Kaizen Day 23, May 2 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 23 of that routine



Whenever I plan to go to the city I set my alarm to go off at 4 AM. I will always wake up by myself around 3:57 AM, the alarm will almost never go off while I am still sleeping. Today I woke up at 3:45 AM. I decided to get up...what is the point trying to get another 15 minutes of sleep in

I made myself a cold brew coffee the night before and I drank this between 4 and 4:30 AM

I left the house at 4:30 AM, walked to the train station, this took 40 minutes. I caught the 5:20 train, I read about 30 pages of the book Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen . The train arrived at  Newark at 5:55 or so, got on the PATH train and arrived at the World Trade Center station around 6:20. I then walked to the New York Sports Club gym on Broad street and did push-ups, shoulders and triceps as part of my workout. I also did 21 minutes of cardio which burned a total of 240 calories


Arrived at  the office a little before 8 AM

Had yogurt with fruit for breakfast

For lunch I had a rice/bowl from Chipotle

Left work at 4:30 PM, got to Princeton at 6:10. Read about 30 pages of the book Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen on the train. My wife picked me up, so I didn't walk home today

For dinner we had the same as last night: lentil soup


Total steps:  20,664
Total floors: 24
Total distance: 9.2

Kaizen Day 22, May 1 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 22 of that routine

I woke up at 5, had my coffee and then rode my bike to the gym. I did a back, bicep and leg workout and the rode my back back home. I was back home by 7:30 AM

I worked from home and did a fair amount of coding and troubleshooting

For breakfast I had a couple of eggs and some bread

For lunch I had some cheese and some fruit

For dinner I had lentil soup with spinach and oatmeal bread, I also had 2 peanut butter cups for dessert

I watched the epsisode Golden Frog Time from the Showtime show Billions. This was the best episode so far. If you are not watching this show I highly recommend it. The stars of the show are Paul Giamatti from Sideways and Damian Lewis from Homeland

Fun fact,  one of the writes of this show is an old acquaintance of mine David Levien, I once went to Webster Hall with him and some friends. It was psychedelic thursdays and we were on the upper floor listening to the Cult....

Total steps:  11,493
Total floors: 14
Total distance: 5.1

Kaizen Day 21, Apr 30 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 21 of that routine

Got out of bed ad 5:10 AM today..had my coffee and listened to some podcasts. Left the house around 6:20 AM and ran for about 40 minutes.


My oldest son made a raisin cinnamon bread the night before and today he used that bread to make french toast for everyone.

While the wife and kids went to church I walked around Princeton and listen to the London Real podcast with Crazy Legs

Richard Colón, better known by his stage name Crazy Legs, is an American b-boy from the Bronx New York City, USA. He featured in the earliest stories on hip hop dancing to appear in mainstream press, and as president of the Rock Steady Crew brought the form to London and Paris in 1983.

This brought back a whole bunch of memories from when I was a teenager. I remember watching the movie Beat Street and Breakin' and liking them. Back in the early 80s I could pull off some of those breakdancing moves like the worm.

Here is a pic I snapped near the golf course in Princeton right across the Wawa and the Princeton NJ Transit train station  

Near the golf course, close to Princeton University

For lunch I took some leftover string beans and cherry tomatoes salad, added chickpeas and chunks of Parmigiano Reggiano to it and shared it with my kids


For dinner we had a variant of chicken cacciatore, we substituted mushrooms for green beans because not all the kids like mushrooms

I had half a cookie for dessert as well as some blueberries and a kiwi


Total steps:  20,681
Total floors: 4
Total distance: 9.8 miles

Kaizen Day 19/20, Apr 28/29 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 19/20 of that routine

April 28

I worked from home today, mostly because we had a bunch of meetings, it doesn't make sense to go into the office just to dial into meetings

I woke up at 5, had my coffee and then rode my bike to the gym. I did a back, bicep and leg workout and then rode my back back home. I was back home by 7:40 AM

Had some eggs for breakfast, and I had a sandwich for lunch


For dinner we had pasta with kale, bacon and fontina cheese, we also had a side of salad

I had some ice cream for dinner

Total steps:  11,930
Total floors: 21
Total distance: 5.3 miles



April 29

I woke up at 5 because of a huge thunderstorm, had my coffee and then rode my bike to the gym at 6:20. I did a chest, shoulder and tricep workout and then rode my back back home. I was back home by 8:30 AM

Had some leftover pancakes for breakfast

Took a walk to the bookstore with my oldest son while the two younger kids had their tennis lesson

Had a little pasta with broccoli for lunch


For dinner we had burgers on the grill with a side salad that had string beans and cherry tomatoes in it

salad with string beans and cherry tomatoes

Total steps:  21,538
Total floors: 18
Total distance: 9.5 miles