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.

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

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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:

Friday, November 20, 2015

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: 

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Friday, November 20, 2015

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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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.  

WHAT'S UP?

What's up?  Me.  I am in the UP.  Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  This is the part of Michigan that is directly north of Wisconsin.  Specifically, I am in Marquette, Michigan.  During winter, November thru April, Marquette averages nearly 120" of snow.  In March, Marquette averages 22" of snow.  How about this?  In April, yes, you read that correctly, Marquette averages 8" of snow.  During May, Marquette averages 1" of snow.

Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Winter in the Upper Peninsula runs from November thru April

Somehow, I got lucky.   I am here in the UP and when I woke up yesterday morning and went to the YMCA in total darkness at 7AM, it was 36 degrees.   Remarkably, back home, nearly 400 miles south, Chicago was 28 degrees, nearly 10 degrees colder than Marquette.  I apparently picked a very good week for my visit to see some customers up this way.  I guess somebody 'UP' there likes me.

Marquette, Michigan YMCA after my workout

Every time I use a different elliptical machine, there is the challenge to set it so that I can maximize the benefit.  This morning, at the YMCA, I set the machine and I found the entire workout very challenging.  Although the calories burned figure was less than my home machine, I am sure that was the beneficiary of a solid workout as the 36 minute experience was not easy.

36 minutes on the PRECOR EFX546 elliptical machine

MONDAY MENU

breakfast    STARBUCKS   cup of oatmeal w/dried blueberries                            260 calories
lunch          JIMMY JOHNS turkey tom unwich                                                      80 calories
dinner         RED LOBSTER 3 shrimp tacos, garden salad, wild rice pilaf            840 calories

TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 1180

CALORIES BURNED
7AM YMCA elliptical machine 36 minutes                           437 calories

MONDAY NET CALORIES  743 CALORIES

Wood-Grilled Taco

Three flour shrimp tortillas, cilantro slaw, jalapeño ranch and house-made pico de gallo. Served with wild rice pilaf.  $10.99

RED LOBSTER: 3 WOOD-GRILLED SHRIMP TACOS w/Wild Rice Pilaf  770 CALORIES.  My calories consumed might have been more than 100 less as I withheld the jalapeño ranch dressing. The next time I order these, likely today, I will skip the wild rice pilaf and reduce dinner by another 170 calories