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June 24, 2008

The world is conspiring to make me lazy

health and fitness, travel / 20 Comments

Didn’t leave the office until 8:30 PM, and I had to bring a bunch of work home with me too. Tonight’s workout was just 20 minutes of mostly leg lifts in various positions to try to get my calves/butt/thighs a good workout while I reviewed some decks (deck = consultant speak for PowerPoint presentation). And then… Me: Hi, may I please get a wakeup call for 5:45?Front desk: 5:45?Me: Yes, 5:45.Front desk: Why on earth would you want to get up at 5:45?Me: Um, I want to go to the gym. It’s open then, right?Front desk: Yes, it’s open 24 …

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June 23, 2008

Tonight’s hotel workout

health and fitness, travel / 3 Comments

Too lazy to go downstairs to the gym, mainly because I’m at a new hotel and I haven’t checked it out yet and have no idea if it’s good or crappy. Is there a TV? Is there music? Are there machines or just free weights? What kind of cardio equipment is there? Are there individual TVs built into the cardio machines? So many questions! I don’t want to waste my time walking down there if it sucks – heaven forbid I actually burn a few calories walking from my room to the elevator and then to the gym! So instead, …

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June 18, 2008

Getting back on track

career, diet, health and fitness, running, travel / 15 Comments

Lately I’ve been reading this awesome book, The Wall Street Diet. I saw it featured somewhere online, and even though it was a marketing pitch and not an unbiased review, I was still intrigued. The author, Heather Bauer, promised to understand the challenges of the executive lifestyle: constantly being offered delicious food that you could never afford if it weren’t free, cocktail parties where you munch on hors d’oeuvres for hours but then still feel the need to eat dinner later, client dinners at steakhouses where you get looked at like you have two heads if you try to order …

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June 11, 2008

Warning: drinking will cause you to think that ice cream is good for your diet.

diet, travel / 6 Comments

Me: “I’d like some vanilla ice cream with fresh strawberries on top, please.”Room service: “I’m sorry; we don’t have that on our menu.”Me: “But you serve it in the bar downstairs!”Room service: “Oh… okay, we’ll have it to you within the next thirty minutes!” That’s a pretty amazing guarantee. Do you think it would work if I called and requested a whole oven-roasted turkey? Also, does it count as breaking my diet if I was on the treadmill while having this conversation?

June 10, 2008

Healthy Meal: Grilled Swordfish with Couscous and Salad

cooking, travel / 14 Comments

I haven’t posted a healthy meal in a very long time, mostly because I’m only home two or three days a month lately. The rest of my time is spent in various hotel rooms with no kitchenettes or other cooking methods. However, I am sick and tired of the weight I’m gaining from eating out all the time and asking for steamed veggies and getting them drenched in butter “because I’m not allergic.” So how am I able to cook this meal? With a little inspiration from WikiHow, I’ll show you. First, a quick list of things I brought from …

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