Today was the kind of day where I had too much to do.
I woke up at 6:30, and started doing work. I had intended to do something athletic, but since I hadn't gotten a chance to try the breakfast at this hotel I decided to sit and enjoy a breakfast instead. I like being at hotels because I can order picky food - for instance I had boiled eggs with smoked salmon this morning. Yum. And rye vita and Boursin. Extra yum. 600 calories of breakfast later I was too full to go to the gym
So I did work, and work, and work.
At about 1pm I had a stressful series of interactions and I started to get wound up. I could have kept working - there was a lot more to do - but I thought it would do me good to take a few minutes away and go to the gym instead. So I snuck out for a bit and found a local gym where I was able to do the following:
And that was my routine - it took an hour and I left feeling energized and revived. I got more work done and felt good about things. It goes to show that when I think I have too much to do to work out maybe sometimes I am just not working well because I *haven't* worked out.
I also ate a very bizarre dinner which was Bolognese on chicken breast. But it was kind of delicious. When I'm away with work I'm trying to cut out most bread/grain so pasta and rice were out. But to be honest it was quite tasty!
And now it's 10:30 and I'm exhausted! So tomorrow is it a run day or a weights day? Only time will tell!!
I woke up at 6:30, and started doing work. I had intended to do something athletic, but since I hadn't gotten a chance to try the breakfast at this hotel I decided to sit and enjoy a breakfast instead. I like being at hotels because I can order picky food - for instance I had boiled eggs with smoked salmon this morning. Yum. And rye vita and Boursin. Extra yum. 600 calories of breakfast later I was too full to go to the gym
So I did work, and work, and work.
At about 1pm I had a stressful series of interactions and I started to get wound up. I could have kept working - there was a lot more to do - but I thought it would do me good to take a few minutes away and go to the gym instead. So I snuck out for a bit and found a local gym where I was able to do the following:
MIND CLEARING CARDIO ROUTINE
Elliptical for 20 minutes on level 7, 5 minutes forward and 5 minutes backwards
Running intervals - 20 seconds at 11 to 13.5 within 1 minute intervals
Rower - 2000 meteres at level 8 as fast as possible (pretty slow - took me 12 minutes)
Stair climber - start at level 4. Increase by 1 level every 20 seconds until you can't bear it anymore.
And that was my routine - it took an hour and I left feeling energized and revived. I got more work done and felt good about things. It goes to show that when I think I have too much to do to work out maybe sometimes I am just not working well because I *haven't* worked out.
I also ate a very bizarre dinner which was Bolognese on chicken breast. But it was kind of delicious. When I'm away with work I'm trying to cut out most bread/grain so pasta and rice were out. But to be honest it was quite tasty!
And now it's 10:30 and I'm exhausted! So tomorrow is it a run day or a weights day? Only time will tell!!
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