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Thursday, May 19, 2016

SALT LAKE CITY

Yesterday I arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah. The plane touched down around midday and there was time to take a six mile walk before I met up with my colleagues to set up our booth for International Quilt Market which will begin on Friday. For the past two days, I have noticed something regarding the various twitches, and twinges I had been feeling in my abdominal area since my hernia surgery just over two weeks ago. They're gone. I am just about back to being myself. The weight restrictions that have kept me from lifting anything more than 15 pounds will end by the end of this weekend. It appears that I am back.

In front of a Sinclair Gas Station was a DINO the Dinosaur.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Roasted Tomato Panini	390	44	18	15	630	3
Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate +Protein	200	17	13	7	40	9
	590	61	31	22	670	12
L U N C H
Red Delicious Apple, 5 medium apple	475	126	2	3	9	95
	475	126	2	3	9	95
D I N N E R
Manhattan Clam Chowder, 2 cup	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
Fresh Halibut, Grilled	220	0	4	35	92	0
Crab Cake	340	16	22	22	740	2
French Fries	296	34	17	3	456	0
	1,096	86	49	70	2,887	8
S N A C K S
Chocolate chip, soft-type	259	33	14	2	185	0
	259	33	14	2	185	0

Totals	2,420	306	95	97	3,751	115
Your Daily Goal	3,735	467	124	187	2,300	140
Remaining	1,315	161	29	90	-1,451	25
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,805 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking	81	1,143
Walking	8	80
Walking	12	88
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	494


Daily Total / Goal	102 / 30	1,805 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	304 / 210	3,612 / 4,130

My six mile walk was mostly along large roads, but there was about a mile or so on the Jordan River Parkway Trail

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Saturday, November 21, 2015

SNOW

Early yesterday morning before my first appointment, I walked 10 miles as I have now done 12 days in a row. Late yesterday afternoon I walked 2 miles to Whole Foods. Then I walked 1.5 miles to another store. And when I walked home, I took a long circuitous route so that I could log a 6.5 mile distance. Yesterday, I walked 20 miles. The final 6.5 mile walk was during the first snowfall this season. This morning, Saturday, much of Chicago is awakening to a thin blanket of snow. My daily walk is going to be delayed until the afternoon as there are too many errands to run this morning.

Dill Button: 'Snowflake' Button
281061/20mm white 371138/34mm white
281062/20mm powder blue 371139/34mm powder blue

My pre-dawn 10 mile walk started with the temperature just hovering above freezing

My ten mile walk in the morning established another personal record. I completed my 10 miles in just under 2 hours. In fact, I had about 2.5 minutes to spare. It is not surprising that if one practices something, walking 10 miles in my case, that one gets a bit better at it. It is extremely enjoyable to have empirical evidence of the improvement.

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217.0 lbs

I weigh 217.0 lbs.

I lost 3.4 lb this week

I have lost 92 lbs in 332 days. Today begins Day 333.

I will always be at the beginning of a journey that never ends.

I weigh 217.0 lbs (332 days ago I weighed 309 lbs)

I have lost 29.8% of my weight since Dec 24.

I have a BMI, body mass index of 29.03

I had a 42.0 BMI on Dec 24 just 332 days ago (Class III obesity)

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Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Chex - Rice Cereal, 3 Cup	300	69	2	6	720	6
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 1 medium apple (170g)	95	25	0	1	2	19
Whole Foods - Oatmeal, 1 cup	300	54	5	10	180	2
	695	148	7	17	902	27
L U N C H
Jason's Deli - SPICY SEAFOOD GUMBO, 1 Bowl	230	26	8	12	1,710	3
Jason's Deli - Amy's Turkey-o, 0.5 sandwich	240	28	9	15	690	6
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 1 medium apple	95	25	0	1	2	19
	565	79	17	27	2,402	27
D I N N E R
WHOLE FOODS - SALAD BAR, 1.5 SALAD (1 pound or less)	375	0	0	0	0	0
Glad Corn - A-Maizing Corn Snack, 0.7326000158786774 cup or 28g or 1 oz	308	42	13	4	352	1
WHOLE FOODS 5938 - UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS, 28.5 g (1/4 cup)	161	15	9	2	5	1
WHOLE FOODS 8497 - CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA, 63.25 g (3/4 cup)	276	46	8	6	69	17
Chex - Rice Cereal, 3 Cup	300	69	2	6	720	6
	1,420	172	32	18	1,146	25
S N A C K S
WHOLE FOODS - NATURAL WASABI GREEN PEAS, 5/6 cup (30 grams)	300	48	8	10	600	5
WHOLE FOODS 8890 - STRAWBERRY VANILLA HEMP GRANOLA, 77.0 g (3/4 cup)	350	56	11	7	84	21
WHOLE FOODS 7700 - ORGANIC DATE PIECES w/OAT FLOWER, 70.4 g (2 TBSP)	211	53	0	2	18	39
WHOLE FOODS 7089 - 42% CACAO SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS, 60 g (approx 2 TBSP)	280	40	16	4	0	32
Sabor Zan - Garlic Cheese Bread Gluten Free, 1 rolls	95	12	5	2	135	1
	1,236	208	40	24	837	97

Totals	3,916	607	96	86	5,286	177
Your Daily Goal	6,244	780	208	313	2,300	234
Remaining	2,328	172	112	227	-2,985	57
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 4,314 extra calories from exercise today

When you're finished logging all foods and exercise for this day, click here:

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 5.0 mph	118	2,289
Walking, 5.0 mph	24	476
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	20	293
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	88	1,231
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	25


Daily Total / Goal	251 / 30	4,314 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	784 / 210	12,905 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3917 calories
total calories burned (20 miles, four walks) 4289 calories
total net calories 372 calories deficit
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fitbit day 79

51011 steps

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ten mile walking streak reached 12 days

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DILL BUTTON COMPANY - BEST SELLING 2-HOLE SEW-THRU 'SNOWFLAKE' BUTTONS

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Right after completing this blog entry for today, and before setting out for my Saturday walk... I received a 'heartfelt' congratulatory email from fitbit. My fitbit congratulated me for losing ten pounds. When I purchased by fitbit on September 3, I did weigh 226.9 lbs. I have lost 9.9 lbs since that day. I guess the fitbit felt comfortable rounding up to the nearest whole pound.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

INTERNATIONAL QUILT MARKET - SPRING SHOW - MINNEAPOLIS

Yesterday I finished my two day excursion into Wisconsin and returned to Minneapolis for the 2015 International Quilt Market. The 'spring' show is in a different city each May and this year it landed in Minneapolis. This show is for the thousands of independently owned quilt shops across America and the World. Each fabric company sets up elaborate booths highlighting their brand-new cotton fabrics that are unveiled at this show. The show also attracts hundreds of peripheral vendors, and both Products From Abroad Ribbons and Trims and Dill Button Company are at the show as well whom I both work for. (not too sure about that sentence structure?)

The 'quilting' industry convenes at a huge tradeshow twice per year. Each October the show takes place in Houston, Texas. And the Spring show takes place in a variety of cities throughout the United States. I do attend the each show. The last time I saw my colleagues, customers and friends at one of these shows was last October in Houston. At that time, I was still on my way up to 309 lbs. Fast forward to this show, and my appearance has changed rather dramatically - I have lost 90 pounds since so many of these people last saw me. I confess, I am looking forward to presenting myself over the next few days. Today, Thursday, is 'set-up' day and the three day show will actually begin on Friday. I am looking forward to it!

Dinner my first night in Minneapolis

The Local - An Irish Pub

931 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Phone Number: 612.252.1618

Fax Number: 612.904.1005

AHI TUNA NICOISE
Rare seared tuna with green beans, beets, Kalamata olives, potatoes & tomatoes on tender greens tossed with cucumber, radish

The Local - AHI TUNA NICOISE (calories 375 approximately, just a guess)

WEDNESDAY MENU

breakfast two eggs, three sausages, two cups oatmeal, two small apples 655 calories

lunch turkey and cheddar lunchables, two apples, colossal smoked oysters can 590 calories

dinner AHI TUNA NICOISE SALAD @ 'THE LOCAL' three apples 612 calories

total calories consumed 1857 calories

CALORIES BURNED

HUDSON, WISCONSIN YMCA elliptical 340 calories

WEDNESDAY NET CALORIES 1517 CALORIES