Day Fifty-One: "Area and the PCB"

I felt like on Day 51, I was sneaking into Area 51 today, given that I'd decided to have my indulgence and so was entering forbidden territory. No conspiracy theories here, however.

51 is also the jersey number of my current favourite baseball player. Growing up, 24 was my favourite (he was probably the favourite of my generation and the best pure player), then 11, then 51 took the torch. He, too, is clearly a perfectionist like me--more than me.  I quote him here:
http://thepeakconditionproject-george.blogspot.com/2011/01/day-two-tools-of-trade.html

I went to bed just before 11pm last night and closed the curtains, turned off my phone, and slept until 9am. I awoke to a headache. After breakfast and my morning snack, I napped another hour or so. Headache still there. It was time to go have my indulgence.

It's strange, until yesterday I didn't feel at all like I needed one. I felt alert and good and thought there really wasn't all that much that I wanted to eat. I even felt like that this morning, but when I sat down to my food, boy did I find I needed it! Maybe it was me still feeling a bit down about my results yesterday. My girlfriend very kindly treated me to my late lunch. We went to a burger joint in Ningyocho called Brozers (pronounced Brothers).

The inside of the place features posters of various films involving brothers.
This one quite funny given all the rage at the moment.

And so...my indulgence: the PCB (Peak Condition Burger)

If my last indulgence was a disappointment, and it was, this one was a 9 out of 10. I am not going to lie, it was awesome. The pickle? Inedible. I had one bite. Too salty. The fries? I had 4. Again, too salty. The onion rings? Not bad, but too oily. There were only two. I ate both. Cheeseburger? Total win. Brozers was a great choice if I went for a burger because most of the other gourmet burger joints in town feature gigantic monstrosities and tons of sauce. The Brozers burger is actually pretty small, and the BBQ sauce on it is very light. I also asked for no mayo. So a bit of black pepper and just a tiny bit of BBQ sauce on a lean patty. I cut my burger in half before eating it as I wasn't sure if I'd eat the whole thing, but I devoured it all in about 3 minutes. I had half a diet Coke, which was underwhelming to say the least, and a couple of sips of my girlfriend's chocolate shake just to round it off. That was good, but light on flavour, and one of those things where you ask yourself, "Did I really miss that?"

In summary: Brozers cheeseburger was great. Fries, pickles, onion rings, Coke, milk shake, could totally do without. When I finished, I realized just how much I needed that little pick me up. I walked out into the afternoon sun with a smile and feeling better. Strangely, I didn't even get a food coma this time. Went home, had a productive couple of hours of cleaning my house, then went and cranked out the workouts. Back on the PCP food for my snacks and dinner and feeling a whole lot better about things.

As the sun set, I stood on my living room balcony and reflected on the weekend's events. Silver bullet got the werewolf. Glad I held out for it, grateful for the reward, and feeling better about the way things are. It also helped to see all the comments of encouragement and support from my fellow PCPers and Patrick about yesterday. Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! Hope you had a great weekend!