#2797, Friday, March 25, 2022: End-of-week musings

Post 2797

- 12 years and 84 days since I started this blog -

February 20, 2022

Daily Comment

It's been a great first full week back home, with a lot of playing (five out of seven days) and a return to home cooking.

That's pretty much what my days are about, these days, and, really, every day.

My new band, the Jimi Marley Band, has had two rehearsals, almost as many as I am Fool in the last twelve months. The thing about it is, it's a trio, and everyone of the three of us is giving the band a high priority among our activities. 

I am Fool has five members, all (except me) with many priorities above the band, including jobs and health issues. Only my desire to get out of town in the winter causes me to miss a rehearsal, and I would come back from anywhere in the world (and have) to do a gig.

On the other hand, I have more freedom and opportunities for creative work musically with I am Fool - in that sense, it is the most rewarding music I make. But in the eleven-and-a-half years I've been with the band, I've never been satisfied with the amount of time we get to play together.

But, of course, that's a broken record, and there are five people creating that problem, four of whom don't want to hear about it any more.

On the non-playing part, shit weather has really affected my exercise, which is to say, I haven't been exercising much. Oh, all right, I haven't been exercising at all, although I have been meeting my daily quota of standing as opposed to sitting, and my sleep has been great, the best in decades.

Nonetheless, I am seeing a return to my non-exercising weight, in the 200-pound range, up from the mid-190s while I was away, walking a lot, mostly at 8400' altitude. So, that's something to work on.

Another troubling thing is that, thanks to some very expensive cost over-runs, rip-offs and just plain errors on my part in the past winter's travels, I have some financial concerns this year: Things are tight, there is very little slack in my budget, and that hasn't been the case in a decade - literally.

I'm still grateful for everything I have.

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                    199.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/24/22):         196.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 2.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

This is actually the gain over the last two days, since I didn't weigh-in yesterday. Lack of exercise and eating a lot, including a bit more salt than usual, is likely to blame for the gain.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:45pm: Smoked salmon, mushrooms, onions in scrambled eggs. Plus buttered Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain toast.

Lunch
5:45pm: A Quest bar and popcorn with olive oil, nutritional yeast and Everything But the Bagel seasoning.

Dinner
10:50pm: Salmon burger with pesto sauce and a salad (shredded Italian cheese blend, walnuts, arugula, cabbage, chard, kale, spinach, creamy balsamic vinaigrette); air-fried sweet potato with olive oil and Everything But the Bagel seasoning; low-sugar chocolate with nuts; and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 20 oz.;  Water: 60+ oz.; 

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