August 31

Post 934, Day 240 of 2013
- and 971 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I did a good gig today, early, but it took up more than 9 hours during the day. Rushing to get out, I forgot about breakfast, and didn't find anything suitable at the gig - a Harley-Davidson dealership event.

So I didn't eat, but I did have a great time. There was an extreme threat of rain the whole time, but, lo and behold, it held off the whole day.

Here's a pic:

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         210.4 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     212.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment

That's a nice loss to start the weekend. Then, as I mentioned above, I didn't eat all day until around 7:30pm, when I was so hungry that my planned dinner turned to gluttony, and very off-plan eating.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

At Sahota Palace, I had the Indian buffet, which included bean, chicken and vegetable dishes, as well as rice, breads, and rice pudding for dessert. And lots of everything!!

Snack
A protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  20 oz.   Water: 94+ oz. 

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August 30

Post 933, Day 239 of 2013
- and 970 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Although there's nothing bad going on, I have a sense of foreboding.

I feel more tenuous than positive. I don't know whether it's a combination of small things outside of my peripheral vision, or just the effects of a very late playing schedule this week - only 2 days; withdrawal.

Or facing a 3-day weekend with only a few planned hours. 

Hard to know. 

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         212.2 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     211.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

A lot of late-night calories, and I'll own up to eating for a variety of reasons that had nothing to do with hunger and nutrition. At least, I didn't eat off-plan. Today, lunch at Ruby Tuesday's, maybe dinner out, as well.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Protein Bar.

Lunch

At Ruby Tuesday's:

Salmon and spaghetti squash. Not shown: from the salad bar, a big salad of Spring Mix, baby spinach, tomatoes, peas, bacon, broccoli, green peppers and parmesan cheese, with oil and vinegar. 

Snack
Soft-serve ice cream. Later, a protein bar.

Dinner

Roasted turkey with guacamole, and a Cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond-coconut milk, kale, a large egg, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Snack
Another protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 124+ oz. 

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August 29

Post 932, Day 238 of 2013
- and 969 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Yesterday's comment was:  "Oh, blog, I have fallen behind, into apathy. Two days of non-posting. I guess that can happen.

Did."

I wrote that only a minutes ago, so nothing has changed.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         211.0 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     210.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 0.4 lbs

Diet Comment

Yesterday, my diet comment was: "I'm beginning to forget what eating was like before Wegman's put protein bars I like on sale at half price." I'm beginning to think they are a trigger food, and, since I'm not using them as they are intended (meal replacement), they may be hurting my cause.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Protein Bar.

Lunch

Wild-caught salmon and black bean salad on Spring Mix greens, kale, and cole slaw blend.

Snack
A protein bar. Later, pepperoni (while shopping).

Dinner

Sliced buffalo chicken breast with spicy mayonnaise and pepperoni with cole slaw.

Snack
Another protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: 124+ oz. 

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August 28

Post 931, Day 237 of 2013
- and 968 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Oh, blog, I have fallen behind, into apathy. Two days of non-posting. I guess that can happen.

Did.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         210.6 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     209.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.4 lbs

Diet Comment

I'm beginning to forget what eating was like before Wegman's put protein bars I like on sale at half price.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond-coconut milk, kale, a large egg, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, vanilla, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Smoked turkey, black beans, Spring Mix, cole slaw blend, kale and balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack
A protein bar.

Dinner

Italian-style chicken sausage with cole slaw and Spring Mix greens. Soft-serve ice cream.

Snack
Another protein bar. Then, much later, another.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: 120+ oz. 

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August 27

Post 930, Day 236 of 2013
- and 967 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I came this close to deleting my Facebook account today.

I have been having a good deal of difficulty with the IM communications with the band, which we do on Facebook since the drummer can't send and receive text messages on his company-issued phone. 

But he can get to Facebook.

The problem with quickly-written communications, and with all short-form written communication is that nuance is not easily interpreted, and, of course, tone of voice and inflection are non-existent.

It is fertile ground for miscommunication. And there was a lot of that in communications with the band today.

Coupled with the fact that the newsfeed has a majority population of uninteresting, unfunny, insulting, trivial, and/or offensive and badly worded/spelled items, and a minority of entertaining, interesting, thoughtful, useful items, and I got frustrated.

So I did nothing.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         209.2 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     210.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.6 lbs

Diet Comment

A good day yesterday, so I'm pleased at today's progress. But I got bored/hungry in the evening, and just started downing protein bars.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond-coconut milk, kale, a large egg, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, vanilla, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Skipped.

Snack
A protein bar.

Dinner

Lentils and Spring Mix greens with balsamic vinaigrette, and, for dessert, Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax cereal with blueberries, almond-coconut milk and stevia-inulin blend and a protein bar.

Snack
Another protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  40 oz.   Water: 130+ oz.

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August 26

Post 930, Day 236 of 2013
- and 967 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

If change is the only constant, what do you do when things change in ways that make you uncomfortable?

Meaning that you don't like the changes that take place?

I'm thinking about that today, because I have always embraced change, and have tried to make any change a positive thing. I haven't always been successful with that, at least not in the short run.

The question comes when we try to evaluate the change. Most, if not all, of the time, we are unable to evaluate change, due to not being able to see the future, the way a particular change is going to alter things.

So what do we (I) do? We use the best information we have.

And then we take a guess at how to respond to change.

A guess is the best we can do most of the time.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         210.8 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     212.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

I'm surprised that yesterday's excess of simple carbs didn't do me worse than it has. Today, a sort of mini-fast, with the day's total intake being two protein bars.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond-coconut milk, kale, a large egg, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, vanilla, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Snack
Pepperoni on coconut Paleo bread with cole slaw.

Dinner

Lentils and Spring Mix greens with creamy balsamic dressing, and, for dessert, a protein bar.

Snack
Another protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  40 oz.   Water: 142+ oz.

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August 25

Post 929, Day 235 of 2013
- and 966 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I was just wasted today; the combination of effort and bad food from yesterday has left me feeling... out of sorts.

I do want to comment on yesterday's comment. I know when I talk about evidence, I risk descending into pretzel logic (proving something I believe on the basis of the thing I'm saying I don't believe). I just want to say that I do actually 'get' the scientific method, and will only use it in a scientific way (repeatably verified experimentation).

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         212.0 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     211.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 0.8 lbs

Diet Comment

I'm surprised that yesterday's excess of simple carbs didn't do me worse than it has. Today, a sort of mini-fast, with the day's total intake being two protein bars.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

A protein bar.

Snack
Another protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  0 oz.   Water: 80+ oz.

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August 24

Post 928, Day 234 of 2013
- and 965 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I mentioned to my drummer today that I did not feel making judgment on sensory information was very helpful. 

Then I had to explain what I meant, and I started with making judgments; how I and most people I have ever met do it, and do it badly, because we don't realize the role our unconscious and subconscious thoughts and habits play in decisions.

I then told him our sensory input is not direct, but rather it is interpreted by our minds, and nobody knows exactly how that process works.

It is the interpretive part that is the hangup. Because we think we know the factors that go into interpreting, so we think we form an objective (real) 'picture' of things.

Hah!

There is zero evidence of that, and a lot of evidence demonstrating how untrue that idea is.

Poor John. Now he has to live with a little cognitive dissonance for awhile.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         211.2 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     210.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 0.8 lbs

Diet Comment

Yesterday''s cheats off plan eating (ice cream, cereal, yogurt, sugar) showed up today. Not surprising. Unfortunately for my weight, today is an all dining out day, and while the food is good, even healthy, it is not on-plan. Also, the lighting in the restaurants was too bad for pictures. But it was delicious.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Protein bar.

Lunch

At Alto Cinco:  A three-egg omelet with cheese, chorizo and guacamole, with hash browns and black bean salsa, and grilled herb bread.

Dinner

At Munjeb's:  The combo plate, with grilled herbed lamb wit hpeppers and onion, hummos, falafel, dolma (stuffed grape leaves), tabouli and toasted pita.

Snack
At Alto Cinco:  A big bowl of gazpacho with chips and corn bread. Later, another protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: 96+ oz.

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