Week 58
Got through Thanksgiving just fine. Had a good meal yet haven’t destroyed the weight or BF% stats; everything is as it was before the big day. The key is to have that metabolism revved up and indulge in moderation. I had written about that last week in the post that was eaten by the server monsters. In short, I had said my method for getting through the holidays is to enjoy them, but don’t go crazy. Have one cookie, not six. Have a nice plate at the meal, just don’t have several helpings. Schedule rest days around the social and other events of the season. That method got me through the holidays last year and I am applying the same plan to this year. I just looked at my records and see that between Thanksgiving and New Year’s last year I actually lost five pounds. I don’t think I’ll do that well this year as my weight has been on a pretty good plateau for some time, but I am shooting to not gain any weight over the next month.
Discovered this week that I was given the wrong flavor whey protein at GNC the last time I was there. 
They had a buy one, get one half off deal and I selected my usual 5 lb chocolate, but there wasn’t another on the shelf. I asked the girl about it and she said there was more in the back. She looked at what I had picked out, "You want the chocolate?" "Yes, please." She brings it out, rings everything up and I drag it all home. Opened the chocolate one and put the other on the shelf and didn’t look at it for the next 4-5 weeks that it takes me to go through a 5 lb protein bottle. Opened the other one Tuesday night and it looked funny inside, I thought it had gone bad or something. Then I looked closely at the label… chocolate caramel. Hmm. Well, the bottle is now open, I can’t take it back, might as well try it. Ugh. Damn stuff doesn’t hardly dissolve no matter how much you stir it and it is so sickeningly sweet. Great, and it’s a 5 lb bottle. Hate to just toss it because it costs so much, so for now I will choke it down… I want to choke that clerk at GNC…
I started taking some green tea about two weeks ago. One of the commenters to my pix put me on to it and after reading up a bit on bb.com about it I decided to give it a try. We’ll see how it goes over the next little while. I don’t know how much to have to get any of the benefits of it, but for now I am having one cup about mid-morning at work. Once in a while I have a second one in the afternoon. I’ll try just about anything to get this stubborn midsection fat to go away. Yeah, I know, do more cardio, lardbutt… 
But I’ll definitely keep liftin’.
