ANOTHER DAY OF MEGA-EXERCISE

I enjoyed the results of my efforts this week... the direction of my weight has reversed course.  After briefly landing about 230 lbs, I am now safely below that threshold at 224 lbs. There is one way that people lose lots of weight and gain it back. And that way involves making no changes when one is steering off target. Although I have not made the most effective course correction by reducing my caloric intake, I have managed to successfully mount a course correction by exercising a bit more than normal.  Yesterday, I worked out for two 90 minute sessions before taking a long circuitous 6 mile walk to meet my family in downtown Chicago. Upon return home, I spent another 90 minutes on the elliptical machine.  As I have said many times before, please don't tell me that I am nuts.  I know it.

Imagine the need to change course if piloting an aircraft carrier.  It does not happen quickly. When one is gaining weight, it takes a lot of focused effort to change direction.  

In between sessions on the elliptical machine, I managed to find the time to take 6.39 mile walk to meet my family in downtown Chicago.  As you can see I dd not take the shortest route available to me.

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Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, March 19, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker - Cinnamon & Spice Instant Oatmeal, 3 packet	480	96	6	12	630	33
Cranberry-orange Walnut Bread	150	26	29	2	222	0
Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
	820	172	36	15	856	71
L U N C H
2 Egg Omelette With Ham and Cheese, 1 Omelette	383	2	21	32	810	2
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon, 4 slices	160	0	12	12	700	0
CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA	240	40	7	5	60	15
Baked Shrimp Chips	260	38	12	4	460	2
	1,043	80	52	53	2,030	19
D I N N E R
Turkey - White Meat, 6 oz.	210	7	0	29	1,726	6
Broccoli - Broccoli, 1 cup	60	6	1	5	49	0
Fried Rice, 1 cup	280	48	6	8	620	0
DARK CHOCOLATE COCONUT CHEWS	400	40	28	4	50	26
	950	101	35	46	2,445	32
S N A C K S
Rice Cakes - Butter Popcorn Flavor, 7 rice cake	245	49	1	7	315	0
Roasted Coconut Chips (1/2 Bag 1oz), 1 Bag	320	30	20	2	260	18
	565	79	21	9	575	18
Totals	3,378	432	144	124	5,906	140
Your Daily Goal	7,743	968	258	388	2,300	290
Remaining	4,365	535	113	264	-3,605	150
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 5,813 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,536
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	90	1,535
Walking	81	1,312
Walking	37	295
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,344
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-209
Add Exercise Quick Tools
Daily Total / Goal	393 / 30	5,813 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1822 / 210	28,667 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3378 calories

total calories burned (elliptical) 6022 calories

total net 2644 calorie deficit

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fitbit day 199

46926 steps  

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JUST CAN'T WEIGHT FOR THIS POLICY TO HIT US AIRLINES...

This morning, an article that I saw on the drudgreport.com got my attention which was linked from the Daily Telegraph UK website.  I have duplicated the article below.  Is there any doubt that this system will eventually come to United States Air Carriers?  The airlines currently charge for a multitude of 'services' that one would have never been able to imagine being offered a la carte a decade ago.  There is no doubt in my mind that this is coming to an airline near you...

Uzbekistan Airways to weigh passengers before boarding

Uzbekistan Airways plane in Frankfurt, Germany Photo: Alamy

By Soo Kim

7:06PM BST 12 Aug 2015 Uzbekistan's national carrier plans to weigh passengers with their hand luggage before boarding as part of a new ‘flight safety’ measure

Uzbekistan Airways passengers will be directed to a “special weighing machine” at the departure gate, to determine each person's average weight with their hand baggage.

The airline said that individual passengers' weights would not be disclosed, and “full confidentiality of results is guaranteed”, with the weighing machine only categorising passengers by sex and into adult and child groups.

“According to the rules of International Air Transport Association, airlines are obliged to carry out the regular procedures of preflight control passengers weighing with hand baggage to observe requirements for ensuring flight safety", the company said in a statement.

The Tashkent-based airline, whose motto is "safety, stability, comfort", has not made it clear whether larger passengers will be charged a fee, or excluded from flights on smaller planes.

It is also not known what measures would be taken should the total weight of the passengers and their hand luggage appear to exceed an aircraft’s weight limit and guidelines.

More than 44 per cent of those 20 years and older in Uzbekistan were found to be overweight, while nearly 15 per cent were obese, according to estimates from 2008 reported by the World Health Organization. The report predicts that in 2020, 13 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women in the same age group will be obese.

Uzbekistan Airways operates numerous routes throughout eastern Europe and Russia, and between London and Tashkent. It is sometimes used for internal or regional flights by tour operators offering "Silk Road" and central Asia tours.

Uzbekistan has some fascinating old cities, but would you be happy to be weighed before a flight to get there? (AP)

Telegraph Travel received an overwhelming response to a recent story on a man who attempted to sue Etihad Airways after he claimed he was left with back pain from sitting next to an obese passenger. Claire Mackichans wrote that her husband endured a nine-hour flight from Los Angeles next to a large gentleman, whom she said was so overweight, "he needed to shuffled sideways along the aisle and bring his own seatbelt extension onto the flight with him. He intruded at least 20cm into my husband's seat and was so large he couldn't fold down his tray table. Virgin Atlantic flight staff were unhelpful when my husband complained on two occasions during the flight. He had paid for a seat but was having to share half of it with another passenger. No other seat was available apparently."

Uzbekistan Airways is not the first airline to keep an eye on passengers' weights. In 2013, Samoa Air became the world’s first airline to charge passengers by their weight rather than per seat, in a bid to raise obesity awareness and improve public health. The Pacific island nations served by the carrier have some of the world's highest rates of obesity.

The Pacific national airline allows passengers to nominate their weight and then measures them on scales at the airport. Passengers do not pay for a seat but pay a fixed price per kilogram, which varies according to the length of the route. At the time, the head of Samoa Air, Chris Langton, said the system was fairer and that some families with small children were now paying substantially cheaper fares.

In the same year, the airline also introduced a special "XL class" to cater for larger passengers, creating a a wider row on its aircraft for passengers weighing more than 286 pounds (130 kilograms).

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 Wednesday MENU

breakfast   oatmeal, poached eggs, center cut bacon, corn thins             780 calories

lunch         fuji apples, granola, wasabi peas, mango, cacao goji           1228 calories

dinner       Sante Fe Chicken Chili, Mariano's spinach salad                   750 calories

SNACK    ginger chews, Kariba Farms organic dried pears                    245 calories

total calories consumed 3123 calories

calories burned

PRECOR EFX elliptical machine, set to fat burn, level 20 resistance, level 20 inline , 125 min    1757 calories

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Wednesday net calories 1366 calories

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I particularly enjoy using the PRECOR EFX elliptical machine at my Chicago YMCA as I look forward to completing my workout and taking a snapshot of my 'stats' when the workout is complete.