Category: Mutant Diet

This is an old clip from a Wonder Woman comic from the 70s where she had no superpowers and for a while worked with Catwoman. Come to Vancouver for the beaches.

This process is ridiculously self-conscious and I’m finding that stressful. So I should forget about it because I can’t do anything about it. This is an experiment. The result is the result and what I do next is what I do next.

Maybe if I keep telling myself that I will unclench mentally.

Today I do yoga. Good cross training and a time to clear the mind.

Obscure Daredevil comic referencing yoga. Go to Kitsilano for yoga.

It wasn’t until this morning that normal people would have seen the trainer wanting to reschedule as a bonus. Not me. The plan is the plan.

This comic book cover I found looking for transformation comic book images. I realize I own these. My travel sites survived the server upgrade. Please visit Toronto to support them.

I guess at this stage I’m wanting to be sure people who look at this entire process say “Whoa!” I don’t want people saying “Nice try” or “That was a lot of work for those results” or “why don’t people keep chinchillas as pets anymore?”

Vanity? I promised before and after pictures. I intend to keep that promise. I also intend to emit a psychotic scream shortly thereafter.

So, the plan? Try not to ruin the current plan.

1. Avoid knee pain. I have a personal trainer workout today and I realized I don’t give a crap about my legs except avoiding injury. Therefore the focus is core and upper body for maximum change.

Brainiac is the comic book image for the day. I was battling (and still am) with the side effects of a server conversion. This means when you all visit the Vancouver travel page it might not work!

The knees are feeling better. I did walk a lot yesterday. A glorious day in Vancouver. However the focus on exercise will have to be strength training and low load on the knees. My family are all struggling with a sore throat/cold combo that I really want to avoid.

It occurred to me that if they can do Supergirl, they can do Batgirl. Probably a licensing issue. Time to promote an obscure Newfoundland destination: Bell Island.

With 23 days left I don’t want to lose momentum. I will be conferring with the trainer to see what we can do that minimizes knee use. Yoga class tomorrow will tell me exactly what positions work and don’t.

Not freaking out before the end will be an interesting psychological exercise. All the questions like “Was this worth it?” “Did I get anywhere?” and “Where the f**k are the M&Ms?” will all have to be removed from my head until the end.

So this is an odd one. Apparently Marvel released Captain America: Steve Rogers No. 1 in which the cliffhanger was that Captain America has been a bad guy sleeper agent since WWII. Apart from that being a tough sell, the fans’ behavior is insane. Check this article out. And after that go on vacation here in Whitehorse.

But there are things I can do. I won’t do a 22.8 km ride home. That will inflame things. I have the weekend to recover and a yoga class on Sunday night to use to re-arrange and calm all the upset parts.

There’s also a fair amount of situational stress. Focus and breath. Focus and breath.

The Martian Manhunter is an old character. He’s been on the Supergirl series. I’d never seen this cover before. Please visit the Gardens of Victoria BC. Green, get it?

Fitness takes odd turns. It started to pour yesterday when it came time to ride home. So I didn’t. I thought, “why not take the bus and take a little break off the sore limbs.” Of course the buses were all full because I wasn’t the only guy not biking or walking home. However, by the time I got to the bus stop, it had cleared and I could have ridden home. So, I walked instead.

This might happen to everyone on a diet/fitness regime but I was given advice that the obsession about results should be offset with rational thought. So if the scale is bothering you or the waistline is bothering you, then it’s best to stick to plan and put aside the anguish of not progressing as fast enough.

Since the measurements are hidden from me until June 28, I can just try to keep to the plan.

Which reminds me. I have to buy protein supplies. Costco … tomorrow here I come.

While looking for images of superheroes with sore muscles I found this and it was too funny to resist. Visit Boston Pizza in Calgary because I miss pizza.

Then of course I rode my bike home and took the kids to karate class. Sensei had the class moving so fast that I didn’t even have time to tell her my leg and knee were off kilter.

By the time we were done, my quad was twitching. Imagine the twitch we all sometimes have in the eyelid and then imagine your big honking quad muscle is doing the same thing.

There was a cool Spider-man series called Spiderverse where alternate universes of Spider-folk cross connected. I want to go to Nanoose Bay to read it again.

I see changes but I also feel that it’s a Long Way To Go.

I also have the homework for this week. The shoulders are protesting. I have to do some shoulder openers before trying the homework.

The Punisher seems appropriate for the last 4 weeks. This cover is his debut. I have this one. Here’s where I want to go this summer to recover. Parksville