Author: Robert Ford

Big Superhero fight! And a snow fall warning in Vancouver in March? Are you kidding? Mutant Diet Phase 9 Finale I officially declare Phase 9 to have ended early with an utterly inglorious end. It was a complete bust and to say I was disappointed would be an understatement. Why? Illness and situational stress overwhelmed my self-discipline. How do I fix it? A tough question. Obviously reduce stress. But stuff does pop out of the woodwork and it’s hard to predict. So mitigation has to be key. But how? Illness? Perhaps I should became a hermit and not go...

I want to meditate like Dr. Strange. A balmy -11° in Saskatoon. Mutant Diet Phase 9 Day 58 I have no actual hope of succeeding in Phase 9. There are reasons and I don’t know if I care. I know that going back to where I was before is not an option because the strength I’ve developed, I don’t intend to give up. On the mental health front, if I don’t handle my situational stress better, this won’t work at all. I took a baby step of downloading a meditation app and due to technical issues with wireless headsets...

I needed retro today. How can there be pollen in Vancouver when feels like it’s 2°? Mutant Diet Phase 9 Day 57 Another restart. I had a close call with a muffin this morning. The panicked thoughts about all the various obligations led to the “screw it” mindset. Which nearly led to a muffin. I had been strict diet-wise for nearly two hours and it seemed incredibly lame to break it now. This week is going to be a situational stress fest due to multiple meetings unrelated to the real job. In two weeks we go to Harry Potter...

Yesterday’s image made me think of if these two teams had ever met. At lot going on in Ottawa, eh? Mutant Diet Phase 9 Day 54 I write this post while eating chocolate almonds. I consider them a serotonin food. I am hoping to do a full high intensity workout today. The real issue is keeping the brain calm. There are so many distractions and stress points and I have to ask my noodle to take stuff slowly and not become as distressed. Most of the material is minor. I.e. not health threatening. However if I accumulate all the...

I saw a preview for the Doom Patrol TV show. Bonavista is only -3°; It’s almost that cold in Vancouver. Mutant Diet Phase 9 Day 53 Let’s talk about blood pressure. He talks about treating it the way I hear artists talk about composing music. I.e. I have no idea what he’s on about. However, I’m in the normal-ish zone and will be on pills until I can reduce my weight and my situational stress. It all sounds so simple. If I complain about the effort it will take, I’m a whiner. If I give up, I’m a loser...