life, kids, and brazilian jiu jitsu » diet http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Parenting Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:38:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Meditation on day 24 http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/fitness/meditation-on-day-24/ http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/fitness/meditation-on-day-24/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:35:43 +0000 admin http://johnrossmckay.com/wordpress/?p=2899 Wow, so far winter has not arrived in Kingston.  I thought this was supposed to be the coldest part of the year?  It is 4 degrees celcius today.  What gives?

But I digress.

A big part of mindfulness is arrived at via meditation.  Hmmm.  So I am attempting to learn to meditate.  Easy right?  Nope.  I have now been practicing for almost a week.  The idea is to calm the mind by focusing on your breath.  It is like trying to stop a run-away train with strong language.  So far it is not going well.

What IS going well is that I am on day 24 of sticking to a fitness plan.  The “Plan” is to do a minimum of 30 minutes a day of high output rowing on my Concept 2 erg.  So far I have mixed and matched 30 min,  12km, and 8x500m sessions  with intensity that leaves me just short of throwing up or falling down.  My resting heart rate has already started to drop.

The other effort involves a strategic diet strategy, namely:  EAT LESS.  That also is going well.  I am down 2.5 lbs.

Tonight I have been scheduled to work from 9pm until 4am on short notice.  Can’t sleep, so here I am writing away.  Dumb but relaxing so w/e.

 

Onward.

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