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Monday, January 6, 2020

Day 5

I thought I would review the types of ridiculous foods I allowed myself to be eating again the past year... I am not proud of myself... Apparently it is true that one has to hit bottom before reversing course... looking at this list of 'foods' I have been eating... I think that qualifies as 'the bottom.'

Yikes, that is quite a menu I have listed above....

Today, on Sunday, Day 5 I did a bit better....

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, December 26, 2016

JEWS, CHRISTMAS & CHINESE FOOD

It sometimes surprises me that people who know that I am Jewish ask if I celebrate Christmas. It is true that Christmas is an American national holiday. Christmas is also a religious holiday and it is simply not a holiday for Jews to celebrate. Obviously, I am not dumb enough to attempt to speak for all Jews, but Jews can enjoy Christmas without celebrating it. We can enjoy the music (Quite a few classic Christmas songs were written by Jews) We can enjoy the beautiful store decorations, we can enjoy the beautiful private homes lit up at night and we can enjoy cookies and other seasonal treats. It is just that Santa does not visit our homes, we tend not to lay our wrapped presents under our Christmas Tree which we also tend not to have. However, Jews do have some Christmas traditions. It is not uncommon for Jewish families to get together on this day simply because so many people have the day off from work. Growing up in Long Island, my family often zipped into Brooklyn to visit Grandma and Grandpa on Christmas Day simply because it was a convenient day for family to visit. Another tradition, is born out of reality. There are not too many restaurants open on Christmas Day. Like Jews, most Chinese people do not celebrate Christmas either. It is for this reason, that the tradition of going to Chinese restaurant for Jews on Christmas Day has evolved. Yesterday my family walked five miles downtown to Chinatown in Chicago and five miles back home. For the second year in a row ate dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant, Emperor's Choice.

This short paragraph from 'The Atlantic' was interesting.

If there’s a single identifiable moment when Jewish Christmas—the annual American tradition where Jews overindulge on Chinese food on December 25—transitioned from kitsch into codified custom, it was during Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s 2010 confirmation hearing. During an otherwise tense series of exchanges, Senator Lindsey Graham paused to ask Kagan where she had spent the previous Christmas. To great laughter, she replied: “You know, like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant.”

I am no fan of Elena Kagan, but I must admit that I found her response endearing.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker - Instant Oatmeal- Maple	800	160	10	20	1,300	60
	800	160	10	20	1,300	60
L U N C H
Post Great Grains Raisins Dates Pecans	700	137	13	13	450	43
	700	137	13	13	450	43
D I N N E R
Wonton soup - Soup	200	16	8	16	850	1
Potstickers, 2	100	15	3	5	231	2
Generic - Crab Ragoon	100	6	7	3	189	0
Sweet & Sour Pork	300	41	2	27	225	21
Seafood Delight, squid & shrimp	200	5	10	8	423	0
Fried Rice	600	87	21	17	0	0
	1,500	170	51	76	1,918	24



Totals	3,000	467	74	109	3,668	127
Your Daily Goal	4,033	504	134	202	2,300	151
Remaining	1,033	37	60	93	-1,368	24
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,103 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Elliptical Trainer	99	1,017
Walk to and from Chinatown	150	1,200


Daily Total / Goal	249 / 30	2,217 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1177 / 210	12,101 / 4,130

Thursday, September 1, 2016

50¢ FROSTY

Every walk or hike needs a theme or a raison d'être (reason to exist.) Often I am exploring a new trail and/or park. Last night, my daughter asked for a 50¢ Frosty at Wendy's as they are running a limited time promotion. I am always willing to accede to these types of requests. Of course, with me there is always a little wrinkle. I was willing to take my daughter to Wendy's, as long as we walked there, and usually I am not interested in the most direct route either. My wife joined us. The three of us set out in the early evening. By the time we returned, we had each logged 10 miles.

My daughter got her Frosty, but she did walk ten miles to get it.

TEN MILE HIKE THROUGH LINCOLN PARK, WRIGLEYVILLE, & GOLD COAST

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Roundys - Creamy Wheat - Enriched Farina	480	100	0	16	340	4
Quaker - Chewy Granola 90 Calories	90	19	2	1	80	7
	570	119	2	17	420	11
L U N C H
La Banderita Tortilla - Flour Tortilla Large	280	44	7	6	460	0
Lucerne - Cheddar Jack Cheese	110	1	9	7	180	0
Manhattan Clam Chowder - Clam Chowder	150	30	3	10	880	10
Earthbound Farm - Baby Spinach, Organic	40	6	0	4	130	0
YOGURT PRETZELS	300	44	13	3	284	30
	880	125	32	30	1,934	40
D I N N E R
Squash - Butternut Squash	151	38	0	2	14	7
Cabbage & Beet Salad	100	24	0	2	755	18
Mariano's - Salmon	300	0	18	32	992	0
	551	62	18	36	1,761	25
S N A C K S
Caveman - Dark Chocolate Cherry Nut Bar	190	21	10	4	90	13
Nature Valley - Crunchy Oats & Honey	190	29	6	4	160	12
Ritz - Crackers	240	30	14	3	315	3
MILK CHOCOLATE CHERRIES	200	28	11	2	11	23
	820	108	41	13	576	51

Totals	2,821	414	93	96	4,691	127
Your Daily Goal	4,364	545	145	219	2,300	163
Remaining	1,543	131	52	123	-2,391	36
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,434 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 184.8 lbs in 5 weeks.

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
10 mile urban hike	173	1,487


Daily Total / Goal	173 / 30	1,487 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	448 / 210	5,088 / 4,130

Mom and Daughter, photographed by Dad

Dad and Daughter, photographed by Mom

Our urban hike took us past Wrigley Field as fans were arriving for the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates