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Yesterday marked a return to some rare stepping. It was a pleasant afternoon and I finished work relatively early so I decided to do one of my walkabout strolls around NYC. Sometimes one needs to be a tourist in one's hometown.

Starting at 57th and Lex, I walked north eventually crossing the Third Avenue Bridge into the Bronx and the ever-changing Mott Haven neighborhood. I finished at just under 30K. I resisted the urge to go back out and get the remaining 1.5K steps to go over 30K. I decided it was best to leave that ever rarer goal for another day.

Overall I walked 6.5 miles. It felt good and I feel strong today.

Have a great Monday everyone.

#Fitbit #FitbitVersa2 #UrbanStepping #Walking #WalkingisGood #WalkItOff #WalkingIsBetterThanTherapy #Fitness #Exercise #GetToStepping #AintNoHalfStepping #HereComesTheHotStepper #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail #HistorySisco

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While walking my routes for the USPS, I'm keeping my eye open for any historical buildings. The building in the foreground (300/333 East 33rd Street) and the background (333/343 East 30th Street) which are part of the Kips Bay Plaza complex were designed by famed architect I.M. Pei.

According to the website Kips Bay Towers at 300 East 33rd Street: Review and Ratings on cityrealty.com:

"Pei, then an architect with the Webb & Knapp development company headed by William Zeckendorf, collaborated with the architectural firm S. J. Kessler & Sons on the development.

The south tower was completed in 1960 and the north tower in 1966.

Their strict geometry is typical of much of his work: good, solid, clean-cut modernity with no frills. His firm's greatest fame lies in its later work such as the great East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the new glass pyramid entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Bank of China tower in Hong Kong.

These two long buildings are parallel to, but offset from, one another and are placed horizontally, east-to-west, on the large, landscaped site. An earlier plan for the site, developed by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill had called for six buildings, but Pei wanted fewer to create more open space."

I didn't realize the history behind the complex until a tenant who has been living there since the building opened gave me a heads up.

#IMPei #ArchitecturalHistory #NewYorkHistory #NYHistory #NYCHistory #BuildingsOfNYC #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco #HistorySiscoDeliversTheMail #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail

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[siscosfavoritecomics]

I'm one of the rare wrestking fans that isn't quite a fan of C.M. Punk. But I agree with his sentiments here. Its hard to ask for help, especially when we are in deep. There's no shame in asking for help. It can make the difference.

#CMPunk #GetHelp #AskForHelp #DontDoItAlone #TakeCareofYourMind #TakeCareofYourself #DoIt #GetItDone #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscosFavoriteComics #SiscoVanilla

[siscovanillaatthemovies]

SiscoVanilla Presents Iron Man (2008) Part III. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) barrels up to the bar looking for some liquid bread in the form of Scotch. It is here that Tony meets Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division better known and easier said as S.H.I.E.L.D. 

Tony is his usual dismissive self until he feats his eye on Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow.)

Tony swoops in, takes her out for a dance and then things get a little heated between them. This causes Pepper to ask for a cold beverage.

Tony goes right to the bar to order two drinks, one for him and one for Pepper.

Too bad shit hits the fan with Stark Industries weapons being used by warlords in the Middle East, causing neither Tony or Pepper to get those vodka martinis.

Well that’s it for Iron Man (2008). Please check back soon for other movies where I my eye has caught some booze references.

[baseballsisco]

On to Game 2!!!! #NewYorkYankees #NYYankees #NYY #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks (at Yankee Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0E8tjbARb8/?igshid=5ry9hf5biqdv

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Interesting rules to live by in this high octane and fast paced society we live in.

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Happy Thursday peeps!!! Here are the steps for this past week (September 26 - October 2) At 118,303, the total steps are a bit of an increase of the 116,785 from the week before. Rest days are key to rest and recovery. This week Wednesday and Sunday were rest days. I have seen some improvement in terms of my stamina. I dont find my legs and feet feeling as tired as I did when I started at the USPS. It feels good to be rebuilding myself in terms of health and fitness. On to the next week!!!!

#Fitbit #FitbitVersa2 #Walking #WalkingisGood #WalkItOff #WalkingIsBetterThanTherapy #Fitness #Exercise #GetToStepping #AintNoHalfStepping #HereComesTheHotStepper #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail

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There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing...here is how it is described in the article:

"Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness. It feels as if you’re muddling through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield...Languishing dulls your motivation, disrupts your ability to focus, and triples the odds that you’ll cut back on work."

And it's exactly how I feel day in and day out. And here I thought it was because the big 5-0 is looming on the horizon.

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Happy Saturday mi gente. Yesterday was back to the mail grind. By the time I got to the Bronx I was sitting at roughly 18K steps. It was a beautiful evening so I pushed through being tired and walked the mile home from the train to get past the 20K step mark.

Enjoy the day. I'll be out delivering all those checks that people are hoping will land in their mailboxes 📬 😁

#Fitbit #FitbitVersa2 #UrbanStepping #Walking #WalkingisGood #WalkItOff #WalkingIsBetterThanTherapy #Fitness #Exercise #GetToStepping #AintNoHalfStepping #HereComesTheHotStepper #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail

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My steps yesterday were a little less than my standard of 20K. But I was still able to get some nice steps in during and after Jury Duty. The weather really made it easy to go out and walk. 

On to Wednesday's proceedings and steps. Have a great day!!!

#Fitbit #FitbitVersa2 #UrbanStepping #Walking #WalkingisGood #WalkItOff #WalkingIsBetterThanTherapy #Fitness #Exercise #GetToStepping #AintNoHalfStepping #HereComesTheHotStepper #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks

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While I wasn't doing many walking challenges on the FitBit app, now they gave users no choice by getting rid of the walking challenges. While I still use my Fitbit App for tracking my progress, I've decided to download the Stridekick app for challenges.

So if any of you out there are on Stridekick, hit me up!!!

#Fitbit #FitbitVersa2 #Stridekick #UrbanStepping #Walking #WalkingisGood #WalkItOff #WalkingIsBetterThanTherapy #Fitness #Exercise #GetToStepping #AintNoHalfStepping #HereComesTheHotStepper #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail

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Just cause I'm sitting on my butt at Jury Duty it doesn't mean that I need to neglect my steps. As a CCA for the USPS, I get my fair share of daily steps. But many of those steps come in the form of stop and go motion from building to building and up and down stoop steps in Murray Hill. But I find that getting sustained long walks are getting hard to get in.

So in order to shed the winter weight gain, I'm going to try and get my longer walks in starting today. And as you can see I got quite a few steps traversing the Boogie Down Bronx. It felt good. On to tomorrow.

#Fitbit #FitbitVersa2 #UrbanStepping #Walking #WalkingisGood #WalkItOff #WalkingIsBetterThanTherapy #Fitness #Exercise #GetToStepping #AintNoHalfStepping #HereComesTheHotStepper #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail

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Perfect advice for this early Tuesday morning. Have a great day!!! #MarkTwain #WordsToLiveBy #GettingYourHandsDirty #RollingUpYourSleeves #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail https://www.instagram.com/p/CmY4_ituTmg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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What's up peeps. Happy Monday!!!

I realized that I hadn't posted my steps for the Here are the steps for the week of November 14 - November 20. So before I post the steps for Thankagiving weeks, here are the 11/14 -11/20 steps.

A significant less number of steps since my 162,559 steps from a week prior. But 135,842 steps isn't bad in the least. I had some less steps during Thanksgiving week. This was due to having two days off in the week and deciding to get some much needed rest.

Have a great week!!!

#Fitbit #FitbitVersa2 #Walking #WalkingisGood #WalkItOff #WalkingIsBetterThanTherapy #Fitness #Exercise #GetToStepping #AintNoHalfStepping #HereComesTheHotStepper #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail

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What's up peeps. Happy Frisday.

Here are the steps for this past week of (November 7 - November 13.) These are the weeks that I haven't had since 2017-2018. I worked an eight day stretch which this entire week was a part of. 162,559 steps!!! Surprisingly I'm only really starting to feel it today, which marks day 12 of the last 13. Tis the season. Have a great week!!!

#Fitbit #FitbitVersa2 #Walking #WalkingisGood #WalkItOff #WalkingIsBetterThanTherapy #Fitness #Exercise #GetToStepping #AintNoHalfStepping #HereComesTheHotStepper #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail

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While I'm nearly at the end of an 8 day straight work stretch (day 7 actually,) I wanted to post about my continued weight loss journey. For those who don't know, I started seriously tracking my weight with the purchase of my first Fitbit courtesy of my wife Brigette. That day in February 2017, I weighed in at 276. I went down to 248 with continued walking and watching my diet.

As with many of us, the COVID-19 pandemic put a kink in things. I reached the weight of 271.3 on May 18, 2020. Here I stand on November 12th at 250.6 with the elusive under 250 pounds on the horizon. Its been quite the journey. Getting out from behind the bar to hitting the pavements with the USPS has been a tremendous help. Shit, on August 25, 2022 I weighted 258.2. Thats an 8LB loss from then to now.

If I can do it, anyone can. I hope everyone is having a great weekend. One more work day for me until my only day off of the upcoming work week. ✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾

#Fitbit #FitbitVersa2 #Walking #WalkingisGood #WalkItOff #WalkingIsBetterThanTherapy #Fitness #Exercise #GetToStepping #AintNoHalfStepping #HereComesTheHotStepper #LeadByExample #Motivation #Success #Failure #Resilience #SiscoVanilla #SiscoVanillaIsStepping #SiscoVanillaHitsTheBricks #SiscoVanillaDeliversTheMail

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