PROGNOSIS NEGATIVE

Prognosis Negative is a fictional movie referenced in the popular Seinfeld television series. In several episodes it was mentioned in the dialogue and in at least one episode a movie poster for it was visible. Such fictional works were a recurring gag in the series, but Prognosis Negative had its roots in an actual screenplay written by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David in the 1980s. It was never produced.

 from seinfeld.wikia.com

The reason I am thinking about this fictional never produced movie today is simply the title, Prognosis Negative. This morning when I awoke, the prognosis for the temperature was negative. I set out for a quick five mile walk when the temperature was -6°F.  Oh sure, my walk was interrupted by some shopping and interrupted again for lunch.  But when you add it all up, I did manage to squeeze in a five mile hike on this very first day of 2018. Tomorrow, when I wake up to see a customer in Chicago, the prognosis will again be negative! Where is the global warming? 

Your Food Diary For:

Monday, January 1, 2018

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Essential Everyday Butter Flavored Grits	500	105	5	10	1,700	5
Bacon	200	0	15	15	875	0
Special K Chewy Nut Bar	150	20	6	3	60	12
	850	125	26	28	2,635	17
L U N C H
Italian Sausage Hero	750	66	39	32	1,404	9
	750	66	39	32	1,404	9
D I N N E R
Mariano's - Ribeye	400	2	27	32	325	0
Mariano's - Orecchiette Pasta	210	44	1	7	0	2
Mariano's -Twice Baked Potato	190	30	7	4	360	1
	800	76	35	43	685	3
S N A C K S
Coconut Ice Bar	300	0	0	0	107	39
	300	0	0	0	107	39
Totals	2,700	267	100	103	4,831	68
Your Daily Goal	3,046	381	101	153	2,300	114
Remaining	346	114	1	50	-2,531	46
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,116 extra calories from exercise today

I think that this was quite a good value for a meal at the grocery store: RibEye, Twice Baked Potato and Orecchiette Pasta. $10.00

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IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

It is not much of a breaking news story that during winter it is cold in Chicago. Although with the arrival of the so-called polar vortex, it will be extra cold this week.

Coldness is course relative. For example, after a few days of sub-freezing weather, a day where the mercury rises to 40°F can feel warm.  Here is the ten-day forecast for Chicago.

I thought that we were due for some unbearably cold weather, until I checked out the weather forecast for Yakutsk, Russia.  Now that is some cold weather!  Perhaps I will temper (no pun intended) my complaining about the falling temperatures. During the next ten days in Yakutsk, Russia the warmest temperature that they can expect to experience will be -22°F sometime on Tuesday. That 'heatwave' will be short-lived as the temperatures will plunge to -43°F one week from Wednesday.  During this same period, the coldest it is forecast in Chicago is -2°F. So what, really, do we have to complain about!  By the way, Yakutsk is a very real city with a population that exceeds a quarter of a million people. 

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, December 11, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Butter Flavored Grits	600	126	6	12	2,040	6
	600	126	6	12	2,040	6
L U N C H
Tostitos - White Corn Tortilla Chips	200	24	9	3	166	0
Taco Bell - Hard Shell Taco	850	60	50	40	1,550	5
	1,050	84	59	43	1,716	5
D I N N E R
Spaghetti With Meat Balls	800	0	24	0	1,149	0
	800	0	24	0	1,149	0
S N A C K S
Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chips Cookies	480	66	24	3	330	33
DARK COCOA MELTING WAFERS	400	44	24	5	82	38
	880	110	48	8	412	71
Totals	3,330	320	137	63	5,317	82
Your Daily Goal	3,987	498	133	200	2,300	149
Remaining	657	178	-4	137	-3,017	67
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 2,057 extra calories from exercise today

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Elliptical Trainer	99	1,032
Elliptical Trainer	99	1,025
Daily Total / Goal	198 / 30	2,057 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1306 / 210	12,861 / 4,130

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Yakutsk

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Yakutsk (Russian: Якутск; IPA: [jɪˈkutsk]; Yakut: Дьокуускай, Jokūskai, pronounced [ɟokuːskaj]) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about 450 kilometers (280 mi) south of the Arctic Circle. Population: 269,601 (2010 Census); 210,642 (2002 Census); 186,626 (1989 Census).

Yakutsk is a major port on the Lena River. It is served by the Yakutsk Airport as well as the smaller Magan Airport. It is a major supplier of diamonds. Its population is almost 300,000 and its average winter temperature is −34 °C (−30 °F), which makes Yakutsk the coldest city of its size or greater in the world.

Climate

With an extreme subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfd), Yakutsk has the coldest winter temperatures for any city. Average monthly temperatures range from +19.5 °C (67.1 °F) in July to −38.6 °C (−37.5 °F) in January, and only Norilsk has a lower mean annual temperature for any settlement of over 100,000. Yakutsk is the biggest city built on continuous permafrost, and most houses there are built on concrete piles.

The coldest temperatures ever recorded on the planet outside Antarctica occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast of Yakutsk, making it the coldest inhabited place on earth. Although winters are extremely cold and long – Yakutsk has never reported a temperature above freezing between 10 November and 14 March inclusive – summers are warm (though rather short), with daily maximum temperatures occasionally exceeding +30 °C (86 °F), making the seasonal temperature differences for the region the greatest in the world. The lowest temperature recorded in Yakutsk was −64.4 °C (−83.9 °F) on 5 February 1891 and the highest temperatures +38.4 °C (101.1 °F) on 17 July 2011 and +38.3 °C (100.9 °F) on 15 July 1943. The hottest month in records going back to 1834 has been July 1894 with a mean of +23.2 °C (73.8 °F)^[14] and the coldest January 1900 which averaged −51.2 °C (−60.2 °F).

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POLAR VORTEX ON THE WAY

It does appear that the return of the Polar Vortex is once again assured. On Thursday morning it was a  'toasty warm' 20°F which only seems toasty compared to what Chicagoans can expect next week. I did walk just three miles in the morning, but 18mph winds made the cold much more uncomfortable as I could easily have used extra layer on protection on my legs.

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, December 8, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Essential Everyday - Butter Flavored Grits, 6 Packet	600	126	6	12	2,040	6
	600	126	6	12	2,040	6
L U N C H
Great Grains - Raisins Dates Pecans Cereal	1,050	205	20	20	675	65
	1,050	205	20	20	675	65
D I N N E R
Johnsonville - Polish Kielbasa Smoked Sausage	340	4	30	14	1,140	2
Homemade - Buttered Cabbage	150	6	14	2	119	4
Ritter Sport - Coconut (Noix De Coco)	550	45	40	8	75	45
	1,040	55	84	24	1,334	51
S N A C K S
FRESH THYME - DARK COCOA MELTING WAFERS, 109 g (1/3 cup)	600	65	35	8	123	57
	600	65	35	8	123	57
Totals	3,290	451	145	64	4,172	179
Your Daily Goal	3,747	468	125	188	2,300	140
Remaining	457	17	-20	124	-1,872	-39
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,817 extra calories from exercise today

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
3 mile urban hike	83	507
Elliptical Trainer	60	637
Elliptical Trainer	60	673
Daily Total / Goal	203 / 30	1,817 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	714 / 210	7,151 / 4,130

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POLAR VORTEX

That is exactly what we have been missing this winter. It was just last year when my daughter had 4 (four) days of school cancelled due to excessive cold as Chicago was visited by two polar vortexes two weeks apart.  This year's Chicago winter has been largely snowless and much warmer than last year's record breaking cold.  A Polar Vortex will be visiting the United States this weekend.

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Here is the five-day forecast for Chicago... It appears that our coldest day will only get down to minus two degrees fahrenheit on Friday.

I suppose we should all be thankful that we do not live in International Falls, Minnesota... They will have a low of minus twenty-three degrees fahrenheit on Friday! THAT IS COLD!

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Quaker Oats - Instant Oatmeal Apples & Cinnamon, 4 Bowl (43g)	640	132	8	16	800	48
Kelloggs - Raisin Bran Cereal, 118 g	380	92	2	10	420	36
Mcintosh - Apple, 2 medium apple (150 g)	160	44	0	0	0	34
	1,180	268	10	26	1,220	118
L U N C H
Jason's Deli - SPICY SEAFOOD GUMBO, 1 Bowl	230	26	8	12	1,710	3
Jason's Deli - Amy's Turkey-o, 1 sandwich	480	56	17	29	1,380	11
Jason's Deli - Small Chef Salad, 464 Gr. (1 Salad)	500	13	30	50	1,660	5
	1,210	95	55	91	4,750	19
D I N N E R
HYVEE - HUGE SPINACH SALAD, 1.5 salad	750	0	0	0	0	0
WHOLE FOODS - YOGURT PRETZELS	190	28	0	2	180	19
	940	28	0	2	180	19
S N A C K S
Jason's Deli - Flatbread Cracker, 8 cracker	400	48	16	16	760	8
	400	48	16	16	760	8
Totals	3,730	439	81	135	6,910	164
Your Daily Goal	3,742	468	124	188	2,300	140
Remaining	12	29	43	53	-4,610	-24
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,812 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	62	907
PRECOR AMT (ADAPTIVE MOTION TRAINER)	65	998
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-93
Daily Total / Goal	128 / 30	1,812 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	310 / 210	5,576 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 3730 calories

total calories burned (elliptical) 1905 calories

total net 1825 calories

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fitbit day 157

17363 steps
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First Session: 65 minutes: 907 calories burned

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Second Session: 65 minutes: 998 calories burned

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