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Today’s Diet: 2012-03-03

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012

I keep this food and fitness diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, my weight, and blood pressure with the hope that seeing these numbers repeatedly and often decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.  It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Weight Log

Today’s weight: 176.0 pounds.  That’s unchanged from yesterday.  The 2012 year low weight so far: 176.0 pounds (established on 2012-02-13). The high weight for 2012 so far: 184.0 pounds (established on 2012-01-01).

Food Log

Today, I consumed the following items:

  • Herbal teas throughout the day.  0 calories.
  • 12:00 PM: 1 multi-grain bagel from Dunkin’ Donuts with cream cheese.  500 calories.
  • 12:30 PM: 1 extra large Dunkin’ Donuts decaffeinated coffee with cream and hazelnut flavoring.  150 calories.
  • 02:00 PM: A few French fries.  50 calories.
  • 08:00 PM: 1 large bowl of multi-grain pasta with Parmesan cheese.  800 calories.
  • 11:00 PM: 2 California mandarin oranges.  80 calories.

Total calories: 1580

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Business: 2012-03-02

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Today’s Activities

  • Shower. DONE.
  • Cat duty.  DONE.  Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.

Log

08:00 AM: I’m up.

08:15 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 634 (unchanged). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

06:00 PM: Slept much of today to try to drive out this flu.  I’m feeling somewhat better, but still not much like eating.

07:00 PM: Watched Star Trek original series episode   Let That Be Your Last Battlefield   via Netflix.

07:20 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

08:10 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called   Model Mom Calls Her Religion A Cult.

09:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

11:10 PM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Diet: 2012-03-02

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

I keep this food and fitness diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, my weight, and blood pressure with the hope that seeing these numbers repeatedly and often decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.  It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Weight Log

Today’s weight: 176.0 pounds.  That’s unchanged from yesterday.  The 2012 year low weight so far: 176.0 pounds (established on 2012-02-13). The high weight for 2012 so far: 184.0 pounds (established on 2012-01-01).

Food Log

Today, I consumed the following items:

  • Herbal teas throughout the day.  0 calories.
  • 02:00 PM: 2 cups of almond drink with pure maple syrup as a sweetener.  300 calories.
  • 10:00 PM: 2 California mandarin oranges.  80 calories.

Total calories: 380

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Business: 2012-03-01

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Today’s Activities

  • Shower. DONE.
  • Cat duty.  DONE.  Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.
  • Wash (2) loads of pending laundry.  DONE.

Log

08:00 AM: I’m up.

08:15 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 634 (unchanged). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

09:00 AM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> WD-40 Specialist Silicone Lubricant Review   piece.

10:00 AM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Fixing Noisy Electric Baseboard Heaters    piece.

11:00 AM: Paid all pending bills.

12:00 PM: Installed the Honeywell RTH7600D programmable thermostat on the central heating system here at my home, that I bought at Lowe’s yesterday.  So far, it works great.  I’ll spend some time with it this afternoon to learn how to program it and optimize it for the particular heating situation here.

03:00 PM: Familiarized myself with the new central climate control programmable thermostat mentioned above.  But I’m feeling flu symptoms coming on; achy joints and spasmatic stomach pains.  So I think I’ll just take it easy for the rest of the day to try and beat this thing quickly.

07:20 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

08:10 PM: Watched yesterday’s episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called   Parental Abuse.

08:55 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called   Braxton Family Values.

09:50 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

11:10 PM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Diet: 2012-03-01

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

I keep this food and fitness diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, my weight, and blood pressure with the hope that seeing these numbers repeatedly and often decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.  It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Weight Log

Today’s weight: 176.0 pounds.  That’s unchanged from yesterday.  The 2012 year low weight so far: 176.0 pounds (established on 2012-02-13). The high weight for 2012 so far: 184.0 pounds (established on 2012-01-01).

Food Log

Today, I consumed the following items:

  • Herbal teas throughout the day.  0 calories.
  • 07:30 PM: 4 big sloppy Joes.  1500 calories.
  • 07:40 PM: 2 cups of almond drink with agave nectar sweetener.  200 calories.
  • 10:00 PM: 2 clementines.  80 calories.

Total calories: 1780

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Business: 2012-02-29

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Today’s Activities

  • Shower. DONE.
  • Cat duty.  DONE.  Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.

Log

08:00 AM: I’m up.

08:15 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 634 (unchanged). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

09:00 AM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Sohgave! Blueberry Flavor Agave Syrup Review   piece.

09:45 AM: ‎2.3 miles on the treadmill today, at 4.0 MPH, 4.5% incline (up 0.5%), 70 degrees F room temperature, for 36 minutes, 415 calories burned, with heart rate peaking at 159 BPM for walk / workout 14 of 130 in 2012.

10:40 AM: Leaving now for Lowe’s home improvement center for a bit of shopping.  Back later.

03:30 PM: I’m back home.  I picked up a steak sub from Dominick’s that is located just outside of Lowe’s.  I also purchased the Honeywell RLV430A programmable thermostat for the upstairs bedroom.  I liked the RLV310A non programmable thermostat I installed up there recently, except for the fact that it was non programmable.  So, I was frequently turning down the heat in the morning, and turning it up at night.  The programmable thermostat will automate that procedure, freeing me for more important and more desirable tasks.

04:00 PM: Installed the Honeywell RLV430A thermostat upstairs.  No problems encountered, and it works great.

06:30 PM: In an effort to reduce the buzz and hum from the electric baseboard heater in the upstairs bedroom, I thought I’d wrap a small amount of fiberglass insulation around the element where metal brackets hold it in place, to act as a sound insulator that would, so I hoped, reduce the amount of vibration transmitted from the heating element to the case of the heater.  However, the fiberglass did not stand up to the heat produced by the element very well.  It smoked.  Further, there was no appreciable decrease in the volume of the hum and buzz.  So I removed the fiberglass insulation, and will look for a better sound-deadening material; that can also withstand hundreds of degrees of temperatures.

07:20 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

08:00 PM: Made sloppy Joes for supper.

08:45 PM: Watched yesterday’s episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called   “Held Hostage by my Father.”

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

11:10 PM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Diet: 2012-02-29

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

I keep this food and fitness diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, my weight, and blood pressure with the hope that seeing these numbers repeatedly and often decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.  It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Weight Log

Today’s weight: 176.0 pounds.  That’s unchanged from yesterday.  The 2012 year low weight so far: 176.0 pounds (established on 2012-02-13). The high weight for 2012 so far: 184.0 pounds (established on 2012-01-01).

Food Log

Today, I consumed the following items:

  • Herbal teas throughout the day.  0 calories.
  • 03:30 PM: 1 large Dominick’s Philly cheese steak sub.  1000 calories (estimate).
  • 07:30 PM: 4 big sloppy Joes.  1500 calories.

Total calories: 2500

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Business: 2012-02-28

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Today’s Activities

  • Shower. DONE.
  • Cat duty.  DONE.  Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.

Log

08:00 AM: I’m up.

08:15 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 634 (unchanged). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

09:00 AM: ‎2.3 miles on the treadmill today, at 4.0 MPH, 460 vertical feet, 4.0% incline (unchanged), 70 degrees F room temperature, for 36 minutes, 403 calories burned, with heart rate peaking at 149 BPM for walk / workout 13 of 130 in 2012.

10:00 AM: Read about how best to target profitable keywords in an effort to increase revenues from my blogs.

10:45 AM: Leaving now to visit Mom.  Back later.

03:40 PM: I’m back home.  Mom was very tired and slept through practically our entire visit.  However, we did manage to watch   The Young and the Restless.  But I’m not sure if she saw very much of it.

04:30 PM: Posted the    Tom’s Views –> Best Slow Dance Wedding Songs    piece.

07:20 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

11:10 PM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Diet: 2012-02-28

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

I keep this food and fitness diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, my weight, and blood pressure with the hope that seeing these numbers repeatedly and often decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.  It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Weight Log

Today’s weight: 176.0 pounds.  That’s unchanged from yesterday.  The 2012 year low weight so far: 176.0 pounds (established on 2012-02-13). The high weight for 2012 so far: 184.0 pounds (established on 2012-01-01).

Food Log

Today, I consumed the following items:

  • Herbal teas throughout the day.  0 calories.
  • 01:00 PM: 1 chicken ultimate burrito.  600 calories.
  • 01:05 PM: 1 chicken soft taco.  300 calories.
  • 02:10 PM: 1 Snickers candy bar.  250 calories.
  • 06:00 PM: 1 package of steamed snow peas with olive oil and Parmesan cheese.  300 calories.
  • 06:10 PM: 2 cups of almond drink with agave nectar sweetener.  100 calories.
  • 07:00 PM: 1 multivitamin.  0 calories.
  • 08:45 PM: 1 bowl of Cheerios with a banana and blueberries.  400 calories.
  • 10:00 PM: 2 cups of almond drink with pure maple syrup as a sweetener.  300 calories.

Total calories: 2250

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Business: 2012-02-27

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Today’s Activities

  • Shower. DONE.
  • Cat duty.  DONE.  Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.

Log

08:30 AM: I’m up.

08:45 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 634 (unchanged). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

01:00 PM: ‎2.3 miles on the treadmill today, at 4.0 MPH, 4.0% incline (unchanged), 69 degrees F room temperature, for 36 minutes, 403 calories burned, with heart rate peaking at 152 BPM for walk / workout 12 of 130 in 2012.

02:00 PM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Now Stevia Glycerite Swetener Review   piece.

03:00 PM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Sohgave! Maple Flavor Agave Syrup Review   piece.

04:00 PM: Added several posts to the   Tom’s Diary   blog to catch it up.  I’ve been falling behind on it as of late.

04:50 PM: Watched yesterday’s episode of NBC’s   Meet The Press   via the DVR.

05:40 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

06:30 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called   Mother-In-Law Mayhem.

07:20 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

08:30 PM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Madhava Organic Agave Nectar Light Sweetener Review   piece.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy] and we watched tonight’s episode of    Hawaii Five-0.

11:05 PM: Downloaded about a hundred more new songs from Promo Only.

11:10 PM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

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