#1395, Tuesday, March 31: While I was away...

Post 1395, Day 90 of 2015
- 1,551 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

The best part of going on vacation is the contrast with the usual day-to-day. I disconnected from life in Syracuse. I did things that were almost exclusively non-Syracuse-life-ordinary things. And I didn't do what I usually do at home.

I did a lot of walking, for one. I walked on the beach, to stores (once - that's a long walk), took late night walks with Reggae, Marco's Irish Wolfhound. I did no driving at all.

I did a lot of fishing, too. I surf-casted almost every day, and went out in Ponce Inlet by boat a couple of times. Discovered a real talent for not catching fish. In fact, nobody around me caught a fish, until the next-to-last day, when a few fish were caught, including one I reeled in. That's the pic I'm posting. 

I heard some of my fishing friends celebrated my departure by catching oodles of fish the day I left.

I ate unusual (for me) things. Lots of off-plan food, including a lot of home-made pizza. Bread. Pretzels. On the other hand, almost every day, I got to eat fresh-caught fish. Still, I lived in a bread and flour environment, and far fewer vegetables. I also drank a lot, including more beer than I've had in the last two years. So... I gained weight, despite the sharp uptick in exercise.

And came home to some news. Terrible news, excellent news.

The bad news is that the leader of i am Fool, J., had a couple of heart attacks while I was away. He had two surgeries. He's stable, in recovery. I found out on my flight home. I'm glad he's still with us, and will recover.

The excellent news is that Alex got an Assistant Writer position on the second season of HBO's show called The Brink. The first season hasn't aired yet, but has finished shooting and is in post-production. He starts in two weeks. He will be leaving Apple to do it. We hope it is the start of the professional writing career he moved to California to have. I am very, very proud of him. It's quite an achievement, almost nine years in the making.

Other than that, I was playing bass within two hours of my arrival home, had picked up a little sub-gig and have a gig this week. That felt good, and normal.

I'm not on vacation anymore. I was very happy while I was in Florida, and I'm very happy in Syracuse.

I'm just a happy guy!

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   213.4 lbs

Previous Weight (3/20):           208.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:                + 5.0 lbs

Diet Comment

My vacation, while full of healthy food - most usually, fresh-caught fish - was also an experiment in high-carb eating and drinking. So it goes. Now I have a goal to lose 10 pounds in April.
 

Food Log

Breakfast
A cocoa-hemp-kale protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kefir, kale, large organic egg, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), celery, raw organic cacao powder, fermented coconut water, chia gel, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Roasted turkey breast chopped salad: baby kale, baby spinach, chard, cole slaw mix and balsamic vinaigrette. And a Quest bar for dessert.

Dinner
Cheese, capicola, pepper and onion omelet and Ezekiel 4:9 Flax bread.

Snack
Pepperoni.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 88+ oz.

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