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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

ADVERTISING WORKS

I have been to Applebee's many times over the past 7 weeks.
Each time I look at the same menu and every once in a while I select something new.
Last night I saw a commercial on TV for Applebee's touting their new Bowls.
I sought out the extra menu when I went to Applebee's for lunch today.
SOLD.
The bowl I had was delicious and suitably low in calories.
Advertising works!

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Sunday, August 26, 2018

7 SECRETS TO TURN YOUR BODY INTO A FAT BURNING MACHINE

1. Reduce your calories on Monday and cut out all sweets

2. Reduce your calories on Tuesday and cut out all sweets

3. Reduce your calories on Wednesday and cut out all sweets

4. Reduce your calories on Thursday and cut out all sweets

5. Reduce your calories on Friday and cut out all sweets

6. Reduce your calories on Saturday and cut out all sweets

7. Reduce your calories on Sunday and cut out all sweets

BONUS SECRET: SPRINKLE IN SOME EXERCISE

(Exercise doesn't make up for over-eating, but it is healthy)

My daughter works at Wrigley Field. She is one of the people who scans tickets allowing entry into the ballpark. She often gets driven to Wrigley Field before work - but she enjoys walking home afterwards. The walk is a bit more than two miles. I often walk to Wrigley and watch the game on the giant outdoor screen at Gallagher's Place. It is a quite enjoyable place to catch some baseball and rays. On Saturday, I thought I would s-t-r-e-t-c-h that 2.6 mile walk to about five miles. Instead, I stretched it to twelve miles. After the game, my daughter wanted to go to Costco eatery for dinner, so we walked there too. My wife picked us up after that, which was good, because I could barely walk after walking 14+ miles between lunch and dinner. It was the most I had walked in more than half a year. My fitbit recorded more than 30,000 steps, also the most in more than half a year. Three weeks ago in the depths of my weight-gaining stupidity it was painful to walk half a block to the local bank. I thought that I had gone too far backwards and that I would never regain my ability to put on a pair of shoes and log some serious miles. Thankfully, as far backwards as I had gone... my reversal seems to be taking place and once again, I have become a walking, talking, fat-burning machine. Oh yeah!

TWELVE MILE HIKE FROM HOME TO WRIGLEY FIELD
(apparently without using GPS!)

Wrigley Field to Costco for dinner

If you order the Costco Chicken Caesar Salad AND USE THE DRESSING CONTAINER THAT THEY GIVE YOU WITH THE MEAL... YOU CAN ADD ABOUT 400 CALORIES TO THAT MEAL!

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Direct route from the corner where we live to Wrigley Field is only 2.6 miles. I made it a twelve mile walk on Saturday.

I am still 260+ pounds. By definition, that is morbidly obese. I honestly think that with my ridiculously short haircut and now a healthy looking tan earned while logging some serious outdoor time - I look much better than the 260+ pounds says I should. I am looking forward to getting into the 250's and well below that too... One (fitbit) step at a time... What I know is this... three weeks ago, I couldn't stand looking at myself in the mirror... I can stand it now.

Monday, November 13, 2017

ALL YOU CAN EAT SUSHI

Guys like me do not belong at 'All You Can Eat Buffets' and certainly should not be going to a restaurant that has 'All You Can Eat Sushi' as a menu option. But, hey it was my birthday on Sunday so my family took me to 'Sushi Para' in Chicago where that was precisely what I had for lunch. This photo was only my first serving...

This was how my meal started... Hey, it's all you can eat for a mere $19.95 . Have I mentioned that I love sushi!

The original plan was for my family to walk to the Sushi Restaurant but a cold persistent rain dampened everyone's enthusiasm for this plan. On a day that I overate, it appeared that my walking streak was going to come to an end. I had accepted the fact a day was going to come and go without an urban hike. My daughter came to my rescue and asked to go on a walk around 8PM. We did manage a late night 6 mile urban hike. So my walking streak which began on September 2, a few weeks ago has been extended another day.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
C2o Pure Coconut Water	100	26	0	0	150	24
	500	114	6	8	1,390	28
L U N C H
Miso Soup	100	9	4	7	1,183	3
Seaweed Sushi	150	0	0	0	0	0
Sushi Tuna	200	29	4	15	0	0
Yellowtail Sushi	100	10	4	5	0	0
Red Snapper Sushi	150	30	1	12	183	0
Salmon Sushi	150	22	4	9	0	0
Whitefish Sushi	100	20	2	10	0	0
Shrimp Sushi	50	9	0	2	0	0
Eel Sushi	180	22	6	8	0	4
Masago Smelt Roe Sushi	240	24	9	18	1,764	24
Scallops Sushi	50	1	0	8	0	0
Octopus Sushi	100	17	1	9	0	0
Squid Sushi	100	11	1	8	0	0
	1,670	204	36	111	3,130	31
D I N N E R
NO DINNER - HAD GIANT LUNCH!	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0


Totals	2,170	318	42	119	4,520	59
Your Daily Goal	2,800	350	93	141	2,300	105
Remaining	630	32	51	22	-2,220	46
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 870 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 217.7 lbs in 5 weeks.

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Monday, October 23, 2017

IHOP

On Sunday morning, my daughter and I took a stroll to a neighborhood IHOP. There are plenty of places to find a quick and tasty breakfast in Chicago. We purposefully chose a place more than 3 miles from home. Naturally, we walked. I made a healthy choice of a ham and cheese omelette. Once we walked back home, it was time for me to jump in my car and head to Cincinnati so that I could be in front of a customer at 10:00AM Monday morning.

The thing of particular significance to me is that our 7.25 round-trip hike to IHOP on Sunday morning was not even our first jaunt of the day...

...My daughter and I have an agreement. I will never refuse an invitation to take a walk in the neighborhood. On Saturday night after midnight, which was technically Sunday Morning, we took a 4 mile stroll. This meant that our IHOP hike was our SECOND HIKE of the day. Well, you have to understand, the weather in Chicago has recently been spectacular, so this is the time of year to take advantage of that...

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Grits	300	66	5	6	930	3
Red Delicious Apple	100	26	0	1	2	20
Quaker - Chewy Granola	100	21	2	1	89	8
	500	113	7	8	1,021	31
L U N C H
IHOP - Ham & Cheese Omelet	400	7	0	0	0	0
Bread - Whole-Wheat	200	37	3	8	427	16
	600	44	3	8	427	16
D I N N E R
Premo King Club Footlong	560	74	14	32	1,960	6
	560	74	14	32	1960	6
S N A C K S
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips	300	43	17	4	0	34
Power Crunch - French Vanilla Creme	200	8	13	14	100	5
Austin - Cheddar Crackers	160	19	8	3	295	4
	660	70	38	21	395	43

Totals	2,320	393	69	105	5,423	110
Your Daily Goal	3,381	422	112	170	2,300	126
Remaining	501	29	43	65	-3,123	16
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,451 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 221.3 lbs in 5 weeks

Thursday, May 4, 2017

WHITE CASTLE BRISKET SLIDER

I was watching some TV with my daughter this past Sunday when a commercial came on for a new product from White Castle: Brisket Slider. It turns out, my daughter loves brisket. I used to love White Castle. I have not been in a White Castle in more than two years. Nevertheless, after school on Wednesday afternoon, my daughter and I walked about 5.5 miles to a 'nearby' White Castle Restaurant to sample this new product. Once we arrived at the restaurant, we ordered one each. We enjoyed our sandwiches and then ordered another one each. And then we had a third one. Then we walked home. This is our review: delicious.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Egg - Poached Eggs	300	2	20	25	629	1
Bread - Rye, toasted	200	37	3	7	511	0
	500	39	23	32	1,140	1
L U N C H
White Castle Brisket sliders, 3	690	90	23	33	1,904	0
	690	90	23	33	1,904	0
D I N N E R
Taylor Farms - Asian Chopped Salad	560	46	42	11	1,155	21
Chicken Breast	250	0	5	47	604	0
	810	46	47	58	1,759	21

Totals	2,000	175	93	123	4,803	22
Your Daily Goal	3,562	445	118	179	2,300	133
Remaining	1,562	270	25	56	-2,503	111
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Twelve Mile Urban Hike	203	1,822


Daily Total / Goal	203 / 30	1,822 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	255 / 210	2,928 / 4,130

Monday, May 11, 2015

BACK TO THE DOCTOR

Although in the past two or three weeks I have been struggling to continue to moderate my food consumption as easily as I did when I started - there is no denying that I have continued to make progress.

DECEMBER 24, 2014 initial doctor visit/wellness exam 309 lbs.
On this day, I was already quite aware that my weight was completely out-of-control and that I was
quite fat - This was the day that I learned that I was clinically MORBID OBESE CLASS III.

FEBRUARY 20, 2015 first follow-up with doctor 254.5 lbs.
On this day, I somewhat stunned my doctor showing up in the office more than 50 pounds lighter
in the space of two months. During this visit, the doctor game me his 'blessing' to continue with
the 1000 calorie/day regiment that I was on - as long as I continue to feel good.

MAY 11, 2015 second follow-up with doctor 216.1 lbs.
My appointment is later this morning. Among the things that I will discuss with Dr Tenhundfeld
will be my plan for going forward. This time I am looking for the blessing to increase my
calories up to 1800 calories/day as long as he agrees that with this I should continue to lose weight
(much more slowly) During the past three month, I did experience a time when I was not feeling
good (in fact my muscles started to ache) which I assumed was from lack of fuel. This has
since cleared up since I increased my calories. I will be interested to see if my resting heartbeat
has continued to decline. I am planning to fasting until morning so that my blood can be tested
again to insure that I am receiving all the nutrients that I need. Among my questions today, will
be to ask if there are other dietary supplements (over the counter) that I could/should be
considering aside from the Vitamin D and Multivitamin that I am currently taking each day.

SUNDAY MENU

breakfast wild Alaska sockeye smoked salmon 4 ounces, three apples 420 calories
lunch two apples, 56 almonds 500 calories
dinner spinach salad w/cactus, hearts palm, tomato, artichoke, mushroom
8 ounces black Angus boneless top sirloin, two cups MISO soup
8 dill baby pickles, asparagus, 28 almonds, cucumber salad 904 calories

total caloric consumption 1824 calories

calories burned
8AM elliptical 32 minutes 478 calories

SUNDAY NET CALORIES 1346 CALORIES

8 ounces black Angus top sirloin, with cucumber salad, asparagus