<p>Resisted the urge to stress eat today, so that is a step in the right direction. Even better, I wasn’t thinking of a donut binge…I was thinking of splurging on yogurt but then thought, why? I’m not hungry, I’m angry. So that was that. </p>
<p>My wonderful mother bought me an iPad mini this weekend. I broke down and spent $2.99 on the MyPlate app. So far I am not overly impressed. It’s functional, but had to do some tweaking to my meals, etc., to get the correct proportions. It was not a direct carryover. Maybe that’s common in apps, what do I know? </p>
<p>Cals 950
Fat 44 g
Carbs 67 g
Fiber 17 g
Protein 86 g
Sugars 14 g</p>
<p>Hi all. I’m slowly rolling back onto the wagon after a little Indian-food-and-stout binge on Saturday night. It was very illuminating to notice the impact/orange bar on mynetdiary when I tallied it all up
Nonetheless, I conquered the hill again this morning, and stayed under my (rather generous) caloric budget. I may have to tweak that budget, though, to accommodate the odd night out a little better. Over the 7-day chart I was still on target, but I had set a low/slow goal in order to be well ahead of it for psychological purposes ;)</p>
<p>Int dad, you sound like you have some awesome snowshoe terrain. My morning trek up the back hill(s) is mainly to just be faithfully moving my body before I start the otherwise horrifically sedentary day, but due to the need for light, I can’t spare more than a half hour. I think I’ll try to fit in longer treks this weekend.</p>
<p>I guess in spring I can easily double it to compensate for the easier work, and in late spring, add a swim.</p>
<p>That’s a pretty serious workout day: running + strength training.</p>
<p>3 miles today. 1595 calories. 31% carbs. 5 g sugars.</p>
<p>Our daughter became very dizzy Sunday morning and felt like throwing up but no respiratory symptoms otherwise. She didn’t want to eat or drink. I thought that she might be anemic and was going to take her to the doctor but my son told me that one of his advisers had something similar - she was out four days and was dizzy and weak but no respiratory symptoms. She’s a professor at a school in the same city as my daughter’s school. When I got home, I found her up and about and eating. Yesterday, I practically had to carry her downstairs for her to go to the bathroom and try to eat something (she didn’t eat anything). I think that she should be ready to go back to classes on Thursday. Sounds like something pretty strange.</p>
<p>I’ve been sticking to mostly flat land snow shoe outings. I’m trying to get a feel for what I have in me. I don’t want to end up out in the middle of the wilderness and not have enough gas in my tank for the return leg!</p>
<p>They play Snow Shoe Frisbee Golf in the big fields near the center, then there’s a 1.5 mile trail out along an old fire road through the woods to a point out in Massabesic Lake. Some side trails loop through the woods over just slightly hillier terrain. It’s pretty easy stuff, but I’m a 59 year old guy on snow shoes for the first time, so easy stuff is right up my alley.</p>
<p>They said Sunday was the busiest day they’ve ever had.</p>
<p>I like it because it’s just 20 minutes or so to drive there, so it’s not an all day outing.</p>
<p>1 hour strength/stretch/foam roller.
Mile warm-up. Intervals, 1 x 266, 3 x 400, 2 x 266. Mile warm-down. DdFelt fast today. Didn’t run for 2 days last week. Legs felt rested</p>
<p>Snowshoe frisbee? Egads! I don’t think I’d stay upright for long those poles are my stability lifeline!</p>
<p>We have a lovely, rolling conservation area nearby too, where so long as I can stay out of the path of the Nordic skiers, it’s a great trail that never needs to be broken. My first and largest hill through the woods on my property is another matter, as I discovered after a heavy snowfall. It’s funny to see that the deer now use MY emerging trail to get down to the house and eat my shrubs They’re not nearly as dumb as I thought. They even “step over” a fallen tree in the way, through some bramble, to stay in my tracks. Before, there was evidence they walked around it! I wonder what kind of animal they think they’re following around!</p>
<p>^^ I was feeling sorry for myself because I haven’t had any King’s Cake this year! I certainly don’t need it after the weekend pigfest at the retreat. My weight is up. I was really good yesterday and will try to continue that. King’s Cake would not help.</p>
<p>A Mardi Gras tradition. At my old job some of the outside law firms would send King Cakes and we would get 3 or 4 in a 2 week span. There is a pastic baby hidden in the cake and if you get the baby in your piece of cake you are supposed to pay for the cake the next year. They also sell them in local supermarkets (Whole Foods etc) but the ones from New Orleans are the best. </p>
<p>Tonight is pancake supper to begin Lent. The church youth put it on as a fund raiser and the food is great. I’ll try not to eat my usual huge amounts.</p>
<p>My son told me that Whole Foods had a chocolate festival scheduled for last Friday in Boston Area stores but they cancelled at his store because of the travel ban and the weather. They’re holding it tonight (and maybe a lunchtime today). He’s going to go. Not sure if it is a Boston thing or if it’s nationwide.</p>
<p>Yeah. Unbroken trail on snowshoes is a completely different level of exertion. I did a hill of unbroken snow up thru an apple orchard my second time out and was literally bent over panting like a dog halfway up.</p>
<p>Oooh, that King Cake looks like something that would earn a scold from Dr. Lustig!</p>
<p>My temptation in the grocery store was a sale on fresh baked glazed cinnamon/coffee rolls. I just kept walking. I’ve learned that the entire front of store from the bakery across behind the checkout is like running a sugar/carb minefield. Every display is geared for max craving and the worst possible nutrition.</p>
<p>I started my New Year’s “tighten up” one month ago today. My 7-day average weight is down 3.2 pounds from the day I started.</p>
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<p>Oh, and how’s this for being so “over” something that I don’t even remember. I missed my anniversary on Monday – 5 years since the day I took my last puff of a cigarette. That would mean it was the 3 year anniversary of the day I started eating less and moving more.</p>
<p>The larger Market Basket and Shaws Supermarkets have prepared food sections including BBQ chicken, chicken tenders, chicken wings, meatloaf, etc. Sometimes I pick some of this stuff up for dinner at the office. The chicken options are pretty good until they run out of the stuff that doesn’t have honey or bbq sauce on it.</p>
<p>Our usual Market Basket has one aisle that has bread on one side and chips on the other. How about that setup? It’s near the soft-drink aisle too.</p>
<p>I’m shooting for 1.5K days this week with maybe one or two days on the low side. I noticed that there are a fair number of people doing about 1K which I can do but it takes a little effort.</p>
