Just a short and sweet one today, Monday was a wash! Yes
the day was a 0 on a contract and I have decided to expel it from memory. Well
not quite but I sure wish I could.
There is a lot happening in the financial world right now, with
investors looking for the next best thing, emerging markets have seen a lot of
growth over the last 2 quarters and we are hoping to maintain this going
forward.
Unfortunately here in SA our strengthening Rand has lost a
lot of ground in the month of August, predominantly relating to the ongoing
Hawks Vs Gordhan saga.
Sufficed to say, it was a busy busy day at the office. I
had a bit of a food wobble as well. With all the chaos, I was unable to eat at
my regular intervals. I did manage to keep my water quota in tact and did go
for my 2km walk, so that was a bonus. After work, I got to Betty (My little
Sandero) and noticed that the remote didn’t work, I manually unlocked the car
and to my shock horror realised that I had left the lights on accidentally and
that she was dead!
This would’ve been absolutely fine, except that I had
taken my jumper cables out of the car on Friday when I went to get a new tyre
and didn’t; put them back in. The mission to find jumper cables began…strange
as it may sound 5 out 6 people don’y have jumper cables, or at least that was
my experience. I eventually had a chat with the hotel security staff and they
offered to have their CID team come out with a Jump Kit for me. This was at
5:05PM, at 5:45PM I had reached my limit in patience and decided that I would
call my insurer: 1st for Women – after 6 failed calls/dropped calls
whatever you want to call it, I eventually spoke to someone and they requested
the roadside assistance. At 6:55PM the roadside assistance guy arrived, he gave
me a quick jump and I was off. I work in Green Point and live in Hout Bay, it’s
roughly a 30-40min drive.
Now yes in fairness I could’ve still gone to gym and
returned home at around 8:45PM-9:00PM (1hr gym session and 50min to get there
and then back to my house) then gotten the camera ready and cooked a healthy
dinner but I didn’t…. Instead I succumbed to temptation and got myself some
comfort food in the form of a McDonald’s Big Tasty Burger. Yes I know 800 Calories
in one burger, but I really did not give a fuck at that point.
I have to say after 20 days of no carbs that burger was
like a blessing!
Daily Food Diary
Water 2.5l (I compensated and drank an extra 500ml with my
burger, to aid digestion)
Tea: 2 cups green tea, no sugar, no milk
Coffee 2 Cups, 1 brown Sugar, Milk
Food
1 Medium Sized Apple
1 x Big Tasty Burger
Jawbone UP3 Tracker Data:
Step Goal: 6500
Actual: 7775
Sleep Goal: 7hr
Actual: 6hr
Resting Heart Rate: 64 Bpm
Highest Measured Heart Rate: 81 Bpm
Tuesday Day 21
Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, I
have a beautiful feeling everything’s going my way. Yes indeed, this Tuesday
morning was started with clear skies and a glorious view on my drive to work.
I was feeling energized and ready to tackle the day. Only
one more day till I could actively start incorporating alcohol back into my
eating regime and 3 weeks of for all intent and purpose sticking to my diet.
Work is work and play is play yes, but sometimes I get so
upset at the sheer volume of mediocrity I am faced with. People so bloody
complacent and content in doing the very least possible. Arghh this is what
causes a person to snap! I don’t know I tend to live by the mantra when it
comes to work that “ Make your presence known and your absence felt” if you
live your life that way, you will always be an asset to your business and in
demand for future prospects. I believe no matter what position you find
yourself in that you should immerse yourself in it and become the best in it. I think I need to patent that slogan, as my peers from various other industries are already using it in their motivational talks - pay me my royalties guys...
Evidently that is not what the rest of society believes and it fucks me right
off. Can we please get a grip and start being contributing members of society,
or is that too much to ask?
I had a great lunchtime stroll down Somerset Road and have
managed to cut my walking time down to 22min, bearing in mind that I am in full
office attire and can’t very well run or work up too much of a sweat in them. I
have made a decision to start changing into another set of clothes for the walk
when I return from Jhb on the 11th.
It was also back on track with the food day here’s the
breakdown:
Water: 2l
Tea: 1 Cup Green Tea
Coffee 2 Cups, 1 Brown Sugar, Milk
Breakfast: 1 Boiled Egg
6 Strawberries
Mid-morning snack: 80ml Yoghurt
Lunch: Tuna Salad
Lettuce, Herbs, Cherry Tomatoes,
Carrot Shavings, Beetroot Shavings,
Onion
1/2 can of tuna (in
water).
5ml Mayo
Dinner: Chicken Stir-fry(Great mix to have with some noodles making it a Chicken
Chow Mein for the rest of the fam)
100g Chicken Breast
50g Cabbage,
40gCarrot,
40gOnion,
40g Mushroom,
30g Bean Sprouts
20g Sweet Corn
10ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Soy Sauce
Salt & Pepper
There is no video today as I was crammed for time, besides, everyone of you knows how to chop, and that is all a stir fry is, getting your ingredients together, chopping them up and frying them. Starting with the onions folks, then add the mushrooms, then the meat and then everything else and Viola you have your meal!
Jawbone UP3 Tracker Data:
Step goal: 6500 Actual: 8928
Sleep Goal: Actual: 3h46m (Not great at all, couldn't turn my mind off been worrying about a friend of mine who's gonna have a baby soon - positive vibes to the universe that all goes well)
Today's exercise was something different, I did a little bit of a cardio dance work out at home, it'll get the blood pumping guys, try it if you wanna pump up that booty! Hey O hey o!
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