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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

EVEN STEPHEN HAWKING CAN BE WRONG

I can think of nothing that is going to make people question my humilty than if I question Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking has one of the greatest minds on anyone living on earth in the last few generations when it comes to astrophysics, quantum mechanics and the evolution of the universe. This has been his specialty. Recently he has warned that if humankind is to survive global warming, we might have to colonize new planets. Even if we take the scientific 'chicken littles' seriously who are warning about the temperature of the earth rising 1°C over the next 100 years. Is it reasonable that we are going to find another planet in a nearby solar system that is as perfect as Earth is even after 100 years of global warming? The lesson here is that a genius in astrophysics is not necessarily a genius in climate change or socio-economic policy. I suspect that readers of the New York Times and graduates of elite universities will have trouble understanding this. That is why I am trying to provide guidance. Geniuses in astrophysics are not necessarily the same people that I would unquestionably seek guidance from in other areas that are outside their expertise.

Think about it. For example, would you take geo-political advice from someone who had excelled in real-estate development? Oops, bad example. However, regarding our president, we must remember that in the election that was held in November, Trump bested someone who had never excelled in any field. Oops. Again this is not true. I seem to remember that Hillary Clinton cleverly invested $1,000 in cattle future contracts and made $100,000 in profits. That's not too shabby. Still, being an expert in bribery and dishonest kickbacks is only an accomplishment in that she has (so far) avoided prison.

Back to my original thesis for the day regarding the warning from Stephen Hawking... It is true that the increased heat from our sun is definitely going to make our planet uninhabitable...in about billion years. Therefore it is true that eventually we may have to leave our neighborhood in the Milky Way - but we really do have plenty of time. We can use that time to work on our warp engines and transporters.

from the telegraph.co.uk

Tomorrow’s World returns to BBC with startling warning from Stephen Hawking – we must leave Earth

Humans will need to colonise another planet within one hundred years to ensure our survival, according to Professor Stephen Hawking. The astrophysicist has made a new documentary, Expedition New Earth, as part of the BBC’s new science season Tomorrow’s World. In it he will claim that time is running out for Earth and if humanity is to survive climate change, asteroid strikes, epidemics and overpopulation we will need to leave our planet and venture further afield.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker - Instant Oatmeal - Original	400	76	8	16	300	0
	400	76	8	16	300	0
L U N C H
Taylor Farms - Asian Chopped Salad	560	46	42	11	1,155	21
	560	46	42	11	1,155	21
D I N N E R
Homemade - Beef and Bean Burrito	600	50	47	77	2,000	0
	600	50	47	77	2,000	0
S N A C K S
Ice Cream Sandwich, 1 Sandwich	180	29	6	3	135	16
Cottage Cheese w/ Mango	300	25	6	35	924	23
	480	54	12	38	1,059	39

Totals	2,040	226	109	142	4,514	60
Your Daily Goal	1,997	249	66	100	2,300	75
Remaining	-43	23	-43	-42	-2,214	15
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

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We will leave our solar system when we are ready... We have plenty of time to develop our means of transportation. We are going to need a proper ship, and a transporter room might come in handy as well.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

ENTERPRISE

After finally finding the time, and the sunlight to visit an actual trail on Tuesday, I was back indoors on an elliptical machine on Wednesday. As I mentioned in a previous post, there are four seasons: Sping, Summer, Autumn and Netflix. When one spends so much time on an elliptical machine looking for a diversion - there is nothing better than discovering a new TV series to watch. As a guy who had seen every episode of the original Star Trek, Star Trek Next Generation and Star Trek Voyager - I had somehow managed to never see Star Trek Enterprise. I have been remedying that situation lately. I guess after that, I can watch Star Trek Deep Space Nine. And when I am done with all of that - it should be time of the brand new Star Trek making its debut in May. Star Trek Discovery. I like Star Trek.

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from wikipedia...

Star Trek: Enterprise (titled simply Enterprise until the third episode of season three) is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series. It originally aired from September 26, 2001 to May 13, 2005 on UPN, spanning 98 episodes across four seasons. Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the first Starfleet starship, Enterprise (registration NX-01), as they explore the galaxy. An ongoing storyline, referred to as the Temporal Cold War, continued through the third season, in which forces from the future attempted to manipulate events in the present. In the third season, an escalation of this campaign introduced the Xindi and dealt with the repercussions of their attack on Earth.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Trader Joe's Apple Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	650	135	8	15	850	60
Bread, raisin, toasted, enriched	168	32	3	5	214	4
	818	167	11	20	1,064	64
L U N C H
Subway - Footlong Steak and Cheese	760	96	20	52	2,060	16
Harvest - Sun Chips, 1 bag	210	29	9	3	310	0
	970	125	29	55	2,370	16
D I N N E R
Kroger - Chef Salad	1,000	27	73	58	1,846	15
	1,000	27	73	58	1,846	15
S N A C K S
Fit Crunch - Cookies and Cream, 1 Bar (88g)	380	27	16	30	490	6
	380	27	16	30	490	6

Totals	3,168	346	129	163	5,770	101
Your Daily Goal	2,488	311	83	125	2,300	93
Remaining	-680	-35	-46	-38	-3,470	-8
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Elliptical Trainer	102	698


Daily Total / Goal	102 / 30	698 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	298 / 210	2,280 / 4,130

Sunday, September 18, 2016

SPOCK, UHURA and ME

It was hard for me to believe that on Friday I took an 18 mile urban hike. I woke up on Saturday with a terrible cold, a bit of a sore throat and intermittent chills. I rested all morning and in the afternoon I joined my family for a slow walk downtown. While we were at Macy's we discovered 'Mr Spock' and 'Lieutenant Uhura' promoting new Star Trek branded makeup from MAC. As you can imagine, this called for a photo. I declined any opportunity for a complete makeover.

Mr Spock, me and Lieutenant Uhura

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Creamy Wheat - Enriched Farina	480	100	0	16	340	4
Apple Fritter	600	82	28	8	0	0
	1,080	182	28	24	340	4
L U N C H
Chili, 1 cup	180	16	5	15	790	5
Fried Chicken Tenders	380	22	25	18	970	2
	560	38	30	33	1,760	7
D I N N E R
Panda Express - Broccoli Beef Entree, 5 oz	150	13	7	9	520	7
Panda Express - Grilled Teriyaki Chicken, 6 oz	300	8	13	36	530	8
Panda Express - Mixed Vegetable, 8.6 oz	80	16	1	4	540	5
	530	37	21	49	1,590	20
S N A C K S
VANILLA ALMOND GRANOLA	375	69	12	8	90	21
YOGURT ALMONDS	250	25	16	5	23	22
Yogurtland - Toasted Coconut	500	104	21	17	271	75
	1,125	198	49	30	384	118

Totals	3,295	455	128	136	4,074	149
Your Daily Goal	2,887	361	96	145	2,300	108
Remaining	-408	-94	-32	9	-1,774	-41
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 957 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking slow speed urban hike 5 miles	111	787


Daily Total / Goal	111 / 30	787 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	809 / 210	10,146 / 4,130

My daughter took a picture with Spock and Uhura as well.

Friday, July 1, 2016

EPIC FAIL

Today's blog is called EPIC FAIL. This is not because of any recent horrific failures on my part. In fact, I have had numerous setbacks over the past 18 months since I made the decision to change my lifestyle. My change began while I was visiting my doctor for my annual checkup, which I made sure to have at least every ten years or so. I can almost pinpoint the time that I clicked the switch in my head and I said to myself: I start today, in fact, I start now. For the most part, I have been successful. On December 24, 2014, I weighed 309 lbs. Last Saturday when I weighed myself, as I do every week, I checked in at 233 lbs. A seventy six pound weight loss, eighteen months after changing one's life is surely some kind of accomplishment. Why then is today's blog titled: EPIC FAIL? I was thinking about my 'normal' daily 'diet' before I made that decision to reverse the direction of my life on December 24th at approximately 10AM in the morning. I discovered MyFitnessPal, an application for entering one's daily food intake on December 26th two days after my decision point. Since that day, I have (more or less) entered all (OK, let's say most) of what I have eaten every day. I thought it would be amusing (even if only to me) to enter a 'typical' daily food diary for a typical day prior to the decision that I made to discontinue my daily, EPIC FAILS. So, I did. I entered this typical 'menu' of food (poison) that I ate just about every day for nearly 10 years as I saw my weight balloon up from about 220 lbs when my daughter started kindergarten to the 309 lbs I was when my daughter was on winter break in 7th grade. In the past eighteen months, I have never, not once consumed 5000 calories in one day. Even on the day that I climbed and made the summit on HALF DOME in Yosemite Park and packed my bag with a dozen different snacks - I was still under 5000 calories - and that was a day that I accumulated more than 50,000 steps, ascending nearly 5000 feet and back on a hike that lasted more than 12 hours. So, without further adieu, I present my typical EPIC FAIL food diary, which I have retroactively entered with the date of December 23, 2014, exactly one day, 24 hours prior to making on of the biggest decisions of my life. The decision was to live. Live healthy.

Your EPIC FAIL Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Mcdonalds - Bacon, Egg, Cheese Bagel (2)	1,240	134	54	50	2,080	12
Hostess - Ho-Ho's, 3 cakes (1 package)	360	54	16	2	190	43
Nestle Nesquik - Low Fat Vanilla Milk, 8 oz	170	30	3	8	130	29
Oreo Cookies - 10 Cookies (1 package)	600	85	25	5	475	45
	2,370	303	98	65	2,875	129
L U N C H
Mcdonald's - -McChicken, 3 SANDWICH	1,110	120	51	42	1,950	15
M&M's - Chocolate Mint, 1.5 oz.	210	30	10	2	30	26
	1,320	150	61	44	1,980	41
D I N N E R
Burger King - Cheeseburger (four burgers)	1,080	108	48	44	2,520	28
Klondike - Klondike Bar	250	29	14	3	70	23
	1,330	137	62	47	2,590	51



Totals	5,020	590	221	156	7,445	221
Your Daily Goal	1,880	235	63	94	2,300	70
Remaining	-3,140	-355	-157	-62	-5,145	-151
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar

I have probably understated the amount of garbage that I stuffed into my mouth each day... but I don't want to make it appear to be even more unbelievable than it was. This 'typical' diet that I 'enjoyed' for nearly ten years was truly pathetic. Back in those days when I was consuming a minimum of 5000 calories per day, I was also engaged in zero exercise. This is not an exaggeration. Even as I write these words, I am disgusted at the way that I used to 'live'. I have made many changes in the past eighteen months. I am sure that nutritionists might observe what I eat these days and still not be very impressed. All I know is that I am eating better than I used to eat. There is always room for improvement. In my case, there is lots of room. The goal is to continue to make better decisions each day. The goal is often not met. Obviously in the 'old days' there was no goal.

That's enough ancient history... Here's what I did yesterday...

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Yesterday, began a long holiday weekend. I did what any Dad would do, walk my daughter one mile to her junior lifeguard camp. That walk is precisely one mile. I dropped her off at noon, and I picked her up again at 4:00PM. During those four hours I walked an additional 17 miles. I am expecting that my weigh in on Saturday should show some results from my increased activity lately. At least, that's the plan.

The weather was favorable for a extra long hike on Thursday.

Northerly Island

Northerly Island, with the Chicago skyline in the background.

Most presidents have monuments built after they have served and passed away. Our next president, will take office next January with monuments to himself already in place. How's that for efficiency?

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After dinner our family drove to Mariano's to pick up some groceries. After completing the shopping, my daughter suggested that me and her walk home. I wasn't sure I even had it in me to walk the three miles after my 18 mile hike earlier. However, there was no way that I was going to reject this proposal from my daughter. So, we walked home. Three miles.
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Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Grits - Grits, 4 packet	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Maltomeal - Honey Nut Scooters, 2 cup	240	48	3	6	420	18
	640	136	9	14	1,660	22
L U N C H
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese	425	0	21	28	650	2
Red Delicious Apple, 2 medium apple (170g)	190	50	1	1	4	38
	615	50	22	29	654	39
D I N N E R
Manhattan Clam Chowder, 2 cup	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
Roundy's - Artisan Bread Sourdough, 4 oz	260	54	1	8	600	0
Cheese, provolone, 3.01 oz	300	2	23	22	748	0
Pineapples - Pineapples, 2 Cup	172	33	0	2	2	33
	972	125	30	42	2,950	39
S N A C K S
Louis kemp - Salmon Delights, 2 stick	120	10	6	8	560	2
	120	10	6	8	560	2

Totals	2,347	321	66	93	5,823	103
Your Daily Goal	5,839	730	194	292	2,300	219
Remaining	3,492	409	127	198	-3,523	116
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 3,909 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking	242	3,424
Walking	50	462
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	23


Daily Total / Goal	293 / 30	3,909 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	883 / 210	11,022 / 4,130