Thursday, July 24, 2014

Peanuts and Cracker Jack

Baseball Trophy with Marble Base - LargeI’m changing Seafood Day this week to Saturday. I’m having dinner out with friends (seafood) so it just makes sense to switch.  I’m not at the place where I can do two Seafood days a week, not yet anyway. So Saturday it is.
       
Mid-week walking club miles were posted yesterday – Team Spain still in 3rd place behind Italy and Germany. We’re 230 miles out of 1st, Germany has a nearly insurmountable lead.  Every member of my team would have to increase weekly walking by 10 miles, and Germany would have to slow down. There roster is just too strong for that so I think our objective now is to stay out of 4th place (which doesn’t seem that difficult a task since France is 150 miles behind us!) And perhaps even scoot into 2nd place (that’s possible as of right now, but may not stay that way for long – so we gotta step it up). I’m still competitive though, even when I see the odds – we gotta keep pushing because fact is, anything can happen. Someone from Germany can drop out, or someone from our team can become a marathon runner etc. I’m hopelessly optimistic. The point is we gotta always be pushing forward as hard as possible – if not for the win – then for the satisfaction and accomplishment. That’s good enough.
        P.S. I’m supposed to go to a soft ball game tonight – hopefully the weather holds. It’s been overcast since early this morning but no rain in the forecast… we’ll see.

Here’s Tracker: 


STATS  
Journey Day: 194
Today's Calories:  1400
Daily Calorie Goal:  1700
Next Weigh In:   7/30/2014
Days till Weigh-In: 6
Starting Weight: 351
Current Weight: 321
Lost So Far: 44






                        Calorie Tracker  Calories
   
THURSDAY  7/23/14  
BREAKFAST  
1c Crunchy Raisin Bran 190
3/4c Organic 1% 110
Jarlsburg cheese  200
Organic mixed greens  0
                             Breakfast Calories 500
SNACKS  
McIntosh 60
                           Snack Calories 60
LUNCH   
2oz angel hair pasta w/meat sauce 400
Organic mixed greens  0
Fresh Cut carrots 30
                         Lunch Calories 430
   
SNACKS  
Seedless grapes 40
Snack Calories 40
DINNER (2 veggies)  
Ezekial English Muffin 180
Butter & Strawberry Preserves 150
Organic mixed greens  0
                                                           Dinner Calories 330
Snack   
Grapes 40
                           Snack Calories 40
Exercise  
Minimum 35 Minutes of Exercise YES
   
           Total Daily Calories: 1400
***Daily Caloric Goal:    1700
   
   

Daily Avg. Calories
7/1/14 1710
7/2/2014 1635
7/3/2014 1765
7/4/2014 1750
7/5/2014 2400
7/6/2014 1705
7/7/2014 1610
7/8/2014 1705
7/9/2014 1660
7/10/2014 1560
7/11/2014 1515
7/12/2014 3300
7/13/2014 1405
7/14/2014 1640
7/15/2014 1610
7/16/2014 1850
7/17/2014 1490
7/18/2014 1485
7/19/2014 2020
7/20/2014 1675
7/21/2014 1400
7/22/2014 1405
7/23/2014 1555
7/24/2014 1400
7/25/2014  
7/26/2014  
7/27/2014  
7/28/2014  
7/29/2014  
7/30/2014  
  1718.75

 
P.S. Game was great fun! Perfect weather - mid 70s, low humidity and slight breeze. Nice.