Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Tuesday, July 8 Recipe for Happiness

Post 1226, Day 189 of 2014
- 1,285 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
"Don't take yourself too seriously, there are precious few things worthwhile hating nowadays - and none of them are 'Me'.

"I was just trying to say how things used to be, 'til we grew up wanting more and went our separate ways, searching for our own bit of immortality." -- Todd Rundgren

That just popped into my head (so the lyric might not be exactly right). It's from 'Chain Letter' on my favorite TR album, 'The Ballad of Todd Rundgren'.

Why? It might be because somebody told me he was going to distill thirty items on a list of ways to make yourself happy down to seven. I told him, it could be done in one: Decide to be happy (realize that happiness comes from within, and, ultimately, is a choice). I told him to write that every day for seven days, and wait for the defensive haters to start responding. 

But, really, who knows? Not me. I may be the happiest person I know, and I may have gotten there by deciding to be happy, but, to be honest, I only noticed my happiness when it had already arrived. 

I have stopped writing prescriptions. I leave that to Billy Joel.

I still share recipes, however.


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 Food and Diet Section
2014 Daily Weight
Today's Weight:         213.2 lbs
Previous Weight:        214.0 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.8 lbs

Diet Comment
I am hoping that yesterday's scale weight is as high as it gets this year.


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

Lunch
Chopped salad (roasted turkey breast, shaved parmesan, baby kale, baby spinach, chard and balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack
A Quest bar.

Dinner
Peppers, onions and eggs with bacon and lentil chips (made from garbanzo beans and lentils).

Snack
Quest bars.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 108+ oz. 

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3 comments:

  1. That's a lot of bullshit that you're flinging there.

    - Light - Love - Compassion -

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  2. To clarify ;
    The only thing that rang of truth to me is the observation that you felt happy at the time you were typing the comment.

    - Light - Love - Compassion -

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  3. I'm not certain what part(s) you didn't think were true: The part where I say I think happiness is a decision, or the part where I say I don't write prescriptions? Something else? We're going to have to agree to disagree, because I don't think I'm being false here.

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