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Saturday January 22, 2011
Posted by Administrator on 22 Jan 2011 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Daily Caloric Total, Exercise, Food Intake, I can walk 500 Miles!
Православни иконииконимека мебелAwake at 8:30 (cat puking off the bed, yay!) Walking by 9:15AM
1 mile, 129 calories, 25 minutes, 26 seconds
1 travel mug tea (no sugar/milk)
1 travel mug seltzer
Breakfast – had over the course of 4-6 hours (knitting class & then Barn)
2 slices arnold bread 220 calories
peanut paste 190 calories
3 ghiradelli chocolate squares (2 dark, 1 caramel) 120 calories
1 banana 120 calories
sweet potato – 229 (1/4 of the recipe below – Jeff ate the same portion, and we had half left over)
4 sweet potatoes 448 calories
3 tablespoons vegetable oil 372 calories
1 teaspoon kosher salt negligible
1 teaspoon cracked black pepper negligible
2 tablespoons brown sugar 96 calories
Total recipe – 916 calories
broccoli 344 calories (1/4 of the recipe below – Jeff ate the same portion, and we had half left over)
2 pounds broccoli – 308 calories
5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil – 620 calories
1 teaspoon kosher salt negligible
1 teaspoon pepper negligible
8 cloves garlic, sliced 36 calories
followed by
1/3 cup grated parmesan 142 calories
juice and zest of 1 lemon 22 calories
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 248
small handful dried basil, crushed (negligible calories)
Total calories for recipe – 1376
1 cup tea, milk and 1 sugar ( 11 + 15)
dried apricot slab 120 calories
1 cup fizzy lemon drink (diluted with seltzer) 90 calories
TOTAL FOR DAY – 1459 calories
Friday January 21, 2010
Posted by Administrator on 21 Jan 2011 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Daily Caloric Total, Exercise, Food Intake, I can walk 500 Miles!, Treadmill
Woke up at 1:00PM, walking by 1:35PM
1 mile, 130 calories, 25 minutes, 52 seconds
pancakes for breakfast – 4 medium – approx 160 calories
2 tablespoons maple syrup 120
1 tablespoons olivio – 80 calories
1.25 cups 1% milk – 140 calories
480 calories for breakfast
3 squares peppermint bark 165 calories
tea (unsweetened, no milk)
seltzer
6 ravioli (315 calories)
1/2 pita bread 100 calories
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce 60 cals
475 calories for dinner
half a dozen Starlight mints – 120 calories
2 ghiradelli peppermint bark squares – 135
popcorn – 3 servings – 540 calories
cheesy sprinkles 5 calories
Wednesday January 19, 2011
Posted by Administrator on 19 Jan 2011 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Daily Caloric Total, Exercise, Food Intake, I can walk 500 Miles!
Up at 10:15 am, walking by 10:35AM
1 mile, 23 mins 50 secs, 127 cals, approx 1350 steps
Breakfast eating on the go between 11:45 and 12:30
2 slices Arnold high fibre bread (220 cals)
2 tablespoons peanut paste crunchy (190) cals
small handful musk lollies – 20-30 cals?
Banana – 8″ – 120 cals
mozzarella sticks (2) – 160 cals
half a dozen starlight mints – 120 calories
cups of tea (no sugar or milk)
1/2 cup dried oriechetti – 150 cals
2 tablespoon parmesan cheese 40 cals
2 cups spinach – 20 cals
3 mushrooms – 10 calories
1/2 cup cannellini beans – 100 cals
320 cals for lunch
5 choc covered wafers (135)
Chilli with corn chips and cheese – 500 cals (homemade, estimating)
3 squares of peppermint bark – 158 calories
1953 calories
January 4, 2007.
Posted by Administrator on 04 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, I can walk 500 Miles!, Song Walk, Treadmill
Jeff’s Stats: up later, I walked early, because I have Card Club.
My Stats: 29.38 minutes, 1.5 miles, 196 calories. An average of 3.09 miles an hour.
For 4 lots of 30-40 seconds, and one lot of 55 seconds I ramped the speed up to 5 miles an hour, and ran. I really wanted to try one spurt of a minute, but I just felt like I was going to fall over, so I didn’t push it. My thighs were a little twingy today, but not too bad.
Interesting thing to note, even though I ran more, it took me longer than yesterday. I think it’s because running completely shags me, so I can’t walk as fast in the intervals in between. I have a dual aim now, keep those short running intervals in, and still try and keep my time around the 30 minute mark.
Renee was right when she said the treadmill can be a consistently harder exercise than walking outside. That wee belt keeps you right on track, makes slowing down not quite as easy. I don’t want to give up outside walking altogether: I like seeing the neighbourhood changing through the seasons, and I like the fresh air. Most likely we’ll try to walk outside at least once on the weekends.
I had the Nano on again. I forgot to put it on shuffle mode, so I started at A – Abba. Abba is very much fun to walk and run to, and I put all of my favourites on.
3.07 Money, Money, Money (Arrival)
3.15 Does your Mother Know (Gold) (Best running track)
2.59 Ring, Ring (Thank you for the Music)
2.40 Waterloo (TYFTM)
3.14 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (TYFTM)
3.17 S.O.S (TYFTM)
3.30 Mamma Mia (TYFTM) (Best walking track. Complete with cheesey side head from the 70’s video clip moves. One of the bonuses of walking in my own basement, no-one to laugh at me except Jeff and the cats, situation normal there.)
3.00 When I kissed the Teacher
Song Walk Day 65, Thursday September 28, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 29 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
Another late night walk. Spent the day working on a $100K grant for the Theatre, and some day-job work I didn’t get done on Thursday, because I was working on some of the grant stuff then.
We finished up around 9:45, called the Texas Roadhouse, found out they were open until 11, and floored it home. Tossed the cats inside, fed them, went out and ate large chunks of meat and ribs, wandered over to Pathmark to pick up a Toys R Us gift card and a birthday card for our nephew who’s 9. The card made me laugh out loud, a velvet covered black and white spotted cow, with holes for the other spots. Inside it said “Holy Cow! It’s your Birthday!”. Cheesy, tacky, tactile and fun, the perfect card.
By the time we got home, and got out of the car to go walking, it was on the dot of 11PM. We got back around 11:30. Slightly faster walk tonight, because I didn’t go in to get a jumper, and froze! It got down to 41 degrees, completely freezing. Cold weather=great for walking.
The pedometer says 3549 steps, or 1.12 miles.
Song Walk Day 64, Thursday September 27, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 28 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
Not sure if this is the latest we’ve gone out walking, but it’s definitely in the top three.
Left the house at 11:10PM, got back around 11:45PM. Didn’t have a chance to walk before work, swam and gymmed from just after work until getting home just before 9PM. THen the shit (continued to) hit the fan with the Theatre which sucked up all but 30 minutes of a quick trip to Pathmark to pick up a bunch of canned stuff on sale.
Pissing down before we left, but stopped just after we started walking, which was nice. Pedometer says 3929 steps, or 1.24 miles. 11 steps off 1 and a quarter miles. Got a little thing going for the even quarter of a mile.
I’m stubborn with my walking. It’s the one exercise that I’ve managed to not have taken away from me recently. My gym and swim seem to regularly fall off when work gets busy. But I’m doing the walk, every day. It’s past 9 weeks now, 63 days. I’m persistent and stubborn and bloody minded. And pragmatic – I’m getting my own treadmill before the snow and ice starts up!
Song Walk Day 63, Wednesday September 27, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 27 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
It’s still called a SongWalk, even if I don’t get to listen to my iPod. Didn’t get to walk before work, even though I got up early. Our business stuff, client stuff, and friend tech support stuff meant I really just had enough time to get to work on time.
Tonight we didn’t do the complete walk, as a group of guys came walking towards us; a fair way off, but still we decided discretion, valour and not walking directly into trouble at 10:45 at night meant a sharp right about 3 blocks before we’d planned was an OK idea.
We walked for between 25 and 30 minutes, having left the house at 10:35PM, and being back just around 11PM. Pedometer says 3138 steps, or .99 miles. (Bollocks! Just 14 steps off a mile! I could have walked around the driveway for those few steps. Yes, I did sit here making the pedometer click and tick over to a mile, just to see how close I got!)
We were due to go for a walk around 9PM, after my MWC Fall conference dinner meeting in Wildwood. But. I’d been running slightly late to get to the carpool by 4:30 this arvo, and forgot to put my headlights down, and whoosh, 4 hours later, no power to my car. Jeff jump started the car easily, but we thought a good 45 minute drive around to be sure my battery was retaining its charge might be the best way to go.
We’re still going to test it before he heads out to work before me in the AM!
Song Walk Day 62, Tuesday September 26, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 26 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
Again, no chance to walk before work. Tech support for Jasperdyne clients, and Theatre phone calls.
Walked after the gym, with Jeff, 9:30PM – 10PM. Same walk as per usual. Pedometer says 3384 steps, or 1.07 miles
Song Walk Day 62, Tuesday September 26, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 26 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
Again, no chance to walk before work. Tech support for Jasperdyne clients, and Theatre phone calls.
Walked after the gym, with Jeff, 9:30PM – 10PM. Same walk as per usual. Pedometer says 3384 steps, or 1.07 miles
Song Walk Day 61, Monday September 25, 2006
Posted by Administrator on 25 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: 10,000 Steps, Exercise, Song Walk
Didn’t get a chance before work. 6:45PM – 7:20PM. Pedometer says 3863 steps or 1.22 miles
Did our usual walk looping around at 5th and Broad, with a brief intermission to take photos of the Halloween decorations a couple of neighbours have up on 10th street.
It was nice to walk that route in the daylight, I got to see the sunflowers I don’t usually see at night, and didn’t trip over the crooked footpath (tree roots under the concrete). A varied walk is a good walk.