Fit Thoughts

I've changed up my daily routine to make my workout a bit more efficient and effective. Until now I would typically do it at 9:30pm, after finishing the work day, eating dinner, and putting the kids to bed. Needless to say, energy and motivation were low, and by the time I got to the keyboard to write my daily entry, I was pretty exhausted.

Now I'm taking advantage of the 1-hour gap between walking my daughters to school and my first scheduled meeting of the day, so the workout happens at 8am on an empty stomach and a (hopefully) full night's sleep. This morning was a bit rough since it was only 12 hours after the previous day's workout, but it was great to get it done and establish a high baseline of energy at the start of the day.

Today's breakfast was eggs and rice, and lunch was an open-faced tuna sandwich with some pulled beef as a side:

I need to get sufficient protein for recovery but don't want to be drinking whey powder shakes, so my pulled beef is a life saver.

Unfit Thoughts

I originally titled this section "Fat Thoughts", but realized that wasn't correct. The right kind of fat doesn't make you fat. There are entire weight loss plans based on the principle that the human body processes fat more efficiently that carbohydrates as an energy source. I'll get into that some other time, but it leads to the point today's entry...

Waaaaay back in the spring of 1997, I took the only job that anyone would give a 16-year-old in my town:

That's right, I was in the burger assembly business. I learned A LOT of terrifying things about fast food during my time there, but nothing was more eye opening than this rack:

Think of it as a mainframe. Inside each of those boxes is a 3-gallon bag of concentrated syrup that is mixed with carbonated water and delivered to this dumb terminal:

There was a day when one of those Coca-Cola syrup bags ruptured and spilled all over my hands. . . it's hard to describe how thick and gritty the consistency was, and it took a while to scrub it off. It could probably be used as an industrial engine degreaser. If I could give one piece of fitness advice, it would be this:

Don't drink soda.

Coffee is my Red Bull. Black Tea is my afternoon Diet Coke. Milk is my Gatorade. Beer goes wonderfully with burgers. And don't forget plain old water. All of these drinks have beneficial and/or redeeming qualities, but soda has none. It's wholly manufactured and provides the opposite of nutrition. I think people are waking up to this, and it'll be interesting to see how multi-billion dollar industrial conglomerates like Coca-Cola revamp their businesses to survive when their customers figure out they don't need overpriced branded sugar water.

Daily Stats

Cash: 12.9%
Core: 75.5%
Explore: 11.5%
Workout: Kenzai Kettlebell Day 2 + 30min dog walk
Alcohol: None
Supplements: Zinc 20mg, Magnesium 300mg
Sleep: midnight to 6:45am, unbroken, rested

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