Day 61: Conserving Willpower

Great article summarizing a lot of important principles and studies related to decision-making, self-control, and willpower:

MAGAZINE

Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?

By JOHN TIERNEY

Published: August 17, 2011

The very act of making decisions depletes our ability to make them well. So how do we navigate a world of endless choice?

Day 54: Sticking To It

Now that I'm going to be heading to a new medical floor soon, my schedule will be shifting once again. It'll definitely require some more time of adjustment in order to figure out the best time to head to the gym. Despite the crazy schedule, though, I've still been able to go at least 3 times a week to the gym for about 30 minutes at least. Still keeping it up! I'd have to say that probably the most difficult thing about working approx. a 16-hour shift 6 out 7 days of the week does make it quite the challenge to balance everything, particularly taking care of general life things like cooking, cleaning, and laundry. I'm excited for this next schedule, which will hopefully provide more opportunities to keep the Evolution going strong!

Day 48: Double time!

Just finished my week of working nights (9pm to 10am... and beyond at times).  Was fortunately able to make it to the gym a few times in between sleep.  Had one interesting day where I went to the gym before my shift, and went to the gym again at the end of my shift.  A day had gone by since I had worked out with Tyler, but since I had done the night shift it really felt like I had just sandwiched a day with gym-time.  Things are still progressing smoothly and I'm looking forward to continuing the Evolution process.  Had a chance to meet with Amy Boyce, the nutritionist for Fitcorp, and we did a quick trip to Trader Joe's and worked on finding things that were quick to prepare and carry that were healthy and fit within my overall fitness goals and my crazy schedule.  Speaking of...just another month of crazy schedule before two weeks of reasonable human schedule.  Looking forward to it!

-Sent from Joel via email to Fitcorp 

Day 42: Working Double-Time

To say I'm busy is an understatement. Everyday is the equivalent of two workdays in one, leading to each week feeling like two weeks! Long hours can definitely put you in the fast lane to losing track of time! Either way, still going strong. During first of the busy weeks was able to go to the gym three times (one of which was a training session with Tyler). Not bad considering is was a 90+ hr work week! Next I start up the night shift. Let's see how things hold up when I also need to sleep during the day and work at night!

-Sent from Joel via email to Fitcorp