I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M FEELING 22

I was looking for something to mark my 22nd consecutive day of reduced calorie eating and I found a Taylor Swift lyric from her song, '22'

"I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22."

Well, I am definitely NOT feeling 22, but it has been 22 days since I rededicated myself to regaining my SVELTE SVELTER waistline.

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JACOBS WAY - WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE ABOUT THAT?

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DRIVE TO MINNEAPOLIS

Yesterday, my daughter and I drove to Minneapolis.  We arrived around 9:00PM.  Our first stop was at Whole Foods to pick up a dinner. The ride confirmed what I have long known. My daughter has questionable taste in music. Here I am thinking how lucky she is that her Dad owns virtually everything from Led Zeppelin, Queen, Kinks, Blue Öyster Cult, The Who, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Mott the Hoople, and The Rolling Stones. My daughter simply could not care less. Why should she care? She likes Taylor Swift! Nevertheless, the ride was enjoyable and today we will visit the Mall of America before we see some of my customers starting tomorrow.

Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, April 17, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Egg, whole, cooked, poached	300	1	20	26	624	1
Butterball - Bacon Style Turkey	210	3	18	12	900	0
Nice! - Honey Grahams	650	120	15	10	850	40
	1,160	124	53	48	2,374	41
L U N C H
Apple - Apple, Red Delicious, Medium	285	75	0	0	6	57
Select Choice - Chewy Oat & Honey Granola Bar	200	36	5	2	110	14
	485	111	5	2	116	71
D I N N E R
Whole Foods - Chicken Breast, Baked, 5 oz.	184	0	4	34	444	0
Turkey - White Meat, 12 oz.	420	14	1	58	3,452	12
Generic - Grilled Brussel Sprouts, 2 cup	130	26	5	11	46	0
	734	40	10	104	3,942	12
S N A C K S
WHOLE FOODS 8497 - CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA, 82.5 g (3/4 cup)	360	60	11	8	90	23
	360	60	11	8	90	23
Totals	2,739	336	78	162	6,522	146
Your Daily Goal	2,038	255	68	102	2,300	76
Remaining	-701	-80	-10	-59	-4,221	-70
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 108 extra calories from exercise today

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STAIRWEIGH TO HEAVEN

Stairway to Heaven is the most famous of all of of the songs by Led Zeppelin.  In fact, it is one of the most famous songs in rock and roll history. It is hard to imagine anyone not thinking that this is a great song. Although I admit, I can easily imagine it might be hard to convince Sara, my 13 year old daughter.  Perhaps if Taylor Swift covered the song, my daughter would become a Stairway to Heaven fan.

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant in their 1970's heyday.

I am not claiming that my weight loss is bringing me to any Stairway to Heaven.  In fact, I am hoping that my weight loss will facilitate a delay in my (hoped for) ascendency to heaven by a few years!  I will confess that I have no idea what Robert Plant is really singing about, but he sings it with such emotion, so it must mean something!

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven.

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.

Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking.

Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune,
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long,
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know,
The piper's calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

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The most meaningful lyrics for me are:

"Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder."

I was on a path, that could have led to to a whole collection of bad outcomes... I was lucky that there was still time for met to change the road that I was on.  And you know what?  When I think about how long it took me to get to 309 lbs and when I think about how long it took me to summon the will to make a change, and then how quickly I was able to reverse the course of my life.... IT MAKES ME WONDER (WHAT TOOK SO LONG?)

220.2 lbs


I weigh 220.2 lbs.
I lost 9.4 lbs this week.
I lost 88.8 lbs in 108 days. Today begins Day 109.
I have lost 13 inches on my waist. 
I have already (uncomfortably) squeezed into 36"pants
I will always be at the beginning of a journey that never ends.
I weigh 220.2 lbs. (108 days ago I weighed 309 lbs)
I have lost 28.7% of my weight since Dec 24.
I have lost 4.0% of my weight since last Saturday!
I have had an astoundingly successful week losing 9.4 lbs.
I have a BMI, body mass index of 29.24 (NO LONGER OBESE)
That bears repeating: Marc Jacobs is no longer obese!
I will need to find a rooftop - so I can shout it out!
I had a 42.0 BMI on 12.24.14 just 108 days ago (Class III obesity)
I wonder about achieving a 'normal weight' - the charts say 186.8 lbs - I'm not too sure about that...
I have two 'words' to describe how I feel right now - ec static!
...I know how to begin this week... 
32 minutes ELLIPTICAL

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FRIDAY MENU

breakfast  Quaker Oats instant oatmeal, two sunnyside up eggs, 2 slices turkey bacon   290 calories

lunch        JASON'S DELI SEAFOOD GUMBO - BOWL                                              230 calories

dinner       JIMMY JOHN'S bootlegger unwich extra veggies, extra Dijon mustard  

                 one cup Panera Bread Low-Fat Chicken Tortilla Soup                                   360 calories

total calories consumed 880 calories

CALORIES BURNED:

9AM  elliptical 32 minutes (first time machine set to level 15)  497 calories

FRIDAY NET CALORIES  383 CALORIES

There is some irony in that up until yesterday, I had visited a Jason's Deli in nine different locations, sprinkled among five different states:

Cincinnati, Ohio

St Louis, Missouri

Lee's Summit, Missouri

Topeka, Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Indianapolis, Indiana

Normal, Illinois

Schaumburg, Illinois

Park Ridge, Illinois

but I had not been to the Jason's Deli a mere 1.6 miles from my home and on the very same street in downtown Chicago.  Today, I finally visited my local Jason's Deli after a dental appointment.

Jason's Deli, 195 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois (just 1.6 miles from my home!)
SEAFOOD GUMBO for lunch yesterday, outstanding as usual