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Saturday, December 19, 2015

SETBACK

Last week the scale shouted back at me that I was 209 lbs. I should have accused it of lying and moved on. Perhaps I had exercised late on the previous Friday night and I had not completely rehydrated. It matters not. I suspected that it might be a little too good to be true and it was. So here's the situation, I am apparently not down 100 lbs - I am only down 91 lbs. And you know what, for all practical purposes - it's the same difference. All my clothes fit me. Perhaps last week, the scale was showing something artificially low. Surely this week the scale is showing something artificially high. Perhaps I had 10,000 mg of salt this week and I am retaining water. Honestly, I do not know. I do not think it would have been possible to actually gain 9 lbs in one week if I had gorged myself on an all-you-can-eat cruise. Maybe my scale is broken. Maybe I had too much whiskey last evening, and my body has not got itself back into its normal equilibrium. What I do know, is that this 9 pound weight gain is not and can not be real. Whatever variables are causing it will be wiped clean in a day or two. That's my story - and I am sticking to it! I feel great and I am happy about my progress. The next stop on my journey is to seriously get to 209 lbs and make sure that the reading is legitimate. From there, I can see another 10 lbs need to be shed to just get under 200 lbs. This is my goal. This will happen.

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Walking has become a method of transportation for me. I needed to go to the dentist today. In years past, I have either driven or taken the subway. It had never occurred to me to walk the four miles. Let me amend that, it had never occurred to me prior to yesterday morning. I walked to 4.5 miles to the dentist. Actually, I walked an additional half mile to log an even five miles. (That is a mathematical oxymoron as five is not an even number, but I am sure you know what I mean) After my dental work, I walked two miles to a Jason's Deli for lunch. And after a quick stop at a nearby Whole Foods, I walked another four miles home. When the day was over, I had logged 11 miles of walking at a very, very brisk pace. It is so liberating to be able to use my own two feet as a method of transportation.

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Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Malt O Meal - Honey Nut Scooters	240	48	3	6	420	18
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 3 medium apple	285	75	1	2	5	57
	525	123	4	8	425	75
L U N C H
Jason's Deli - SPICY SEAFOOD GUMBO, 1 Bowl	230	26	8	12	1,710	3
Jason's Deli - Turkey Wrap, 0.5 Wrap	195	21	9	12	540	3
	425	47	17	24	2,250	6
D I N N E R
CHABAD - SHABBAT DINNER	750	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde May's - Whiskey, 6 oz (L'chaims)	396	30	0	0	0	6
	1,146	30	0	0	0	6
S N A C K S
WHOLE FOODS NATURAL WASABI GREEN PEAS	192	30	5	6	384	3
WHOLE FOODS CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA	228	38	7	5	57	14
WHOLE FOODS SEMI SWEET CHOCOLATE	105	15	5	0	0	14
WHOLE FOODS BANANA CHIPS	147	16	9	1	2	10
WHOLE FOODS DATE PIECES	198	49	0	2	16	36
	870	149	26	14	460	77

Totals	2,966	349	46	45	3,135	163
Your Daily Goal	4,117	514	137	206	2,300	154
Remaining	1,151	164	90	161	-834	-9
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,187 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	67	963
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	27	382
Walking, 5.0 mph	49	863
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-21


Daily Total / Goal	144 / 30	2,187 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	691 / 210	10,496 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 2966 calories

total calories burned (walking 10 miles) 2208 calories

total net calories 758 calories

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fitbit day 107
26471 steps

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218 lbs

I weigh 218 lbs.

I allegedly gained 9 lb this week?

I have lost 91 lbs in 360 days. Today begins Day 361.

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

I weigh 218 lbs (360 days ago I weighed 309 lbs)

I have lost 29.4% of my weight since Dec 24.

I have a BMI, body mass index of 29.16

I had a 42.0 BMI on Dec 24 just 353 days ago (Class III obesity)

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December 24 is the one anniversary of the day that I made the decision to change my life. I am going to weigh myself again on December 24, 2015. I am also going to post some side-by-side before and after pictures. It is a day that I am looking forward to... See you then (if I don't see you before)

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Friday, August 14, 2015

24 HOUR INJURY

This morning, I have what I hope will be my last visit with my gastroenterologist for a long time. The search for the cause of the iron deficiency in my blood has been fruitless so far. I am grateful that nothing has been found - I now believe myself to be in excellent health. Why shouldn't I think this....in the past few months I have been examined through seemingly every orifice in my body, I have swallowed a camera that took pictures of my digestive system, I have had my blood tested and re-tested, even my stool has been tested and I have had full body cat scan. (It is the results of the cat scan and stool sample test which will be discussed at my appointment later today) Since I have NOT received a phone call from my doctor to report for an emergency consultation - I am fairly confident that even this last test will have found nothing significant.

After a two hour workout at the YMCA on Wednesday, I rushed out and drove to the pool where my daughter has been involved in water polo this summer in order to pick her and my wife up to take them home. By the time I got out of the car, I could not put any weight on my right foot and I was walking with an extreme limp. It was hard to pinpoint exactly where the pain was coming from and the pain disappeared almost as quickly as it arrived. Yesterday morning, there was still some lingering pain (or discomfort) in my right foot. It did not prevent me from my 92 minute session on my home elliptical machine. As the day wore on, the pain disappeared completely.

This is a reminder to myself that I need to be extra careful during the last month prior to my Half Dome Hike. Half Dome is 2000 miles from my home in Chicago and the reservation (permission) to climb the mountain was secured nearly 6 months ago. This may not be a one-in-a-lifetime event - but it is certainly rare enough that I would be crushed if I missed the chance due to some freak accident or injury. Perhaps yesterdays pain was some kind of muscle strain in my foot from removing my sneakers too quickly - or twisting my feet the wrong way when I was putting on my street shoes. The lesson today: don't get hurt too close to October 1. It would be a devastating setback.

I need to avoid injury before October 1

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 Thursday MENU

breakfast oatmeal, poached eggs, center cut bacon, corn thins, ginger 866 calories
lunch pink lady apples, sesame snaps, cherry cashew bar 644 calories
dinner spinach salad, hearts of palm, beets, clam chowder, cracovia 723 calories
SNACKS ginger, granola, wasabi peas 830 calories

total calories consumed 3064 calories

calories burned

home elliptical machine 92 minutes, level 20 2193 calories

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Wednesday net calories 871 calories

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Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

My Garmin GPS tell me that Half Dome in Yosemite Park is 2013 miles from my home in Chicago. I know better. As October 1 approaches - Half Dome is getting closer and closer each day!

Monday, May 4, 2015

BACK ON TRACK

Last week I had my first snack when I was bingeing on apples. This morning, instead of having my regular breakfast I again was bingeing on apples. That's enough. An apple a couple of times per week would be fine - but eating 4 of them within an hour or so is simply not a great idea.

For dinner, my family went on a shopping excursion to Mariano's Supermarket and I returned home with scallops and shrimp among a couple of other new treats. My wife prepared a delicious feast for me - lots of food - great variety - great taste - and low calorie!

I started with my SPINACH SALAD and added to it were 8 cherry tomatoes, hearts of palm, and mushrooms. In order to give the salad another fresh taste we added some sliced beets. Even with all these ingredients the entire salad was still only about 90 calories. My dinner included two cups of MISO SOUP and that is only 90 calories.

I tried something else that looked interesting when I saw it on the supermarket shelf - CRACOVIA CUCUMBER SALAD (imported from Poland) 100 grams of this cucumber salad is a grand total of 10 calories and it was tasty too!

Although I actually enjoy canned asparagus - fresh asparagus is much better. These are foods that I can enjoy without guilt.

My entre' was a delectable mixture of bay scallops, shrimp and one giant sea scallop. This type of seafood is low calorie. My wife prepared it with some garlic seasoning. The seafood portion of my meal was only 220 calories.

THIS ENTIRE FEAST WAS 459 CALORIES. My wife worked hard to prepare this meal and it was healthy, delicious and low calorie! Tomorrow night I will have practically the same meal as only half of what we purchased was consumed - but it has already all been cooked.

AMAZINGLY HEALTHY, BIG, TASTY and LOW CALORIE DINNER - 459 CALORIES!

I have felt a bit down the last two days - I was really ticked off at the unreliability of my scale (or is it the unreliability of my body?) that somehow showed my weight 8 lbs more from one week to the next. I still cannot explain it. At least one day later, my weight retreated another two pounds. So although I have had this setback - and although I have been ticked off - I think I should remember that even after this - MY WEIGHT LOSS SINCE DECEMBER 24th 2014 is 90 pounds. SOMETHING I SHOULD BE PROUD OF and SOMETHING THAT I AM PROUD OF!

Apple bingeing is no longer on my itinerary - and I am back on track!

SUNDAY MENU

breakfast 4 GALA apples 320 calories

lunch Chicken with Rice Soup, canned asparagus spears

spinach salad w/albacore tuna, tomato 545 calories

dinner spinach salad, w/hearts of palm, tomato, mushrooms, beets

Miso soup, cucumber salad, asparagus spears

3 ounces shrimp, 3 ounces bay scallops, one giant sea scallop 459 calories

TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 1324 CALORIES