Thursday, January 14, 2016

PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY SANDWICH OVERDOSE

Since I need to eat 'soft' foods as my gums recover from surgery last Friday - I have been put 'off my game' regarding the types of foods that I am eating. I know that I can eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and yesterday as I was driving 120 miles from home and staying in a hotel overnight - I am sure that I overdosed on bread and on peanut butter. Although, I did get myself to a local YMCA for a 90+ minute workout on an elliptical machine - the calories burned on this machine annoyingly showed half the number that my home elliptical shows after a similar workout. I know that this does not mean that I burned half the calories that I usually do - it does mean that my home elliptical machine might be overly optimstic. I did not feel good about what I ate today, I feel great remorse for eating way too much bread and way too much peanut butter. Only one thing to do about it - eat better today.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Whole Foods - Organic Whole Wheat Bread, 2 slice	200	38	4	10	420	4
365 Everyday Value - Peanut Butter, 2 tbsp	200	6	16	8	90	2
365 Organic - Black Cherry Fruit Spread, 30 g	70	18	0	0	0	16
Walgreens - Nutritional Shake, 1 Bottle	250	40	6	9	190	22
Whole Foods - Oatmeal, 1 cup	300	54	5	10	180	2
	1,020	156	31	37	880	46
L U N C H
Roundy's - Peanut Butter- Creamy, 6 tbsp	540	24	45	21	420	9
Aunt Millie's Bakehouse - English Muffin Toasting Bread - cinnamon sugar, 12 slice	1,080	180	24	24	1,320	48
	1,620	204	69	45	1,740	57
D I N N E R
Hostess - Classic Wheat Bread, 7 Slices	490	95	5	18	1,015	18
Roundy's - Peanut Butter- Creamy, 4 tbsp	360	16	30	14	280	6
Smucker's Sugar-Free - Grape Jelly, 5 Tbsp (17g)	50	25	0	0	0	0
	900	136	35	32	1,295	24
S N A C K S
Add Food Quick Tools

Totals	3,540	496	135	114	3,915	127
Your Daily Goal	2,839	355	94	142	2,300	106
Remaining	-701	-140	-41	28	-1,615	-20
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 909 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
ELLIPTICAL (manual) 16	98	1,048
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-139


Daily Total / Goal	99 / 30	909 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	285 / 210	4,778 / 4,130

total calories consumed 3540 calories

total calories burned (92 min elliptical) 1048 calories

total net 2492 calories

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fitbit day 132
13755 steps

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE

QUEEN. Freddie Mercury. Brian May. Roger Taylor. John Deacon. What a great band! EVERYONE knows them for some of the HUGE HITS: We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Another One Bites the Dust. QUEEN was much more than that. They were a great sounding band right out of the gate with their first release in 1973. Queen. The song, Keep Yourself Alive, sounds as good today as it ever did. The lyrics start like this...

I was told a million times
Of all the troubles in my way
How I had to keep on trying
And get better every day
But if I crossed a million rivers
And I rode a million miles
Then I'd still be where I started
Bread and butter for a smile

KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE - QUEEN 1973

I was told a million times that I should take better care of my health. I was told by my wife, my brother, my mother and my father, I was told through reports in the media and I was told by myself. For the longest time, I did not listen (or if I did listen - I did not act) I think I know why. Pure laziness. Pure inertia. It takes effort to change a lifestyle. It takes no effort to continue all the bad habits that one is engaged in. It takes no effort to eat cake, candy, cookies and ice-cream. It takes no effort to sit on a couch and watch TV endlessly. It takes no effort to refrain from exercise. Things that take no effort, bring results that are indicative of the lack of effort. That amazing thing about losing nearly 90 lbs in a little over 3 months time - is that while it took some effort, it did not take some kind of super-extraordinary effort. I am convinced that anyone can do this. And yet, for eight years while I roamed in the obesity wilderness, this belief eluded me. It appears that no one was able to reach me until I found the ability to reach myself. I am glad that I finally did. You can too. The formula is simple, although it is not easy. It is also not impossibly difficult either. Cliches are cliches because they are true. A weight loss journey truly begins with one step - the decision to make smart choices today - at your next meal.

WEDNESDAY MENU

breakfast two hard-boiled eggs, one apple 236 calories
lunch Jimmy John's Bootlegger UNWICH 230 calories
dinner PANERA BREAD Asiago Steak 1/2 sandwich, Caesar Salad 1/2, Apple 640 calories

total caloric consumption 1106 calories

CALORIES BURNED
Ann Arbor Elliptical 7AM 40 minutes 517 calories

WEDNESDAY NET CALORIES 589 CALORIES

PANERA BREAD: HALF CAESAR SALAD (no dressing) 160 CALORIES

PANERA BREAD: HALF SANDWICH ASIAGO STEAK 400 CALORIES

QUEEN - SIMPSONS STYLE