TERRIFIC WEEKEND

The visit to Chicago by my Mom and her brother came to an end when I dropped them off at O'hare Airport at 11:30AM. My Mom wrangled an invitation for me to join them at the Wedding Brunch held in a downtown Chicago Hotel. It gave me an opportunity to briefly meet some distant relatives and enjoy a good hearty breakfast. We arrived at O'Hare Airport precisely when we needed to and miraculously there was very little traffic in either direction. I was back home by noon time. This gave me just enough time for a 10 mile urban hike before I needed to get underway for my drive to Cincinnati. There was time to squeeze in a ten mile hike because I wanted to make the time. It would have been easy (at least for an earlier version of myself) to come to the conclusion that there was no time for a ten mile hike with a five hour drive looming at the end of the day. That particular version of myself is long gone. My priorities included getting in my exercise. As the summer is winding down, I will be faced with options that include the elliptical machine and/or treadmill in the future. I am convinced that there is simply nothing better than an outdoor hike, be it a fast walk through city streets or navigating down the sides of a gorge or climbing to the top of a midwest hilltop. Outdoor exercising when possible is the best. One thing you can't do indoors - Take a Hike.

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, August 21, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Bacon - Generic - Bacon	150	0	11	11	684	0
Pineapple slices - Slices, 4 slices	120	30	0	0	20	28
Scrambled Eggs - 2 Large Eggs	70	0	6	6	70	0
steel cut oatmeal - steel cut oat meal	750	135	13	25	0	5
	1,090	165	30	42	774	33
L U N C H
Oki Sushi - Spicy Tuna Maki, 1 roll	330	33	13	17	210	1
YOGURT RAISINS	400	66	16	2	35	59
	730	99	29	19	245	60
D I N N E R
Gimme Organic - Roasted Seaweed Snacks	50	2	4	2	130	0
Tru Joy - Organic Choco-Chews	240	24	7	2	0	23
Whole Foods 365 - Whole Cashews	160	9	12	5	0	2
Whole Foods - Tamari Almonds	150	4	13	6	110	1
WHOLE FOODS - DATE PIECES	300	75	0	3	25	55
SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE	210	30	14	0	0	24
Add Food Quick Tools	1,110	144	50	18	265	105
S N A C K S
skinny pop - pop, 1 cup	80	8	5	1	40	0
	80	8	5	1	40	0
Totals	3,010	416	114	80	1,324	198
Your Daily Goal	3,926	491	131	197	2,300	147
Remaining	916	75	17	117	976	-51
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,996 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 195.2 lbs in 5 weeks.


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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking	136	1,996
Daily Total / Goal	136 / 30	1,996 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1917 / 210	24,496 / 4,130

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Me and me Mum right before enjoying a downtown Chicago Sunday Brunch.

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 A party favor from the wedding attended by my Mom was a gigantic 360 gram (a bit more than 3/4 of a pound) chocolate bar. 159 calories per serving. Allegedly twelve servings per bar. Yeah, right.  I know myself. 

I have a complex formula that I use to calculate calories for any packaged food.

1 BAR=1 SERVING

THAT WOULD BE NEARLY 2000 CALORIES

FOR THIS 'ONE BAR' OF CHOCOLATE.

My wife asked for the bar, for my child and herself. I immediately handed it over. I do not need it. I am not active enough to 'erase' 2000 calories in one chocolate bar.

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar

Product information

Guideline Daily Amount Summary

Be Treatwise. Per 30g contains

• Energy

  664 kJ
  159 kcal,8.0%of your GDA

• Fat

  9.1g,13.0%of your GDA

• Saturates

  5.6g,28.0%of your GDA

• Sugars

  17g,19.0%of your GDA

• Salt

  0.07g,1.0%of your GDA

*% reference intake of an average adult (8400 kJ/2000 kcal)

Description

Milk Chocolate

By Appointment to H.M. The Queen Cocoa and Chocolate Manufacturers Cadbury UK Ltd., Bournville.

Pack Size: 360g

• Deliciously creamy milk chocolate made with a Glass and a Half of fresh milk
• Made with Fairtrade cocoa and sugar
• Generous 360g bar - perfect for gifting
• Packed in our special easy-open, easy close wrapper
• Suitable for vegetarians

Information

Ingredients:

Milk**, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea), Emulsifiers (E442, E476), Flavourings, Sugar, Cocoa: traded in compliance with Fairtrade Standards, total 70%, **The equivalent of 426ml of Fresh Liquid Milk in every 227g of Milk Chocolate, Milk Solids 20% minimum, actual 23%, Cocoa Solids 20% minimum, Contains Vegetable Fats in addition to Cocoa Butter

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ONE LAST QUESTION?  This Cadbury Chocolate Bar touts its 'EASY CLOSE WRAPPER.   
They close? 
WHO CLOSES A CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR!

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one more thing...
I titled today's blog TERRIFIC WEEKEND.

I just want to clarify that I am using definition '1' for 'terrific'.

ter·rif·ic      təˈrifik

adjective

1. 1.

   of great size, amount, or intensity.

   "We had a terrific vacation"

   synonyms:

   tremendous, mighty, great
2. 2.

   archaic

   causing terror.

MAKE TIME

Yesterday, I needed to travel 45 minutes to Shipshewana, Indiana in order to set up for a one day wholesale fabric show. I needed to be there at 7AM. I did not expect to return to my hotel until around 7:30PM.  It was clear that I would have to be a bit creative if I wanted to work in some exercise for the day. I arrived in Shipshewana at 6:30 which game me time to walk the .75mile perimeter of the hotel in Shipshewana twice, which was became 1.5 miles.  When I returned to my hotel in the evening, there was still time and enough sunlight to squeeze in a 5 mile walk before a late dinner. It would have been so easy to justify a lack of time as an excuse to skip any kind of exercise for the day - I guess that it no longer my style.  It certainly used to be. No longer. If one wants to exercise - one can always MAKE TIME.

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I 'made time' to walk around the perimeter of the hotel where my wholesale fabric show was in Shipshewana.  I walked around the perimeter of the property twice before 7:00AM which meant that I had logged 1.5 miles before most people wake up and have their first cup of coffee.

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Instant Oatmeal Apples & Cinnamon	320	66	4	8	400	24
KELLOGGS - RAISIN BRAN	380	92	2	10	420	36
Sage - Red Delicious Apple	95	25	0	1	2	19
	795	183	6	19	822	79
L U N C H
Pulled Pork Sandwich, 1 sandwich	440	58	13	19	1,080	18
Barrel O' Fun - Pretzel, Mini Twists	220	46	0	6	820	2
	660	104	13	25	1,900	20
D I N N E R
Noodles and co - Penne Rosa, 1 bowl	790	97	35	24	680	13
Noodles & Co - Chicken Noodle Soup	170	22	5	11	1,370	5
Add Food Quick Tools	960	119	40	35	2,050	18
S N A C K S
Cookies - Chocolate chip, soft-type	259	33	14	2	185	0
Add Food Quick Tools	259	33	14	2	185	0
Totals	2,674	440	73	80	4,956	117
Your Daily Goal	3,762	470	125	189	2,300	141
Remaining	1,088	30	51	108	-2,656	24
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,832 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking	12	128
Walking	12	126
Walking	68	940
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	638
Daily Total / Goal	93 / 30	1,832 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	661 / 210	8,024 / 4,130

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It's been awhile since I have eaten at Noodles & Co.
Last evening I visited one of these franchises as it was just four blocks away from my hotel.
I am trying to remember: Would the 'old' me of 2015 driven there?
A rhetorical question if there ever was one.  Of course I would have driven there.

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