SANITY QUESTION

It took a lot of effort to get my five mile walk in on Wednesday. My day started in Lafayette, Indiana and ended in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I visited two customers in Indiana and then scooted north to visit a customer in Ann Arbor on Thursday morning. It wasn't until 7PM until I could get outside to get in my steps. It had rained all day as I traversed the two states, but finally around 7PM, the rain had stopped. It takes a lot of mental willpower to get outside for a five mile hike in unfamiliar surroundings, in the darkness. Amazingly, I still have that willpower. But I do question my sanity.
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Even I am self-aware enough to see that this is a photo that does not look like the depiction of sanity.  But you know what, the feeling of accomplishment that I feel each and every day that I take my daily hike, is something that would be too painful to miss. At least that's how I feel these days.

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Svenhard's - Cinnamon Horn, 1 pastry 2oz	240	32	12	3	230	19
Toast and Butter - Toast and Butter, 2 slice	200	0	22	0	0	0
Kellogg's - Fruit Loops Cereal	220	52	2	2	270	24
	660	84	36	5	500	43
L U N C H
Speedy Ham Salad Sandwich on Wheat Bread	310	42	10	14	990	7
Chobani - Fruit on the Bottom - Pineapple	260	34	5	22	100	28
	570	76	15	36	1,090	35
D I N N E R
Campbell's Sirloin Burger Soup	520	68	16	28	3,160	12
	520	68	16	28	3,160	12
S N A C K S
Klondike - Klondike Bar, 1 bar	250	29	14	3	70	23
Milky Way - Midnight Dark, 1 bar	220	36	8	1	65	29
	470	65	22	4	135	52
Totals	2,220	293	89	73	4,885	142
Your Daily Goal	2,905	363	97	146	2,300	109
Remaining	685	70	8	73	-2,585	-33
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 975 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 217.1 lbs in 5 weeks     

RETURN TO ZIONSVILLE RAIL TRAIL

My attempt to walk along the Zionsville Rail Trail on Tuesday was thwarted by my veering off the trail and walking much of my 10 mile hike off the trail and along the streets of the town.  I arrived at the trail on Tuesday evening very close to dusk and just did not have a plan and I did not know which way to start.  I fixed this with a pre-dawn hike on the very next day, yesterday.  For Wednesday's hike I set my alarm for 5:00AM and I was on the trail (in total darkness) at 6:00AM.  I parked at Zionsville City Hall which was one of the official trailheads.  The trail was paved, it was wide and I started my hike under a blanket of shimmering stars.  My flashlight came in handy as it really was completely dark.  Still, even at that hour I passed a number of people who were jogging, also with flashlights. (headlamps)

It appears that I left the Indianapolis area during a last gasp of unseasonably fall weather.  When I returned from my hike to enjoy my breakfast at the Days Inn, the local television weatherman was speaking of the 1" to 3" snowfall that was expected over the weekend.  A quick check of the forecast for Chicago indicates that we will not be escaping the cold weather or the snow.  Although, today, Friday should be warm enough, the temperatures are going to dip below freezing on Saturday and never rise above freezing on Sunday.  So, a challenge lies before me:  Am I going to continue to get my ten mile walk outdoors?  I expect to do precisely that. Certainly I will try.

After walking off the Zionsville Rail Trail on Tuesday night and veering into the muddy unpaved trail of the Starkey Nature Preserve, this paved trail was a welcome sight.  Especially in the darkness of the pre-dawn hours.  I got a kick out of these signs warning that the wooden planks of the bridge were slippery when wet.  The wet surfaces of the wooden bridges were, in fact, incredibly slippery.

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Your Food Diary For: Thursday, November 19, 2015 BREAKFAST Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar KELLOGGS - RAISIN BRAN (dry cereal, no milk), 1 cup 190 46 1 5 210 18 Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple (170g) 190 50 1 1 4 38 Quaker - Cinnamon & Spice Instant Oatmeal, 3 packet (43 g) 480 96 6 12 630 33 General Mills - Nature Valley - Oats 'n Honey Crunchy Granola Bar, 2 bars 190 29 6 4 160 12 1,050 221 14 22 1,004 101 L U N C H Whole Foods - Blackened Trout, 1 fillet 220 21 8 18 650 0 Home Made - Collar Greens, 9 cups cooked 75 15 0 0 60 3 Generic - ++ Hush Puppies ++, 4 piece 204 28 9 4 772 0 WHOLE FOODS - NATURAL WASABI GREEN PEAS, 0.533332807947278 cup (30 grams) 192 30 5 6 384 3 WHOLE FOODS - SUPERFOOD CEREAL RADIANT RASPBERRY, 66.3 g (1/2 cup) 217 32 9 5 18 9 WHOLE FOODS 9269 - DRIED PAPAYA, 7.2 slices (40g) 120 30 0 1 12 18 1,028 157 31 35 1,896 33 D I N N E R WHOLE FOODS 8890 - STRAWBERRY VANILLA HEMP GRANOLA, 66.0 g (3/4 cup) 300 48 10 6 72 18 Campbells Home Style Soup - Italian Wedding Soup, 2 cup 200 26 5 12 820 8 WHOLE FOODS 8609 - KAHUNA CRUNCH TRAIL MIX, 84 g (approx 1/4 cup) 390 48 24 6 75 30 890 122 39 24 967 56 S N A C K S Kind - Fruit & Nut - Almond & Coconut, 2 bar (40g) 380 42 24 6 50 24 WHOLE FOODS 7251 - PINEAPPLE RINGS, 40.85 g (approx 2 pieces) 133 32 0 0 19 23 WHOLE FOODS 7241 - UNSALTED SPROUTED RAW PUMPKIN SEEDS, 39.2 g. (1/4 cup) 211 7 18 10 7 0 KROGER 90078 - BANANA CHIPS, 40.0 g (approx 3/4 cup) 216 25 12 1 0 5 940 106 54 17 76 52 Totals 3,908 606 137 97 3,943 242 Your Daily Goal 3,722 465 124 187 2,300 139 Remaining -186 -141 -13 89 -1,642 -102 Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar *You've earned 1,792 extra calories from exercise today          .
Your Exercise Diary for: Thursday, November 19, 2015 Cardiovascular Minutes Calories Burned Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace 132 1,946 MFP iOS calorie adjustment N/A -154     Daily Total / Goal 133 / 30 1,792 / 590   Weekly Total / Goal 533 / 210 8,246 / 4,130 . total calories consumed 3908 calories total calories burned (10 mile walk) 1792 calories total net calories 2116 calories . ....................... fitbit day 78 50129 steps ........................ ten mile walking streak reached 11 days ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  so how does one reach 50,000+ steps in one day?  It is 'easy.'   A ten mile walk in the pre-dawn hours will catapult the step count well over 10,000.  When I arrived home from Indiana around 5PM, I examined my caloric intake for the day, and I was 'alarmed.'  One cannot really erase calories, but one can try.  I walked in place for nearly 4 hours.  I was walking in place while on the phone for nearly one hour.  I was walking in place while watching a video of a TV show that I wanted to catch up on.  I was walking in place while I watched the 'live' broadcast of a TV show.  And I was walking in place while I watched the news.  When I passed 50,000 steps for the day, I was satisfied.  Just two hours later, the fitbit mocked me at midnight.  It indicated zero steps.  Just as it does every single day. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  and one final thing... The MARC JACOBS WEIGHT LOSS JOURNAL blog passed a milestone last evening... It has logged its 25000th visit.  The blog hasn't exactly gone 'viral.'  And the Rabbi Hillel Diet has not become the biggest diet program (philosophy) in the world - but it has helped me.  I am its author and its biggest fan.  I know that it has been instrumental in keeping me on track, and getting me back on track each time I showed signs of derailing.

GOD BLESS LIGHT POLLUTION

Light Pollution is sum total of all the light that lights up the night sky and prevents those that are earthbound from seeing the stars.  I live in Chicago - On the clearest night maybe a person can spot a handful of stars.  When I was making my 11 mile walk in Goshen after sundown on Tuesday evening, I could barely see where I was going, although the night sky had more stars than I am used to seeing at home. I utilized the flashlight feature on my iphone as a flashlight and beacon to insure that oncoming cars could see me.  After a successful one day tradeshow which took place in Shipshewana, Indiana, I returned to Chicago. Since I spent most of my day standing or sitting on one place for eight hours, followed by another three hours in the car driving - I was raring to go for walk when I returned home.  It was a joy walking in Chicago at night.  Compared to the true darkness I experienced walking of the night before, night time Chicago seemed like daytime!  God bless light pollution!

Millennium Park, Chicago (at night)

The evening temperature when I returned to Chicago shortly after 7:00PM was still 66 degrees.  I was able to go out in shorts and a t-shirt and feel completely comfortable.  My walk lasted until I had logged 13.1 miles.  It was warm enough that even dressed in short and t-shirt I worked up a good healthy sweat.

This is Chicago in November.  It is hard to imagine better weather for this time of year.

This is an enlargement of the part of the 13 mile walk that took place in Millennium Park and Maggie Daley Park

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker Oats - Instant Oatmeal Apples & Cinnamon, 3 Bowl (43g)	480	99	6	12	600	36
Forrelli - Rice Cakes Multigrain Thin, 18 SLICE	360	72	0	0	360	0
	840	171	6	12	960	36
L U N C H
Side dishes - Potato salad, 0.33 cup	108	13	6	1	312	0
Barrel O' Fun - Pretzel, Mini Twists, Fat Free, 32 pretzels	220	46	0	6	820	2
Home Made - Sloppy Joes, 4 oz	252	5	8	18	389	0
	580	64	14	25	1,521	2
D I N N E R
Trader Joe's - Coconut Chips, 1 bag	320	30	20	2	260	18
Primal Strips - Hickory Smoked Meatless Vegan Jerky Soy, 28 g	99	8	3	10	344	3
FRESH THYME - DEHYDRATED PAPAYA (lLOW SUGAR), 52.5 g (approx 1/10 cup)	175	44	0	0	44	32
Campbell's Chunky Soup - Sirloin Burger with Country Vegetables, 2 cup (240mL)	280	34	10	14	1,580	6
	874	116	33	26	2,228	59
S N A C K S
Forrelli - Rice Cakes Multigrain Thin, 36 SLICE	720	144	0	0	720	0
WHOLE FOODS 8497 - CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA, 66.0 g (3/4 cup)	288	48	8	6	72	18
WHOLE FOODS 7700 - ORGANIC DATE PIECES w/OAT FLOWER, 66.0 g (2 TBSP)	198	49	0	2	16	36
	1,206	242	8	8	809	54
Totals	3,500	592	61	71	5,517	151
Your Daily Goal	4,688	586	156	235	2,300	175
Remaining	1,188	-5	94	163	-3,216	24
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,758 extra calories from exercise today

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	Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 5.0 mph	156	2,925
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-167
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Daily Total / Goal	157 / 30	2,758 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	466 / 210	8,429 / 4,130

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TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 3500 CALORIES

CALORIES BURNED 2925 CALORIES

NET CALORIES 575 CALORIES

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fitbit day 63

45093 steps
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Three photos taken in front of Cloud Gate in Millennium Park...more commonly known as The Bean

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