The Saturday Night Movie - San Francisco

Tonight's The Saturday Night Movie is San Francisco (1936) starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy.  A fun movie, set in the Barbary Coast of old San Francisco in a time leading up to the film's climax, the 1906 Earthquake.  Great singing, man Jeanette MacDonald could sing!  Fun 1936 special effects for the earthquake.  Some good historical bits: the Army taking charge, looters shot, and a couple of great shots of Marines on guard, patrol and demolition duty.  Then a final scene of redemption for Clark Gable, Spencer Tracey the priest gets him and Gable gets the girl.

The Great Raid

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the raid to free American POWs from the Japanese at Cabanatuan.  A close run thing too.  The Japanese 14th Army had made the decision to "Kill-All" the POWs they held in the Philippines, and had already massacred 150 POWs at the Puerto Princesa Camp. Captain Bob Prince, C.O. of Company C, 6th Ranger Battalion spoke with the Seattle PI.  

It is one of those great stories of World War 2.  According to Bob Prince, he was satisfied with the movie portrayal in The Great Raid.  This story was first told by John Wayne in Back to Bataan, a 1945 film that opens with scenes of the raid and includes some of the liberated POWs.  Both good films.

The Saturday Night Movie - El Cid

The Saturday Night Movie is El Cid (1961), starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren.

"The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors."

A great movie!  Epic in duration, scope and stars.  So many from that era were.  

Day - 3

Day - 3

Actions
Get the pedometer out, check the battery, wear it starting with chores!

Eating

Breakfast

• 3 x Nescafe instant coffee with Coconut Cream

Lunch

• Italian Meat Sauce with a bit of Army Sauce
• 2 x Eggs
• .75L Water

Dinner - Takeout

• 1/2 pound Pulled Pork with BBQ Sauce
• 1/4 bag of Broccoli Slaw with red onion, dressed with olive oil/mustard/lemon juice
• 1 x Kombucha
• handful of Dark Chocolate chips

Snacking

• Handful of Chicharons with green salsa
• 6 x pc Tomato Candy (sundried tomato pieces)
• 2 x Carrots

Exercise

Observations

1. Fail - Did not get the pedometer out for chores.  That left off a bit.  Have it now at midday.  Not so many steps taken.  Need to up that in the morning.
2. Next, my food so far has no green in it!  
3. We ran into a time crunch and got Pulled Pork from a local BBQ place for dinner.

Data
2230 steps

Day - 2

Day - 2
Today I will weigh in, record the data and watch my food intake.  I believe I snacked a whole meal yesterday.  Scrutiny.

Actions

Eating

Breakfast - Intermittent Fast

• 2 x cup of Nescafe instant coffee with Coconut Cream
• 1 x cup of Nescafe instant coffee

Lunch - Joe's Special

• Eggs, Spinach, Grassfed ground beef.
• 1/2 Orange

Dinner - Italian Goat Sauce

• Italian Goat Sauce
• 2 x Carrots
• 1 x Kombuhca

Snacking - Bourbon

• 1 finger of Bourbon, shared

Exercise

1 - Mile Walk

• 8 x Strides

Observations

1. I should be using my pedometer to measure activity.  That will be an action item for tomorrow. 
2. I am a little stiff but it's good.  I ran myself over the foam roller a bit.  If you don't have one, get one.  They are exquisitely effective.  Yes it will hurt when you roll your IT Bands, but the aftermath?  Amazing.
3. Snacking was less.  Bourbon, yes it is a cheat.  I poured one finger in a glass, perhaps an ounce?  We shared it watching a Joe Lamp'l episode where he visits Eliot Coleman at Four Seasons Farm.  Great episode, very inspiring, very relaxing.

Data
Weight = 253 pounds.

Day - 1

Day - 1

It's the 2015 Primal Blueprint 21-Day Challenge.  No it is not, but it is close.  I say that because I am winging it on my own this time.  My goal is accountability, public notification and measuring the progress.  Come along as I break out of the rut and get on track.

Actions
I just got up, got out and did today.  It felt good!

Eating

Breakfast - Intermittent Fast

2 x cup of Nescafe instant coffee with Coconut Cream

Lunch - Tuna Salad

• 1/4 bag of broccoli slaw
• 1 x Can of Tuna in olive oil
• 1 x Hardboiled egg
• Dressing - Olive Oil Lemon juice

Dinner - Slow-cooked Italian Meat sauce over steamed broccoli

• Grassfed ground beef and Italian goat sausage, sun dried tomatoes
• Steamed broccoli with some butter

Snacking

• 2 x Pinch of dark chocolate chips
• 2 x Carrots
• 2 x pc Chicharon Con Carne
• 1 x Hardboiled egg
• 2 x Kombucha

Exercise

1 - Mile Circuit

• 4 x Strides
• 2 x Sprints
• 4 x Squats (Set of 10 reps)
• 3 x Wall Push-ups (Set of 10 reps)

1/4 Mile walk
1/4 Mile jog

Observations
I ate too much.  Simple.  Look at my snacking, it seems like an additional meal.  I felt hungry and I fed that.  That is something to work on!  Eating when necessary not desired.  Cool, identified something already!  I will do a weigh tomorrow morning.

The Red Queen's Trap

Great reminder from John Robb.  Terrorism as a Red Queen's race.  Well said.  He originally posted about it in 2009.  It is truth, more so for the French now and the remainder of the EU.  Good source link at the bottom of the current post.  Read them both.