Day 3, 2019 Revival, ELKHART

On Monday, I drove to Elkhart to be in place for a Tuesday morning appointment. I ate pretty well, and I managed a 6 mile urban hike. Good Day.

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THANKSGIVING (DAY 114)

Today is Thanksgiving.
It is more than likely that I will overeat, yet again.
I think on Friday - I will need to get 'back on the program'

GENUINE FAKE NEWS

To all of you lefties out there who keep your head buried in the sand and refuse to acknowledge the existence of honest-to-goodness genuine fake news from the dishonest media, here's the latest example. The two Morning Joe nitwits (Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski) on MSNBC (National Broadcasting Company subsidiary) aired a news show, the Morning Joe on Friday morning. Each day during the week this live moronic show is watched by braindead Americans in search of their morning fix of Republican bashing. On this day, both hosts talked about their Thanksgiving dinner on the previous day.  Then they went about their normal daily activities of bashing our President. One snafu emerged. This was a taped segment. MSNBC aired something that they tried to pawn off a a live broadcast when it was taped. Can you get more fake than that? Democrats are not hampered by the flow of time, the flow of history of the flow of facts to report news and draw conclusions. Here is another example: Former FBI Director, James Comey wrote a memo exonerating Hillary Clinton from the illegal email/server investigation BEFORE the investigation was completed. Any problems with that? For people with a functioning mind, there might be yes. For others, probably no. 

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, November 26, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Egg - Poached Egg	300	2	20	25	629	1
Grits	400	88	6	8	1,240	4
Bread - Whole-wheat, Toasted	200	37	3	8	427	16
Disney - Colby & Monterey Jack Cheese	200	0	18	13	325	0
	1,100	127	47	54	2,621	21
L U N C H
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich	700	55	31	17	286	31
	700	55	31	17	286	31
D I N N E R
Turkey Leg	600	12	25	74	718	10
Lucerne - Ice Cream Bar	320	22	26	4	100	2
	920	34	51	78	818	12
Totals	2,720	216	129	149	3,725	64
Your Daily Goal	3,698	462	123	185	2,300	138
Remaining	978	246	-6	36	-1,425	74
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,768 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 218.1 lbs in 5 weeks     

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from the Washington Post
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‘Morning Joe,’ did you really just pretape your post-Thanksgiving banter?

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The hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” did the usual day-after Thanksgiving kibitzing on the air on Friday morning, telling viewers about their turkey dinners and mentioning the big football game the night before. One problem: None of those things had actually happened at the time Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Co. started talking about them. The program that aired Friday morning was taped Wednesday, but made to look and sound as if it was airing live. “Morning Joe” airs live on MSNBC five days a week. It features discussions of breaking or very recent news events. Friday’s program had all the earmarks of a typical “Morning Joe” and few viewers seemed to notice that it wasn’t happening in real time. MSNBC offered no announcement or statement to viewers that it was a taped program. The only indirect clue was at the bottom of the screen: The “Live” graphic that normally appears was removed. The rest was cooked up to appear as if it was happening in real time. Brzezinski opened the program by saying, “Day after Thanksgiving! Hoo! I’m stuffed.” The second segment picked up the after-holiday theme. “I always cook the turkey with the guts in it!” Brzezinski said. “Joe didn’t notice. He ate the bag,” quipped co-host Willie Geist, pretending Scarborough had consumed Brzezinski’s theoretical turkey. “It was good!” Scarborough said. He added, “Well, you know, the game made up for it . . .” Scarborough then turned to Rick Tyler, an MSNBC contributor who was Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign spokesman. “How was your Thanksgiving?” he asked. “Very successful,” responded Tyler. “Although the conversations were interesting.” “I bet!” said Brzezinski. The panel then swung into a discussion of the pedophile controversy surrounding Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. The illusion that the discussion was live was fostered by the news crawl at the bottom of the screen, which was added over the taped discussion, and a clock showing the time in various time zones. The hosts never got around to talking about Friday morning’s biggest story, the deadly terrorist attack on a mosque in Egypt — because it hadn’t happened yet when they taped. The crawl mentioned it. An MSNBC spokeswoman declined to comment. But an executive confirmed that the program wasn’t live. “There was no intention to trick viewers,” she said. “Would it have helped if there was a disclaimer” referencing it as a delayed broadcast? “Maybe. But that’s not typically done.” As is, she said, “They’re having fun” with the pretense that it’s live. A longtime viewer of the program noticed that Friday’s edition had none of the usual discussion of breaking news and contacted The Washington Post to inquire if “Morning Joe” was presenting “fake news.” He said he was surprised to see Scarborough and Brzezinski appearing in a New York studio on the Friday after Thanksgiving. “I was quite flabbergasted by the way they were so deceptive about this . . . especially when they are always so quick to castigate lying [or] deception they attribute to others,” said the viewer, who asked not to be identified. Scarborough and Brzezinski have engaged in a long-running feud with President Trump over many issues, including the president’s veracity. The hostilities seemed to crest in June when Trump attacked the couple in an early-morning tweet in which he criticized Brzezinski’s appearance.

TURKEY RUN STATE PARK

Yesterday I found the best closest state park to my home city of Chicago - Turkey Run State Park.  Who knew that Indiana which is basically as flat as Illinois over much of the state was hiding this treasure. Until I 'discovered' this park on the internet on Thursday evening - I certainly did not know about it.

Turkey Run State Park is an Indiana state park located in Parke County, Indiana, in the west-central part of the state on State Road 47 2 miles (3.2 km) east of U.S. 41. It was Indiana's second state park, with the first parcel of land being purchased in 1916 at the cost of $40,200 when the State Park system was first established during the Indiana state centennial. It hosts the Turkey Run Inn, built in 1919. The origin of the name "Turkey Run" is unknown but the most accepted theory is that wild turkeys would congregate in the gorges (or "runs") for warmth where early settlers in the area would trap them in dead-end gorges and hunt them with ease.

A system of trails offers hikers plenty of outing opportunities during the summer months when the drainage is relatively free of water, and the suspension footbridge across Sugar Creek, the main drainage provides access to trails on the far side. Trail 3 is particularly noted for its ruggedness, including ladders and narrow but deep gorges. Floating down Sugar Creek through the park in either inner tubes, canoes, or kayaks is very popular in the summer months. There are 3-mile (4.8 km), 8-mile (13 km), or even 11-to-15-mile (18 to 24 km) trips down Sugar Creek. Also, in the spring when heavy rains and snow melt flood the narrow gorges, many more adventurous hikers will go "creek stomping" through the narrow gorges. However, the fast moving current, steep gorge walls, and unpredictable contours of the creek beds make this activity dangerous if the water level is high.

The hikes start by crossing a very beautiful suspension bridge.

The suspension bridge from Sugar Creek

This is me in the far distance on the suspension bridge that leads to the best trails

suspension bridge photo taken by a fellow hiker at the end of the day.

This was a 'selfie' taken when no one else was around to snap a photo for me at the start of the hike.

I had no major troubles traversing the water-starved creeks and wet rocks as my visit yesterday was  in late summer. Let me amend that. Twice I took a step and my left foot was completely engulfed in water. This is particularly funny to me. Last year when I purchased these hiking shoes for my hike up and down Half Dome in Yosemite - I purposefully did NOT buy shoes with water resistance.  I figured California was in drought and water resistance would have just added an unnecessary expense to the shoes. Two Things. First, although California was in a drought, we did managed to catch rain on our way down the mountain on that October day last year. Second, I apparently was unaware that hiking was about to become my favorite pastime. I believe my next pair of hiking shoes will be water resistant!

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TURKEY RUN STATE PARK TRAIL MAP

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This rock formation is called 'THE PUNCH BOWL'

During my twelve mile hike at Turkey Run, I climbed up and down a lot of wooden and stone stairs. In this photo I am standing in front of one of four LADDERS that needed to be climbed. They were much easier to climb up than to climb down.

This photo does not quite capture how narrow this passage nor how steep the steps were. You will just have to take my word for it.

Covered Bridge that dates back to 1882.

SUGAR CREEK

My twelve mile hike included walking on Trail 3 & 9 which are listed as 'VERY RUGGED' (No argument from me - These trails were not your basic 'Sunday walk in the park.'  I spent nearly five hours at the park and I did not see everything. I will definitely return to this park in the future. There is another park nearby which is said to be just as nice - SHADES STATE PARK.  Surely I will need to check out that park as well..

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SATURDAY IS WEIGH DAY.

223.3 lbs
I lost another 1.1 lbs this week.
That was 'easy.'
All I had to do was walk/hike 100 miles!
(Perhaps if I ate a bit less, my success would be more rapid.)  What's the hurry? This is a never-ending marathon. 

For the past three months, at the high-water mark of 241.9 lbs right in the middle of my recovery from a hernia, I have consistently been losing weight, virtually every week. 

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Your Food Diary For:

Friday, August 5, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Essential Everyday - Butter Flavored Grits	700	147	7	14	2,380	7
	700	147	7	14	2,380	7
L U N C H
Subway - Footlong Turkey Breast on Wheat	560	92	17	36	1,890	11
Cashews - Dry Roasted & Unsalted	400	23	33	10	0	3
	960	115	50	46	1,890	14
D I N N E R
Landshire Sandwiches - Ham & Cheese	520	64	16	36	2,480	14
Soft-baked Oatmeal Bar - Cinnamon	230	35	8	4	190	13
	750	99	24	40	2,670	27
S N A C K S
Homemade - White Chocolate Chip Cookie	400	52	21	0	276	0
Nature Valley - Crunchy Oats & Honey	190	29	6	4	160	12
	590	81	27	4	436	12
Totals	3,000	442	108	104	7,376	60
Your Daily Goal	3,881	485	129	195	2,300	145
Remaining	881	43	21	91	-5,076	85
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,951 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 205 lbs in 5 weeks.

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Friday, August 5, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
HIKING 12 miles	283	1,951
Daily Total / Goal	283 / 30	1,951 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1059 / 210	13,105 / 4,130

	Turkey Run State park
Location	Parke County, Indiana, USA
Nearest city	Marshall, Indiana
Coordinates	39°53.1′N 87°12.2′W
Area	2,382 acres (964 ha)
Created	1916
Operated by	Indiana Department of Natural Resources

I have always thought that a 'creek' by definition is a minor tiny place where water flows perhaps just a few miles long. My idea of what qualifies as a 'creek' apparently needs to be reassessed.

Sugar Creek is an 82.4-mile-long (132.6 km) tributary of the Driftwood River in east-central Indiana in the United States. Via the Driftwood, White, Wabash and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. Sugar Creek was likely so named from the sugar trees growing along its banks

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Sugar Creek is apparently a very popular name. I have hiked near a Sugar Creek in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. They have nothing in common other than their name.

SUGAR CREEK WATERWAYS LIST FROM wikipedia.com

• Sugar Creek (Driftwood River), a tributary of the Driftwood River in Indiana
• Sugar Creek (Duck River), a river in Tennessee
• Sugar Creek (French Creek), a tributary of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania
• Sugar Creek (Georgia), a tributary of the Ocmulgee River
• Sugar Creek (Middle Island Creek), a tributary of Middle Island Creek in West Virginia
• Sugar Creek (Minnesota), a stream in Fillmore County
• Sugar Creek (New South Wales), a tributary of the Wallingat River in Australia
• Sugar Creek (North Carolina), in Charlotte, NC
• Sugar Creek (Little Miami River), a tributary of the Little Miami River in Ohio
• Sugar Creek (Ottawa River), a tributary of the Ottawa River in Ohio
• Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River), a tributary of the Tuscarawas River in Ohio
• Sugar Creek (Susquehanna River), a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania
• Sugar Creek (Sangamon River tributary), in Illinois
• Sugar Creek (Wabash River), a tributary of the Wabash River in Indiana
• Big Sugar Creek, in Missouri
• Sugar Run Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania

TURKEY TIME

Some of my more regular readers of this blog over the past year will remember that as I advanced on my journey on the way to my 100 lb weight loss, I periodically posted photos of myself holding turkeys to highlight my progress.   When I had lost approximately 20 lbs, I posted a photo of myself holding one turkey.  When I had lost approximately 40 lbs, I posted a photo of myself holding two turkeys.  And so on...

Fast forward to now.  I am down 100 lbs.  This achievement cried out for a turkey photo.  This time, I picked up 5 twenty pound turkeys.  CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT THIS WAS THE WEIGHT THAT I WAS CARRYING AROUND MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT, 24/7?  In the photo below it appears that I am struggling.  Appears? Are you kidding? I was struggling!   If I stepped onto my scale holding those FIVE TURKEYS, the needle would have pointed to 309 lbs, just as it did on December 24th, 2014, although on that day it was WITHOUT THE TURKEYS!  (actually just one big fat butterball turkey - me!)  Have I mentioned that I am feeling pretty good these days?  I do not intend to lose any more turkeys.  I do, however,  have plans of dropping a few cornish game hens!

5 TURKEYS=100 POUNDS
100 POUNDS=weight lost since December 24, 2014
It kind of removes the mystery of why I wasn't so active back in those days...
Who would want to do ANYTHING while carting around an extra 100 lbs?

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, December 13, 2015

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Honey Nut Scooters, 90 g	360	72	5	9	630	27
Apples - red delicious apple, 1 large	130	34	0	1	0	25
	490	106	5	10	630	52
L U N C H
Kroger - Deli Sliced Ham, 3 slices	45	2	2	8	488	2
Green Giant - Cut Asparagus Spears	35	5	0	4	315	2
Egg, whole, cooked, poached, 3 large	215	1	14	19	446	1
sugardale - hickory smoked bacon, 6 slices	240	0	18	18	870	0
	535	9	34	48	2,118	5
D I N N E R
MARIANO'S - MINESTONE SOUP, 1 cup	80	11	2	5	780	3
MARIANO'S - HUGE SPINACH SALAD	750	0	0	0	0	0
	830	11	2	5	780	3
S N A C K S
ROUNDY'S - SOY NUTS ROASTED & SALTED	300	21	17	23	105	3
	300	21	17	23	105	3
Totals	2,155	147	57	85	3,633	63
Your Daily Goal	3,719	465	124	186	2,300	139
Remaining	1,564	318	66	100	-1,333	76
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 1,789 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	92	1,859
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-70
Daily Total / Goal	93 / 30	1,789 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	572 / 210	8,524 / 4,130

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total calories consumed 2155 calories

total calories burned (92 minutes elliptical) 1859 calories

total net calories 296 calories

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fitbit day 102
22037 steps

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trying to smile for the camera - it was not easy to do - too busy concentrating on holding 100 lbs of turkey.
(photo credits: Sara Jacobs)

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Actually, I would not be so happy if I lost this type of 100 pounds!

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