Study Hell, Part II

Nope.  Haven't done 2 a day chapters.

Didn't make the whole 10 days without alcy, either.

The problem with the studying...  I'm old.  And I never excelled in science or physiology.  And there's a LOT of both.  I am going through each chapter at least twice a day.  Not the same though, huh? 

Also is the problem that, despite outside appearances, OCD, control freak-ism, and general never-say-uncle philosophy, the reality is I'm doing 2 a day 1 hour each bootcamps that kick my ass, I'm working 8 hours a day, I come home, eat, shower and go to bed...  and the weekend is spent going through the chapters and/or watching movies because I'm just too damned tired to shower and leave the house!  LOL

Oh.

And the alcy?

THAT was interesting.

So I went Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday - no alcohol, noooo problem.  Felt good, too...  kind of slept in, in a good way, not a drank-too-much-don't-wake-up kind of way, on Saturday & Sunday, was productive, got to boot camp Monday morning and kept up with the fastest guy in the group (HooAHHH!!), worked all day, went to boot camp in the evening and kept up with and PASSED the fastest guy (and younger than me by more than a decade!! HOOAHHH!!!) in that group...  it was, honestly, pretty great and quite an eye-opener since I tend to think even when I've over-done it that I can just "suck it up" and dig in and still maintain the level I might if I were well rested.

Now I know I've been TOTALLY bullshitting myself.

Tuesday, I and the deputies from work I ride bikes with on the greenway were supposed to ride and then go to Village Grill for dinner and a beer.  Huh-huh.  A beer.  Anyway,  I just hadn't been "feeling" it all day - I was, admittedly, fatigued from the 200 push ups, 200 squats and 20 runs up and down the hill we did on top of killer "Insanity" warm-up at the boot camp sessions I was kicking ass at the day before.  When I pulled in to the lot where we met, I rolled down the window and jokingly suggested, "I have a plan.  IIIII'LL go get a table at Village Grill, ya'll come when you're done!!".  They weren't buying what I was sorta...  well...  actually, selling...  so we got ready for the ride, got helmeted, sun-glassed, etc., mounted up...

And Ronnie says, "So before we get a couple of miles up the road and change our minds, do we really want to do this or do we just want to go drink beer?"

Guess what we did.  (No, no question mark.)

I had 4 Star Hill pumpkin drafts. 

And I felt like undiluted ASS this morning.

And it tore up my stomach.

WTH?!

I'm a professional.  I've been doing this my whole life.

7 days of clean eating, which I already do 6 days a week, combined with no alcohol and suddenly I'm a lightweight??

Holy crap.  ::sigh::

So yes, in conjuction with my renewed determination to continue to plug away at learning all the muscle groups, blood flow and heart rate formulas, ATP and ADP processes, etc., I do have an eye on maybe not drinking.  Possibly at all.

Ok, well maybe on special occasions... 

And maybe one or two on Friday's.... 

But really, that's it.  =D

Because suddenly, in 7 days, my universe has been totally dumped on its head and I'm too damned tired to fight it or prove myself wrong.  ;)