HERE I GO AGAIN • INSPIRATION BY WHITESNAKE • 297.7 LBS TODAY

So today is Day 1 (again) I ate reponsibly • 945 calories Recently I have been gorging on 1000+ calorie breakfasts I am nearing 65 years old in November I will not get an unlimited number of opportunities to get healthy This year I want to be well on my way to health by my birthday mid November We'll see One day in a row is not particulary amazing.

ON THE PROGRAM FOR A MONTH AND A HALF

It is now the end of the day, February 15.

I have not swayed from my course.

I have continued to eat well for 1.5 months.

This is a bit of an accomplishment.

Even this short time represents 1/8th of year.

As long as I continue... I will see my weight continue to drop.

Unlike past 'health binges' this has been a far more sustainable plan.

In the past I consumed 1000 calories per day. 

It is true that my weight dropped faster - but when I ended that plan, I had not practiced safe eating.

This time, I am eating well.  I am not starving myself. 

And there is not really a plan to jettison...

I am trying (again) to get into the habit of simply eating well.

Someday, and I don't know when, I will have a cookie and maybe a chocolate bar...

But that day should not come soon.

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I have stayed 'on program' for 1.5 months... That is 1/8th of a year.  I just need to keep on doing  what I am doing.

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LONG DAY BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS

On Thursday I was out and about from 7AM until nearly 2AM early Friday morning... I am going to forgive myself for eating just a bit more than normal... I was pretty happy to find an open Applebee's at 11PM in a small town, Terre Haute, Indiana

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CAMPBELL'S MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER

My wife has discovered for me my new favorite soup: Campbell's Manhattan Clam Chowder.   One full can will taste great and it is only 150 calories.   Why didn't I discover this product earlier?  It appears that in the Chicago area, it is not widely available.   It is carried in a couple of stores - but one has to know where to look.

My 'old' favorite soup was New England Clam Chowder.  New England Clam Chowder is the creamy dairy based high calorie soup which is a poor choice for someone watching  calories.  Manhattan Clam Chowder is broth based and tastes delicious and it is low calorie.   Doesn't this can look like a work of art?

As you might know, I am asking that because 1960's artist, Andy Warhol, surely is famous for among other things, turning Campbell's Soup Cans into art.

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 Saturday MENU

breakfast   oatmeal,  WASA LIGHT RYE CRISPBREAD                570 calories
lunch         organic baby spinach, hearts of palm, apple, crispbread  308 calories  
dinner        light rye crispbread, pink lady apple                                702 calories
SNACK    Korean BBQ Seaweed Chips, Toasted Coconut Chips     255 calories

TOTAL CALORIES CONSUMED 1835 CALORIES                                           

calories burned

elliptical machine 92 minutes, manual, level 20              2243 calories

CALORIES BURNED 2170 CALORIES

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Saturday net calories NEGATIVE 335 calories

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Andy Warhol photographed in front of Campbell's Soup Cans

David Bowie released a song entitled Andy Warhol released in 1971.

"Andy Warhol" (by David Bowie)

Like to take a cement fix

Be a standing cinema

Dress my friends up 

just for show

See them as they really are

Put a peephole in my brain

Two New Pence to have a go

I'd like to be a gallery

Put you all inside my show

Andy Warhol looks a scream

Hang him on my wall

Andy Warhol, Silver Screen

Can't tell them apart at all

Andy walking, Andy tired

Andy take a little snooze

Tie him up when he's fast asleep

Send him on a pleasant cruise

When he wakes up on the sea

Be sure to think of me and you

He'll think about paint 

and he'll think about glue

What a jolly boring thing to do

from wikipedia:

"Andy Warhol" is a song written by David Bowie in 1971 for the album Hunky Dory. It is an acoustic song about one of Bowie's greatest inspirations, the American pop artist Andy Warhol. The song starts with some studio chat where Bowie explains to producer Ken Scott, who has just been heard to mispronounce Warhol's name when introducing the take, the right way to say it. Scott solemnly reintroduces the take with the correct pronunciation. There follows several seconds of silence before Bowie asks if the tape is rolling. Upon realising they are indeed recording, Bowie bursts into laughter and begins playing. The song is memorable for its distinctive, flamenco-sounding opening riff on the acoustic guitar that continues through the song.

some quotes from Andy Warhol
(I discovered while researching today's blog post - that Andy Warhol had genuine wisdom.)

“When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can't make them change if they don't want to, just like when they do want to, you can't stop them.” 
― Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol in His Own Words

“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what.” 
― Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

“Art is what you can get away with.” 
― Andy Warhol

“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.” 
― Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol, Thirty Are Better Than One

“I'm not afraid to die; I just don't want to be there when it happens” 
― Andy Warhol

and finally....the most famous quote of all....the one that everybody kinda knows....

“In the future, everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” 
― Andy Warhol

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VINTAGE CAMPBELL'S SOUP PRINT ADVERTISEMENTS

CAN YOU IMAGINE A SOUP COMPANY RUNNING AN AD LIKE  THIS IN 2015?

I am thinking that the 'catchy title' of this advertisement wouldn't bee too successful today


INFLATION THROUGH ADVERTISING

AND LASTLY, WHILE ON THE SUBJECT OF VINTAGE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT MIGHT SEEM A BIT 'DATED'  TODAY....

WOULD YOU BUY A COMPUTER RECOMMENDED BY THIS MAN?

The Texas Instruments TI-99/4A was an early home computer, released in June 1981, originally at a price of US$525.

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Happy Birthday, Jennifer
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ROLLING STONES (POUNDS & KILOGRAMS)

I am a reader of various international articles and blogs on diet and weight loss.  I know that my readers come from all over the world.   Some of my readers probably don't understand exactly how much a pound is, and conversely, until this morning, I had no idea what a 'stone' was.   So today, I provide a public service:

1 STONE = 14 POUNDS
1 KILOGRAM = 2.2 POUNDS

I weighed 309 lbs on December 24, 2014      
Last Saturday, January 18, 2015 I weighed 284.7 lbs

Therefore, on December 24, I weighed approximately 22 Stone, 140.5 Kilograms
Last Saturday, January 18, I weighed approximately 20.3 Stone, 129.4 Kilograms.

As of last Saturday I had lost nearly 2 STONE, or 11 Kilograms.

I plan on ROLLING away quite a few more STONES in the coming weeks.

Now if you want to weigh less, without dieting.
The solution is simple.
Weigh yourself on the Moon.  Due to the lower gravity there, you would weigh less.
Approximately 1/6th less.
Unfortunately, your mass would be the same, so you might weigh less, but if are wearing a 48" waist pair of Levi' or wearing a size 20 Chanel dress, you would be wearing the same clothing on the Moon.   So the best plan to lose weight remains diet and exercise no matter whether you are measuring your success in pounds, kilograms or stone.

Moon Weight measured in 'Newtons' (N) is 1/6th the weight on Earth.  Unfortunately the mass is the same.  

THURSDAY MENU

BREAKFAST   three poached eggs, 2 slices turkey 'bacon'                   280 CALORIES
LUNCH             5oz. Mahi Mahi, 1 cup Sweet Potato Bisque Soup       290 CALORIES
DINNER            1 cup Sweet Potato Bisque Soup, Polish Sausage         
                            two tablespoons Trader Joe's Sauerkraut                    365 CALORIES

TOTAL CALORIC INTAKE      935 CALORIES

EXERCISE

5:00AM  60 minutes @ 4mph - 4 miles         600 CALORIES
6:00PM   60 minutes @ 4mph - 4 miles         600 CALORIES

THURSDAY CALORIC DEFICIT 265 CALORIES


My January 3rd post, 'RALPH LAUREN SAYS THAT I AM BIG' spoke of my excitement to fit back into a pair of 48" waist Ralph Lauren pants.   Yesterday, January 22, was the day that those pants have been retired and put in a pile to be donated.   My waist size in now 46"    I purchased an inexpensive pair of black pants yesterday, size 46" waist and they fit perfectly.  I have lost 4" from my waist in 30 days.   Thursday January 22 was DAY 30 of my new program, which I have dubbed the 'Rabbi Hillel Diet.'

It is Friday morning as I post this.
I don't know precisely what time I am going to wake up on Saturday to step onto my scale - but I am guessing it is going to be early.    See you tomorrow!

I have consistently been having the same breakfast every day that I am home.  Three poached eggs and two slices of turkey 'bacon'   (Note: no pigs were harmed in the production of this 'bacon' - but some turkeys were)  280 CALORIES