Wednesday, March 23, 2016

DAY OFF

Yesterday, I (basically) did not exercise (too much)
I spent all day with a customer who is not particularly speedy when making decisions and it took all day from 9AM until 5PM for her to complete her business with me. When the day was over, plenty of business was concluded.
After concluding my appointment, I did drive to a spot where I expected to find a YMCA. My information was outdated, and a YMCA no longer existed in Warren, Ohio.
Perhaps, I just didn't have it in me yesterday... I was happy to skip the day.
Still I spent one hour in my room walking in place while watching a recent episode of Better Call Saul directly from the AMC website. I simply will not allow myself to live an entire day and fail to accumulate 10,000 steps (if at all possible).

So, more or less, yesterday was my day to take a day off - although my day was not quite as interesting as Ferris Bueller's!
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Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Cinnamon & Spice Instant Oatmeal, 5 packet	800	160	10	20	1,050	55
	800	160	10	20	1,050	55
L U N C H
Cheese Pizza	480	64	14	26	1,180	6
	480	64	14	26	1,180	6
D I N N E R
Rice Cakes Butter Popcorn Flavor, 7 rice cake	245	49	1	7	315	0
Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
Campbell's Manhattan Clam Chowder	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
	675	135	8	18	1,919	44
S N A C K S
two-bite original - coconut macaroons, 7 macaroons	385	49	21	4	105	39
Clif Bar - Coconut Chocolate Chip, 1 bar	250	42	6	10	180	21
	635	91	27	14	285	60

Totals	2,590	450	59	78	4,434	164
Your Daily Goal	2,128	266	71	107	2,300	79
Remaining	-462	-184	12	29	-2,133	-85
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 198 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking in Place	60	300
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-102


Daily Total / Goal	61 / 30	198 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	274 / 210	1,964 / 4,130

total calories consumed 2590 calories

total calories burned (walking in place) 300 calories

total net 2290 calorie

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fitbit day 202

11084 steps

Hopefully, my blog readers don't think that I am guilty of this too often.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

LOOKING LIKE MYSELF

In recent weeks, as I have already lost 69.5 lbs, on the way to a minimum 100 lbs weight loss, I have heard something more frequently.

My cousin, Robin, in Canada commented that I now look much more like my father.
My childhood friend, Stephen, in England commented that I look now like he remembers my Dad.
My neighbor, Rivka, commented that she sees the family resemblance between my daughter and me.

I myself, can look in the mirror and 'see' my Dad staring back at me.

This was my Dad in 2002, at the time he was approximately 75 years old.

This is me, age 57, only 18 years younger than my Dad was in the above photo. I didn't say we were identical twins...at least we look like we were related! And even in this picture, at 239 lbs, I am still approximately 50 lbs heavier than my Dad was then in the above photograph. When I was 309 lbs, I resembled Jabba the Hut

Jabba the Hutt (Star Wars) I do prefer the way I look these days.

I do not believe that it was God's intention that I should walk around looking like Jabba the Hut.

I do believe that I am beginning to look the way that God had originally intended for me.

My eating habits, successfully subverted God's original blueprint for myself - but I am in the middle of reversing that. AND IT FEELS GREAT!

That 309 lb guy that visited the doctor on December 24th, was not the 'me' that I was supposed to be.

NOW I AM LOOKING LIKE MYSELF.

TUESDAY MENU

breakfast TRAVELODGE two scrambled eggs with one sausage patty 256 calories
lunch SUBWAY double chicken spinach salad w/tomato & onion 220 calories
dinner APPLEBEE'S grilled chicken caesar salad (without dressing) 370 calories

total calories consumed 846 CALORIES

CALORIES BURNED
6AM TRAVELODGE ELLIPTICAL MACHINE 40 minutes 553 calories

net calories 293 CALORIES

Travelodge Breakfast: scrambled eggs, one sausage patty
approximately 250 calories

APPLEBEE'S grilled chicken caesar salad (no dressing) 370 calories.
Without the dressing, I promise this still tasted quite delicious and fulfilling.