Football Epilogue

I love traveling for work. In some ways it's like a vacation without taking the PTO. This is particularly true of conferences. I'm in Phoenix for the "International Microwave Symposium" (the communications type, not the cooking type). It's sunny and warm for my Minnesotan self. Two things typically suffer when I'm on tavel. My diet and my exercise. Too much beer and hors d' oeuvres are typically consumed as a part of social events and I spend a lot of time sitting in various presentation sessions. Really, I try not to beat myself up too badly, but trips can also have the effect of throwing off my exercise schedule once I'm back home. That said, I have a couple small accomplishments so far this time around: I've taken several walks around downtown, particularly after meals.  I got my HIITs cardio and ab session in last night I've had a salad for dinner each night and managed to avoid most sugary stuff during the day. The goal will ...

I guess I am gaining a little traction, but losing a little patience at the gym. I'm missing a true free weight area and cardio is just feeling like it's taking too long. From my last post  I mentioned an old high intensity workout I've had some success with. Short, intense workouts. The only dilemma is it is a 6-day workout and doing it right means lots of fatigue initially, but I think I'll give it another try with a couple small modifications: Cardio days get priority and supplant lifting days if missed Add tummy time to cardio days after getting sweaty Moderate lower body workout intensity to save knees and back Not beat myself up for missing a workout I'd like to generate and post some spreadsheets for the workout to have on the site as a repository. I guess I'll list that as "coming soon to a mediocre blog near you". Diet-wise, the weekend was tough with having a mom's day family thing coupled with a birthday celebration for my sist...

Okay, I've got to start throwing crap up here, even if it's not the most useful yet. I will say that I am frustrated at how my work week ends compared to how it begins in terms of physical activity and eating.  I usually start the week out decently with two or three days in the gym, at least 4 miles ran, and a bit of lifting to go along with it. By Friday and Saturday I feel like I haven't done anything all week and my calorie intake seems to track a bit higher (I feel like I eat more crap). Fortunately, I tend to find myself back in the gym on Sunday only to repeat the process. Now there are a couple of extenuating circumstances. For example, I am separated from my wife and have the kids Wednesday, Thursday and alternating weekends (called a 5-2-2-5, I guess) that makes it tough to get hte gym time. The overall sum of activities seems to be loaded at the end of the week as well. Daughter has dance, son has kung fu both have scouts and often there are other activities p...