#2192 Monday, November 26: Thanksgiving

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Post 2192
- 7 years and 330 days since I started this blog -

  

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Thanksgiving has always been a wonderful holiday with a lot of meaning for me.

When I was younger, it was the biggest, best family holiday. It really had that Americana-nostalgia thing going.

I am glad I never lost that feeling. I am proud to have, as best I could, extended it - tried to cultivate it beyond the holiday. I practice thankfulness, gratitude, daily. When I have the opportunity to make any group I'm in feel closer, more like family, I take it.

I try and live my life where the good things that come my way aren't taken for granted. I try to let the people in my life know how grateful I am for their presence.

I believe my happiness is contingent on my attitude towards life, and I believe that being grateful is fundamental to an attitude that produces happiness. My current happiness began when I was grateful for what was going on with me when times were bad and I wasn't happy. Being grateful for the help I got from friends and family, for the net that caught me before I fell into the void, for the prospects and opportunities that allowed me to turn the corner and start over, grateful and happy, about eight years ago.

I have a lot to be thankful for, but I would be thankful with less, because gratitude is an emotion worth cultivating, no matter what.

Every day is for Thanksgiving, and I am grateful for that.

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                      201.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (11/20/18):          199.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                       + 1.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

I ate very well last Wednesday in New York City, including a feast in Chinatown where I tried some dishes - steamed soup dumplings and fried yellowtail - that were crazy good. Thanksgiving food was incredibly good, especially compared to travel stops at fast-food places on the way there, where the food was exactly as bad/good as I remembered, and as unhealthy. Friday was another travel day that featured a wonderful surprise in the small town of Denville, New Jersey, where, after a few days of low vegetable intake I chose Veggie Heaven over a Chinese restaurant during a gas stop. I had an incredible meal - as good as anything I ate in the wonderful, fancier restaurants in LA. Saturday and Sunday were passive, motionless, and food-filled, the quality of my home-prepped food helping me lose weight, the quantity working, to a degree, against that loss. I'm glad I gained as little as I did in the last four days, and I aim to be back down below 200 by Friday.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
8:55pm: pm: Purple-green protein smoothie with home-made almond milk, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, kale, spinach, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, celery, whey powder (24g protein), 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
12:15am: Brussel sprouts with bacon and cottage cheese. A Quest bar for dessert.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Tea: 0 oz.;  Water: 64+ oz.;

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