Thursday, March 24, 2016

ENERGIZED

Two days ago, I took a much needed day off from working out - after failing to locate a nearby YMCA. I had to admit that I was not too heartbroken that the YMCA that I visited no longer existed. I made the decision that I would skip a day of exercising. I could not remember the last time I missed a day of working out. I know that I should NOT work out EVERY day - but my addictive/obsessive need to exercise each day is strong. Yesterday which was the day after the day off was a different story. Yesterday I was energized.

This time I visited a YMCA that still does exist. I arrived around 5:15PM. My original goal was to spend two hours on the elliptical machine. After my two hour workout, I still had some energy - so after a short break, I hopped on the machine again for another hour. And after that third hour - I still had some energy to release and worked out for a fourth hour. It was close to 10:00PM when I left, and I was the last person in the place as the facility closes at 10:00PM. I found an uninspiring dinner of two pre-wrapped sandwiches at a gas station on the way home. I ate my dinner and at midnight, I still had some energy within myself to unravel. I spent two hours until 2:00AM walking in place. I did not stop that particular activity until I had recorded my 10,000th step. So, today, Thursday when I awoke, I already have 10,000 steps 'in the bank.'

There are two conclusions to explain that abundance of activity. It might be true that that day off was a much needed respite for my body and that it explains my energy burst on the following day. Another conclusion might be made that I am nuts. I guess a third conclusion could be made that both of those statements are true. Yes, that's it.
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Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker Cinnamon & Spice Instant Oatmeal	480	96	6	12	630	33
Crispy Biscotti - Biscoti, 1 bar	150	20	7	2	15	11
KELLOGGS - RAISIN BRAN (dry cereal)	190	46	1	5	210	18
	820	162	14	19	855	62
L U N C H
Colcannon, 0.5 cup	150	27	4	4	164	1
Pasta Roni - Parmesan & Romano Cheese	120	22	3	4	420	2
Codfish	189	0	2	41	140	0
Whole Foods Cherry Granola	240	40	7	5	60	15
Caprese Salad	90	10	4	4	150	5
	789	99	19	58	934	23
D I N N E R
Sheetz - Turkey Deli Sandwich, 2 Sandwich	580	78	14	36	1,700	16
Quaker Rice Crisps Cheddar Cheese	390	63	15	6	1,230	3
Crunchy Granola Bar Oats and Honey	190	29	7	3	180	11
	1,160	170	36	45	3,110	30
S N A C K S
Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate, 1 bar	190	14	12	10	170	6
Fiber One Fiber One Bar, Oats & Chocolate	140	29	4	2	90	10
	330	43	16	12	260	16

Totals	3,099	474	85	134	5,159	131
Your Daily Goal	5,569	696	185	279	2,300	208
Remaining	2,470	222	100	145	-2,859	76
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 3,639 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	65	909
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	65	1,053
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	65	949
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	65	1,049
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-321


Daily Total / Goal	261 / 30	3,639 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	656 / 210	5,996 / 4,130

total calories consumed 3099 calories

total calories burned (four hours elliptical) 3960 calories

total net 861 calorie defecit

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fitbit day 203

30351 steps

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Friday, October 30, 2015

BENEFIT OF LATE NIGHT DRINKING

Today is a completely tongue-in-cheek look at the benefits of late night drinking. Yesterday, I spent too much time with the dentist getting a temporary tooth which will eventually become a permanent implant. By the time 5:00PM came around, I noticed that my fitbit had only recorded something in the neighborhood of 4000 steps. Last week, after spending one night drinking and socializing until 2:00AM, I woke up the next day with nearly 5000 steps! The silly lesson to be learned here is that when one is active, steps accumulate. And the steps one takes in a bar late at night still count. The steps one takes walking in the early hours of the day back to your hotel, or walking home still count. There is something invigorating about waking up and realizing before you shave, that you already have 5000 steps 'in the bank.' Likewise, it is 'alarming' to glance at one's fitbit at 5:00 PM in the afternoon and discover that one only has 4000 steps. I suppose that the only reason that this is important to me is that I have vowed to myself to try to never let a day pass with less than 10000 steps. I noticed too, today, that a step earned on an elliptical machine set to the highest resistance is a lot tougher to earn than a simple step walking outside, even at a 4.5mph pace. Obviously a step earned on the elliptical machine is harder to earn by several orders of magnitude, the steps earned just shuffling back and forth from the refrigerator. The best gauge of measuring physical activity still comes from stepping on the scale. The scale does not lie. Although sometimes it does appear to be fibbing...

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Whole Foods 365 - Seaweed Rice Crackers, 52.5 Crackers	420	88	5	7	210	4
Clif Bar - Mint Chocolate , 68 g	250	43	5	10	170	22
	670	131	10	17	380	26
L U N C H
FRESH THYME - JOYVA. SESAME CRUNCH, 30 g (3 pieces)	160	14	8	2	50	14
Generic - Fresh Homemade Fruit Salad, 2 cup	480	88	18	0	420	56
WHOLE FOODS 5938 - UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS, 120 g (1/4 cup)	680	64	40	8	20	4
	1,320	166	66	10	490	74
D I N N E R
Campbell's Chunky - Manhattan Clam Chowder, 2 cup	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
Nabisco - Oyster Crackers, 66 crackers	180	30	6	3	420	0
	420	66	12	13	2,020	6
S N A C K S


Totals	2,410	363	88	40	2,890	106
Your Daily Goal	3,923	490	130	197	2,300	147
Remaining	1,513	127	41	157	-590	41
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,993 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
elliptical	22	473
elliptical	22	508
elliptical	22	535
elliptical	22	545
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-68


Daily Total / Goal	89 / 30	1,993 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	409 / 210	8,449 / 4,130

For some reason, I could not set the timer on the elliptical machine to 60 or 90 minutes. The workout cut out after 20 minutes, with a 2 minutes cool down. I simply had four (4) sessions of 22 minutes. What I found interesting is that although, I felt as if I was getting tired as the nearly 90 minutes session continued. I increasingly had more endurance with each passing session as the calories burned continued to climb, just a bit from one workout to the next.

TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 2410 CALORIES
TOTAL CALORIES BURNED 1993 CALORIES
TOTAL NET CALORIES 417 CALORIES

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fitbit day 57

13585 steps

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The Tongue-in-cheek figure of speech is used to imply that a statement or other production is humorously or otherwise not seriously intended, and it should not be taken at face value. The facial expression typically indicates that one is joking or making a mental effort.