Sunday, September 17, 2017

GENERAL IRON INDUSTRIES

I have walked past this place many times. Until looking it up today on google, it had never dawned on me that this was a business that paid cash for scrap metal. It is located on Clifton Avenue one block from Clybourn Avenue in Lincoln Park, Chicago. This scrapyard has been in business in Chicago for over 100 years. Naturally, the Democratic Alderman now want it to vacate from its home in Chicago so the land can be developed for condos and/or retail. Is it just me, or does it always seem that Democrats are business unfriendly?

General Iron Industries of Chicago, IL is a family owned and operated Scrap Metal Recycling yard that buys copper, brass and aluminum, lite iron, stainless steel and more.

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My seven mile walk in the morning was enjoyable, that must be why I took another in the late afternoon. I met my family in the middle of it for dinner and then carried on.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker Oats instant grits - Instant Grits	200	44	3	4	620	0
	200	44	3	4	620	0
L U N C H
Campbell's Chunky Soup Roasted Beef Tips	240	38	4	14	1,580	10
Johnsonville - Smoked Turkey Sausage, 2	240	8	12	20	1,480	4
Libby's - Sweet Peas	245	42	2	14	1,050	21
Dannon - Greek coconut cream yogurt	90	12	0	13	0	8
	815	100	18	61	4,110	43
D I N N E R
Panda Express - Mushroom Chicken	170	11	14	12	840	4
Panda Express - Honey Walnut Shrimp Side	360	35	23	13	440	9
Panda Express - Brown Rice	420	87	4	9	15	1
	950	133	41	34	1,295	14
S N A C K S
Quaker - Chewy Granola 90 Calories, 1 bar	90	19	2	1	80	7
Yogurt Almonds	300	30	19	5	27	26
	390	49	21	6	107	33

Totals	2,355	326	83	105	6,132	90
Your Daily Goal	4,502	563	150	226	2,300	168
Remaining	2,147	237	67	121	-3,832	78
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,572 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 219 lbs in 5 weeks

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

ALL SYSTEMS GO, CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF

It is very possible that I am being overdramatic about my surgery. Yesterday I passed the last hurdle that was gnawing at me. I returned to my family doctor on Monday for my blood chemistry test, EKG and physical exam which was required by the surgeon prior to surgery. I was nervous about one issue. I was anticipating one possible problem that had the potential to delay the surgery. Last spring when my anemia was discovered, I spent the the summer visiting a gastroenterologist who seemingly tried very hard to find some cancerous, life-threatening explanation for my iron deficiency. After a series of procedures (for example, a colonoscopy) and tests which actually included a full-body cat scan - nothing was found to explain the deficiency. This seemed not to bother the gastroenterologist one bit and no explanation for the deficiency was ever offered. As I wrote at the time, I needed to be thankful to God that I didn't have some life-threatening problem. I admitted that I wondered why God found it necessary for me to spend $5000 to discover that I was healthy, which is what I thought I was before the anemia was discovered. Nevertheless, on a followup visit with my family doctor, I was given a prescription to take iron pills. I might have done a far better job following this course of action had the pills not been required to be taken three times per day with each meal. Not only was it an annoyance, but one evening at dinner one of the pills got lodged in my throat. Apparently a 325mg ferrous sulfate tablet does not slide down the esophagus with the carefree ease of a butterscotch hard candy. My throat was irritated for nearly 12 hours after this, and I was coughing with great irritation the whole night that this happened. This cured me of my desire to accept the advice of my doctor and take iron pills. I never even finished the first month supply of these pills. I effectively took myself off the iron pills during September of 2015.

So, fast forward to yesterday. Since I had not followed the advice of my doctor to take iron pills, there was the chance that if I was still iron deficient, that I might not be approved for surgery. It was a nice happy surprise that my blood work came back with my iron levels back to where they belonged. The current advice of my doctor is to DISCONTINUE THE FERROUS SULFATE TABLETS WHICH I WASN'T TAKING ANYWAY. Consider it done! The bottom line - I am good to go. Ready to be anesthetized on Friday morning, cut up a bit, patched up a bit more and sent on my way with my hernia issue resolved. I am looking forward to Friday, in that I cannot start mending until I get past the laparoscopic outpatient surgery that awaits me. In the calm before the storm, the persistent pain that I had been feeling is currently gone and on Monday and Tuesday I was able to walk on the treadmill for a full hour. This resurgence of the ability to exercise at all is about to be cut short on Friday morning for at least a week or so. For the next two days, I will enjoy my treadmill hour just a little bit more than usual.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Omelette - Ham and Cheese	400	1	30	40	1,225	0
Instant Oatmeal - Original	300	57	6	12	225	0
	700	58	36	52	1,450	0
L U N C H
Homemade - Crockpot Pot Roast	500	0	9	24	454	0
Manischewitz - Matzah, 2 Matzah	200	42	0	6	0	0
Roundy's - Peanut Butter- Creamy	360	16	30	14	280	6
New England Clam Chowder Soup, 2 cup	360	36	20	10	1,780	2
	1,420	94	59	54	2,514	8
D I N N E R
Homemade - Crockpot Pot Roast	500	0	9	24	454	0
HUGE SPINACH SALAD	250	0	0	0	0	0
	750	0	9	24	454	0
S N A C K S
Apples - Apples, 2 medium apple	160	44	0	0	0	32
	160	44	0	0	0	32

Totals	3,030	196	104	130	4,419	40
Your Daily Goal	2,213	276	73	111	2,300	83
Remaining	-817	80	-31	-19	-2,118	43
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 283 extra calories from exercise today