Me Likey Me

My last run's result came out and I cannot believe that my time was not my best time. I really think I ran well in my last run after all I did not walk at all this time. Next time, I will really try to run faster. I did not push myself too hard because I was afraid fatigue might overcome me. I have to take a risk next time. *sigh* Still, I am proud that I can now run 5K all the way. :)

I like what I am seeing in the mirror. I now like my silhouette and even my face actually. I have to see a dentist soon though because I really want one of my impacted teeth removed. It is becoming bothersome and it is very hard to clean.

I am beginning to relax on my munch intake and it should not be the case. I have to watch what I eat still.

I had my eyebrows done at Fix and I actually think they are better at threading than Franck Provost surprisingly and they charge at a much lower rate too. I will try them again. The last branch that I have been to was the one at TechnoHub, I will try the Taft branch next. Just waiting for the brows to grow. :)

Still have not swam aaargh... Too cold. brrr...

Not a Fluke

I just got back from my Fit and Right 5k run and am feeling good about myself because I finished without having to walk! Next target should be running faster! I don't know whatg my time is yet but am thinking this will be more accurate because they usd RFID *woot*!

I have no idea when my next run will be buy I like the feeling of waking up early to run.

5K

Last Sunday, I was able to run 5K all the way without stopping to walk! Yehey! This is a feat for me because I have been wanting to do this. I have come full circle I guess because the last time I was at the Animo Run I could not run the entire 5K, I had to walk a whole lot. Last time I was even chatting with a running buddy and it was a breeze for me. I felt so free running and watching the other runners do the same. I guess it also helped - it actually helped a lot *hehe* that MOA grounds is flat not like The Fort where it goes uphill then downhill. Still, I take much pride in being able to run all the way!

I will be running again tomorrow and I hope I will be performing as well if not better than the last time. I have lost weight this week but I might have gained back all the weight because I have been eating big slabs of meat lately that I worry about my heart already. *thwaps self* I will have to remember to think about my heart next time *hehe!*.

I hope I can wake up earlier tomorrow. I did not get to wake up early during the 7th Animo Run. I was still late because of the parking. I hope I will do better this time.

I better prepare my running gear.

BTW, I have not started swimming again. I just realized my sister cannot swim because she a hair rebond treatment recently. Boo!
I have to swim alone if I really want to.

I have to think about that first.

Animo Run!

I think I have gained some inches again around my waist but I have not checked out again. I have successfully registered for Animo Run tomorrow!!! *woot!*

It has been a long while since I ran 5K at a Fun Run. This Sunday would be a first in some months now. I hope I will be able to finish and I also hope I will be able to run all the way. :)

I have continued doing HipHop Abs, crunches and gym. I hope that eventually I will get to the target body I am hoping for. Hopefully, all this before Christmas. That ought to be my gift for my self. That and an iPod. Haha! :)

Still Losing Inches!

I am now at 28"! *woot!* I hope this continues. I have remained faithful in my regimen but not so much on not eating too much *wahaha* I am contemplating on getting my impacted teeth removed but am mighty scared. I have also not gone back to the derma and I do not know if I can still go back free of charge. *yikes!* I hope I still can. Also I am dying to try something new but I am still thinking about it very hard. :)

So far I think I am doing okay with all the things that I said I would do. I hope I will be able to keep this up. I want a swimsuit worthy body by summer. I really want to go to the beach. Wonder who I will be going with?! Anyhoo, there is bound to be an outing one way or another. In case there is one, I want to look nice at least.

My arms are still Herculean. I hope to really tone them by swimming or by another way. I have purchased a swimsuit and to this very day, tags still dangle from them because I have not used them yet. Hopefully, next week I will finally be able to swim.

I have been suffering from erratic sleeping pattern and I hope to fix this soon as well before I begin to look like a zombie. *bah!*

This is all for now! :)

Losing Weight!

I have finished the 21-day Advanced Night Recovery Complex and my skin is looking bright and healthy save for some pimples because I have not been getting my eight hours on a regular basis much more on a more humane before midnight to morning. Lately, I sleep from early morning 'til afternoon. Very unhealthy! *thwaps self*

I am very happy because i have continued doing HipHop Abs and i have been successful at dragging myself to the gym at least once a week doing my regular routine except for yesterday, I was evicted because gym had to close early. I have also maintained my half rice rule and so I think I have lost a lot of weight too. What i am very sure of though is that... wait for it... I now have a 28.5" waistline! *woot!* I have to continue what I am doing because it is working! *woot!*

I have bought myself a Speedo swimsuit the other day and I think that is the next big step! I will have to actually swim soon otherwise, the swimsuit purchase will be such a waste. I think I have taken for granted the fact that we have a pool. Some people would love to swim if only they had a pool. We do. And still I refuse to maximize it. Shame on me.

Aside from just eating half a rice, I do not deprive myself of other food, I do not think I want that anyway.

I am regularly reading the daily gospel through a website and I have also been participating in weekly bible studies to help me in my spiritual makeover. I think I am doing well. I think I am doing well... I just checked my weight, I think I am 59.9... not significant but that's okay. I will have to keep this up!

Hurrah!

Makeover Update

I have continued to do HipHop Abs with my sister and I am happy to say that I feel it working! I am on my way to the gym too. I now do 10 minutes on the stationary bike, 3KM on the treadmill (I am down to this because my legs are looking Herculean already)) and then I spend 21 minutes on the elliptical machine. I also do 10 reps on the dumbbells (Yup I am down to just 10 because my arms too are beginning to look like a man's) and I also do 20 reps of crunches.

I am not sure if I will still go back to swimming anytime soon. I would like to wait and see what will happen given my routine. I am not on a specific diet right now but I have cut down on my rice intake. I always cut my cup of rice to half regardless of the size of the cup. I hope all of this will pay off.

I am now less conscious about my weight. I also feel lighter and I feel happier. I hope that I will keep my momentum and that my skin is still supple enough so they do not sag. I have not been moisturizing for the longest time. My goal is to have beach-worthy body by next year! *woot!*

Delinquent Dieter!

I deserve a nice whipping! I ate two plates of pasta for DINNER!!! It's bad enough I ate two plates of carbs! I had to eat them for dinner!!! Also, I ate several Vienna sausages! They were chicken but still... I also ate a Takoyaki ball and I found it revolting! Wasted calories! I also ate some of the Mango Bravo, maybe not a full slice but still... *wah!*

How will I ever lose weight?! Grr...

Gosh, I wish I could just lose all the weight and get back to my old figure. I am getting really depressed. This process is taking too long. Boo.

Sedentary Existence

I think I am down to 29.5" but I have been bingeing on Mango Bravo which is never a good idea when on a diet. *sigh!*

Also, I was planning to go to the gym today but woke up at 1 in the afternoon! Thank goodness a friend of mine called me up, otherwise I would not have waken up! Gosh! I cannot go on living a sedentary life like this *haha*! I did however do HipHop Abs today. That's a good thing but... I had Spam for brunch and dinner, which is never ever a good thing. Why do I love Spam?!

I guess this is all I have to share right now. In fairness, the workout has become easier to do. Tomorrow is crunches and dumbbells day. :)

Lovin' Workin' Out

Did my dumbells tonight. Forgot that I have to do mat exercises today too. I better get cracking. Anyway, I would just like to say that all the workout is beginning to take its effect. I feel happier, I feel better about myself. My arms are firmer and... today I checked out Speedo swimsuits. I did not get any yet, but that is the first step right?!

I really hope to get back to swimming. I miss it.

I love the feeling of knowing that I worked out and I did my body a favor, besides, if there was a good time as any to work out, it's now. I have my reasons to try and get fit, one of those would be my clothes! *haha*

I am not sure if fitday.com is working but I am continuing the use.

Ciao!

HipHop Abs? Check!

I got to do my HipHop Abs Cardio workout today. That in spite my sister dozing. I decided to do it on mute. I do not need to hear the music anyway. I just need to follow their movements and so I did.

I guess I will do dumbells next before I hit the sack.

I am soh determined, more than ever to lose all the weight. This is the best recovery therapy that I know. Looking good!

BTW, I started treating my skin too. I have a 21-Day treatment of Estee Lauder's Advanced Night Recovery Concentrate. I am using this for 21 days straight to repair my skin. I hope it works well with Olay Regenerist. The last thing I want right now is a breakout.

Not now. Please not now.

I'm Back to the Gym!

I discovered today that I have an account at fitday.com. Apparently, I signed up a few months before I got married and then forgot about it *haha*. I found out I had an account because my username was taken already. I thought, what were the chances, I tried logging in and apparently, I was the one who took the name! Talk about being forgetful!

The site computes your calories consumed, calories burned, it keeps track of your measurement, etc. It's free and I am hoping I can update mine everyday. Hopefully, it will help me get fit.

I also joined swim.com but I do not see how it will get me back to swimming. I really need to get a new swimsuit.

After almost a month, I was able to hit the gym today. I only did 3km on the treadmill, 10 mins on the bike and 21mins on the elliptical machine. It was actually a great workout. I did not get so stressed after. I might adapt that workout instead of the 5km. I do not think I will be running on any fun run any time soon anyway. Plus, I do not like how my legs are beginning to look. They're getting too muscular. *ewww*

I have to do HipHop Abs today as well. I have to do that every other day from now on. I am thinking of hittng the gym three times a week because I found out they're open on Saturday mornings. *yehey!*

Boo...

I am getting really depressed. Though I woke up this morning and had a 29.1" waistline (it's in the morning so it's fake). I still feel bad because I just realized how big I have gotten over the last few months and yet in spite of this, I am too lazy to get back to the gym. I love to sleep more. Actually, I do have a window today to go to the gym. Hm... Maybe I will try to go today.

We will see. I want to lose the extra pounds real bad. I cannot begin to explain enough how bad I want to lose the extra pounds. Grr!

HipHop Abs!

Wedding emcee stint is done. My dress held all my flabs in all day! *yey* People said I looked nice so that's great! Still, I really want to lose more weight. I ate a Chicken Parmiagna tonight and I feel really bloated.

My sister and I started with HipHop Abs today. We hope to be able to keep this up. I will be doing dumbells again tonight. Tomorrow I will do crunches. I hope to be able run on Tuesday. One of these days I will get myself a new swimsuit so I can swim again! *yey*

I think my waistline is bigger again now!

Darn!

Waist-ed

Dailygospel.org is working again. i liked the gospel today because it was us being like children. Hm... Makes one think.

I checked my waistline this morning. I know it's like cheating because I am thinner on mornings but it makes me feel good so what the hell right? Waistline is now 29.1 inches! *woot*

BTW, I tried my pink dress yesterday and it fits! Not as comfortably as I would hope but it does fit! I just have to watch what I eat and hope hard that I will still fit by tomorrow! :)

I hope I will have fun tomorrow! :)

This is all I have to say now because I just woke up *haha*! Such a sloth, this changes next week because we will have classes again! Boo! I will be attending the wedding tomorrow, super excited! :) I hope it will be fun!

My sister and I plan to do HipHop Abs later, let's see how that will pan out. :)

Hooray!!!

I am 0.1 inch thinner. I know, it's no biggie and I do not know how long I can be 0.1 inch thinner but this is definitely a feat for me. I hope it continues.

We were going to do Hip Hop Abs today but did not get to do it again. *sigh* I plan to buy a new swimsuit so I can do laps again! *yey*

I think I can lose more pounds if I get into the water like I used to. I enjoy it. It's the taking a bath part and the mental preparation that the pool water if freezing that keeps me from jumping in! :)

I am soh going to swim! :)

I Love Mornings Because...

I measured my self this morning and I am thinner by 0.5 inch. I am always thinner in the morning haha! I got to do dumbells today, I finally found where my dumbells are.

I just posted in my other blog how I am taking Berocca and it got me thinking, could Berocca be making me fat?! Hm... I should not blame my vitamins but I really have not been eating too much lately so that's making me wonder. I should really get back to swimming. I have to get myself a new suit. That should motivate me enough.

I am planning to wear a pink dress I bought when I was inches thinner, I hope the dress would fit. *crosses fingers*

I decided to decrease my dumbell reps because my arms are getting too big, not nice anymore.

Still Fat. Gr!

Okay, I finally got to do crunches today. I tried doing push-ups and I can do them hehe... Well not so low yet but if I really try I think I can. I cannot find my dumbells so I will do them tomorrow. I do not think anything is happening. I am still fat says the measuring tape and the weighing scale. :)

I just feel better about myself. Maybe because I feel rested. I still have some papers that I need to read but I am going at my classic snail pace.

I think I need to get a pedicure tomorrow. I also think I need to fit my dress because it might not fit. If it does not I will have to get new shoes because I do not have black shoes to pair with my blue dress. I saw a cute pair of pumps at Zara but they are too expensive for a pair that I will not get to wear often.

I will be posting here what will happen next hehe... Need to trim my arms. Should I just get back to swimming?! Should I?!

I think I should.

But it's too cold...

So Far

My waistline is improving I think... but maybe this is because my period has just finished. i bloat back a few days later. I have not had any actual exercise for weeks. Darn!

I had a nice exercise of the soul in the last few days though. Yesterday, my mom, sister and I went to the grocery to get relief goods. It was a great feeling. Afterwards, we went to see a movie which sucked but we had fun nonetheless.

I hope to lose weight soon I will be doing my dumbells and crunches later.

At least I hope to do that *hehe*!

After the Storm...

The other day, I did not get to eat much I think because the streets were flooded and no one would deliver so I just ate rice and fish and then that night I had a piece of Goldilocks Double Dutch cake.. *bad* I ate some peanuts too, as a result my face is all pimply yesterday.

Yesterday, I had Greenwich Chicken ala King and a slice of Hawaiian Pizza and Pandan Pearl Cooler *very bad! thwaps self* for lunch (woke up too late so did not have breakfast anymore). In the evening we ate at Kalye ni Juan (my first time there) and I had Arroz Caldo and I was very much disappointed. Did not finish all of it. Really not good. I should have ordered what my sister ordered. My sister wanted to go to Dezaato Pan but they were closed so we just opted for Chocolat and I got myself Choco Caramel Cake *thwaps self again, harder this time but eats anyway haha*! And then, when I got home, I ate another Chicken ala King (Greenwich took the liberty of replacing the unavailable Baked Mac with Chicken ala King and I am the only one who eats this so... I had to finish it). It was still good though, but it's better when hot. I think that is all I ate yesterday. I have not exercised again. I will try to do this today. I will do dumbells and crunches.

Side note: It just started raining again... Hard! Please make it stop Lord. Please.

Struggling

I did not get to do my crunches and my dumbells last Thursday because I felt really tired. I went to the hospital to get myself my breast ultrasound. It was more painful than the first one, the technician was pressing the device really hard. It still hurt the day after. I hope nothing is wrong with me. After the results are released on Tuesday, I have to go and visit the surgeon and he will tell me then what I need to do about the results. I hope they will not have to cut me up. I happen to like my breasts. *vain*

I did not eat so much yesterday. I had to skip breakfast because i had to be early for the symposium. I had lunch, I had little rice and fish but had a banana crepe with custard filling, whipped cream and chocolate syrup *yum*, needless to say, I cannot resist crepes especially those of La Casita. I did not eat snacks. In the evening before seeing the musical Spring Awakening, I had Korean Barbecue from World of Tops, it was really good. I ate half of the rice.

After the musical I had plain hot green tea. :) I almost ordered for a hot choco but decided against it. After that, I went home and slept. :)

*yey!*

I hope I am doing well. I was not able to write on my journal though but I was able to visit dailygospel.org.

I hope I get to continue to do all these. I just woke up and took a sip off the sago't gulaman in the ref.*boo*

Update!

Okay, I just wanted to share that all that I planned to do last night, I was able to do and am so glad too!

I just lost a few minutes of sleep but I slept knowing that I did all that I promised I would do. Today promises to be a very big day and I am not scheduled to do any workout today. At the least what I can do is to watch what I eat.

I am glad though that I still fit into my black dress. I am an emcee today and it's the only thing I could wear right now *teehee*! I am suddenly wondering what I should wear to Spring Awakening. We got gala tickets...*tsk* Should have picked out another dress...

First Day Into This

Okay, let me start by confessing about my food intake today:

I had two pancakes smothered with butter and syrup this morning and then I had a Chicken McDo one piece and very little rice *haha who am I kidding?*.

After that, I did not get to eat anything until 6pm. I ate a pack of pretzels that I sequestered from my colleague *haha*. I was hungry and was not going to be able to eat until 9pm!

For dinner I had KFC leftover of my sister and coleslaw leftover of my sister which I did not enjoy but ate anyway *hello dysfunctional eater!*. I also ate a pack of nuts, a Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookie *I could not resist! Not that I tried anyway*, Rice crackers, and a few cubes of rip mangoes.

Wow! Could I really be on a diet?! I do not want to do this consciously!

To make up for all that I ate I did my dumbbell routine and I am about to do my mat exercises.

I will also be writing a letter to the Lord and reading http://dailygospel.org.

There, I know I should be sleeping already but I do want a makeover!

Start of Something

I think at some point in our lives, we find ourselves not the person we want ourselves to be. I know I am in the position right now. I am not exactly liking what I see in the mirror every morning.

I used to swim 36 laps on an Olympic size pool before. I used to do crunches every other day faithfully. I used to run 5 Km. on the treadmill every other day. I used to do 20 minutes on the elliptical machine.

I need to lose weight.

Apart from that, I feel my spiritual life dwindling. I do not get to hear mass everyday anymore. I am not reading His Word daily anymore. I have even forgone the weekly novenas to Our Mother of Perpetual Help.

I need to reconnect with the Lord.

I used to be wiser and I had brighter outlook. Now I look beyond what I have now and it's glum. I look at the young ones, and I remember how I was.

I ask myself how I have gotten to be this way. I still do not have the answer, but one thing is for certain, I do not want to stay this way.

I need to change.

Tomorrow, like Scarlett O'Hara said, is another day. I hope it will be a different one.