Yeah I know its not Friday....

but I'm leaving for OCMD right after I gym it up tomorrow morning. I don't care what Earl's doing, I'm going! So I come to you a day early with the update because blogging while driving is illegal in 36 of the 52 states. (that is a joke, I cannot verify that statement)

Not much to report as I once again weighed in at 255. I am finally settling back into my routine and have been getting better at curbing most food urges. The only big news of the week is that I finally got back in Spin class, had to cheat a little but I got through it. When I get back from OCMD it will be time to really get after the whole weight loss thing. I picked up a vegetarian cookbook and the plan is to give a vegetarian diet a shot. Some of the reading that I have done lately has really tainted my view of the industrialized production of our meats and the health consequences of them. A vegetarian diet also offers a much lower fat diet which hopefully will help trim the last 30 or so pounds off. I'm still not sure how I am going to take to the veggie diet because I ain't gonna lie, I love beef....a thick cut New York Strip cooked to perfection over charcoal with the right blend of spices makes me start drooling at just the thought. So we shall see how it goes.

Now remember last week when I said about having a normal week? No injuries, etc? Weeeeelllll, apparently my desk which I am reporting to you from is not actually made of wood (reference to the Knock on Wood thing) because that night (Friday last week) I managed to squash a finger between two car batteries at work and BOY DID IT GET FAT AND PURPLE. It still hurts a bit but it fortunately was on that useless ring finger. Oh well, at least I almost went a week without an injury.

Normalcy

KNOCK ON WOOD! I think I just had a pretty normal week. No dizziness, no rare or bizarre illnesses, no new injuries,....just: wake up, go to gym, other stuff, go to work, shower, sleep, repeat. WA-HOO!

In all seriousness it was nice to feel like things were normal. Weighed in today at 255, which is a standstill from last week's result. I am fine with holding steady as I get back into my routine. Hopefully, the toe soon stops hurting enough that I'm able to get back to running regularly. I'm going to give Spin a try on Monday and that will be a pretty go indicator as to how healthy my brain is feeling because it is the most challenging thing I do at the gym. Fingers are crossed for sure.

It was good fun to see some faces from the past at the 20th class reunion. It is very hard to believe that it has been twenty years, especially because I don't feel a day over 30, but sadly it is true that we are getting old. Although I must say, I was quite surprised at how great most looked. I thought we all could pass for earlier thirties easily!

First week back

Beside the broken pinky toe, life almost seemed normal for once. Oh, and if you are wondering, I regularly destroy those toes so this is a normal pain I suffer with. Any who, while talking to one of my gym friends, I realized that it has been nearly 3 months that my world has been out of whack. June 1st was the concussion and things haven't been right since. That is a quarter of the year wasted (by that I mean being unable to progress with my goals). It has been very hard to deal with being forced to basically do nothing to say the least. But today the gym friend said something to me that gave me a glimmer of hope that life is returning to normal. She simply said, "You look so much better today." I think it was mostly a comment about my post-virus appearance because she also comment on how I have a much healthier color in my face and that even though I was back on Monday she could tell that I was still pretty worn down just by how I looked. I couldn't agree with her more, Monday and Tuesday were real struggles at work and at the gym. Even though I took it real easy at the gym both of those days, I felt really worn out and weak. That feeling carried on into work both evenings. However, as the week progress I definitely felt stronger and today was a real solid workout.

Following today's workout I weighed in and the scale showed 255. That is an 8 pound gain from last week's drained/dehydrated weigh in. I'm not upset at all with that result, mostly because I expected it to happen. My hope was to contain the amount gained as my body craved all those lost calories. To be very honest, I didn't eat very well most of the week. I've had some odd periods of feeling jittery and having shaky hands so I've add more sugar because it almost seems like a low blood suger thing and I'm wondering if it's a residual effect from the illness. I've never had this sort of problem and my blood sugar tests have come back just fine so I don't expect it to remain an issue as I get healthier. Hopefully, I can get my crap together and get the eating routine back on track next week. 255 is a good place to start from, I lost 9 pounds since the "Reloading" most of that due to the sickness, but I'll take the jump-start and role with it.