Only 5 more pounds to go. I think for a while i will be posting the weight as a countdown. So currently we are at W -5 Lbs. woo hooo. I got a "get your peanuts here" shake at the gym today for breakfast as well as a protein bar thing for lunch. It is a Quatro Plex High Protein Food Bar. Sounds Yummy. I also was weak and got another grenade. I will wait till this afternoon to drink it though.

I ran a bit extra this morning. I am logging it as 3.5 but actually i ran for 40 minutes at 6.0. I did take a few breaks for water that totaled about 5 minutes(if not more) so that is where the other .5 goes. I think if I do an extra .5 the next to days that will put me at 15 miles for the week. Not too shabby.

Oy! Bye-Bye Syndrome

I realize that the death of children is a serious issue. But come on I think giving this a cutsey name is ridiculous. This isn't a syndrome,or an affliction its poor driving and not bothering to look around you. If you feel compelled to by a monstrous SUV or even a minivan you should take the time to find out what and where the blindspots are. That's just sensible driving.

I mean think about it you are operating a vehicle that wheighs about a ton and can hurtle down the road at high rates of speed. In fact before you can do just that,hurtle, you have to pass a test and be licensed. For Pete's sake don't turn the poor driving of some unfortunate people and the tragic deaths of children to push people to buy god-darned back-up video cameras.

Additionally who is supposed to be watching these kids when this happens. I know when I was a kid if someone was backing the car out of the garage or driveway I was always either in the car or safely on the sidewalk.

I think the thing that really gets me here is the cutsey frickin name. It just seems like it's trying to assuage some guilt from people that have been part of a terrible tragedy.

Well, I set the alarm to 4:30 this morning and made it to the gym by 5:00. I ran just over 3 miles because I was paying attention to the podcast from TWIT. I was able to stretch for about 10 minutes and then sat in the sauna for 10 minutes as well. Got to work at 6:59. If I can keep that up I think this could work. I don't think I want to set the alarm to 4:00 any time soon though.

For the record I ran the first .75 miles at 5.9 and then pushed it to 6.0 for the rest. I think I might be ready to just push it to 6.0 for the whole thing. Considering how early I got up and all the running I feel pretty good today. I checked my heartrate during my run and it seemed to be pretty steady at 140 which is, I think, about where I want it while excersing. I should check it sometime today to see what my resting heart rate is nowadays.

I decided to experiment with a new after workout drink this morning. I chose a "Grenade" it says it's thermogenic* whatever that means. I went with this because I think I'm going to stop trying to load up on protein. I think my regular diet takes care of that and I don't really think I need to supplement it. So I went for an energy type drink today. Grenade sports the following stats.

• Calories 0
• Fat 0
• Carbs 0
• Sugars 0
• Sodium 190mg
• Super Citrimax 500mg
• Kola nut extract 250mg
• L-Carnitine 250mg
• Caffeine 75mg
• ChromeMate 200mcg
• Gymnema syvestre 172mcg
• White Willow Bark 172mcg

I picked up protein drink from the juice bar too. it was an "ice pro protein" or something like that. It was the ice-blue rasperry flavor. pretty tasty. 160 calories, 40g protein. I had a yogurt and oatmeal when I got to work just to make sure I get enough calories. Hopefully my legs wont tighten up very much later.

• Calories 240
• Fat 1.5g
• Cholesterol 10mg
• Sodium 50mg
• Potassium 400 mg
• Carbs 7g
• Fiber 2g
• Sugars 2g
• Protein 50g

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