JANUARY

JANUARY
SUCCESS
one complete month eating well
no chocolate chip cookies, no Oreos, no Hot Chocolate, no chocolate cake, no Hi Ho's, No M&M's (plain or peanut) No Potato Chips, no Bugles, no Hamburger, no Pizza, no Soft Pretzel, no gas-station hot dogs, no free cookies at the hotel, no flavored oatmeal, no Culver's, no Chick-Fil-A, no bacon, egg, cheese bagels at McDonald's, no White Castle, no Tacos at Taco Bell, no Whoppers, no cheeseburgers, no Klondike Bars, no milk shakes, no Brownies, no Hershey chocolate bar, no donuts, no doughnuts either.... In fact, no snacks since this decade began!

I will weigh myself Sunday to see just how much progress I have made.
January was a success!

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FAUX SHOPPING SPREE

On Thursday night I visited a convenience store and I used my myfitnesspal app to record the calorie content of much of the 'snacks' that I have been enjoying for the past year.... Even I never had all from this list in one day - but I surely had much more than than this list in a week.  Hmmm, I wonder why I gained so much weight in the past year.  Mystery Solved. I am disgusted with myself. Actually, I am not disgusted at all.... I just finished my 9th day of not eating anything even remotely from this list... It does not take too long to start feeling better as I do. Yeah, I know... shocking

I have not completely removed sugar from my diet. It is hard.  There is some sugar in many restaurant prepared foods. But I have decreased my sugar intake by a factor of alot.

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DUNKIN' DONUTS HIKE

Last evening my daughter wanted a donut at Dunkin' Donuts. In fact, she wanted more than one. There is a Dunkin' Donuts literally around the corner from our home in downtown Chicago. My daughter also knows me quite well. She knew that we would walk there.  A couple of years ago, in the midst of my laziest, most lethargic lifestyle, even I did not drive around the corner! The temperature was approximately 30°F so we dressed appropriately. We walked outside our home. We then walked nearly 3 miles downtown to Polk Street, walked east two blocks more, and then walked back out to our neighborhood and to the Dunkin' Donuts. The store did not have the exact donuts that she wanted in the quantities that she wanted them - so she settled for just one. Once the donut was secured, we walked around the corner back home. That is how one can take an urban hike of 6 miles to get to a place around the corner. It may seem bizarre to some. Bizarre it may be, but healthy it is too.

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, December 29, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker - Instant Oatmeal- Maple, 4 packet	640	128	8	16	1,040	48
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon, 5 slices	200	0	15	15	875	0
	840	128	23	31	1,915	48
L U N C H
French Baguette	750	150	5	25	1,850	5
Fresh Market - Thai Lobster Salad	550	25	43	13	0	0
	1,300	175	48	38	1,850	5
D I N N E R
Minestrone Soup, Homemade	550	78	17	32	0	0
	550	78	17	32	0	0
S N A C K S
Protein Plus Protein Bar - MET-Rx, 1 bar	310	29	10	32	95	1
Dark Chocolate Melting Wafers	500	55	30	7	102	48
	810	84	40	39	197	49
Totals	3,500	465	128	140	3,962	102
Your Daily Goal	2,873	359	95	144	2,300	107
Remaining	-627	-106	-33	4	-1,662	5
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 943 extra calories from exercise today

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
SIX MILE URBAN HIKE	88	1,061
Daily Total / Goal	88 / 30	1,061 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	628 / 210	6,860 / 4,130

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