3rd day of fitness, 4th day of vegan, wheatless, sugarless diet, 6th day sober.

My home computer wouldn't connect to the internet yesterday so I was not able to blog which sucked because there were so many fresh thoughts I wanted to share and could not. It was a fabulous autumn day yesterday, cool with a longing breeze. Rose and I woke when the alarm went off put on our active gear and headed to Balboa Park. So beautiful there, running is dreamy in that setting. It was our day for a 50 minute walk/jog with a 5 minute warm up and a 5 minute cool down. We did our warm up and then proceeded to jog. Both of us are already picking up the pasting, along with having more stamina to do it several minute more than the day before. I forgot the stopwatch but it seems to me we ran for to stints of 15 and a third for 10 minutes then walked and cooled down for the remaining time. All day I felt great! However later in the evening I was ravenous so I had some snacks. Nothing that took me off the path though. I find that corn tortillas are very satisfying right now as well as organic peanut butter. Rose made a tapioca coconut blueberry dessert that was very low in fat and had only honey to sweeten it. Towards the end of the evening I began to have A LOT of soreness all over my body, my feet knees, hips. So I soaked in a long bath after two ibuprofens listening to music and just relaxing....this helped more than I can express. It was not to much later when I decided to call it a night and crawl into bed. I was expecting to wake incredibly sore especially in my legs. Thankfully I was not, it makes it so much harder to exercise when your muscles hurt. I might be tomorrow though. This morning Rose and I decided to reset the alarm and snooze a lil extra, she has one of her headaches that can become quite debilitating. Finally we woke around 830 she got ready for work I got ready to workout. I drank some water/a cup of coffee and when Rose left so did I. It was a much hotter day for running today the autumn kiss was kidnapped by the indian summer. I warmed up for 5, ran for 25 and walked/cooled down the remaining time. My face was so red from the heat but I felt in the zone which is why I think people continue to run it is very meditative. When I came home I drank down a liter of water gathered my yoga mat, dumbbell's and routine and headed to our gated back yard, its small but wonderful I call it Shangrila. Rose has her garden and it's peaceful and cool shaded by the house in the mornings. I did all three sets of circuits feeling stronger and stronger with each repetition. I remember why I like doing this in the first place it make s me feel strong and confident. It makes me feel capable, awakening my inner Tiger. After finishing my workout I realized Grammy was at the door (she lives with us and was at my Aunts for the previous night. I helped her in we made lunch my teenage brother who also lives with us woke to and we all ate together. After eating Mike and I were in my room when we heard a loud thud, I instinctively ran to Grammy's room, tried to open the door but she was laying (from a fall) in front of it. Luckily I had another way in through the jack and jill bathroom. I found her lying there bleeding from her poor little grey head, dazed by her spill. I have dealt with several of these types of situations so my response was immediate. once I got a feel for how she was and how bad her head was I had Mike help me help her to her chair where I applied pressure to her small head wound, asking her all the necessary questions to make sure she is doesn't have any concussive symptoms. What a scare this was to me...I'm not ready to loose her. Nov 1st will be two years since we picked Grammy up from the nursing home she was being left in after recovering from a stroke. I'm certain she was at the end of her rope there and probably would've died in a couple of weeks had we not brought her to live with us. I love having her live with me and now that we are all used to living together I want to have plenty of time to be with her. It was a tough road to go down a southern baptist 88 year old lady living with her lesbian granddaughter and her girlfriend Rose. So we have all come a long way and I would think are even happy now. So after Grammy's spill Rose came home she made the same thing we had last night which is an Indonesian salad with lots of cabbage carrots cucumber green beans potatoes with a coconut peanut butter sauce Delicious. The version she made for lunch had tofu in it...I really needed some protein. Brother Mike ate a BBQ chicken pizza for lunch which looked so good and was the first temptation I've had so far. Thankful he swallowed the whole thing without chewing so it wasn't around long for me to drool over. I feel great at this point, my skin has improved and I think I might have shrunk slightly, my underwear seem to fit better. So I'm a very happy camper. Rose is going to Bed bath and beyond after work tonight to bring home a Jack La lane juicer. I need to start planning my juice menu for the 5 days and my shopping list for my upcoming fast! I'm really excited to get it started though I know for sure it is going to challenge my resolve. Another thing is I have yet to do any breathing or meditation....I will tonight! Until my next entry....stay healthy!