Even though I work out in the morning the energy carries me through the day. It seems as if I have too much energy?!!!!!! I was so hyper last night I could hardly sleep. Well sore also but more just hyper. I actually considered going for a run last night then I decided to just try and relax. Earl gave me an idea in his post about supplements. I think I might try some melatoinin and drink a little camomile herbal tea before bed to see if I can wind myself down. Last night I went to bed after 24 so around 10:30pm.. best show on TV by the way.. anyway.. I was WIDE awake by 2am. Laid in bed for an hour. Up again at 3am.. laid back down again and stayed awake. Finally got up at 4:30am. Skipped my workout this morning since I didn't sleep much but I'll probably do some light cardio around 7pm to see if that helps at all. Anyone else have this issue?

Thanks Stayce, Well I just ordered the Polar M32, this mornin. I was talking to guy at the gym yesterday and he also recommended the Polar HRM. So I figured that the M32 had the best features at a reasonable price. I am so much into working out and loosing now a days I figure its a good investment. Thanks again and keep up the great work! Tom

What are you guys and gals mixing up/eating pre and post workout these days? My base is always Whey protein, 4oz skim milk, a few ice cubes. Right now I have in the house isopure, 100% whey, and assorted flavors of protein delites. Occasionally I add in some frozen berries to it or if out of berries a half of banana. Pre-Op I also added in some sort of EFA source as well - Udo's blended oil, flax meal or oil since I NEVER eat fish. I just do not like any seafood. I know.. I'm weird. Should I go back to that to round out my diet you think? Supplement Considerations.... I'm thinking about adding back in powdered spirullina and chlorella into my shakes. It is hard to decide though if it is worth it. Will I malabsorb? Who knows? Do we malabsorb less as we get further out? Seems like it. Is almost 10 months far enough out? I know I can certainly tolerate more foods. I just had something like 50grams of fruit sugar in one of those Naked Green Machine drinks and I didn't dump this afternoon. The spirullina and chlorella in that drink is very minimal and really doesn't do enough. Plus I don't make it a habit of taking in that much fruit sugar at a time usually. Even though I don't dump it still can make my tummy a little upset. What about also adding in the ten grams or so of L-glutamine. I think that is the dosage? Wonder if it will upset my tummy at all. I guess I won't know until I try.

The straps are really stretchy so you should be ok. If you want a no fuss basic heart rate monitor for relatively cheap check out the POLAR A1 model. That is your bare bones basics. If you want something that has calorie output and more bells and whistles look at the other POLAR heart rate monitors. I use the M32 and have had it for a few years. I've used three other POLARs in the past. The newer F series is here: http://www.polarusa.com/products/fseries/f11.asp?cat=consumer Just go to that website and read up on them. Congrats on the decision to exercise with a heart rate monitor. I think it makes a huge difference for me and is just an all around great tool to help with your exercise program.

Way to go Stayce!!!