Fit@40 #116
(25 Nov 2018)
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I'm writing this at 4.30am. Yesterday morning, I was up a similar time. With three kids and a busy house, it is just the best time to get shit done.
Yesterday afternoon, I was speaking to one of the youngsters in my 'tribe'... I remember when he was a virtually a new born. He was the first babies I'd be entrusted to look after by myself. I was the age he is now, early twenties. I remember thinking just how small he looked as he slept in the centre of my kingsize bed in my one bedroom apartment.
Now, even though I'm 6'3" he dwarfs me. He has all the attributes of youth. Yet like I did when I was he age he takes them for granted.
He's a hard worker with a good job, however I wish he would spend more time on his personal development. Not the new age hippy stuff. The basics. Working out consistently and getting into good eating habits.
I don't have the time
He says.
I remember being single with no kids and no responsibilities and 'not having the time' to take care of the basics.
Now I realise time is as much a mental construct as a physical one.
When I said in the past "I don't have the time" to workout or watch what I eat, I now realise that what I really meant is
I don't have the time for that BULLSHIT as my time is pre-occupied with some other BULLSHIT
Often when you're young you're sucked into valuing the wrong thing. In this global village we are programmed from the cradle to be consumers without being mindful of the vessel into which we consume.
If you're lucky you catch yourself early. You realise, shit. I just have to make the time. Everything else can wait.
Or when life hands you responsibilities that can't wait, you make the time... when your responsibilities and the rest of the world sleeps.
Today's stats
| Day | Month | Day | Morning Weight | Calories In | Workout | Protein (g) | Carbs (g) | Fats (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | November | 25 | 221.2 | 3295 | 30' Cardio session | 124 | 316 | 112 |
Today's workout
Jump rope/ Pressups
5min/ x20
5min/ x20
Cycle machine
20min, 300cal
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