Day 2, of the Marc Jacobs Revival

Well, I am Marc Jacobs.
And I am trying to revive my health(ier) lifestyle.
I took a 10 mile urban hike on Saturday which just about wiped me out.
So, Sunday was a day of massive inactivity.
Still, for the second day in a row...
...I kept my calorie count more in line with normal human consumption.

For the past few weeks as I have been inflating the balloon, aka my body... I have been far less successful... so progress such as it is needs to be recognized...

A bagel with cream cheese for breakfast was not the wisest choice I could have made....

But for weeks when I was not self-reporting what has been thrown down my throat - take my word for it... this was progress.



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FAST DAY

Yesterday was not a fast day (time moved slowly)

It was a FAST DAY. (I was in the middle of a 24 hours fast - no drinking, no eating)

The thing with fasting is this, from the moment that one ceases eating or drinking for the next 24 hours - thirst is immediate. 

I think I fast because it is one of the few 'Jewish' things that I do each year.

I think I have fasted every year for the past 25 years or so.

Even though I was fasting, I did walk home 7 miles from synagogue after services yesterday.

I was not trying to set any speed records.

Walking home accomplished two things.

I gave me my 'steps' for the day.

It also 'shaved time off the clock' until my next meal.

After breaking the fast at sundown. My daughter and I set out for a four mile roundtrip walk to Whole Foods to pick up a snack. This walk was less about the snack and more about the walk. Want proof? We live about three tenths of a mile away from a Whole Foods. We simply chose to go to the store that was two miles away. 

Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, September 30, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
YOM KIPPUR - NO MEAL	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0
L U N C H
YOM KIPPUR - NO MEAL	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0
D I N N E R
Bagels, Lox and Cream Cheese	1,000	122	30	67	3,893	22
Dark Chocolate Coconut Chews	400	40	28	4	50	26
	1,400	162	58	71	3,943	48
Totals	1,400	162	58	71	3,943	48
Your Daily Goal	3,013	376	100	151	2,300	113
Remaining	1,613	214	42	80	-1,643	65
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,083 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 221 lbs in 5 weeks     

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BEST MEAL OF THE YEAR

For traditional religious Jews there are several 'fasting days during the year.  Traditionally, my family observed the fast of Yom Kippur only.  The fast is more meaningful if one finds themselves in Shul (Synagogue) during the day.  In recent years, I have gone to Synagogue during at least part of the day.    Jews greet each other during this holiday by wishing each other a meaningful and easy fast. I would be lying if I said that I look forward to the fast.  I do not. However, since I do fast - you cannot believe how much I look forward to the meal that breaks the fast.  There is no food that I enjoy more when breaking fast than bagels and lox.  Since I started my new lifestyle back on December 24, 2014 - I have not had a bagel.  Bagels used to be a staple in my 'diet.'  BAGELS ARE NOT LOW CALORIE AND THEY ARE NOT NUTRITIOUS.  THEY ARE HOWEVER, QUITE DELICIOUS.   My dinner, my first food that I had in 24 hours was a meal of bagels and lox and as always, it was the  BEST MEAL OF THE YEAR.

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 Wednesday MENU

breakfast   YOM KIPPUR - FAST DAY - NO MEAL                0 CALORIES
lunch         YOM KIPPUR - FAST DAY - NO MEAL                0 CALORIES
dinner       TWO BAGELS w/LOX & CREAM CHEESE      880  CALORIES
SNACK    POPPED CARAMEL CORN                                 385 CALORIES

total calories consumed  1265 calories                                                              

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CALORIES BURNED

6.5 mile walk home from Synagogue, leisurely walk at 3 MPH              651 calories

WEDNESday net calories 614 calories

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fitbit day 21

20028 steps

Most of the steps recorded on Wednesday were from my walk home from Synagogue (6.5 miles)

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After YOM KIPPUR services on Wednesday I walked home as I had planned.  I was wearing suit pants and a white shirt and tie.  I made no effort for speed.  I was walking at my normal leisurely pace of 3mph.   (I never even loosened the top button of my white dress shirt)   Nevertheless,  6.5 mile walk is not nothing.  I found a calorie estimator online, from sparkpeople.com and apparently even a walk at that leisurely pace for two full hours should have 'burned' 650 calories.  Yesterday was a 'fasting' day - I am happy to have had some physical exercise.  Really, this has to be counted as a day off from my daily exercise routine.  Still, I am glad to post some calories burned over and above what one burns simply by being alive and breathing.

Calories Burned - WALKING: 3 mph

(20 minutes per mile)

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› Calories Burned: 651 

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weekly status report

Hi Marc, here are your weekly stats. Sep 14, 2015 to Sep 20, 2015 WEEK'S MOST ACTIVE DAY Sat, Sep 19 WEEK'S LEAST ACTIVE DAY Fri, Sep 18 TOTAL STEPS 143,937  DAILY AVERAGE 20,562 steps BEST DAY 30,044 steps TOTAL DISTANCE 68.83 miles  DAILY AVERAGE 9.83 miles BEST DAY 14.34 miles TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 193  DAILY AVERAGE 28 floors BEST DAY 57 floors TOTAL CALS BURNED 30,133  DAILY AVERAGE 4,305 cals BEST DAY 5,080 cals WEIGHT CHANGE 0.0 lb LIGHTEST 226.6 lbHEAVIEST 226.6 lb Add caption AVG SLEEP DURATION -- hrs -- min Seems like you haven't tracked your sleep. Need Help?

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