October 14, 2011: Post 286

 Goal Weight: 188 pounds 

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Today's Weight:        202.4 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    201.0 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         + 1.4 lbs

Daily weight from January 1, 2011.

Daily weight from October 1, 2011.

Thanks to skipping dinner yesterday, it was a low calorie day. Somehow that translated into a weight gain. 


Go figure.

In response, I'm turning my usual eating schedule on its head, with a protein shake for dinner and protein-vegetables-beans dishes for all three meals.

Daily Comment

I'm a drummer's bass player - which is to say, I sit in the pocket as a rhythm section bassist. I'm not a guitarist, and I don't even want to play solos, and doubling guitar lines (a staple of heavy metal) is something I do only rarely, and only when asked. I can always tell when the bass player in a band is actually a guitarist playing bass lines.


Why am I mentioning this? Because at a jam I went to last night, I got placed with a drummer - a nice guy, and a real music lover - who didn't seem comfortable with his instrument. His drumming was somewhat mechanical (I think there's a context in which that could be a compliment, but that isn't how I mean it), and he frequently lost the beat. This put me in a bind - how to be half of a rhythm section that was internally flawed. I wish I could say otherwise, but the resulting music, despite yoeman work by various guitarists and singers who were on the stage, was not especially musical.

There's a message somewhere in there about life. You take it as it comes, then move on.

Food Log

Breakfast

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

Lunch

Smoked turkey on a salad of Spring Mix greens, black beans, tomatoes and red cabbage, with balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack

Baby carrots and home-made spicy mayonnaise.


Dinner

First, I had a salad of Spring Mix greens, black beans and red cabbage, with balsamic vinaigrette. After, I had a chocolate egg cream protein shake: Vanilla whey protein powder (w/48g of whey protein) plus cocoa, an egg, coconut milk, extra 5g of BCAAs, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.


Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  11 oz,   Water: 88+ oz.