Being dysfunctional about food

[avram]

Woke up pretty late, decided to get outside while the sun was still shining, so left off workout for later. I’m pretty much settled on starting the Atkins Diet — I’ll pick up the book tomorrow — so I’m using that as an excuse to get in some of the fattening foods I won’t be allowed to eat from here on in. Had fried chicken for breakfast, then went shopping and picked up grapes, mushrooms, and a bag of spice drops. Noshed on spice drops while reading Atkins website, was about a third of the way through the bag when I read a bit about food addictions and cravings, felt a sudden spasm of revulsion and threw the rest of the bag away. Yeah, definitely starting Atkins next week.

• Weight: 281
• Dumbbell squats: 3 sets of 15, 12lb weights (24lbs total), not using the chair this time
• Stiff-legged deadlifts: 3 sets of 15, 15lb weights (30lbs total). Think I’ll move up to the 18-pounder next time.
• Ab crunches: 3 sets of 12. Actually I did 14 in the first set, because I got hiccups and lost count. Much better of working out on an empty stomach.
• Single-legged calf raises: 3 sets of 15, holding one 6lb weight. Yow.

Also found a local lumberyard (corner of First and Grove); I may build some bookshelves for one of the storage areas, adapting Teresa’s design for book-eating bookshelves.

Oh, and I got a small freelance job; they emailed me the contract this afternoon.