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Well, I formally reached 220.0 pounds, yea! But I can't help but feel dismay regarding president trump's immigration ban by executive order. Since moving to Los Angeles my family has befriended Iranian – Persian emigre families- families of many nationalities who have immigrated from countries. Their sons spend weekend nights over at our house, yesterday even, One of our Chinese friends brought our son along to a Chinese New Year celebration down at the Grove in LA. My wife celebrated her brief respite as a single parent by joining thousands others at LAX protesting against Donald Trump.
I applaud her display of constitutional right and responsibility.
And I am troubled by what I am seeing from the administration. While I support reasonable immigration and screening, the haphazard implementation worries me. The justification excludes facts and is high on hyperbole, and more importantly, I think sews the seeds of homegrown extremism, while hurting families of innocent US citizens.
I just remembered being A young student learning of the Jewish refugees in the 1930s being turned away from our shores and remembering my thoughts: "i'm so glad the United States is different today and that will never happen again".
Ahh, Youth and it's naïveté.
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220.0 lb
Lost so far: 7.0 lb.
Still to go: 17.2 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 30 January 2017:
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2293 kcal
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Fat: 179.93g | Prot: 130.60g | Carb: 48.66g.
Breakfast: Publix Naturally Hickory Smoked Original Bacon, Coffee, Cabot Habanero Pepper Cheese, Egg, Nutiva Organic Hemp Oil, Olive Oil. Lunch: Olive Oil, Margaret Holmes Seasoned Mixed Greens, Green Cabbage. Dinner: Roasted Broiled or Baked Chicken Breast, Chicken Wing, Kirkwood Chicken Leg Quarters. Snacks/Other: Lily's Dark Chocolate Coconut, Ken's Steak House Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing, Honeyville Blanched Almond Flour, Cucumber (with Peel), Chicken Giblets (Broilers or Fryers, Fried, Cooked). more...
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losing 2.8 lb a week
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