October 15, 2010
Yo DaVita!
Last night, Thursday night, was very productive. I worked right up until my plane took off at 9 pm, then worked the first 2.5 hours on the plane. At that point I took a little ambien to try to get 4 hours of sleep, since we landed in 4.5 hours and they wake you up 30 minutes before the landing.
It was an uncomfortable 4 hours, with lots of waking up, but much better than nothing. It was 4 am for my body when we landed, but 8 am Bangkok time. I did phone calls on the way in, and intended to grab a bit more sleep.
But fate intervened, I had some phone calls and some computer problems. My adrenaline started to kick in, so I went to the gym and did 26 solid minutes on the bike, some good stretching, and 1 set of push-ups and crunches. Total minutes of 36. I am also trying to get in the habit of doing little stretches all day long.
I then had a meeting with a local dialysis company.
I was first in Bangkok way back in 1981, when I left my job and a buddy dropped out of law school, and we took half a year and traveled around the world with our backpacks on our backs and nothing else. It was glorious. And Bangkok was quite the adventure way back then, not too many years after the shutting down of the Viet Nam war.
For once I did not over-eat at the airport and on the plane, and skipped breakfast as well because I could not fit both breakfast and a workout in. Now I will try to provide some service excellence by responding to emails, and then take advantage of being here by going out and seeing some stuff. I loved this city in 1981, the temples and Buddha’s were amazing.
Tomorrow is my 11th anniversary with DaVita. Thanks to so many of you for making DaVita the great gift to my life and my family’s life that it has been. And let’s close out the campaign strongly!
KT
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Sara Colman Carlson said,
October 15, 2010 @ 10:21 am
Yo KT,
I really enjoy reading your posts and discovering how a person as busy as you are still finds time to fit in exercise. My observation is you ‘Just do it’ because it’s on your agenda for the day instead of getting bogged down in ‘when the time is right’ or ‘if other things don’t get in the way’. You are truly a great example and inspiration to the Village.
For me this journey coincided with a local gym 6 week ‘TakeDown’ Challenge–2 times a week boot camp, 2 times a week strength training, group hikes, daily cardio and following a planned eating/recipe program. Much more than my usual, mostly sedentary day. Even found myself on the elliptical trainer at 10 pm–something I would never do before.
Although I am a dietitian and know about what to eat, I have found a structured eating plan with ‘rules’ to work much better than doing my own thing. Food for thought on new ways we can develop tools to help our patients with their diet goals and challenges.
I know these inspiring new ways are the new norm for me and my daily routine. There’s nothing better than feeling great and embracing positive change.
Good luck on your life-long fitness journey.
DaVita Dietitian Sara
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