Showing posts with label ZACHLAWI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ZACHLAWI. Show all posts

Sunday, July 5, 2015

LOST WEIGHT? WHERE DID IT GO?

On Friday evening while sharing some ZACHLAWI FIG ARAK with a friend at my neighborhood Chabad House - I was asked a question.  My friend, who asked me the question knew the answer  - he was curious if I knew.  He asked me:

WHEN ONE LOSES WEIGHT, WHERE DOES IT GO?

The first thing about this question that surprised me is that I had not previously considered this before. I quickly gave it some thought and I instantly remembered Albert Einstein's formula:


I must admit, for a brief moment I was basking in my own brilliance. There is a minor problem with my conclusion.   The amount of mass (M) locked up in the 94 pounds that I have lost when mulitplied by the the square of the speed of light would probably generate enough energy (E) to erase North America off the map.   I was sure that if I had been the source of a nuclear detonation I would have remembered it.

I was stumped.  I had no idea where the fat went.  Another thing that I remembered from High School Physics was that Matter can neither be created or destroyed.   The amazing thing about Einstein's equation is that it defines matter and energy as different states of the same thing. Getting back to the original question....94 pounds of fat can't simply disappear into thin air. (Actually, that IS EXACTLY what happens - let me explain)

We all use the expression that we 'burn' fat when we exercise.  And that it precisely what we are doing. We need to remember what we learned in High School Chemistry class now.  Fat cells (triglycerides) are made of predominantly Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen.



When tryglycerides (fat) 'burn' it is turned into water  H2O and carbon dioxide CO2.  When we exhale we rid our bodies of H20 and CO2.   In other words, it is actually true.... 

THE FAT DOES 'DISAPPEAR' INTO THIN AIR.  

Now the downside of this (for some) will be that those who shed pounds are contributing to the addition of CARBON DIOXIDE into the atmosphere - and therefore contributing to GLOBAL WARMING! Now just calm down for a moment! Please allow me to share this one esoteric fact with you... 20,000 years ago North America was covered in glacial ice that was as much as two miles thick.  It melted.  I guess the temperature increased in North America. I know that the 'global warmists' have largely abandoned the warming part of the theory and have mutated into 'climate changists.' Here's the deal: Throughout the 4+ billion years that Earth has been circling our Sun - the climate has changed. And during those times when the temperatures increased it was not due to man-made global warming.  Capisce?  

Capisce (pronounced cah-PEESH) is an Italian word that is used in American slang to say "got it?" or "understand?" 

CONCLUSIONS

• FEEL FREE TO LOSE WEIGHT.
• FEEL FREE TO BURN FAT CELLS AND EXHALE CO2 INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.
• FEEL FREE TO HAVE NO GUILT WHILE YOU ARE DOING THIS.
• EARTH WILL BE FINE.
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 Saturday MENU
breakfast apples, oatmeal, cacao goji, wild ginger harvest trail mix      690 calories
lunch       codfish, brussel sprouts, polish sausage, trail mix                  954 calories
dinner      Hawaiian pork, brussel sprouts, granola, medjool dates        1081 calories
SNACK   THREE RED DELICIOUS APPLES                                     285 calories

total calories consumed 3011 calories

calories burned
125 minutes YMCA PRECOR EFX ELLIPTICAL 4:3 INTERVAL TRAINING 1618 CALORIES


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125 minutes, 10.18 miles, 1618 calories burned

Saturday net calories 1393 calories
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Einstein's Equation - Let's do the Math...



E = energy (measured in Joules)
m = mass (measured in kilograms)
c = speed of light (186,282 miles/second)
      scientific analysis uses SI (international system of units) which is 300,000,000 meters per second

my weight loss so far, 94 pounds  (309lbs-215lbs=94lbs)
1 lb-453.6g, therefore 94 lbs x 453.6g/lb =
42,738.4 grams = 42.74kg (kilograms)


E=mc2
E= (42.74kg)(3.00 × 108m/s)2
E= 7.76 × 1018 J
E = 38.4 × 1018 J
Perhaps you are unfamiliar with scientific method of writing large numbers.  Let me help... 
3.84 × 1018 J = 3,840,000,000,000,000,000
or roughly 3.84 septillion Joules of energy.
It is clear to me at this point that I have not cleared anything up just yet.  If you are still following me....I urge you to read on....

Everyone is vaguely familiar with TNT. It is the explosive always selected by the Coyote to wipe out the Road Runner - not that that has ever worked out too well for the coyote!)  
1 kiloton of TNT = 4.18×1012 Joules or rather 4,184,000,000,000 Joules.

My weight loss so far = 3.84 x 1018 J
3.84 x 1018 J x 1 kT TNT/ 4.18 x 1012 J = 918,660 kilotons of TNT


The amount of energy that I lost, 94 pounds is equal to the energy found in 918,660 Kilotons of TNT.   Again...what does this mean?  It is common knowledge that the bomb used against Nagasaki in Japan had the equivalent of 21 kilotons of explosives. Therefore the weight that I have lost, 94 lbs, 42.74 kilograms, 3.84 septillion Joules of energy has 43,745 times more energy than the bomb that was used to level Nagasaki.

In my case, the this energy was harmlessly released into the atmosphere as water vapor and Carbon Dioxide.  IS SCIENCE COOL OR WHAT?


* I would like to credit Joshua Carrol, writing for UNIVERSE TODAY, for providing the template for me to plug in my own numbers to try to decipher Einstein's Equation.  His original article can be found here: http://www.universetoday.com/114617/a-fun-way-of-understanding-emc2/

A Fun Way of Understanding E=mc2

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Some ICE FACTS lifted from wikipedia:
The Laurentide Ice Sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered millions of square miles, including most of Canada and a large portion of the northern United States, multiple times during Quaternary glacial epochs. It last covered most of northern North America between c. 95,000 and c. 20,000 years before the present day. At times, its southern margin included the modern sites of New York City and Chicago, and then followed quite precisely the present course of the Missouri River up to the northern slopes of the Cypress Hills, beyond which it merged with the Cordilleran Ice Sheet. The ice coverage extended approximately as far south as 38 degrees latitude in the mid-continent.

The maximum extent of glacial ice in the north polar area during the Pleistocene period included the vast Laurentide ice sheet in eastern North America.This ice sheet was the primary feature of the Pleistocene epoch in North America, commonly referred to as the ice age. It was up to 2 mi (3.2 km) thick in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada but much thinner at its edges where nunataks were common in hilly areas. It created much of the surface geology of southern Canada and the northern United States, leaving behind glacially scoured valleys, moraines, eskers and glacial till. It also caused many changes to the shape, size, and drainage of the Great Lakes. As but one of many examples, near the end of the last ice age, Lake Iroquois extended well beyond the boundaries of present day Lake Ontario, and drained down the Hudson River into the Atlantic Ocean.



Can someone please tell me how the scaremongers on the global warming team explain this?   Why did the glaciers that covered Canada and Northern parts of America melt?

Were the Native American Indians driving around in their SUV's and causing the glaciers covering North America to melt?   I am aware that this might seem like a stupid question. Please remember, that it is said that there are no stupid questions - just stupid people.

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(Today's blog post is my best work!  This post (#201) since December 2014 is my favorite post.  THANKS, JACK!)








Saturday, July 4, 2015

SUPERHEAVY IS EXCELLENT

The Rolling Stones have been criss-crossing North America these past few weeks. Rolling Stones fans have been bemoaning the anemic amount of new music from these guys over the past couple of decades it might be instructive to get acquainted with some of the 'side-projects' that have involved Mick Jagger.  One such side project was SUPERHEAVY.  As you know, I was SUPER HEAVY back in December 2014.  However my condition of being SUPER HEAVY should not be confused with a collection of musicians who got together in 2011 and created one SUPER album.  They called themselves SUPERHEAVY.  They called their album SUPERHEAVYRolling Stones fans mostly yawned at this release.  Not me, I thought initially, and still a few years later... That the music on this album was terrific.  


I NEVER ENJOYED BEING SUPERHEAVY.
I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED SUPERHEAVY.

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Last evening, at my Chabad House where I enjoyed a few 'L'chaims' - the alcohol on the menu was ZACHLAWI FIG ARAK
There is only one ARAK made with Figs and this is it! This amazingly smooth product provides a gentle Anise flavor with subtle hints of fruit and wood undertones. It maintains a long lingering finish with a slightly spicy mouth feel. Try an amazingly different product. Fig Arak: produced in small batches by hand with figs soaking in alcohol for no less than 120 days
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215.1 lbs

I weigh 215.1 lbs.
lost 2.5 lbs this week.

I lost 93.9 lbs in 192 days.Today begins Day193.
I have lost nearly 16 inches from my waist. 
(I am just beginning to wear (squeeze into) 34" waist blue jeans and slacks.
I will always be at the beginning of a journey that never ends.
I weigh 215.1 lbs. (192 days ago I weighed 309 lbs)
I have lost 30.4% of my weight since Dec 24.
I have a BMI, body mass index of 28.77 (far away from obesity!)
I had a 42.0 BMI on Dec 24 just 192 days ago (Class III obesity)

I have one word to describe how I feel this morning: JAZZED!


...I know how to begin this week... I think it might be another good day to visit my 'hometown' YMCA.  
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 FRIDAY MENU
breakfast   two apples, granola                                                         259 calories
lunch        WHOLE FOODS HOT FOOD BAR, bulk foods         1441 calories
dinner       SHABBAT DINNER @ CHABAD HOUSE
                  (gefilte fish, horseradish, tomato salad, chicken soup,
                  eggplant, chicken, small slice of dessert)                         600 calories                
SNACK    7? ZACHLAWI FIG ARAK 'L'Chaims'                           490 calories
                                                
total calories consumed 2790 calories

calories burned
HOME ELLIPTICAL 90 MINUTES, MANUAL SETTING, LEVEL '20'  2040 CALORIES


Friday net calories  750 calories
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from wikipedia on SUPERHEAVY:
The existence of SuperHeavy was secret until May 2011. Mick Jagger, English musician and the lead vocalist of rock band The Rolling Stones, announced its formation on 20 May 2011. SuperHeavy was Dave Stewart's idea. Inspired by the sounds washing into his home in St Ann's BayJamaica, Stewart urged Jagger to fuse their sound with that of Indian orchestras. Stewart and Jagger had mutual liking for Indian orchestrations; thus, A. R. Rahman was added to the supergroup. The name of the band is said to be inspired by Muhammad Ali.
In early 2009, Jagger, Rahman, Stewart, Joss Stone and Damian Marleyexperimented at Jim Henson Studios in Los Angeles, trying to "write songs which had meaning", during which they recorded 29 songs in 10 days. SuperHeavy is rounded out by Marley's rhythm section of bassist/composer Shiah Coore and drummer Courtney Diedrick along with a longtime Stewart collaborator, rock violinist Ann Marie Calhoun.
The group began recording their self-titled debut album in early 2009 at a studio in Los Angeles. They recorded about 35 hours of music, with some songs originally lasting "an hour and 10 minutes" before they were whittled down. The album was previewed at Jim Henson Studios, Los Angeles, on 30 June 2011. The band played eight of the recorded songs at the event. Their debut single, "Miracle Worker", released on 6 July 2011 received mostly positive reviews. Mick Jagger sings in Sanskrit on "Satyameva Jayathe" ("truth alone triumphs"), the second single, released on 9 August 2011. Composed by Rahman, the song also features Stewart, Stone and Marley.
  • A. R. Rahman – Piano, synthesizers, continuum fingerboard, vocals, drum programming








Track Listings

1. Superheavy
2. Unbelievable
3. Miracle Worker
4. Energy
5. Satyameva Jayathe
6. One Day One Night     -------------------------- GREAT SONG!
7. Never Gonna Change
8. Beautiful People
9. Rock Me Gently
10. I Can't Take It No More   ---------------------- GREAT SONG!
11. I Don't Mind
12. World Keeps Turning
13. Mahiya
14. Warring People
15. Common Ground
16. Hey Captain   ------------------------------------ GREAT SONG!