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Spider-man’s next bad guy. I always wanted to go to Bamfield.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 38
I may live to regret adding cycling. Ouch-y.

Yesterday’s weigh-in was a 1.4 pound loss for the week. See the chart below to see an average of exactly 2 pounds per week over five weeks. I still don’t look at the actual weight. I need to feel like I’m in a truly new range before I want that data. The relatively low number for the week caused the negative self talk to pound on me.

I tried to use the fear of another plateau (the last one lasted a couple of years) to try to see if I was doing anything off plan. Well I do. There’s what I call sneak carbs. A chip here or there. A leftover from my son. Locking that stuff down would likely help.

The other angle is acceptance. I never had a weight loss trend like this during any of the Phases of the Mutant Diet. Put that in the win column and try not to lose your mind.

I am waiting at the doctor’s office. Need to re-do blood pressure meds. I have to talk to him because the recent readings are decidedly lower. I’m assuming a combo of the meds and weight loss. But I don’t recall 10 pounds making that big a difference in BP.

The Fantastic Four did not appear in Avengers Endgame. Pooh. Green Party breakthrough in Nanaimo–Ladysmith

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 37
A weigh in day. And I just ate chocolate almonds because I got stupid hungry and I’m stressed.

It’s also day 2 of riding the bike for the first time in the season. Predictably my backside was saying “ouch” this morning. I also notice that the Fitbit calorie counter doesn’t seem to pick up that I’ve been cycling as opposed to taking the bus.

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.

These characters were some of the few not in Endgame. Toronto is receiving more shocks about serial killers today.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 36
So I tried to offset the big blowout day by being super strict with calories, if not fully low carb. The calorie count seems low for how I was feeling, but if there’s any sense of justice, the cheat day won’t damage the work from the previous week. I doubt this is how this really works.

This week will be interesting as I finally managed to ride my bike to work. Ouch. The Burrard Bridge is still really steep. And skinny bastards still sail past me on their fancy bikes with their fancy pants. Some things stay the same.

The upgraded muscles need to kick in though. I noticed, but only when I concentrated, that my stronger legs put in some extra horsepower.

We’ll see if this helps move the de-lardification along.

Avengers Endgame tonight at 6 PM. Then the media blackout ends. That’s 10 PM Saint John time.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 35
Hah. I just realized I forgot to count the alcohol from yesterday. Oops. It was a blow out cheat day and I have to be super careful today.

Cheat days are a double edged sword. You feel a relief to let go, but there’s a kind of guilt mixed with fear that you’ll go back to being even more of a blimp. It gives fuel to the inner self deprecating voice. But that voice knows nothing but hatred. When you are being strict of diet and fitness, it says it’s not good enough – that you’ll never get there. But of course when asked the voice has no idea of where “there” is. It doesn’t care. Its job is to screw me up.

How uplifting for a Sunday morning.

I decided to drop by DC for a minute. Tickets for Endgame tomorrow. I’ve having trouble with the anti-climate change provinces like Ontario.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 34
I am waiting at a Mercedes Benz dealership waiting for my Smartcar keys to be reprogrammed. I’m enjoying the most expensive “free” coffee, water and ham-and-cheese bun ever.

Yesterday I did a full high intensity workout that included 8 rep cycles of kettle bell burpees. (Those are the burpees where you hold onto the kettlebell handles and then stand up with the kettlebells after you’ve jumped back. I use the red 75-pound kettlebells.) I still have no idea where my energy is coming from. Today, due to a series of family commitments, I was only able to do a very short workout. I tried the bench press again at the new 140-pound level and it was tough. Being rushed and not properly warmed up probably didn’t help.

I am however getting the sensation that the workouts trigger the “use fat” function. Regular activity is some kind of signal to use lard and not store lard. But it’s not a calorie measure. The heat energy needed to add muscle or reduce fat are not really measurable with a calorimeter. You don’t get to burn 500 calories on a treadmill and then eat 500 calories of sugar.

I needed Spider-man from a comic I own. Saskatchewan in court over carbon tax. Don’t get me started.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 33
The story for today is you never know what will be accomplished at the gym. I tried the slight weight increase in the bench press and did 3 sets of 10. I was having trouble doing 3 sets of 10 last week at the lower weight. Then it was the deadlift’s turn. Someone had made off with the 25 pound weights so I used a 45 and 35 on each side and assumed I might be able to do 1 rep. Nope. 3 sets of 5 reps at 200 pounds.

Huh? I guess I broke a plateau, but I won’t know until I do another weights workout.

The calorie count seemed low and I’m pretty sure it was because this morning I was really weary and in need of breakfast.

One might become accustomed to the strain of this, but never use the word “easy.”

I used the keyword “wolverine crazy” and found this with The Punisher and Ghost Rider. That would be cool. Early icebergs in Newfoundland.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 32
I was completing my log sheet and realized that yesterday was not great. I was exposed to free tempting foods and the yoga class time and the location of a subsequent meeting forced me to eat lunch out. I was tired and hungry and in a hurry, which reduces the number of options. Furthermore, when you pick foods out, it’s harder to count calorie. I did not have time to see if the Japanese place had a website and nutritional information.

I was distinctly hungry when I went to bed and I’m pretty sure the chemical reactions are still working as if I had not deviated from plan.

I am still happy there was the 2 pound per week trend over a month, but I’m scared to death that my body is going to figure it out and order a halt to such insanity.

X-Men looking terribly heroic. According to the CBC, Manitoba may have a way to offset flooding.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 31
I have a scratchy throat. Make it go away.

Weight loss. Here’s the deal, I gained 1.4 pounds as a result of the 3-day blowout on the Easter weekend. Then I lost 2.4 pounds last week, which fixed the blowout and then took me down another pound. Total weight loss for Phase 10 so far has been 8.8 pounds. This kind of average 2.05 pound per week average loss is not consistent (in a good way) with all previous phases of The Mutant Diet, dating back to March 2016.

Interestingly, this past weekend was hardly 100%. There was the fundraiser on Saturday and the big Keg meal on Friday.

My operating theory is that if you hose up your diet plan on a Friday and jump right back on it, the system self corrects.

Given my stress level, this is remarkable.

Spider-man with Carnage and Venom. Seems right. I’m thinking about Bracebridge, which has had trouble with flooding.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 30
Good Lord. Day 30.

Sometimes wine is necessary.

The Vancouver School Board decided to phase out the French Immersion program at my son’s school. It likely won’t affect him directly but it’s a decision I fought hard against.

Now I feel like shit and the diet, I think, only suffered mildly. If there was ever an excuse to stress eat, this was it.

And, yes I’m weighing in today. I will not be at home to childhood trauma. I have enough adult trauma to make up for it.

As we move toward Dark Phoenix, here’s Cyclops and Jean Grey. Ottawa is still dealing with flooding.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 29
It’s a bit of a guess from yesterday vis-à-vie calories. I normally do a Sunday mini cheat but I was trapped at a food court with a long delay between meals so that never helps.

I noticed when I wrote up the diet log that there was no giant sugar-based cheat. I think I once in the middle of yoga class really wanted ice cream but that passed moments after I realized my right hip area was making a run for the door.

I want to keep it on track today but due to situational stress, I may have a drink after a meeting at the Vancouver School Board.