CORONA BEER STOPS PRODUCTION - CNN BUSINESS

Corona beer stops production

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business

Updated 4:52 PM ET, Fri April 3, 2020

New York (CNN Business) — Production of Corona beer is being temporarily suspended in Mexico because of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Grupo Modelo, the company that makes the beer, posted the announcement on Twitter, stating that it's halting production and marketing of its beer because the Mexican government has shuttered non-essential businesses. The Anheuser-Busch Inbev-owned company also makes Modelo and Pacifico beers.

This week, the Mexican government announced the suspension of non-essential activities in the public and private sectors until April 30 in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. The country has more than 1,500 cases and 50 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins. 

Grupo Modelo is ready to enact a plan to "guarantee the supply of beer" if the Mexican government decides to include breweries as essential, according to a statement.

 Constellation Brands (STZ) handles the distribution and import of Grupo Modelo's beers in the United States. CEO Bill Newlands said in an earnings call the brand has "ample supply to meet consumer demand" and doesn't expect shortages in the near term. 

Corona's coincidental name with the virus hasn't dented sales. Constellation said sales of its beer brands grew 8.9% for the first three months of this year, with Modelo and Corona being its top sellers. Sales accelerated in the first three weeks of March, the company said, with its beers growing 24% compared to a year ago. 

Corona Hard Seltzer, which launched in early March, is also off to a "strong start," according to a company earnings release.

Beer and other alcohol are rising in sales this month as Americans are being forced to hunker down in light of the coronavirus. Sales numbers from Nielsen (NLSN) show beer sales rose 34% year-over-year for the week ending on March 21. 

--CNN's Max Ramsay and Sharif Paget contributed to this report.

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APRIL FOOLS DAY

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(GIMME) SHELTER AT HOME

Coronavirus is basically the only thing people are talking about.
On Saturday at 5PM, the state of Illinois 'shut down' with the "Shelter at Home' directive.

Sunday morning weight: 258 lbs.

I kinda hope I live long enough to enjoy the sacrifice of eating health(per)

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Illinois residents adjusting to life after stay at home order goes into effect

NEWS

by: Michelle Madaras

Posted: Mar 21, 2020 / 11:01 PM CDT / Updated: Mar 21, 2020 / 11:01 PM CDTIllinois Governor 

JB Pritzker says the decision to order residents to shelter at home was one that was not made lightly but he says it is what is necessary to flatten the curve of the coronavirus in the state.

Well before the order to shelter at home was given in Illinois, many residents started preparing for this moment.

Things like grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware stores, gas stations, and medical offices will remain open. Restaurants will only be open for takeout and delivery.

But no matter where you are health officials are stressing social distancing, so folks are trying to find a safe way to keep busy.

For now, folks say they’re trying to make it through and help out where they can, but the uncertainty of how long this pandemic could last and what will happen in the meantime is in the back of their minds.

The order to shelter at home is expected to last at least until April 7th in Illinois.

YIKES! STOCK MARKET DOWN 13% ON MONDAY

I took a screen shot on 'Gas Buddy' which showed gas at a local Costco at $1.64 @ 9:38AM
I took a look at 'Gas Buddy' again less than 3 hours later and the price dropped a dime.
I took a screen shot on 'Gas Buddy' which showed gas at same Costco at $1.54 @ 12:04PM

I remember inflation.
Is this deflation?

Inflation is not particularly good.
Deflation has another set of problems.

We are in a crazy time.

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DOW DOWN

Yikes! Coronavirus fears are snowballing.
Dow down 2000 points on Monday.
How come I am not walking around in fear?
Is it because I am stupid?
or smart?

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MARCH GOES IN LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB

March,
In like a lion, out like a lamb?
I don't know if I am the lion.
And I am sure I won't be a cuddly little lamb in 31 days....
Nevertheless....

MARCH 1st greeted me with a weight of 265.5 lbs
Now, for most people this is not good news.
but for THIS PERSON who weighed 297 lbs on JANUARY 1, it is great news.
I wonder what I will weigh on APRIL 1st?
I will find out in one month.

Thursday February 20

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Too many calories - I let my appetite take over yesterday...

I was not quite this glutinous, but I did eat too much yesterday

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NEW SCALE

I have had the same scale for about 5 years... It has been driving me nuts lately.... I can step on and off the scale 5 times in one minute and get five different results.

Sunday, I bought a new scale at Costco, so I hope that this particular aggravation will end... I weighed myself on my new scale on Monday morning and the new scale consistently showed that I weighed 275.2lbs.

Picked this up at Costco on Sunday... I had expected it to be $19.99 when I pulled it off the shelf. There was an automatic $5.00 rebate applied and I paid $16.53 which included tax.  Unbelievable inexpensive. Why did I wait so long to replace my scale which was driving me nuts?

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WEIGHT LOSS IS HARDER THAN ROCKET SCIENCE

reprinted from The Wall Street Journal

Weight Loss Is Harder Than Rocket Science

The equation behind body-mass index is simpler than the math used in space flight, but measuring human bodies is a tricky business

Credit: Tomasz Walenta

By Eugenia Cheng

January 30, 2020, 9:54 a.m. EST

We all have different ways to judge whether or not we need to lose weight. Some of us are always happy the way we are; some worry that our clothes are getting too tight or notice changes in the mirror; and others, especially doctors, pay attention to body-mass index or BMI.

BMI is given by a straightforward mathematical formula: weight (technically mass) divided by height squared, where weight is in kilograms and height in meters. The idea is that taller people should naturally weigh more, so we need some sort of ratio between weight and height. But why is height squared?

Mathematically, areas increase according to length squared, but volumes according to length cubed. A 12-inch pizza isn’t twice the size of a 6-inch pizza, but four times the size, whereas a 12-inch watermelon would be about eight times the volume of a 6-inch one.

Humans are three-dimensional, not flat like pizzas, but the formula for BMI seems to treat us as two-dimensional objects. One mathematical interpretation of the formula is that as humans get taller, their measurements should not scale up in all directions. Perhaps we expect tall people to be wider but not thicker from front to back.

The idea behind BMI was proposed in 1832 by the statistician Adolphe Quetelet, who wasn’t trying to define a healthy weight but to model a bell curve or normal distribution of human body sizes. He studied heights and weights and observed that weight tended to increase not according to the cube of height but with its square. The Quetelet index was renamed the body-mass index in 1972 by physiologist Ancel Keys, but it still wasn’t meant to measure the health of individuals, only to show trends among populations.

One reason the BMI model runs into problems when applied to individuals is because it doesn’t take body composition into account. It uses the crude measure of weight without distinguishing between muscle and fat, even though excess fat is much more likely to be detrimental to health than large amounts of muscle. Measuring fat composition directly comes with its own problems, however, so BMI is used as a simpler model.

The variations in our individual biology are always going to make it hard to model anything about humans precisely. It is sometimes said that “losing weight isn’t rocket science”—a field that is popularly invoked to indicate extreme difficulty. It’s true that rocket science involves much more complicated formulas than the one for BMI. But rocket science is arguably simpler than weight loss, in the sense that it involves less unpredictability and variation. We control how rockets are made, and they don’t change their material composition over time.

That is why the relationship between math and physics is generally much closer than the relationship between math and biology. But mathematical models are still helpful even when caveats and exceptions are needed. Just because an idea is expressed mathematically doesn’t mean it’s always right; but equally, just because a mathematical model isn’t always right doesn’t mean it’s completely wrong. The point of a mathematical model is to produce a theoretical version of a real-life situation, which sometimes involves trading precision for simplicity. It’s easy to dismiss BMI out of hand because of its flaws, but it’s more productive for us to use math appropriately, in full awareness of both its shortcomings and its many benefits.

Tuesday January 28

The month is coming to an end... and I keep rolling along...
Had a great meal today at Red Lobster.
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It turns out that it is far more rewarding to sit down, eat a decent meal than go through the drive-thru at Burger King, Chick Fil A, McDonalds, Culvers, White Castle.... Wow, when I slip, I really slip!

So far this DECADE, I have had no slips!

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Salmon New Orleans

This delicious New Orleans-style seafood recipe features pan-seared salmon topped with shrimp in a rich Cajun butter sauce. 

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DOUBLE DIGITS

Double digits.
TEN DAYS
progress being made.

Perhaps in a couple of weeks or so I will be able to wear the XL long sleeve button down shirts my Mom gave during my last visit last October.

I didn't even bother to try them on.... but I will be wearing them soon enough.

On Saturday morning, I weighed 282.1 lbs.
Since I did weigh 297 lbs on January 1st.
I guess I am 'happy'

The ridiculous thing, is that back (a long time ago) when I was under 230 lbs and crossed that border into the 230's I was depressed.

The direction one is moving is everything.

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Day 5

Day 5

I thought I would review the types of ridiculous foods I allowed myself to be eating again the past year... I am not proud of myself... Apparently it is true that one has to hit bottom before reversing course... looking at this list of 'foods' I have been eating... I think that qualifies as 'the bottom.'

Yikes, that is quite a menu I have listed above....

Today, on Sunday, Day 5 I did a bit better....

Thursday May 30

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Not a spectacular day, I've eaten better, definitely eaten worse

Wednesday was an all day tradeshow in Shipshewana, Indiana.  At the conclusion of that show, I packed my bags and headed to Rockford, Illinois, in order to be in place for an appointment in Pecatonica on Thursday morning.





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It is actually surprising that I reached 10,000 steps yesterday without making an effort... I simply walked 10,000 steps living my life... walking back and forth during a tradeshow, and walking back and forth to the car to load and unload my samples.

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Day 2, of the Marc Jacobs Revival

Well, I am Marc Jacobs.
And I am trying to revive my health(ier) lifestyle.
I took a 10 mile urban hike on Saturday which just about wiped me out.
So, Sunday was a day of massive inactivity.
Still, for the second day in a row...
...I kept my calorie count more in line with normal human consumption.

For the past few weeks as I have been inflating the balloon, aka my body... I have been far less successful... so progress such as it is needs to be recognized...

A bagel with cream cheese for breakfast was not the wisest choice I could have made....

But for weeks when I was not self-reporting what has been thrown down my throat - take my word for it... this was progress.



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Day 16

On the 16th day of my re-invigorated willpower focus aimed at dropping some serious poundage... I allowed myself to consume something in the neighborhood of 1500 calories. I think I was really hungry by the time dinnertime rolled around... but still, I have completely avoided snacking... If I only did that, that is, avoid snacks... I think weight would eventually drip off my like melted wax on a candle. Sill, I am in a hurry to really jump-start this program... so tomorrow... I will try to get back to the neighborhood of 1000 calories.

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4

Four days in... and I am imagining that I am on the right track.
Once again, I am determined.
I can not easily explain why I needed to go so very far backwards before reversing course.
Right now, that is irrelevant.
Monday morning I weighed 283.6 lbs and that's what is important.
My current reality.
Four days in, I am already assuming that at least a few ounces have vanished into thin air.
I am going to try to resist stepping on the scale for day or so more.

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After months and months of eating progressively worse, of watching my willpower erode to zero... I have now strung together a grand total of 3 days of curbing my caloric intake. I think I am starting to make the transition from fat-creating machine to fat-burning machine... Three days does not prove that I am committed.... but it's a start.

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FIRST TEN MILE HIKE IN NEARLY A MONTH

Yesterday I completed a ten mile urban hike in Chicago. Two things have conspired against me to hike this much distance in recent days. I have been much busier with work, seeing customers and the cold weather has just seemed far less amusing. Yesterday, the temperature was above 40°F and seemed much warmer. Perhaps going forward, more and more of my longer walks will be restricted to the weekends until daylight and warmth return.

Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, January 21, 2018

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Hy-vee - Oatmeal - Apples & Cinnamon	660	138	9	18	750	36
	660	138	9	18	750	36
L U N C H
Oki Sushi - Tuna Roll Maki With Avocado	350	45	8	28	0	0
Oki Sushi - Spicy Tuna Maki	400	40	16	21	0	0
	750	85	24	49	0	0
D I N N E R
Brioche Burger Buns, 2	320	50	8	10	420	10
Hamburger patty, 2	560	0	44	38	150	0
	880	50	52	48	570	10
S N A C K S
Met Rx - Chocolate Cookie Dough	400	58	6	31	167	28
	400	58	6	31	167	28
Totals	2,690	331	91	146	1,487	74
Your Daily Goal	3,836	479	128	192	2,300	143
Remaining	1,146	148	37	46	813	69
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,906 extra calories from exercise today