Day 58 and 59 Recap

There has been plenty to talk about the past few days. Obviously, the hottest topic of conversation was the US election which finally took place last night. Even though I am Canadian, there was as much coverage, attention and discussion as anywhere else in the world.

While I do not follow American politics to the degree that some people do, I have been very impressed with Obama during this entire campaign. As a professional speaker, it is amazing to see him deliver one powerful speech after another with incredible poise, confidence and brilliance.

I have to admit, I got quite wrapped up in watching the pre and post election coverage that it was actually quite late at night before I made time to do some exercise. I was hoping to make it to the gym but it did not pan out. Instead I did a very brief home workout of pushups and situps. 5 sets of 30 each. Probably the most tame workout of this entire 90 day challenge.

The fact that I got to witness such a historical event was well worth it. I did not break my fitness streak and I am still going strong on the challenge which is the most important part.

AS for today, Day 58, I actually played some outdoor basketball. For those of you from Ontario, Canada, you know how rare of an occasion this is in November. Some years, we are covered with snow at this time of the year. In fact, there have already been a few days with snow on the ground. We just happened to get a spell of warm weather and so I took full advantage. I got a great run in even though it was dark outside. I had enough light to make it enjoyable. I basically just shot hoops and did some running drills for about half an hour.

Tomorrow night is my regular Thursday night basketball so I will get a much more complete workout at that time.

Aside from the fitness schedule, I have been doing a much better job with my overall food intake. The quality of food has been quite good all along but it was only this week that I have really made a concsious effort to monitor the overall quantity of what I was eating. I can already feel like this new awareness is going to have a significant impact on my overall "physique" goals since the changes to-date, during this challenge, have been quite minimal.

I have been working a crazy number of hour this week so this willbe the end of the blog post for tonight. I look forward to my next update when I plan to be well rested, refreshed and ready to go for a big, exciting weekend!