#2062: Tuesday, April 24: Going down the road feeling bad

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- 7 years and 114 days since I started this blog -

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In a terrible bit of timing, yesterday was Syracuse's most beautiful day of the year: Sunny and warm. At about one in the afternoon I felt a little tickle in my throat. By five I was coughing. By eight I was coughing a lot, and feeling weak and feverish.

I feel like shit today, after getting only a little sleep. Tomorrow, I fly to New Orleans for a week, for JazzFest.

No refund available for my airfare or AirBnB, so I'm going, despite.

I'll be sick in New Orleans, if this doesn't just turn out to be allergies, which is what I thought it was until I felt feverish, but I'm hoping that is it, and NOLA is the cure.

What I fear most about it is that it may be the same thing that every single person I know up here has been dealing with sometime in the last month or so. I fear that it is the same, and that is a tenacious, long-lasting illness, usually taking weeks to get over.

We'll deal.

Anyway, this will be my last blog until the day after I get back (which means you'll see it next day: Friday, May 4).

I'll write a trip report then.

I am still looking forward to NOLA, and thinking about where I'll go after I get back. During May, I have only one hour of playing on my schedule, in the exact middle of the month. I want to visit New York City. I want to go back to Florida. I may have the bandwidth to do both.

I'm grateful to have choices - or the illusion of choice, if that's your philosophical take.

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      203.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/23/18):           204.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.8 lbs.

  Diet Comment

This loss brought to you by bronchitis...

Food Log

Breakfast
3:45pm: Quinoa, with sauteed onions and two eggs. Plus two teaspoons of buckwheat honey for my tea (approx twenty ounces).

Lunch
10:15pm: A Quest bar.

Dinner
12:30am: Salmon salad (wild-caught salmon, homemade mayonnaise, celery) on a salad (chard, kale, spinach, red cabbage, walnuts) and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 0;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 20 oz.;  Water: 72+ oz.; 

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#2061: Monday, April 23

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- 7 years and 113 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      204.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/20/18):           202.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       + 1.4 lbs.

  Diet Comment

Oh, well, the weekend took a toll. Now I'm sick, and my eating is less easy to control.

Food Log

Breakfast
5:15pm, at CoreLife Eatery:

Chicken Cobb salad (shredded kale and spinach, grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, hard-cooked egg and blue cheese dressing with a little sriracha).

Lunch
9:15pm: A Quest bar.

Dinner
11:20pm: Salmon salad (wild-caught salmon, homemade mayonnaise, celery) on buttered Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted-grain toast with a salad (chard, kale, spinach, red cabbage, walnuts, balsamic vinaigrette) and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 2;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 82+ oz.; 

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#2060: Friday, April 20

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Post 2060
- 7 years and 110 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      202.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/19/18):           202.8 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.2 lbs.

  Diet Comment

Finishing up at the low weight of the month. Gratifying, but there's more work to do.

Food Log

Breakfast
5:45pm: LEO - lox, eggs and onions. Also: A big serving of broccoli.

Lunch
9:30pm: A Quest bar.

Dinner
1:20am, at Denny's: An Ultimate omelet (crumbled sausage, bacon, fire-roasted bell peppers and onions, mushrooms, diced tomatoes and Swiss cheese) with dry rye toast and hash browns.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 0;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 64+ oz.; and a generous pour of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#2059: Thursday, April 19

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Post 2059
- 7 years and 109 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      202.8 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/18/18):           203.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.4 lbs.

  Diet Comment

In the right direction. That's all I ask.

Food Log

Breakfast
5:55pm: LEO - lox, eggs and onions. Also: A big serving of broccoli.

Lunch
9:55pm: A Quest bar.

Dinner
12:20am: Pork rinds.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 0;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 80+ oz.; and a generous pour of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#2058: Wednesday, April 18

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Post 2058
- 7 years and 108 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      203.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/17/18):           203.8 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.6 lbs.

  Diet Comment

In the right direction. That's all I ask.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
5:55pm: Blue-green protein smoothie with coconut-almond milk, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, kale, spinach, blueberries, celery, whey powder (24g protein), coconut oil, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, fo ti, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla extract, Dr. Gundry's Vital Reds and stevia-inulin blend.

Dinner
1:55am: Walnuts with Dubliner cheese, and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 60+ oz.; 

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#2057: Tuesday, April 17

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Post 2057
- 7 years and 107 days since I started this blog -

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It's been a while since I commented, and a lot has happened, but, pretty nothing left a mark, or changed my regular day-to-day life.

I guess I'm writing today to update my overall physical condition, because I just had my regular six-month checkup, and it was extraordinarily good, the latest in a series of improvements over the last couple of years, that led from having checkups every three months to checking every four months, and now, six-month intervals.

That, in itself, is a testimony to my doctor's optimism.

The results of the blood workup I did last week were just perfect. Nothing out of whack. Nothing. That's a first in my adult life - I have never had any blood analysis come back so clean and well-balanced.

It made for a very light and smiley visit with my doctor. We talked about my trip to Thailand, and I showed him some of the pics I took. The last time I saw him, it was all about the medical prep for my trip. He found it remarkable I had not gained weight after that trip (I actually lost weight, and have been trying to recover from a weight gain involving my Florida and New Orleans trip after).

He was interested when I told him I'd been blogging my food, and how I'd read that the one thing almost all successful dieters (people who had lost weight and kept it off for more than a year) had in common was keeping a food journal, and that I had been blogging mine the whole time. He got this blog's url, and said maybe other patients would be interested.

So, this was a good start to the day.

Another thing that happened since my last Comment was a change in my band, Scuba Gear. While I was away for a couple of months, a new band, Modafferi, was formed so that Brian Modafferi (Scuba Gear's main songwriter and guitarist) could play with his brother, Nate. Then, separately, there were some problems with Josh, Scuba's drummer, and Scuba Gear officially evolved into Modafferi, same as Scuba with a different drummer.

I liked Scuba Gear (and Josh, who I still like), but I have to admit, Modafferi is a better band with the same repertoire.

Tonight we're played our first gig, at Al's Wine and Whiskey, a bar I like very much, in downtown Syracuse. It was a great success, even with some rough patches, as the overall sound of the band was good, we got a good crowd (bar owner/booker very happy), and an audience that was enthusiastic and, at the end of the night, complimentary.

It was a workout for me, and I ended the night with some muscle-soreness and very, very tired.

So, this was a end to the day, and I'm nothing but grateful (and, as I said, sore and tired).

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      203.8 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/16/18):           204.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.2 lbs.

  Diet Comment

Well, if the dial is only going to move slightly, I'd prefer it moving down. So, that's good, but... I want a bigger reward for being on-plan, as I was yesterday. I want more loss than this when I'm "good".

Food Log

Breakfast
1:55pm: Hardboiled eggs and guacamole, and a Quest bar.

Lunch
5:15pm, at CoreLife Eatery:

Chicken Cobb salad (shredded kale and spinach, grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, hard-cooked egg and blue cheese dressing with a little sriracha).

Dinner
12:05am: Broccoli with Dubliner cheese, pepperoni and walnuts. And a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 0;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 90+ oz.; 

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#2056: Monday, April 16

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Post 2056
- 7 years and 106 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      204.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/13/18):           203.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       + 0.8 lbs.

  Diet Comment

I don't know. I was expecting a loss.

Food Log

Breakfast
6:55pm: Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon and a salad of cabbage, chard, kale, spinach, walnuts, shaved parmesan and balsamic vinaigrette.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
11:15pm: Sriracha chicken breast and celery with cottage cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 2;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.; 

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#2055: Friday, April 13

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Post 2055
- 7 years and 103 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      203.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/12/18):           203.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.4 lbs.

  Diet Comment

Glad to end the week on a low note. Because I'm a bass player.

Food Log

Breakfast 
5:55pm: PEO - prosciutto, eggs and onions. And a Quest bar.

Lunch
9:30pm: An Epic Venison protein bar.

Dinner
1:15am: A salad of cabbage, chard, kale, spinach, walnuts, shaved parmesan and balsamic vinaigrette. And a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 0;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 56+ oz.;  A good pour of Jameson's Reserve 15yo Irish whiskey

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#2054: Thursday, April 12: Healthy catch-up

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Post 2054
- 7 years and 102 days since I started this blog -

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It's been a while since I commented, and a lot has happened, but, pretty nothing left a mark, or changed my regular day-to-day life.

I guess I'm writing today to update my overall physical condition, because I just had my regular six-month checkup, and it was extraordinarily good, the latest in a series of improvements over the last couple of years, that led from having checkups every three months to checking every four months, and now, six-month intervals.

That, in itself, is a testimony to my doctor's optimism.

The results of the blood workup I did last week were just perfect. Nothing out of whack. Nothing. That's a first in my adult life - I have never had any blood analysis come back so clean and well-balanced.

It made for a very light and smiley visit with my doctor. We talked about my trip to Thailand, and I showed him some of the pics I took. The last time I saw him, it was all about the medical prep for my trip. He found it remarkable I had not gained weight after that trip (I actually lost weight, and have been trying to recover from a weight gain involving my Florida and New Orleans trip after).

He was interested when I told him I'd been blogging my food, and how I'd read that the one thing almost all successful dieters (people who had lost weight and kept it off for more than a year) had in common was keeping a food journal, and that I had been blogging mine the whole time. He got this blog's url, and said maybe other patients would be interested.

So, this was a good start to the day.

Another thing that happened since my last Comment was a change in my band, Scuba Gear. While I was away for a couple of months, a new band, Modafferi, was formed so that Brian Modafferi (Scuba Gear's main songwriter and guitarist) could play with his brother, Nate. Then, separately, there were some problems with Josh, Scuba's drummer, and Scuba Gear officially evolved into Modafferi, same as Scuba with a different drummer.

I liked Scuba Gear (and Josh, who I still like), but I have to admit, Modafferi is a better band with the same repertoire.

Tonight we played our first gig, at Al's Wine and Whiskey, a bar I like very much, in downtown Syracuse. It was a great success, even with some rough patches, as the overall sound of the band was good, we got a good crowd (bar owner/booker very happy), and an audience that was enthusiastic and, at the end of the night, complimentary.

It was a workout for me, and I ended the night with some muscle-soreness and very, very tired.

So, this was a good end to the day, and I'm nothing but grateful (well, as I said, nothing but grateful, sore and tired).

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      203.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/11/18):           203.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.3 lbs.

  Diet Comment

It's nice when I lose weight, not so much when I gain wait, but really, it's the sustained effort that gets results, and when I travel, little effort is made. That being said, I have been back for over a month, and have not kicked back into my normal post-travel lose-the-weight and back-to-maintenance eating that has usually followed my jaunts. But I am dedicating myself to doing the right thing right now.

 Food Log 

Breakfast 
4:55pm, at CoreLife Eatery:

Tuna poke salad with: Kale, cabbage, spinach, cucumber, carrots, scallions, ginger, edamame, avocado, tuna poke, sesame seeds, walnuts and miso-sesame dressing.

Lunch
9:10pm: A Quest bar.

Dinner
11:55pm: An Epic bison protein bar, and baby carrots with  homemade mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;  A good pour of Redbreast Irish whiskey (I so like Al's), and most of a beer - no idea what kind

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#2053: Wednesday, April 11

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Post 2053
- 7 years and 101 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      203.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/10/18):           205.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 1.1 lbs.

  Diet Comment

It's nice when I lose weight, not so much when I gain wait, but really, it's the sustained effort that gets results, and when I travel, little effort is made. That being said, I have been back for over a month, and have not kicked back into my normal post-travel lose-the-weight and back-to-maintenance eating that has usually followed my jaunts. But I am dedicating myself to doing the right thing right now.

 Food Log 

Breakfast 
6:45pm: Scrambled eggs with prosciutto and a chard, kale, spinach and goat cheese salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

Lunch
1:10am: A Quest bar.

Dinner
2:35am: Sriracha chicken breast with Dubliner cheese, egg salad (hard-boiled eggs, celery, homemade mayonnaise), and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;  2 good pours of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#2052: Tuesday, April 10

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Post 2052
- 7 years and 100 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      205.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/9/18):            205.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       - 0.6 lbs.

  Diet Comment

Not much, but I'll take the win!

 Food Log 

Breakfast 
3:35pm: Blue-green protein smoothie with coconut-almond milk, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, kale, spinach, blueberries, celery, whey powder (24g protein), coconut oil, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, fo ti, cinnamon, turmeric, vanilla extract, Dr. Gundry's Vital Reds and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
7:40pm: A Quest bar.

Dinner
11:55pm: Pepperoni with Dubliner cheese and cole slaw, and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;  

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#2051: Monday, April 9

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Post 2051
- 7 years and 99 days since I started this blog -

 Food and Diet  

Today's Weight:                      205.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/6/18):            203.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       + 2.2 lbs.

     Diet Comment 

This is disappointing, although understandable as there were two parties this weekend where I ate off-plan, and I finished the weekend with a very late high-calorie, high-carb and high-fat meal.

 Food Log 

Breakfast 
3:35 pm: Scrambled eggs and prosciutto and a salad (cabbage, chard, kale, spinach, goat cheese, walnuts and balsamic vinaigrette).

Lunch
8:30 pm: A Quest bar.

Dinner
12:15 am: Sriracha chicken breast, celery and carrots with homemade mayonnaise, a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 22 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 56+ oz.; 

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