MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH

Get Smart was a 1960's television comedy that satirized the secret agent movies that were so popular at the time.  The show was created by comedy legends Mel Brooks and Buck Henry and starred Don Adams at secret agent Maxwell Smart, Agent 86.  The show popularized many catchphrases including: "Would you believe...", , "Sorry about that, Chief", "The Old (such-and-such) Trick", "And ... loving it", "I asked you not to tell me that", "Missed it by that much!"

It was the phrase "Missed it by that much!" that I was thinking about yesterday.  I took my bike to the YMCA for my two-hour elliptical workout. Each time I step onto the elliptical machine at my hometown YMCA I set my 'goal' for the session to log 10 miles.  Yesterday afternoon, I felt that I was not running 'on a full tank' when my session started and apparently I was right.   I failed to achieve my 10 miles, in fact, the machine recorded that I logged 9.99 miles.  I was furiously pedaling away for the last ten minutes in order to reach my goal.  Nevertheless... I....'missed it by that much!'

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After my 125 minute workout on the elliptical machine, I failed to  log 10 miles.  I missed it by that much!

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 Sunday MENU

breakfast   popped caramel corn, turkey bacon                             475 calories
lunch         brisket, borscht, ginger, two fuji apples                       697 calories
dinner        spinach salad, borscht, steak, coconut balls                770 calories
SNACK    YOGURT RAISINS. popped caramel corn                 768 calories

total calories consumed 2710 calories

calories burned

elliptical machine 125 minutes, 4:3 interval,  level 20              1654  calories

CALORIES BURNED 1654 CALORIES

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Saturday net calories 1056 calories

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KAOS assassin, associate of The Shark, who kills Agent 46 and the informer he was to contact, then sets his sights on Maxwell Smart.  [Episode #18: "The Dead Spy Scrawls"].  If the actor looks familiar to you, it is because he is Leonard Nimoy, much more well-known for playing Spock in Star Trek.

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fitbit day 18

16935 steps

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MAXWELL SMART SAYS - MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH

When I weighed myself this past Saturday, I thought that there was an outside chance that I might slip into a new obesity category.  CLASS I OBESITY.  I was still 1.6 lbs away.

Today is Tuesday morning, by the end of the day, which will be four days after my last weigh in - I can reasonably assume that I will have lost the 1.6 lbs to be officially in the class I obesity.   I am aware that most people aren't screaming from the rooftops about such a dubious achievement.   Considering where I started from, you might forgive me for being happy about this.

Obesity classes are determined by BMI (Body Mass Index)

On December 24, 2014 I weighed 309 lbs and my BMI was 41.3  (Obese Class III)

On January 17, 2015 I weighted 284.7 lbs and my BMI was 38.08 (Obese Class II)

I will assume that by days end today, Tuesday,  I will be right around 261 lbs or slightly less and my BMI would then 34.9 which would squeeze me into the Obese Class I category.   

The next stop on this chart would be to be considered 'only' overweight.   In order to be only overweight, I will need get my BMI down to 29.9.  This will translate to a weight of 224 lbs.

So, I will have a quite a few weeks to go before I get there.

BMI	Classification
< 18.5	underweight
18.5–24.9	normal weight
25.0–29.9	overweight
30.0–34.9	class I obesity
35.0–39.9	class II obesity
≥ 40.0	class III obesity

MONDAY MENU

MONDAY MENU

breakfast   three poached eggs, two strips turkey 'bacon'      280 CALORIES
lunch         Panera Bread Turkey Chili Bowl                         280 CALORIES
dinner       5 oz Mahi Mahi, Mixed Veggies, Potato Pancake
                 Organic Cashew Carrot Ginger Bisque Soup       435 CALORIES

total consumption    995 CALORIES

calories burned
6AM    Elliptical Machine  31 minutes           410 calories
5PM     Elliptical Machine  30 minutes           400 calories

total calories burned    810 calories

net caloric consumption    185 CALORIES

dinner: 5 oz Mahi Mahi, 2/3 cup mixed vegetables, potato pancake, Carrot Ginger Bisque Soup  435 CALORIES