PASSOVER

from wikipedia...

Passover or Pesach (from Hebrew פֶּסַח‎ Pesah, Pesakh, Assyrian; ܦܸܨܚܵܐ "piskha"), is an important, biblically derived Jewish holiday. The Jewish people celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their liberation by God from slavery in Egypt and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses. It commemorates the story of the Exodus as described in the Hebrew Bible especially in the Book of Exodus, in which the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. 

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Passover will begin tonight. To everyone who celebrates...  May you have a meaningful holiday.
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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, April 9, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	780	162	9	18	1,020	72
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon	200	0	15	15	875	0
	980	162	24	33	1,895	72
L U N C H
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich	600	47	27	14	245	27
	600	47	27	14	245	27
D I N N E R
Cheese Pizza Slice, 1 Slice	700	70	28	44	1,370	7
	700	70	28	44	1,370	7
S N A C K S
Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich	300	48	10	4	260	24
Honey Nut Toasted Oats	300	60	3	5	475	28
	600	108	13	9	735	52
Totals	2,880	387	92	100	4,245	158
Your Daily Goal	3,102	388	103	156	2,300	116
Remaining	222	1	11	56	-1,945	-42
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
6 mile urban hike	83	1,128
Treadmill, 3.5mph	60	266
Daily Total / Goal	143 / 30	1,394 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	414 / 210	4,752 / 4,130

YOM KIPPUR

Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish Calendar.  It is the Day of Atonement.  It is a day when Jews ask forgiveness from others.  It is a day of fasting.  I finished eating dinner last night at sunset and the fast ends 24 hours later after sunset on the following day. For those who fast, this means no food and no water. One cannot (or certainly should not) try to eat an extra large meal before the fast begins. I have long ago figured out that that was a silly idea.  So yesterday, Tuesday, I had 'normal' meals. (normal for me, that is.)   After my very enthusiastic physical activities on Monday, I was a sore in the morning, and had some difficulty just walking.  As the day progressed, the soreness dissipated and virtually vanished. After my afternoon appointment I still managed to spend 60 minutes on the ELLIPTICAL MACHINE in my building.  Restricting my workout to 'only' 60 minutes was my way of taking it easy for the day. Today is a day when our family will go to Shul (Synagogue) and as it appears that the weather is cooperative - my intention is to walk home the 6.5 miles after services.  Religious Jews refrain from driving on Yom Kipper - so my authentic religious experience will be restricted to my walk home after driving to Shul.

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 Tuesday MENU

breakfast oatmeal, center cut bacon, scramble eggs, 
                popped caramel corn, two gala apples                             1157 calories

lunch       corn snack, wasabi, granola, date pieces, two apples       1130 calories
dinner      seafood, spinach salad, OREO cookies                              820 calories


total calories consumed     3107 calories                                                              

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STAR TRAC elliptical 62 minutes, manual, level 20   1520 calories

TOTAL CALORIES BURNED 1520 CALORIES

TUESday net calories 1587 calories

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fitbit day 20

12657 steps

On Monday, my steps were over 50,000.  When I awoke on Tuesday morning, my first few steps were not so easy....It took until the early afternoon when my body worked out all the 'kinks' and by late afternoon I felt as good as new!

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My daughter accompanied me to the exercise room yesterday afternoon - what a nice treat!

My daughter spent a few minutes trying out the elliptical machine

I was pleased that I summoned the energy (& desire) to fit in
an exercise session after Monday's 40 mile bike ride -
I had neither the energy (or the desire) when the day started.

YOSEMITE PARK WEATHER

Exactly three weeks from now, 21 days to be exact...I will be in a van with 6 other guys headed to Yosemite Park in preparation for the climb up Half Dome.  A few months ago I was concerned that my physical condition was peaking.  I am sure that my conditioning has improved much over the past few weeks.  My plan is to start 'relaxing' my physical output as the October 1st hiking date approaches.  My current thinking is that once I get to within a week or ten days of the actual climb that I need to start ratcheting down my workouts.   During that last week or so will be no time to take 30 mile bike rides or spend three hours on an elliptical machine.   It is never a good time for an injury and now would be a particularly bad time - so I need to be extra careful.

It is now time to start thinking about the weather that we might be facing on October 1.

As I review this chart it appears that it might be quite cold in the early morning hours when our hike begins.   As the temperature is likely to rise to the high sixties or low seventies, it appears that we will not be too cold during the day.   The very fact that I am reviewing this information and thinking about the weather in Yosemite Park continues to confirm that the day of the hike is looming ever closer.   I am looking forward to it!

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 Tuesday MENU

breakfast   oatmeal, center cut bacon, poached eggs                                 608 calories

lunch         baby spinach salad, asparagus, tomato, clam chowder
                 ginger crystallized dark chocolate                                            841 calories
dinner       melon salad, copping soup, chewy ginger, choc chips            690 calories
SNACKS  MULTIGRAIN RICE CAKES, DIVINE DARK CHOC      1345 calories

total calories consumed     3484 calories                                                              

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YMCA PRECOR EFX elliptical 120 minutes, manual setting

level 20 resistance, level 20 incline                      1767 calories

TOTAL CALORIES BURNED 1767CALORIES

TUESday net calories 1717 calories

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Yesterday I received my first weekly update from fitbit... I am definitely enjoying this new toy...

Hi Marc, here are your weekly stats. Aug 31, 2015 to Sep 06, 2015 WEEK'S MOST ACTIVE DAY Sun, Sep 6 WEEK'S LEAST ACTIVE DAY Mon, Aug 31 TOTAL STEPS 91,616  DAILY AVERAGE 13,088 steps BEST DAY 40,001 steps TOTAL DISTANCE 43.87 miles  DAILY AVERAGE 6.27 miles BEST DAY 19.09 miles TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 72  DAILY AVERAGE 10 floors BEST DAY 33 floors TOTAL CALS BURNED 21,682  DAILY AVERAGE 3,097 cals BEST DAY 5,811 cals WEIGHT CHANGE 1.1 lb  LIGHTEST 225.8 lbHEAVIEST 226.9 lb AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs 49 min  AVG TIMES AWAKENED 7 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 10min Last week's step winners 1 Bobby 95,006 steps 2 Marc  91,616 steps 3 Andrew J. 83,253 steps See current leaderboard Last week's badges See all of my badges

THIS FIRST WEEKLY SUMMARY THAT I RECEIVED FROM FITBIT ONLY INCLUDED THAT STATS FROM FIVE DAYS (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon).... I ONLY PURCHASED THE THING ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON!

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fitbit day 6

15,691 steps