Tom's Diary

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 six-ounce t-bone steak with peppers.  400 calories.
• 01:10 PM: 1 cup of almond drink with agave nectar sweetener.  100 calories.
• 06:00 PM: 2 cups of almond drink with pure maple syrup as a sweetener.  300 calories.
• 07:00 PM: 1 multivitamin.  0 calories.

Total calories: 800

Tom Hesley

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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

09:30 AM: I’m up.

09:45 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 634 (unchanged). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

11:00 AM: Vacuumed all areas on the first floor.

04:15 PM: Listened to the Penguins hockey game with [Emmy].  The Pens beat the Columbus Blue Jackets team today, 4 to 2.

04:30 PM: Nap time.  Back later.

06:00 PM: I’m awake again.

07:00 PM: Made a big batch (30) buckwheat pancakes, ate a few for supper, and froze the rest.

08:00 PM: Watched yesterday’s and today’s episodes of   NBC’s Nightly News   daily news broadcast.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

11:05 PM: Downloaded a couple hundred songs via my music subscription service.  Looks like I’ve gotten way behind again. 

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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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 large bowl of chicken noodle soup.  400 calories.
• 01:10 PM: 1 banana.  125 calories.
• 05:00 PM: 4 buckwheat pancakes with pure maple syrup.  800 calories.
• 05:15 PM: 2 cups of almond drink with agave nectar sweetener.  200 calories.
• 08:30 PM: 1 bowl of Cheerios cereal with organic skim milk and blueberries.  400 calories.

Total calories: 1925

Tom Hesley

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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

09:15 AM: I’m up.

09:30 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 634 (up one). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

11:00 AM: Washed and put away all pots, pans, and dishes that I hadn’t yet gottent to over the past few days, wiped down all kitchen surfaces and counter tops, and swept and vacuumed the kitchen floor.

12:00 PM: Took a system backup of my blogs.  The amount of data backed up hasn’t changed much lately; thus my reason for not mentioning it.

01:00 PM: Watched yesterday’s   Dr. Phil   episode, called   Out-of-Control Jealousy   via the DVR.

02:00 PM: Posted the   Deleting WordPress Post Revisions   piece.

06:00 PM: Listened to the last period of the Penguins hockey game with [Emmy].  The Pens beat the Tampa Bay Lightning Bolts team today, 8 to 1.

07:00 PM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Tom’s of Maine Toothpaste Review   piece.

08:00 PM: Watched Star Trek Original Series: Who Mourns for Adonais via Netflix.

08:50 PM: Watched Star Trek Original Series: Bread & Circuses via Netflix.

10:00 PM: Surfed the Internet, reading several interesting articles.

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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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.
• 03:00 PM: Pork loin with onions, cooked in crock pot.  600 calories.
• 03:15 PM: 2 cups of almond drink with agave nectar sweetener.  200 calories.
• 08:00 PM: 1 large bowl of pasta with Parmesan cheese.  1000 calories.
• 09:00 PM: 2 clementines.  80 calories.

Total calories: 1880

Tom Hesley

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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

06:50 AM: I’m up.

07:05 AM: Facebooked for a bit. Friend count: 633 (unchanged). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

07:45 AM: Leaving now with sister Jojo to visit Mom and to perform some shopping.  Back later.

09:00 AM: We’ve finished shopping at Wal Mart.  I just picked up some fresh fruit, more Sogave! flavored agave nectar, some milk, and margarine.

11:00 AM: Next we stopped at the Good Will and Salvation Army stores, to look for some warm sweaters and sweatshirts for Mom.  We found eight of these for her and paid less than thirty dollars.  Hey, I love deals like this; particularly since, with Mom now in the nursing home, she has very little money to spend on clothing.

03:00 PM: We visited with Mom for the past hour.  One of her close friends surprised us by stopping in as well, and she talked with Mom for nearly a half-hour.  Now, we’re attending a birthday celebration for a few of the other residents, in the main dining room.

04:15 PM: We’re heading home now.  Mom was in a pretty good mood and wide awake.

04:25 PM: I’m back home.  Sister Jojo inspected my installation of the curtains here in the office and gave it a thumbs-up.

04:30 PM: Nap time.  Back later.

07:30 PM: I’m up again.

08:15 PM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Terro Liquid Ant Baits Review   piece.  Perhaps it’s due to the warm winter weather we’re experiencing this year.  But many small ants appeared the other day in my kitchen and bathroom.  So I purchased today a package of four of these   Terro Liquid Ant Baits.  I’ve used these before and found them to work exceedingly well.

10:00 PM: Read about search engine optimization.  Hopefully I can find something in this voluminous information that will cause much more traffic to be driven to my blogs.

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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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.
• 10:00 AM: 1 extra large Dunkin’ Donuts decaffeinatedcoffee with cream.  150 calories.
• 01:00 PM: Breaded haddock nuggets.  400 calories.
• 01:00 PM: 1 small bowl of seafood chowder.  200 calories.
• 01:00 PM: 1 small bowl of stewed tomatoes.  100 calories.
• 03:30 PM: two scoups of ice cream and a slice of chocolate cake.  700 calories.
• 06:00 PM: 1/2 cheese steak sub.  400 calories.
• 08:00 PM: 1 bowl of oatmeal with Parmesan cheese.  400 calories.
• 08:10 PM: 2 cups of almond drink with Sogave! maple flavored agave nectar.  160 calories.

Total calories: 2510

Tom Hesley

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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: 633 (up one). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

01:00 PM: ‎2.3 miles on the treadmill today, at 4.0 MPH, 4.0% incline (unchanged), 68 degrees F room temperature, for 36 minutes, 402 calories burned, with heart rate peaking at 151 BPM for walk / workout 11 of 130 in 2012.

03:00 PM: Watched last night’s republican presidential nomination debate via the DVR.

06:55 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called   Open Marriage.  I have strong but admittedly mixed feelings about open marriage, or, as the guests on today’s show called it, progressive love.  Perhaps I’ll post those sentiments at some point.

07:45 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

08:10 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

10:00 PM: Watched   Star Trek: The Original Series   episode   Omega Glory   via Netflix.

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: 2012-02-23

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: 1 pork tenderloin with veggies.  400 calories.
• 05:00 PM: 1 bowl of Cheerios cereal with organic skim milk and a banana.  350 calories.
• 08:00 PM: 4 slices of toast with margarine and apple butter.  800 calories.
• 10:00 PM: 3 drinks throughout the evening.  300 calories.

Total calories: 1850

Tom Hesley

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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: 632 (unchanged). Fan count: 113 (unchanged).

12:00 PM: Posted the   Tom’s Views –> Honeywell RLV310A Non Programmable Digital Thermostat Review   piece.

01:00 PM: ‎2.3 miles on the treadmill today, at 4.0 MPH, 4.0% incline (unchanged), 68 degrees F room temperature, for 36 minutes, 4000 calories burned, with heart rate peaking at 152 BPM for walk / workout 10 of 130 in 2012.

03:00 PM: Worked to get this diary blog caught up.

06:00 PM: Hung new curtains on the three side-by-side windows here in the first floor office.  Hopefully, these will further reduce the traffic noise from the road just outside that gets into this room.

06:55 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Dr. Phil   via the DVR, called   A Most Unusual Love Triangle.

07:45 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   via the DVR.

08:10 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of   NBC’s Nightly News   broadcast via the DVR.

10:00 PM: Watched   Star Trek: The Original Series   episode   Omega Glory   via Netflix.

11:00 PM: Talked with   [Emmy].

12:15 AM: Watched CNN’s post-debate coverage of tonight’s republican presidential nomination debate.  I’ve recorded the actual debate with the DVR, and will watch it later this week.

12:30 AM: I’m heading to bed.  Good night and do stop back tomorrow for more content.  Good night.

Tom Hesley

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