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I have this comic somewhere. Wouldn’t that be fun to recreate in a movie?

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 28
You can tell when you’ve reduced overall calorie count because — when you do have a glass of wine on an empty stomach — whoosh, you really feel it. The Vancouver Youth Choir’s Gala, which was held at Vancouver’s Heritage Hall on Main Street, had all those lovely tiny snacks and wine and beer included in the ticket price.

The dietary risks I take to help my daughter’s choir.

I have to stay on track today so that by Tuesday there’s something to show for it on the scale.

Weights are weird. I almost broke the bench press plateau, but it was after doing other things. My seat row increased to plate 15 with three 15 rep sets. Pulldowns were lame. It’s hard to predict.

Once Dark Phoenix and Endgame have passed, do we see X-Men / Avengers crossover? Flurries forecast for Toronto.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 27
So my cheat meal came early. One thing about this highly restricted diet is that when tempted, the temptation is huge. You just don’t care. I did manage to ditch the potato offerings with the steak, but nothing else was good. But it felt great and there was quite the rush.

Today is to be on track, but there’s a meal out later at a choir’s gala. Hard to control intake. The good news is that I was hungry again like I would normally feel by 10:30 AM.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Avengers Endgame is out. Now to wait a couple of weeks and read no reviews. I want to hide on Denman Island.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 26
I am baffled by my calorie count because I think I’m under counting the chicken. But I’m still feel like I’m short of calories and asking the body to use the reserves. Too bad there’s so much in reserve. What was my body thinking? That I had to survive the 100 Years War?

My cooking friends would be ashamed of my stew I made from stewing beef last night. A bit rushed, but at this stage I’m not caring.

Anyway, big ass steak with a friend tonight. All I have to do is avoid pointless bread-y things.

Mantis was first an Avengers bad guy. St. John River Valley in New Brunswick is having water issues.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 25
This week is going to be more challenging than I thought. This morning I forgot my bacon and eggs and had to grab egg white things from Starbucks. Yesterday I had a noon appointment and I realized that to make the 1 PM yoga class, I’d have to eat somehow (or faint). I managed to grab a salad but had to eat it at the first appointment. Kind of embarrassing.

Next up is a dinner out with a friend tomorrow and a gala fundraiser for a choir on Saturday. My calorie count has been running on the low side and I don’t want to let it go too far down as it might trigger a “gosh I’m starving; better store fat” response.

There’s ton of situational stress that will change come Monday, but it’s all very frustrating and uncertain.

I don’t need help making this process tougher.

Sadly Hellcat won’t be appearing. Looks like Charlottetown went partly Green.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 24
I seem to be on track. I can feel the familiar sensations of weight loss due to diet. I weighed and left the numbers with the Trainer. We’ll review next Tuesday. I think I need a target weekend where I can relax. I figure the Victoria Day weekend is a good candidate as it’s also my son’s birthday.

Stress is an issue. I gave a presentation at the Vancouver School Board (yes, again) and it takes it out of me. I used to be able to deliver presentations without so much strain. Age? You’d think I’d be smart enough to realize that these things don’t merit 9/10 on the stress scale. 6.5/10 would be more appropriate. It’s not that I don’t want to do a good job; I just don’t want to be a mess over it.

Speaking of stress … I heard a story of a fellow that trains with my trainer. Weight plateau at 1400 calories-a-day. Ouch. This kind of proves to me that there’s a chemical combo in the body that will allow weight loss and that might not be the exclusive domain of calorie count.

It would be really nice to see both Ant Man and the Wasp in Endgame. Prince Edward Island heads to the polls today.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 23
My restart day yesterday went OK. The body took about six hours from waking up to realize I’d switched back to 2000 calories-a-day with 3 L of water. A large number of bio-breaks ensued.

The workout was OK. I only really took the Friday off from exercise. I am trying to break past the 3 sets of 10 @ 130 pounds for bench press. The last rep on the third set was tough.

I see the trainer today and perhaps we can come up with some homework to take me past this sticking point. The weigh-in will be totally blind. I want the number, but I don’t want to look at it until next week.

Nebula will play a role in Endgame for sure. Apparently Collingwood Ontario is reporting trouble with coyotes.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 22
Easter Weekend. Chocolate and wine fest.

The real lesson was realizing how exhausted I was from the previous two weeks of effort that gave me the weight loss. I did workout on Saturday (weights) and Sunday (yoga) and today is a return to Phase 10. The 2000 calorie process will now continue. I don’t see much in the way of choice.

I do need to find a way to make it not as mentally taxing. Acceptance of the fact this is going to be pretty difficult would be a start. “As easy as dieting,” is not a phrase in any human language. Reducing my ARGHs (i.e. level of aggression in response to situational stress) from an 8 to about a 6 would be helpful.

We shall see.

This is Maria Hill talking to Wolverine. She hopefully will come back after Endgame. I wonder if Wolverine was born in Yellowknife, NWT.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 18
Ouch. Yesterday had all the hallmarks of a diet fiasco, but the calorie count seems to be well within range. The huge mistake of not having a dinner plan when at a meeting from 5-8 PM. Wowza that was tough.

I don’t want to hose this up, but I need some cheats this weekend. Ponder, ponder, ponder.

And I didn’t do yoga. I never thought I’d be able to use a meeting with the Attorney General of BC as an excuse for missing a workout.

The Hulk plays a large role in the Avengers. Will he be back for Endgame? Big day in Edmonton.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 17
So. I lost 2.4 pounds last week. That makes 8 pounds in two weeks. I can conclude I’ve found a formula to lose weight. It seems almost unimaginable. My Trainer says that 2 pounds a week is on the high side of normal weight loss. The trick is to see if it holds.

But, the strain of staying this strict is considerable. I need to plan out cheat events/days/whatever and keep them modest. However, since I’ve found something that might actually work, there’s a strange sense of internal encouragement.

The inner child voice wants this over with. The humiliation of it all, the dehumanization by being weighed, the general sense of being cheated. Please make it stop. The frustrated adult asks why this took so long to find. And, is this true? Will the process stop once the body catches on and realizes what I’m up to?

In the absence of a better plan, this process will stay.

Valkyrie was in the Thor movie but may show up in Endgame. Politically it’s hot in Calgary today.

Mutant Diet Phase 10 Day 16
My thinking goes like this … bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

I’ve got too much going on and my anxiety about weigh-ins, despite my insulating techniques, is still present.

I’ll be fine and I should be curious because it will tell me if this new process has any legs beyond one week.

I feel like it should because I was really hungry by 9 PM yesterday and it was in the post 8 PM fasting cutoff time.

Perhaps had I not had the dentist this morning, this would be more fun.