Dateline: Wuxi, China, Tuesday November 6, 2012

559 on the elliptical this morning in my 31 minutes.  Watching Ferris Bueler’s Day Off and what a tribute to spoiled middle class privilege it is.  When I think about kids in Africa doing their homework under the street lights, Ferris Bueler is such an incredible jerk, con man, user.  Ungrateful snotnose.  And the movie treats him as a role model hero.  All adults are stupid, gullible, authoritarian idiots, trying to make sure the kids don’t have any fun and get an education.  School is irrelevant and teaches nothing of interest or value.  Yup.

Dateline: Wuxi, China, Monday November 5, 2012

599 on the elliptical while watching the making of Master and Commander.  Astonishing story, the way they made that movie.  Of course I’m incredibly jealous.  I want to play with those toys, and have those resources at my disposal.  Never going to happen now.

Feeling good this morning.  Did not cheat last night, as per my new resolve.  A few weeks of this and I may actually achieve my goal of a six pack belly.  Worried about my mouth.  My mucosa is very sore under the point where the new temporary cap was put in.  No tooth ache now, but I don’t seem to be healing.  Xiao Feng said it would take a long time to get rid of the fungus they have diagnosed.  If it’s just fungus I’m okay with that, except this is painful.

Dateline: Wuxi, China, Sunday November 4, 2012

Goodly cheater day yesterday.  Peanut butter and banana sandwiches for breakfast.  Turkey sandwiches for lunch. Bike to Starbucks for two venti lattes, then lassagna for dinner at Pizza Hut.  Biked home in wonderful pouring rain and wind. Very wild.  Then took GouGou for a run to the juice stand on campus.  I determined that scotch goes very well in a caramel macchiato.  Later also in a hot chocolate.  Much chocolate consumed.  Much scotch drank.

But I have resolved to be strictly on the program until next cheater day, for the next few weeks. It’s time to stop goofing around with this belly flab and get rid of it.

611 calories on the elliptical this morning in my 31 minutes. Powered by pollution no doubt.

Dateline: Wuxi, China, Friday November 2, 2012

Ruth weighed in at 64.2kg = 141lb 8.6oz unchanged from last week

I weighted in at 93.9 = 207lb 0.25oz

Last week I was 94.2kg = 207lb 10.8oz so again I’m moving in the right direction and down .3kg. which is 10 ounces.  In spite of the cheating.  In spite of eating a banana seconds before my weigh in.  That could have made the difference to a pound instead of just ten ounces.  🙂

578 on the elliptical this morning in 31 minutes.  Watching part 2 of Master and Commander.  The romance of those dudes is wearing off the more I think about it.  They were not heroic.  They were engaged in criminal activities, doing their best to murder other human beings for wealth and power.  Disgusting people, no matter how much I might wish to identify with them.

Dateline: Wuxi, China, Thursday November 1, 2012

558 on the elliptical this morning while watching Master and Commander.  Amazing movie.  Perfect casting.  Great performances.  Now cooling down and making breakfast of brown rice, skinless chicken breast, qing cai, with three cloves of garlic and some Chinese spice.  Should be tasty.

And was.  I made too much this morning, so have some for a snack later.