THANKSGIVING (DAY 114)

Today is Thanksgiving.
It is more than likely that I will overeat, yet again.
I think on Friday - I will need to get 'back on the program'

GENUINE FAKE NEWS

To all of you lefties out there who keep your head buried in the sand and refuse to acknowledge the existence of honest-to-goodness genuine fake news from the dishonest media, here's the latest example. The two Morning Joe nitwits (Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski) on MSNBC (National Broadcasting Company subsidiary) aired a news show, the Morning Joe on Friday morning. Each day during the week this live moronic show is watched by braindead Americans in search of their morning fix of Republican bashing. On this day, both hosts talked about their Thanksgiving dinner on the previous day.  Then they went about their normal daily activities of bashing our President. One snafu emerged. This was a taped segment. MSNBC aired something that they tried to pawn off a a live broadcast when it was taped. Can you get more fake than that? Democrats are not hampered by the flow of time, the flow of history of the flow of facts to report news and draw conclusions. Here is another example: Former FBI Director, James Comey wrote a memo exonerating Hillary Clinton from the illegal email/server investigation BEFORE the investigation was completed. Any problems with that? For people with a functioning mind, there might be yes. For others, probably no. 

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, November 26, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Egg - Poached Egg	300	2	20	25	629	1
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Bread - Whole-wheat, Toasted	200	37	3	8	427	16
Disney - Colby & Monterey Jack Cheese	200	0	18	13	325	0
	1,100	127	47	54	2,621	21
L U N C H
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich	700	55	31	17	286	31
	700	55	31	17	286	31
D I N N E R
Turkey Leg	600	12	25	74	718	10
Lucerne - Ice Cream Bar	320	22	26	4	100	2
	920	34	51	78	818	12
Totals	2,720	216	129	149	3,725	64
Your Daily Goal	3,698	462	123	185	2,300	138
Remaining	978	246	-6	36	-1,425	74
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,768 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 218.1 lbs in 5 weeks     

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from the Washington Post
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Style

‘Morning Joe,’ did you really just pretape your post-Thanksgiving banter?

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The hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” did the usual day-after Thanksgiving kibitzing on the air on Friday morning, telling viewers about their turkey dinners and mentioning the big football game the night before. One problem: None of those things had actually happened at the time Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Co. started talking about them. The program that aired Friday morning was taped Wednesday, but made to look and sound as if it was airing live. “Morning Joe” airs live on MSNBC five days a week. It features discussions of breaking or very recent news events. Friday’s program had all the earmarks of a typical “Morning Joe” and few viewers seemed to notice that it wasn’t happening in real time. MSNBC offered no announcement or statement to viewers that it was a taped program. The only indirect clue was at the bottom of the screen: The “Live” graphic that normally appears was removed. The rest was cooked up to appear as if it was happening in real time. Brzezinski opened the program by saying, “Day after Thanksgiving! Hoo! I’m stuffed.” The second segment picked up the after-holiday theme. “I always cook the turkey with the guts in it!” Brzezinski said. “Joe didn’t notice. He ate the bag,” quipped co-host Willie Geist, pretending Scarborough had consumed Brzezinski’s theoretical turkey. “It was good!” Scarborough said. He added, “Well, you know, the game made up for it . . .” Scarborough then turned to Rick Tyler, an MSNBC contributor who was Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign spokesman. “How was your Thanksgiving?” he asked. “Very successful,” responded Tyler. “Although the conversations were interesting.” “I bet!” said Brzezinski. The panel then swung into a discussion of the pedophile controversy surrounding Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. The illusion that the discussion was live was fostered by the news crawl at the bottom of the screen, which was added over the taped discussion, and a clock showing the time in various time zones. The hosts never got around to talking about Friday morning’s biggest story, the deadly terrorist attack on a mosque in Egypt — because it hadn’t happened yet when they taped. The crawl mentioned it. An MSNBC spokeswoman declined to comment. But an executive confirmed that the program wasn’t live. “There was no intention to trick viewers,” she said. “Would it have helped if there was a disclaimer” referencing it as a delayed broadcast? “Maybe. But that’s not typically done.” As is, she said, “They’re having fun” with the pretense that it’s live. A longtime viewer of the program noticed that Friday’s edition had none of the usual discussion of breaking news and contacted The Washington Post to inquire if “Morning Joe” was presenting “fake news.” He said he was surprised to see Scarborough and Brzezinski appearing in a New York studio on the Friday after Thanksgiving. “I was quite flabbergasted by the way they were so deceptive about this . . . especially when they are always so quick to castigate lying [or] deception they attribute to others,” said the viewer, who asked not to be identified. Scarborough and Brzezinski have engaged in a long-running feud with President Trump over many issues, including the president’s veracity. The hostilities seemed to crest in June when Trump attacked the couple in an early-morning tweet in which he criticized Brzezinski’s appearance.

России железная дорога

России железная дорога is the translation for RUSSIAN RAILWAY if 'google translate' can be trusted. This was the fitbit badge that I earned on Wednesday.

One year ago, on Thanksgiving day, I decided that I was starting a new tradition. It is fairly easy to start a tradition, it is much more difficult to keep a tradition. The tradition that I started last year was a 20 mile urban hike on Thanksgiving Day. This year, I made the decision to keep this tradition, and I took an urban hike in the morning (and early afternoon) which was 21 miles.

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As soon as I returned home from my 21 mile urban hike, my wife and daughter were preparing to take a modest short walk to snag a Thanksgiving Day snack. Naturally, I joined them. This added an additional two miles to my day. And finally, after delicious dinner to Beef Brisket we set out once time more into the cold dark night to get into the Retail Holiday spirit by looking for some stores in downtown Chicago which were opening for some late-night Thanksgiving Day pre-Black Friday commerce. While at Macy's I conducted my annual check of the MARC JACOBS department.

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, November 24, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Essential Everyday - Butter Flavored Grits	500	105	5	10	1,700	5
Capn Crunch - Peanut Butter Crunch	200	38	5	4	364	16
	700	143	10	14	2,064	21
L U N C H
Spaghetti & Meat Sauce	500	45	24	24	2,296	25
Klondike - Klondike Bar, 2 bar	500	58	28	6	140	46
	1,000	103	52	30	2,436	71
D I N N E R
Broccoli	100	10	1	9	81	0
Spinach Salad	100	7	7	4	175	4
Beef - Brisket	500	0	38	36	326	0
Mashed Potatoes	300	43	13	5	680	0
	1,000	60	59	54	1,262	4
S N A C K S
M&M's White Candy Corn	220	29	11	2	40	28
White Chocolate Non-Pareils	300	36	16	3	72	36
	520	65	27	5	112	64
Totals	3,220	371	148	103	5,874	160
Your Daily Goal	6,611	826	220	331	2,300	248
Remaining	3,391	455	72	228	-3,574	88
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 4,681 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 180.2 lbs in 5 weeks.

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
FIVE HOUR, 21 MILE URBAN HIKE	294	3,866
TWO MILE SHORT JAUNT	32	323
EVENING WALK DOWNTOWN	48	492
Daily Total / Goal	374 / 30	4,681 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1152 / 210	13,919 / 4,130

TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING TWENTY

Yesterday, was the beginning of a new tradition.  I set out in the morning, long before my family was stirring about, to walk 20 miles.  The weather was much more cooperative at the beginning than at the end of this particular urban hike.  The weather was a very comfortable 53°F when I started and the forecast for rain was for much later in the afternoon.  The forecast for rain was not quite so accurate.  The last 5 miles of my walk was largely in a pouring rain.  Nevertheless, I perservered and continued on until I had logged my 20th mile.  Whether I will be able to do this next Thanksgiving (a 20 mile walk does carve out a bit of time) or not - I do not know.  It seems like a good tradition to shoot for.  Next year I will let you know how the 2nd Annual Traditional Thanksgiving Twenty goes....

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As part of my 20 mile urban hike - I explored parts of Grant Park for the first time

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For the past few days, I have continued to attempt to 'perfect' this type of 'action' photograph.  By standing very near the edge, it does become much more obvious that I am 'in the air.'  On this grey day, my bright orange shirt is the only color in the picture.  It should be fairly obvious now that the premise of the 1992 film, White Men Can't Jump, is certainly not disproved by my prowess defying gravity!

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, November 26, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quakers - Rice Cake Lightly Salted, 14 Cake (9g)	490	98	0	14	210	0
Michigan Apples - red delicious apple, 3 large	390	102	0	3	0	75
	880	200	0	17	210	75
L U N C H
Sweet Baby Ray's - Original Beef Jerky, 6 oz	540	36	6	66	2,880	36
Nature Valley 4 Crunchy Granola Bar Oats and Honey	380	58	14	6	360	22
	920	94	20	72	3,240	58
D I N N E R
Brisket - Brisket, 8 oz	352	0	17	48	176	0
Potatoes, red, flesh and skin, baked, 1 potato large	266	59	0	7	36	4
Roundy's - Sweet Peas - Canned, 1 cup	120	20	1	8	30	10
	738	79	18	63	242	14
S N A C K S
General Mills 2 Nature Valley - Oats 'n Honey	190	29	6	4	160	12
Kind Healthy Grains 2 Dark Chocolate Chunk	300	46	10	4	140	16
	490	75	16	8	300	28
Totals	3,028	448	54	160	3,992	175
Your Daily Goal	5,516	689	184	276	2,300	206
Remaining	2,488	241	129	116	-1,691	30
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 3,586 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	260	3,978
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-392
Daily Total / Goal	261 / 30	3,586 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	794 / 210	12,476 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3028 calories
total calories burned (20 mile walk) 3978 calories
total net calories 950 caloric deficit

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fitbit day 85

51605 steps

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ten mile walking streak reached 18 days.

Around mile 5, the rain was still two hours away...

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and for no particular reason, here is some very bad advice from The Most Interesting Man in the World....

LOST MY SECOND TURKEY

Regular readers of this blog might remember that nearly one month ago, January 21, I  reported that I had lost 24 lbs in 24 days and to highlight that achievement I posted a photograph of myself holding a 23 lb turkey. 

As of yesterday, February 14, I have now lost 46 lbs in 52 days. 
(I never believed that I was going to continue to lose exactly one pound per day.  Nevertheless, 46 lbs in 52 days ain't too shabby!)

46 lbs = TWO TURKEYS

Naturally, I needed to return to the supermarket to take a new picture.

FEBRUARY 14, 2015   On this date, I weighed myself

and discovered that I had lost 46 lbs since December 24.

I had wanted to hold two turkeys that weighed 46 lbs, and 

the two turkeys that I did find only weighed 42 lbs.

For the purposes of this photo - that's close enough!

(I am wearing my brand-new 44 waist blue jeans)

JANUARY 21, 2015   Back on that date, I had lost 24 lbs and posed with a 23 lb turkey to visualize my accomplishment.  On this date, I was happy to wear my size 48 waist blue jeans.  They have since been donated to Goodwill. 

SATURDAY MENU

breakfast     three poached eggs, two slices turkey 'bacon'                                      280 CALORIES

lunch           Maryland style crab cake, Pumpkin Soup, Spinach salad, balsamic   342 CALORIES
dinner         Chicken Tortilla Soup, Spinach, balsamic, Sockeye Salmon Burger   312 CALORIES

total calories consumed  934 CALORIES

CALORIES BURNED

6AM    ELLIPTICAL MACHINE, 30 minutes    400 CALORIES

11AM   ELLIPTICAL MACHINE, 30 minutes   400 CALORIES

total calories burned     800 CALORIES

TOTAL CALORIC INTAKE      134 CALORIES