THINNEST SILVER LINING EVER

The thinnest of silver linings, ever....

The world is going absolutely bonkers... with Coronavirus worries.
People are getting sick.
Some people are dying.
NBA cancelled.
NHL cancelled.
NCAA March Madness Collegiate Basketball tournament cancelled
New York Broadway Shows cancelled.
MLB Opening Day delayed.
Disneyland closed!
No Time to Die (new James Bond movie) pushed back to November.
Universities closed - asking students to leave the dorms!
Grade Schools and High Schools across America closed.
Museums closed.
APPLE announced just Saturday that effective immediately all retail stores closed.
Stock Market DOWN 10% on Thursday.
Stock Market UP 10% on Friday. (Yeah, that really happened!)
ROLLING STONES TOUR CANCELLED.

Well at least I bought gas yesterday for $1.7490/gallon.
That's....something....
Actually I got ripped off, I checked today... The same Costco selling gas this morning for $1.729


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I weighed myself on Saturday morning.... 264.5 lbs
I weighed myself on New Years Day Morning.... 297.0 lbs

32.5 lbs is my accomplishment so far....

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GENIUS BAR

Among the many reasons that I like Apple products, is that I really like the convenience of their 'Genius Bar.'   When something about an Apple product goes bad, either a walk-in appointment or an appointment made in advance at the Genius Bar will often get the problem resolved.

If one is lucky, the problem will be resolved without reaching into your wallet.  Today, in the middle of my 10 mile walk, a problem that I have been having with my charging cord, and or rate of battery charging was no longer something I could ignore.  My phone kept on turning off.  It would not charge properly.  I was using a brand-new Apple authorized 'lightning accessory cable' and a Limefuel portable battery which I knew was not the cause of the problem.  So, my ten mile walk had a two hour delay short of completing the 6th mile.  No worries, I ended my 'walk' at 5.5 miles and once my issue at the Lincoln Park Apple Store was resolved I walked an additional 4.5 miles so that my goal of 10 miles was reached.  One convenient thing about living in Chicago is that I am with a short walk of two Apple stores, and thus two Genius Bars. Over the past few years, I have taken advantage of this proximity to the Genius Bar many times.

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For dinner, a coupon at Panera Bread was cashed in.  The nearest Panera Bread is about .75 mile from our home.... A roundtrip would have been 1.5 miles.  I preferred to log a two mile walk so I padded the roundtrip walk by taking a route that was less than ideal for someone who might have been in a hurry.

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
John McCann Steel Cut - Oat Meal, 1 cup	600	108	0	16	0	0
Seedlander Crispbreads, 3 piece	300	36	12	12	390	6
Quaker Oats - Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bar	100	17	4	1	75	5
	1,000	161	16	29	465	11
L U N C H
SOYBEANS (ROASTED, SALTED), 140 g	225	15	13	20	550	5
Dark Chocolate Chips - 60 grams	210	27	14	3	0	21
NATURAL WASABI GREEN PEAS	240	38	6	8	480	4
Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
	865	130	33	32	1,034	68
D I N N E R
Panera Bread - Soba Noodle Bowl Chicken	390	47	9	31	1,340	4
	390	47	9	31	1,340	4
S N A C K S
Quakers - Rice Cake Lightly 14 Cake (9g)	490	98	0	14	210	0
Quaker Chocolate Granola Bar  3 bar (24g)	300	51	12	3	225	15
	790	149	12	17	435	15
Totals	3,045	487	69	109	3,274	98
Your Daily Goal	4,669	583	155	234	2,300	175
Remaining	1,624	95	85	125	-973	77
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,739 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 5.0 mph	65	1,276
Walking, 5.0 mph	56	948
Walking, 5.0 mph	23	468
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	47
Daily Total / Goal	145 / 30	2,739 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	401 / 210	7,588 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3045 calories

total calories burned (walk: 5.5 miles, 4.5 miles, 2 miles) 2692 calories

total net calories 353 calories

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fitbit day 91

27729 steps

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minimum ten mile per day walking streak reached 24 days.

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The 'Map My Walk' application that I use to 'map my walks' sent a recap for the month of November.  I logged 43 separate sessions (some could have been as short as only one mile) and walked just under 400 miles in just over 85 hours.

some math.

The month of November had 720 hours (24hours x 30days)

I spent 85 hours logging 'walks' at mostly 4.5 mph.

That is 11.8% of the time in the entire 720 hours of November.

I do not know what exactly this means - surely it means something.

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