Day Twenty: "One Score Down"

Twenty. It feels like a new beginning. It feels more significant than Day Ten did, and I think it will most likely feel more significant than Day Thirty will. Three-and-a-half scores left to go in this thing.

In response to Patrick's comments about possibly noting some physiological changes around this time, to be honest, I am not really noticing or seeing any. The headaches that I had earlier in the week appear to have gone away for now and if I reflect on my mood, it has been better than usual. But during the first week of my PCP I was pretty much in the dumps because of work so I cannot say for certain that it isn't just rebounding from that low. The program isn't hurting things, that is for certain.

But physically, not much is different. Skin is pretty much the same. It's been an unusually dry winter in Japan so that's a challenge. Other things? Hmmm....no. Maybe underneath my belly I can feel my abdominals are a little more taut, but there is still plenty of fat there keeping it invisible. So I would have to conclude nothing yet.

Exercises were fine today and the jump-rope is getting easier, at least in terms of cardio. Can get through 900 in about eleven minutes without getting the breathing up too much. Maybe I had a bit more energy as I forgot my fruit snacks at home today so I had my afternoon snack after I got home, just before working out. I was starving this afternoon without my morning snack though.

Dinner idea: Ginger chicken salad: Celery leaves, cilantro leaves, avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, okra finely chopped. Steamed chicken mixed in and fresh, grated ginger for a topping. Lots of nice, herbal flavours here and no dressing necessary.

Thought I would introduce my PCP "office" today.  The photo at the top is the view from my "office" window. I do my skipping in the parking lot where it is cold, but not as cold as outside, and then I go straight upstairs to this little gym to get the rest of the exercises done. It has a perfect bench for tricep dips, etc. The only thing is that there is nowhere to do pull-ups although there is a big, cable-based machine where I can do lat pull-downs, etc., at least. I do the inclined pull-ups on the treadmills (see the handle bars in the picture). I just need to make sure I don't accidentally turn the thing on while pulling myself up, lest I have an interesting "experience."