Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Days 57-54

Day 57 I made it to the gym again, did upper and lower body, 1 hour of cardio, protein then Iseya after work.
Day 56 I did an hour of cardio, the session seem to go by faster and faster.
Day 55 I had a very long session, of 1 full hour of weights that may have set the standard. And a full hour of cardio. After that I began my weekend of fun, but the weeks efforts left me quite exhausted and I fell asleep early. Sunday my day off I was still very sleepy and fell asleep early. I ate and drank a lot.

Monday, Day 54 the Harajuku gym was closed. So I walked with this nice lady named Ana, mixed Swedish and Korean, to the Ometesando branch which I haven't been to in over a year. Since Harajuku was closed it was very crowed. I met some guys I knew but haven't seen in a while, who acted disappointed I changed gyms, but that was it, I don't like being conscious of people looking over my shoulder when I worked out. The machines are different at this club so it took some conscious consideration to choose my exercises. The cardio went by pretty quickly when doing some reading, either time flies or I read really slow. I met the guy Victor who visited my office a month ago and he finally recognized me as someone he met at the gym. I shortcut my cardio workout by about 15 minutes, to 45 minutes. When leaving there was a line of about 10 people waiting for an open locker; the first time I've ever seen them all taken at once.

Following that I went to Baobab which had a guy there, who clown me about teenage daughters. Rude. Beer, plus jerk Chicken as usual, but it I feel contrived as a customer. Wanted to eat bread and cheese bought some wine. At home Thai curry was available, reluctantly ate some, then bread cheese wine, listened to the Rolling Stones and watched the Flintstones before bed. Had a wild long dream I can hardly remember, woke up early, went back to sleep and woke up late. Did laundry and left for work without hanging them out.

Tonight's plan to go to Harmonica, or someplace more people friendly, someplace I won't feel like a prop. Also relief from the cold weather that continues to get on my nerves.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Day 58

55 min treadmill
Recovery protein drink, beer jerk chicken Baobab

Cash on hand 3000 Expendable 30000

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Day 59

4 sets of shoulders chest squat thighs
1 hour treadmill
88 kilograms

Recovery: Aretha Franklin Amazing Grace. Beer plus two yakitori at Iseya

Cash on hand: 5400 Expendable: 30000

A month from now, before and after (not my pic)

A month or so from now I hope and imagine I'll finally be in a different zone. Corny as it may sound, my horoscope says so. Well, it would be all of us in one way or another. The difference regarding mine is the change looks damn positive. Even at the home stretch, and man it really is a stretch, I am coming out of debt. I put on about 8 kilograms over the holidays, that is about 20 pounds. Shocking went shopping and I couldn't fit what I wanted. I was busy over the holidays and ate and drank more than usual. Now I face a month of working out and trying to get back into fighting shape. Good news is that I finally got a locker at the gym. That has been an excuse not to go having to lug my laptop around all the time, along with my gym gear. I wonder if I'm going to be able to work out as often as I like, as often as I should. The weather is pretty dry and cold, and simply looking forward to the spring and being in good shape is some great motivation. I've been wanting to take a decent before and after picture. However those picture will be incomplete if it doesn't incorporate and include the sense of renewal and confidence I expect to go with it.