TGIF. I'm wasted. Ran my 2 miles this morning. That seems to be all I can manage at the moment. I'm getting it done in 19 minutes so I'm pleased with that. Diet is going fine. No sugar is good. Eating lots of veggies and organic protein. Craving fruits a lot. I eat blueberries and apples. I'm hungry a lot but not restricting calories as I'm training pretty hard and need my immune system to keep working. I'm not losing weight but not gaining either. That's just fine. I'll cut weight later. The weather has been ultra-hot so I'm drinking a lot of water. I just went to GNC to look for a recovery product. Came home with some Glutamine, Fish-oil, B-complex, and pycnogenol which is supposed to help with recovery. As an older person, recovery is not as fast and supplementing seems to be a good thing. I have never been an advocate of supplements but then again, I was 20 or 30. 40 is a whole new animal. I'm hoping this stuff will help me train more without long recovery or the risk of overtraining. Overtraining is a beast and it gets me every time. I think it was Loren Cordaine who said, "You cannot out-train a bad diet." So true. If you do not feed your cells, your cells will rebel against you. My highest priority is immunity so keeping my cells healthy means eating a lot of healthy foods and drinking tons of water. The no sugar thing is not easy as it is in everything, but I have no problem passing up cakes, muffins, or candy. My nemeses are Peanut Butter and ice cream. However, I've chosen to give up dairy as well which makes ice cream a double whammy. At least I can have Peanut Butter in small doses and it does have some nutritional value. I haven't had alcohol since July of 2011. I gave up coffee but I have returned. I have eliminated the dairy and I can only have it once or twice a week. That way, its not a crutch and won't disguise early signs of overtraining. I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend with the girls and Marek. This will be the first one since school got out that we don't have soccer, family obligations, holiday plans, vacation plans, dinner plans, or birthday parties. Yay Robinsons!