August 1

Post 906, Day 213 of 2013
- and 944 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Thoughts have a way of shaping your perceptions. It occurs because your perceptions are themselves the result of thought processes, just vibrations 'interpreted' as the senses.

I had a bad night last night. The band played an outdoor venue, a park in the middle of the village I live in. 

It was a beautiful night, too. And the attendance was great.

But the sound wasn't. I have had issues with this particular sound guy before, and tried to head them off, but to no avail. Once the music started, even things I thought were fixed and okay were bad, and, on stage, the music sounded very bad.

On stage, I couldn't hear what I was playing. Neither could the drummer. It was a big, open stage, made of brick and concrete, and the music I was making was sounding thin and off to me.

I think the performance was probably good anyway, I know these songs cold, but my perception was that it sounded lousy, and I couldn't control the dynamics of my playing well, because I couldn't hear a difference in volume in my playing.

I allowed myself to get frustrated. Immediately after the show, I was emotional and negative. My most reliably joyful activity, playing with my band, had turned into a struggle, and wasn't even fun, let alone joyful.

It took a couple of Jameson's to help me let it go.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         210.4 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     211.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.6 lbs

Diet Comment

So, how's that soft-serve at work everyday doing for you? Ha! About as well as my new 2-Protein Bar-a-day habit. I'll stop the latter before the former, though.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Blueberry-kale smoothie: Blueberries, kale, vanilla whey protein powder (32g protein), chia gel, a whole egg, coconut-almond milk, cinnamon, stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
Egg salad on Spring Mix with red cabbage.

Dinner
Buttered lentils and red cabbage slaw. A protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 72+ oz. 

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