Day 48

Weight 268lbs

Today was my free day, but with my competition over half way over I have decided to make my free days a little more clean. Not only do I plan to eat a little cleaner but I plan to go to the gym and do something a little more fun then the stair mill.

Today I went to the gym with Jon and got a lesson in climbing. It wasn't pretty but it was fun. First he belayed me on a pretty easy wall. I went up the wall pretty fast, at least I thought it was fast. Once I got to the top I was a little nervous about leaning back and repelling down. It wasn't that I didn't trust Jon its just that Jon weighs about 180lbs and I weight 268. Once I leaned back it was no problem hopping down. Next he wanted to show me the auto belayers which are hydraulic lines that can allow climbers from 100lbs to 350lbs to climb with out a spotter. The first one I went up was pretty tough I made it up about 1/4 of the way relaying on my upper body way too much. I tried to make jump to reach a hold and couldn't hold on and dropped back down to the floor. It is was a pretty weird feeling. I tried another wall that was a little bit easier this time I made it up a little over half way with the same result but I can tell that this will type of workout will definitely help me. I was going to go up again and got in line for a different route on an auto belayer there was one kid on the wall and 3 in line in front of me. The kid on the wall made it to the top and came down i looked the other way for one second and another kid jumped in front of me in line. I wasn't going to say anything because its not the kids fault, his parent should have told him to get in the back of the line. I turned around again for a second and there was another kid in front of me so I just gave up.
So Jon and I decided to swim a couple of laps. We raced a 4 times Jon beat me once. It's good to know that I am faster then him at something.
After we went to whole foods to find a grain that is similar to rice. The cool thing about this grain is that is supposedly better for you then brown rice, apparently vegetarians eat alot of it because it is high in protein 24gm per cup. I also picked up a vegetarian chili mix they sold in bulk that had about 32gm of protein per cup about 400 calories. I had the chili for dinner tonight. It was pretty good I could taste vegetables in it, but there was also something in it that tasted like chicken. I don't know if it was chopped up beans or what.