Keto, 5x5, Upcoming party on Saturday

I got into a snit with my wife this morning. It turns out she was invited to a birthday party/house warming from a work colleague sometime recently and just informed me this morning. First off, I was kind of annoyed because I wanted us to spend some time together on Saturday and secondly I was annoyed because when she said "You're invited too!" it didn't really make me happy.

The reason for this, should be obvious - Parties usually contain food and beverages that someone trying to lose weight really shouldn't be consuming.

Anyway, I'm going. I just need to buckle down now and work out a plan to survive 3-4 hours of this party on Saturday night without being miserable and putting everyone out. I'll think of something.

On a positive front, I was browsing the /r/keto subreddit today and came across a post by a guy following something mysteriously called "5x5". After a little bit of investigation, it looks like a relatively simply weight training regime focused on building strength (and through strength, fitness).

If people are interested, you can read more about it here: StrongLifts 5x5. I already am fairly familiar with these exercises (I was doing most of them fairly regularly a while back when I was healthier) but I wasn't following a specific plan.

Since I already have a membership to a gym by my house, I think I will start going there in the morning and following this plan. The gym opens at 5:30 am supposedly, so I should be able to make it by 6 or 7 at the latest. The workout should take about 45 minutes, which then gives me an hour or so to shower and walk to work. Luckily all of this (home, gym, work) takes place within a small 5 block radius. One of the nice benefits of living in the city.

So wrapping it all up, these are the things I need to do right away:

• Bring some food/drinks to this house warming party that will allow me to avoid stuff I shouldn't have.
• Get a diary of some sort to track my 5x5 weight training progress.
• Buy some clothes to workout in (none of my old workout clothes fit my current fat ass).
• Shop on Saturday, do meal prep on Sunday for next week's keto diet.

Somewhere in here I also need to find some time to continue practicing my moon language skills.

Ganbatte ne!