Stayed up and did some work last night. When I say “stayed up”, I mean 11:30 rather than the 3 or 4am that would have once meant. Slept right through until 4:15 this morning with no obvious sign of having a restless night (i.e. didn’t wake up at 1am or 3am as before). Got out of bed straight away, shoulders stiff and sore.
Food:
Breakfast: 1 cup of cereal (Just Right), skim milk (pre walk) 2 slices of toast with vegemite and extra light Bega cheese
Mid-morning: 1 piece of toast, orange marmalade
Lunch: Cold skinless chicken, sweetcorn (off the cob), pumpkin sliced and lightly fried.
Mid-afternoon: Bad bad bad Gary. Tempted by the delights of a few hard-boiled sweets. Decided it’s best to see this as a reward for being so good all week 🙂
Dinner: Hungry Jacks takeaway – Tender Crisp Asian Salad.
Drink:
Plain, filtered water: 2400ml
1 small glass orange juice
1 can Coke zero
1 glass milk
Activity:
Usual walk with dog, completed in 16m 31s (a sign of a general recovery in progress)
Pre-walk I’ve started doing a few light warm-up exercises. These include a few push-ups, which were hard going as my shoulders complained at every attempt to move them.
Been at my home desk a lot today, been making an effort to get up and walk around regularly. If nothing else to stop the muscles from locking up!
Physical, Mood etc.:
Physically the soreness is there – still nothing unexpected, and a sign that things are happening.
Mentally 100% – possibly a small dip in spirits yesterday afternoon (on reflection) however I definitely woke up with attitude meter back to 100%
Ending the day on a high – looking forward to doing it all again from 4am tomorrow…
Notes:
No sign of the “cold” – no sneezing, no sweating… it was just the body trying to force itself back to the old way of doing things 🙂
Kian wanted “chippies” for lunch, I was quite pleased with the alternative version using pumpkin. Not sure Kian was entirely convinced though lol
This is looking and sounding great Gary, it makes it so much easier to help you along when I can read what is going on internally. Sharing it on a blog is a fantastic way to share it with the world, keep yourself accountable and allow for any assistance that might be available to show itself!
Happy Sunday 🙂
Absolutely – and taking time to put it all into words has a number of direct benefits; it makes me think about things when I’m about to do something, eat something or make some decision or other. It gives me a chance to analyse what’s going on and helps me to fully understand the process (instead of the usual process of blindly following a routine, then one day wondering how and why I stopped doing it).
Aiming for something so audacious and in the public eye certainly helps sharpen the focus lol. It’s also invaluable to get the feedback and comments from you – in many ways the Internet makes it easier to have more direct contact with and input from a personal trainer. Makes working “remotely” highly practical provided the initial motivation and drive is there.