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My first day of training was low-key as it was my otherwise scheduled day of recovery. Other than a fast walk and some slow walking, I focused mostly on nutrition and rest.
Training
I walked 3.7 kms (2.23 miles) at a brisk pace to work. This took 42:18 minutes (18.57 minutes/mile) to complete. I had layers on as it was 6 degrees outside. I also listened to a podcast by The Running Channel entitled “Running Myth Explained… Running Slow Makes You Faster” (more on that later)
I walked around my office building for twenty minutes after my first meal. I also took short walks around the office during the day. By evening, I had racked in my 10,000 steps.
Nutrition
I began my day with a cup of coffee at 7:00 am. As I am doing 16-8 intermittent fasting, I only have two meals in a day. I don’t measure my macros as recommended by my doctor at LifestyleRx (more on the latter in a future blog).
At 10 am, I had the following as my first meal:
- Two large boiled eggs
- Rajmah
- Khatti (red lentil) Dal
- Pumpkin and pigeon pea dal
- Beetroot sabzi
- 8 figs
- Half a large orange.
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At 5:30, I had the following for my second meal.
- Rajmah
- Khatti (red lentil) Dal
- Pumpkin and pigeon pea dal
- Beetroot sabzi
- Half a scoop of whey protein and half a scoop of plant protein in diluted oat milk
- Half an apple
- 10 figs
- Quarter of baked tilapia with a dash of lemon juice
Hyrdration: I had ten cups of water.
Vitals
I will be reporting on my vitals every day and today’s are as follows:
- Resting heart rate: 52 bpm
- Blood Pressure at 6:27 am: 94/64
- Stress
- Rest: 9 h 47 m
- Low stress: 2h 45 m
- Medium stress: 1h 2 m
- High stress: 18 m
- Highest Body Battery: 71
- My blood glucose levels was always between the 4-10 range with only two rolling hill spikes after the first meal and one steep spike after the second meal.
- My VO2 max is 40, which puts me at the top 20% of the population (according to my Garmin Vivoactive 4)
