Not much to say today, really. Maintenance is fairly boring to read, after all. I was 168.4 today, which is right within my range and excellent again, hanging right out in the middle of it. I had chile verde from a local Mexican restaurant for dinner while my family had pizza and it was delicious!

I actually scarfed the toppings off one slice of it, just to quell a craving and see if it tasted as good as it smelled. And you know what? It was rubbery and greasy and awful! The crust is what makes those pizzas good, and even then they aren't nearly so good in my mouth as my head says they are. I have quelled pretty much any desire for a bite in the near future, because it was gross and unsatisfying. Certainly not worth the calories. The pork and tomatillo cup was awesome, the chicken garlic pizza toppings, kind of ick.

I actually made my eating window bigger yesterday, instead of smaller. I ended up having a very hungry day and breaking fast at noon rather than 2-3 pm. The shorter the window the better I like it, I am discovering, but I also wasn't going to ignore genuine hunger cues! I ended up having a hardboiled egg, nuts, and a steak Caesar salad, which tided me over for dinner. Today I'll be aiming for the same - mid-afternoon for breaking the fast.

The workout yesterday was a nice break, MORE Chair. I really focused on activating my lats and lifting my ribs and I could definitely feel the burn throughout my core from the work on Wednesday! Today's workout is the Total Workout again, and I will be doing the instructional #2 for it. Then next week I will try the beginner rehab level of it (one level up) for the first time. It combines the basic workout as a warmup and then commences the total workout, so it is one of the longest TTap routines at about an hour in length. Very rigorous, but I think I am up for it after my rest days on the weekends. Hopefully today's will go ever smoother as I have been gaining strength and neuro-kinetic connections.

Finally, on the piano front, I hav temporarily shelved learning new bible songs for the kids to focus back on rehabbing my previously-learned classical pieces. If I have extra practice time in the afternoons or evenings I will pick the kids stuff back up, but since my repertoire of classical stuff are commonly played pieces they are going to be used to give Shirley, the new piano teacher I am hiring, an idea of where I am starting out and what my weaknesses are. I have about two weeks to get stuff back into shape and perhaps finish the g minor minuet I began and shelved in favor of scale work about six months ago. My first lesson with her is on May 5th and will commence with hour lessons weekly, each Saturday morning. Peter will watch the kids upstairs while I'm playing downstairs and it should work out well.

I think that is about the size of things here! No weight issues, good progress and calorie control with intermittent fasting on my P3 diet, finally some direction on the piano front, TTap still hurts but in a good way. Can't complain ;)