July 23

Post 897, Day 204 of 2013
- and 935 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Nothing much to say, and now I've said it.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         211.0 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     212.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment

Progress.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond milk, kale, a large egg, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia gel, vanilla whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, vanilla, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Roasted turkey and black bean salad on Spring Mix greens.

Dinner

Pepperoni and red cabbage slaw.

Snack

A protein bar.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: 128+ oz.

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July 22

Post 896, Day 203 of 2013
- and 934 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Sometimes, I say I'm going to do something, meaning it when I say it, and then, don't.

And then I feel bad. The problem is in predicting what I will do. My accuracy in predicting my own behavior has a very short half-life - maybe seconds after the prediction is made, we get to even odds I'll do it.

By the time we get to months, my predictions look like wild guesses. Beginning about a year later, I have a perfect zero rate of accuracy.

I owe a lot of people phone calls.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         212.8 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     212.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.0 lbs

Diet Comment

A little heat-beating cheat yesterday, and look where I am. Damn.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond milk, kale, a large egg, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia seeds, vanilla whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, vanilla, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Roasted turkey, red bean and egg salad on Spring Mix greens with red cabbage.

Dinner

Grass-fed beef burger with fried onions and peppers on coconut Paleo bread with mashed "faux-tatoes" (cauliflower, butter, salt and pepper) and red cabbage slaw.

Snack

Two protein bars.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 160+ oz.

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July 21

Post 895, Day 202 of 2013
- and 933 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Spent the day chillaxin' - the heat wave broke, it was comfortable, I was tired and feeling lazy. Made it my mission to do nothing more than hit a couple of jams.

Mission accomplished.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         212.2 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     210.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.4 lbs

Diet Comment

A fast. Just because.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

Skipped.

Snack

1 AM:  Protein bar, Ezekiel Sprouted grain cereal with blueberries, almond-coconut milk and stevia-inulin blend.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  0 oz.   Water: 67+ oz.

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July 20

Post 894, Day 201 of 2013
- and 932 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Great gig last night. Just so much fun, and a good crowd.

Post-gig 4am breakfast led  to today's virtual 'cheat day'.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         210.8 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     209.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment

A little heat-beating cheat yesterday, and look where I am. Damn.

Food Log 

Breakfast
At Denny's: Ultimate Omelet (just a bunch of protein and veggies in eggs) with hash browns and dry rye toast.

Lunch

Second Nature Wholesome Blend: peanuts, cashews, almonds, raisins, cranberries and dark chocolate.

Dinner

Same as lunch. Plus some popcorn.

Snack

Same as lunch.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  16 oz.   Water: 67+ oz.

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July 19

Post 893, Day 200 of 2013
- and 931 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Today I had the first twinge of, "maybe I'd rather keep playing here than move away and interrupt the music for a time."

I've always said that although expatriating was something I wanted to do, and could justify on a 'need' basis, I would remain flexible, and not so attached to the idea of it, because things change and could make other options, not forseeable, give me a rationale for delaying, if not cancelling, my overseas move.

It came up because while I was hanging out at an open mic last night, the club owner asked me to play bass for a combo to open for another group. This is exactly the sort of thing I'll miss, the odd, one-off, the spontaneity of making music. Something that won't happen, at least for a while, anywhere I move, if it's out of my current neighborhood.

In short, a real reason not to relocate.

Maybe just because I've been playing a lot and the 'unforeseen opportunity to play' has been happening to me a lot, I had that thought....

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         209.0 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     208.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.0 lbs

Diet Comment

A little heat-beating cheat yesterday, and look where I am. Damn.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond milk, kale, a large egg, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia seeds, vanilla whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, vanilla, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
At Ling-Ling's Chinese Buffet and Grill:

Brussels sprouts, kimchee, and, from the "Mongolian Grill", my go-to dish, pork and chicken with cabbage, onions, mushrooms, green peppers and broccoli.

Snack

Chorizo sausage.

Dinner

At Bull & Bear Roadhouse: Cobb Salad (Fried chicken, bacon, hard-boiled egg, apple slices, blue cheese, lettuce, tomato, Thai sesame dressing.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: 116+ oz.

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July 18

Post 892, Day 199 of 2013
- and 930 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Nothing much to say today, so I'll just be a little affirmative (and very positive):

I am so grateful for what I have - I really won the lottery being born when, where, and as I was.

I am even more grateful for the wonderful stuff  I sense is coming my way in the (unknown-to-my-conscious-mind) future.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         208.0 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     207.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 0.8 lbs

Diet Comment

Considering how much of yesterday's food was off-plan, I am just real, real happy with this result, and today's meals are just perfect.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond milk, kale, a large egg, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia gel, vanilla whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, vanilla, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Roasted turkey, red bean and egg salad on Spring Mix greens with red cabbage.

Snack

Soft-serve ice cream.

Dinner

Chorizo sausage.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: 156+ oz.

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July 17

Post 891, Day 198 of 2013
- and 929 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I had this thought about life in the United States of America:

This is a bad place to be dark-skinned, and it is an especially bad place to be poor. This country treats people non-white-skinned people, and people in less fortunate economic strata as though they were bad. 

The Constitution says this is wrong, every religion says this is wrong. In this country, it is policy. 

And, it is getting worse. 

I thought electing a black president of the Democratic Party would make things better. It turned out pretty much the opposite, as this president is stacking up to be just as bad, and in some ways, even worse, than the last one.

I wouldn't have thought that was possible.

In this country, the people in power, the people who are wealthy, regard anyone that is not powerful or wealthy as an inconvenience. 

About three hours after I wrote the above, I saw this:

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         207.2 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     207.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.4 lbs

Diet Comment

Good enough.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Chia gel.

Lunch
At Ruby Tuesday:

Chicken Fresca and spaghetti squash. Not shown: two trips to the salad bar.

Snack

Soft-serve ice cream sundae:

Dinner

At Eskapes:

Scallops Carolina.

Snack

Ezekiel Sprouted grain cereal with blueberries, almond-coconut milk and stevia-inulin blend.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  0 oz.   Water: 178+ oz.

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July 16

Post 890, Day 197 of 2013
- and 928 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

It is, of course, the middle of a heat wave in the Northeast, and that can mean only one thing: 

My air conditioner is out. On the 3rd (top) floor of my apartment, that means it is hotter inside my apartment than it is, out.

The landlord promises a new AC as soon as she can arrange it, but there are no spares left, it seems many of the wall-through-type air conditioners went down last week.

Luckily, I can spend most of my time outside the apartment.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         207.6 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     209.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment

Progress.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Wild-caught salmon, hard-boiled eggs, red kidney beans, red cabbage, Spring Mix greens and balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack
Soft-serve ice cream.

Dinner

Protein bar and a Salad of Spring Mix greens and kale with balsamic vinaigrette.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: 128+ oz.

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July 15

Post 889, Day 196 of 2013
- and 927 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I have lots of opinions and I express them frequently and freely. "Freely" is the important word in that sentence - my opinions are as free from attachment and hubris as I can make them, which is, apparently, much more than some people can imagine they are.

One reason is that I try to think through my opinions before expressing them. Another reason is that I welcome the discussion that follows a difference of opinion, which can result either in affirmation or correction.

The exchange of ideas and the discussion of opinions - that's my idea of fun. I also enjoy the look on people's faces when I accept that my opinion was wrong, and, therefore, must be changed.

They look at me like I'm an alien .

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         209.4 lbs

Yesterday's Weight:     210.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.8 lbs

Diet Comment

I'm glad to have lost any weight at all after last night's terrible eating.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Protein bar.

Snack
Nutty Butter cookies.

Lunch

Dal Tadka and scrambled eggs. Not shown: Salad with Spring Mix, red cabbage and balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner

Cocoa-kale-hemp-chia protein shake: Almond milk, kale, cocoa, hemp seeds, chia gel, vanilla whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend.

Liquid Intake   

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: 160+ oz.

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