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I forgot Hawkeye from Civil War. I actually own this comic. Visit Cape Breton to relax and visit my uncle-in-law’s B&B.

Honestly.

Meanwhile, in efforts to not look like a circus bear on a unicycle, I need to be careful around diet. I can feel the edges of giving up creeping into my mind. I want to take corrective action now so as to avoid the sense of cramming-for-the-exam in June.

However, there is a family birthday on May 18 and I plan to have cake. I better hit the gym as much as possible.

I picked She-Hulk for no reason. I think she should be in a movie. Please go to Sidney BC and check out the cool bookstore.

I can honestly say with my tight muscles I felt like a beginner, like I was back at the beginning wonder why the ___k I thought I could do this insane diet/fitness regime in the first place. I kept reflecting back on having achieved the goal of no blood pressure meds. This was needed in order to prevent me from jumping out the window and running across the street to “Rain or Shine”, an ice cream parlour.

Catherine and I had a night out, which was wonderful. It was cool and fresh and no raining. Couldn’t ask for better when using public transit and shoe leather.

But of course having deviated a little from the diet, I have to be sure I don’t start continuing along that line of “oh just a couple of this and a couple of that”. I really want to avoid the cramming-for-the-exam in the last month of this adventure. I have enough stress as it is.

Sleep is an issue. A cold keeps trying to bring me down and I’m just not getting to bed soon enough.

But, just because I’m doing this fitness program does not mean any of my other responsibilities have diminished.

I wonder if there’s a superhero named The Juggler?

How am I doing? No idea. Today I’m not riding the bike because I’m tired and short on sleep. Sucks, but I don’t want to get sick or injured. And yes I should go to be earlier.

I do have a plan to do the Killer Mary Homework at noon.

I do have some stats though:

As of this morning, after 31 days of the Mutant Diet, I have recorded these figures.

But, I’m also convinced I started off in far worse physical condition (i.e. a bigger overall hill to climb) than I imagined. In two months the numbers reveal will tell the story.

I need to make sure I don’t lose the focus during this middle month of the plan. One thing about fitness and diet is that the effects are cumulative and there’s no realistic way to do the equivalent of cramming for the exam.

You will see this week’s Mary Killer Homework below.

I am baffled by this whole process. Yesterday, however, I learned at the beginning why there was an air of polite skepticism from the Trainers at Steve Nash. Many of their clients who take out a membership and buy a set of personal training sessions never come into the gym except for the sessions.

By the way, the reason there was no yoga was my son Tim who placed in the top 10 so far with his competitive dance team. However, if I see another pink sequined 8-year-old girl thrusting her hips to an age inappropriate pop song, I may hurl.

For today’s sponsorship, I suggest dancing your way to Kingston Ontario.

I was the beneficiary of Jerry’s cooking yesterday. You will see below the massive plate of pulled pork.

I did a meat run to Costco on Friday and I also have a huge roast beef all packaged up and frozen. It’s an expensive trip to Costco but I haven’t bought lunch downtown in a couple of weeks now.

This is the end of week four. On Thursday it will be a calendar month and the demolition phase will be complete. The mental challenge will be the middle. I am feeling fatigued by the process and not sufficiently satisfied with the results.

It’s also my mother’s 86th birthday today. This is a more powerful birthday than usual because only three days ago she left hospital to come home after a month battling pneumonia, some heart issues and the subsequent loss of movement.

I read in the Economist that exercise is proven to deter cancer. See Exercise and Cancer.