Category: Phase 7

Winter Soldier. I like fun names like Cupids, NL.

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 48
OK. Friday was a blowout. My son’s 10th birthday included Indian Food with a startling fondness for garlic Nan bread followed by a chocolate swirl cheesecake. (Less swirl, more chocolate.)

Today so far is restrained but chores, chores chores. At least I got some exercise lifting boxes and so forth.

I do feel the fraying around the edges of my resolve on this Phase. I’d like to gently (mentally speaking) knuckle down and stay the course until the scheduled weigh-in on May 28.

However, there might be pizza.

Thor and Thanos. I see conflict coming. Arnold’s Cove NL is calling.

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 47
Nothing gives you a workout on a bicycle more than being late for an 8 AM conference call and you only realize it at 7:35 AM.

It’s a boy’s 10th birthday today. Cake will be consumed. Especially considering I made it.

Despite a focus on rest, I’ve had two days with less than 6 hours at night. Two children. Two minor disasters.

If it’s a good sign, all my muscles are sore.

Spider-man, Falcon and others. Here’s another funny name: Kapuskasing

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 46
Pain. It’s a thing. I was in a rush last night to ride to the Vancouver School Board offices which are at the top of a nasty hill. I was late for a presentation to the VSB and I was a hot disheveled mess. There’s a lasting impression.

This morning my RMT took a run at my right hip flexor and IT band. Oh … my … god. I’m more aligned by my right glute is asking for the number of the truck.

Food-wise yesterday, I discovered you can eat the wrong kinds of calories, but still be within the calorie count. Odd.

“Adapt, adopt and improve,” said a character played by John Cleese when he was unsuccessful robbing a lingerie store.

Spider-man and Captain America, who did not talk to each other in Infinity War. Yarmouth is a funny name.

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 45
I had my personal trainer session yesterday and we booked that, in two weeks, I will do my second weigh-in for this phase. After the workout, I realized I had to go down a belt notch. How much weight do you think I’ll gain in two weeks?

Oh, and this is the most useless post I’ve seen on a government site in ages.

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/obesity-excess-weight-rates-canadian-adults.html

I couldn’t help but think of Johnny Rotten and “Anger is an energy.”

Spider-man and Wolverine, who would have fit in great into Infinity War. I look forward to doing this ride this year: Stanley Park to Kits Beach.

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 44
I can’t handle it. This is so stressful, it’s not funny.

I’m not quitting; I’m whining.

There is insufficient reward from sticking to the plan, in the moment, to reach a level of calm. Deviating causes the mental pain associated with a sense of failure.

I see the trainer today; maybe she has some ideas.

Spider-man and Dr. Strange and Silver Sable (no idea). Cold Lake isn’t too cold today.

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 43
I have discovered a new Catch 22 style dilemma. If I diet strictly, I feel strained and kind of miserable. When I cheat, I have a brief moment of chemical satisfaction, followed by a sense of strain that I have to now “fix” the mistake. You just can’t win. And, given the blood pressure numbers, my internal tension is likely not allowing the meds to work as fast as they would normally.

I need to dodge the whole judgement process entirely. Stick to the plan. Dodge and weave and dodge and weave. I want to save up for a cheesecake this weekend. Family birthday.

If a thought process isn’t serving, it’s time to ask it nicely to go away.

Spiderwoman and Ms Marvel. Captain Marvel teased for next Avengers Movie. They are hockey mad in Winnipeg right now.

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 42
There’s more to do. What a sentence. No kidding.

Happy Mother’s Day.

I’m quietly trying to bring the diet back into alignment. I am going to have to figure out how to factor in rest into the equation. Last night, I passed out before lights were out and woke up sometime later disoriented.

I need to prioritize the to-do list to see if a couple of items can be crossed off that will give me some reduction in mental strain. Keeping to the diet plan is mental strain incarnate so if I can remove other things, then maybe I can stay on the path.

Deadpool and Black Widow. Ever been to the Welland canal?

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 41
Wow. I went to the movies and made a larger dietary mistake than intended. Important safety tip: look up calorie counts of foods before consuming.

One thing that’s been on my mind is how fatigued the process left me on Friday. I can take sore muscles and so forth, but when the fatigue goes right inside your head and starts influencing behaviour, that’s when diet/fitness really stinks.

When your head is tired, your planning and problem solving is impaired. So what if poutine has 8 bazillion calories? If you’re too tired and frustrated to even care to try to count the calories, that’s a bigger problem.

Deadpool and Cable don’t always get along. I have to check accommodations in Prince Edward County in Ontario.

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 40
Yesterday went weird. My son had a mishap at school and I had to go home quickly. He’s OK. (His glasses are in for repair though.) But, it was nothing a lie-down and ice cream couldn’t fix. However, I did have to ride home not too long after my battle ropes and deadlifts workout. Yeeeouch.

Ice cream. It’s kind of silly-looking to have the ten year old eat a double scoop where I had the kid’s size. The calorie count for that small amount is not too bad. The dairy and sugar are not good ingredients for me. Regardless, I was still starving after dinner. I chewed on some bacon to try to numb it.

I was also tired and skipped the late news. It seemed I slept through until 20 minutes before the alarm. I don’t recall the last time that happened.

It would be nice if I had some idea where this diet/fitness process is taking me.

It looks like Deadpool had a Spiderverse doppelgangers moment. According to a British site, Algonquin Park is great for moose viewing.

Mutant Diet Phase 7 Day 39
It was nice to be able to handle a temptation. A relative was in town for only a few hours and I had a meeting that ran over the dinner hour. We landed at pub with seaside view. It was probably the easiest time I did a special order with a server. She was totally cool about it and we had a laugh. The temptation for fries and the bun was just so much less than in the past.

I guess you can alter your body chemistry. It’s not that I didn’t want the “good stuff”; the craving for it was just so much more reasonable. And I didn’t drink beer. Sigh.

I’ll take the wins when I can see them. Plus I got one-one-one time with a cousin with whom I never get one-on-one time.