Today I woke up around 5:30, I had my cold brew coffee, I then went for a run around 6:15. I ran for about 25 minutes or so. Got back to the house at 6:45, cooled off, took a shower and then went downstairs to make myself some breakfast
As you can see I had 3 eggs, some salad and also a couple of cornichons
After breakfast I walked the 2.2 miles to the train station to catch the van going to the office in New Jersey. I had a sandwich at work (roasted turkey) and also an apple and an orange
Since it is Good Friday, I left a little earlier today from work today, I caught the early van going back to the train station at 4:40. I then proceeded by walking the 2.2 miles home.
At home the kids wanted pizza, so we ordered some Pizza from Nomads in Princeton. As a side I made sauteed Kale with garlic
Had a clementine and a kiwi for dessert
Total steps for the day: 20.2K
Total floors climbed for the day: 4
Total distance for the day 9.9 miles
Decided to take a workout break. Worked from home, a sandwich for lunch and pasta fagioli with Swiss Chard and String beans for dinner. Had some cashews as well as a kiwi and a couple of clementines
April 13th
Back to NYC today..that means getting up at 4 AM, walking to the tran station for 40 minutes catching the 5:20 train, then transferring to the 5:55 path to World Trade Center. I read about 30 pages of the book When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi while on the NJ Transit train, I also listened to some podcasts while on the PATH train and while walking.
Stepped off the train, got out of the station and was greeted with a beautiful morning. Had to snap this picture and post it
I then walked to the New York Sports Club gym on Broad street and did chest, shoulders and triceps as part of my workout. I also did 24 minutes of cardio which burned a total of 275 calories
After the gym I went to the office. I brought my breakfast and lunch from home today. For breakfast I had yogurt with kiwi, banana, clementine and some almonds
By 8 AM I did 12,000 steps and 15 floors
For lunch I brought a sandwich with Gouda cheese, cherry tomatoes and spring mix salad
Did the reverse commute around 5 PM, arrived home at 7 PM. My wife make pasta with turkey meatballs, tomatoes and peas for us. After dinner I had a clementine and a kiwi
Total steps for the day: 24K
Floors climbed today: 19
Distance: 11 miles
Today I got up at 3:57 AM, whenever I go to NYC which is normally on Tuesday or Thursday, I set my alarm at 4 AM. I will wake up before the alarm goes off most of the time, this was true today as well
Coffee...
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 When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi . 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 back and biceps as part of my workout. I also did 21 minutes of cardio which burned a total of 250 calories
After the gym I went to the office. I brought my breakfast and lunch from home today. For breakfast I had yogurt with fresh strawberries and a clementine
At lunch time I had dinner left overs from the night before, pasta with farm raised ground beef and cauliflower
Going home I did the exact opposite from the morning (makes sense ..how else would I end up home?)
My wife made pasta fagioli with swiss chard, I had that for dinner. As dessert I had 1 clementine and 1 kiwi
Here are also the steps and floors for today, a little over 25 K steps and I climbed 17 floors... not bad
You are probably thinking what I do while doing all this walking... the answer is simple..I listen to podcasts. Some of the podcasts I listen to at 2X speed, this is always true for the Joe Rogan podcast
Here is what I listened to today
Started yesterday and finished today
Joe Rogan
#943. Moshe Kasher is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor. His new show “Problematic” premieres on...
I started the day by getting up at 5:30. The night before I
made a cold brew coffee, I added some half and half to this coffee and finished
in about 25 minutes or so.
I ran for about 30 minutes and was back home around 6:45 AM. The run itself was pretty easy, I didn't go too fast probably 9 miles per hour or so.
After I cooled off a little, I took a quick shower. After the shower I made
myself breakfast. Three eggs scrambled in coconut oil, a side of micro arugula
and some cherry tomatoes. After breakfast I had two clementines.
I walked to the Princeton Junction train station for 40
minutes to hope on the van which takes me to work. I can take the bus from my
home as well but it takes the same time more or less. I would have to walk to
the other direction, wait on the bus and then the b us ride would be about 15
minutes or so, and then I would wait at the station for 15 minutes. I hardly
ever take the bus, only when it rains really hard or is extremely warm (90
degrees and more)
I basically had another coffee at work as well as a green
tea. No food but had lots of water
I left work at 5, hopped on the van back to the train station, and walked back home for 40 minutes
Dinner tonight was the following
What you can see in that picture is pasta with farm raised ground beef and cauliflower.
I had 2 clementines for dessert
Here is a pic of my steps for the day, it is a little more
than that but I don’t always carry my phone with me
I turned 47 this weekend and decided I should try to improve
my life, after all I am getting older and want to be around when my kids grow
up. I gained a little weight in the last 10 years, probably between 10 and 15
pounds or so. The best way for me to tackle this weight gain would be to use
several small changes. Think of it as Kaizen, if you don’t know what Kaizen is,
here is a small definition and the link to Wikipedia.
Kaizen (改善?), is Japanese word for "continuous improvement ". In business, kaizen refers to activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers. It also applies to processes, such as purchasing and logistics, that cross organizational boundaries into the supply chain.[1] It has been applied in healthcare,[2]psychotherapy,[3]life-coaching, government, banking, and other industries.
By improving standardized programmes and processes, kaizen aims to eliminate waste (see lean manufacturing). Kaizen was first practiced in Japanese businesses after the Second World War, influenced in part by American business and quality-management teachers, and most notably as part of The Toyota Way. It has since spread throughout the world[4] and has been applied to environments outside of business and productivity.
The first thing I will do is document all the stuff I eat, I
am doing this because if I eat any crap, I will need to document that, so it
will force me to really think if I should have that bag of chips or handful of
M&Ms today
I will also increase the times I do aerobic exercises
I will not skip my workout days (sometimes it is not my
fault, NJ Transit does not always run on time you know) But if I skip a day, I
should make it up on a non-workout day
Finally, I should start working on my flexibility, I should work
on becoming more flexible, I got kind of stiff over the years
That is all for this post... the first daily post will go out tonight
If you play Fantasy Premier League soccer/football, then you must get the Better FPL chrome extension.
Better FPL provides you with a set of options to improve your experience on fantasy.premierleague.com. Features such as upcoming fixtures with difficulty, expanded league view and options to disable things such as the confirmation dialog, that interrupts when you want to make a transfer, to name a few.
Here is what the team looks like without the extension
Here is what the team looks like with the extension
Now under each player you will see 5 colored boxes, these represent the difficulty for the next 5 games. Now you can better judge who to leave on the bench and who to field.
And here is what the standing look like without the extension
Adding the extension gives you a lot more, you get live points in the GW(L) columns, you can also see the captain and if that player has played any chips like bench boost, all out attack or triple captain. You can also see the transfer cost, transfers this week and how much money the person has in the bank
This is the second PASS Summit I am attending. I will be in Seattle for 5 days. The first day has been a long day for me. I got up at 3:30 AM even though my alarm was set to go off at 3:55 AM. A car picked me up at 4:30, I got to the airport at 5:10 AM. My Alaska Air flight left promptly at 7 AM, I landed around 10 AM at Seattle Tacome airport.
I went to pick up my badge at the Washington Convention Center around noon. I had some lunch right after I picked up my badge
I had some free time this first day, I decided to go to the Space Needle
When I got to the Space Needle which is about a 25 minute walk or so from the Washington Convention Center, I noticed they also had the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition. If you want to see both the Space Needle and the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition, make sure to get the package deal, you will save around $8 per person.
I took some pictures at the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition. All these glass items below were made by Dale Chihuly, In 1968, after receiving a Fulbright Fellowship, he went to work at the Venini glass factory in Venice. This is the place where he learned to work the way he works today. You can learn more about all lof this at the Chihuly Garden and Glass website
Some alien looking things
Flowers
Straight out of a sci-fi movie
Here is also a video of some of these glass sculptures
After the Chihuly Garden and Glass I went to the Space Needle
I have been to Seattle 4 times now and have never visited the Space Needle. this time I decided to go for it. First of all, I am not a big fan of heights, second..I am an even smaller fan of heights when it is extremely windy. So I went up there, it was very window and it was the typical crappy cloudy and rainy Seattle day. I took a couple of pictures, but I was scared several time that I was going to drop my phone
After the Space Needle, I took the monorail back to Westlake Center Station, at 5th Avenue and Pine Street. From there I went to visit Pike Place Market
I also saw this couple, one playing the guitar, the other doing some flamingo dance.
Since I was so jet lagged, I did not even eat dinner, lunch was around the same time that I normally eat dinner at the east coast, I wasn't hungry at all. I will probably be starving for breakfast however.
Back in the hotel I decided to take it easy. I read a little bit and just relaxed...
Here is final video for you. it is a little grainy but it is a timelapse taken from the hotel room while it is getting dark
Of course I woke up at 1:15 AM then at 2 AM. Finally I got up at 3 AM..and that is why you see this post.
