"Food!"

When it's the right stuff I can still eat. It may seem funny but I think my appetite is greater when I'm not working out. I ate a large breakfast at the hotel, followed by a large lunch at the plant and then an even larger dinner back at the hotel, including 2 beers and cheesecake for dessert. I am sure that I consumed over 5000 calories today. This hotel restaurant is exceptional and if I think that if I were here all the time I would certainly put on weight....or maybe I would just be able to train harder and longer...who knows?

Anyway, I actually did some work today which always makes me feel good. I think that after many, many years of learning I am finally starting to be effective with people. By effective I mean that I am starting to more wisely give counsel and advice, without shooting my self in the foot through poorly thought out comments, or by sharing my thoughts without enough data. In the past I had to work twice as hard at things just because I was often my own worst enemy. The extra bonus in this, beyond the feeling of effectiveness, is the feeling of pleasure that comes with building new relationships. There is nothing more gratifying then positive feedback from someone who you just recently met. Especially when you have some influence over that persons life and yet they choose to trust you. The one thing that I have become convinced of, is that if told with sincerity and thoughtfulness, people always want to know the truth.
Well except for me of course!!!

I had a good day today. I tell you so with the hope that it also positively impacts the mood of those who love me. I feel very fortunate to have you all in my life.

I wish to dedicate day 216 to Tina Lisa Skerrett, daughter-in-law of my friend Brian, and mother of his only grandson. Tina Lisa is terminally ill with cancer.

....and from a man who should know...

"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating."---Luciano Pavarotti

...but perhaps Luciano should have spent more time jerking off...

"If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate."---Diogenes

love
peter