Month 3 Day 5

Recovery- 1/4 Isotope Protein Drink
Breakfast-1 cup Almond Ezekial Cereal with almond breeze
Snack- 1/2 cup Almond Ezekial Cereal with almond breeze
Lunch- 1/2 cup of clam chowder and 1 spicy tuna roll
Snack- 2 pieces oif dried seaweed
Dinner (before 7pm)- Vegetable noodles and Shrimp with Rice

Was late again today... missed the whole 15 minutes of running and jumped right into the stretches and steam engines. Spin room again... this whole week has been spin for me everyday. I keep missing these killer workouts in the weight room. Spoke to Ava and she said that Monday morning and Friday night are the 1 hour class in the weight room. I will try to make it Monday morning and do a double on Tuesday.

At least I do still drip sweat no matter what when I am in the spin room. Today I felt badly for Ava becaue people kept talking while she was leading the class. I don't think they meant it, but it came off really rude. Sal took the mic and things quieted down. I notice a pattern that is really effective, we work out way down with speed in mind. So, what we do is we crank it four times and go hard out of saddle for 30 seconds, we unwind it one time to the left and stay out of the saddle for 30 more seconds, then we take it down one and I think we stay out of the saddle for 30, fast as we can for speed, then we sit down without touching the dial and crank it out for I think a minute, then we recover for 100 overhead pushes or punches... then we start it all over again. I think it is really effective cycle and I will try it on my own if I ever get a stationary bike.

My grandmother had one. I used to pretend to make 'ice cream' on it with my sisters and cousins, we would 'churn' the pedals and somehow that simulated making ice cream for us... she had it for exercise, she was diabetic (insulin dependent) anyhow, I am also reading a book called Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs' I got it for my dad but he didn't want to read it (so I got diabetes on both sides-- but I learned its not hereditary like hair color, its hereditary for predisposition), so I am reading it and I find it is good for even a non-diabetic to read. I am learning a lot about how diet and exercise affects us and how diabetes is caused. Before this program, I think I was well on my way. I realize more than ever that this program has 'saved my life'. God really did lead me to this; I see it for so many reasons and in so many ways.