(Day 395 / -149 lbs.) Spin The Bottle And Give Us A Kiss

Seven minutes of heaven, baby! That was my pedal home this morning. What can compare to the wind in your face as the gym shrinks quickly into the background after an invigorating hour of pushing and pulling. Ah, sweet sweat evaporation and the promise of an ice cold smoothie packed with protein and a little something-something! No round about meandering through the burbs for me this morning- it's just Point A to Point B and back again. Got stuff to do!

I was up a pound this morning but I'm not going to let that harsh my mellow. The scale will continue to dip so long as I remain steadfast to my goals. Besides, I'm thinking that the Chinese take-out we had last night was my Judas and its' ill effects are oh-so temporary.

I'm trying a couple of new things this week.

One of our local markets carries Açaí pulp in the freezer section. It's claimed to contain:

- A remarkable concentration of antioxidants that help combat premature aging, with 10 times more antioxidants than red grapes and 10 to 30 times the anthocyanins of red wine.

- A synergy of monounsaturated (healthy) fats, dietary fiber and phytosterols to help promote cardiovascular and digestive health.

- An almost perfect essential amino acid complex in conjunction with valuable trace minerals, vital to proper muscle contraction and regeneration.

That what I read on Oprah's website so it's got to be fan-freakin'-tastic and I'm onboard [toot-toot!]. So here we go, todays' smoothie:

1/2S (packet) Açaí Pulp
1/2 Small Banana
1T Peanut Butter
1S EAS Protein (Chocolate)
1S Ground Flax
1/2Pkg Crystal Light (Metabolism)

This mixture tastes remarkably sweet- perhaps a little sweeter than I like. We'll have to see if a weeks' worth of this stuff helps or hinders my efforts.

Moving on...

Everyone who knows me is antagonistically aware of my mildly obsessive paranoia (I'm told it's quite charming, really) when it comes to germs, cats, toxins and doing things in threes, so it was no surprise when I began drinking solely from a 27oz stainless steel bottle I bought from Kleen Kanteen rather than my usual 44oz Nalgene or the 32oz-er with the custom narrow-neck straw cap.

I read that, while most likely safe, the Lexan Nalgene bottles can release BPA under certain circumstances. Link BPA to the lovely horrors of breast and prostate cancer and other health issues in animal studies and I'm thinking, hey, I have both breasts (in moob-form) and a prostate so why risk losing them to cancer? Add that I'm running about a gallon and a half through my bottles and past my kidneys each day and that I'm kind of an animal, and I'm- well, let's just say that I like my Kleen Kanteen (despite them using a K instead of a C -- ugh, drives me nuts when people do that). I bought mine at Amazon. I'm going to order the larger 40oz version this week. They're a little spendy so if you'd like to buy me one I won't stop you. If you buy one, maybe you could tell Kleen Kanteen that I said it was a good idea and perhaps they'll send me one out of gratitude. Wishful thinking, I know, but a guy's gotta dream.