The Documented Life, Part 1 of 2

In the spirit of self-documentation, I’m going to take the next couple of days to recount details from a typical week late last month.  Sometimes it’s a life hack to force yourself to fess up to these details – you’ll think twice about pigging out on potato chips at night if you know you have to write it down and tell the world – but by and large I tried to not let the fact that I was recording everything alter my decisions.

Chores/Errands
M 30 minutes kitchen
T 30 minutes kitchen
W 15 minutes kitchen
Th 30 minutes kitchen
F 30 minutes kitchen, 60 minutes bills/mail
Sa 45 minutes kitchen, 60 minutes groceries, 30 minutes taxes
Su 30 minutes kitchen, 45 minutes food/bike pick-up


Exercise
M run 50 minutes lift 20 minutes (18,288 total steps, 3,285 calories burned)
T swim 20 minutes (18,918 total steps, 3,468 calories burned)
W run 50 minutes lift 20 minutes (20,733 total steps, 3,469 calories burned)
Th swim 25 minutes (11,900 total steps, 2,880 calories burned)
F run 20 minutes lift 20 minutes (14,809 total steps, 3,043 calories burned)
Sa run 40 minutes lift 20 minutes (19,385 total steps, 3,363 calories burned)
Su swim 30 minutes bike 50 minutes (12,889 total steps, 3,158 calories burned)

Food (note: I didn’t include water or gum)
M breakfast – omelet, blueberries, orange juice
M lunch – pizza
M dinner – salad, fried rice, greek yogurt, apple, blueberries, orange, peanuts
T breakfast – banana, oatmeal
T lunch – turkey sandwiches, apples
T snack – chocolate covered raisins, yogurt covered pretzels, peanuts
T dinner – salad, greek yogurt, blueberries, orange juice
W breakfast – fried rice, apple, orange
W lunch – salad, chicken salad sandwich, veggie sandwich
W dinner – salad, lasagna, orange, nectarine, apple, greek yogurt, orange juice
Th breakfast – banana, cottage cheese w/pineapple, milk + cereal, peach
Th lunch – turkey sandwiches
Th snack – apples, diet soda
Th dinner – lasagna, fries, nectarine, apple, peanuts
F breakfast – oatmeal, apple
F lunch – salad w/salmon
F snack – brioche
F dinner – chicken thigh, apple, nectarine, banana
Sa breakfast – sunny side up eggs, grilled cheese sandwich, banana
Sa lunch – lasagna, salad, apple
Sa dinner – cheeseburger, fries
Sa snack - fruit punch, apple, nectarine, ice cream
Su breakfast – banana, apple, PB&J
Su lunch – salad, lasagna, fruit punch
Su dinner – salad, fried rice, casserole, ice cream, peanuts

Family
M morning – 15 minutes w/Asher, 30 minutes w/Asher+Amy, 15 minutes w/Asher
M evening – 45 minutes w/kids, 45 minutes w/Asher, 15 minutes w/Amy
T morning – 15 minutes w/Asher, 30 minutes w/Asher+Amy
T evening – 30 minutes w/Jada, 45 minutes w/Jada+Aaron, 15 minutes w/Amy
W morning – 15 minutes w/Asher, 30 minutes w/Asher+Amy
W evening – 30 minutes w/everyone, 45 minutes w/Asher, 45 minutes w/Amy
Th morning – 15 minutes w/Asher, 30 minutes w/Asher+Amy, 15 minutes w/Asher
Th evening – 45 minutes w/everyone, 30 minutes w/Amy
F morning – 30 minutes w/Asher, 30 minutes w/Asher+Amy, 15 minutes w/Asher
F evening – 30 minutes w/everyone, 30 minutes w/Asher, 30 minutes w/Amy
Sa morning – 2 hours w/Asher, 1 hour w/Asher+Jada, 15 minutes w/Asher
Sa afternoon – 2 hours w/Asher
Sa evening – 15 minutes w/Asher, 45 minutes w/Amy
Su morning – 45 minutes w/Asher, 90 minutes w/everyone
Su afternoon – 45 minutes w/Aaron+Jada
Su evening – 45 minutes w/everyone, 30 minutes w/Asher, 30 minutes w/Amy