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In the “land of the mouse”, it sometimes feels impossible to find inexpensive things to do. While I was bored one day, I wrote down as many free (or almost free) things to do that I could think of. Surprisingly, I came up with a pretty long list.
Below is a quick list of 50 or so things from that list….
While filling up my water bottle today at work, I began thinking about my decision to give up soda that I made December last year. Now that I've been soda-free for over seven months, I wondered, was the actual cost or benefit in terms of sugar and calorie intake. So I ran some numbers.
I have never been a big soda drinker. One 12oz can in the afternoons at work and usually one with dinner when eating out on the weekends.
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Assumptions
Based on the assumptions above, drinking one can per day, equals 51,100 calories per year. Also,based on my weight and age, I burn 422 calories per hour walking 3.5 miles per hour. This means to burn that single can per day, I will need to walk 423 miles, or walk for 121 hours during the year, to burn the equivalent calories that are consumed.
If you drank 1/2 of a two liter bottle per day (33.83 oz), which still is not a lot for some people, things get bad. Annually, you will have consumed 140,525 calories, which will require walking 1,165 miles.
Soda begins to sound a little heavy on the gut doesn't it?
Side Note: Why I gave up Soda – There was truly no "stimulus" for going cold-turkey. I knew that it was unhealthy and knew it wouldn't be difficult to stop. Watching "Supersize Me" didn't hurt either.
Image: KB35 [via Flickr]
Our official last day of vacation out West. We woke up to the sounds of life outside our condo, then ate breakfast and cleaned up.
We checked out at about 9:30 and headed East on Route 6 toward Arapahoe Basin ski area and Loveland Pass.
We stopped at the pass and hiked up to the peak. Brandon and I were first to the top. Trevor and Jennifer finally made it to the top after taking a few breaks. It gets extremely hard to breath at 12,000 feet plus.
There was still quite a bit of snow on the North side of the peak, so the kids had a ball playing it again. One snow field was about 15 feet deep, and Brandon found a slide down it.
We headed to Idaho Springs, Colorado for lunch at Beau Jo’s Colorado Style Pie. Again, this was one of those places that a few minutes of Internet research on my phone paid off. Their pizzas are ordered by the pound. They have a ton of fresh ingredients and about 7 different types of cheese you can use. Their crust is so thick and good, they have honey on the table to eat it with for a dessert.
Surprisingly, today was our first day to somewhat relax on the entire vacation. We slept our first of two nights at Expedition Station in the Keystone Resort.
I spent a lot of time searching for a hotel or condo in this area with AC, but we discovered that, it was all a waste of time.
Last night we left all of the windows open, and still needed a blanket. In fact when we woke up, it was 50 degrees outside.
While in Breckenridge the day before, we learned that neither the Keystone or Breck chair lifts were running. So that basically killed our original mountain biking plan. The altitude has truly had an affect on us, so everyone was good without biking.
Instead of biking, we decided to drive to Copper Mountain to ride their chair lift, do some hiking, and explore that resort.
As soon as we drove into the entrance of Copper, the kids spotted snow within a small distance from the lift base. Needless to say, they headed there first.
We started the day at 7AM with the great free breakfast at the hotel. I’ve officially got the kids addicted to Holiday Inn Express’ cinnamon rolls.
After checking out of the hotel, we started our four hour drive from Moab to Breckenridge.
We arrived in Breckenridge at about 3ish, and we spent the afternoon exploring and shopping downtown.
Our original plans were to eat dinner in Breckenridge, but everyone was tired, so we decided to opt for dinner at the condo in Keystone instead.
We did a little “supply” shopping at the local grocery store, picked up our keys to the condo, then headed to Keystone. Our condo is only about 20 minutes from downtown Breck.