SNAP DECISION

Yesterday, I had to go back to my local APPLE STORE to pick up my MacBook Air which was starting to experience random shutdowns (and was not always so quick to start up again)  I should thank my computer for breaking down just two weeks BEFORE my 2-year warranty period was due to end.  It turns out that the LOGIC BOARD needed to be replaced.   I parked my car about two blocks from the store and passed a new business that I had never noticed before: SNAP KITCHEN.

This place looked interesting, so I made a SNAP DECISION to investigate.  This business is a Texas-based chain that has just entered the Chicago market.  They prepare foods daily that are both healthy and low calorie.

This is from the snapkitchen.com website:

About Us

Food you can feel good about.

Since 2010, we have worked hard to create a place for people to experience consciously crafted food that is both delicious and nutritious. We are dedicated to educating our guests and providing healthy, chef-driven creations prepared with the highest quality ingredients available. Our menu offers a wide selection of meals, snacks, and cold-pressed juices that are made fresh daily, portion controlled, and nutritionally balanced.  

The woman who approached me to offer guidance and answer my questions recommended that I try their most popular menu item.  So I did.

SNAP KITCHEN: Grass-fed BISON Quinoa "Hash" (400 CALORIES)

SNAP KITCHEN currently has locations in Texas and now Chicagoland (Illinois)  I am sure that I will be visiting again!   The food was very tasty

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 WEDNESDAY MENU

breakfast  Nori seaweed rice crackers, oats 'n honey granola bars                           710 calories
lunch        oat 'n honey granola bars                                                                          380 calories
dinner       SNAP KITCHEN bison, wasabi seaweed                                                780 calories
SNACK   WHOLE FOODS mango slices, 2 apples, coconut almond granola        540 calories

TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED   2410 CALORIES

calories burned

8:00AM  PROCOR EFX elliptical machine   65 MINUTES, 
                MACHINE SET TO MAXIMUM INCLINE, MAXIMUM RESISTANCE    826 calories
                                                                          

WEDNESDAY net calories  calories 1584 calories

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FALL OFF THE WAGON

My rituals were ripped apart on Monday.  I ate too much.  Then I compounded that failure as I  did NOT work out.  In short, it was a day I would like to forget.  But, hey, I am human.  I guess I fell off the wagon.

fall off the wagon

1. in. to resume drinking after having stopped. (The wagon is presumed to be the water wagon.) It looks to me like he wanted nothing more than to fall off the wagon.

2. in. to resume any previously stopped behavior including smoking, drug use, overeating, or any other disavowed behavior. He’s back to watching TV again. Fell off the wagon I guess.

MONDAY: I fell off the wagon
TUESDAY: I GOT RIGHT BACK ON IT

So, what does one do when one falls off the wagon?  The same thing one does when one falls off the horse.   YOU GET BACK ON.

On Tuesday, I resumed a more normal day of eating.  I resumed my daily workout.  Tuesday started at 6AM with a trip to a local YMCA in Chillicothe, Ohio.  I was looking to try a STAIRMASTER.  This YMCA did not have such a machine - but they did have the same machine which afforded me such vigorous workouts a few weeks ago when I was staying at a Columbus, Ohio Hilton Hotel - PRECOR ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER.  (PRECOR AMT)   This machine appears to be something that is neither elliptical nor stairmaster - but some kind of hybrid of the two.

So, the good news is... I am back on the wagon.

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 TUESDAY MENU

breakfast   apples/cinnamon instant oatmeal                               520 calories
lunch         SUBWAY double chicken spinach salad, 3 apples    460 calories
dinner       KROGER GROCERY STORE spinach salad            500 calories

calories consumed 1480 calories

calories burned
6AM YMCA PROCOR AMT 35 MINUTES   645 CALORIES

TUESDAY NET CALORIES 835 CALORIES
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MORE WISDOM FROM "THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD"

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