Typical Day

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At the request of a few readers, here’s a quick post showing a typical day for me. My life is pretty dynamic and often busy these days, so this is just the bare bones that focus on meal patterns and exercise frequency.

Day 1

• 6am or 7am: work — move around frequently
• 2pm: exercise — usually strength training, no more than 30 minutes and often shorter
• 4pm or 5pm (sometimes a little later): eat first meal — mostly whole, real food, always with 1 or 2 glasses of wine, frequently dessert
• Early evening: work, play or read — depends on priority, but I try to also make time for friends and family
• 8pm, 9pm, or 10pm: eat last meal — usually light, occasionally heavy
• 11pm: sleep — sometimes earlier, sometimes later

Day 2:

• 6am or 7am: work — move around often
• 12 Noon: sometimes (though rarely) I eat lunch with a friend — I almost never say no to eating with friends. I never place fasting before friends
• 4pm, 5pm, or later: Eat — I’ll probably eat lightly, as I’ll still be satisfied from lunch
• After meal: work, play, or just read — I try to spend time with friends and family
• 8pm: eat something light — maybe a few fresh figs (or dark chocolate) and a glass of wine
• 10pm, sometimes earlier, sometimes later: sleep

Day 3

• 6am or 7am: work — move around frequently
• Late afternoon: 100 kettlebell swings, 50 burpees — less than 10 minutes
• 4pm, 5pm, or later: go out to dinner with wife, enjoy a good (first) meal together, sometimes meet with friends for dinner, definitely some wine
• After meal: go for a long, slow walk
• 9pm or 10pm: last meal — sometimes a two-egg omelet with some vegetables, other times a home-made tiramisu (hell yes) with a scoop of ice cream
• 10pm or 11pm: sleep — currently reading a novel by Jonathan Franzen, which has been keeping me up late

Day 4 (say, a weekend)

Sleep in, then walk a few miles with my wife and dog to Philz Coffee, hang out outside at the popular and crowded coffee house and enjoy the Northern California weather… twice here someone has approached me because they recognized me from The Lean Saloon. Weird.

Then we may take our dog to a quiet beach called Maverick’s Beach to hike, sprint and throw the ball. On the way back we may stop by Half Moon Bay Brewery for a late brunch — fresh smoke fish samples and a beer sampler (hell yes!).

My next post will be what kind of exercise I typically do, how much and how often.