Post 1373, Day 51 of 2015
- 1,512 days since I started this blog -
- 1,512 days since I started this blog -
Complaining is a useless and negative activity. It is neither insightful, and, although the topic is usually recent, it is still (always) in the past. Thinking about the past is the source of depression.
But I got caught up in the novelty of it - here in Syracuse, we have had ten straight days of sub-zero temperatures, mostly accompanied by snow. While I was digging out my car, at a temperature of eleven degrees below zero, it just seemed so... tiring and draining.
On the plus side, I was in time for a meeting that turned out to be on Monday, not today. Second plus side? My belief in a temperature 'too cold for snow' has been corrected. I know now there is no such thing.
Back to complaining, the thing that I like least about complaining, and complainers, is that it denies gratitude (which is the answer to all complaints).
The very cold weather reminds me how much I have to be grateful for: A warm apartment, clothes that permit me to survive being outdoors, the beauty of sounds in the cold night, when there is otherwise stillness, the fact that I'm around to report on bad weather, the fact that I have a job to go to, that makes so many other things in my life possible... The list of things I have to be grateful for is endless - so too should be my thankfulness.
I have nothing to complain about.
Food and Diet Section
Today's Weight: 206.4 lbs
Today's Weight: 206.4 lbs
Previous Weight (2/19): 204.6 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain: + 1.8 lbs
Diet Comment
Ugh! Too many beans yesterday (beans were in everything I ate outside of Quest bars)? I don't know, it was a lot, and therefore a lot of carbs. Whatever, I'll try to get back on track today and over the weekend.Diet Comment
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| Chili: Organic beef, black beans, tomatoes, chili spice, raw cacao, stevia-inulin blend. Not shown: A Quest bar. |
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| Tuna salad and baby kale, baby spinach, chard and cole slaw mix. |
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| Eggs scrambled with baby kale, chard, spinach, peppers and onions, spicy tomato oil, and a side of bacon. Not shown: Celery and home-made mayonnaise and a Quest bar. |
A Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Coffee: 28 oz. Water: 112+ oz.
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I read your commentary on complaining and gratitude - damn, I could have had a V8 !
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Even if you're talking about car engines, you don't need a V8. But, yeah: Regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention.
ReplyDelete100 inches of snow. That is all I have to say.
ReplyDeleteJoan: You are not within a foot of Syracuse's average annual snowfall,but still, you have suffered. Meanwhile, we have had sub-zero temperatures here (and regular, though lighter-than normal snowfall) for 16 of the last 17 days. So much for the weather. I am grateful that you have survived your ordeal.
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