Day 4 - The dog looked away.

I actually get to sleep in, today. I slept an extra hour. It felt good. With no where to be, I just relaxed. Eventually, I made my breakfast and got myself geared up for my workout. Today was Yoga X.

I was actually looking forward to the workout. I've seen people doing Yoga and TV and everyone always looks so calm and relaxed and peaceful. This was going to be a nice change of pace for my day off of nothing to do. Okay, bring on all the hippie, tree-hugging, stretching and chanting.

Oh, Hell no! Just a few minutes into it, I was crying, moaning, straining and all around hating life. This workout was an hour and a half long. I would surely be dead before then. I could not make it through to the end of this one. I stopped the video and took breaks and tried to go back and continue. There came a point that I just could not do it.

I did suffer my first injury, today. The ceiling fan got into a fight with the knuckle of my pinkie finger. The knuckle lost.

The diet is getting easier, as far as appetite and hunger. It is hard in other ways, though. I don't always have the time or the opportunity to go to the grocery store and buy the fresh veggies and dairy items. If I buy them in bulk or at least a week's worth at a time, some of what I would be buying would go bad before I have the chance to eat it, as I am restricted on the amount of each type of food I can eat. I guess it is all part of the sacrifice.

The program pages that I was able to find and download contained some very nice recipes that would go along with the program during the stages of the diet. I just don't have that kind of time. I don't have another person in my home that could help me out by doing some of the shopping or doing some of the cooking when they have the time to allow me the ability to take my time to do other things, like work at my job. Again, it's all part of the sacrifice.

I went to grocery store, today. It was raining and stormy all day. I went to market that had an underground garage and escalators that allowed you to enter the store. I stepped on the escalator and began my journey up. When I got about half-way up, I saw a Krispy Kreme donut display at the top of the escalator. I as I got further up the escalator, more of the display came into view. I swear, I heard a choir of angels singing.

It was like they knew I was coming! People, there is a God and he has the greatest sense of humor of all.

I just needed a few things. I wanted to get a case of bottled water. I saw a stack of bottled water that was on sale. It was very easy to just slide a case off of the display stack and into my cart. When I finished my shopping, I went to the check out counter and the lady was able to scan the water while it was in my buggy. When I got to the parking lot and had to take the water out of the buggy and put it into my truck, I considered going back and exchanging it for a 6 pack.

When I got home, I just cut through the packaging and took a few bottles inside with the intention of returning for the rest...tomorrow.

Another thing I bought at the market was some cooked chick leg quarters. They smelled good. I did not even get a plate. I grabbed one out of the box and ripped it in half. I had the chicken leg in one hand and the thigh in the other. I attacked it like a lion that had downed a slow gazelle that had been separated from the pack. I did peel the skin off.

I could not tell you how they tasted. They were not in my mouth long enough for me to know. As I was shoving the chicken extremities into my face and pulling out the bones, like from a cartoon before I swallowed, I noticed Ludwig looking at me. He had a look of disappointment and fear in his eyes.