BEST WAY TO GET TO THE YMCA

I live in Chicago. My neighborhood YMCA is about 3 miles from my home. I remember discovering last year that riding my bicycle there was often times faster than driving. Lately, it's been a bit cold for bike riding. I finally figured out how to get there by subway train this week. The first time I took the subway, I exited the train one stop too early. This probably would not have been a big deal had it not been raining. Yesterday, I rediscovered the best way to get there, walking.

As the whole point of going to the YMCA is exercise, it does make sense to walk there, if time permits it. Since, I had not taken a so-called 'power-walk' for nearly two months, I walked there and carved out a path that made the 3 mile trip and 6.5 mile trip. I wasn't sure how my 90 minutes of brisk walking was going to affect my ability to spend 2 hours on the elliptical machine. As it turns out, being limbered up is helpful. I had my second best session of the week. I must admit that when I got off the elliptical machine, I was moving too fast. After showering, I walked another 1.5 miles to the grocery store to pick up a late, and well-deserved lunch.  I was pretty sure that my walking speed had deteriorated quite a bit from my morning speed. After walking home and taking a fresh shower, I was relaxed to the max. I slept very well last evening.

The route I took from home to the YMCA was not the quickest. If one remembers their geometry: The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.  I was more interested in racking up a couple of miles on my personal odometer today, not arriving at the YMCA quickly.

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Your Food Diary For:

Friday, February 5, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker - Instant Oatmeal - Original, 2 packets	200	38	4	8	150	0
WHOLE FOODS DRIED MANGO SLICES	110	28	0	2	1	20
Cheerios - Honey Nut Cheerios Medley	480	96	6	12	480	36
	790	162	10	22	631	56
L U N C H
Chicken 3 oz - Chicken Breast, 9 oz	360	0	4	78	189	0
Schwan's - Southwest Roasted Corn	160	17	9	3	260	3
Generic - Grilled Brussel Sprouts, 1 cup	65	13	3	6	23	0
	585	30	16	87	472	3
D I N N E R
Campbell's Chunky - Manhattan Clam Chowder, 2 cup	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
Kind - Fruit & Nut - Almond & Coconut, 1 bar (40g)	190	21	12	3	25	12
	430	57	18	13	1,625	18
S N A C K S
WHOLE FOODS MILK CHOCOLATE CHERRIES, 20 g (approx 5 pieces)	90	13	5	1	5	11
Whole Foods 365 - Whole Cashews - Unsalted	160	9	12	5	0	2
	250	22	17	6	5	13
Totals	2,055	270	61	128	2,733	90
Your Daily Goal	5,787	723	193	290	2,300	217
Remaining	3,732	452	132	162	-433	127
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 3,857 extra calories from exercise today

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Your Exercise Diary for:

      Friday, February 5, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	91	1,234
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	125	2,554
Walking, 4.0 mph, very brisk pace	23	270
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	39	517
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-168
Daily Total / Goal	279 / 30	4,407 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	810 / 210	15,583 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 2055 calories

total calories burned (elliptical & walking) 4575 calories

total net 2520 calorie deficit

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fitbit day 153

37315 steps
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SATURDAY WEIGHT 220.3

5000 STEPS? THAT'S IT?

After a long weekend juggling family pressures with out-of-town guests for my daughter's Bat Mitzvah, I think that I ran myself down. Perhaps last weekend, I didn't get enough sleep and I was running only on adrenaline. Whatever the case, this week, I have been battling a mild headache, and perhaps a mild fever.  It was real rough visiting a customer yesterday. When I returned to my hotel room, after a quick stop for dinner at Panera Bread, I climbed back into bed again. This morning, I think I am feeling better. I certainly hope so.  On Monday, I drove to Cincinnati.  Yesterday, Tuesday, I had only one appointment which I knew would take a few hours.  On neither day, did I take a genuine exercise walk, or walk too much at all for that matter.  For two consecutive days, I had to walk in place at 11:30PM just to hurdle over 5000 steps for the day.  Just two weeks ago, November 22-28, I logged over 300,000 steps for the week. I really am a bit unwell, because my lack of activity has been matched by a loss of appetite. The last two days, I consumed about half the calories that I have been consuming in recent weeks. So two questions arise:  Did I eat so many more calories when I was exercising? Did my body crave less calories when my energy output was greatly reduced? The logical answers to those questions should be yes and yes. Although back in the old days, one year ago, I had no problem consuming 5000+ calories per day, every day,  when I also was doing absolutely nothing to burn calories other than respirating.

As anyone with a fitbit knows, earning this particular badge is not particularly impressive. In fact, it is about the equivalent of a participation trophy.  I think it is difficult for a person to keep under 5000 steps if one is not lying in bed all day.  Since that practically is what I did yesterday, lie in bed, with a break to see one customer, I just managed to achieve this dubious accomplishment.

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Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker - Instant Original Flavor Oatmeal, 3 pack	300	57	6	12	225	0
Evolution - Organic Orange Juice, 8 ounces	120	26	0	2	15	26
	420	83	6	14	240	26
L U N C H
Nature Valley Granola Bar Oats and Honey, 4	380	58	14	6	360	22
	380	58	14	6	360	22
D I N N E R
PANERA TURKEY SANDWICH, 1/2 SANDWICH	220	34	2	16	890	2
Panera - TURKEY CHILI BOWL, 1 bowl	280	34	12	20	1,070	9
Panera - Apple, 1 apple	80	21	0	0	0	15
	580	89	14	36	1,960	26
S N A C K S
Power Bar Chocolate Peanut Butter, 1 Bar	220	32	6	11	170	13
Reeses - Peanut Butter Cup, 1 piece	170	18	10	4	135	16
	390	50	16	15	305	29
Totals	1,770	280	50	71	2,865	103
Your Daily Goal	1,957	244	65	98	2,300	73
Remaining	187	-36	15	27	-565	-30
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 27 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Daily Total / Goal	0 / 30	0 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	2 / 210	86 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 1770 calories

total calories burned (no additional exercise) Not Applicable

total net calories 1770 calories

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fitbit day 97

5043 steps

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Two days ago, I logged 5060 steps which was my worst day ever.  What an accomplishment to come back one day later and 'improve' on the lameness of that total!



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