Kaizen Day 16, Apr 25 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 16 of that routine

Got out of bed ad 5:07 AM today..had my coffee and was about to go for a run at the trail but then a downpour happened.  I thought about skipping the run today but it stopped around 5:50 and it was just drizzling. Instead of going to the trail I decided to just run on the sidewalk, I also cut the run short by 15 minutes otherwise I would not make it in time to catch the van to work

Listened to triangulation show 295 with Cory Doctorow on the run

Cory Doctorow's latest novel is Walkaway, a look into the future of mass surplus and mass unemployment.
He talks to Leo Laporte about how people reinvent themselves, the difference between disaster and catastrophe, the future of copyright, and his refusal to use DRM.

 Had a smoothie with yogurt, almonds, kiwi, banana and strawberry for breakfast

Walked the 2.2 miles to the train station to catch the van to work

Had chicken oreganata with orzo for lunch

Since it was really crappy weather and my wife was picking up the kids from piano lessosn, she picked me up from the train station

For dinner had lentil soup and string beans on the side. The lentil soup was made with the bone broth I made on Friday.


Total steps:  21,057
Total floors: 8
Total distance: 9.6

Steps April 25th

Kaizen Day 15, Apr 24 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 15 of that routine

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.  It was a beautiful morning

Snapped a picture of a sunrise while biking

This is the library at Princeton University campus early in the morning




I did a back, bicep and leg workout and the rode my back back home. I was back home by 7:30 AM

I had 2 pancakes that my kids didn't eat and some leftover scrambled eggs for breakfast

I had some cheese and bread for lunch

For dinner, had cauliflower, sausage and pasta

My son made chocolate biscotti and oatmeal raisin cookies, had half a cookie and one biscotti for dessert



Total steps:  16,094
Total floors: 16
Total distance: 7.4

Kaizen Day 14, Apr 23 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 14 of that routine

I decided to do a run again today, I normally don't run twice in a row but because the way this coming week is scheduled it made more sense to hit the trail today instead of tomorrow.

Got up at 5:30, had my coffee, browsed the internet a little, listened a bit to The Ancient World - Rediscovery podcast.  At 7 I went for my run, I listened to 2 episodes of the The Ancient World - Rediscovery podcast while running.

I was at 10K steps by 8 AM.

While my wife went to church with the children, I decided to walk around in Princeton for an hour since it was a beautiful day

Here are some pics I took from my walk

Seventy-Nine Hall


Seventy-Nine Hall was presented to Princeton by Woodrow Wilson's classmates in 1904


East Pyne Building



East Pyne Building, originally Pyne Library, was built in 1897, the Sesquicentennial gift of Mrs. Percy Rivington Pyne, mother of Moses Taylor Pyne 1877


Prospect Garden


Eight thousand flowers are planted in the garden every year during a two-week period in May, after the tulip bulbs that bloomed in the spring are removed


After picking up my wife and kids, we went to 2 farms to pick up some vegetables as well as some meat

I took a short video of this cute calf at Cherry Grove Farm




I watched El Clásico between 2:45 and 3:30. This is a soccer/football match between Real Madrid and Barcelona.  I still can't believe that Barcelona won, the brilliance of Messi was on full display today, because of this win, the league is still open. I still think that Real Madrid will win the league however

Had the same for lunch today as yesterday since I still had some soup leftover

For dinner we decided to have chili con carne, rice, salad and pico de gallo, all of this was made from scratch

For dessert today I had some ice cream, this is the first time I had ice cream, cookies or candy in 2 weeks. I made today kind of a cheat day by allowing a bit of sweets today

Total steps:  18,779
Total floors: 3
Total distance: 8.9

Kaizen Day 12/13, Apr 21/22 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 12/13 of that routine


April 21

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 the rode my back back home. I was back home by 7:30 AM

When I got home I started to make the bone broth, since this is a chicken bone broth, you don't need to have it simmer for 20 hours, 8-9 hours is all it needs.

Bone broth finished and stored in jars

I use the bone broth to drink hot on a cold winter day, I also use it as a base for soups and risotto


For dinner we had chicken with sweet potatoes and a salad. I saved the bones again and froze them. Once I have a decent number of bones I will make another bone broth


Total steps:  11,109
Total floors: 18
Total distance: 5.2 miles


April 22

Today I did a 4 mile run at the canal, started at 7 AM

For breakfast I had eggs, roasted peppers and an English muffin


Made some tomato sauce because my oldest son wanted pasta for lunch. I took out a quarter of the tomato sauce for him. I added some bone broth to the rest of the sauce blended it and turned it into delicious tomato soup.  I then made hot cheese sandwiches (paninis) to go with the soup for me and the two youngest kids... They gobbled it up in 2 minutes


For dinner we had burgers with sweet potato fries and a mixed green salad

I started to watch Warcraft..I stopped watching after 45 minutes, I like the main actor Travis Fimmel from the show Vikings but the movie was just very disappointing. I also never played Warcraft or World of Warcraft so maybe that had something to do with it. How did this movie get a 7 rating on IMBD?


I listened to Tim Ferriss podcast with Dorian Yates: Dorian Yates on High Intensity Training, Injury Prevention, and Building Maximum Muscle that was really interesting.



Total steps:  15,607
Total floors: 13
Total distance: 6.8

Kaizen Day 11, Apr 20 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 11 of that routine

Woke up at 4 to go to New York City and the gym. This plan got derailed really fast, I had to log into work because there were some problems with the testing DB servers. It took about 90 minutes to get it all resolved,  because of that I didn't have time to go to the gym and make it to the office at a reasonable time.

I walked to the station, took the train to Newark Penn Station, from there I took the path to Worl Trade Center. I then walked to the office.

Had a sandwich from Le Pain for breakfast

At lunch time I got myself a Korean bi bim bap bowl




I decided to take a little walk after lunch since it was such a nice day. I walked around for 30 minutes or so and took some pictures.

Me having grown up in Amsterdam, I couldn't help myself, I had to take a picture of these beautiful tulips in new Amsterdam






This is a pic looking over at Broad Street with Fraunces Tavern in the front, you can see the office building I work in in the back ground



Here is a short part about Fraunces Tavern from Wikipedia 

Fraunces Tavern is a landmark museum and restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street. The location played a prominent role in history before, during and after the American Revolution, serving as a headquarters for George Washington, a venue for peace negotiations with the British, and housing federal offices in the Early Republic. It has been owned by Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York Inc. since 1904, which carried out a major conjectural reconstruction, and claim it is Manhattan's oldest surviving building. The museum interprets the building and its history, along with varied exhibitions of art and artifacts.[4] The tavern is a tourist site and a part of the American Whiskey Trail and the New York Freedom Trail

Left work around 5 PM, did the reverse commute from this morning

I had cabbage and potatoes with roasted chicken for dinner. I saved the chicken bones, I will use them to make a bone broth. For dessert I had 2 kiwis

I also noticed that I lost 5 pounds so far when I weighed myself this morning.

Below is an image of the steps, floors and distance

Kaizen Day 10, Apr 19 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 10 of that routine

Today I got up at 4:45, 15 minutes before the alarm was set to go off. I had a little bit of cold brew coffee and read some news. I left the house around 5:30 and biked to the gym. It is about 4 miles or so to the gym, this took me about 20-25 minutes.

While I was biking I stopped at the graveyard near St Paul's cathedral and I took the most beautiful sunrise



 Isn't that beautiful? It makes getting up in the dark so much worth  it.

At the gym I did back and biceps. I then biked back home, this was a little faster because a large part is downhill

Ate some sunny side up eggs, had some homemade bread and cornichons and cherry tomatoes with it

Didn't really eat lunch today but had 10 or so peanuts and also 2 slices of homemade banana bread my wife made

Dinner was some kind of vegetable and bean stew...  it was pretty tasty. Also had spring mixed salad with a lemon and olive oil dressing

Since I worked from home today, I only did 10K steps and 13 floors

Kaizen Day 9, Apr 18 2017

This post is part of my daily kaizen routine, this is day 9 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 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 push-ups, shoulders and triceps as part of my workout. I also did 20 minutes of cardio which burned a total of 226 calories

Got to the office and the view was wonderful, I decided to take a short video from the room where the pool table is. The view is pretty neat, you can see Brooklyn, Staten Island as well as the Freedom Tower

Here is the video in question

A pool table with a view #pool #pooltable #manhattan #brooklyn #sunny #newyorkcity #newyork #55water

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For breakfast I had yogurt with fruit

For lunch I had a burrito bowl from Chipotle

Burrito Bowl

Left the office at 4:30, finished the  book When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi on the train. Walked home from the train station

In the image below, you can see the steps, floors and distance for the day

Steps

So far I have lost around 4 pounds, not too bad for 9 days, this will probably start to slow down soon