Building a Better Jay

First, thanks to everyone for the Birthday wishes!  It was a great day filled with fun times with my wife & son.   Now, we get down to business.  The gym was packed this morning!  There was a youth group there doing some sort of overnight games thing, which was actually sort of cool.  They were in the gyms playing basketball and doing some crafts.  They were playing raquetball & just running around.  There was a lot of energy in the place for it being 4:30AM, which was sort of a nice change of pace.

I did shoulders, abs, & cardio this morning, just because I wanted to.  I’m starting my bulking nutrition today, so I wanted to have something to grow, LOL!

Today is the day we also put up our Christmas decorations.  It’s going to be 41 degrees, so we’re going to enjoy the "warmth" while we can.  It’s supposed to snow about 4 inches on Monday, so we need to get everything we can out of the way in the next 2 days!!  (This includes Christmas shopping, LOL!)

Once again, thanks for the birthday wishes!  The carrot cake was great - just what I needed before I went "off" carbs again.  Note: I’m not really off of carbs, but the type of carbs is of course strictly regulated, LOL!  I’m pretty sure cake isn’t on there!

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It’s my birthday today!!  No workout, just some R&R.  I’m going out for coffee with my son.  (OK, coffee for me, juice or chocolate milk for him.)  We’ll then maybe head out for a walk if it’s not too cold.  I love this time of year - you can just feel the electricity in the air, even with a crappy economy and raging economic crisis.  It’s Christmas time!! 

I’m taking the day off because my gym closed yesterday and won’t open until later today. I wouldn’t be able to get home from the gym before my son woke-up, so no w/o today. I managed to escape yesterday with only minimal over-eating. I gorged on fresh veggies pre-meal, so the damage was minimal - just a spoonful of stuffing and a slice of pumpkin pie was not within my "normal" eating. Today, though, that will continue because my wife will be making a nice carrot cake. That counts as a veg, right?