Tuesday, April 25, 2017

ASPIRATIONAL COMMENT

CHICAGO -- In his first public appearance since leaving the White House in January, President Barack Obama told young leaders here Monday that "special interests dominate the debates in Washington" and that he had failed to realize his "aspirational" goal of uniting Americans in red and blue states.

"That was an aspirational comment," the former president said of his famous 2004 Democratic National Convention speech, prompting laughter from the audience at the University of Chicago. He added that when talking to individual Americans from different political backgrounds, you learn that "there’s a lot more that people have in common" than it would appear. "But, obviously, it’s not true when it comes to our politics and our civic life."

aspirational [as-puh-rey-shuh-nl]

relating to or characterized by aspiration or a strong desire for something

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back in 2013, our former President was telling us that how he had prevented Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Obama Says Deal Is 'Best Means' For Preventing Iranian Nuclear Weapons

Back when Obama was defending the deal with Iran that he said would prevent Iran from continuing to develop nuclear weapons - most people with a functioning brain realized that this 'deal' was no deal at all and virtually assured that Iran would simply continue their nuclear weapons program. At the time, I thought that Obama was simply lying. NOW I KNOW DIFFERENTLY. It was simply an 'aspirational' comment. Obama had a strong desire to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. He never meant that that had been actually accomplished. Ok, I am glad that this has been cleared up.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Safeway Kitchens - Apples & Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	780	162	9	18	1,020	72
	780	162	9	18	1,020	72
L U N C H
Fresh Market Cafe - California Sushi Roll	700	124	11	22	3,389	18
	700	124	11	22	3,389	18
D I N N E R
Wonton soup	200	16	8	16	850	1
Chinese Food - Shrimp and Broccoli	750	39	17	56	2,904	14
	950	55	25	72	3,754	15
S N A C K S
Smartfood Popcorn - White Cheddar	120	10	7	3	180	1
	120	10	7	3	180	1

Totals	2,550	351	52	115	8,343	106
Your Daily Goal	2,041	255	68	103	2,300	76
Remaining	-509	-96	16	-12	-6,043	-30
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

MOST PERSPICACIOUS COMMENT, EVER

per·spi·ca·cious

ˌpərspəˈkāSHəs/

adjective

having a ready insight into and understanding of things.

"it offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter"

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Yesterday, in my blog I was talking about the lack of wisdom in exercising every day without a break. In fact, I had recently snapped a streak where I had walked 10 miles minimum for 25 days in a row. This is precisely what I wrote yesterday:

My mild injury, really only a tightness in my right leg seems to have gotten much better after two days of rest. As much as I take great pride in exercising almost every day - I also know intellectually that that is not the smartest thing to do. My addictive personality sometimes gets in the way of a more balanced program. Perhaps, going forward I should start a new streak - this streak should be the number of consecutive weeks where I am sure to rest at least one day. As of now, I did not exercise at all on Saturday or Sunday. I am not sure yet, what today, Monday has in store for me...

I have some loyal readers of this blog, my wife, my Mom, my brothers.... But without a doubt, my friend Jack is the most loyal reader. I seriously do not think he has missed a day. He is also a fairly common commenter. His comment yesterday was the most perspicacious comment, ever.

Consecutive weeks with at least one day of rest. Didn't you do 10 years of that!

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Of course, my friend, Jack is exactly right. I did have about 10 years of weeks with at least one day of rest. In fact, I had 10 years of weeks with 7 days of rest! So, I suppose that I should be shooting for is consecutive weeks with 5 or 6 days of exercise. That is plenty of exercise. And it should be appropriate for rest. That is the goal. We will see where this leads. Right now, I am feeling a bit under the weather... so it might be a day or two before I strap on my backpack and take a walk.

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Cheerios - Cheerios, 6 cup (28 g)	600	120	12	18	840	6
	600	120	12	18	840	6
L U N C H
WHOLE FOODS - NATURAL WASABI GREEN PEAS, 0.7566659036421776 cup (30 grams)	272	43	7	9	545	5
WHOLE FOODS 5938 - UNSWEETENED BANANA CHIPS, 40.8 g (1/4 cup)	231	22	14	3	7	1
WHOLE FOODS 7700 - ORGANIC DATE PIECES w/OAT FLOWER, 68.0 g (2 TBSP)	204	51	0	2	17	37
	707	116	20	14	569	43
D I N N E R
Whole Foods - Organic Turkish Figs, 2.4 figs (40 g)	144	34	0	1	48	26
WHOLE FOODS 8497 - CHERRY VANILLA GRANOLA, 74.8 g (3/4 cup)	326	54	10	7	82	20
Evolution - Organic Orange Juice, 16 ounces	240	52	0	4	30	52
	710	140	10	12	160	99
S N A C K S
365 Whole Foods - Dried Papaya Spears Sweetened, 1.5 pieces (40 g)	105	26	0	0	19	17
WHOLE FOODS - SEMI SWEET CHOCOLATE DROPS, 564.0 chips (15g)	329	47	16	0	0	42
	434	73	16	0	19	60

Totals	2,451	449	58	44	1,587	208
Your Daily Goal	1,989	248	66	100	2,300	74
Remaining	-462	-201	7	56	713	-133
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 59 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	59


Daily Total / Goal	1 / 30	59 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	2 / 210	67 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 2451 calories

total calories burned (no additional exercise) Not Applicable

total net calories 2451 calories

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fitbit day 96

5060 steps

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5060 setps only! Worst day ever! And I had to march in place at 11:30AM for 5 minutes just to get that! Yesterday was a day that I drove from Chicago to Cincinnati - Can't get steps sitting in a car for 6 hours!

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