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Monday, January 22, 2018

FIRST TEN MILE HIKE IN NEARLY A MONTH

Yesterday I completed a ten mile urban hike in Chicago. Two things have conspired against me to hike this much distance in recent days. I have been much busier with work, seeing customers and the cold weather has just seemed far less amusing. Yesterday, the temperature was above 40°F and seemed much warmer. Perhaps going forward, more and more of my longer walks will be restricted to the weekends until daylight and warmth return.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Hy-vee - Oatmeal - Apples & Cinnamon	660	138	9	18	750	36
	660	138	9	18	750	36
L U N C H
Oki Sushi - Tuna Roll Maki With Avocado	350	45	8	28	0	0
Oki Sushi - Spicy Tuna Maki	400	40	16	21	0	0
	750	85	24	49	0	0
D I N N E R
Brioche Burger Buns, 2	320	50	8	10	420	10
Hamburger patty, 2	560	0	44	38	150	0
	880	50	52	48	570	10
S N A C K S
Met Rx - Chocolate Cookie Dough	400	58	6	31	167	28
	400	58	6	31	167	28

Totals	2,690	331	91	146	1,487	74
Your Daily Goal	3,836	479	128	192	2,300	143
Remaining	1,146	148	37	46	813	69
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,906 extra calories from exercise today

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

Monday, October 9, 2017

MINI MARATHON

Yesterday was the Chicago Marathon. I had forgotten about it. Do not misunderstand, I am not a runner, or even a jogger. My interest in marathon running is very close to zero. However, the past two years, I had mirrored my walking path for much of the marathon and stopped when I reached 26.2 miles. I had no interest in doing that yesterday. The weather was glorious with deep blue skies in every direction, and the temperature was near perfect, around 75°F - I took an urban hike that was 'only' 20 miles. It was my mini-marathon.

Check out the blueness of the sky in the photos below, they have not been enhanced with any photographic dazzle dazzle.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker Oats Instant Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	0
	400	88	6	8	1,240	0
L U N C H
Pulp-free Coconut Water, 32 ounces	200	52	0	0	220	44
Spicy Shrimp Avocado Roll	400	69	9	10	761	10
Sushi Burrito	500	66	22	15	1,079	15
	1,100	187	31	25	2,060	69
D I N N E R
Baby Spinach	50	8	0	5	163	3
Baked Whitefish Filet	300	0	14	41	108	0
Wasabi Rice Crackers	420	88	5	7	298	0
	770	96	19	53	569	3


Totals	2,270	371	56	86	3,869	72
Your Daily Goal	4,697	587	156	235	2,300	176
Remaining	2,427	216	100	149	-1,569	104
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,767 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 208.4 lbs in 5 weeks.
(Well, here's the problem, I will not likely be walking twenty miles every day for the next five weeks!)

Monday, September 25, 2017

IT'S BEEN A WHILE...

IT'S BEEN A WHILE since I have walked as much as I did last week.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE since I have accumulated as many steps as I did.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE since I have lost 3 pounds in one week.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE since I have been so confident.

Last week, I walked....92 miles

...17 miles on Saturday
...12 miles on Friday
...16 miles on Thursday
...16 miles on Wednesday
... 7 miles on Tuesday
...11 miles on Monday
...13 miles on Sunday

Last week, my total steps as recorded by my fitbit 229,176
The last time, I stepped so much was the week that ended November 26, 2016 when I hit 231,085.

I do not aspire to walk this much all the time. There were weeks during the past summer where my urban hiking was zero. Somehow, I had lost my desire to traipse through Chicago neighborhoods seeking some level of fitness. I am glad that I have recaptured the desire in recent weeks. Walking is good exercise, it contributes very little when it comes to weight loss, but it sure doesn't hurt.

Compared to some of my more recent jaunts, my hike on Sunday was a low key affair. It was just 7.5 miles. This particular urban hike was with my 15 year old daughter, and I always enjoy when she joins me.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker Oats instant grits - Instant Grits, 4 package	400	88	6	8	1,240	0
	400	88	6	8	1,240	0
L U N C H
Little Salad Bar - Asian Chopped Salad	385	46	21	7	1,190	25
365 Organic - Water Crackers, 4 crackers	70	12	2	1	50	0
Here - Beetroot dip, 2 oz	70	12	2	4	230	0
Vita Coco - 100% Pure Coconut Water	240	60	0	0	148	60
	765	130	25	12	1,618	85
D I N N E R
Hot Dog with Bun, 2	600	45	37	21	1,640	6
	600	45	37	21	1,640	6
S N A C K S
Whole Foods Wasabi Rice Crackers	250	52	3	4	177	0
	250	52	3	4	177	0

Totals	2,015	315	71	45	4,675	91
Your Daily Goal	3,042	380	101	153	2,300	114
Remaining	1,027	65	30	108	-2,375	23
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,112 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today... You'd weigh 227.3 lbs in 5 weeks

Sunday, January 15, 2017

NORTHERLY ISLAND WITH MY DAUGHTER

One of my favorite places to hike around Chicago is Northerly Island. Northerly Island was once the home of a small airport which our previous Mayor bulldozed away in the dark of night nearly 15 years ago. It was turned into a beautiful quiet park with stupendous views of Chicago. My daughter who has accompanied me many times on urban hikes has wanted to keep the hiking to the city streets. Finally, she agreed to join me in Northerly Island. I would hope that she will hike with me there more often. It is a great place to take pictures and a great place to enjoy some moments of solitude for a city dweller.

'Panoramic' view of Chicago skyline from Northerly Island.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese, 3 eggs	425	0	21	28	650	2
Kirkland - Pre-Cooked Bacon	160	0	12	12	700	0
Trader Joes - Hash Brown Patties	260	28	16	2	500	0
	845	28	49	42	1,850	2
L U N C H
Cabbage Soup	400	41	1	9	313	23
Pepperidge Farm - Sourdough Bread	300	55	4	10	550	5
	700	96	5	19	863	28
D I N N E R
Bob Evans - Blackened Whitefish	300	8	11	43	3,612	1
Broccoli Cheese Casserole	400	19	27	27	790	1
Fire Roasted Corn	200	32	15	5	404	3
	900	59	53	75	4,806	5
S N A C K S
Dark Chocolate Coconut Chews	400	40	28	4	50	26
	400	40	28	4	50	26

Totals	2,845	223	135	140	7,569	61
Your Daily Goal	4,314	539	143	216	2,300	161
Remaining	1,469	316	8	76	-5,269	100
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,384 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
THIRTEEN MILE URBAN HIKE	199	2,192


Daily Total / Goal	199 / 30	2,192 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	647 / 210	5,445 / 4,130

from wikipedia.com

Meigs Field was demolished by a mayor Richard M. Daley in 2003. It is now Northerly Island in 2010.

Meigs Field Airport alongside Burnham Harbor in 2002, before its demolition.

Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport (ICAO: KCGX) was a single runway airport in Chicago which was in operation from December 1948 until March 2003, on Northerly Island, an artificial peninsula on Lake Michigan. Northerly Island was also the site of the Century of Progress (1933–34) in Chicago. The airport sat adjacent to downtown Chicago, the second largest business district in North America. Meigs Field airport was closed when the then-mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, ordered the runway destroyed, with bulldozers, without the thirty-day notice required by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations.

Meigs Field airport was opened on 10 December 1948, and, by 1955, had become the busiest single-strip airport in the United States. The latest air traffic tower was built in 1952 and the terminal was dedicated in 1961. The airfield was named for Merrill C. Meigs, publisher of the Chicago Herald and Examiner and an aviation advocate.

Northerly Island, owned by the Chicago Park District, is the only lakefront structure to be built based on Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago. The island was to be populated by trees and grass for the public enjoyment by all.