ROSH HASHANAH (DAY 43)

Monday was the first day of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah

I did go to Synagogue for Rosh Hashanah Services, for transportation...
I walked approximately 5.5 miles to get there and then...
I took the scenic route back, and walked another 8.5 miles...
So, for the day, I managed to walk 14 miles (in a long white shirt and tie)

This was day 43 of my consecutive streak of low calorie consumption.

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FAST DAY

Yesterday was not a fast day (time moved slowly)

It was a FAST DAY. (I was in the middle of a 24 hours fast - no drinking, no eating)

The thing with fasting is this, from the moment that one ceases eating or drinking for the next 24 hours - thirst is immediate. 

I think I fast because it is one of the few 'Jewish' things that I do each year.

I think I have fasted every year for the past 25 years or so.

Even though I was fasting, I did walk home 7 miles from synagogue after services yesterday.

I was not trying to set any speed records.

Walking home accomplished two things.

I gave me my 'steps' for the day.

It also 'shaved time off the clock' until my next meal.

After breaking the fast at sundown. My daughter and I set out for a four mile roundtrip walk to Whole Foods to pick up a snack. This walk was less about the snack and more about the walk. Want proof? We live about three tenths of a mile away from a Whole Foods. We simply chose to go to the store that was two miles away. 

Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, September 30, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
YOM KIPPUR - NO MEAL	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0
L U N C H
YOM KIPPUR - NO MEAL	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0
D I N N E R
Bagels, Lox and Cream Cheese	1,000	122	30	67	3,893	22
Dark Chocolate Coconut Chews	400	40	28	4	50	26
	1,400	162	58	71	3,943	48
Totals	1,400	162	58	71	3,943	48
Your Daily Goal	3,013	376	100	151	2,300	113
Remaining	1,613	214	42	80	-1,643	65
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,083 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 221 lbs in 5 weeks     

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YOM KIPPUR

YOM KIPPUR is the Jewish Day of Atonement. It is common to see Jews in synagogue who might have been missing in action all year. I admit, I am one of these Jews. Today, Saturday, I will go to synagogue. I did start fasting at sundown on Friday (when the Holiday began) and will not eat or drink again until later today at sundown.  Some people have specific rituals for their last meal, I do not. This year, I chose Chinese Food, as I have done in the past. The ritual that I most look forward to - is the meal that breaks the fast. I know what I will be having for dinner today. Two bagels with cream cheese and lox. The other thing that I did to prepare for my fast day was take an urban hike on Friday. This urban hike was completed when I had logged 17 miles. 

Your Food Diary For:

Friday, September 29, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker Oats instant grits - Instant Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	0
Vita Coco - Pure Coconut Water	300	73	0	0	500	73
	700	161	6	8	1,740	73
L U N C H
Read - 3 Bean Salad	300	65	0	5	1,500	40
Costco - Hot Dog, no bun	370	5	31	18	0	0
	670	70	31	23	1,500	40
D I N N E R
Panda Express - Mixed Vegetable	80	16	1	4	540	5
Panda Express - Mushroom Chicken	170	11	14	12	840	4
Panda Express - Broccoli Beef	150	13	7	9	520	7
Panda Express - Honey Walnut Shrimp	360	35	23	13	440	9
	760	75	45	38	2,340	25
Totals	2,130	306	82	69	5,580	138
Your Daily Goal	4,516	564	150	226	2,300	169
Remaining	2,386	258	68	157	-3,280	31
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,586 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 213.7 lbs in 5 weeks.

SATURDAY WEIGH/IN.

Not tremendous progress, but progress neverthelesss             249.7 lbs
Only down an additonal half pound this week.
Better down than up!


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SHARP DRESSED MAN

I typically don't wear a long-sleeved shirt and tie during an urban hike. Yesterday I walked to synagogue for Rosh Hashanah services. The walk to the synagogue was 6 miles. I also walked back home along the lakeront and extended the return trip so that that trip became 10 miles. Jewish law forbids a person from driving (or doing any work on this Holiday) but I must confess that I am not that type of Jew. I know that God will not be impressed with my abstention from driving to synagogue as he knows very well that I walked because it fits in with my current lifestyle. Nevertheless, there were not too many people in Chicago yesterday that were walking with long-sleeved shirts and neckties while the mercury was soaring into the 90's. For a guy who managed to walk 16 miles yesterday, I was very definitely a sharp dressed man.

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, September 21, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Eggs - Poached, 4	300	2	20	26	600	2
Bacon, 4 slices	160	0	12	12	700	0
Goya - Agua De Coco	90	23	1	0	102	17
	550	25	33	38	1,402	19
L U N C H
Lean muscle - Protein Bar, 1 bar	370	33	12	32	460	3
	370	33	12	32	460	3
D I N N E R
Panera Bagel With Cream Cheese, 2 bagel	800	116	24	26	1,560	8
Lox - Smoked Salmon	350	0	13	65	3,950	0
Challah	240	45	6	0	0	0
	1,390	161	43	91	5,510	8
Totals	2,310	219	88	161	7,372	30
Your Daily Goal	4,121	515	137	207	2,300	154
Remaining	1,811	296	49	46	-5,072	124
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,191 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 222.4 lbs in 5 weeks

THAT WAS FAST

That was fast. Actually it was not fast. However it was a fast. During the 24 hour period from the end of dinner on Tuesday night until after sundown on Wednesday evening, I was fasting (along with my daughter) for Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is the Jewish Holiday known as the Day of Atonement.  All through the years as my interest and involvement in Judaism has waxed and waned, I have almost always fasted on this day. My daughter and I walked to our synagogue for services, and that walk was nearly 7 miles. It started to sprinkle about two miles shy of our destination, so we did what would have been expected. We continued to walk and got a bit wet. We were 'rescued' after services when my wife offered to come pick us up. It was raining much harder then, the temperature had dropped  and now it seemed bone chillingly cold, so that 'rescue ride' was much appreciated.  It was 'fun' to fast with my daughter. I am proud of her for fasting with me. Probably the reason that I started fasting was that I chose to join my parents in fasting for this holiday when I was about the age that my daughter is now. This is how traditions transcend the generations. 

My daughter and I did not set any speed records walking the 6.7 miles to synagogue for Yom Kippur. In fact, we were walking as slowly as we could as we were both dressed in our best clothes, not dressed for urban hiking. The walk was a bit less enjoyable when it started to sprinkle with nearly two miles to go. We managed. We survived. All we did was get a bit wet.

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
YOM KIPPUR FAST - NO MEAL	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0
L U N C H
YOM KIPPUR FAST - NO MEAL	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0
D I N N E R
Costco - Bagel, 2 Bagel	700	146	5	26	1,540	16
Kirkland Signature - Smoked Salmon	250	0	17	24	1,169	0
Philadelphia Cream Cheese - Original	100	1	9	2	105	1
	1,050	147	31	52	2,814	17
S N A C K S
Hersheys Dark Chocolate Bar	500	28	38	9	100	11
Chocolate Cake With Buttercream Icing	300	34	17	3	0	0
	800	62	55	12	100	11
Totals	1,850	209	86	64	2,914	28
Your Daily Goal	2,799	350	93	140	2,300	105
Remaining	949	141	7	76	-614	77
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 869 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 204.6 lbs in 5 weeks.

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
6.7 MILE LEISURELY WALK TO SYNAGOGUE	115	996
Daily Total / Goal	115 / 30	996 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	280 / 210	3,257 / 4,130