Friday, March 21

Post 1119, Day 79 of 2014
- 1,177 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I woke up symptom-free today. Had a good dental visit (cleaning, x-rays). Caught up with my work stuff, solved a problem.

Given the previous part of the week, this makes a very good day. Tomorrow, I start gaining back some weight (inevitable).

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         199.8 lbs

Previous Weight:        201.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.2 lbs

Diet Comment

The effect of my illness has been positive - at least for the graph: Weight below 200 (first time this year) and a negative trendline.

Food Log 

Breakfast

Dal Tadka (lentil curry) with kale and scrambled eggs.

Lunch
Skipped.

Snack
Organic Swiss cheese.

Dinner

Salmon salad on baby kale and Spring Mix greens.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 104+ oz. and a 'nice' shot of Redbreast Irish Whiskey.

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Thursday, March 20

Post 1118, Day 78 of 2014
- 1,176 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Sorry to keep writing about being sick, but it has occupied me all week, with timeouts for 'I'm feeling better now' and 'the show must go on' bullshit.

Every time I've taken a break from taking a break, it weakened me. 

Today, I woke without a fever, but with a little runny nose, and a once-in-a-while non-productive cough. Not too bad, so I went to work.

I used, literally, a box-and-a-half of tissues during my work day. I wasn't in pain, but my nose was running like a marathon champ. Steady, fast.

I worked through lunch time because at lunch time there was some fairly vicious looking sleet coming down, and had lunch when I left work (early), first stopping to pick up more tissue for home (I'd run out of my only box in the morning).

This purchase, I maintain, cured my runny nose. This compliance, this submission, this surrender turned the tide.

I got home, opened one of the three boxes I'd bought - and never used a single tissue.

I don't believe in luck, I'm not superstitious, but I'm knocking on wood, thinking I am on the mend now.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         201.0 lbs

Previous Weight:        202.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 1.8 lbs

Diet Comment

The effect of my illness the past few days? Look at the graph - the trendline is negative. That's a positive.

Food Log 

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

Lunch

Very late lunch made from raw almonds, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, cashew nuts and 72% cocoa dark chocolate.

Dinner

Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax sprouted grain cereal, blueberries, almond milk and stevia-inulin blend. Not shown: Grilled cheese sandwich made with parmesan and asiago cheese on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: 92+ oz.

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Wednesday, March 19

Post 1117, Day 77 of 2014
- 1,175 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Still sick, but the fever broke this morning, so I kept a lunch date.

Then, I felt worse, then better, so I went to a rehearsal. Then, suddenly, cold symptoms. Ga-a-ah!

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         202.8 lbs

Previous Weight:        203.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.6 lbs

Diet Comment

I couldn't eat after lunch until nearly midnight.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

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
Pepperoni and organic Swiss cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  8 oz.   Water: 64+ oz.

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Tuesday, March 18

Post 1116, Day 76 of 2014
- 1,174 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I wish I had more to say about today, but it was a sick-in-bed-with-chills day. I'm already totally tired of this.

Or just tired.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         203.4 lbs

Previous Weight:        203.4 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.0 lbs

Diet Comment

Look at the main trend line! Practically flat. I guess it helped a little to be sick including loss of appetite.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner
Pepperoni and organic Swiss cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  0 oz.   Water: 64+ oz.

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Monday, March 17

Post 1115, Day 75 of 2014
- 1,173 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I hate it when I get sick, and feel it coming on. There's that combination of dread and denial, of hope that if attention isn't paid, it will pass.

That was the case this evening. Around 3 o'clock at work, I felt a little something - a little vague sense of something wrong. I felt it in my gut, and in my respiratory tract.

I went to an early gig, and it was getting a little worse. Not debilitating, but worse. Then, I felt better after dinner and a glass of wine. 

But by the time the gig was over, and I was all packed to leave, I knew, with certainty, that I was not going to be sick. I was.

It didn't get better, and I had a restless sleep, falling asleep early, then waking up.

It's something that's going around, and if any musician (or musician's companion) gets it, I'm going to. And I did.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         203.4 lbs

Previous Weight:        204.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.6 lbs

Diet Comment

In the right direction, back in the zone.

Food Log 

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

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner
At Ironstone Pizza:

Pizza with mushrooms, olives, and sausage.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 92+ oz.

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Sunday, March 16

Post 1114, Day 74 of 2014
- 1,172 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

A few chores, then a little jamming, and that's my Sunday.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         204.0 lbs

Previous Weight:        204.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.6 lbs

Diet Comment

Took a little off. Today, more coming  off.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

A cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kale, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), chia seeds, whey powder (32g protein), cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

Dinner

Pepperoni and almonds, with a salad of baby kale, baby spinach and chard with Parmesan cheese and balsamic vinaigrette.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  32 oz.   Water: 48+ oz.

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Saturday, March 15

Post 1113, Day 73 of 2014
- 1,171 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

A very good gig i am Fool last night in front of a small crowd that got ever more enthusiastic as the night went on (my definition of a good performance) made for a very long day.

Which today was spent entirely in recovering from.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         204.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        203.2 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 1.4 lbs

Diet Comment

Today's weight gain is due to the big breakfast I ate after Friday night's gig - eaten Saturday morning at 4am.

Food Log 

Breakfast
4AM at Denny's: Meat Lover's Omelet with rye toast and hash browns.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

Cheeseburger with sauteed onions and peppers on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread, with cole slaw and spaghetti squash with tomato-garlic oil.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  8 oz.   Water: 48+ oz.

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Friday, March 14

Post 1112, Day 72 of 2014
- 1,170 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I am embarassed by yesterday's Daily Comment.

I hate complaining, and I'm not overly fond of other people's complaints. Complaining flies in the face of my belief in impermanence, and that, at any given time, we should spend our energy being grateful for what's good in our lives (even if that comes down to being grateful for your next breath).

That being said, I have to forgive myself for temporarily forgetting that truth, and slipping out of my present to dredge the past for material to complain about. Living in the past is the source of all depression and frustration, just as living in the future is the source of all fear.

At least, that's what I believe.

Let me just say I am grateful for the opportunity to play with Chad, and for all the opportunities that has given me. I am grateful for his friendship, which I value as much as I do our musical partnership.

And I am grateful, more than I can say, to be a part of i am Fool. It has meant a lot to me, and continues to be an essential part of my well-being, as well as providing me with a local family...

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         203.2 lbs

Previous Weight:        204.0 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.8 lbs

Diet Comment

The trend arrow is pointing down. All's well.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Skipped.

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

Cole slaw, almonds, Parmesan cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 88+ oz.  And a shot of Jameson's Irish Whiskey.

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Thursday, March 13

Post 1111, Day 71 of 2014
- 1,169 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

I haven't had such a difficult night in quite a while. Multiple events threw me off balance.

First, at our first duo gig in a couple of months, Chad came apart a bit. He played a high percentage of the 16 songs in the set badly, in particular, arhythmically. Bad enough that it was a poorly attended gig. But it was actually videotaped, and I'm afraid to watch the results. 

It has occurred to me that Chad doesn't listen to what I play. Some inner dialog is happening that allows him to completely ignore any rhythm I have set up. If I start a song with a vamp, he comes in off-beat, and, if there are two or more chords involved, off-beat and on the wrong chord. He did it twice last night. Once, after he started a song wrong that way, he went so far south that I couldn't follow him, and sat most of the song out.

I know this sounds like a punch-line, but it isn't funny. During that song, I watched him very closely to try and discern if he was having a stroke. That's how off it sounded to me (and looked - I watched his chording the whole song. It was, er,  eccentric, and seemed to be playing catch up with the vocals.

All this played out against a backdrop of concern about tomorrow's i am Fool gig. We were sharing the gig with a band that - at 6 o'clock the day before gig, canceled. They had a good reason, but it was what happened after that.

Things got a little political, and once again, an instant message thread was the vehicle for some misunderstanding and I got my feelings hurt.

So, venting. Sorry, guys. Bad night.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         204.0 lbs

Previous Weight:        204.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.6 lbs

Diet Comment

Hanging in a zone - hopefully, we'll get that trend arrow pointing down with today's food.

Food Log 

Breakfast
Spinach, onions, peppers, Swiss cheese scramble with tomato-garlic oil and Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

A cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake (almond-coconut milk, kale, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, hemp protein (7g protein), chia seeds, whey powder (32g protein), cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

Snack

Cole slaw, almonds, Parmesan cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  28 oz.   Water: 72+ oz.  And a shot of Jameson's Irish Whiskey.

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Wednesday, March 12

Post 1110, Day 70 of 2014
- 1,168 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

Really bad weather ruined the day for me. Day-amn. Gig canceled. Over-busyness at work did abate after lunch. Speaking of which, my lunch plans were also canceled, and I was forced to choose between driving on dangerous roads or overpaying for less-than-desirable food choices in the building's lunch-counter. 

As almost always, driving lost.

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 Food and Diet Section

January to June, 2014 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         204.6 lbs

Previous Weight:        203.8 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      + 0.0 lbs

Diet Comment

Certainly within normal variation, it is hard not to attribute this slight weight gain to my late-night, high-calorie snack of nuts and cheese.

Food Log 

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

Lunch

From the Lunch Counter in the basement of the medical office building where I work:  Chili and a breakfast wrap (two fried eggs, provolone, bacon and a white flour tortilla wrap). Oh-h-h.

Dinner

Skipped. (I have to admit, lunch was filling.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  24 oz.   Water: 80+ oz. 

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