Saturday, February 22, 2020

UPTOWN GRILL LASALLE, ILLINOIS

On Friday I was with a particularly good customer from 10AM until 9PM.
Afterwards we had a dinner at Uptown Grill in LaSalle, Illinois.
I am so used to eating virtually every meal at Red Lobster, Applebee's, Panera and Starbucks.
Now that I have trained myself to make (relatively) healthy choices - I selected menu items which although were not listed with calories - I was confident that I was making somewhat smart (and tasty) choices.

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Friday, March 11, 2016

IS YOUR GLASS HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY?

This is how the Mayo Clinic website describes an intervention

An intervention can motivate someone to seek help for alcohol or drug abuse, compulsive eating, or other addictive behaviors.

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I need to self-intervene. My cravings for chocolate which were for months under control have been spiraling out of control. I have drawn a few lines in the sand in the past few months. I am not pleading for anyone to actually offer me an intervention - in fact, quite the opposite. I am aware of my problems. I am aware of my short-comings. And I know precisely what I have to do. There is nothing funny or amusing about this. I know that I should start today. Maybe I will...

I do also need to convince myself not to get too 'down' about my recent weight. I did step on the scale this morning, and still it registered a weight a fraction below 230 lbs - - - 229.7 lbs to be exact. This is still DOWN 80 POUNDS from where I started nearly 15 months ago. This should not exactly qualify as a failure.

Perhaps I should be a bit extra cheerful about my weight this morning - especially as it almost seems as if I took a day off from exercise yesterday. I 'only' worked out for one hour. (I usually work out for 90 or 120 minutes) I think I need to be 'glass is half full' kind of guy - not a 'glass is half empty' kind of guy. Optimism is a far better idea than pessimism. I am optimistic about my future successes with my weight management.

Now that I have been thinking about it... perhaps my problem is not that my glass (or plate, or dish, or bowl) has been half full or half empty. Perhaps the problem is that my glass has been completely full a bit too often...

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker Oats - Apples & Cinnamon	480	99	6	12	600	36
Scrambled Eggs w/two Sausages	300	0	0	0	0	0
Orange juice	112	26	0	2	2	21
	892	125	6	14	602	57
L U N C H
jack link's - jerky beef teriyaki	720	54	9	108	4,320	45
	720	54	9	108	4,320	45
D I N N E R
EARTHBOUND FARM - SPINACH	20	0	0	2	65	0
365 - Hearts of Palm: Salad Cut, 1 cup	50	10	0	4	580	0
Louis Kemp - Crab Delights Leg Style, 3 legs	70	11	0	6	430	1
libby's - Sweet Corn, 0.88 cup	105	16	3	4	350	12
Roundy's - Asparagus Spears, 1.75 Cup	70	11	0	7	1,225	11
Eggs - Hard Boiled - Large, 1 egg	78	1	5	6	62	1
Ham slices - Ham pieces, 3 oz	160	4	10	14	1,000	2
Bacon - Real Bits, 3 tbsp	75	0	5	9	660	0
Lamb, ground, raw, 6 oz	480	0	40	28	100	0
	1,108	52	62	80	4,472	26
S N A C K S
Keebler - Pb&J Crackers, 8 Pack,	250	34	11	4	300	9
Nature Valley - Crunchy Oats & Honey	190	29	6	4	160	12
Malt O Meal - Honey Nut Scooters	240	48	3	6	420	18
	680	111	20	14	880	39

Totals	3,400	342	98	216	10,275	167
Your Daily Goal	2,828	353	94	142	2,300	106
Remaining	-572	11	-3	-73	-7,974	-61
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 898 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
POLAR LIFEFITNESS ELLIPTICAL	65	881
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	17


Daily Total / Goal	66 / 30	898 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	499 / 210	7,640 / 4,130

total calories consumed 3400 calories

total calories burned (elliptical) 898 calories

total net 2502 calories

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fitbit day 190

12147 steps

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