Hanukkah (Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה, usually spelled חנוכה pronounced [χanuˈka] in Modern Hebrew, also romanized as Chanukah or Chanuka), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
Chanukah begins at sundown on Sat, 24 December 2016.
Rededication. Am I ever in need of a rededication! This morning I weighed myself and I have reached 239.3 lbs. I was just weighed two days ago in the doctor's office and they noted my weight as 234.3 lbs. This does not mean that I gained five pounds in two days. It does mean that my scale is imperfect. However, by using the same scale to mark my progress (or lack of progress) I can still get a good idea of my success (or lack of success) in managing my weight. I am in need of a rededication to progress. Especially today, December 24th, 2016. THIS IS THE DAY, EXACTLY TWO YEARS AGO, when this whole weight loss and weight loss management began. Two days later, on December 26, 2014 I started this blog. I remind myself today, for not the first time, that just because I do not enter a food, cake or sweet into my daily food journal does not mean that it didn't happen. I am pretty good about not failing to record my daily exercise, but I am definitely more imprecise when it comes to logging all my foods. I need to find the person that I was two years ago and re-summon the willpower to be successful once again. I have heard that today is Christmas Eve too. So to everyone and anyone who is reading this today - Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah!
Your Food Diary For:
| BREAKFAST | Calories
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| Butter Flavored Grits, 4 Packet | 400 | 84 | 4 | 8 | 1,360 | 4 | |
| Great Grains Raisins Dates & Pecans | 630 | 123 | 12 | 12 | 405 | 39 | |
| 1,030 | 207 | 16 | 20 | 1,765 | 43 | ||
| L U N C H | |||||||
| Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches | 760 | 60 | 34 | 18 | 310 | 34 | |
| 760 | 60 | 34 | 18 | 310 | 34 | ||
| D I N N E R | |||||||
| Fried Chicken Tenders | 800 | 46 | 53 | 38 | 2,042 | 4 | |
| Creamed Spinach | 70 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 510 | 4 | |
| Fire Roasted Corn | 100 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 970 | 77 | 57 | 44 | 2,552 | 10 | ||
| S N A C K S | |||||||
| Peppermint Creme Oreo | 560 | 84 | 28 | 0 | 360 | 52 | |
| Chocolate Covered Strawberry | 200 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 67 | 13 | |
| 760 | 104 | 55 | 3 | 427 | 65 | ||
| Totals | 3,520 | 448 | 162 | 85 | 5,054 | 152 | |
| Your Daily Goal | 3,419 | 427 | 114 | 171 | 2,300 | 128 | |
| Remaining | -101 | -21 | -48 | 86 | -2,754 | -24 | |
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| *You've earned 1,489 extra calories from exercise today | |||||||
Your Exercise Diary for:
| Cardiovascular | Minutes | Calories Burned | |
Ten Mile Urban Hike
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148 | 1,751 | |
| Daily Total / Goal | 148 / 30 | 1,751 / 590 | |
| Weekly Total / Goal | 763 / 210 | 8,006 / 4,130 | |
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| The first 1.5 miles of this walk was with my daughter, as I escorted her to a spot where she was meeting some friends. All I had to do was promise to keep out of sight once we neared the rendezvous point. What teenage girl wants to be seen with her dad when she is meeting up with her friends? Perhaps there are such girls, my daughter is not one of them. |
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