Monday, March 31

Post 1129, Day 89 of 2014
- 1,187 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Surf-casting. New to me. Lots of fun. Major sunburn. 

Marco with pompano for dinner.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

3/27/14 Weight:         201.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        200.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

The chart won't change for the next few days, and I'm probably not going to write many comments. The only thing I'll be updating is the food.

Food Log 

Breakfast

Dal Tadka (lentil curry) with kale and scrambled eggs. Leftover, still delicious.

Lunch
Barbecue chicken with pineapple, lettuce and bread.

Snack
Spicy peanuts and raw almonds.

Dinner

Grilled fresh-caught (by me!) pompano, in Chef Marco's famous seasoning. Mine is the left-most. Also: Green salad, spaghetti squash, tortellini salad, 

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  16 oz.   Water: ?? oz. and a couple of glasses of pinot noir and some beers.

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Sunday, March 30

Post 1128, Day 88 of 2014
- 1,186 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

A visit with an old friend, a lunch at the docks, a walk on the beach; more chilling out. 

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

3/27/14 Weight:         201.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        200.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

The chart won't change for the next few days, and I'm probably not going to write many comments. The only thing I'll be updating is the food.

Food Log 

Breakfast

Skipped.

Lunch
Fish and chips and cole slaw.

Snack
Peanuts and almonds (spicy and raw, respectively).

Dinner
Barbecue chicken with pineapple, lettuce and bread.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: ?? oz. and a couple of glasses of pinot noir.

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Saturday, March 29

Post 1127, Day 87 of 2014
- 1,185 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Another relaxing day - this one featuring a fierce thunderstorm and accompanying deluge of rain. All of which I enjoyed with a coffee and a joint from the shelter of the tin-roof-covered patio. Here's a little video to show you what I'm talking about:

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

3/27/14 Weight:         201.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        200.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

The chart won't change for the next few days, and I'm probably not going to write many comments. The only thing I'll be updating is the food.

Food Log 

Breakfast

A bagel and goat cheese.

Lunch

Dal Tadka (lentil curry) with kale and scrambled eggs. Old photo, but this time I made it for four - and it was very well received.

Dinner
Lasagna.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: ?? oz. and a glass of merlot.

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Friday, March 28

Post 1126, Day 86 of 2014
- 1,184 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Very relaxing day - a walk along the beach, then it turned cloudy and unseasonably cool (but still comfortable without getting out of short sleeves. Here's a pic of Marco with one of his Guetamalan masks:

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

3/27/14 Weight:         201.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        200.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

The chart won't change for the next few days, and I'm probably not going to write many comments. The only thing I'll be updating is the food.

Food Log 

Breakfast

A bagel and goat cheese.

Lunch
Home-made chicken soup.

Dinner

The remaining Dim Sum from Ming's Chinese (still really, really good).

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: ?? oz. and a glass of merlot.

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Thursday, March 27

Post 1125, Day 85 of 2014
- 1,183 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I remember the first time I met Marco.

It was in a lot behind the garden apartments in suburban NY. I was seven years old, I think. There was a choose-up football game, and there were about four times as many kids as I counted among my friends. He was the best player, even though not the oldest, and a little bit younger than me.

Good to see him 47 years later...

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         201.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        200.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

Travel day. Great flight. Great to see Marco and the family again. Right on the beach - the late night sound is surf.

Food Log 

Breakfast

A blueberry-kale protein shake (almond milk, blueberries, kale, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), chia gel, celery, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

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 cabbage, onions, mushrooms, green peppers and broccoli. This is the same meal, and the same picture, as always.

Snack

A terrible bunch of inflight snacks. Don't ask.

Dinner

Dim Sum from Ming's Chinese (really, really good).

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: ?? oz. and a couple of glasses of cabernet.

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Wednesday, March 26

Post 1124, Day 84 of 2014
- 1,182 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

One last gig before vacation. A pleasure to have the whole trio together - I enjoy this band (Bradshaw Blues) so much. 

Meanwhile, it almost seems like i am Fool is ready to bust out. People are beginning to commit to getting us heard. The fun show on Monday created a buzz - there were agents there, and every one wants to talk to us (by us, I mean J., although I've spoken with all of them).

One is talking getting us gigs in the major markets, including NYC, LA, Boston. Be still my heart! That is so exciting! That means all my family and friends getting to hear me play live for the first time in years!

But - that is the future, i.e., it doesn't exist. In the present, I will keep doing what I've been doing - it is just joyful to be there. In my (admittedly fragile) belief system, as long as I keep showing up, doing what feels right, things will work themselves out. Not for me to worry about how. Just get out of the Universe's way, and roll the dice.

- - -

On a separate note, tomorrow I'm flying down to Daytona Beach for six days. Posting may be sporadic.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         200.4 lbs

Previous Weight:        203.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 3.4 lbs

Diet Comment

A very light eating day produced an over-sized weight change. Today is going to be much less 'light' and more food, and tomorrow is a travel day, which will be followed by 5 days of vacation-eating, so this nice drop comes at a good time.

Food Log 

Breakfast

A blueberry-kale protein shake (almond milk, blueberries, kale, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), chia gel, celery, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

Lunch

Line-caught tuna salad on Spring Mix greens.

Dinner

At Eskapes:  Tomato-zucchini soup, Caprese salad (chopped Romaine lettuce, black olives, bacon, cheese. hard-boiled egg), mixed seafood (shrimp, scallops, mussels, lobster and bacon) over sauteed spinach, onions and peppers.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 72+ oz. and a nice glass of chianti.

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Tuesday, March 25

Post 1123, Day 83 of 2014
- 1,181 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Great fun tonight at an open mic. Good jamming, especially backing a couple of guys who do original songs in a somewhat disorganized, rubato (rhythm-less) way.

These things seem to have an ebb and flow to them, in any scale: Within the jam, within the event, within the day. And what actually seems to determine whether something is moving, and which direction it is moving in, is your attention. What you pay attention to looms large in your awareness, what you don't is unnoticed.

As a general rule, I try to pay attention to what's good in my life. Sometimes I'm distracted. Sometimes my focus lands on the unexpected, unpredictable. So be it. To a degree, I can control my attention - but I can't control the object it settles on.

Life is good. 

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         203.8 lbs

Previous Weight:        204.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.8 lbs

Diet Comment

I think the loss would have been greater (not that I'm complaining) if I'd eaten dinner earlier (didn't eat dinner until I got home from the gig).

Food Log 

Breakfast

Skipped.

Lunch

Kale, onions, peppers and scrambled eggs with tomato-garlic oil and toasted Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Dinner

Celery and home-made spicy mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 60+ oz.

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Monday, March 24

Post 1122, Day 82 of 2014
- 1,180 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

It is still Winter here in Siberia-cuse, and I'm really put out by that - I'm tired, this winter has ground me down, and the fact that it has snowed every day for the last week is really just pissing me off.

Enough whining, then. The antidote to my being pissed off at any given moment is letting it go, and that means meditating and music, and I had a lot of fun playing with i am Fool at a happy hour benefit. The gig went very well, being one of the rare gigs we did our own sound, and the reviews on the sound were good.

The reviews on the band were even better. 

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         204.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        202.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment

My big afternoon cheat piles on. Today, I was better.

Food Log 

Breakfast

A cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake (almond milk, kale, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

Lunch

Dal Tadka (lentil curry) with kale and scrambled eggs.

Dinner

Chili (ground beef, tomatoes, spices) and a Spring Mix and baby spinach salad.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  26 oz.   Water: 100+ oz.

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Sunday, March 23

Post 1121, Day 81 of 2014
- 1,179 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Sort of a nothing day. Really. Yet, strangely tiring. I did upload all the pics of me that the current photo (above) was taken from. They're here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/revken/sets/72157642839844544/
There are some good pics. I admit to entertaining myself watching the slideshow.

Tomorrow, the first of 3 days of work, then I'm Florida-bound.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         202.8 lbs

Previous Weight:        201.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment

This is last night's dinner settling in on me!

Food Log 

Breakfast

Skipped.

Lunch
At L'Express: Scrambled eggs with salmon, bacon, and goat cheese, a side of bacon, home fried potatoes and dry rye toast.

Snack
Almond croissant and a chocolate croissant.

Dinner

Pepperoni with cheese, celery and home-made mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  36 oz.   Water: 64+ oz.

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Saturday, March 22

Post 1120, Day 80 of 2014
- 1,178 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Errands, including a run to-from Albany. Don't ask. 

I had a nice conversation with Andy on the way there, and with J. on the way back. There's something about these long trips that reminds me of things people I've been meaning to call.

Andy wonders why this happens - it's a lot to do with attention - sometimes it occurs to me to call somebody when I can't call them, or at least I can't call them and spend as much time talking with them as I'd like.

The car, especially on a 2-hour drive, is much better. no distractions, and when there are, I just pull over, or get off the phone. But usually, no distractions.

It usually makes for better conversations.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         201.0 lbs

Previous Weight:        199.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

I completely expected this. Tomorrow, I will pay for tonight's sins  by... sinning again, more than likely!

Food Log 

Breakfast

Skipped.

Lunch
A cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake (almond milk, kale, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), chia seeds, whey powder (24g protein), celery, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

Snack
Almonds.

Dinner

At India Thali: Lamb patty, Goa FIsh curry, rice pilaf, rice pudding. Later, chocolate cake.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  36 oz.   Water: 58+ oz. and a mug of Kingfisher beer.

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