Diet Diary - Day 6

     and I did not get up at the crack of dawn, I rolled over. In another week, I will put myself back on schedule. But for now, I am learning to sleep. Made coffee, and worked on another chapter or two of my novel while I watched "Sinatra" on cable. Noise in the background is required when I write since I am the eldest of a houseful of children. Quiet drives me nuts unless I am out in the woods. Speaking of which, we haven't done that for three years now. Probably why I have no idea where my tent is. Make note: Find camping gear. Storage? Garage? Borrowed by older son?
     
      Hit the gym after a lunch (breakfast for him) of eggs, potatoes and slice of toast with Take Control and Jam. Did almost my full heavy metal lift set before I got dizzy. Did total of 42 min (35 in front, 7 cool-down) on treadmill at 3.0-3.1 MPH. About par for being out 5 weeks while my feet healed enough for shoes. No leg lift or Dorsi flex, 1/2 of repeats on the Dipper. Did the rest OK however and at the weight level at which I had stopped. Due back in gym on Tuesday to keep from going into coma with sore muscles. (48-hour delay)
     
      Fixed the kid lunch (leftover pork strips and veggies) and had three fudge brownies for me. Of course. Because I felt tired and dizzy and needed SUGAR! Also needed chocolate.
     
      After recovering my equilibrium, we went grocery shopping. They were laying in wait. My freezer was empty. Packages of pork chops, buy one get one free, packages of beef loin, buy one get one free and chicken breasts, ribs in, buy one get one free. $33 worth of meat "free". Freezer no longer empty. Enough meat for a month. Even with kid eating five meals a day. Reviewed shopping technique with son. (Specials are good if it is stuff you would normally by. Stocking up on 2-for and best-buy specials is OK under those circumstances.) In twelve months, he must do this on his own. (end of chemo = college) Ha, ha and ha! Still feed older child milk, bananas and Triskets when he visits. He left home 8 years ago.
     
      Got home and am in coma. Now must put away all $258 worth of groceries including breaking up the large packages of meat into 1-day servings, wrapping and freezing. Miss having my son carry in things from the car. He staggers in with two bags and collapses. (First time he was in the store the whole time. His feet hurt but this is progress.)
     
      It is now 6:00 PM. Make note: Try getting up before 10AM. Lots to do tomorrow. Including getting ready for tomatoes and squash by watering front yard so shovel can penetrate the ground. Flowers exploding in the 80 degree heat. Fruit on established trees.
     
      This week my goal is 4-5,000 words a day on one of the books, any one. Currently running 1,500-3,000 a day. Need to get revved up faster. Focus. Focus.
     
      Did one load wash, one load dishwasher, and watered front and back yard. Ran off the pigeons who have homed in on the new grass seed.
     
      7:30 PM Fed kid (leftover potato, chicken in sauce and veggies) and had 1/2 baked potato myself. High starch diet due to upset stomach. (Abdomen has never behaved since the incarcerated hernia.)
     
      Carved up all the meat into 1-day portions, froze same. Found the freezer bags halfway through. Pork is double-bagged in storage bags. Chicken is partially in foil. Beef is in freezer bags.
     
      9.00 PM Son is reading Rock-Hard challenge. Takes 90 days. (Muscle and Fitness, Rock on the cover.) I need to read that article. Maybe I need to be a body-builder. I already have big thighs (mostly muscle for 300-lb lifts) and arms like hams with no wobble (also mostly muscle). Now if the stomach could be convinced to leave.