Thursday, January 24, 2013

Photo blog #21: Journey to 14 days of fitness



Last christmas vacay before leaving home, I weighed myself and I was at a tip of 52 kgs. That information sounds nice, I am looking forward to maintain it,  besides we planned to stay only for  6 days in our hometown as my man is about to beat some yearender deadline.

When we came back....after much fuss of unpacking, I weighed myself again only to find out I gained not 1 but 4 kg. Waah! I was whooping 56 kg by Dec 26, that was a Thursday. Ouch! And I can't even run till Saturday. Aside from the fact that I don't have a nanny...I got pestering blisters on my feet, courtesy of kindred allergy. 

Come saturday I was itching to run...so I decided to go on a fitness journey. I dared myself do fitness activity everyday in the hope to slash back those extra pounds from the holiday. This blog entry is dedicated  to my journey to14 days of fitness.

I documented that 10 days challenge to fitness through instagram with a hashtag #dayXchallenge (where X indicates the day progress).

My photo ops lasted 11 days but total work out days from Dec 29 is 14 days.

And on January 12- I did only 2 kms at stationary bike. I think it would be indecent to count it in my instagram photo-ops considering it was actually my first official break.

I weighed myself again Jan 13, tipped at 53 kgs.
And couldn't lose anymore...it would be unsafe for my upcoming marathon race.

Now, I conclude 3 kgs is worth about 14 days of workout, sweat and mental challenge. I could quit anytime but I kept telling myself do it at least more than 10 days. Lol!
Yeah...am crazy. I can't help it...I love being mobile!
Dec 29, I did 5 miles; Dec 30- 20 mi, race (photo ops with BR); Dec 31- 2.9 mi; Jan 1- stationary bike 6 mi


Still sleepy....but mounted on the stationary bike. This is my 4th day


My 5th day. Interval training thx to Runkeeper


My 6th day- lunch run at work


Resistance band training at home and stationary bike



My 8th day- strength almost waning.


Sample of entry in IG #dayXchallenge


Back to RUNch...while everyone enjoy lunch, I try to be positive with the sun.


And more sun...


Because am having a lunch meeting...a quick run in the morning


Back to lunch running


Stationary bike...


Thursday, January 3, 2013

My cup of tea

Time flies so fast.. I woke up and it's 2013.
It was just yesterday when my 2012 cup of tea is half empty.

Now, I'm starting to fill my empty cup with tea and hot water.

Cheers!