Lazy weekend

I felt a little tired on Saturday and had a slight headache. We didn't do much other than lay around all day and watch the ever changing clouds of the Panama sky. In the afternoon John and I went down to the hotel gym and rode the stationary bikes for about half an hour. I felt listless but my headache went away for a little while.  John went to the pool and swam and I watched. If someone has a hard time walking or is in a wheel chair, getting to the pool will be a challenge here at the Alba de Torres Hotel, but the pool is clean and well maintained.

It hasn't rained much since we've been here, but on Sunday I woke up to overcast skies. I went down to the gym and worked out on the treadmill, bike, and elliptical trainer doing five minute sessions on each for two circuits. Then I worked out my upper body with five pound weights. When I was done the rain had begun. Back in the room I watched the lightening show and made breakfast. It rained all day and John and I were content to just watch and relax. We watched Phil Mickleson win the Tour Championship and Tiger Woods win the FedEx Cup. Then we watched American football with Spanish announcers. Around six in the evening the rain let up and we walked down to the little store in the hotel building and puchased water, bananas and batteries for the camera. We crossed the street to the Pomodoro Cafe and John ordered a pizza to go. Back in the room John had pizza and I had cold chicken. The pizza smelled good, but not on my diet.

When I went on the diet I made up my mind that I would give it a year to see if I was getting results. I miss pizza and chocolate chip cookies and tomatoes but the diet isn't near as bad as the needles. The MS diet is basically no gluten, no dairy, and I cannot consume tomatoes, sugar or legumes of any kind and limited red meat. I subsist on fruit, vegetables, rice, chicken and fish. Lucky I live Hawaii. Panama has pretty good fish from what I've experienced so far, but I have lived on or near the ocean my whole life, and there is nothing like the fish we get in Hawaii. I was in Hawaii for twenty years before I tried to eat sashimi. Now it's one of my favorite things.

John and I watched the Colts beat up the Cardinals on Sunday night football then went to bed. They broadcast the Sunday night game with English announcer. Why they use Spanish announcers on some games and English announcers on others is beyond me. I hope the game tomorrow is in English.