Nerdvana

There’s a busy fall coming up and over the summer with the new “work from home job” I’ve been less than active. My morning commute consists of getting up, taking a shower, putting on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt, grabbing a cup of coffee and settling into the home office. I work, sitting at my computer from 9am to 6pm. Then the drive home consists of walking into the kitchen, cooking dinner for Mary and I then parking it on the couch to eat dinner and watch T.V.

I really don’t leave the house during the week and it’s just not healthy. We were out this weekend and did a small walk around the mall after catching a movie and I just felt like crap afterwards. There’s no way I can do what needs to be done this fall unless I start getting myself back into the swing of being active.

On the way home, I stopped by LA Fitness and reactivated my membership. This morning I started my first workout. I walked a mile at about an average of 4mph uphill and flat terrain. I got the treadmill and thought I was going to die. My heart rate had gotten up to 150bpm, my legs felt shaky and I started to get a charlie horse. I came home and downed close to a gallon of water, which is another thing I’ve been lacking lately.

My job requires a lot of concentration and keeping a lot of plates spinning at once. I use “performance enhancing” beverages (about 2 liters of Diet Coke a day) to keep it going. I used to subsidise this with water in the evenings with dinner etc. Water quickly got replaced with milk, tea, diet coke, etc. until I wasn’t drinking any more water. Part of my problem is dehydration.

So it’s back to 2 cups of coffee a day, 1 cup of diet coke, and at LEAST a gallon of water. Gym is hit monday-wednesday-friday first thing in the morning until I get back up to speed with it, then it will be daily (excluding weekends).

Let’s see if this lasts :)