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elfsSo, this morning, following one of the many lifehacks I've collected over the past couple of months, I decided that instead of coffee in the morning, I would put a glass of milk and a handful of protein powder in my thermos and shake well.
I had picked up the powder at a little health-food store on the way home, three packets for something like five bucks, one per day... a bit pricey, but this was just an experiment. I dutifully ignored the "to avoid carbs, use soy milk" and use the real cow stuff, giving me about 34 grams of protein.
I then went and geeked for about ten minutes to let the protein get into my system. I then did a quick morning exercise: two abs exercises and one set of arm/shoulders, using this crazy technique that seems to really work and gives a good cardio boost in the meantime.
I noticed two things: first, my wrists don't hurt. I don't know if I can attribute that to the protein or the exercises (the push-ups at the above link can be wrist-intensive) but my wrists simply don't ache this morning. Now, admittedly I haven't been writing at the furious rate I did last week-- I did 10,000 words last week-- but I'm still writing every day and I'm noticing any problems right now.
The other, more interesting effect was that as I drove into work this morning, I was able to do my Japanese lessons faster. I didn't have to pause the jukebox to keep up. It was quite interesting to rip through lesson 74 with solid recovery of older lessons and without much fumbling. I should try this more often.
I had picked up the powder at a little health-food store on the way home, three packets for something like five bucks, one per day... a bit pricey, but this was just an experiment. I dutifully ignored the "to avoid carbs, use soy milk" and use the real cow stuff, giving me about 34 grams of protein.
I then went and geeked for about ten minutes to let the protein get into my system. I then did a quick morning exercise: two abs exercises and one set of arm/shoulders, using this crazy technique that seems to really work and gives a good cardio boost in the meantime.
I noticed two things: first, my wrists don't hurt. I don't know if I can attribute that to the protein or the exercises (the push-ups at the above link can be wrist-intensive) but my wrists simply don't ache this morning. Now, admittedly I haven't been writing at the furious rate I did last week-- I did 10,000 words last week-- but I'm still writing every day and I'm noticing any problems right now.
The other, more interesting effect was that as I drove into work this morning, I was able to do my Japanese lessons faster. I didn't have to pause the jukebox to keep up. It was quite interesting to rip through lesson 74 with solid recovery of older lessons and without much fumbling. I should try this more often.
