Day 6

This blog has proved time and again that it is necessary for me to keep to log my food diary.
Still I have managed to be unsuccessful with it after a period of time.
But I have never even started without it.
Long live the Blog.

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GENIUS BAR

Among the many reasons that I like Apple products, is that I really like the convenience of their 'Genius Bar.'   When something about an Apple product goes bad, either a walk-in appointment or an appointment made in advance at the Genius Bar will often get the problem resolved.

If one is lucky, the problem will be resolved without reaching into your wallet.  Today, in the middle of my 10 mile walk, a problem that I have been having with my charging cord, and or rate of battery charging was no longer something I could ignore.  My phone kept on turning off.  It would not charge properly.  I was using a brand-new Apple authorized 'lightning accessory cable' and a Limefuel portable battery which I knew was not the cause of the problem.  So, my ten mile walk had a two hour delay short of completing the 6th mile.  No worries, I ended my 'walk' at 5.5 miles and once my issue at the Lincoln Park Apple Store was resolved I walked an additional 4.5 miles so that my goal of 10 miles was reached.  One convenient thing about living in Chicago is that I am with a short walk of two Apple stores, and thus two Genius Bars. Over the past few years, I have taken advantage of this proximity to the Genius Bar many times.

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For dinner, a coupon at Panera Bread was cashed in.  The nearest Panera Bread is about .75 mile from our home.... A roundtrip would have been 1.5 miles.  I preferred to log a two mile walk so I padded the roundtrip walk by taking a route that was less than ideal for someone who might have been in a hurry.

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
John McCann Steel Cut - Oat Meal, 1 cup	600	108	0	16	0	0
Seedlander Crispbreads, 3 piece	300	36	12	12	390	6
Quaker Oats - Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bar	100	17	4	1	75	5
	1,000	161	16	29	465	11
L U N C H
SOYBEANS (ROASTED, SALTED), 140 g	225	15	13	20	550	5
Dark Chocolate Chips - 60 grams	210	27	14	3	0	21
NATURAL WASABI GREEN PEAS	240	38	6	8	480	4
Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple	190	50	1	1	4	38
	865	130	33	32	1,034	68
D I N N E R
Panera Bread - Soba Noodle Bowl Chicken	390	47	9	31	1,340	4
	390	47	9	31	1,340	4
S N A C K S
Quakers - Rice Cake Lightly 14 Cake (9g)	490	98	0	14	210	0
Quaker Chocolate Granola Bar  3 bar (24g)	300	51	12	3	225	15
	790	149	12	17	435	15
Totals	3,045	487	69	109	3,274	98
Your Daily Goal	4,669	583	155	234	2,300	175
Remaining	1,624	95	85	125	-973	77
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,739 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 5.0 mph	65	1,276
Walking, 5.0 mph	56	948
Walking, 5.0 mph	23	468
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	47
Daily Total / Goal	145 / 30	2,739 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	401 / 210	7,588 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3045 calories

total calories burned (walk: 5.5 miles, 4.5 miles, 2 miles) 2692 calories

total net calories 353 calories

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fitbit day 91

27729 steps

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minimum ten mile per day walking streak reached 24 days.

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The 'Map My Walk' application that I use to 'map my walks' sent a recap for the month of November.  I logged 43 separate sessions (some could have been as short as only one mile) and walked just under 400 miles in just over 85 hours.

some math.

The month of November had 720 hours (24hours x 30days)

I spent 85 hours logging 'walks' at mostly 4.5 mph.

That is 11.8% of the time in the entire 720 hours of November.

I do not know what exactly this means - surely it means something.

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ELLIPTICAL

Yesterday morning, after my 5AM weigh-in I hopped on the treadmill and spent one hour 'walking' at 4 mph for 60 minutes. I decided then that it was time to try something new.  I decided to start using the elliptical machine as much as possible.   Before lunch, I returned to the fitness room and set the elliptical machine to a 'calorie burn' program for 60 minutes.   I didn't have 60 minutes in me.   After 30 minutes I felt that I had had enough.   I have the rest of my life to improve my endurance - so there is no reason to try to do more than I am capable of doing.   After thirty minutes, the machine reported that I had 'burned' 322 calories.   I have a baseline from which I can improve.  I will continue to use the treadmill if the elliptical is not available during my workout times.

ELLIPTICAL MACHINE

The chart below only shows the last 30 days.  From January 1 (297 lbs) to January 31 (272.2) progress has been very steady.  If I keep doing what I have been doing - I should find myself in the 260's next week.   From the 'starting gate' of December 24, I have lost 36.3 lbs (11.7% of my body weight)

I have been giving more thought to my moderate weight loss this past week.   Although I was disappointed, I really had no reason to be.   When I analyze the graph produced by MyFitnessPal, I see that my weight has been dropping very regularly in practically a straight line for the past 30 days.   I have re-assessed and I realize that everything is going according to schedule.  I do think that the human body is programmed to try (try hard) to hold onto its warehouse of energy (energy stored in fat cells) as long as possible in the event of real famine.   I have learned that I should not try to predict weight loss in a specific week. Nevertheless, I am very hopeful that next Saturday I will break the '270' barrier and get into the '260's'    My overall weight loss from the 309 lb  'starting gate' is 36.3 lbs.

SATURDAY MENU

BREAKFAST   three poached eggs, 2 strips turkey 'bacon'                                           280 CALORIES

LUNCH             Panera Soba Noodle Bowl with Chicken (new menu item)                   390 CALORIES
DINNER           Salmon Burger, Creamy Corn Pepper Soup, Spinach w/Vinaigrette      257 CALORIES

TOTAL CALORIC CONSUMPTION         927 CALORIES

CALORIES BURNED

5AM  TREADMILL: 60 minutes @ 4 mph (4 miles) 600 CALORIES
11AM ELLIPTICAL MACHINE 30 minutes              322 CALORIES
7PM   ELLIPTICAL MACHINE  30 minutes              330 CALORIES

TOTAL CALORIES BURNED                                    1252  CALORIES

NET CALORIC DEFICIT      325 CALORIES

PANERA BREAD SOBA NOODLE WITH CHICKEN: Chicken raised without antibiotics, soba buckwheat noodles, fresh spinach, napa cabbage blend, roasted mushroom and onion blend, sesame seeds and cilantro in an umami soy-miso broth.  390 CALORIES