Good evening Everyone,

I figured I should update everyone with what's going on. 😬

I went and saw a doctor last night at 6:40pm, what's with the younger lady doctor's and blue or purple hair? I guess it's some sort of fad? Not that I have anything at all against any colour hair... It's all good right? Right!

Doctor figures, my main problem is a muscle pull in my lower back, which is putting pressure on my sciatic nerve which is causing all the issues I'm having with the pains in either leg down through my calves and ankles. She prescribed me some muscle relaxer's and told me to take more at night and less during the day. They are 10mg Cyclobenzaprine HCL, I'm supposed to take 1, 3 times per day. So given her instructions, I take 2 at night, and 1 during the day. lol Close enough right?

I slept pretty good last night, but I did wake up quite few times and every time I did, I had a constant knawing pain in my right calve, that I could usually make go away by laying in a fetal position, and only in a fetal position am I okay. I woke up this morning in worse shape than yesterday though, had a hot bath, and laid in the fetal position some more. Went to work, and put the heated blanket on my lower back at near highest temperature setting for 2 hours. During which time the pain in my right leg finally went away, and I was just left with a constant knawing pain in my tailbone/lower back. Maybe it's good that pain is moving more towards my lower back then my legs? I don't know. At that point I decided to get the massive stone chip on my windshield fixed that I received from a passing truck on my way back from Ottawa. Then I went home by 10:30am and laid down. So, I really don't know how well those muscle relaxers work, but on top of the decent sleep i got last night, I pretty much slept from 10:30 am to 4:00pm with no trouble what so ever (as long as I was in a fetal position, which I was and switched from right side to left side every couple of hours or so).

So now for some good news... My brother has decided to work out with us. So, we are now a team of 3. 🥳🥳😆👍🤗

This is great, because he was my workout partner back in the day, and I molded him into a pretty fit guy... But for some reason, neither him or Lynn worked out this week if I wasn't... Cause apparently, I'm their official weight trainer. I don't mind wearing that hat so it's all good. lol 👍

Jason is also fully on keto with us now... He was eating the main meals already with us, but instead of junk food in between, it's all keto, and the same kind of keto snacks that we eat. (Which he was highly successful on in the past as well.).

Anywhoo... As for training, I was uncomfortable most of the time, but I don't think I hurt anything.. So, all good. Even better, all my strength has come back from last week's debacle. I'm about right where I was the week before I got sick, even hitting 8 reps on my bench press.

So how quickly can all three of us get through a workout? Turns out, it helps quicken the pace... There is always one person working out, one person spotting, and one person resting. When one person finishes his workout, we all rotate. This way everything keeps moving, and I do believe we got through the workout just as fast as a normal workout, yet I burned more calories and I had about 106 zone minutes, which is tons for chest and triceps day. (I forgot to start my Fitbit, so no heart rate monitors today.. DOH!)

I'm so proud of Lynn, and she feels pretty darn good about herself. Turns out all this working out has made Lynn quite strong, much to Jason's chagrin. Lynn can lift more weight and for more reps than Jason can on almost all exercises at this early stage. This probably won't last, cause Jason will improve quickly, but I'm just happy for Lynn. Way to go Beautiful! I'm also happy for Jason mind you, for deciding to join us.

So, I just dropped 2 of those muscle relaxers.... I'm really looking forward to the day, I can lay in any position other than the fetal position. I was hopeful that working out would loosen me up, but that doesn't seem to be the case as I stayed tight throughout the whole thing. So, I'll be without cardio for a while yet. But I look forward to the day I can get back at that. My resting Heart rate was 63 yesterday, so it sounds like my heart is getting bored? lol

Oh, the Doctor made a note in my file, thus I can investigate getting a physio therapist... if I need a note from a doctor for full coverage, it's noted on my file, and I can get one. Both Myself and Lynn have pretty could coverage for this as it is. Doctor didn't want to see me side lined to long, or I might lose the good habits I had made and make some bad ones. The last blue haired doctor I saw when I tore my shoulder, had recommended someone, so I think I'll give her a call tomorrow. 👍😎

So that's about it... I got dishes and 16 steaks to vacuum pack. I'm hopeful maybe I can get a whole day in at work tomorrow. My next pay check is going to suck.

Have a great day everyone.. (I'm just happy I got a full work out in today.. and a *kitten* load of sleep.) 😎🤗🤗🤗💗