#1692, Tuesday, July 19: Morning routine

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Post 1692, Day 201 of 2016
- 2,027 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

One of the least surprising things that has changed about my life post-retirement is (to me at least) my sleep cycle.

I now go to sleep early in the morning - typically between two and three in the AM. Typically, this is right after my last meal of the day.

I sleep for about 4 hours. Then I get up to pee. Then I check my email and then Facebook. Then I do some sudoku. Then back to sleep, sometimes with the help of a sleep-aid like pot or masturbation.

Which takes me to about Noon. That's when I go to the toilet, take my thyroid hormone (must be on an empty stomach), get back in bed to play on the computer and finish yesterdays's blog post (this) and start today's, check my email, Facebook, stocks, do a sudoku and meditate.

In other words, I do the 'work' of the day in bed. Before I get up.

When I get up out of bed, I go to the bathroom again (I'm very well hydrated, or was until this point) and weigh myself.

Then it's back to bed to prep the weight stuff for the blog, and check my personal finances on Quicken, which I have now been using to track my finances for twenty-five years (imagine that).

What's missing from this list? Oh, yeah - gratitude. Because it is suffusive - it permeates all these other activities. It is background music setting the mood.

This is why, almost every day, I'm in a good mood before I "get out of bed."

(It's also why, except for Wednesdays, when I break routine, I don't have breakfast before the early afternoon, and usually closer to dinner-time).

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                      201.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/18):              201.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +   0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

Nothing to show for yesterday's eating. Perfect. I thought the low activity/low hydration might add a little.

Food Log 

Breakfast
3:00pm:  A Quest bar.

Lunch
6:10pm:  

Omelet with peppers, onion, greens, chia seeds, hemp seeds, parmesan cheese and bacon.

Dinner
11:45pm:  Pepperoni, kimchee, cole slaw and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 1;  Coffee:  0 oz.;  Water: 90+ oz. 

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