Yesterday, at precisely 10AM, the graduation ceremony at my daughter's elementary school began right on time. Within an hour, it was over and I am now no longer the parent of an elementary school kid. In September, my daughter will be going to High School. Of course, it is cliché, but I remember so well, sitting in her kindergarten class during an orientation on the first day of school nine years ago. My wife and I are very proud of our daughter. She has been accepted into a selective enrollment high school in Chicago that is considered one of the best public schools in America. But before we look forward, I still want to enjoy this current achievement. Yesterday morning, as the graduation ceremony reached its conclusion, I only had to wipe away a couple of tears as I realized that my daughter was making a transition, and really so was our entire family. A happy day indeed.
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Your Food Diary For:
| BREAKFAST | Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein | Sodium | Sugar | |
| 3 Egg Omelette - Ham Cheese | 400 | 1 | 30 | 40 | 1,225 | 0 | |
| Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon, 4 slices | 160 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 700 | 0 | |
| Grits - Grits, 2 packet | 200 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 620 | 2 | |
| 760 | 45 | 45 | 56 | 2,545 | 2 | ||
| L U N C H | |||||||
| Footlong Steak and Cheese | 760 | 96 | 20 | 52 | 2,060 | 16 | |
| Cashews - Dry Roasted & Unsalted | 200 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 960 | 107 | 36 | 57 | 2,060 | 17 | ||
| D I N N E R | |||||||
| New England Clam Chowder, 2 cup | 360 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 1,780 | 2 | |
| Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 | 190 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 38 | |
| 550 | 86 | 21 | 11 | 1,784 | 40 | ||
| S N A C K S | |||||||
| CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA | 300 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 75 | 19 | |
| 300 | 50 | 9 | 6 | 75 | 19 | ||
| Totals | 2,570 | 288 | 111 | 130 | 6,464 | 78 | |
| Your Daily Goal | 4,043 | 505 | 134 | 203 | 2,300 | 151 | |
| Remaining | 1,473 | 216 | 23 | 72 | -4,163 | 73 | |
| Calories | Carbs | Fat | Protein | Sodium | Sugar | ||
| *You've earned 2,113 extra calories from exercise today | |||||||
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Your Exercise Diary for:
| Cardiovascular | Minutes | Calories Burned | |
| 97 | 1,360 | ||
| 83 | 938 | ||
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N/A | -185 | |
| Daily Total / Goal | 181 / 30 | 2,113 / 590 | |
| Weekly Total / Goal | 763 / 210 | 9,739 / 4,130 | |
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After an initial workout of 97 minutes, I simply felt like working out some more (or was that I simply wanted to watch more netflix?) My second workout was 'only' for 83 minutes - That meant that my total for the day was 180 minutes - a nice even three hours.
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My weight on Saturday morning, 232.9 pounds, up one pound from last week. I cannot (and will not) get too stressed over this. The week before, I had lost over three pounds. I am always a bit wary when the scale indicates a weight that is either too good or too bad. I will simply remember that just a few weeks ago, my scale had indicated that I was 242 pounds. That was bad. My pants did no longer fit. Right now, everything fits again. That is what is important. The battle continues. It has no end. There is no so-called exit strategy when it comes to weight management.
