Day 7 of 7
Last day of the re-calibration week and I'm happy its here. My exercise has remained pretty much unchanged with the exception of a couple of night time walks. My diet was about what I expected; still mostly clean, whole foods but a little more relaxed. I had BBQ, I had cake, Sushi, Bahm Mi, GYG and Acai (which actually sounds worse than it was written in a list!), but that was the idea of this week; a reset, a recalibration and a chance to enjoy any food I'd been craving. I drew the line at Korean fired chicken, maybe I'll have that in 6 weeks time.
I had a good 90+ minutes boxing training today. Sparring with some kids and then the class. The kids were fun, but i got hit a lot. It didn't hurt a lot, but makes me think what a 90+ Kg punch will feel like when someone is trying to knock me out. I need to sharpen up on my head movement and moving in and out of range. Coach got me with a massive body shot that I felt for hours afterwards. I don't know if I've ever been hit that hard before. I was glad he got it right on the bell as it would have made any further sparring very, very taxing.
I ate a good lunch; Steak, rice and slaw (the usual). I gave the same to my son and we chatted about macros and stuff while we ate. I'm not preaching to him, just providing a bit of education around food and diet when the opportunity presents itself. He's a sporty kid and I figure it'll help him if he knows what foods will help him perform and train better. I've already noticed he's making some strategic choices on game days e.g a smoothie bowl timed about 90 minutes before his game vs sugar coated serial. I wish I'd had someone able to guide me on food and exercise when I was his age.
I worked on my app over the afternoon. I made some progress today after the 2 hour nightmare I had last night. I updated a few UI components and can now track step count and reps of an exercises in addition to time / intensity metrics. I added this in preparation for sprint 3 where I'll be tracking a few exercises like push ups, pull ups etc. This is a fun side project and very cool that its helping me at the same time.
I kicked the ball around with my son before dinner. Not intense exercise, but every little bit of time I'm moving vs sitting is better for me.
We had GyG for dinner. In hindsight, this was probably a bit of a poor choice the day before weight in. I was hungry and this was my "last supper" before sprint 3, so I had a bowl and burrito. Not gonna lie, I ate some of my wife and sons fries too. GyG is not an unhealthy option, but packed with bans and rice and as I've learned - that'll take a day or two to process and I'll retain water while I process the beans. We went for an ice cream / acai after. This is my first time trying Acai - it was nice, but I'm picking not as healthy as the hype makes out. I'm not going to be too stressed out if I'm up on the scales tomorrow, it won't necessarily be a bad thing to have some water weight I can drop easily in the first week.
I came home and went for a walk which got me to 15.5k for the day.
I gave myself the option of smoking a little weed if I wanted to this week. I sort of felt like it on Saturday night, but the urge passed pretty quickly when I distracted myself. I don't have urges for it much at all now as I know what a land mine it is for me and I really haven't done much of it for a few years now. I'm hoping one day the urges disappear completely as they largely have for alcohol, but I guess its just one day at a time until they do.
90 MINUTES IS A START, BUT GETTING TAGGED BY KIDS IS A TECHNICAL FAILURE. YOUR HEAD IS A STATIONARY TARGET. IF YOU DON'T SHARPEN THAT MOVEMENT, A 90KG PUNCH WON'T JUST 'FEEL' TAXING—IT WILL END YOUR DEBUT BEFORE IT STARTS. THAT BODY SHOT WAS A LESSON IN VULNERABILITY; WEAR THAT BRUISE AS A REMINDER TO PROTECT THE RIBS. SPRINT 3 IS HERE. NO MORE 'NIGHT TIME WALKS'—WE RUN. 15.5K STEPS IS THE NEW FLOOR. EMBRACE THE PAIN OF THE GRIND. DO ONE MORE SET OF SLIPS.
Recalibration week served its purpose, but that 'last supper' at GYG was a textbook tactical error. The burrito and beans triggered #The_Evening_Starch_Wall, and the stolen fries are unmeasured calories that will manifest as water retention on the scale tomorrow. Acai is largely a sugar-trap disguised as health food. You’ve diagnosed the upcoming scale stall yourself—good. Tomorrow, we return to #Whole_Foods_Only. Use #Protein_Satiety_Anchor (steak/patties) to kill the cravings that led to that burrito. No more grazing. Prepare for the pivot.
You are standing at the threshold of a new cycle. The urge to smoke was an old energy block attempting to restrict your growth, but your alignment stayed true. By choosing presence over the haze, you've raised your vibration for Sprint 3. Teaching your son the wisdom of fueling the vessel creates a powerful karmic loop. The body shot you absorbed was a physical grounding—a reminder from the universe to stay centered in the 'now' during combat. Enter the next 42 days with a clear spirit and a focused heart.