HAPPY THANKSGIVING

A day to try to stay away from politics.  So, if you can forgive Charles Schulz for 'cultural appropriation' (a recently discovered ill-conceived idea from those over-educated, self-righteous morons on the left) you can enjoy this 'Peanuts' cartoon wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving. (I think I might have failed to keep politics out of my blog today...oops)

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Kirkland - Bacon	320	0	24	24	1,400	0
	720	88	30	32	2,640	4
L U N C H
Salmon Avocado Sushi Roll	600	93	14	20	945	17
	600	93	14	20	945	17
D I N N E R
Multigrain Crispbread - Crispbread Crackers	675	165	0	30	975	0
Campbell's  Chunky Soup - Hearty Beef Barley	560	96	6	32	3,160	24
	1,235	261	6	62	4,135	24
S N A C K S
Dreyer's  Fruit Bars Creamy Coconut	480	80	12	16	160	72
Oreo Cookies	480	75	21	3	420	42
	960	155	33	19	580	114
Totals	3,515	597	83	133	8,300	159
Your Daily Goal	4,050	506	135	203	2,300	152
Remaining	535	-91	52	70	-6,000	-7
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,120 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 220.5 lbs in 5 weeks.

JOHN ALEXANDER LOGAN (SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS)

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from bio guide.congress.gov

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LOGAN, John Alexander, (1826 - 1886) Senate Years of Service: 1871-1877; 1879-1886 Party: Republican; Republican Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office LOGAN, John Alexander, a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Ill., on February 9, 1826; attended the common schools and studied law; served in the war with Mexico as a lieutenant; returned to Illinois; clerk of the Jackson County Court 1849; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1852, and practiced; member, Illinois house of representatives 1852-1853, 1856-1857; prosecuting attorney for the third judicial district of Illinois 1853-1857; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1856; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1859, until April 2, 1862, when he resigned and entered the Union Army; chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses); during the Civil War was commissioned brigadier general, and then major general of Volunteers, and served until 1865; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1867, until his resignation on March 3, 1871, at the end of the Forty-first Congress, having been elected Senator; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Forty-first Congress); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1868 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson; conceived of the idea of Memorial Day and inaugurated the observance in May 1868; elected to the United States Senate as a Republican and served from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses); resumed the practice of law in Chicago; again elected to the United States Senate in 1879; reelected in 1885, and served from March 4, 1879, until his death; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses); unsuccessful Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1884; died in Washington, D.C., December 26, 1886; lay in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, December 30-31, 1886; interment in a tomb in the National Cemetery, Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C.

Hey, stupid people in Illinois... Are you aware that this statue of Senator John Logan, Senator from Illinois was a Republican?  Maybe we should tear this statue down? You know, after we get around to tearing down the statues of President Abraham Lincoln.  Or better yet, perhaps we can melt the statues and remold them into the statue of Mayor Marion Barry that the lefties in Washington, DC want to erect?  Perhaps, New Yorkers are already planning to erect (pun intended) a statue of Congressman Anthony Wiener? 

STUPIDITY RAINS

Lately I have been drowning in stupidity. A parade in cancelled in Portland, Oregon due to the threat of violence against the apparently unwelcome scheduled participation of some Republicans.  I blame the stupidity of the parade sponsors and the city who are folding to these anonymous threats. An appearance by the brilliant and wickedly funny Ann Coulter is cancelled at the University of California - Berkeley due to the threat of violence. I blame the cancellation on the stupidity of the college administrators who are too cowardly and too weak to protect an invited speaker and the students who would like to attend the speech. Berkeley is the birthplace of the free speech movement in the 1960's?  Maybe it was. Apparently it is the birthplace and the deathbed. Liberal lefty lunatics are attacking Trump's new tax cuts as it will mostly benefit 'the rich' including Donald Trump. Yes, it is true, tax cuts will benefit Donald Trump. You know why? Because he is part of an increasingly smaller and smaller subgroup of Americans who actually pay federal income taxes. Sure, if you pay no taxes, I understand why a tax cut may not be interesting. I blame the media who focus on how a tax cut would personally affect Trump. Why should anyone care about this? The media are counting on the stupidity of the American people to find this a problem worthy of debate. After nearly two  generations have been brainwashed in schools from Kindergarten through College and have been molded into perfect snowflakes - they buy into this stupidity without question.

When the Democrats in Congress spearheaded the partial government takeover of our healthcare system, aka, Obamacare, aka Affordable Care Act - did they do this simply to benefit themselves, in the same way that Trump's tax cuts will benefit him?  Uh, no....in fact, they exempted themselves! Our representatives in Congress wanted no part of this particular abomination. Stupidity may rule in Washington - but Congress was not that stupid to subject themselves to Obamacare. Ok, so that was a bad example.

We are in a civil war. We are only 100 days into this administration and liberals are absolutely going nuts, except how they are going nuts with the threat of violence thrown into the mix. Our country is in trouble. Stupidity Rains.  check that...Stupidity Reigns.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, April 27, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Safeway Kitchens - Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	650	135	8	15	850	60
	650	135	8	15	850	60
L U N C H
Subway - Sun Chips- Harvest Cheddar	210	27	9	4	320	3
Subway - Turkey Sub Sandwich	560	92	7	36	1,620	14
	770	119	16	40	1,940	17
D I N N E R
Panda Express - Brown Rice	420	87	4	9	15	1
Panda Express - Mushroom Chicken	170	11	14	12	840	4
Panda  Express - Broccoli Beef	150	13	7	9	520	7
	740	111	25	30	1,375	12
S N A C K S
Met-rx - Big100 Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, 1 bar	360	52	5	28	160	25
	360	52	5	28	160	25
Totals	2,520	417	54	113	4,325	114
Your Daily Goal	2,099	262	70	105	2,300	78
Remaining	-421	-155	16	-8	-2,025	-36
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

On the way to Bowling Green, Kentucky, I made a 30 minute detour just to go to the Visitors Center at Mammoth Caves National Park which was just 20 miles away from my destination. I know now that I definitely want to return to this place and actually see the caves. My 'hike' was a grand total of .39 miles, I expect to hike a bit more the next time I visit.

SINCERE IGNORANCE AND CONSCIENTIOUS STUPIDITY

I have been thinking about the left lately. Why are they acting so crazy? I was thinking about the expression that goes something like: There is nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal. The Democrats, the democratic party, the left has been badly wounded in the wake of 8 years of our previous president. Our young, good-looking leader maintained his popularity over eight years even though virtually every time that voters had a chance to express their opinions about his actual policies they overwhelmingly rejected them. The Democrat party has been wiped out of state legislatures, the Democrat party has been greatly reduced in the number of governorships, and they lost their majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives under the leadership of the 44th President of the United States. They are mad. And the definition of mad that I am using is the one that is more associated with crazy rather than angry - although both work. I found this quote (below) from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. which expresses how I think about my political opponents. Surely they think  the same of me. And that's where we are in America today. Each side thinks the other side is ignorant and dangerous. It is hard to see how this ends amicably. The last Civil War in the United States ended after much bloodshed. Are we better than those Americans?  Are we smarter than those Americans who needed a war and military defeat and military victory to settle differences? I see little evidence that that is the case. 

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, March 2, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Cinnamon and Spice oatmeal	510	105	6	12	720	51
	510	105	6	12	720	51
L U N C H
Sushi - Spicy California Roll	300	47	9	7	866	11
Sushi - Philadelphia Roll	450	82	8	12	654	8
	750	129	17	19	1,520	19
D I N N E R
Taco Bell - Hard Shell Tacos	680	48	40	32	1,240	4
	680	48	40	32	1,240	4
S N A C K S
Chocolate Birthday Cake,	375	54	17	9	0	62
	375	54	17	9	0	62
Totals	2,315	336	80	72	3,480	136
Your Daily Goal	2,040	255	68	103	2,300	76
Remaining	-275	-81	-12	31	-1,180	-60
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

AMERICA'S SECOND CIVIL WAR

One of my favorite radio personalities and authors, is Dennis Prager. Last week he published a column indicating that our country is in a (non-violent) civil war. This does certainly seem to be the case. I found the column to be grim and truthful. 

Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, January 29, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Essential Everyday - Butter Flavored Grits	400	84	4	8	1,360	4
	400	84	4	8	1,360	4
L U N C H
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese, 3 eggs	425	0	21	28	650	2
Johnsonville 170 - Polish Kielbasa Sausage	340	4	30	14	1,140	2
	765	4	51	42	1,790	4
D I N N E R
Pot Roast, Beef	700	0	44	69	111	0
	700	0	44	69	111	0
S N A C K S
Jack Link's - Original Beef Stick	330	6	24	15	1,230	3
	330	6	24	15	1,230	3
Totals	2,195	94	123	134	4,491	11
Your Daily Goal	2,384	298	79	120	2,300	89
Remaining	189	204	-44	-14	-2,191	78
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking	36	517
Add Exercise Quick Tools
Daily Total / Goal	36 / 30	517 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	336 / 210	4,232 / 4,130

America's Second Civil War

Dennis Prager

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Posted: Jan 24, 2017 12:01 AM

It is time for our society to acknowledge a sad truth: America is currently fighting its second Civil War.

In fact, with the obvious and enormous exception of attitudes toward slavery, Americans are more divided morally, ideologically and politically today than they were during the Civil War. For that reason, just as the Great War came to be known as World War I once there was World War II, the Civil War will become known as the First Civil War when more Americans come to regard the current battle as the Second Civil War.

This Second Civil War, fortunately, differs in another critically important way: It has thus far been largely nonviolent. But given increasing left-wing violence, such as riots, the taking over of college presidents’ offices and the illegal occupation of state capitols, nonviolence is not guaranteed to be a permanent characteristic of the Second Civil War.

There are those on both the left and right who call for American unity. But these calls are either naive or disingenuous. Unity was possible between the right and liberals, but not between the right and the left.

Liberalism — which was anti-left, pro-American and deeply committed to the Judeo-Christian foundations of America; and which regarded the melting pot as the American ideal, fought for free speech for its opponents, regarded Western civilization as the greatest moral and artistic human achievement and viewed the celebration of racial identity as racism — is now affirmed almost exclusively on the right and among a handful of people who don’t call themselves conservative.

The left, however, is opposed to every one of those core principles of liberalism.

Like the left in every other country, the left in America essentially sees America as a racist, xenophobic, colonialist, imperialist, warmongering, money-worshipping, moronically religious nation.

Just as in Western Europe, the left in America seeks to erase America’s Judeo-Christian foundations. The melting pot is regarded as nothing more than an anti-black, anti-Muslim, anti-Hispanic meme. The left suppresses free speech wherever possible for those who oppose it, labeling all non-left speech “hate speech.” To cite only one example, if you think Shakespeare is the greatest playwright or Bach is the greatest composer, you are a proponent of dead white European males and therefore racist.

Without any important value held in common, how can there be unity between left and non-left? Obviously, there cannot.

There will be unity only when the left vanquishes the right or the right vanquishes the left. Using the First Civil War analogy, American unity was achieved only after the South was vanquished and slavery was abolished.

How are those of us who oppose left-wing nihilism — there is no other word for an ideology that holds Western civilization and America’s core values in contempt — supposed to unite with “educators” who instruct elementary school teachers to cease calling their students “boys” and “girls” because that implies gender identity? With English departments that don’t require reading Shakespeare in order to receive a degree in English? With those who regard virtually every war America has fought as imperialist and immoral? With those who regard the free market as a form of oppression? With those who want the state to control as much of American life as possible? With those who repeatedly tell America and its black minority that the greatest problems afflicting black Americans are caused by white racism, “white privilege” and “systemic racism”? With those who think that the nuclear family ideal is inherently misogynistic and homophobic? With those who hold that Israel is the villain in the Middle East? With those who claim that the term “Islamic terrorist” is an expression of religious bigotry?

The third significant difference between the First and Second Civil Wars is that in the Second Civil war, one side has been doing nearly all the fighting. That is how it has been able to take over schools — from elementary schools, to high schools, to universities — and indoctrinate America’s young people; how it has taken over nearly all the news media; and how it has taken over entertainment media.

The conservative side has lost on every one of these fronts because it has rarely fought back with anything near the ferocity with which the left fights. Name a Republican politician who has run against the left as opposed to running solely against his or her Democratic opponent. And nearly all American conservatives, people who are proud of America and affirm its basic tenets, readily send their children to schools that indoctrinate their children against everything the parents hold precious. A mere handful protest when their child’s teacher ceases calling their son a boy or their daughter a girl, or makes “slave owner” the defining characteristic of the Founding Fathers.

With the defeat of the left in the last presidential election, the defeat of the left in two-thirds of the gubernatorial elections and the defeat of the left in a majority of House and Senate elections, this is likely the last chance liberals, conservatives and the right have to defeat the American left. But it will not happen until these groups understand that we are fighting for the survival of America no less than the Union troops were in the First Civil War.

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THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LINCOLN

All Americans should be thankful that President Abraham Lincoln successfully preserved the Union (although at great cost) .  Today, I am (sort of) thanking President Abraham Lincoln (five dollar bill version of him) as only $5.00 will allow me to utilize a local fitness club in Clare, Michigan (an extremely low cost)

Yesterday I left Chicago and travelled to Clare, Michigan.  Clare, Michigan is centrally located in northern Michigan and it is not exactly a large metropolis.   The nearest YMCA is a approximately 40 miles distant.  Clare, Michigan has no national fitness chains within miles.  What the town does have is exactly one privately owned fitness center with a very friendly policy for out-of-town guests or anyone that simply wants to use the facility.  For just $5.00 one can have access to CLARE FAMILY FITNESS.    Although this is a small town, the fitness center is open 24 hours per day!   So as soon as I 'publish' this post to the blog - I will travel the half mile from my hotel and get in a good workout to start my day.

CLARE FAMILY FITNESS, where my day will start on Tuesday

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 Monday MENU

breakfast   THREE APPLES                                                              240 calories
lunch         SALAD BAR, granola trail mix                                     1085 calories
dinner       SUBWAY double chicken spinach salad, w/croutons       280 calories
SNACK   BULK FOODS: granola, dried fruit, chocolate                  829 calories

total calories consumed 2434 calories

calories burned

HOME STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL 45 minutes, level 20                     1072 calories

CALORIES BURNED 1072 CALORIES

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Monday net calories 1362 calories

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This following passage lifted from the Clare Family Fitness website is from the about me page of Clare Family Fitness.... It is a brief history of the business told by the owner, Kim Denton.    One has to admire a small business success story run by a typical American.  It is people like this that make America great (y'know when America was great before the Leftists did everything they could to destroy it - they have not completely succeeded yet - but they will never give up.)   Therefore either can we!

I am so proud and excited to be the new owner of Clare Family Fitness.  I thank Randy Hale for the opportunity - he has created an environment where I have personally thrived with his killer X-Fit class for 3 years and now on a professional level.  Stepping into the gym as the owner is completely exhilarating.  I am anxious to bring new programs and fitness opportunities to the Clare area.

My fitness journey begins with Jane Fonda…for real!!!  In high school I worked out with a neighbor lady in tights and a body suit…YIKES.  I ran cross country in high school, but wasn’t very good thanks to shin splints.  Then in college I started swimming and eventually competed in a few sprint triathlons.  I really loved step aerobics and water aerobics and taught a few classes.  Truthfully, I was never an athlete, but always wanted to be fit and healthy.  Then came marriage and babies and I put my fitness quest on hold.  

About 10 years ago, I needed to burn some “baby fat” and worked out in two health clubs in Mt. Pleasant daily and eventually got kicked out of both…because of their rules about children.   (That’s not going to happen at Clare Family Fitness.)  At that point, I took my fitness pursuit into my own home and did workouts with neighbors.  Then, we realized that we wanted to get the kids involved and brought Girls on the Run to Clare.  This was when I realized my passion to help young girls realize their unique beauty, make healthy choices, exude confidence, and reach their fullest potential.  

Ok, so I do have a competitive side too…I have loved coaching Clare Middle School Cross Country with Kyle McKown for the last 5 years and intend to continue with “my girls”.   Personally, I competed with a team of “MissFits” in Clare’s Toughest Contest and we earned second place to a guys’ team…but we had much better form thanks to Randy’s coaching.  I am a sports booster, a board member for Girls On The Run, and the ultimate fan for my kids’ teams.

Speaking of my family, they are also invested in my new endeavor as a gym owner.  My husband of almost 25 years, Jeff Denton, is thrilled to have a membership at CFF!   It would have been easier for him to work out a deal while Randy was the owner because now he has to lay rubber flooring and handle my constant flow of ideas for improvement.  Gabe is a sophomore at Clare High School and luckily got his dad’s athletic mind, body, and ability.  His brute strength is also an asset to the gym…thanks Gabe!  Leah is in 8th grade and enjoys the gym for running club and the cozy couch for naps after school.  My eldest, Abigail, is attending Calvin College in Grand Rapids and would like me to install a climbing wall…not sure about that…how about the water tower!  My parents are also roped into the new business…my mom works at The Studio (old Curves is now Clare Family Fitness) in the early morning and my dad runs errands and they both check on me to make sure I’m taking care of myself! 

I graduated from Mason High School in 1986.  In 1989, I earned a Bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in Business Administration from Alma College.  We have lived in Clare for almost 17 years, but this is Jeff’s home town, he graduated in 1983. As a stay-at-home-mom for 2 decades, I was restless for a professional endeavor.  

Clare Family Fitness is where I will pursue a life-long dream of business ownership that started as a little girl in Lansing selling lemonade by the road at my card table station!

At Clare Family Fitness, my goal is to provide a fitness opportunity for all ages, shapes, and situations (even moms with kids in tow).  I have surrounded myself with an amazing team to meet your needs.  We are here to help you reach your fitness goals…so join our family at Clare Family Fitness!

Be healthy and be happy!

KIM DENTON