Day One Diary

March 24, 2011. Can't help myself. Day one. Low glycemic diet with high intensity training. Why wait till April to get started when we can hit the ground running today?

This mornings pre-stretch meal: Fat free vanilla yogurt with blueberries and two cups of french roast.

Michelle's fabulous sixty-minute power yoga class.

Post-stretch meal: Dave's Killer Bread with mascarcpone. Two more cups of French roast.

Good so far?

NO. Upon closer inspection (they call this further review in the NFL) it seems that the yogurt, although containing zero calories FROM FAT, contains 28g of sugar. Goodbye low GI, hey-there-howdy to hi. Additionally, that delightful Italian creme cheese, albeit a LOT lower in fat cals that other cheeses, spreads, or even peanut butter, bellies up with 80 fat cals, so it's out the window along with the yogurt.

And we are on our way. Ditch the sugar and lose the fat. Keep Dave's and the blueberries. Exchange one cuppa joe for more H2o.

Parts two and three are later today. Lunch will be a salad of whatever is left and needs consumption, followed by another trip to see Dr. Malik for a back-crack and then the main event, Toe Jam X3. Hill repeats on the slope that is aptly characterized by its name. Max of 20% over a quarter mile, thrice. Dinner will be lentil soup with tofu and a glass (or two) of some delicious Il Colectivo Malbec.

That will be day one. Weight this fine morning after sauna was 158.5.

Lastly, it has been documented that the changes initiated by the glycemic level of carbohydrates in the bloodstream as a result of the ebb or flow of insulin can have dramatic effects on the emotions, or mood swings as popular jargon terms it. Naturally I will monitor these closely as well. Please keep in mind, however, that I am not doing this to be a more stabilized, balanced and/or calmer person. I sit zazen for that.

I am doing this to race faster. I will gladly sacrifice (for now) being the nicest guy in the world for beating the snot out of those bastards in my age group next 70.3.

Namaste.

Fat free vanilla yogurt with 28 grams of sugar per serving. On the level.