FRONTIER JUSTICE

Yesterday I experienced 'Frontier Justice.'  Frontier Justice is best described on their own website:

Frontier Justice is a one-of-a-kind company that not only provides a next generation firearms training facility, but also offers a unique retail experience that combines a hint of the west in an urban setting with apparel, jewelry and home furnishings. Frontier Justice firmly believes in faith, family and freedom while promoting personal responsibility. To fulfill this mission all products, training classes and services are offered for the entire family, regardless of age, ethnicity or gender.  

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Yesterday I visited a YARN SHOP in the Kansas City area in order to sell buttons. This shop has been a customer of my mine for nearly a decade.  The owner of the shop is a great guy with a great sense of humor. It is always fun to visit. This time, during my visit, we started discussing one of his passions - guns, and gun collecting. In my entire life I do not remember ever touching a gun. I have definitely never handled a loaded weapon. That changed last evening as my friend, Robert invited me to the shooting range at Frontier Justice.

I have always been a person that supported the 2nd Amendment - The Right to Bear Arms. Last night was my first experience exercising my right as an American to handle a firearm and learn how to use it.  I experienced the thrill of firing three different weapons.  I fired a 9 caliber Glock, a 44 caliber Sig and a 44 caliber Ruger. I learned first hand what recoil was and was flabbergasted by the power of these weapons.  I will never watch a gun fired in a TV show or movie again in quite the same way. We were shooting at the target from 15 feet and 20 feet and I did pretty well until I started firing the 44 caliber gun. The recoil of that gun really shocked me and I found it much more difficult to keep my aim steady as I fired. I had always thought that it would be fun to visit a gun range - and I was correct - it was a blast.

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, February 11, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker Oats - Instant Oatmeal Apples & Cinnamon	640	132	8	16	800	48
Kelloggs - Raisin Bran Cereal	380	92	2	10	420	36
	1,020	224	10	26	1,220	84
L U N C H
HYVEE - HUGE SPINACH SALAD	750	0	0	0	0	0
YOGURT RAISINS	231	38	10	1	20	34
Mcintosh - Apple, 2 medium apple	160	44	0	0	0	34
	1,141	82	10	1	20	68
D I N N E R
8 oz Hamburger on Bun, 1 burger	620	0	0	0	0	0
Medium French Fries, 1 medium	390	47	20	6	290	0
	1,010	47	20	6	290	0
Totals	3,171	353	40	33	1,530	152
Your Daily Goal	3,846	481	128	193	2,300	144
Remaining	675	127	88	159	769	-8
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,916 extra calories from exercise today

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	65	1,059
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	65	1,061
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-204
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Daily Total / Goal	131 / 30	1,916 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	441 / 210	7,492 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3171 calories

total calories burned (elliptical) 2120 calories

total net 1051 calories

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fitbit day 158

5459 steps  (oops, I forgot my fitbit during the two hours on the elliptical machine)

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9 caliber Glock

40 caliber Sig

44 caliber Ruger

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First session 65 minutes 1059 calories burned

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Second session 65 minutes 1061 calories burned

LIFE GETS INTERRUPTED

Every day I blog. I try to be interesting. I try to be amusing. I try to be funny. I try to be informative. Today, I will be mostly somber. Late yesterday afternoon my daughter was winding down from another busy day and her one week visit to Paris, France. We received a text from her requesting permission for her to skip brushing her teeth as she was preparing to go to sleep. (I guess she was tired.)  While receiving this text, my wife and I were at the hotel where our out-of-town guests will be gathering to celebrate our daughter's Bat-Mitzvah in three weeks. And while that was going on, my phone started lighting up and buzzing.  It did not take long to learn that Civilization was attacked.  This time, in Paris, France (again.)   While I was learning how to operate the audio visual projector to show photos to our guests in three weeks, I was concurrently learning that there were multiple deaths in Paris, France at the hands of terrorists.  The true scope of these murders were not known to us for an hour or so more.  What to do?  We already knew that our daughter was snug as a bug, safe and sound in the home of her Parisian hosts.  Shortly thereafter, we received emails from the chaperones in Paris, as well as Sara's Principal back here in Chicago - that every child and all four teacher/chaperones were safe.  I received phone messages, and/or texts from family and friends over the next hour or so.  After assuring all that Sara was indeed safe, and possibly oblivious to what had transpired (at least until she awakens in Paris on Saturday morning) all we could do was watch the news and hope that Sara's plane departs Paris as scheduled on Saturday. We monitored her aircraft that departed Chicago four hours late which made necessary that Sara's flight would be delayed by some hours as well.  That is where we are now.... Waiting and hoping that Sara's flight departs as scheduled on Saturday, even if it delayed by a few hours.  

Now, I want to make one 'political statement.'   Every time I visit a building with the 'warning' sticker on the front door that this location is a gun-free zone - I know that the person that cheerfully applied that sticker is among the biggest morons in the universe.   I have noticed that criminals, murderers and terrorists tend to not attack police stations where people are known to be armed.  They do, however, seem to enjoy attacking places where they know people are not armed.  Way to go liberals, thanks for broadcasting the absolute safest places in the world for criminals, murderers and terrorists to 'apply their trade.'  

I guess I am not being my amusing, chipper self today... I apologize to readers of my blog who visit only to be amused and/or learn how a guy who used to be 309 lbs turned into a guy who is not about 220 lbs. Life Gets Interrupted sometimes.  And today, was one of those days.

Why are there so many morons that think that this sign is a sign of intelligent life?

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PLEASE STOP VOTING FOR THE MORONS THAT THINK THAT GUN FREE ZONES ARE INTELLIGENT.  PLEASE STOP SENDING YOUR CHILDREN TO UNIVERSITIES WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE BRAINWASHED TO THINK THAT GUNS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MURDER.  MURDERERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MURDER. PLEASE STOP VOTING FOR POLITICIANS WHO CANNOT NAME OR IDENTIFY OUR ENEMY.  PLEASE STOP SUPPORTING DEMOCRATS WHO ESPOUSE LEFTIST IDEAS.  PLEASE STOP LIVING A LIFE OF BLISSFUL IGNORANCE.  PLEASE EXCUSE MY ANGER THIS MORNING. 

...and now, I return you to my regular blog...

Another reminder that winter is on the way.  When I got underway this morning in Chicago, the temperature was 39° F and the windchill made it feel more like 28°F.  I dressed in four different layers and I did what I have been doing... I took off for a 10 mile walk to start my day.  As many of you know, one of the milestones of fitbit use is to (at least) surpass 10,000 steps per day.  A ten mile walk insures that the fitbit will be satisfied for the day. 

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Your Food Diary For:

Friday, November 13, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
tasteeos - Cereal, 3 cup	300	63	5	9	480	3
Kashi - Dark Chocolate Coconut Bar, 3 bar	360	63	11	12	150	21
	660	126	15	21	630	24
L U N C H
Ak Mak - Sesame Cracker, 20 Crackers	440	80	8	20	892	0
WHOLE FOODS 8738 - DRIED MANGO SLICES, 52.0 g (approx 6 pieces)	143	36	0	3	1	26
	583	116	8	23	893	26
D I N N E R
Generic - Grilled Brussel Sprouts, 1 cup	65	13	3	6	23	0
Teriyaki - Salmon, 120 g	270	3	8	47	0	0
Ronzoni - Gemelli., 56 g (2/3 cup)	200	42	1	7	0	2
Little Sald Bar Spinach (Aldi) - Spinach, 0.99 cups	7	1	0	1	21	0
Crab Salad - Imitation Crab, Deli, 1 cup	225	18	2	26	680	2
	767	77	14	86	724	4
S N A C K S
WHOLE FOODS - YOGURT PRETZELS, 34.0 g (approx 8 pcs)	162	24	0	2	153	16
Whole Foods - Dancing Star - Chunks of Energy - Carob Spirulina, 3 chunks (28g)	195	23	11	6	15	12
WHOLE FOODS - CHEDDAR SESAME STICKS, 36.4 g (1/3 cup)	195	17	13	4	624	1
WHOLE FOODS 7089 - 42% CACAO SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS, 48.0 g (approx 2 TBSP)	224	32	13	3	0	26
General Mills With Whole Grain - Kix Cereal (Net Carbs), 2.5 cup	220	50	2	4	360	6
	996	145	38	19	1,152	61
Totals	3,006	464	75	148	3,400	115
Your Daily Goal	3,985	498	133	200	2,300	149
Remaining	979	33	58	51	-1,099	33
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,055 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Friday, November 13, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking, 4.5 mph, very, very brisk pace	128	2,043
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	12
Daily Total / Goal	129 / 30	2,055 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	691 / 210	9,130 / 4,130

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TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 3006 CALORIES
TOTAL CALORIES BURNED (10 MILE WALK) 2043 CALORIES
TOTAL NET CALORIES 963 CALORIES
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220.4 lbs

I weigh 220.4 lbs.

I gained 1.8 lb this week (It's gotta be muscle mass!)

I have lost 88.6 lbs in 325 days. Today begins Day 326.

I will always be at the beginning of a journey that never ends.

I weigh 220.4 lbs (325 days ago I weighed 309 lbs)

I have lost 28.7% of my weight since Dec 24.

I have a BMI, body mass index of 29.48

I had a 42.0 BMI on Dec 24 just 325 days ago (Class III obesity)

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fitbit day 72

30009 steps

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a little before 9:00AM Chicago time, my daughters flight took off from Paris...Now due to arrive Chicago a little after 6:00PM.