Ok, I only have a few minutes to spare as I have work at 4AM tomorrow. My early morning workout will have to be moved in the afternoon. I haven't decided yet if I will workout at home or at 360 fitness club (yes, I think it's time to test if I can go back to doing their circuits. AC sprain on my left shoulder).
So, waking up at 430AM was a struggle. I hit the snooze button and woke up 30 minutes after. I spent a few minutes contemplating if I should get up and workout or sleep for another hour. Working out won. I had my pre-workout snack to give me the energy to finish and complete my WOD---it's so on right now from BodyRock.TV. Holy motheroffrack was I sweating like a pig and struggling to complete my exercises. I gave my dad a scare cos I was breathing loudly (that was me just exhaling).
Anyway, I need to sleep better so I can perform better. It really sucks that I felt so worn out and my reps were blah.
On the food front, I did my grocery yesterday to tide me over for a few days. I cooked a batch of broccoli/zucchini soup for baon. I was thisclose to eating a bag of chicharon ni Mang Juan when I got home when it hit me that I was blogging about my fitness journey. Went back to my mom's room, returned he bag of chips, and drank a glass of cold water. To ward of the munchies, I kept myself busy and watched The girl with a dragon tattoo.
Weekday temptations, please leave me alone.
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This was my food intake for the day:
5AM pre-workout snack - 1 slice 12-grain bread, 1 tablespoon sugarfree orange marmalade
6AM breakfast - 1 cup almond milk, 1 cup water, 3/4 cup oats, 1/4 cup frozen blue berries
730AM - 1 tall cafe americano black
930AM - 1 granola bar
1145AM - 1/2 cup red rice, 2 chicken breast cooked adobo style, mixed greens without dressing, 1/2 cup broccoli/zucchini soup, 1 large pineapple juice (no more juices!)
2PM - 1 cup green tea
330PM - 1/2 cup broccoli/zucchini soup
5PM - 1 slice 12-grain bread, 1 tablespoon sugarfree orange marmalade
730PM - 1/2 cup red rice, 1/2 fried tilapia, 1/2 cup adobong kangkong
Wow, written down that seemed like a lot. My stomach is getting used to not eating a lot again. So hush, be patient my stomach!
My workout was quite dismal. Here's what I did and how I fared:
Workout of the day: It's so on right now (from bodyrock.tv)
Instructions: Do 2 rounds of all the exercises doing as much reps as you can using a 10:50 interval
Exercises:
1. 8-lb kb swings 26 | 25
2. Burpees 9 | 7
3. Turkish get up 6 | 6
4. Crab kick ups 28 | 24
5. 1-leg (L) elevated squats 10 | 10
6. 1-leg (R) elevated squats 12 | 7
7. Jump lunge with knee crunch 7 | 8
8. Mt. climbers 35 | 16
9. Lunge-low jack combo 4 | 5
10. Deep squat with knee crunch 12 | 11
And I am off to sleep!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
100 days of fitness (1st round): Day 1 - 30th of January
This is my public journal as I document my days of fitness. I am not an expert, I am just applying what I have read, watched, and experienced. There is science to fitness and health, but at the end of the day, it is personal to you.
Because I have the tendency to not finish what I started and because I bite more than I can chew, I have decided to focus on 4 things to improve and add 1 per week. Here are my 4 key behaviours:
1. Sleep on or before 10PM to have at least 6 hours of sleep.
2. Wake up at 430AM to workout before I go to work (except on days when my call time in the office is 4AM, which will then be my active rest day).
3. Bring packed food/lunch at work and document my food intake.
4. Map out my daily and weekly work out the week before to avoid cramming.
Sounds simple enough, but they are challenging. I have to focus my mind to organise what I need to do and this is something that eludes me.
On a different note, here was my workout for today :
Monday workout:
90 seconds jump rope
50 prisoner squats, 50 DB chest press (5-lb), 50 v-crunch
90 seconds jump rope
40 prisoner squats, 40 DB chest press (5-lb), 40 v-crunch
90 seconds jump rope
30 prisoner squats, 30 DB chest press (5-lb), 30 v-crunch
90 seconds jump rope
20 prisoner squats, 20 DB chest press (5-lb), 20 v-crunch
90 seconds jump rope
10 prisoner squats, 10 DB chest press (5-lb), 10 v-crunch
It took me 27mins 46 seconds to complete the entire workout. When I did this last 7th of January, I finished it at 35mins 29 seconds. Not bad! Yey!
Here is my food intake (i forgot to take note of the time):
Pre-workout: 1/2 Kashi granola bar
Breakfast: Shake made out of: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1 cup water, 3/4 cups oatmeal, 1 banana
Snack: 1 tall cafe americano (black), 1/2 kashi granola bar
Lunch: 1/2 cup red rice, 2 chicken breast cooked adobo style, 1 cup steamed broccoli
Snack: handful of roasted salted almonds
Dinner: 1/2 cup red rice, 1 salmon steak sinigang (OMG soooo good!)
I always drink more than 8 glasses of water, and I drink vitamin C and fish oil regularly.
To cap off this very long first day update, here is what I currently look like (i will take a better angle over the weekend):
On the 100th day of my fitness journey, I am targeting a 15 pound weight loss. My current weight is
190lbs and the last time I had my body fat % checked, it was at 38.7%.
Because I have the tendency to not finish what I started and because I bite more than I can chew, I have decided to focus on 4 things to improve and add 1 per week. Here are my 4 key behaviours:
1. Sleep on or before 10PM to have at least 6 hours of sleep.
2. Wake up at 430AM to workout before I go to work (except on days when my call time in the office is 4AM, which will then be my active rest day).
3. Bring packed food/lunch at work and document my food intake.
4. Map out my daily and weekly work out the week before to avoid cramming.
Sounds simple enough, but they are challenging. I have to focus my mind to organise what I need to do and this is something that eludes me.
On a different note, here was my workout for today :
Monday workout:
90 seconds jump rope
50 prisoner squats, 50 DB chest press (5-lb), 50 v-crunch
90 seconds jump rope
40 prisoner squats, 40 DB chest press (5-lb), 40 v-crunch
90 seconds jump rope
30 prisoner squats, 30 DB chest press (5-lb), 30 v-crunch
90 seconds jump rope
20 prisoner squats, 20 DB chest press (5-lb), 20 v-crunch
90 seconds jump rope
10 prisoner squats, 10 DB chest press (5-lb), 10 v-crunch
It took me 27mins 46 seconds to complete the entire workout. When I did this last 7th of January, I finished it at 35mins 29 seconds. Not bad! Yey!
Here is my food intake (i forgot to take note of the time):
Pre-workout: 1/2 Kashi granola bar
Breakfast: Shake made out of: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1 cup water, 3/4 cups oatmeal, 1 banana
Snack: 1 tall cafe americano (black), 1/2 kashi granola bar
Lunch: 1/2 cup red rice, 2 chicken breast cooked adobo style, 1 cup steamed broccoli
Snack: handful of roasted salted almonds
Dinner: 1/2 cup red rice, 1 salmon steak sinigang (OMG soooo good!)
I always drink more than 8 glasses of water, and I drink vitamin C and fish oil regularly.
To cap off this very long first day update, here is what I currently look like (i will take a better angle over the weekend):
On the 100th day of my fitness journey, I am targeting a 15 pound weight loss. My current weight is
190lbs and the last time I had my body fat % checked, it was at 38.7%.
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