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The dark volcanic rocks ahead make a pretty contrast to the blue sky and the
almost white dry grass  just a quarter  mile up the La Verkin Overlook Trail

Finished my last dose of antibiotics today.  I think Floryne was right, I was at least bordering on going from a virus to pneumonia.  The congestion was deep and is just today finally seeming to mostly be past.  Yea!  To quote Darin, I "derecommend" sickness as a weight loss technique, and we will see if the tortoise can keep it off as health returns.  With that said, my weekly weigh-in this morning was 252.6, down 4.5 pounds over the past week, and 17.2 pounds total for chapter 3 -- my recommitment since May 1.

I basically repeated last Saturday's walk today ... another attempt to increase lung capacity.  I am beginning to believe my lifetime of dealing with serious allergies had even more impact on me than I thought ... so I need to work harder to get enough air to do the everyday things I want to do.  So ... today I went 1.38 miles    in 42 minutes, climbing 312 feet in the process.  It was my first HumanaFit rated category 4 climb, which is interesting since last Saturday was rated category 3.  Tortoise rating:  1.8.  (Please continue reading to see a couple more pictures, map, and other details of the day)

The difference must have been the additional relatively flat distance walked to the trailhead (last week I was already in the car doing errands, and I parked at the trailhead).

Chapter 3 totals are 67.42 miles walked in 26 hours 52 minutes, with 3,898 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes.  Here's a map:

   
Find more Walk in La Verkin, UT

The trail gets steeper as the walk continues

The panoramic views back downhill start almost immediately after the climb begins

Eating today, including net calories after deducting exercise:  

Calorie Goal: 2,458 Calories Consumed: 1,585 Calories Burned: 571 Net Calories: 1,014

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Whole Wheat Bread	1.00	90	1g	0mg	190mg	18g	3g	3g	0g
Dairy Queen Chicken Salad, Grilled, No Dressing	1.00	280	11g	75mg	890mg	14g	8g	4g	31g
Kraft Kraft Free Raspberry Vinaigrette Fat Free Dressing	1.00	40	0g	0mg	380mg	9g	9g	0g	0g
Seeds Sunflower	1.00	205	18g	0mg	1mg	7g	1g	4g	8g
Sunrise Energy Bars	1.00	130	6g	10mg	75mg	17g	10g	2g	2g
Homemade Lasagna	1.00	450	18g	0mg	0mg	40g	10g	5g	40g
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.00	150	3g	0mg	0mg	27g	0g	4g	5g
Mountain High Fat Free Plain Yogurt	0.70	84	0g	4mg	126mg	13g	12g	0g	8g
Birds Eye Frozen Ultimate Berry Medley	0.50	35	0g	0mg	10mg	3g	3g	3g	1g
Banana, large	1.00	121	1g	0mg	1mg	31g	17g	4g	2g
Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Hiking - climbing hills, under 10 lb load	42.0	-571.0
Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,014	57g	89mg	1,673mg	178g	73g	28g	97g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz1zzgJECGy

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