January 15, 2012: Post 15, Day 15 - Fast Day

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Today's Weight:        202.6 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    200.2 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:        +  2.4 lbs

Daily weight from December 31, 2011 - first quarter.

Daily weight from December 31, 2011 - year 2012.

Not bad on the cheat day weight gain - I was actually expecting worse, given the amount of food. Today is a fast day. The ideal on fast day is to go 24 hours without eating. On cheat days, I typically don't stop eating until late - after 10pm - which usually means, I miss an entire day of eating and break the fast about 36 hours later at breakfast Monday morning. But since this Monday morning is Martin Luther King Day, a Federal holiday, I stayed out late jamming tonight, and broke my fast when I got home, at around 1am.

Daily Comment

What do you do when you interact with someone who thinks they are more competent than you know them to be? My inclination is to not confront them, for two reasons: First, because that would be hurtful to them (assuming their incompetence would not itself cause them physical injury), and hurting people is something that I avoid, mainly for self-protection, because I feel that every hurt you inflict also causes you harm; and B) because making or acting on that kind of judgment is something that I also feel does me personal harm; this, of course, like everybody, I fall prey to often, but when I do, I immediately try to see the other side, admit my judgment can be and often is faulty, and, again barring causing wider injury, let it pass without comment.


I have a dilemma, still, because I see this as a form of dishonesty - deceit by omission. But I let that slide, too, because unless I am explicitly or implicitly asked for my opinion, if it is negative, it doesn't need airing. 


This comes up because I got to play at two jams at two different bars last night, and the same guitarist led both sets. Unfortunately, the second set included a drummer I think plays poorly, with a bad sense of timing and feel. He is one of the drummers I least like to hear (I've heard him in two bands, and he wasn't good in either) and play with. He is a nice guy, but he is not what I consider a good drummer. In the first set, with a better drummer, I played and everyone had a great time, and the music was good, and had a really good audience response. In the second set, it was very difficult trying to play the songs while feeling I was fighting the drummer. It was exhausting, and I was a little worried that people would lump all the musicians (and they were all very accomplished, except for the drummer) together with one failing grade. People appreciated what good there was, though, and some people speaking to me after recognized how well we did given one person's poor performance.

Food Log

Breakfast

Skipped.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

Skipped. 

Late Break-fast

Smoked turkey and Spring Mix greens with balsamic vinaigrette. 

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:   32 oz,   Water: 136+ oz.