The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-276

"The Blog Almost Too Boring To Be The Most Boring Blog in America ... for Over 5 Years!"

until it got too many red cards from Wounded Duck and the Boredom Enforcement Committee ... now the tortoise's goal is to get to 10 red cards so he can get Big Dog to drive down and take a good long walk with the tortoise

P. S. This blog listens to its readers. We have the Benjamin Category Override for 5+ mile walks and now, it humbles Tortoise to say he has been named "Lou", by Doug Jr, in memory of Mr. Consistency himself, Lou Gehrig. Tortoise can hardly type the words to think he is in any way comparable to the noble Iron Horse. Thank you!

Thursday, October 3, 2013

13-276

I wimped out this evening, and feel like I was smart to have done so ... It is quite windy out, even for a valley named Hurricane, with dust flying everywhere. I passed on an evening walk hoping I would avoid taking my allergies to a more serious level. And I was especially close to my desk today, so I'll count 0.25 miles walked with 10 feet of stairs climbed in 6 minutes for today's exercise. Come to think of it, I wrestled hoses in the field for 20 minutes this morning, so I'm probably shorting myself, but I've already made my call and I'm sticking to it ...

Weigh-in this morning: 236.2, up 0.9 from my last weigh-in at 235.3 on September 14.

Please click below to continue reading for calories consumed, burned, and other perfectly boring stats for the day ...

Cheerio!

Calorie Goal: 2,317 Calories Consumed: 2,215 Calories Burned: 43 Net Calories: 2,172

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
The Daily Plate Generic Calorie	90.00	90	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Youngevity Renu IQ Adaptogenix	1.00	10	0g	0mg	0mg	3g	3g	0g	0g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Quaker Apple and Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	1.00	130	2g	0mg	190mg	27g	9g	3g	3g
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Original	1.00	100	2g	0mg	75mg	19g	0g	3g	4g
Renew Life Organic Triple Fiber	1.00	40	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	4g	3g
Dannon Activia Peach	1.00	120	2g	5mg	60mg	22g	19g	0g	4g
Banana, small	1.00	90	0g	0mg	1mg	23g	12g	3g	1g
Kirkland (Coscto) Premier Protein	1.00	160	3g	25mg	360mg	5g	1g	3g	30g
Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat	2.00	240	0g	0mg	700mg	48g	14g	6g	10g
Great Value 97% Fat Free Baked Ham	2.00	60	2g	30mg	640mg	0g	0g	0g	10g
Tillamook Sliced Medium Cheddar Cheese	1.00	90	7g	20mg	125mg	0g	0g	0g	5g
romaine lettuce leaves	1.00	5	0g	0mg	2mg	1g	0g	1g	0g
Wendy's Apple Pecan Chicken Salad	0.70	245	8g	81mg	665mg	21g	14g	4g	25g
Small Curd Cottage Cheese 4% Milkfat	1.00	120	5g	20mg	470mg	4g	4g	0g	13g
Apple	1.00	65	0g	0mg	1mg	17g	13g	3g	0g
Nalley Original Chili	1.00	260	7g	30mg	1,140mg	32g	3g	10g	19g
Philadelphia Cream Cheese	2.00	200	18g	60mg	210mg	2g	2g	0g	4g
Mission Mission Tortilla Triangles	1.00	140	7g	0mg	150mg	17g	0g	1g	2g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	6.0	-43.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,172	64g	271mg	4,789mg	261g	105g	40g	133g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz2giIIG7cT

Glasses of water drank today: 6

Number of 4 mg Chlortrimeton allergy pills swallowed: 3

I took my Youngevity mineral supplements and my Nutrilite vitamins this morning. Also my newly prescribed supplements by Dr. Mel Carter: 10 mg Zetia, 500 mg Metformin, and 10 MEQ (don't know what that stands for, yet) of Potassium Chloride. That last one is meant to take the place of my daily banana eaten to prevent 3 am painful charley horses. Doc is trying to reduce sugar, even the naturally occurring variety such as bananas, in the tortoise's eating plan.

Took 20 mg crestor this evening.

5 comments:

RachelOctober 4, 2013 at 9:04 AM
First off, loved the Life is Like a Camera thought, thanks for sharing. Charley horses at 3 AM sound like the worst, I sincerely hope the new supplements from Dr Carter help. Hope you guys have a great conference weekend
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UnknownOctober 4, 2013 at 11:16 AM
Thanks for the thanks and good wishes, Rachel! The bananas have been doing a great job of preventing the charley horses, and I dearly love them in my oatmeal (along with my triple fiber and yogurt, you probably shake your head thinking of that one, but I have come to quite enjoy it). But my BMI is still 35 after all the good things Mr. Tortoise has been doing, so he's asking me to take it up another notch and cut out bananas, potatoes, and horror of horror, even my Great Harvest bread. Hope I can learn how to make a good lettuce sandwich! I'm eating up what I have, but won't be replacing it. Thanks for your support, it actually helps a lot knowing I have to fess up to any and all booboos I make right here in Terreeeblayland, and that someone who cares about me is actually reading this stuff. Love!
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UnknownOctober 4, 2013 at 11:19 AM
And I love the London Tube, all other subways systems hope they become the Tube when they grow up! So when I saw their camera goodness, I absolutely had to share ... glad you agree!
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RachelOctober 7, 2013 at 10:37 AM
Why do you have to give up Great Harvest bread and bananas?! This just doesn't seem right to me
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UnknownOctober 7, 2013 at 11:20 AM
Well, the good doc is asking me to give up these things, but I probably won't entirely ... just be more conscious to reduce how many of these things I eat. Basically any food such as a bread products, potatoes, rice, bananas, grapes, etc., etc. that essentially turns into pure sugar when you digest it is on his bad list. I was doing fine when I was keeping the calories down and the walking up, but it is true I have been on a weight plateau for a year now and do need to keep at this to keep my heart as healthy as possible. So, watch for more diligence from Mr. Tortoise, but not strict abstinence. :-)
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Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Segments Hiked

Total lifetime PCT miles hiked: 205.0 out of the 2,650 total.

From 1966 to 1969 segment Tortoise hiked the portion of the PCT shared by the John Muir Trail, covering PCT miles 767.0 to 942.5 (175.5 miles). (While hiking the full 211 miles of the Muir Trail from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley to the summit of Mt. Whitney)

Tortoise then embarked on a long career at a desk, interrupted momentarily for a day hike in 1988 up Mt. Baden-Powell as a Varsity Boy Scout coach with his team. That took him from PCT miles 374.0 to 377.9, roundtrip. (There was also a second trip from Onion Valley to Mt. Whitney with the Varsity Boy Scouts in 1989. He barely made it, crying with joy and appreciation when he did. That is a story all of its own).

He returned many years later with these walks. Please click on the date for a link to that day's blog post:

June 14, 2012, hiked PCT miles 565.0 to 566.6 (1.6 miles) on both sides of California Highway 58 at the Cameron Road exit.

October 20, 2012, hiked PCT miles 341 to 342 (1 miles) mostly on the east side of Interstate 15 but also under the storm runoff tunnel just south of the exit to California Highway 138 near Cajon Pass.

February 2013, continued in two segments to do miles 342 to 347 (5 miles).

August 13, 2013, hiked miles 374.2 to 376.6 roundtrip from Vincent Gap trailhead at milepost 74.7 on California highway 2.

February 17, 2015, hiked miles 452.9 to 450.4 roundtrip from Vasquez Rocks Picnic Area.

March 16, 2015, hiked miles 341.9 to 340.2 southbound from Cajon Pass Road, then returned. Partial redo of October 20, 2012 walk ... plus a little more.

April 3, 2015, hiked miles 1089.8 to 1091.9 roundtrip from Echo Summit trailhead to near Echo Lake.

May 12, 2016, hiked miles 206.8 to 204.3 southbound from the Snow Canyon Road gate at the bottom of Mt. San Jacinto, then returned.

August 17, 2016, hiked miles 209.5 to 206.8 southbound from the underpass at Interstate 10 Exit 110 to Snow Creek, then returned.

May 26, 2017, hiked miles 369.4 to 364.4 southbound from the Inspiration Point trailhead on California Highway 2, then returned.

The tortoise may eventually set some kind of record for the longest time to complete the PCT in microsegments. You never know, but we're already at 51 years and counting since his first segment from Onion Valley to Taboose Pass in July 1966 :-)