Sunday, August 28, 2016

BANANA REPUBLIC BLUE JEANS

Different brands of clothing adhere to sizes a bit, well... differently. It is my belief that Banana Republic 'runs small.' (In other words, if one usually wears a waist size of 40, perhaps if shopping at Banana Republic one would have to consider a 42. Many months ago when I was confident that my weight loss would continue (before my hernia operation) I purchased a pair of BANANA REPUBLIC BLUE JEANS at a huge discount, even though at the time they did not even remotely fit me. This pair of blue jeans was 36" waist. I tried them on last night. They are tight, but in a pinch, they could be worn. The waist size that I was forced to wear when I started this little journey on December 24, 2014 was 50" - and they were tight. A man wearing tight 50" blue jeans is not a pleasant sight. It is even less pleasant being that man. I don't know if a man wearing tight 36" blue jeans is a pleasant sight or not. I do know, that I enjoy being that man.

I am looking forward to wearing these Banana Republic 36" blue jeans when they are a bit more comfortable.

Yesterday I think some physical fatigue was setting in. I walked, but 'only' 8 miles. I thought that was all I would do, but later in the evening my daughter wanted to talk a walk downtown. So although that second 4 mile walk was not as vigorous - I did walk twelve miles yesterday.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Kroger - Grits, 2 cup	200	42	2	4	680	2
365 Organic Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter - Chewy Granola Bars, 3 bar	450	69	15	9	270	30
	650	111	17	13	950	32
L U N C H
Read - 3 Bean Salad	300	65	0	5	1,500	40
Nabisco Ritz Fresh Stacks - Crackers, 1 fresh stack	220	26	12	2	280	4
Skippy - Creamy Peanut Butter	300	9	25	11	237	5
Quaker Chewy - 90 Cal Chocolate Chunk, 1 bar	90	19	2	1	80	7
	910	119	39	19	2,097	56
D I N N E R
banana bread flax bar	190	25	9	3	5	12
Campbell's Chunky - Manhattan Clam Chowder	240	36	6	10	1,600	6
	430	61	15	13	1,605	18
S N A C K S
DARK CHOCOLATE COCONUT CHEWS	266	27	19	3	33	17
Vanilla Gellato	300	34	15	7	105	0
	566	61	34	10	138	17

Totals	2,556	352	105	55	4,790	123
Your Daily Goal	4,193	524	139	210	2,300	157
Remaining	1,637	172	34	155	-2,490	34
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,263 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
8 mile hike	108	1,525
4 mile walk	71	664


Daily Total / Goal	179 / 30	2,189 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1032 / 210	13,014 / 4,130

Friday, March 13, 2015

JUMPED THE SHARK - SPEEDO'S PURCHASED

Jumping the Shark: I relied on wikipedia.com to explain this phrase:

Jumping the shark is an idiom created by Jon Hein that was used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality, signaled by a particular scene, episode, or aspect of a show in which the writers use some type of gimmick in an attempt to keep viewers' interest, which is taken as a sign of desperation, and is seen by viewers to be the point at which the show had strayed irrepairably from its original premise. The phrase is based on a scene from a fifth-season episode of the sitcom Happy Days when the character Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water-skis.

The usage of "jump the shark" has subsequently broadened beyond television, indicating the moment when a brand, design, franchise or creative effort's evolution declines.

Here is Henry Winkler aka 'Fonzi' is some photographic
mashup on skis being pursued by a Great White Shark.

Wait a second... you didn't really think I bought a pair of swim trunks that looked like this, did you?

This guy wearing a Speedo is somewhat famous:

His name is...MARC JACOBS (fashion designer)

I am just having some fun today.... I didn't really 'jump the shark'. My Speedo's are very normal looking... What is meaningful to me, is that they are a size 'L' (large) Prior to December 24th, last year, I would never buy anything that was not XXL (extra extra large) and even that size didn't guarantee that a garment would fit right (or at all)

Sure, they are Speedo's - but they look like a pair of normal gym shorts.

THURSDAY MENU

breakfast SUBWAY 3" Sunrise Omelette Breakfast Melt on Flatbread 240 calories
lunch SUBWAY double chicken spinach salad w/tomato & onion 235 calories
dinner 7 oz. salmon fillet, baby spinach, cup pumpkin soup 459 calories

total calories consumed 934 CALORIES

CALORIES BURNED

7AM Baymont Inn SOHN elliptical machine 45 minutes 270 calories

45 minutes workout on an elliptical only burned 270 calories, was this amount understated?
I have done shorter elliptical workouts that have burned 500 calories, are those overstated?
Answer to both questions is likely: Yes
Nevertheless, I will continue to report the calories that each individual machine reports.

THURSDAY NET CALORIES 664 CALORIES

After four nights 'on the road' it was good to eat at home.

7 oz salmon fillet, baby spinach, cup of Pumpkin Soup 459 calories

Homer Simpson: Now that's 'jumping the shark!'