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Sunday, March 26, 2017

HUGE WHOLE FOODS OPENS IN LAKEVIEW

There has been a Whole Foods near the intersection of Ashland and Belmont since 1996. That store closed earlier this week. Not too worry, a new store more than twice its size has just opened across the street on the right on the intersection of Ashland and Belmont. Of course, I checked it out. I was a bit underwhelmed at the design, but it was hard to argue with the size. It appears that the company contacted the same people who place the name 'TRUMP' on his buildings, as the letters identifying this building are indeed huge.

The dark silhouette at the bottom of this photograph is my daughter.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon, 5 slices	200	0	15	15	875	0
Egg - Poached Egg, 4	300	2	20	25	629	1
Butter Flavored Grits	300	63	3	6	1,020	3
	800	65	38	46	2,524	4
L U N C H
Costco - Cheese Pizza Slice, 1 Slice	700	70	28	44	1,370	7
	700	70	28	44	1,370	7
D I N N E R
Fresh Express - Chopped Kit - Asian	360	45	27	9	690	24
	360	45	27	9	690	24


Totals	1,860	180	93	99	4,584	35
Your Daily Goal	2,255	282	75	113	2,300	84
Remaining	395	102	-18	14	-2,284	49
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

Friday, September 23, 2016

GOLD COAST

For some reason, it amuses me to have some theme for each of my urban hikes when I can. Yesterday my theme, my goal was to walk every street, road, alley, nook and cranny within the boundaries of the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago. So I did. When I was done, I remarkably had walked 14 miles. At no point was I more than 1 mile from the point where I started.

Yesterday was the first day of fall although the day felt more like a true summer day as the temperature was in the 80's. As I passed this water fountain which was still operating, I was reminded that it won't be long before these are all shut down with the arrival of winter which is now officially only 90 days away.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal	600	108	10	16	0	4
Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bar	380	58	14	6	270	22
Bai - Molokai Coconut Drink, 16 fl. oz.	10	18	0	0	70	2
	990	184	24	22	340	28
L U N C H
Zola - Natural Coconut Water With Pulp	100	26	0	0	150	22
Fried Chicken Tenders	300	17	20	14	766	2
Home Made - Garden Salad, 1 bowl	100	6	0	4	400	4
Dark Cocoa Melting Wafers	400	44	24	5	82	38
	900	93	44	23	1,398	66
D I N N E R
Read - 3 Bean Salad	300	65	0	5	1,500	40
Tuna Fish Salad	280	0	0	0	0	0
Home Made - Garden Salad, 1 bowl	100	6	0	4	400	4
	680	71	0	9	1,900	44
S N A C K S
Banana Twinkie	405	69	14	3	540	50
Chewy Granola bar	90	19	2	1	80	7
Honey Nut Tasteeos	330	66	5	6	420	27
	825	154	21	10	1,040	84

Totals	3,395	502	89	64	4,678	222
Your Daily Goal	4,370	546	145	219	2,300	164
Remaining	975	44	56	155	-2,378	-58
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,440 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
14 mile urban hike	187	2,678


Daily Total / Goal	187 / 30	2,678 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	588 / 210	9,199 / 4,130

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from wikipedia...

The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. Part of Chicago's Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street.

The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire. In 1882, millionaire Potter Palmer moved to the area from the Prairie Avenue neighborhood on the city's south side. He filled in a swampy area which later became Lake Shore Drive, and built the Palmer Mansion, a forty-two room castle-like structure designed by Henry Ives Cobb and Charles Sumner Frost. Other wealthy Chicagoans followed Potter into the neighborhood, which became one of the richest in Chicago..

Friday, June 17, 2016

GRADUATION DAY

It's hard to believe that my daughter who was born on a snowy day in March in the second year of this century will be graduating from elementary school today. When this summer ends, she will be a high school student. One personal statistical oddity about all this is that when my daughter started kindergarten, all those years ago, I had lost 80 pounds and briefly weighed 220. By the time Thanksgiving rolled around that same year, my weight was already steadily increasing and it wasn't too long before I gained back every pound and tacked on nine more for good luck. As my daughter receives her diploma tomorrow, my most recent weight was 232 pounds. So although it is technically true that one can say that my weight is up about 12 pounds in the nine years that my daughter has been going to school - there is a bit more to that story. I have only been 'fit' during two slivers of my daughters educational years, at the start and the beginning. Four years from now, when I proudly watch my daughter graduate from high school, I expect to weigh somewhere near where I am now (hopefully a bit less). I also expect not to have another massive weight gain and massive weight loss in between. That's the plan. And since the subject of graduation has been raised, I would like to publicly congratulate my daughter for her many academic achievements over these past nine years. I am looking forward to seeing what she will accomplish in the next four years! I could never have predicted her level of accomplishment so far. I know she will continue to amaze me.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Ham w/Mustard Cheese White Bread	500	54	5	34	2,300	10
Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
	690	104	6	35	2,304	48
L U N C H
HUGE SPINACH SALAD	1,000	0	0	0	0	0
	1,000	0	0	0	0	0
D I N N E R
Crockpot Chicken Noodles	720	5	15	133	584	0
Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
	910	55	15	134	588	38
S N A C K S
Chocolate Cookie With Creme Filling	280	42	14	1	180	26
	280	42	14	1	180	26

Totals	2,880	201	35	170	3,071	112
Your Daily Goal	3,021	377	100	152	2,300	113
Remaining	141	175	65	-18	-771	1
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,091 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	99	1,182
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-91


Daily Total / Goal	100 / 30	1,091 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	582 / 210	7,623 / 4,130

1182 calories burned during my one session on the elliptical machine

There is nothing 'heroic' about a day with 15000 steps, but it is very respectable. Most people strive for 10000 per day. I have every reason to be pleased with a total step count that reaches 15000. And I am.

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From the first day that my daughter walked into her kindergarten classroom I weighed about 220 pounds. Nine years later, when she graduated, I weighed 232 pounds. I gained an average of 1.33 pounds per year over the past nine years. Although technically true - that doesn't exactly tell my real story! This reminds me of one of my favorite book titles of all time.

HOW I LOST 5 POUNDS IN 6 YEARS by Tom Arnold

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