Feeling Better Today

Overall, I feel much better today.  My neck is at about 95% and my left calf is just slightly tender.  I opted for long walks Saturday and Sunday instead of my scheduled training to stretch out my calf, get a little exercise, be outdoors, and spend time with Jack rather than punishing my calf when it was still pretty painful.  This morning I did my scheduled swim workout.  All in all, I feel pretty good.

Jack and I leave for Germany tomorrow and will be gone for almost two weeks.  I am sure we will have a gym at the hotel, so we will get some workouts in, though I know we will end up missing a few days, particularly on travel days.  We will be in Nuremberg until Monday, attending the Toy Fair, then we will go to Belgium for a couple of days.  On Wednesday morning of next week we will drop Jonathan off at the Frankfurt airport, then Jack and I will have a couple of days just to vacation.  We plan on going on a little road trip and just letting the highway take us where it wants to take us.  We are both looking forward to it.

I haven't blogged about Grain Brain lately, but I am still re-reading it.  I become more convinced every day that the most important thing we can do with our diets is manage our blood sugar levels; which is effectively done by eating no wheat, very few sweet things, and plenty of healthy fats.  I've been doing some research about cholesterol and its impact on heart disease and it seems that there are more and more studies supporting Perlmutter's claim that elevated LDLs are not the cause of hardening of the arteries.  Hardening of the arteries occurs in high blood sugar environments, which causes LDLs and other proteins to become glycated, which is what causes the problems.  It certainly makes one think about food a little differently.

I have to run.  Work calls.  Have a great day.