Category: Phase 5

Earth 3’s Crime Syndicate. All bad versions of superheroes. Time to check out Huntsville, a cottage country capital.

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 20
So, a bit of a cheat arrived in advance of the cheat day. I woke with a nasty headache and was having a nightmare about helping a child who had been hit by a car. WTF?

Coffee, scone, Tylenol and St. John’s Wort. Not necessarily in that order.

I’m not going to let it be a complete blow though. I am only 10 days away from the end of this Phase and I don’t want to wreck it.

I’m looking at alternate reality comics. This is Earth 14. Some people think Bobcaygeon is unreal.

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 19
The first of December is always a crazy day so if there are more errors than normal in this post, I apologize.

I’m excited to have this year’s Christmas Story behind me. See Christmas with Hermes.

I think this variant of the diet is working despite my use of chocolate almonds as a serotonin level management tool. Important motto: listen to your pants.

I did Bulgarian bags for the first time since before the surgery and I know why I had not previously tried. A bit twisty in the middle and would have been impossible earlier.

Now to stay on track until Sunday. I am missing coffee so I will indulge on my cheat day.

This is an old cover talking about Earth X. We finished watching the Crossover last night. I’m in the middle of data updates for Collingwood Ontario.

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 18
I know that the change in diet is having an effect, but is it more effective than the normal low-in-refined-carbohydrates approach.

I assure you I feel just as mentally distressed with no beef/no chicken/no coffee as I did with. Dieting is a fun a stapling your left butt cheek to a moving car. Nothing new there.

If I had to guess, I’m still having withdrawal headaches from the three excluded foods.

Time to focus. I suck at it. But tomorrow sometime I release the annual Christmas Story, which is originally what this site was all about!

Firestorm is a character in the TV shows. He’s being attacked by evil toys. Seems appropriate for this time of year.
I just updated the Coburg page.

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 17
I have anecdotal evidence that coffee as an appetite suppressant is a thing. Yesterday I had my normal routine of bacon and eggs and then had a 10:30 snack attack. I haven’t been hungry at that time of day in years. I tried to ignore it but as I came closer to my personal trainer appointment, I realized I was not going to make it. So I picked up a handful of chocolate almonds, which helped with the hunger and the headache.

I have slight coffee depravation symptoms at the temples and have boring peanuts ready in case of another snack attack.

The chiropractor literally shoved my SI joint back into place and the lower back is much better but I am watching. Always watching.

We watched the Supergirl and other shows’ crossover. It’s a long way before I get to Kingston Ontario.

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 16
A few tortilla chips are in the way of calling yesterday a 100% on plan. The bison steak tasted great and I managed to have zero coffee. I also dodged the 2 PM snack attack. BTW, just because I’m anticipating a coffee withdrawal headache does not mean I won’t be disappointed if I don’t have one.

The key issue right now is the hip area that is trying to screw up the SI joint. I did have a massage therapy session that alleviated some of it.

Today I see the personal trainer and the chiropractor. Dieting is hard enough without above average physical discomfort, bordering on pain.

I was watching Daredevil in Netflix and I’m undecided on the season 2. Campbellford Ontario is next on my list.

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 15
A 3-day cheat day is now officially over. I have cooked bison ready for lunch. Salads are in the fridge. And I have switched to tea.

The purpose of the experiment is to see what will happen to my body chemistry by removing chicken, beef and coffee until this coming Sunday. I have Tylenol ready as I am expecting headaches. The reason for excluding coffee is because, in 1995, an allergist tested me and I had reactions to coffee, beef and chicken. I asked about decaf and he said, that it’s the actual coffee beans to which one becomes addicted and allergic.

So, here we go. I need to try something different in order to make this tedious process more interesting.

The big, big challenge will be the 2 PM snack attack.

Wish me luck.

The Black Panther character appeared first in The Fantastic Four comic. Did you know there’s a town in Ontario named Carp?

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 14
This isn’t going well. I’m feeling better today but the right hip area is being very unhelpful. Annoying, because on Thursday I was noticing an improvement. The diet is off kilter and I am battling an intense urge to pound the crap out of myself. However, the new rules for self management is that negativity is rarely helpful and a small amount of self compassion with a lot of compassion for others is the path to improved mental state.

I sound like a new age advertisement.

Deep breathing and trying not to think about the weather too much will help.

Final Justice League image. I saw the movie and liked it. I wish the bad guy had been a stronger character. My data review in Ontario led me to Buckhorn!

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 13
I’m not sure how Fridays became my cheat days but that’s what happened.

I’m going to do a bison/lamb experiment as there was no turkeys when I went to Costco so I didn’t have time to go elsewhere so next week becomes the no beef, no chicken (except eggs) and no coffee.

Today has been a problem already with a big ass headache in the AM and only a scone (another cheat) so far (1:30 PM).

I am not feeling compassionate toward myself because I’m just not. Minimum standards are minimum standards.

Today is Justice League Day. This image from a 10 cent comic book. I was updating records in Brockville Ontario. Looks like some cool places to stay.

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 12
I guess today turns out to be a cheat day again. This time it’s primarily due to lack of supplies. I was however happy to receive the bison steaks and look forward to seeing how that goes. A shopping trip is planned so I should be on track again by Sunday. I just have to be restrained.

Given the variety of pressures – nothing that anyone one wouldn’t consider normal – I am finding my brain is not helping. Serious things are too serious and silly things aren’t funny enough.

I read this article

www.bbc.com/future/story/20141015-concentrate-how-to-focus-better

This section caught my attention.

“So how can we take control of a wandering mind for a happier and more productive life? Step one is to work out what is causing the wandering in the first place. According to psychologist Tim Pychyl of Carleton University in Canada, and author of the book Solving the Procrastination Puzzle, procrastination is largely an emotional problem – a psychological coping mechanism that kicks in during times of stress.”

So, how do I focus on my diet, work, family, volunteer work and side job without causing stress? [Oh look an article about Uma Thurman …]

Oops.

I hope to see Justice League on Friday. Tell me nothing.

Mutant Diet Phase 5 Day 11
I have a diet tip that’s so obvious I’m embarrassed to mention it. Don’t run out of diet food supplies.

I thought I had enough, but my salads, bacon, chicken and beef are done. A trip to the food court, especially on ultra-low “keto” style diet is like sending chocoholic into Chocolate Arts. Imagine going into a store like Purdy’s Chocolates and saying, “Is there anything here without sugar or chocolate?”

Hopefully by the weekend the bison/turkey/tea experiment will begin. In the meantime it’s dodge the carbs time.