Wednesday, December 16, 2020

#2566, Wednesday, December 16, '20: Not much, you?

Post 2566
- 9 years and 351 days since I started this blog -
At the end of Friday's walk (Liverpool, NY) 
Daily Comment
Thanks to exigent circumstances, things were interesting from the time I first came back home this year through the beginning of Autumn.

There was beginning to contemplate starting to downsize to move to Cuenca when I first got back. There was catching up on stuff, too. And, of course, all while navigating life in the new pandemic sea.

Then there was the Wandering project, finished by the beginning of August - luckily, as things turned out.

Because, before the dust had settled on that great musical time, I was entering my next stage of life - post-heart-attack (I'm not going to quibble about not ever having an actual 'attack'. Even if atypically symptom-free, I went to the ER). 

There were ten completely weird weeks of living at my friend/benefactor J.'s house, an exercise I thought I completed with minimum drama.

And coming home, in October, to a somewhat new life, having new restrictions that changed my previous home motto of "Don't do what you don't want to" to "Do what you can." Early on, that wasn't much. 

I began watching lots of TV, and, to give myself something productive to do, adding in a little day-trading. It wasn't very profitable, though. I'm not that good at it. When it turned into a loss, at the same time becoming more distracting, I cut it out.

Then Cardiac Rehab started up, as the Covid-19 restrictions relaxed a little bit and cases started dropping. That gave me some schedule structure, which, it turns out, was the worst part of it. Now that's gone.

And nothing's really replaced the entertainments and distractions I've culled. I'm watching more TV than ever before in my life. I feel like my brain is turning to mush. Nothing is happening.

So the title of this day's post reflects my ongoing answer to the question, "What's new?"

I'm grateful for the opportunity to see that change.

Food and Diet 
Today's Weight:                    
197.7 lbs.
Previous Weight (12/15/20):        197.7 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment
I'm no longer very concerned by my weight loss over the weekend, having achieved some stability. I'm not unhappy that three is the longest number of days below 200 pounds I've had in many years.

Food Log
Breakfast
1:40pm: Greens and eggs (spinach, kale, mushrooms, onions, peppers and eggs) and oatmeal deluxe (steel-cut oats, peanut butter, chia seeds, hemp seeds, wild blueberries, raspberries and blackberries). 

Lunch
4:40pm: Carrots and homemade mayonnaise, peanut butter. 

Dinner
7:55pm: 
Arugula, cabbage, chard, kale, spinach, roasted turkey breast, shaved parmesan cheese, walnuts and creamy balsamic dressing.
Snack
10:40pm: Avocado toast (with Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread) and a Quest bar. 

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 0;   Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 100+ oz.; 


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