#1623, Tuesday, March 29

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Post 1623, Day 89 of 2016
- 1,915 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                   199.8 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/28):           199.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   +  0.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

A high-sodium, high-calorie late-at-night snack takes the blame for the little bump up in weight, well within normal day-to-day variation.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Omelet with peppers, onion, greens, chia seeds, hemp seeds, cheese and bacon.

Dinner

London broil with Philipe's hot mustard, kimchee and a Quest bar.

Snack
Celery with cottage cheese, celery with hummus, almond butter and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 1;  Coffee:  24 oz.;  Water: 68+ oz.

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#1622, Monday, March 28

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Post 1622, Day 88 of 2016
- 1,914 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                   199.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/25):           199.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   -  0.4 lbs.

Diet Comment

The weekend started poorly, my high-candy content Friday setting the stage for a Saturday weight gain. On Saturday, I ate moderately, and on-plan. On Sunday, I ate lightly, and it shows with today's result.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
Green protein shake with almond-coconut milk, kefir, extra-large organic egg, chia gel, kale, whey powder (36g protein), almond butter, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, celery, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon, and stevia-inulin blend.

Dinner

Roasted turkey breast chopped salad: shaved Parmesan cheese, baby kale, baby spinach, chard, cole slaw mix and balsamic vinaigrette. And a Quest bar for dessert.

Snack
Sriracha chicken breast with a chunk of Dubliner cheese and kimchee.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 0;  Coffee:  30 oz.;  Water: 72+ oz.

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#1621, Friday, March 25

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Post 1621, Day 85 of 2016
- 1,911 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                   199.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/24):           199.8 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   -  0.4 lbs.

Diet Comment

Nice and steady.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Omelet with peppers, onion, greens, cheese and bacon.

Snack
A Quest bar, and half a bag of Brookside dark chocolate-covered Crunchy berry bits. Oh, my God, this stuff is the devil, and I can't stop.

Dinner
Sliced London broil and cottage cheese.

Snack
The other half of the bag of Brookside dark chocolate-covered Crunchy fruit bits. Kids, don't drink and smoke drugs.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 0;  Coffee:  30 oz.;  Water: 56+ oz. and a couple of beers.

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#1620, Thursday, March 24

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Post 1620, Day 84 of 2016
- 1,910 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                   199.8 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/23):           200.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   -  0.2 lbs.

Diet Comment

Well, good to see 200 again.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
Green protein shake with almond-coconut milk, kefir, extra-large organic egg, chia gel, kale, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, celery, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon, and stevia-inulin blend.

Snack
A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 2;  Coffee:  0 oz.;  Water: 64+ oz. and a nice pour of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#1619, Wednesday, March 23

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Post 1619, Day 83 of 2016
- 1,909 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                   200.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/21):           200.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   -  0.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

Well, good to see 200 again.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
At Core Grains, Greens and Broth:

Chicken Cobb salad (shredded kale and romaine, grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, hard-cooked egg and blue cheese dressing with a little sriracha). Not shown: A cup of beef bone broth.

Dinner
Sliced sriracha chicken breast on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with mayonnaise, brocolli with curried beans, and a Quest bar.

Snack
Cottage cheese, pork rinds and hummus.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 2;  Coffee:  0 oz.;  Water: 68+ oz. and a nice pour of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#1618, Tuesday, March 22

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Post 1618, Day 82 of 2016
- 1,908 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I'm going to take a break from the Daily Comment for now - it will return when I have something to say. Meanwhile, still tracking my food.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   200.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/21):           200.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   +  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

I don't know what's up - I would have thunk that yesterday's eating would cause a drop in weight. I suspect the late-night bag of pork rinds, because salt.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
Red beans and quinoa in Cajun sauce with a salad of kale mix, cole slaw mix, parmesan cheese and creamy balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner
Sliced London broil with Philippe's hot mustard; Sriracha chicken breast and a Quest bar.

Snack
Cottage cheese and hummus.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 0;  Coffee:  0 oz.;  Water: 88+ oz. 

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#1617, Monday, March 21: MIA and the role of routine

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Post 1617, Day 81 of 2016
- 1,907 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I feel guilty about not writing the blog since Thursday last week (when I finished up Wednesday's post). I have no excuse, although I'm working on the reasons why.

One reason was not being able to come up with anything to write about. I fear the Daily Comment becoming a Seinfeldian blog about nothing. And I sort of put off finishing last Thursday's Daily Comment after a few unsatisfying false starts. Finally, I gave up.

Another problem was the result of moving the computer out of the bedroom. That move was made because the computer distracted me from getting out of bed.

But in the living room, my computer-usage was itself subject to constant distraction. I'd start writing the blog, then let my attention wander in any number of directions.

I live a messy life, in both the specifically literal and generally figurative way.

My mental state is also none-too neat.

I don't know how much longer writing this blog will go on for. Its original purpose didn't include commentary, and now that I've added it, I feel I've said all I have to say. And then, sometimes not.

I may have to acknowledge that I miss routine in my life. The Daily Comment was a relief from routine, and a total lack of routine has not been good for it.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   200.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/16):           199.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   +  0.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

Edging up. Let's see what I can do about that.

Food Log

Breakfast
Green protein shake with almond-coconut milk, kefir, extra-large organic egg, chia gel, kale, whey powder (36g protein), hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, celery, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon, and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch
Cottage cheese and a Quest bar.

Dinner
Wild-caught salmon burger with guacamole and a salad with baby kale mix, cole slaw mix, celery and creamy balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack
Cheese and pork rinds.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 1;  Coffee:  28 oz.;  Water: 72+ oz. 

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#1616, Wednesday, March 16: Sleepy head

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Post 1616, Day 76 of 2016
- 1,902 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

After yesterday's busy 'work'-like day, today was... something different (at least until I went out and played at two open mics to close it out.

What I did was wake up early, putter around, have a moment of boredom, get stoned and, at about 9 AM, go back to bed.

I woke up at 12:30.

And went about my usual, post-waking up stuff.

Later, around five, I realized, for the very first time, that it was Wednesday. Which means I had missed my regular weekly lunch date at Core Grains, Greens and Broth. Which led me to the question, "Where the hell is my phone?".

Because my phone (and, to a now-lesser, though essential degree, my computer) is my connection to my shared (as opposed to unilaterally subjective) reality. It is where I keep all appointments, reminders, contact information, and remote communications gateways.

My phone should have prevented this. But it was in my man-purse hanging in the coat closet, and, for no reason I can recollect, the ringer was turned off.

When I retrieved it, I found that my friend Al had cancelled anyway. I'm still the luckiest guy I know. I get away with everything.

But I was really taken aback by my own disconnection. I slept through an appointment that I wanted to keep. I didn't realize what day of the week it was, and the day was half-over before I figured it out.

What does this mean?

Probably need to check my calendar (if only to make sure I have my phone nearby) before baking.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   199.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/15):           199.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   +  0.2 lbs.

Diet Comment

Even-steven, a bit on the up side, don't care.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
Green protein shake with almond-coconut milk, kefir, extra-large organic egg, chia gel, kale, whey powder (36g protein), almond butter, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, celery, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon, and stevia-inulin blend.

Dinner
Sliced London broil with Philippe's hot mustard (famous), cole slaw and cheese. Then more cheese with celery and home-made mayonnaise.

Snack
Cottage cheese and a Quest bar with almond butter.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 2;  Coffee:  30 oz.;  Water: 58+ oz. 

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#1615, Tuesday, March 15: Business day

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Post 1615, Day 75 of 2016
- 1,901 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Today was as close as a day gets to a work day that I am likely to have in the near future.

I had portfolio work to do. Which means I was going to buy and sell some stocks in the course of the day.

And I got involved - and once I started, didn't take a break for more than five hours.

Now, it isn't high finance, and I'm not a trader, someone who could validly call this a job.

But I get these ideas, as I have for most of my adult life, and check them out and act on them (sometimes, unfortunately, not in that order).

And that has mostly worked out for me, even though my portfolio isn't even a large fraction of what it was when I was fifty. That's long gone, and then some. However, I'm much better off than I'd be if I hadn't obtained some investing savvy, even at its high (on paper) cost - I know (now) I didn't lose anything I'd ever actually had. But I digress.

Anyway, it is fun. It exercises my mind, my brain in ways that, at this point, lessons learned (long horizon), are working out for me now.

And then, band rehearsal. Fabulous end to my first post-retirement business day.

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   199.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/14):           198.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   +  0.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

This was inevitable, but not a big deal, either. A bit of a fast today, and I'm sure tomorrow will be just fine.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
A Quest bar.

Dinner
Hamburger with guacamole and Spring mix greens, cole slaw mix and cheese with balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack
Celery with almond butter and cottage cheese.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 2;  Coffee:  30 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz. 

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#1614, Monday, March 14: New Circadian rhythm

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Post 1614, Day 74 of 2016
- 1,900 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

It didn't feel like Monday. Maybe because it was such a weird day.
I had nothing to do.

I woke up around 7am. I had gone to bed at about 4am, after falling asleep in front of the tv sometime after 1am.

After going to the bathroom and weighing myself, I checked for important email, incoming messages and Facebook activity (in the living room), and have a smoke - wake and bake!.

Nothing pressing in Computerland, so I went back to bed and slept until 4pm.

Now there were things to do. First of all, I was hungry, so I had to make breakfast, aka lunch. Then update my portfolios with the day's closing prices. Check to see if recent purchases charged (I charge everything) had cleared.

Then start today's blog, putting in my weight, updating the spreadsheet, and copying in the day's revised weight chart.

Finally, a visit with a friend, more smoking.

Then back home for some snacking and TV. Fall asleep in front of the TV.

Restart the deviant circadian pattern. It's a new rhythm in my life

Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:                   198.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/11):           199.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                   -  0.4 lbs.

Diet Comment

I'm pleased with these results.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
Berry protein shake with almond-coconut milk, kefir, large organic egg, chia gel, whey powder (36g protein), almond butter, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), raw organic cacao powder, moringa leaf powder, cinnamon, and stevia-inulin blend.

Dinner
Spring mix greens with balsamic vinaigrette, sliced Sriracha chicken with guacamole on Ezekiel 4;9 Flax sprouted grain bread, and cole slaw.
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Snack
Celery with almond butter, pork rinds and cottage cheese.

Liquid Intake
   Espressos: 2;  Coffee:  30 oz.;  Water: 56+ oz. 

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