Friday, January 13, 2017

WINNING AND WHINING

The long national nightmare (for about half the country) is about to come to a conclusion, and new long national nightmare (for the other half of the country) is about to commence. I am from the first group of people.

We will be winning, others will be whining.

We have one week to go. Inauguration Day is 7 days away. It cannot come soon enough.

Submitted for your approval. It's 2019. Trump is President, and liberals are still whining about it.

Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker - Instant Oatmeal- Maple	800	160	10	20	1,300	60
Bread, raisin, toasted, enriched	168	32	3	5	214	4
	968	192	13	25	1,514	64
L U N C H
Beef - Taco Meat	300	2	8	42	865	0
Seasoned Chicken Taco Meat - Chicken	400	4	5	46	1,368	0
Mexican Tortilla Chips	300	42	10	6	230	2
	1,000	48	23	94	2,463	2
D I N N E R
Subway - Footlong Steak Cheese	760	96	20	52	2,060	16
Subway - Sun Chips- Harvest Cheddar	210	27	9	4	320	3
	970	123	29	56	2,380	19
S N A C K S
Halo Top - Mint Chip	240	44	6	24	440	16
	240	44	6	24	440	16

Totals	3,178	407	71	199	6,797	101
Your Daily Goal	2,231	279	74	112	2,300	83
Remaining	-947	-128	3	-87	-4,497	-18
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 301 extra calories from exercise today

Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Elliptical Trainer	60	387


Daily Total / Goal	60 / 30	387 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	358 / 210	2,655 / 4,130

I had two appointments in Cincinnati before heading home back to Chicago. Still I managed to squeeze in one hour on the elliptical machine prior to breakfast. It wasn't much, but it was better than nothing.

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WINNING

successful or victorious, as in a contest

WHINING

to snivel or complain in a peevish, self-pitying way

WINING

verb (used without object), wined, wining.

to drink wine.

WING-DING

noun, Slang.

a noisy, exciting celebration or party.

a fit, either induced by drugs or feigned.

a fit of anger; a rage.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

INTERIM GOALS & LONG TERM GOALS

The long term goal is simple. Look healthy and be healthy. My goal is to lose a lot of weight that I don't need to be carting around. So far, I have 'only' lost 15 lbs. My father had an excellent way of explaining just how much that really is. He suggested going to the grocery store and picking up a piece of meat that weighed 15 lbs. Carry that around all day, or all week - and then you can answer the question whether 15 lbs is a big deal or not. I am convinced that my initial success has been dramatic and meaningful. I think my knee does not hurt any more when I wake up in the morning - Is that real? Is it my imagination? My goal is to lose something in the neighborhood of 100 lbs from my position at the starting line on December 24, 2014. In order to lose 100 lbs, I will have to lose one pound at a time. One interim goal would be the ability to shop at COSTCO. This store, and most retail stores don't stock trousers or blue jeans for those with a 50 inch waist. Costco 'only' caters to those 'svelte' individuals with a 44" waistline. Even that goal might be nearly forty pounds away. I will have to get to 44" before I get to 40" or 38." I recently stumbled upon a decade old article on WebMD that explored the seemingly preposterous idea that health secrets could be divined from the members of the Rolling Stones. This article claimed that Mick Jagger has a 28" waist. That is not my goal.

Another good day on the road: BREAKFAST 200 CALORIES, LUNCH (I had no time between appointments so I only ate the two apples I brought with me) 160 CALORIES, DINNER Turkey Chili at Panera Bread 280 CALORIES. TOTAL CALORIC INTAKE 640 CALORIES. I am looking forward to stepping onto my scale on Saturday morning.

I have a long way to go before I can blue jeans at Costco