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I was looking for a Dr. Doom image and found this one that made me smile. Finally cherry blossoms in Vancouver.

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 76
Last night I shopped for the usual food products despite the end of Phase 2 approaching. It’s the time in this protracted process where I feel obliged to look for modifications, improvements.

Initial thoughts?

Removal of alcohol had limited impact. This isn’t an admission that putting it back in is such a great idea but many people cited that ditching the booze had a huge impact. Moderate at best for me.

Approaching nearly zero carbs did start the process of breaking down the lard around the middle.

What would be nice in this next phase, and something to which I’m actually looking forward, is the re-addition of riding and more walking. The weather this Phase was so wretched that I logged zero km on the bike.

Justice League Rebirth image. I still don’t know what’s going on.

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 75
My muscles are sore from yesterday’s personal trainer session. It was a good workout even though I was pushing through allergies. I want the trees to just get it over with. Then I can forget about it for a while.

What I really want is for riding weather to come back. We’re still wet, cold, dreary in Vancouver.

Four days left to this phase. The real trick is controlling negative thoughts. They don’t help so they’re not wanted.

I have to shop tonight as I am out of all my food products. I don’t want to fall back on the bad habits like I did when I was in Toronto.

I started looking at the DC Rebirth Story line. Could be interesting given The Watchmen

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 74

Nothing like donuts to make you lose confidence. I’ll see the personal trainer but given my current eating and allergies, I’ll wait until next time to weigh in.

Five days until the end of this Phase. I have pick myself up from the mess of the last many days and try to stay with it. All kinds of factors are at play.

My next phase will run from April 3 to June 26.

I am not feeling like I’m winning but I won’t give up.

There’s a Supergirl-Flash crossover happening on TV.

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 73
Welcome to pollen season in Vancouver. I just went to the local medical clinic to ask for a prescription for an effective eye drop.

Diet/fitness impact? Could be huge. I tend to hold water when in allergic reaction mode.

In six days I have a photo to take to mark a year since I started this effort. The numbers won’t show a year’s effort.

This is a pivotal moment in the context of attitude and mental health. The thing that keeps me going is the fact that the alternatives to pressing forward on the process is ill health. Sadly that’s a negative view. But ill health does not facilitate more time with family and friends.

If only my eyes would adapt to Spring.

Apparently there’s controversy that they may have CGI’d Gal Godot’s armpits in the upcoming Wonder Woman movie. Good grief.

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 72
From salt dust on the roads of Toronto to pollen in Vancouver. I’m anticipating a brutal spring pollen season because everything has been delayed and this means that all the pollens will come pounding out at the same time.

Historically for me pollen allergies lead to comfort food because you feel so miserable. However, in this case the opposite should happen. I should really try to evade all foods that I react to because in pollen season, I react more. Anyone with ragweed allergies knows that if in late August in eastern Ontario, if you go visit a friend’s house with cats, you will react to the cats more in August than in January.

But today it’s back to lo-carb world and the gym.

I found this DC group shot that I liked. I am saying au revoir to Toronto.

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 71
I’m in an airport and I’ve eaten badly. Send help.

I guess it’s a good sign that I want to get back into my regular routine. It’s been a mind trip but due to the slowing pace, I’ve managed to clear out a slew of fiddly items that have been filling up my inbox.

And now to board a plane.

I always like the super hero group shots.

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 70
To call dieting while travelling anything but cheating would be disingenuous.

My mother is addicted to CNN, which is obsessed with all things Trump. Only Amal Clooney managed to receive a few minutes airtime asking for prosecution of ISIS people for the many and varied atrocities in the Middle East.

Stupid Tweets. Massive Atrocities. I ask you.

Well, the Chinese food for lunch is soon arriving.

Speaking of food, check out this picture of hot chocolate at Chocolate Arts.

This is Nova and She-Hulk and The Rhino.

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 69
I swear if I had stayed living in the suburbs or even Toronto itself, I would have inflated to the size of a house. My steps from yesterday were a record low. Everything is car-based. There’s no real point in walking and yet I felt very busy. Sitting on my ass.

A conversation I had about diet and fitness I had today led me to conclude that I’m not going to assume anything about anyone’s journey. Not until someone explains to me the biochemistry of how skinny people — who seem to eat the same crap as the rest of us — stay skinny.

And, of course, it’s snowing in Ajax. When it wasn’t supposed to.

Deadpool and Spider-man are funny.

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 68
It’s St Patrick’s Day and I’m in Toronto and I’ve sat a lot in a car.

Now it’s time for beer.

Food is good.

I’m in a rush today, so I thought I’d find some Flashes.

Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 67
Today is a travel day so things may go wonky. I also don’t have time for a workout and I’m really sore. But I have a couple of days where fitness may not be possible.

A dilemma.

Given the truly odd data that my diet produces, I couldn’t help but think that perhaps I should try a week, maybe in Phase 3, where I eat only game meat and non-traditional vegetables. Given how fast my body reacts to things, it might be a fun week. I found a site that has meat like bison and camel in Coquitlam.

It would be interesting …