Day 4 - Friday

Made it to the gym. I was a little late so I only had time for 40 min on the stationary bike plus lunges and some stretching. On the bike I put it on Manual mode and I start with a two minute or so warm up on level 10 then I do what I call cascades where I move the level up to 14 and ride at that level for a quarter-mile then I move it down to level 13 for a quarter-mile and so on down to level 10 for a quarter-mile before I move it back up to level 14. I really feel it at levels 13 and 14, my heart rate gets up into the 150s and my RPMs gets down to the 50s. I have to make an effort to stay above 50 or the machine will think I've stopped pedaling and it stops the program. It took me 25 minutes to do 4 cascades and then I kept it at level 11 the rest of the time. Sweated out lots of toxins on that work out!

Breakfast was the usual shake...I probably should eat something else too but the easiest thing to eat is more fruit and I'm trying to not eat so much fruit. I worked from home so I was able to make a second shake at about 11:15 along with my second batch of pills.

Lunch was 1/2 c. lentils, 1/2 yam, butternut squash, and an apple. I did not prepare my lunch the night before so I did not have my usual amounts. I has less, but I wasn't feeling hungry or weak. I snacked on celery in the afternoon.

Dinner was a carrot. Yep, on the drive to Paso. I meant to eat more but didn't get the opportunity. We got to Paso and there was pizza, I didn't eat any - of course. I should have pulled out another piece of fruit or more celery or something but I thought we'd be heading to the place we're staying - with some friends - so I figured I'd eat then. Well, we ended up going out with my siblings to a local pub. They all had beer and I drank water - boy, they are not kidding when when they say "you'll be surprised at you new-found reserve". I had no problems saying no to stuff I shouldn't be eating. We finally got to bed at about midnight. Good day but I hope I didn't kick my body into starvation mode.