Day 31: Getting Back to Work

01Oct08

Hello Shredders.

It’s been seven days since I put my Metabolic Surge mission on ice and it’s now definitely time to get back to work (= into the gym). While officially on a break from my mission, I have still done some hiking, biking, running and even joined some stretching class at my physio therapist. Every day counts and every little bit helps. The only thing I didn’t get to do as planned was swimming, but it’s a bit difficult to swim with blue tape on your back.

First Things First: Daily Blogging Experience

When I decided to go real-time and open this blog I have underestimated the time it will take to update daily and to catch-up with the other people in the Shreddersphere. But what I found the biggest problem of all is the fact that I am spending a lot of time on the computer doing related or unrelated things, while I shouldn’t just sit in front of the computer for many reasons. It has definitely affected other areas of my life during the past weeks and I had other important things piling up.

I know that with a little bit of discipline such problems can be overcome, but I am just not sure if I should continue to blog on a daily basis or not. I have to admit that I am now more leaning towards the no blogging at all solution. I find the idea of having daily pictures, daily logbook and daily accountability scores exiting and I am also worried that I may slack off if I don’t have all that. However, if I don’t overcome the problem that it (negatively) affects other areas in my life, I will just have to minimize the current effort. Time management issues at its best ;-)

Another solution would be a weekly update to the blog, or maybe just a sporadic update whenever I feel it’s time or I have news.

Restarting Metabolic Surge

I was extremely busy with other commitments and I am not yet 100% done with this busy period. For instance, tomorrow I will be engaged from 6 AM until late night for training on a race track. It will be mostly outdoor, which means wearing multiple layers of clothing and some raincoat will be a good idea. As much as I love outdoor activities, I hate standing around in the rain at near freezing point temperatures for the whole day. To make a long story short, tomorrow will not be the day to go back to the gym but I am working on it. I have started to print the coming workouts and hope to find some time tomorrow for further preparation work.

Food’s been Alright

I have to admit that I could have done a bit better nutrition wise during the last few days, but all in all I kept my food balanced and there was no real sin. If I have to be worried about something, then it’s if I am eating enough for muscle mass increase.

It’s just funny how you expect a treat that you didn’t eat for a long time to taste extremely delicious, but when you actually get to eat it again you find out it’s not that heavenly as you remember it or the advertising makes you believe. I had several of such experiences lately with cheat meals. Mostly on food that almost goes into the junk food category, such as Jello or cake. It’s another reason why I don’t like the idea of cheat meals, I’d rather think about a reward meal and have something made out of real food to reward myself after a period of focus and hard training.

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