Monday, August 20, 2007

Training, Day 3, 70.5 kilo, 8/8/07:

My body is starting to feel everything. Quads are tight, neck is sore, and my triceps, I don’t want to talk about my triceps. I have been training MMA in the mornings and Muay Thai at night. Some rest is needed to help the body adjust. I have been pissing brown for the first time and if I remember correctly that is not a good thing something about dehydration.
The one factor that I was concerned about was my weight. Stories I have heard so far have made it clear that you have to be careful that you are not losing too much water weight and maintaining your protein. Some people have lost something like a kilo a day up to 20 kilos. So far I have only dropped a kilo or so, but we will see what the next couple of weeks bring.

General Thoughts:
As I flip through the channels on the TV here (55 channels) there is an eclectic mix of Thai, Chinese, Korean, and Australian channels. There is one American station. Fox News. This begins to explain to me some of the problems with America’s image abroad. There is nothing wrong with Fox News as long as you don’t have to watch it. However, when that is the only American channel, a news channel no less, presenting a fair and balanced opinion it cant but help to present a skewed image of the country. It would be better there be no American channel at all than only Fox News. The Australian news networks do a fairly good job covering the US news.

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