Saturday, January 9, 2016

THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD

Everyone knows this guy.... He's 'the world's most interesting man' (spokesman for Dos Equis Beer)

The Most Interesting Man in the World is an advertising campaign for the Dos Equis brand of beer, produced by the marketing firm Euro RSCG for Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery.The ads feature Jonathan Goldsmith as "the world's most interesting man" and are narrated by Frontline's Will Lyman. Goldsmith has stated that his friend, actor Fernando Lamas, was an inspiration in creating the character. The advertisements first began appearing in the United States in 2006 and have since then become a popular Internet meme.

This ad campaign is also among the most parodied campaigns... For no particular reason.... Today, I will share some of those parodies.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
steel cut oatmeal - steel cut oat meal, 1 cup	600	108	10	20	0	4
Kroger - Deli Sliced Ham, 4 slices	60	3	3	10	650	3
Egg - Grade A Large, 3 egg (50g)	210	0	15	18	210	0
Kraft - Cheese - American Singles, 2 Slice (38g)	120	4	8	6	400	2
	990	115	36	54	1,260	9
L U N C H
Krave - Pork Jerky - Black Cherry Barbecue, 98 g	280	35	2	32	1,120	32
Raw Revolution - Chocolate Coconut Bliss, 102 g	480	44	32	14	10	24
	760	79	34	46	1,130	56
D I N N E R
Musselman's - Musselman's Cinnamon Applesauce 48oz Jar, 2 cup	400	100	0	0	40	84
kozyshack - tapioca pudding, 113 g	120	22	2	3	130	16
	520	122	2	3	170	100



Totals	2,270	316	71	103	2,560	165
Your Daily Goal	4,311	539	143	216	2,300	161
Remaining	2,041	223	71	113	-260	-3
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,381 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	2,131
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	250


Daily Total / Goal	93 / 30	2,381 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	540 / 210	11,216 / 4,130

total calories consumed 2270 calories

total calories burned (92 minutes elliptical) 2131 calories

total net calories 139 calories

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fitbit day 127
19279 steps

SATURDAY WEIGH-IN
215.3 LBS

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

GLUTTONY

As I reported on March 4th, I recently discovered the CUT THE FAT podcast available on Apple iTunes. On the CUT THE FAT podcast, Episode 28, The 12 Principles of Fat Loss - Part I (originally released October 7, 2010) I heard something which I thought was very interesting from one of the hosts, Dr. Ray Hinish.

Dr. Hinish was talking about the three 'settings' that our stomach has.

I'M STARVING
I'M FULL, BUT I CAN EAT MORE
I'M STUFFED

He explained that the sensation of 'starving' is the same whether you have not had a meal in 8 hours or not had a meal in 24 hours. He said, "Once you reach the starving level, you just can't get any hungrier." If you think about it, it is true.

He defined the 'stuffed' level as the condition where if one were to eat more, they might actually vomit. This is the level that too many of might agree we reach at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Looking back, I was apparently striving for this level everytime I went back for 'seconds' (or 'thirds') at home, or went to any buffet or all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant. I was never satisfied, changing my hunger from 'starvation' to full - I always went further. I did actually eat until I could literally eat no more. It didn't matter how full I was, when there is free food, or unlimited food on hand - I wanted 'my share'. This is very destructive behaviour and I will not be behaving that way anymore.

The level, 'I'm full, but I can eat more' is self-explanatory. We must train ourselves to stop eating when we are full, when we are sated. This is an area where I used to be woefully inadequate. The trick to eating (and it is not a trick at all) is simply to stop eating when we are satisfied. And it is important to feel satisfied long before we are stuffed.

Wisdom often seems so much like common sense. However, if this particular wisdom was common, the vast majority of overweight and obese people walking around would be a lot thinner.

Two ways to insure that we are satisfied long before we stuff ourselves is to:

EAT SLOWLY - It takes twenty minutes for the stomach to signal to the brain that it has been satisfied.

PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR MEAL WHILE YOU ARE EATING IT - distractions block satiety signals to the brain.

Dos Equis spokesman, 'The most interesting man in the world'

ONE OF 'THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS'...GLUTTONY (TRY TO AVOID IT) TRY HARD.

glut·ton·y ˈɡlətnē/

noun habitual greed or excess in eating.

synonyms: greed, greediness, overeating, gourmandism, gourmandizing, voracity, insatiability;

informal piggishness "the gluttony you displayed last evening was reprehensible"

HOMER SIMPSON being physically removed from an ALL YOU CAN EAT SEAFOOD RESTAURANT as he simply would not stop eating. He sued the restaurant. On the witness stand, Homer's wife, Marge, had to tearfully testify that after being tossed out of the ALL YOU CAN EAT SEAFOOD RESTAURANT - HOMER WENT FISHING! (There might have been a couple of times when a restaurant might have wanted to kick me out - although it never did actually happen to me.)

MONDAY MENU

breakfast cup oatmeal w/prune, two turkey sausages, two poached eggs 360 calories
lunch JASON'S DELI SPICY SEAFOOD GUMBO - BOWL 301 calories
dinner JIMMY JOHN'S #14 bootlegger club unwich w/mustard 280 calories

total calories consumed 941 calories

CALORIES BURNED
6AM home elliptical machine 35 minutes 450 calories

MONDAY NET CALORIES 491 CALORIES

I was particularly out of control at a buffet. I virtually never considered a meal complete until I was stuffed. It all seems so ridiculous now.

This cartoon captures my old self only too well.
FLYING BUTTONS...so appropriate for me as I am a button salesman!
(My wife, Jennifer, found this excellent cartoon. Thank you, Jennifer)

Why does this bear look so angry?