Feb

5

Too Warm, Too Sleepy

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The day is dragging and it’s pulling me along with it. I am experiencing a lull of energy right at the moment. It’s also not helping that the area around out little cube-farm is too warm. That’s just making me even more sleepy—and I’ve found that sleepy is dangerous.

My typical reaction to when I start dozing off during a time when I should be fully aware of my surroundings (like being at work) is to start eating. And eating. And eating. It’s the ultimate snack attack. I think my body equates munching on food as a method of stay awake. It doesn’t. Getting cooler would help me be more alert, not eating.

Although I know this mentally, when I’m this warm, all willpower seems to evaporate and my hands start reaching for any bit of “food” to put into my mouth. Today has not been very successful in preventing the snacking. If I can make it through the next one and a half hours ’til the end of the day without doing more damage to my food intake, I’ll be doing good.

I think it’s time to take another walk to another section of the building where it’s a bit cooler. Maybe getting a glass of cold water with ice too. I need to put a stop to the munching I’ve been doing.

Jan

19

Back Into The Swing Of Things

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Tonight was good, but tiring. I jumped right back into my full exercise regimen after a week or so hiatus. I had meet some important deadlines at work which, of course, meant that it was an opportune time for me to catch a cold. There was absolutely no way I could take time off from my job, so I had to cut back on something else in order to allow my body to recover. That meant backing off the exercising for a bit.

I feel a bit out of sorts when I don’t work out. I had been part of a rigorous regimen during the months of August, September, and October as I participated in a wellness program called the The Peak Condition Project. Basically, this program is:

“a 90 day plan that gets participants into the best shape of their lives. Using the simplest of materials, adherence to diet, classic kung-fu training techniques, and the power of social networking, PCPers achieve the physiques they’ve always dreamed of, while gaining the knowledge to maintain their success long into the future.”

Although I “graduated” from the program back in October, the things I learned during that time haven’t left. After 90 days it became a part of me and my day-to-day life, like breathing. If I skip a day of exercising, or I don’t eating the properly, or I fail to write a blog entry I feel out of kilter—that something is missing. I don’t like that feeling.

Back to the cold. At first I tried to keep up with my exercise regimen. The first day I managed to complete the whole routine and I ended up really exhausted. The second day I tried cutting back a little, but my body needed more rest that I was giving it. Finally I ended up with jumping rope and ab exercises in the morning for about a half hour. And that’s the way it stayed until tonight. My cold is nearing the end, my deadlines have passed, and I just had far too much energy that needed to be expended.

My exercises are done, I’ve rebalanced my food intake, and I’ve completed my blog entry. There’s only one thing left to do to make it perfect day—get to bed! Sleep is very important for a healthy body and it’s time for me to get my dose of zzzzzz’s.