Wednesday, May 25, 2016

ELLIPTICAL MACHINE

It is weird that during the 6 weeks or so that I was on the 'dl' (disabled list) with my hernia problem - the elliptical machine in the fitness room of my building has been broken. The left handle completely came off the unit. In fact, I was the last person to use the machine before it was completely out of order. When I returned home from Salt Lake City - with the permission of my surgeon to return to normal life - the machine was finally fixed. One might wonder why it takes 6 weeks to fix a broken piece of fitness equipment. This downtime probably would have disturbed me much more if I had been actually affected by its downtime, but I wasn't. Yesterday, I used the elliptical machine for the first time in 6 weeks. Since that machine uses different muscles than simply treadmilling or hiking - I think I did feel a good healthy soreness during the day while I was working. It was a great feeling. Now that summer is here - I will have any of three options available to me. Walking outdoors, treadmilling or elliptical machining. As I wrote yesterday - It is good to be back!

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Egg, whole, cooked, poached, 3 large	215	1	14	19	446	1
Butterball - Bacon Style Turkey, 4 slices	140	2	12	8	600	0
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bar - Oats'n Honey	190	29	7	3	180	11
	735	82	34	31	1,229	49
L U N C H
SUBWAY FOOTLONG FRESH FIT - 9-GRAIN WHEAT BREAD ROAST BEEF (no cheese) MUSTARD, 1 FOOTLONG	640	90	10	48	1,400	14
Apples - Apples, 2 medium apple	160	44	0	0	0	32
Kellogs - Nutrigrain Bar - Strawberry, 1 Bar	130	25	4	2	117	12
	930	159	14	50	1,517	58
D I N N E R
EARTHBOUND FARM - ORGANIC BABY SPINACH, 170 g (approx 3 oz, two cups)	40	0	0	4	130	0
Tomatoes - Cherry Tomatoes	24	0	0	0	0	3
Classic Grilled Cheese Sandwich, 1 sandwich	540	46	27	25	700	2
Campbell's - Condensed Tomato Soup, 1 cup (120mL)	180	40	0	4	960	24
	784	86	27	33	1,790	29



Totals	2,449	327	74	113	4,536	136
Your Daily Goal	2,989	373	99	150	2,300	112
Remaining	540	45	24	36	-2,236	-24
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,059 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,167
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-108
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Daily Total / Goal	93 / 30	1,059 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	166 / 210	2,119 / 4,130

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Saturday, May 14, 2016

ONE MORE WEEK

I admit I was nervous when I visited my surgeon yesterday. During the week I have been feeling slight discomforts and twinges in my abdominal area that I have never noticed before. Last weekend, I even started feeling (and/or imagining) pains and twinges on my left side (my surgery was on the right side!). When I met with my surgeon today, I immediately blurted out that I feared that I was suffering from a new hernia. It took him all of 30 seconds to assuage my fears. There is no new hernia. The hernia surgery is healing precisely as it should. I have been advised to continue to not lift more than 15 pounds for one week more. After the third week, I was advised that I could physically do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. On Monday and Tuesday, I have appointments with customers who will be unoffended as I go back and forth into their stores to bring my samples in on multiple trips. On Wednesday, I fly to Salt Lake City for International Quilt Market. By the time that I return, I should be ship shape and ready to resume my life as it was before this unpleasantness started. The hernia surgery wasn't the worst thing that can happen to someone, but I am glad that this chapter in my life is soon to be concluded.

The surgeon had indicated that my bicycle ride last weekend was not my best idea. The reason that bicycle riding during week one of recovery was ill-advised was that if I had fallen down somehow, that would have been a problem. Nevertheless, I had no mishaps during the bike ride and caused no problems with my recovery. Most of my phantom pains, twitches and twinges ceased to be a nuisance after being assured that I had healed properly. Once I returned home, I hopped onto my treadmill for a full 90 minute session. This was the first time I had done any exercise in four days. I think now with a more serious effort to get back on track calorie-wise and the resumption of a daily calorie burn I will have a better shot at losing some of the excess pounds that have been creeping back on.

SATURDAY WEIGHT 239 LBS
better than last week, still much work to do

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker - Grits - Instant - Original	200	44	0	4	620	0
Butterball - Bacon Style Turkey, 4 slices	140	2	12	8	600	0
Egg, whole, cooked, poached, 3 large	215	1	14	19	446	1
	555	47	26	31	1,666	1
L U N C H
Nathan's Skinless Beef Franks	280	2	26	10	960	0
Campbells Soup Italian Wedding	200	26	5	12	820	8
	480	28	31	22	1,780	8
D I N N E R
Shrimp - Cooked, breaded and fried	400	19	20	35	569	0
Cream Corn	100	22	1	2	360	8
Codfish - Codfish	100	0	1	22	74	0
	600	41	22	59	1,003	8
S N A C K S
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium	190	50	1	1	4	38
Ghirardelli - Chocolate 86% Cacao	250	15	25	3	0	5
	440	65	26	4	4	43

Totals	2,075	181	105	116	4,452	59
Your Daily Goal	2,665	333	89	134	2,300	100
Remaining	590	151	-16	18	-2,152	40
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 735 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
MATRIX TREADMILL	90	800
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-65


Daily Total / Goal	91 / 30	735 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	160 / 210	1,331 / 4,130

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