200,000 STEPS

Finally, after 9 weeks, I have logged a week of 200,000+ steps. Most normal fitbit people are happy if they can get in their 5 miles per day, which translates to 10,000 steps per days which further translates to 70,000 steps for a week. I am not a normal person. I have never been accused of being a normal person. Normal people do not allow their weight to crest over 300 pounds as I had as of December 2014. I have always been a person who goes a bit overboard. At least when one is going overboard with regard to fitness activity there is far more benefit than harm. I am a person that is likely to take 10 mile walk before breakfast or after dinner, or perhaps spend more than two hours on fitness equipment. A person that does this can 'easily' rack up 200,000 steps within a 7 days week. I just completed my second week of full recovery from the hernia surgery. It is with great personal pleasure that I was able to exceed 200,000 steps this week. I am the master of dubious achievements. Surely there are worse things that one can do with their time.

Finally, after a 9 weeks, I logged a week of 200,000+ steps.

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For one week that ran from Sunday May 29 thru Saturday June 4, I logged 201,931 steps.  It was the first time that I have logged that many steps in 9 weeks.  During most of those 9 weeks, I was injured or recovering from my hernia surgery.

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BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Cream of Rice - Hot Cereal, 1 cup	160	36	0	3	0	0
Egg, whole, cooked, poached, 3 large	215	1	14	19	446	1
Butterball - Bacon Style Turkey, 4 slices	140	2	12	8	600	0
Sweet & Salty Trail Mix, 62 g	320	30	20	8	110	22
	835	69	46	38	1,156	23
L U N C H
Taco Bell - Crunchy Taco Shells	160	21	7	2	0	0
Breaded Pork Chop, 2 Chop	472	18	30	31	510	2
Earthbound Farm - Baby Spinach, Organic	20	3	0	2	65	0
Oyster Crackers, 28 crackers	140	22	4	2	120	0
Crab - Imitation	80	14	0	6	450	3
Sliced Beets, 1/2 cup	40	8	0	1	250	6
	912	86	41	44	1,395	11
D I N N E R
Turkey Pot Roast, 9 oz	390	9	21	42	1,590	3
Broccoli - Broccoli Steamed, 1 cup	31	6	0	3	30	2
Butternut Squash, 170 g	80	20	0	2	0	4
85% Dark Chocolate, 1 bar	420	34	38	8	0	14
	921	69	59	55	1,620	23
S N A C K S
Candy Bar, 1/2 bar	95	15	4	1	45	11
Jif - to Go Chocolate Silk, 1 cup	250	18	19	5	100	14
	345	33	23	6	145	25
Totals	3,013	257	170	142	4,316	81
Your Daily Goal	4,804	600	160	241	2,300	180
Remaining	1,791	342	-9	99	-2,015	99
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,874 extra calories from exercise today

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,388
MATRIX TREADMILL	60	554
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	60	911
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	21
Add Exercise Quick Tools
Daily Total / Goal	213 / 30	2,874 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1173 / 210	15,556 / 4,130

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I started my day with a 92 minute session on the elliptical machine set to resistance '13'

It was a rainy afternoon in Chicago, so what better way to spend it than  on a treadmill for an hour?

After my one hour on the treadmill, I still had some 'gas' in the tank (although not too much) and logged another hour back on the elliptical machine with the resistance now set to '14'  (I had set the machine for a 90 minute workout - but I just didnt have it inn me...)

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MAKE TIME

Yesterday, I needed to travel 45 minutes to Shipshewana, Indiana in order to set up for a one day wholesale fabric show. I needed to be there at 7AM. I did not expect to return to my hotel until around 7:30PM.  It was clear that I would have to be a bit creative if I wanted to work in some exercise for the day. I arrived in Shipshewana at 6:30 which game me time to walk the .75mile perimeter of the hotel in Shipshewana twice, which was became 1.5 miles.  When I returned to my hotel in the evening, there was still time and enough sunlight to squeeze in a 5 mile walk before a late dinner. It would have been so easy to justify a lack of time as an excuse to skip any kind of exercise for the day - I guess that it no longer my style.  It certainly used to be. No longer. If one wants to exercise - one can always MAKE TIME.

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I 'made time' to walk around the perimeter of the hotel where my wholesale fabric show was in Shipshewana.  I walked around the perimeter of the property twice before 7:00AM which meant that I had logged 1.5 miles before most people wake up and have their first cup of coffee.

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Instant Oatmeal Apples & Cinnamon	320	66	4	8	400	24
KELLOGGS - RAISIN BRAN	380	92	2	10	420	36
Sage - Red Delicious Apple	95	25	0	1	2	19
	795	183	6	19	822	79
L U N C H
Pulled Pork Sandwich, 1 sandwich	440	58	13	19	1,080	18
Barrel O' Fun - Pretzel, Mini Twists	220	46	0	6	820	2
	660	104	13	25	1,900	20
D I N N E R
Noodles and co - Penne Rosa, 1 bowl	790	97	35	24	680	13
Noodles & Co - Chicken Noodle Soup	170	22	5	11	1,370	5
Add Food Quick Tools	960	119	40	35	2,050	18
S N A C K S
Cookies - Chocolate chip, soft-type	259	33	14	2	185	0
Add Food Quick Tools	259	33	14	2	185	0
Totals	2,674	440	73	80	4,956	117
Your Daily Goal	3,762	470	125	189	2,300	141
Remaining	1,088	30	51	108	-2,656	24
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,832 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking	12	128
Walking	12	126
Walking	68	940
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	638
Daily Total / Goal	93 / 30	1,832 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	661 / 210	8,024 / 4,130

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It's been awhile since I have eaten at Noodles & Co.
Last evening I visited one of these franchises as it was just four blocks away from my hotel.
I am trying to remember: Would the 'old' me of 2015 driven there?
A rhetorical question if there ever was one.  Of course I would have driven there.

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CHALLENGES AHEAD

I am approaching the one year anniversary of the day that I decided to cease being 309 lbs.  That day is December 24th.  In the retelling of my story, so many people were amazed that I would start a 'diet' on Christmas Eve.  My response is always the same, "I'm Jewish, December 24th was not Christmas Eve, it was a Wednesday."  I have apparently passed the first important challenge - that is, maintaining my weight after dropping it.  My progress came quickly.  I did basically lose all the weight within the first five months.  In the five subsequent months, I have watched my weight bop up and down within a 10 pound 'window'.  I still must be very careful about how much I eat.  I have noticed that I have slowly been increasing my caloric intake.  I do still eat too much food that is less than ideal.  I need to remind myself that just because food is purchased at a so-called health food store - it does not inherently make everything sold there, healthy.  I am extremely proud of my physical accomplishments over the past year.  The two high-points that come to mind were my successful walking of the 26.2 mile Chicago Marathon and the successful summit of Half Dome in Yosemite Park.  Both of these accomplishments would have seemed unimaginable to me one year ago and for my entire life.  As I look forward, I know that there will be more challenges ahead.  Some of these challenges are mental and some are physical. I look forward to challenging myself in new ways in the future.  I must simply remember that the greatest challenge and most important challenge of all is to never go backwards.  

Yesterday, I was speaking about my 'streak' of walking a minimum of 10 miles each day.  I wanted to wake up early yesterday and walk - but I was physically too tired.  The day before, I had started my day at 5:00AM and I just didn't have the energy for a early morning walk.  In addition, since I am now in Indiana, I have 'lost' an additional hour as I am now in the Eastern Time Zone.  The pressure was removed, as it was raining anyway.  I am likely just crazy enough to possibly set out for a walk in a light rain - but it surely would not be very enjoyable.  Even though my hotel does have a fitness room, the kind of place that I sought out for months and months earlier this year - nowadays, I simply enjoy being outdoors too much to face a two hour indoor workout. (When the weather turns really bad, I will surely return indoors.)  After my day with my customers concluded, I returned to my hotel room at around 6:00PM.   Although it was already dark, I set out to log my 10 miles.  I was 'armed' with my high intensity bicycle light which showed me where I was going and made me much more visible to the automobiles with whom I was sharing the road for much of the hike. So another day, another day - mission accomplished.  The time it took was a bit elongated as I was walking in darkness, and walking often on tall grass.  Still, it is a great feeling to go to sleep each day with that accomplishment checked off my daily list of things to do.

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Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker - Instant Original Flavor Oatmeal, 6 pack	600	114	12	24	450	0
KELLOGGS - RAISIN BRAN (dry cereal, no milk), 2 cup	380	92	2	10	420	36
	980	206	14	34	870	36
L U N C H
Whole Foods - Turkey Meatballs With Marinara, 6 pieces plus sauce	460	16	20	50	1,440	4
WHOLE FOODS 5938 - UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS, 48.0 g (1/4 cup)	272	26	16	3	8	2
WHOLE FOODS - SESAME STICKS (SALTED), 1/3 cup	160	13	11	3	420	0
Whole Foods - Milk Chocolate Covered Cranberries, 12 pieces	180	27	8	1	15	23
WHOLE FOODS 7608 - YOGURT PRETZELS, 20 g (approx 8 pcs)	95	14	4	1	90	10
	1,167	96	59	58	1,973	38
D I N N E R
Campbell's Chunky - Manhattan Clam Chowder, 2 cup	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
WHOLE FOODS 7241 - UNSALTED SPROUTED RAW PUMPKIN SEEDS, 28 g. (1/4 cup)	151	5	13	7	5	0
WHOLE FOODS 8890 - STRAWBERRY VANILLA HEMP GRANOLA, 55 g (3/4 cup)	250	40	8	5	60	15
	641	81	27	22	1,665	21
S N A C K S
dang toasted coconut - original recipe, 84 g	495	51	30	3	495	33
WHOLE FOODS 7089 - 42% CACAO SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS, 45 g (approx 2 TBSP)	210	30	12	3	0	24
	705	81	42	6	495	57
Totals	3,493	464	142	120	5,003	152
Your Daily Goal	4,677	584	156	234	2,300	175
Remaining	1,184	120	13	113	-2,703	22
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,747 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	139	1,857
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	890
Daily Total / Goal	140 / 30	2,747 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	269 / 210	4,654 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3493

total calories burned (10 mile walk) 1857 calories

total net calories 1636 calories

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fitbit day 76

25651 steps

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ten mile walking streak reached 9 days