In the am, earlier than is needed I jump out of bed excited and relieved to be alive and ready to go work out. My morning routine is almost always the same: quick “rub around” on the stomach to get an idea about me having a lean day or a puffy day. I put my wheat bran porridge in the microwave, 30 minutes all out cooking in the big glass bowl, then office time with coffee. A lot of energy for my workout, yes I feel like I can go on forever.

Then comes to energy crash…. ooooh, wow, around noon…. soooo tired. I just wanna lie down. Dragging my feet. I wonder how will I ever feel energized again… Every step, every move is slow and takes a lot of effort. I feel drained. I think about going for a massage but walking there? hm… no not worth it, too tired! Apparently doing another workout later on seems very far fetched! I cannot even imagine climbing up on a machine pushing the heart rate over 80 bpm! I seriously believe too that I have never been this tired and exhausted before. Which is never true. I’m not even hungr, that’s how tired I feel. I just need that tempurpedic mattress and quiet. And maybe my little warm wheat-pillow!

Then, KABOOM, MAGIC!!!! Around 4 pm my internal clock knows it’s boogie time! It’s cardio time! yes, the gym is calling my name. I check my arms and veins starting to pop. It’ like the muscles are getting psyched up on their own, they want to take me for a ride! And suddenly I got all this energy. I was just preserving it for later use! Smart body huh! It knows it will bust its butt in the evening, so better check those energy suckers during the day like walks to the store, vacuum cleaning, doing dishes, laundry… Yeah those tasks take too much haha. I detest leisure time activity, I just wanna lie down and wait til training. This is typical for hard training athletes/models: we NEED to be lazy in between to recuperate. I remember everyone always tells me” oh, but don’t you looove a walk, Pauline? You are so active, let’s go for a run or go hiking! hm… no way, YOU go for a hike, I’ll be gone fishing til it’s workout time.

My body has totally adapted the energy preservance guidelines: it’s not expending energy without reason!

So, now time for my cardio session!