NORTHERLY ISLAND WITH MY DAUGHTER

One of my favorite places to hike around Chicago is Northerly Island. Northerly Island was once the home of a small airport which our previous Mayor bulldozed away in the dark of night nearly 15  years ago. It was turned into a beautiful quiet park with stupendous views of Chicago. My daughter who has accompanied me many times on urban hikes has wanted to keep the hiking to the city streets. Finally, she agreed to join me in Northerly Island.  I would hope that she will hike with me there more often. It is a great place to take pictures and a great place to enjoy some moments of solitude for a city dweller.

'Panoramic' view of Chicago skyline from Northerly Island.

Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, January 14, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese, 3 eggs	425	0	21	28	650	2
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon	160	0	12	12	700	0
Trader Joes - Hash Brown Patties	260	28	16	2	500	0
	845	28	49	42	1,850	2
L U N C H
Cabbage Soup	400	41	1	9	313	23
Pepperidge Farm - Sourdough Bread	300	55	4	10	550	5
	700	96	5	19	863	28
D I N N E R
Bob Evans - Blackened Whitefish	300	8	11	43	3,612	1
Broccoli Cheese Casserole	400	19	27	27	790	1
Fire Roasted Corn	200	32	15	5	404	3
	900	59	53	75	4,806	5
S N A C K S
Dark Chocolate Coconut Chews	400	40	28	4	50	26
	400	40	28	4	50	26
Totals	2,845	223	135	140	7,569	61
Your Daily Goal	4,314	539	143	216	2,300	161
Remaining	1,469	316	8	76	-5,269	100
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,384 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
THIRTEEN MILE URBAN HIKE	199	2,192
Daily Total / Goal	199 / 30	2,192 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	647 / 210	5,445 / 4,130

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from wikipedia.com

Meigs Field was demolished by a mayor Richard M. Daley in 2003. It is now Northerly Island in 2010.

Meigs Field Airport alongside Burnham Harbor in 2002, before its demolition.

Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport (ICAO: KCGX) was a single runway airport in Chicago which was in operation from December 1948 until March 2003, on Northerly Island, an artificial peninsula on Lake Michigan. Northerly Island was also the site of the Century of Progress (1933–34) in Chicago. The airport sat adjacent to downtown Chicago, the second largest business district in North America. Meigs Field airport was closed when the then-mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, ordered the runway destroyed, with bulldozers, without the thirty-day notice required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations.

Meigs Field airport was opened on 10 December 1948, and, by 1955, had become the busiest single-strip airport in the United States. The latest air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was dedicated in 1961. The airfield was named for Merrill C. Meigs, publisher of the Chicago Herald and Examiner and an aviation advocate.

Northerly Island, owned by the Chicago Park District, is the only lakefront structure to be built based on Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago. The island was to be populated by trees and grass for the public enjoyment by all.

HELP WANTED: WILLPOWER

Honestly, I don't feel like writing much today.  I am very disgusted with myself.  My weight this morning was 241.9 lbs.  I have been steadily gaining a pound or two for the past few weeks. This is likely what it is like to be an alcoholic that knows that he should stop drinking.  I am not an alcoholic. But I am an overeater.  I need to find, once again, the willpower that allowed me to be so successful for so long. Yesterday, I did manage a 10 mile urban walk back from my dentist appointment - so that was something positive. That's it... I am done for the day.

My smile is masking my underlying depression that my weight is heading in the wrong direction

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Your Food Diary For:

Friday, May 6, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Malt-o-meal Cereal - Honey Nut Scooters	480	96	6	12	840	36
	480	96	6	12	840	36
L U N C H
Jason's Deli - Pumpkin Cheddar Flatbread	400	40	16	24	760	0
Jason's Deli - Salad Buffet	850	28	78	18	875	15
	1,250	68	94	42	1,635	15
D I N N E R
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich	575	58	31	22	586	22
Butter Cookie	220	23	12	7	70	18
	795	81	43	29	656	40
S N A C K S
Apples - Apples, 3 medium apple	240	66	0	0	0	48
	240	66	0	0	0	48
Totals	2,765	311	143	82	3,131	139
Your Daily Goal	3,919	490	130	196	2,300	147
Remaining	1,154	179	-12	113	-830	8
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,989 extra calories from exercise today

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NO ISSUES WITH TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA

I enjoyed my first day at 217 lbs since July 4th of this year.  My lowest weight during the past year was 213.9 lbs on April 25th.  My recent high over the past few months 226.9 lbs which by sheer coincidence was the actual day that I purchased my fitbit.  Perhaps I am completely wrong (as I often am) and it was not coincidence at all.  In the 79 days that I have been a 'fitbitter' I have dropped 10 pounds.  With that success so apparent, there was no way that I was going to let a sloppy, rainy, cold, snowy, and icy day thwart my daily 10 mile walk.  Before the day ended, I logged my 13th consecutive day of walking 10 miles outdoors.  (I have no issues with triskaidekaphobia!)

Once the snow stopped, the air was crystal clear and I snapped this photo from the lakefront as I approached the 9th mile of my 10 mile walk.

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I did have some morning errands to attend to, and the combination of rain/snow/sleet did not make a morning walk seem like an amazingly great idea.  I waited until late afternoon.  The precipitation had ended although it was cold outside.  Conditions when I began my walk were less than ideal - although much better than conditions in the early morning.

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Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, November 21, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
365 Organic - Water Crackers, 8 crackers	140	24	3	2	100	0
STARBUCKS - BACON & GOUDA BREAKFAST SANDWICH, 1 sandwich	350	30	18	17	820	0
Starbucks - Reduced-fat Turkey Bacon Sandwich, 0.5 sandwich	115	14	3	7	280	2
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple (170g)	190	50	1	1	4	38
Add Food Quick Tools	795	118	25	27	1,204	39
L U N C H
Kashi - Cherry Dark Chocolate Chewy Granola Bar, 2 bar (35g)	240	48	4	10	130	16
Add Food Quick Tools	240	48	4	10	130	16
D I N N E R
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
WHOLE FOODS 8497 - CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA, 110 g (3/4 cup)	480	80	14	10	120	30
WHOLE FOODS 8738 - DRIED MANGO SLICES, 40 g (approx 6 pieces)	110	28	0	2	1	20
WHOLE FOODS 9246 - 100% RAW CACAO GOJI, 70 g (approx 2 chunks)	250	38	15	5	13	25
Add Food Quick Tools	1,030	196	30	18	137	113
S N A C K S
Dark Chocolate Covered Raisins - Whole Foods, 35 raisins	160	27	7	1	40	22
Add Food Quick Tools	160	27	7	1	40	22
Totals	2,225	389	65	56	1,511	190
Your Daily Goal	4,967	621	165	249	2,300	186
Remaining	2,742	232	99	193	789	-4
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 3,037 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	129	2,017
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	1,020
Add Exercise Quick Tools
Daily Total / Goal	130 / 30	3,037 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	914 / 210	15,945 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3917 calories
total calories burned (20 miles, four walks) 4289 calories
total net calories 372 calories deficit
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fitbit day 80

42114 steps

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ten mile walking streak reached 13 days

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Even whenI look at these photos... and I ask myself: What am I so happy about?  I think I know.  It is that my 10 mile walk in dark freezing temperatures is coming to a conclusion.  I learned last evening that my leather gloves are simply not effective for combatting cold if one is out and about for two hours.

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triskaidekaphobia
noun tris·kai·deka·pho·bia \ˌtris-ˌkī-ˌde-kə-ˈfō-bē-ə, ˌtris-kə-\
Definition of TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
:  fear of the number 13