DAY 4 OF 4

WORKOUT: 50 minutes Stairmaster
                      50 minutes spin class
Weight:           282 
                      Lost 4.5 lbs since yesterday I would say that is due in a big way to water weight and the      
                      fact that I had a bit of stomach distress during the spin workout

     Got in the gym to do a workout today. Started with 15 minutes of Stairmaster. Then it was 50 minutes of spin class at the LVAC. Mary's 6pm class. This class is mostly a series of shorter intervals so it is a pretty good workout in a short time frame. She likes to say that we ride about 20 miles during her class. Can't quite believe that since  I can't do that on my own bike on the indoor trainer if I set it to the lowest resistance. But I would say it is good for about 15 miles. Followed up the spin class with another 35 minutes on the stair master. Took it a bit easier this time because I had an intestinal issue while riding in the spin class so I felt a little weaker than I normally would after the spin class. All in all a pretty decent workout.

127 HOURS

     Went to see this movie today. I would highly recommend it to all. It is sort of like the movie "Castway" with Tom Hanks. Basically a one person movie with flashbacks to prior events in his life as he tries to survive 5 days trapped by a rock in the Canyonlands of Utah/Arizona. True story (though I am sure it is dramatized a bit). Well told, Well shot & directed. James Franco was pretty good as the star of the movie.

BIGGEST LOSER

     I am not one that normally goes in for the "reality" genre of television shows but I have to admit that for the last few years I have been a bit of a Biggest Loser junkie. Maybe its because I am a big guy who needs to lose weight or maybe because in the past I have lost 90+ lbs only to gain it back. I don't know why for sure but I truly feel proud of some of the folks on this show and I find myself rooting for them. Not just to win but to lose the weight and be successful in the future lives. It is amazing what they achieve in a relatively short period of time "on the ranch". One guy last year lost 260 lbs in about 6 months. No surgery. Just hard  work and a good diet. The guy weighed 525 pounds when it started. I watch this show and I feel guilty about the excuses that I make when I don't go to the gym or ride the bike so it helps motivate me a little to get back on track wit h my own workouts.

WEIRD DREAM

      I don't normally remember my dreams after I wake up but today I had a strange one. In the dream I was in an organized wrestling match. Normally these are one-on-one but in this case I was wrestling two opponents. Not at the same time but sort of a round robin kind of thing. The thing was that in the other match one guy had definitely won the match and the referee had denied him the victory to everyone' astonishment. Nest to the wrestling mat there was a young women who was yelling at the referee about the mistake he had made but he wouldn't change his decision. That's about where it ended but it was just strange to me. I wrestled in high school but had rarely though about it since then so I am not sure where this came from. Hmm.