A Day in the Life…
In order to keep things “fresh” around here, I’m going to take a page from these fabulous ladies, and do a breakdown of my day for ya. Cause you know, it was just that exciting :P
5:50am – Alarm goes off. What is happening? What day is it? Where do I have to be right now? Did I sleep last night? Sure doesn’t feel like it…
5:52am – *Strapping on heart rate monitor* I need coffee in my system right. now.
6:03am – Grab french press out of the fridge, mix it with some almond mix and stevia, and pound it back with half a banana sloppily slathered in PB.
6:12am – Work bag? Check. Gym bag? Check. Garbage bag? Check. Third arm? I need one of those on garbage days…
6:22am – Briefly smile at the girl working the desk at the gym. She wonders if I’m a crazy person for working out everyday at such an ungodly hour. I wonder if she’s a crazy person for taking a job that has her working at such an ungodly hour.
6:29am – Favourite center-driven elliptical is occupied by the grunting man. Opt for a rear-driven one instead. Start my warm-up.
6:34am – First sprint is always a shock to the system.
6:45am – Heart rate breaks the 170 barrier for the first time this workout. Yesssss!
6:50am – Wish my iPod had one of those beep-y things that portable phones do. Then it would be with me at the gym and not in my apartment… somewhere…
7:05am – Try to row away the DOMS in my back on the rowing machine. Only works when actually rowing.
7:15am – Only 10 minutes on the stepmill. Only 10 minutes.
7:20am – Only 5 minutes left on the stepmill. Just 5 minutes.
7:22am – I’m not gonna make it.
7:25am – I am so sorry legs.
7:28am – I WANT TO LIVE IN PIGEON POSE.
7:49am – Having short hair cuts my shower time down SO much.
8:15am – I have microwave oats, but the door to the room with the microwave is locked. Sneak upstairs to use my bosses’, but I am spotted. Yes, I am cooking brown goop. So what??
8:25am – Chocolate-protein-banana-PB oats just don’t cut it anymore. Where’s my custard oats!?
8:35am – Get called to a meeting. Crap! I’m not done feeding the hunger beast!
9:00am – Start what is becoming a ritual of answering and sending e-mails that usually lasts the whole morning.
10:13am – Even though I’m not hungry, I must break up the monotony of e-mailing. Dig into my bag for a healthy-ish bar.
Caramel ReBar - 4 servings of fruit and veggies with 12g protein. Here’s an old picture of what the inside looks like, taken on my old, less fancy work desk
They kinda taste vegetable-y, but I like it. Plus, you can never go wrong with a chocolate coating ;)
11:04am – The usual lunch posse are all busy today. Anticipate finally cracking open my Google Reader for lunch.
12:10pm – Break down and dig into my lunch bag.
Tofurkey, hummus and tzatzkiki pita.
A very battered bartlett pear. I kinda like ‘em super ripe like this!
12:57pm – Run downstairs for the first of many university events today. A lecture and performance by a traditional folk singer.
1:22pm – I need more Irish folk music in my life.
2:52pm – Rush back up to my office to eat some grapes and cottage cheese while answering a co-worker’s fitness question (I’m getting so many of these now from friends and family – I love it!)
3:50pm – Rush off to lecture #2 called “What We Talk About When We Talk About Art.”
4:10pm – What I was expecting to be a boring lecture turns out to be hilarious, delivered by a witty and observant British man wearing a black turtleneck.
4:56pm – Rush off to my next event. Pause briefly at a cookie tray set up in the foyer. Keep walking.
5:28pm – Listen to novelist and Giller Prize winner David Adams Richards speak. Intense.
5:55pm – Breeze through apartment door, borderline hangry. Immediately reach for some corn cereal. Nosnackingwhat??
6:12pm – Sit down to supper.
Steamed green beans and red potatoes topped with leftover spicy yves ground round/black bean mix with tomato sauce added to it.
6:27pm – Defeat. Giant plate of food wins. I am. So. Full. How was I so hungry a mere 30 minutes ago??
7:35pm – Rush back to campus to meet coworkers for the Oedipus Rex play. Why am I always rushing? Leaving to go somewhere at a normal speed must be possible…
8:11pm – What on God’s green earth are they saying??
8:33pm – Dude. No. She’s your mom.
9:30pm – Well, that was a cheery way to end the evening.
9:43pm – Get a massive nose bleed for the first time in years. Freak out and Google “Am I dying of cancer?”
10:01pm – Bleeding starts to subside, the fullness of supper long gone. A protein cake sounds like the perfect bedtime snack.
10:16pm – Realize that I have to admit I wrote the majority of this post around 6:45 and am only updating it now.
10:20pm – Hit publish
10:22pm – Obsessively proof read post for spelling and grammatical errors
1024pm – Breakfast, snacks and lunch for tomorrow
10:45pm – Pass out on my pillow, dreaming of Friday morning’s Jillian Michaels workout and another Friday night spent in my peejays reading blogs and watching MTV…
Question of the Day: What are your Friday night plans? Gonna paint the town red or join me in your fuzzy slippers? :P
Posted on January 28, 2010, in Fun, Workouts and tagged cardio machines, elliptical, instant oatmeal, protein cake, protein powder, Rebar, rowing machine, stepmill, work, yves veggie ground round. Bookmark the permalink. 24 Comments.
Haha, I’m the same way when I’m working out at the gym….my legs HATE me!
I do believe I’m fuzzy slippers bound this Friday! While the usual way to ring in a new college semester as a 21 y/o is the party the weekend away – I’d prefer some relaxing and maybe a movie with my little bro (I have been wanted to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – little rascal saw it without me!).
I love your detailed day post. I hope you enjoyed Oedipus Rex. I read it in high school and enjoyed it immensely (but I’m into reading just about anything lol)
Nicole G
I will be in fuzzy slippers painting my house red– hopefully not literally, but a bottle of wine will be consumed with friends (I hope- if not I will take it on anyways)
I too made a protein cake- not sure I loved it, but it was ok- what do you think of them? any tips?
It took me a few times to get into them. I add only 2 tbsp of egg whites which helps with the spongey-ness. They are pretty dry though, so nut butter or topping is needed ;)
Loved reading about your day!
I will be joining you in my fuzzy slippers tomorrow night!
Busy girl!!
Friday night will be take out and movie and fuzzy slippers at a friend’s place while boys play stupid Rock Band at my house.
i do love a good timeline post! i think you may be able to snag a third arm on ebay. um. i ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS talk about how it is CRAZY that i can go from being SO hungry to SOOOOOOOOOO full so quick. like.. i don’t get it. it is a phenomenon to me. anyway..
not sure what this weekend holds! i kinda just wanna chilllll.
I WANT TO LIVE IN PIGEON POSE. = ME TOOO!!!!!!
I had my class sweatin’ like freaks last nite in a 82 F room and 70 mins into the class I had them go into pigeon and they all collapsed like wilted little birds LOL and i may have liked it :)
That bar. Looks good!
And ripe pears are the ONLY way to eat them or they are like crunchy hard icky apples…which arent really that good LOL
xox
Loved this. The end.
I would normally be joining you in the PJs but tonight I have to go out for a friend’s wedding rehearsal dinner. PJs are always good though :)
That was a fun post!
SUSANNN!! Hey girl! Guess what? I will actually be DOING something this Friday night instead of staying home. Shocking, I know! We’re headed to a Jazz (basketball) game, which should be fun. I haven’t been to one in years. But, there will be a part of me that not-so-secretly wishes I had opted for the slippers and tea :) xoxo
I apologize to my legs all the time LOL. Sometimes I have to look around to see if I actually spoke my thoughts out loud :D
Friday night is finishing packing for our trip. Or should I say starting to pack for our trip =:0
Dang. I need to be more disciplined about getting up early. Working out in the morning is fabulous (I just wish I weren’t so sleepy!).
Pigeon pose = LOVE.
I’ll go and see Sherlock Holmes tonight. Hooray!
I did 45 minutes of power yoga, went for a huge walk w/ my friend for 1 1/2 hours, did a yoga handstand, hung out with friend over coffee, went to another friends house. Had dinner, played with five year old, pretended I was playing w/ an imaginary dog, found a stray dog on the street, tried to find owner, came home, watched tennis, did more handstands, in bed typing this to you. :)
I love “day in the life” posts! I had to laugh at you googling your nose bleed… I had an earache the other day and googled the same thing. Blood/pain freak me out, lol.
Totally joining you in a Friday night curled up in slippers at home…in fact, my weekend has started, it’s Friday afternoon and I am sitting at home in slippers.
We are expecting a pretty big snowstorm so I am going to try to get groceries after work (not looking forward to that crowd) and then home to snuggle in my pj’s and blankie on the couch!
This is a fun idea :)
I know from personal experience that 10 minutes on the stepmill can feel like an HOUR!
I saw your tweet about your nosebleed…yikes! My husband gets them, too.
I love pears extra-ripe like that! I like them so when I bite into them, they fall apart ;)
Off to visit my parents today…very rarely paint the town read! I’m a slippers kinda girl!
HAHAHAHAHA i LOVE THIS! my fave part is the fact that you obsessively checked your post for grammatical/spelling errors because i do THE EXACT SAME THING. after every post. without fail.
you jam a lot into a day mama, and i love it! going to all those events sounds so interesting – and you get paid for it. double score.
this weekend – heading home for some much needed R&R. love ya – chat sunday :)
I hate nosebleeds! I never get them and when I do I freak out like major!
And yay for the protein cake! They do have a weird texture but I kind of like it! haha
The texture is growing on me too!! I used extra cocoa powder last night too, so it was extra rich ;)
I think its slippers for me tonight!
LOVED LOVED LOVED this post- you have a wicked sense of humor=good!~
Dude.no.she’s your mom- my fave line of the post- LOLOLOL@
Lots of british men wear black turtlenecks- why? My hubs is the exception.
At least you didn’t have Janetha’s farting treadmill man next to you-although grunting is bad too. Very bad.
Fun that you got to have some folk music in your day- culture- sooo good! :-) I need more of it!
Fun post- do this more! :-)
must. make. protein. cake. asap.
must. get. protein. powder. asap.
12:42 pm! love ya susan. xoxoxoxoxo
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