I really should have taken my exercise stuff with me today. After figuring I wouldn’t bother we got out even earlier than usual from the first class. So I had lots of time to kill. I wasn’t even productive with my time as the guys showed up and I just sat around talking with them. One of the others was like me, said he got more done when he was on his own. Other weeks I’ve had my review questions done from the morning class before the second class. Oh well.

Oh, and thanks for nice neighbours. The fellow next door is going to cut me a piece of 2×4 tomorrow. I knew he’d have some around. He’s got a woodshop built in his backyard. Actually, he paneled our dining room. It’s kind of a long story but when we bought the house it had horrible dark paneling on it. The painter who came in to paint the house convinced us to use anaglypta paper over it. Of course it shifted and cracked. Behind the paneling though is plaster which was a mess when we took it off eventually. The fellow next door made this suggestion and I do think it turned out nicely. I found a picture of it (obviously a different year as we certainly don’t have it decorated for Christmas yet).

So, anyway, I figure I’ll be all set to hang off the bar by Sunday when I’m doing my Power Training workout. Although I’m not sure that hanging off the bar counts as a vertical pull exercise.

Ooops - I just realized that some of you may not know what I’m talking about.  I think I posted it in the 300+ forum, just didn’t mention it here.  I decided that I would finally do kind of a ‘reward’ thing.  Originally I was going to do it at 250-lbs or even 257-lbs (100 pounds from where I started in December last year), but I jumped the gun and… bought a pull-up / chin-up bar.  I will likely also get some assistance bands because I mainly just hang on it (wow, I could pull myself off the stool I was kneeling on… about an inch).  I bought it yesterday when I was out of town (just worked out that way).  Although it’s supposedly good to 300 pounds (which yay, I’m well under) I didn’t like it on the only suitable doorway in the basement, which is where I want to use it.  So I’m making a minor modification to the door between the bar and the laundry room so I can use it there instead. 

Food for the day:

Total: 1997 (28% fat, 38% carbs, 32% protein)

Breakfast: egg/egg white omelet with cheese, cracked wheat oatmeal bread, jam, fruit salad (473)
AM Snack: none (0)
Lunch: whole wheat tortillas, mustard, eye of round, apple, zucchini spice cake (514)
PM Snack: carrots, hummus, zucchini spice cake (264)
Dinner: chicken thighs with tomato/curry sauce, bean and carrot blend, salad w/dressing (471)
Late Snack: fruit salad, protein shake (276)