This has lots of Skrulls, shape-shifting aliens. I am thinking a lot about Waterton Alberta Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day 9 The scale is a nightmare because normal people would have lost a pound a week over this process whereas my body is like a shape shifting alien willing to rearrange its molecular structure in order to maintain the same mass. Despite a reduction in belt notch, the weight is the same. The personal trainer…
This is one of these Avengers group shots I like so much. A friend of mine is going to Toronto to see the Jays. Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day 8 Yesterday was an odd day. I had a regular dental checkup and felt kind of nauseous afterwards. Not sure if it was the dentist so much as having breakfast too early or from not having enough sleep the night before. Therefore I skipped the gym…
I picked up a new comic series where the premise is Captain America has all this time been a Hydra sleeper agent. Please go practice your math and make any children near you try. Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day 7 My cheat day yesterday was not as strict as I’d hoped. I was starving by the time I did a trip to Costco to pick up prints of family pictures for my Mom as well…
Spider-man, the Hulk, Hellcat and a T-Rex, oddly. The weather has returned to sun and it’s making me want to take a wine tour in Kelowna. Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day 6 The obvious challenge of meditation is trying to keep the mind from running off on one of the many topics besieging the mind. [[Oooo look some goofy people in line for coffee.]] Last night before bed I was taking a moment to try…
Spider-man with a persistent bad guy/love interest. Still thinking a lot about The Caribbean, particularly Barbuda. Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day 5 Today is a rest day but still not the diet cheat day. My abs, legs and pretty much everything else are sore. Staying calm and quiet might be a nice change. Blessedly it’s raining today and giving Vancouver a decent soaking. It does inspire Fall eating, which of course I’ll stop thinking about…
Spiderman and the British Museum. It’s raining in Vancouver! Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day 4 Prior to starting this phase, I was on vacation from the diet/fitness routine for three weeks. I indulged in not doing much and eating refined carbs and sugars. I tried to keep some fitness in, but compared to this week, it wasn’t much. I was expecting to have to spend the first week doing “belt notch correction,” i.e. losing about…
A very stylized X-Men and Avengers mash up. Check out this cheese and fruit wine combo. Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day 3 Quick. More pushups. It’s only Day 3 and I can feel the effect the core work from the extra pushups. Most odd. It falls into the “why didn’t I think of this sooner?” category. Of course I did think of it. A friend of mine swears by it and when watching sports would…
Spiderman and Storm, in honour of what’s going on the Caribbean! Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day 2 OK, so my body returned to its habit of whining ferociously about the lack of sugar and refined carbohydrates by dinner time. In keeping with past efforts, it said, “Where’s the rest of dinner” about 90 minutes after a good evening meal. Too bad, so sad. The fact this is only 30 days seems more do-able. I won’t…
Lots of Spider People! Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day 1 Ah, the first day of a Mutant Diet Phase, in which the body is unaware of what’s happening. This may partly be due to the fact I’m still full from dinner at a friend’s last night. See cake below. I guess this should have been Day 0 because yesterday was -1. Hmmm. Nevertheless, I’m upbeat as I rode in despite the hot weather and smoky…
Spider-man in his early attempt to join The Avengers. A friend wrote and photographed her first trip to Rathtrevor Beach in Parksville. Mutant Diet Phase 4 Day -1 Tomorrow Mutant Diet Phase 4 starts in earnest. Last night was the first yoga class after vacation. It was challenging, but by far not as challenging as the yoga class after the trip to Toronto. Today I’m trying to minimize recreational food so that tomorrow is not…