break-time at work

Workout:
Stairs/Walking
10 min.
** 5 flights of stairs, twice; walking around the "quad" **

Today I did it ...

I took a break, and headed for the stairs. The stairwell I chose (closest one to the unit) goes up to the roof (but there's a barricade between floor 5 and the roof). I started by running up the stairs ... by the 3rd floor, my quads were screaming in pain, so I had to slow it down. I stopped briefly at the top, to look out the window toward the parking garage (trying to figure out what part of the hospital I was in), and then headed back down. (Going downstairs is so much easier!!) At the bottom, I headed back up again ... again, had to slow it down as I was rounding the corner of the 3rd floor landing.

When I got back down to first floor, I headed back to the unit ... the long way around. Walking around the "quad" above the courtyard.

I noticed that my left knee was a little sore after the stairs. Not sure what that was about. And, my quads were definitely feeling used!

But, this little break totally worked for me. It was small enough, I didn't feel guilty leaving. And it wasn't so aggressive that I had nothing else to give. It energized me a bit.

I'm going to work up to 2 breaks of 15 minutes.

And, I got 7 hours of sleep today!

Tomorrow, I'm going to get up a little early and go for a run.

Goals:

1. Workout.
2. Eat (a carb-filled) breakfast within 1 hour of waking.
3. Eat 5-6 small meals every day.
   
4. Drink 6 bottles of water.
5. Stop eating at least 2 hours before bedtime.
   
6. Take my vitamins.