January 23

Post 720, Day 23 of 2013
 - and 754 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I actually regret the post I wrote yesterday.

They say one sign of a food allergy is craving the food you're allergic to. I have seen reformed alcoholics appear to grow adopt a drunken demeanor when talking about the challenges of their addiction. I have heard people describe in great detail, and actually make attractive, books, movies and TV shows they don't like. I have seen athletes re-injure themselves in rehabilitation.

Yesterday, that was me.

I'm not sure where the impulse to do something you actually mean to avoid doing comes from, but suspect it is a corollary to the (lmythical/mystical?) 'Law of Attraction' - the part where the thing you pay most attention to is the thing that manifests itself, positively or negatively. The corollary is that your mind can't differentiate between positive or negative, that the statement, "I want this" is equivalent to the statement "I DON'T want this."

Don't poke the bear. 

Heard this quote from Teddy Roosevelt today, it has been relevant to my thinking for quite a while:  "Comparison is the thief of joy." Also relevant to my seeing the Wailers for the first time since 1979, which was, of course, with Bob Marley. What a joyful show!

The Wailers at the Showroom of the Turning Stone Resort/Casino. That tiny man is my number 2 bass inspiration: Aston "Family Man" Barrett.

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 Food and Diet Section

First-half year 2013 daily weight

Today's Weight:         206.0 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     204.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment

Yesterday's cheats and snacking have temporarily derailed my weight loss, but I am unperturbed. Today I will not fail, and enjoy my regular lunch out with Al, skipping breakfast as I am wont to do on these days. Going to see the Wailers at the local Indian Casino meant two buffets in one day!

Food Log

Breakfast

Chia Gel.

Lunch
At Ling-Ling's Chinese Buffet and Grill:

Brussels sprouts, kimchee, and from the "Mongolian Grill" my go-to dish, pork and chicken with bean sprouts, cabbage, onions, mushrooms, green peppers, snow pea pods and broccoli.

Dinner
At the Season's Harvest Buffet at Turning Stone Resort and Casino:

Salad: shrimp, mussels oreganata, roast turkey breast, pepperoni, baby spinach, calamata olives, celery, tomatoes, broccoli, blue cheese dressing

Shrimp in garlic sauce, salmon, roast beef with horseradish, broccoli, refried beans. 

Shrimp with vegetables 

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  30 oz,  Water:  100+ oz an Irish coffee at the show

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