The Coffee House

[SquarePeg37 8]

Basketball? Sorry - I'm still working on my math.

 

[JonA_CT]

I'm winning my bracket pool right now (that one of my MS students filled out for me).

All of those parkways in NY (and the Merritt in CT for that matter, too) are terrifying, but it isn't because of the roads themselves. They were designed for 50mph traffic at half of the volume (or less) that does 70+mph through there now. No shoulders, hard curbs, tight turns and overpasses. It's no wonder really.

 

[jcdeboever]

I'm winning my bracket pool right now (that one of my MS students filled out for me).

All of those parkways in NY (and the Merritt in CT for that matter, too) are terrifying, but it isn't because of the roads themselves. They were designed for 50mph traffic at half of the volume (or less) that does 70+mph through there now. No shoulders, hard curbs, tight turns and overpasses. It's no wonder really.

My kind of roads. Ohio sucks, talk about boring, flat, drab, and sleepy. The occasional hawk on the post in the turnpike but other then that, a plastic gallon jug, and lots of coffee.

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

I'm winning my bracket pool right now (that one of my MS students filled out for me).

All of those parkways in NY (and the Merritt in CT for that matter, too) are terrifying, but it isn't because of the roads themselves. They were designed for 50mph traffic at half of the volume (or less) that does 70+mph through there now. No shoulders, hard curbs, tight turns and overpasses. It's no wonder really.

I learned how to drive on a parkway, in my uncle's giant Caddy, in winter. He said if you can drive this thing on the parkway in the snow you can drive anywhere.

 

[Gary A.]

My old manager leads USA to first World Baseball Classic! Couldn't be happier for Jim Leyland. My Tiger, Ian Kinsler has big game. GO USA! GO TIGERS! GO BLUE over ducks!

Boring game, USA 8 - Puerto Rico 0. Best quote was Leyland stating that he was "... Making America great again...". lol

 

[vintagesnaps]

I'll take anybody over Michigan. And I like Ducks. Ducks like rain.

I don't know about the safety of that parkway but it looks pretty there (seems like one of those we want writers but can't pay, and we want photographers too and you'll shoot for the exposure while we make money from ads, right? kind of things so I don't know how accurate it is.)

So did you get a math answer Sharon? Inquiring minds want to know. And us.

And what bugs me even more is that a good example for kids as to how many contacts online are the norm that kids think they should have??

 

[waday]

My supervisor wants me to hire someone.. "take someone under your wing", so I'm/we're in the process of interviewing people. I never imagined I'd be interviewing at my age, nor did I imagine I'd have my own staff.

I've found the process to be terrifying, humbling, and incredibly mentally draining. I hope that's normal.

 

[Gary A.]

Heads-up peoples. Gary is announcing that he has rototilled the parkway. He is beat up from the processed, but he is 90% done from turning the thick grass lawn into a drought resistant, succulent and native plant, garden space.

 

[Gary A.]

My supervisor wants me to hire someone.. "take someone under your wing", so I'm/we're in the process of interviewing people. I never imagined I'd be interviewing at my age, nor did I imagine I'd have my own staff.

I've found the process to be terrifying, humbling, and incredibly mentally draining. I hope that's normal.

Kinda, I found the lower on the food chain, the harder to find qualified people. The higher up, the greater the responsibilies, the easier to find qualified people. Firing is hard.

 

[terri34 6]

My supervisor wants me to hire someone.. "take someone under your wing", so I'm/we're in the process of interviewing people. I never imagined I'd be interviewing at my age, nor did I imagine I'd have my own staff.

I've found the process to be terrifying, humbling, and incredibly mentally draining. I hope that's normal.

It's normal. Your own staff become an extension of how you manage, or operate, so it's important to get the right fit. You learn quickly what that actually means to you, and you become more adept at ID'ing your personal "right fit." I'd know within a couple of minutes of an interview if someone wasn't going to make it, but I still wanted to give them the respect of more than a few minutes of my time - interviews are hard on both sides. So, your time can and will be wasted as you weed out the pool of candidates.

Even then, it's a crap shoot. So yes - it's mentally draining from the get-go. Good luck!

 

[Frank F.]

More than 1000 calories means I put on weight or at least do not lose weight.

Frustrating.

And now the festivities begin: eating drinking .....

That is very odd because your baseline calorie usage (Basal Metabolic Rate/BMR) gotta be around 2000 calories per day.

Your BRM = the minimum calories required for basic cellular function. So how many calories required to keep you alive while sleeping. Everytime you move an arm, take a step, you need calories above your BMR to do so.

At 1000 calories a day, you are slowly starving yourself to death. So you need to revisit your intake calculations.

BMR = 293 - (3.8 * age) + (456.4 * height) + (10.12 * weight)
(Where age is in years, height is in meters, and weight is in kilograms. For those imperially-inclined or metrically-challenged amongst us, one pound equals 0.4535924 kilogram, and one inch equals 0.0254 meter.)

1813 Calories is what I need according to you calculation.

88kg is where I still am and go sideways. I want to get to 80kg, 82kg would also be OK. So what do I do?

With 1000 Calories my body should take from the storage, shouldn't it?

Yes, you should be burning fat. I suspect it is mostly water retention. Chart your water/liquid intake. Chart your activity level. Chart how far you are walking everyday. Significantly, upping your exercise level, (i.e. walking), should work. Running and sweating would work even better. Don't rush it. It took you decades to get to your present body state. Don't attempt to get thin overnight or in a week. Patience and attention to everything you eat and a daily exercise routine are important.

I Have been 85 +/- 2kg for rougly 15 years without caring for anything. Then, since Jan 2013 I take Cortisone which at low doses increases my weight possibly due to water retention. I walk 1 hour per day. Fast. I sweat. I think I burn some fat. For roughly 8 weeks I only ate between 11 and 19 which is said to repair guts and clean the body and kill fat without killing muscle. I did drink next to nothing starting New Year. Currently I am back to wine twice a week.

I am down 5 Kilos from my Christmas weight that was stable for 2016 at ~93.6kg

I had reached 87.7 lowest but I am back at 88.6. I hunger for veggies. Meat is only of minor interest. Has been different. Lots of meat before.

When I think a lot and write I demand sweets.

How can I measure water content in my body?

 

[Designer]

I've found the process to be terrifying, humbling, and incredibly mentally draining. I hope that's normal.

Probably. I've been a supervisor and a business owner, so my adjectives of choice would be; stressful, irritating, tiring, and frustrating, but your adjectives fit right in with "normal".

 

[Designer]

How can I measure water content in my body?

There is a test you can do that is quite easy, but it does not measure the amount of water retention.

Press your thumb into your arm or leg, then remove it. If you see a dent that remains for a second, that is water retention.

Edema (Water Retention) - Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

 

[Gary A.]

@ Frank: Walk two hours a day and see what happens. Walking is great exercise, the problem with walking is that you need a lot of it.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. Let's see, what's new ... Gary order two pounds of Costa Rica Tarrazu last night and it has already shipped. A couple of days ago Gary roasted the last of his Chiapas, about a pound. He gave it a light roast ... ugh! Gary will not do that again. The brew came out very weak in color and in taste. Hopefully, today he'll have time to re-roast the last batch. Last night was a delightful dinner. While Gary BBQed up some steaks, Mary Lou poked and plucked around the garden collecting a great salad. Gary is not a salad person, mind you, but the variety of greens and freshness turned a salad into something other than a salad. Gary broke open a red Italian blend from Temecula which added to the delightfulness of dinner. Gary doesn't know much about Italian varietals ... but he's willing to learn.