This morning I decided to change my routine. I found that pushing my reading task to a later time is only making managing the rest of my time more difficult. I woke up took my progress photo and finished my reading task right after that.
I then began drinking my gallon of water early so I could pace it throughout the rest of the day. Got some work done in the morning before I headed to the gym.
At the gym I did some light stretches as a form of recovery. Then I proceeded to do a little bit of resistance training. After that I went on to do some cardio but I was getting a bit bored out of doing that so I decided to do a fitness test on the recumbent cycle instead. According to the YMCA fitness test I scored 69 for my age group of 30-35. Apparently this range is the heart beats per minute under extreme stress. According to the scale my cardiovascular fitness is excellent. I can’t vouch for the accuracy because this was not done under professional supervision. However, I can say that I do think the test validates my efforts in some ways because I have been working hard on improving my endurance for the last month or so.
After the gym I went for a swim and did some laps for about an hour.
I came home and lunch was eggs and multi grain bread. It could have been breakfast but it was a little late for breakfast by the time I reached home so brunch it was. A little later in the day I had some pez which is another name for kanjee or congee as it is popularly called in some other parts of Asia. Along with pez I had stir fried cabbage for added fibers. For snacks I ate bananas and dark chocolate.
I got some work done between my brunch and supper and also found the time to meditate. I have found that the brain works at several different frequencies when doing different tasks and that got me interested in listening to delta waves music for deep relaxation and gamma waves music for focus and studying. I don’t particularly have a favourite Youtube channel which provides this music. I play any video that pops up in search. This way I have access to variety and its good background vibes when I am going about my day.
After my supper I headed out for my walk. This time I headed on my revised route and made sure I walked the distance for at least an hour. This way I managed the timing for the second workout. I really have to be careful about each of these tasks because its very easy to miss the conditions which apply to each of these tasks. I came home and finished finished drinking my gallon of water.
Lets address the alcohol rule in this program. Honestly, I don’t drink. Not that I haven’t and don’t drink on some occasions. Its just that I don’t enjoy drinking as much as others do. I have never had an addictive personality and I don’t get attracted to substances or any habit causing behaviour like gambling. Its just not my thing. So this task is pretty easy for me to cover. Besides, I have made the decision to stay away from alcohol for the next 8 months until my marathon training is complete. I am trying to build fitness and alcohol will just waste the effort I put into it.
My current weight is 109.4 Kg as compared to 109.5 Kg. I lost 100g over night. I knew the weight would stabilise even after dropping a full kilogram the day before. Day 3 was a success.
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