Day Forty-Four: "Warmer Sun and Hints of Spring"

It was a sunny Sunday in Tokyo, with unseasonably warm conditions. Probably not ideal for the 32,000 souls running the marathon, including our fellow PCPers James and Peter, but very nice for the rest of us walking around town and soaking up a few rays as we shrug off winter.

Packed my lunch and afternoon snack and stopped by a nice Dean and Deluca and sat outside having a coffee and a steamed low-fat milk (for my dairy content, of course). Had my lunch there, too and then left to meet Brian and head off to workout in Yokohama together and do all the weigh-ins and stuff. Trains are so convenient in this country, I don't know why I bothered with the car the day before, but we were there in about 40 minutes, all set to go.

I think as more than a few have pointed out, jump rope without counting is so much better. It's really quite fun, actually. And I had never really tried to jog in place or high-step it or skip on one foot, but I was able to do all those, but slowly. I still can't do those tricks fast or do stuff like crossovers, but it felt good to be able to do something other than just hop in place. On another note, it is so nice to workout in the late afternoon and still have a bit of light left. Spring is around the corner. We actually switched days 47 and 44 so we could try a new exercise. You'll see when we get there what it is. Um yeah, these things are tough--and even tougher without a pull-up bar attached to a door frame so I am in a pickle. The pull-up bars at the gym are free-standing and I have none at home. Hmm... More food for thought.

I think Molly and a few others mentioned all the dish-washing we've been doing--YES! Unreal. I feel like it never ends. I am constantly washing tupperware, steamer parts, my measuring cup, etc. Though I feel like it never ends, it doesn't bother me. Grim enthusiasm I guess, Patrick? Just part of the project, and I like opening my fridge to find my snacks for the day. I like to mix up the fruit snacks. Tropical fruit for one snack and berries, apples, bananas, etc., for the other. Yogurt and citrus fruits don't really go that well together, so when yogurt is required, I keep that in mind, too. But the fruit snacks are my fave meals of the day. I like the variety, too.

Had some herb-covered pan-fried salmon with water, not oil, and sauteed veggies for dinner. Oh, and my girlfriend tried that veggie sauce I made yesterday with whole grain pasta and she quite liked it. Said she was surprised it had no salt or anything in it as it was quite tasty. I'll take that as an endorsement that it works.

Well, Week Six photos below. The one taken at the studio this time, I look like a lobster! Guess it's getting warmer out.

Someone else mentioned--and I tried to go back and find this but couldn't quite place who wrote it. Apologies--music when they work out. They went from upbeat music to more mellow spa-type music. How about a combination of the two instead?  Interpretive dance after 8 minute abs? Umm...no. I think not.