In my previous post, I presented a plan that I hoped to follow that I hoped would be conducive to me getting things done, including fitness. To recap:
- Up at 7:30 to read the news for a half hour and look at stocks (I started to get more into actively managing my money last year).
- 8:00, look at the project management software and plan the work I need to get done for the day.
- 8:30, any tracking (fitness/food/etc.) updates.
- 8:45, spend 15 minutes cleaning the house, hitting some high-priority target (like, my desk one day, or the kitchen stove, or doing laundry another day), since that’s also been a mental block for me lately.
- 9:00, 15–30 minutes on the rowing machine, likely closer to 20.
- 9:30, start work.
- 3:00, ≈1-hour break to do weights (3x/week) or cardio (3–4x/week; meaning the elliptical or walking).
- ≈4:00, back to work.
- 5:30, start dinner (unless it’s a more involved dish that requires more time, but hopefully I’ll plan those for weekends).
- 9:00, core exercises for ≈15 minutes.
- ≈10:00, prepare for bed.
- 10:30, be in bed.
How’d I do with that? I’d like a do-over. I have spent the last week doing what I’ve been doing the last three weeks: Deeply embedded within an ancillary task for work that is not on my Gantt chart for what I should be doing, though if it’s successful, it could reduce the amount of time I spend on half of my work tasks for the next several years by probably at least 30%. So, even though I recognize it is both putting me behind in the near-term and giving me a headache, I think it’s worth it.
So, I have done zero exercise this week. That said, it’s the first week since October when I hit my protein goal, and first week since late June 2021 that I met all my calorie/macro goals. And, my weight dropped by an average week to average week by 1.9 lbs. And, my body fat dropped by 1.0%.
So … baby steps?
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