DairyKing's Journal, 08 Apr 14

Good Morning, FS Warriors! It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. First, the worst: I forgot to set my alarm. The best: I woke up at 3:57 AM anyway, Yay! I still didn't want to get out of bed, but I knew, without the snooze alarm to fall back on, if I went back to sleep, I'd be dead meat. So, I got up. My new Nike+ compatible HR Monitor strap arrived yesterday, and I was kind of excited about trying it out this morning - not excited enough to bounce out of bed, but enough to get up, period. Finished off Stage 9 of the program. You know what that means, right? No more rest periods; 30 minute continuous runs. Anyway, turns out this new Nike+ compatible WearLink strap, with snap-on module and replaceable battery, doesn't do as good a job at communicating with the NordiTrack treadmill as the older Polar HR monitor strap did. It was hit or miss the whole workout, and I was thinking about, and dreading, the idea of returning the strap. But, I thought, I bought it for the Nike+ SportBand, so let's just see how will it communicated with it. The band only told me that my average HR was 127 BPM. Now, if that all it did, I was taking it back. I plugged it into the computer and allowed it to upload my workout to Nike. Turns out it does map my HR very well across the entire workout. I've included a couple pics of what the graphs look like. I like it. Think I'll keep it.

(HINT: Either hit the back button after you view the graphs or right-click on link and open in a new window, or you'll exit out of FatSecret.)

Pace & Distance

HR Beats Per Minute

Another not-so-great evening at the dinner plate - not that it wasn't enjoyable - just I didn't do all that well at restraining myself again. We had company, who just so happened to have put in a request for chicken and dumplings. DW makes some mean chicken and dumplings. Two helping later, and a piece of the spice cake with cream cheese frosting that she just had to experiment with, and well, you know the rest of the story. It wasn't a total killer; still showed a net deficit for the day, but it was close. It's not going to make the scale jump in either direction this week. Anyway, no more company that I know of for the week, so hopefully, I will be a little more productive. Hoping all my FS Friends have a wonderful day. toodles!

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2146 kcal

Fat: 96.11g | Prot: 84.88g | Carbs: 237.15g.   Breakfast: Kroger Non-Dairy Creamer, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Sunny Delight Orange Juice, Thin Crust Cheese Pizza with Vegetables. Lunch: Yoplait Light Fat Free Yogurt - Strawberry Shortcake, Unsweetened Iced Tea, Thin Crust Cheese Pizza. Dinner: Unsweetened Iced Tea, Lima Beans, Mashed Potato, Sausage Gravy. Snacks/Other: Coca-Cola Diet Coke (Can), Tangerine. more...

3567 kcal

Exercise: Bicycling (fast) - 24/kph - 30 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 5/kph - 12 minutes, Running (jogging) - 8/kph - 28 minutes, Resting - 17 hours and 50 minutes, Sleeping - 5 hours. more...