Feb 15 2012: Down by the Riverside

Up at 4am today (4:04 to be precise), great session in the gym and then a minor brain fart that caused me to get off the bus at the other end of Perth and walk a few kms to the office. Very pleasant walk along the river.

Food:

Breakfast: 1 slice dry toast with vegemite (pre-gym) 2 multigrain weetbix with skim milk

Mid-morning: A banana

Lunch: Salad bowl (tuna, cheese, egg, lettuce, tomato, beetroot, cucumber, asparagus, carrot)

Mid-afternoon: A banana, 1 white choc TimTam (thought about it first, and did it anyway – oops)

Dinner: Pasta – sauce made from turkey mince, tomato and pumpkin.

Drink:

Plain, filtered water: 3800ml

1 orange juice (200ml approx)

1 long macchiato – no sugar

1 glass of milk

Activity:

Gym (details below)

2.8km walk from bus stop to office

Down stairs level 8 to ground x 3

Up stairs level 1 to level 8 x 2

Step count: 11,749

Gym:

5 minute warm up on bike – 1.667km

500m row – 2m 22s

10 fitball squats, 10 push-ups

500m row – 2m 28s

10 fitball squats, 10 push-ups

500m row – 2m 24s

10 fitball squats, 10 push-ups

500m row – 2m 28s

stretching

Physical, Mood etc.:

**Morning – **Woke up at 4:04 and straight up and into it!

**Lunch – **Some slight aches and twinges from this morning. Excellent mood and frame of mind.

**Night – **Alert and upbeat.

Notes:

Felt my stomach muscles kicking in with the rowing today – quite possibly for the first time. Pushed myself each time to get under the 2:30 mark. Well knackered at the end of it all – amazingly quick recovery though! A great session.

30 minute meditation on the bus works wonders. Start the working day with the system fully booted up and running and a relatively calm and still mind. Perfect.