Item #1: This past Monday, I went down to a local mattress shop and bought one of these (just the mattress, not the box spring), a temperpedic pillow, a metal frame, and something they called a "bunky board, which is basically the bottom of a box spring wood frame (sans springs). This way I can have a platform-style bed without paying $500 for a stupid platform bed frame! It's supposed to be delivered and set up this Saturday. I've got a month to sleep on it, and if, after that, I need to get a mattress in a different firmness, I can pay $100, and they'll deliver a new one & take the old "new" one back/away. I really dug that, as I don't think I've ever bought a new matress in my life and am a bit nervous about my firmness choice. Hell, anything has to be better than a futon, right? Heh... Anyway, we'll see how this goes - hopefully it'll help resolve some of my back.neck issues. Speaking of which...
Item #2: Yesterday, it struck me. My back/neck feels pretty good again! I mean, not completely better, but I don't have the constant pain/numbness/tingling anymore. I've been doing the back workouts every couple days, and I think it's been helping, so last night, I spent some time writing up a new "schedule" that I want to try out, see if I can get into some better habits. I'm going to try to work into it by this weekend so that, come Monday morning, I'll be on the new timeline. It's going to be a bit difficult because I'm not used to structure in my life; I've always just kind of winged it. Not only is it structured, but it'll also be a change because I'll be shifting the entire timeframe of my day/life. Right now, I'm up around 8a, work from 9a to 5:30p, and am in bed anywhere between 11:30p and 2a, depending on whether I've gone out to a show/venue or not. Typically, if I haven't gone out, I'm in bed by 12:00-12:30a. The new schedule (eventually) will beup at 6:30a (so I can try to get a run or bike ride in before work), same work schedule, then immediately after work, out to the garage for lifting, five days/week. That should typically be done by 7:30p, when I'll make dinner & check on my internet stuff. After that, I should have a couplefew hours free, which is when I want to devote some time to my guitar/bass work, and then I want to try to start up with some kind of yoga at least three times a week. The other days, I eventually want to use that time to work on things around the house. Saturdays, I hope to get back to strongman training, and Sundays will either be a light run, or maybe some biking, until I find another activity (maybe the climbing gym downtown? Maybe just a walk at a local nature preserve?) For that matter, I may find that I need to take the day off from activity to recover, but I'll have to wait & see how it goes. While first starting this, I'm going to aim for a M/W/F run only, but keep the evening workouts. Of course, none of this scheduled activity is going to be possible without...
Item #3: ...Getting my cooking routine in order. I'm going to need a lot of good food to keep up with this - the smaller amounts of crap I've been eating will not suffice. When I say small, I mean that in the last few weeks or so, quite often I'll be busy doing things, or I'll just plain forget to eat dinner, or lunch sometimes on the weekends. Some days, even work days, I'll only have a breakfast sandwich & some chips, then maybe 2-3 cups of cereal at home for lunch (this, usually when I'm not hungry/nothing sounds good, which is quite often anymore), and when I get home at night, I'll grab a cup of coffee (to get me going for a workout) while surfing online and not realize I haven't eaten, then a big protein shake afterward my workout & by then, it's too late to have a big meal, so I won't eat dinner. This happens more often than not. In fact, yesterday I didn't even get my shake in until midnight, just had a coffee around 7p, then headed out to watch some friends at open mic night.
Man, I really suck at being healthy. Anyway, for future reference, and without explanation of meaning... Allons-y!
1:08 p.m. - 2013-09-05
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