TWO (2) NAVEL ORANGES (85 calories each)         170 CALORIES
LUNCH:           3-EGG OMELETTE w/CHEESE                                    425 CALORIES
DINNER:           ONE (1) SMOKED POLISH SAUSAGE
                          w/TWO (2) CUPS OF BROCCOLI CUTS                   290 CALORIES

                                                          TOTAL             885 CALORIES

I did eat this same menu yesterday as well as I am a creature of habit.  Remember, I am the guy who previously divulged that I ate only about 8 different 'entrees' from only five different 'restaurants' over a period of multiple years.   THIS FOOD TASTES BETTER.   I FEEL BETTER.   I AM GETTING BETTER.    By the time I visit my doctor in eight weeks for the followup appointment from my 'wellness' exam - I expect to be a lot 'weller' than I was way, way back on December 24, 2014 when I woke up! (no typo there, that exam took place a scant four days ago!)

The highpoint of my day was the five (5) mile walk I took with my daughter.   The first 2.5 miles was a true cardio experience as we were racing to the brand-new Maggie Daley Park in Chicago before darkness set in.    I don't know what precise speed we were walking, but we were walking fast and stopping only to cross busy downtown streets.    On the way back, we took our time and there was no cardio component to the return trip.   Nevertheless, I am going to assume that it was far better than hopping onto a bus.