Monday, April 14

Post 1139, Day 104 of 2014
- 1,199 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I apologize for the missing days. I go on my little vacations with the best of intentions, bring my computer with me, and intend to keep up with everything in my down time.

This past weekend, however, I never had any down time. I was busy playing, being touristy, and cooking and eating and sleeping.

For the non-sleeping parts, the company was good, and the music allowed me to follow some paths I usually don't - into some trance, some extended jams (yeah, 'songs' measured by the hour).

And, I got a new hat.

Life is good.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         203.0 lbs

Previous Weight:        204.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

Lost weight on a vacation weekend! Woo-hoo!

Food Log 

Breakfast

A kale protein shake (almond milk, kale, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

Lunch

Tuna salad (pole-caught tuna, celery, home-made mayonnaise) on Spring Mix greens with cole slaw blend.

Snack

Dark chocolate (72% cocoa) bar.

Dinner

Pepperoni and cheese with celery with homemade mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: 90+ oz

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Friday, April 11

Post 1138, Day 101 of 2014
- 1,196 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Here's the thing about old friends. It isn't that you know them so well (does anybody really, truly know anyone else?), it's that you've accepted them as they come.

Friends become old friends when the 'definition' of that particular friendship hasn't been challenged, and come up short. 

Also, ex-friends are created from friends when there is a gap in communication that isn't or can't be bridged, causing misunderstanding, a break in continuity.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         204.2 lbs

Previous Weight:        204.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.0 lbs

Diet Comment

Holding my own. It's a travel day, drove to Brattleboro, People's Republic of Vermont, after work. Dinner on the way.

Food Log 

Breakfast

A kale protein shake (almond milk, kale, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

Lunch

Home-made sponge cake at work.

Dinner

Sauteed kale, scrambled eggs and (not shown) Spring Mix greens with balsamic vinaigrette and Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Snack

Mixed nuts and a protein bar (on the road).

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  36 oz.   Water: 104+ oz. A glass of wine.

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Thursday, April 10

Post 1137, Day 100 of 2014
- 1,195 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I'm a little freaked out about the Heartbleed bug.

I'm upgrading to LastPass premium so I can get it on all my devices. I changed the master password to it, and I will be using it to generate new, random passwords on everything.

This is kind of a nightmare scenario - something on the level of the predicted Y2K fails that never happened, except that it has happened, and was not predicted, it was discovered, and it is quite serious.

Consider this a public service comment. If you don't know what I'm talking about, or you do and want to protect yourself, read this.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         204.2 lbs

Previous Weight:        204.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.4 lbs

Diet Comment

A little step in the right direction.

Food Log 

Breakfast

BioTrust Organic Protein Bar.

Lunch

Roasted turkey breast salad (with celery and home-made mayonnaise) on Spring Mix greens, baby kale, and cole slaw mix.

Dinner

Pepperoni, cole slaw, toasted Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Snack

BioTrust Organic Protein Bar.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 104+ oz. 

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Wednesday, April 9

Post 1136, Day 99 of 2014
- 1,194 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Of course I've known for years that you can't always get what you want. Even before the Stones came out with their mind-blowing cut of that name on Let It Bleed. These days, though, I've qualified that statement a bit.

You can get what you want, sometimes, maybe even often, as soon as you let go of trying to control the means by which the desired thing is delivered.

It's kind of the old Faust thing: You want to be rich, so you make a bargain with the Devil, and end up being wealthy, but without a way to enjoy your wealth.

I think it's better to think about what you want, and in the present moment, do something consistent with this outcome.

Show up. Act like the thing you want has already been delivered (just not unwrapped, as it were). Move in its direction. 

Don't plan how you're going to achieve it. If time is an illusion, you already have it, just let it unfold.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         204.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        206.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.6 lbs

Diet Comment

That's more like it. Today's dining out will probably be a one-day stall in the trend, but the trend is in place.

Food Log 

Breakfast

BioTrust Organic Protein Bar. One of only two that are actually consistent with my eating plan (gluten-free, low sugar, high protein and high fiber).

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. This is the same meal, and the same picture, as always.

Dinner

At Eskapes Lounge:  Lentil soup, Mediterranean salad, BLT salad with blackened salmon.

Snack

BioTrust Organic Protein Bar.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 100+ oz.  A glass of pinot noir, and a shot of Jameson's.

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Tuesday, April 8

Post 1135, Day 98 of 2014
- 1,193 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I am still adjusting to how my current (and recent past) main endeavor, i am Fool, works. As a band, we seem to collectively be fully avoiding any measure of success. Or goal-oriented progress. Everybody still talks about what the band wants to achieve - enlarging our audience, playing festivals, making another CD, or videos.

But as a band, we can't come together to agree on a plan, or even to find the time get together to plan or make progress in any of this - we lack focus. 

One adjustment I have made recently is to stop attempting to control what happens with the band - acknowledge that, without doing nearly as much as I thought necessary to have it happen, we've improved tremendously over the years I've been on board.

Of course, what that means is, no expectations. Stay open and flexible.

Imagine, in this day and age, my best self-advice is to go with the flow - because, you know, cliches.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         206.2 lbs

Previous Weight:        206.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.4 lbs

Diet Comment

Well, it isn't a gain, but after eating a huge amount of cheese last night, that is what I was expecting.

Food Log 

Breakfast

Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax sprouted grain cereal, blueberries, hemp seeds, almond-coconut milk, coconut oil and stevia-inulin blend. 

Lunch
Roasted turkey on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread with home-made mayo; and baby kale, spinach and chard with balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner

Roasted turkey and cole slaw.

Snack

Pepperoni.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 100+ oz.

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Monday, April 7

Post 1134, Day 97 of 2014
- 1,192 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Still trying to shake off this case of physical and mental tiredness. I thought playing would do the trick (I think playing cures everything), but despite playing seven sets between Friday night and last night, all I am is more tired.

On the good side, I am less burnt-looking after five days out of the sun. On the other side, my two-tone look can't be fixed without some good sunshine, and there hasn't been any here... Maybe soon.

I don't understand my lethargy these days. 

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         206.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        202.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 4.2 lbs

Diet Comment

That's a pretty poor weekend performance, but I was a little "out of it" (ref: post-vacation blahs). Beginning Friday night, I was not eating on plan, including eating a 2-pound bag of Wholesome Blend (nuts, dried fruit and dark chocolate) beginning yesterday afternoon and concluding late last night. Beginning today, I am back on track.

Food Log 

Breakfast

Grilled cheese sandwich with Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Lunch
Baby kale, spinach and chard with balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner

Pepperoni and cheese. And more cheese. Lots of cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 84+ oz.

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Friday, April 4

Post 1133, Day 93 of 2014
- 1,191 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Weekend is here. I have a full slate of gigs tonight, tomorrow and Sunday, too.

And, despite my best efforts, the post-vacation blahs have set in. I am so-o-o-o tired. Hopefully, I'll sleep a lot and get refreshed and renewed - but I suspect this is not sleep-related.

I may skip a few entries over the next few days.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         202.4 lbs

Previous Weight:        202.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.2 lbs

Diet Comment

OK - that's a pretty good run for vacation. Coming up: Back to normal. Loving the trend line, too.

Food Log 

Breakfast

A blueberry-kale protein shake (almond milk, blueberries, kale, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), chia gel, celery, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

Lunch
Salmon salad and Spring Mix greens with balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner

At Munjed's: Spanakopita, Greek salad, pastitsio.

Snack

Pepperoni.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 76+ oz. a beer, a shot of Redbreast Irish whiskey.

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Thursday, April 3

Post 1132, Day 92 of 2014
- 1,190 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Vacation's over. Back to work, below-freezing temperatures, and... auto damage. My car sustained a few scratches and an apparent parking lot collision, leaving it visibly quite dinged. It is unlikely that the damage is greater than my collision deductible, so it will not be fixed any time soon.

That is the worst  part of my being away: The damage sustained while I was on vacation. I come back half-red where I got sunburned (including a line across my forehead: Top white, bottom red; I'll be wearing hats all the time until that line fades, probably mid-summer), and with some cosmetic damage to my car.

On the other hand, I come back refreshed, happy (still), and ready to resume my local, everyday life - which is pretty damn good.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         202.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        201.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.0 lbs

Diet Comment

I think most of the damage I did to my weight curve I did yesterday, travel day.

Food Log 

Breakfast

Skipped.

Lunch
Tuna salad and Spring Mix greens with balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner

Pepperoni.

Snack

Pepperoni.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 76+ oz. 

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Wednesday, April 2

Post 1131, Day 91 of 2014
- 1,189 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Travel day. A very long travel day, thanks to US Air's delayed connection in Charlotte. Home, finally, at 9pm. 

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

3/27/14 Weight:         201.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        200.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

The chart won't change for the next few days, and I'm probably not going to write many comments. The only thing I'll be updating is the food.

Food Log 

Breakfast

BLT on poppyseed bagel.

Lunch
Thai chicken pizza at the airport in Charlotte.

Dinner

Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax sprouted grain cereal, blueberries, almond milk and stevia-inulin blend. Not shown: Spring Mix greens with home-made mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: ?? oz. 

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Tuesday, April 1

Post 1130, Day 90 of 2014
- 1,188 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

More surf-casting, today, but no luck. Still lots of fun. Still sunburned. Still happy (see pic above). 

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

3/27/14 Weight:         201.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        200.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

The chart won't change for the next few days, and I'm probably not going to write many comments. The only thing I'll be updating is the food.

Food Log 

Breakfast

Gouda cheese and almonds.

Lunch
Skipped.

Snack
Spicy peanuts and raw almonds.

Dinner

Steak and salad.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  16 oz.   Water: ?? oz. and a couple of glasses of Vela.

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