STAR TREK PICARD

No time to write much tonight... gotta get up early tomorrow to watch Season 1 Episode 4 of Star Trek Picard which should be available the moment I wake up tomorrow!

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IRREVERANT ELECTION ANALYSIS

irreverent

1. lacking proper respect or seriousness; also :  satiric

Today is Saturday November 19, 2016. It is a scant 11 days after the election that changed the direction of America and possibly the world. Although it is true that President-Elect Trump won the presidency in an electoral college landslide, his opponent, Hillary Clinton did manage to collect more votes. It is clear that the electorate in America is very close to evenly divided.  Today, I will provide a public service.  I am going to tell you how to spot someone who voted for Trump or someone who voted for Clinton.  If you see someone who appears to be walking on air, with an extra bounce in their step, or simply walking along with an exuberant look about them - it is likely you are looking at voter who supported Donald J. Trump. I offer these two photos of myself as an example.

Trump supporters in the last two weeks have been lighter than air.

Trump supporters may appear to be floating on air as in this photo.

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Spotting a Hillary Clinton supporter is really quite easy. If you spot someone in a 'SAFE SPACE', with a coloring book, playing with Play-Doh, sitting quietly by a therapy dog or curled up in the fetal position - you are likely in the company of a person who has inexplicably supported a candidate with no accomplishments in a thirty year career, who found it impossible to tell the truth on any issue at any time, and who flouted a long list of laws and seemed to despise the United States Constitution, and certainly despised half of all Americans whom she labeled as deplorable. Often these people will be found in the fetal position as shown below. Hillary Clinton supporters can also be seen protesting and singing songs with snappy lyrics, for example:  We reject the President Elect.

The lefty liberal radicals that supported Hillary Clinton  often have trouble facing reality. If a 'safe room' is unavailable, they are often found in the fetal position cowering at the thought of Donald Trump, the President-Elect who is nominating solid conservatives to fill hundreds and hundreds of jobs in the new administration.

Therapy Dogs are terrific... but really, if you don't like the results of an election,  you need a therapy dog?

I am guessing that the coloring books in university 'safe spaces' don't have any images of the President-Elect.

Apparently playing with Play-Doh can change the results of an election in the make-believe world of the left. Conservatives see nothing inherently wrong with Play-Doh when it is used by it's intended grade school enthusiasts.

I recently heard Dennis Prager say something on the radio which I definitely agree with.  I can only offer a paraphrase of the quote:

The only difference between kindergartners and college students is the age of the kinder.  

Safe Spaces? Gimme a break!

Protesters demonstrate on Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York, in opposition of Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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A protester sets off fireworks during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The photo below represents a typical demonstration or riot that often erupts when conservatives are upset that their candidate has lost an election. I think many people can remember the riots that broke out all over America when Barack Obama was elected President. If you are having trouble remembering them, it is likely because it never happened. Even when conservatives are upset and disappointed with election results - they are hampered in their ability to demonstrate and riot as they typically have families and often jobs.

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My daughter and I went out for a 'brief' six mile urban hike around 9:00PM

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Your Food Diary For:

Friday, November 18, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker Apples Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	780	162	9	18	960	54
	780	162	9	18	960	54
L U N C H
Shrimp - Fried, 12 Shrimps	300	14	16	24	590	0
Cafeteria - Lemon Pepper Cod, 1 piece	220	8	12	0	0	0
Beef, Pork & Veal Meatballs, 2 meatballs	100	0	5	9	0	0
Brussel Sprouts - Roasted	100	23	0	9	57	6
Ritz - Fudge Covered Crackers	320	46	16	2	320	26
	1,040	91	49	44	967	32
D I N N E R
Dole - Pineapple, Fresh, Chunks	300	78	0	6	6	60
Pumpkin Mousse	500	93	10	11	1,021	0
	800	171	10	17	1,027	60
S N A C K S
Ritz - Fudge Covered Crackers	480	69	24	3	480	39
	480	69	24	3	480	39
Totals	3,100	493	92	82	3,434	185
Your Daily Goal	6,148	768	205	308	2,300	230
Remaining	3,048	275	113	226	-1,134	45
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 4,218 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 181.6 lbs in 5 weeks     

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Friday, November 18, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
20 MILE URBAN HIKE	277	3,718
6 MILE CASUAL WALK WITH DAUGHTER	96	970

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Apparently just because one forgets to log the candy or cookies one is eating during the day and week, their calories still count. Anyway, today I weighed myself as I do every Saturday and I checked in at 224.9 lbs.  (Still down 84 lbs from where I started on December 24, 2014)

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a few more photographs from my 20 mile urban hike yesterday....
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and one final note...
Conservatives also seek shelter in SAFE SPACE.
Our definition of SAFE SPACE is that part of space where there are no BORG.  That is Safe Space.

If you are out in the universe and encounter a BORG CUBE - you are NOT in SAFE SPACE!

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

I have been exercising lately on the elliptical machine, either at home or on the road. And I have been watching the entire run of Star Trek The Next Generation starting with season 1.  Currently I am already watching season 4. I was 'concerned' when I first started watching season 1 as, I had remembered this being a great TV show.  That first season just didn't have it.  As I continued through to season 3, my memory of this being a good TV show was rewarded. I am really enjoying watching these episodes again, many for only the second time.  I usually have forgotten how they ended or what the particular mystery of the show was and I am finding them very engaging. Did I mention that I am predisposed to like Star Trek? My easiest exercise session was when my 90 minutes included the final show of season 3 (Best of Both Worlds)  When part 1 of this episode first aired originally, it had  an amazing cliffhanger.  I remember so well the 'torture' the viewers were put through as we had to wait, three months,  all summer for the conclusion nearly 20 years ago.  This was the episoode when Captain Picard had been taken over by the Borg and the Borg Cube was headed to Earth to destroy it.  It looked bad for the Federation. But we survived.

Right now things are starting to look bad for civilization here in the real world.  Terrorists around the world are striking more and more often. They, too, must think that our resistance is futile. I remain the kind of person that thinks that good will eventually triumph over evil.

This quote is from the Star Trek movie, First Contact.  It almost seems that it could have been written by ISIS. Certainly, the sentiment is similar.

"We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.".

One thing is sadly certain, this is going to be a long fight.  
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Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, March 26, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker Oats Oatmeal Apples & Cinnamon	480	99	6	12	600	36
2 Egg Omelette With Ham and Cheese	383	2	21	32	810	2
	863	101	27	44	1,410	38
L U N C H
YOGURT PRETZELS	380	56	16	4	360	38
HUGE SPINACH SALAD	750	0	0	0	0	0
	1,130	56	16	4	360	38
D I N N E R
Generic - Teriyaki Salmon Steaks, 6 oz	270	3	8	47	365	5
Roasted Beet Carrot Salad, 1 cup	192	25	10	3	164	17
Asparagus Fresh	44	5	0	3	14	2
	506	33	18	53	543	24
S N A C K S
Natural Dark Chocolate With Cherries, 1 Bar	500	44	32	6	0	22
	500	44	32	6	0	22
Totals	2,999	234	94	107	2,312	122
Your Daily Goal	7,462	933	248	374	2,300	279
Remaining	4,463	698	154	266	-12	156
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 5,532 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,567
Walking	104	1,604
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,381
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,463
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-483
Add Exercise Quick Tools
Daily Total / Goal	381 / 30	5,532 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1360 / 210	15,636 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 2999 calories

total calories burned (six hours total exercise) 6015 calories

total net 3016 calorie defecit

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fitbit day 206

50084 steps  .
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STAR TREK

It was only three days ago when I thought that I was publicly stating a truth.  The truth being that it would be a long time before I once again spent 5 hours on an elliptical machine in one day. I was fairly certain when I posted that, that I was serious. I should have realized even as I was writing that blog post that I would want to try that again. There is a certain sense of satisfaction from reaching a physical fitness milestone. I still, so clearly remember how proud I was the very first time I stepped on a treadmill, after a decade-long rest, and logged a 20 minute workout just walking. I was extremely proud at the time, as it was a true physical milestone. It was 20 minutes more than I had spent on a treadmill in a very long time.  

Sunday morning, I went to the YMCA, as I enjoy their AMT Elliptical Machines. I completed a 125 minute workout. I took a short 10 minute break and hopped back on the machine for sixty five minutes more. Later in the evening while doing my laundry at home, I spent 35 minutes on the elliptical during the wash cycle.  Another 45 minutes while the clothes were in the dryer.  And finally, for no particular reason, I just felt like another 35 minutes after my clothes were folded. 

When the day was done, I realized that I had spent 5 hours and 5 minutes on the elliptical machine. Although, I could have watched the Academy Awards during my evening workout, I chose not to. The Oscars telecast is wildly uninteresting to me. I do casually care who might have won various rewards, and I found out this morning. 

The thing that has kept me unfocused on the exercise and allowed time to speed by while I am strengthening my legs and burning a few calories has been my latest dubious idea.  I am watching Star Trek - The Next Generation on Netflix.  I started at the beginning and I am halfway through Season 1.  This is a show that I really enjoyed during its 7 year run which made its debut nearly 30 years ago.  This is not a series that where I have seen every episode multiple times (like original Star Trek, Get Smart and Seinfeld).  As I watch these episodes, I am both often surprised how good (and bad) some are. I barely remember them, so for many of these shows it is almost as if watching for the first time. One thing is certain, watching these shows on Netflix makes time go fast and allows me to have a seemingly quicker workout.  Yesterday, my Star Trek Marathon lasted 3 hours and 5 minutes.  The day before that, the marathon was only 190 minutes. Finally, after a lifetime, Star Trek is bringing a tangible benefit to my life and well-being. 

THE NEXT THING THAT I NEED TO DO: EAT LESS.  OSTENSIBLY IT SHOULD BE A LOT EASIER TO EAT LESS THAN SPEND ENDLESS HOURS ON AN ELLIPTICAL MACHINE. It should be easier - but it is not. Life is not easy.

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, February 28, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Malt O Meal - Honey Nut Scooters, 90 g	360	72	5	9	630	27
Quaker - Grits - Instant - Original, 5 packet (28 g)	500	110	0	10	1,550	0
	860	182	5	19	2,180	27
L U N C H
Generic - Teriyaki Salmon Steaks, 6 oz	270	3	8	47	365	5
Generic - Baked Macaroni and Cheese, 1 oz	330	32	24	15	583	7
Generic - Southwest Roasted Corn, 1.33 c	320	34	18	6	520	6
WHOLE FOODS 7608 - YOGURT PRETZELS	190	28	8	2	180	19
WHOLE FOODS 9392 - YOGURT RAISINS, 60 g (approx 34 pieces)	255	42	11	2	23	38
	1,365	139	69	71	1,671	75
D I N N E R
Hostess - Classic white bread, 2 slices	160	30	2	5	340	5
Oscar Meyer - Deli Fresh Honey Ham, 4 oz	120	2	3	20	1,120	4
	280	32	5	25	1,460	9
S N A C K S
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, 1 sandwich	260	35	15	9	350	13
	260	35	15	9	350	13
Totals	2,765	388	93	124	5,661	124
Your Daily Goal	6,909	863	230	346	2,300	259
Remaining	4,144	475	137	221	-3,360	135
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 4,979 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	125	2,292
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	65	1,161
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	35	605
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	45	743
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	35	572
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-394
Daily Total / Goal	306 / 30	4,979 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1380 / 210	20,801 / 4,130

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Daily Total / Goal	191 / 30	2,533 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1074 / 210	15,817 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 2765 calories

total calories burned (elliptical-5 HOURS) 5373 calories

total net 2608 calorie defecit

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fitbit day 179

37079 steps  
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YMCA 125 minute workout, AMT (Adaptive Motion Trainer) elliptical machine, 2292 calories

YMCA 65 minute workout, AMT (Adaptive Motion Trainer) elliptical machine, 1161 calories

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THE 3500 CALORIE MYTH

This was part of an interesting article that I found on WebMD.com.  I actually had thought that the 3500 calorie rule was 'settled science'  (you know, like global warming....)

OK, I am absolutely not being serious here.... THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SETTLED SCIENCE.  Unless, your scientific beliefs are based on some kind of quasi religion, science is never settled. (If you think science can be settled, go back to your 9th grade general science textbook and look up how many planets there were back in the old days - a book published today will give a different answer.  SPOILER ALERT: Although the new settled science will list one planet less, no planets were destroyed by the Borg or Darth Vader's Death Star.) As new discoveries, are made, so-called settled science can become quite unsettled.  If anyone argues a scientific point and uses as their argument that the science is settled - you can be sure that you are talking to Al Gore or a left-wing college professor or someone equally ignorant. The most agreed upon scientific theories are born from research not self-important guru politicians or polls. The next time someone tries to prove a point advising you that 97% of scientists agree on anything - just know that you are talking to someone who does not know the first thing about science. Science is determined by hypothesis, and experimentation - not the editorial page of the New York Times. That is way more pontificating than necessary for today... Today, I am going to discuss something that I admit I did think was settled science - and like much of settled science - research has unsettled it.

NEWS FLASH....FROM WebMD (I have reproduced just the beginning of the article from their website)
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Do You Have to Cut 3,500 Calories to Lose a Pound?
The idea that dieters need to cut this many calories -- with diet, exercise or both -- to lose 1 pound of weight comes from an influential scientific paper published in 1958. Max Wishnofsky, MD, a doctor who lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., tried to sum up everything we knew about how calories are stored by the body. He concluded that when the body is in a steady caloric state -- meaning it isn’t fasting or starving -- extra calories will be stored as fat, and it would take 3,500 extra calories to create a pound of fat. In that same steady state, he also said it would take a deficit of 3,500 calories to lose a pound of weight. For decades, the “Wishnofsky Rule” has been math that determined dieters live by.

The trouble is that it’s wrong.

The 3,500-calorie rule doesn’t work because the body adjusts to weight loss. It quickly decreases the number of calories it needs to maintain its new, lighter size, says Corby Martin, PhD, director of the Ingestive Behavior Laboratory at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA. That means weight loss slows down over time. People who expect to drop a pound for every 3,500 calories they cut will soon become frustrated when the scale doesn’t cooperate.

Let’s say a dieter knows they need to eat 2,500 calories a day to maintain their current weight. But they want to slim down. So they decide to shave 500 calories off their daily intake. According to the Wishnofsky Rule, after about a week of doing that, they should lose a pound.

“For the first week or two, the 3,500 calorie-per-pound rule kind of works, roughly, but after the first couple of weeks it doesn’t work,” Martin says.

Here’s why: In 3 or 4 weeks, you need less food to maintain that new, svelter shape.

The good news is that researchers have been working hard to update Wishnofsky’s formula. There are new calculators, like the Body Weight Planner available from the NIH and the Weight Loss Predictor from Pennington. Give them a few key details, like your sex, age, weight, height, activity level, and the date you want to hit your goal, and they’ll give you a more realistic daily calorie goal to get you there.

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In the next couple of days we are going to explore the BODY WEIGHT PLANNER from NIH as well as the WEIGHT LOSS PREDICTOR from Pennington.
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The studies that prove that 3500 calories do not always result in a net gain or loss remind me of a comment that I have heard Dennis Prager, radio host, columnist and book author, say many times on the radio.  "Ever since I attended college, I have been convinced that either “studies” confirm what common sense suggests or that they are mistaken."  Most of us already knew that the 3500 calorie rule could not have been exactly right.  Common sense should have told us, as so many of us already knew from our own experiences, that the 3500 calorie rule was simply was not completely true.
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Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Safeway Eating Right - Granola Cereal, 1.0 cup	330	66	4	8	300	21
Malt O Meal - Honey Nut Scooters, 150 g	600	120	8	15	1,050	45
	930	186	11	23	1,350	66
L U N C H
American Cheese - Kraft Single Milk..mine, 2 slice (21g)	140	4	9	8	440	2
Eggs - Grade A Large, 3 egg (50g)	210	0	15	18	210	0
Kroger - Deli Sliced Ham, 3 slices	45	2	2	8	488	2
S. Rosen's - 100% Whole Wheat Bread, 1 slice	100	19	1	5	190	3
	495	25	27	39	1,328	7
D I N N E R
Doctor Kracker - Pumpkin Seed Cheddar Crisp Bread, 8 Piece	800	104	36	32	1,200	0
Campbells Home Style Soup - Italian Wedding Soup, 2.5 cup	250	33	6	15	1,025	10
	1,050	137	42	47	2,225	10
S N A C K S
ROBERTO - GRISSINI TORINESI (BREADSTICKS), 16 BREADSTICKS	140	22	3	4	280	0
the Fresh Market - Cranberry Oat Sweet & Savory Crisps, 40 -10 crisp	400	80	8	10	575	30
	540	102	11	14	855	30
Totals	3,015	450	91	122	5,758	113
Your Daily Goal	2,564	320	85	129	2,300	96
Remaining	-451	-129	-5	7	-3,457	-17
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 634 extra calories from exercise today

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
MATRIX TREADMILL	75	730
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-96
Daily Total / Goal	76 / 30	634 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	261 / 210	4,739 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3015 calories

total calories (75 minutes treadmill) 730 calories

total net calories 2285 calories

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fitbit day 124

14747 steps
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