Tackling Phobias (1) - 2 down, 5 to go

Day 2

My oh my! I have a long way to go to reach my goals. Went by the gym today to get a customised program drawn up for me and although I’m generally fine, my fat statistics is mildly worse than average. I'm to work out @ least 3 times a week for about 80mins each time which sounds alright. But that's not the problem you see. I joined a 15mins abs workout class and I barely made it to the end. Ouch. My body aches terribly. I'm in trouble.

Picture me doing this in September - cool yea?
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Which reminds me about what I wanted to tell you yesterday. My career coach has invited me to join her in a 10k obstacle run in September. I looked it up and it looks fun but I need to be able to run 10km 1st. Right now, I can't even run 300m. I have no idea how we (it’s we isn’t it, me and her ;) ) are going to get me ready in time, but hey, why turn down a great challenge? Poor career coach is going to become a fitness coach now - I feel so sorry for her. Anyway, we just added another challenge to the list.  *yipee*

You may want to ask how the detox diet is going and I would like to tell you that right now, I’m swearing to myself and promising I’ll never do this to myself EVER again. But even I am not convinced. I’ve made such promises to myself and broken it over and over again. I’m so so hungry right now. I hate diets that leave you constantly hungry because they make you vulnerable to overeating. Anyway, I did manage to stick to the diet (for the most part) but since I had to work over night, I got super hungry and descended on almond nuts and peanut butter. I tried not to take too much but I should not have been eating it at all (according to the diet specifications, never mind that it’s healthy). Anyway, that wasn’t enough so at some point, I went to get a 90 calorie cereal bar. I’m sorry alright, I was famished. I’ll try harder tomorrow.

In my defense though, I did try real hard. I stepped out of the house and apparently that was a mistake because everywhere I went, there was good food cooking and smelling; stronger than ever. And when I got back home, my housemate was cooking up a storm. Sheer wickedness. I deserve a pat on the back for not falling to such strong temptation.

Tackling Phobias (1) - 1 down, 6 to go

Long term target: Abs that look like this

Day 1

Body Stats

So as promised, I took my body measurements early this morning and here goes

Weight: 67.6 (that’s down from 70 which is cool)

BMI: 21.3

Body fat: 32.4% (that has to go down)

Muscle: 27.8% (needs to go up)

Recommended calories: 1449 (means I need to eat a lot less than average to lose weight, the world is not a fair place)

Visceral fat: 4 (whatever that means):

Chest: 36”

Waist: 29”

Lower abdomen: 32.9” (trouble spot L)

Hips: 39.6 (why the heck is this one reducing? Who asked it to? Rubbish...)

We’ll measure again on day 8

Target

For this week, shed some more stomach fat. Let's see where it gets us. If it's effective, I'll try it again.

Today’s menu

Breakfast: Egg white omelette with one slice of brown toast (no butter)

Lunch: Large vegetable salad and one small portion of chicken/ fish

Dinner: Fish pepper soup

In case you don’t know what fish peppersoup is, it’s same as soup without any thickener but where I’m from, we take a lot of pepper (chilli) so that’s the main spice. Basically, it’s fish + water + spices – no oil or carbs. The water does the trick of filling you up. *sigh* this should be fun *grimace*.  See, I’m not a glutton but I love good food. I just need to remind myself that this is for a good cause.

Actual breakfast

I’m not particularly a fan of toast so I had 2 light pancakes made from whole wheat flour and no sugar ;) + 3 egg whites – not as bad as I thought but I’ll put in some veggies next time. I’ll also have a cup of twinnings morning detox tea. I’m not allowed coffee and the likes. *sigh*. Time to work.

Lunch

This is not going well at all. I’m famished by lunch time and I have tonnes of work to do. Anyway, I chop some lettuce into a bowl, placed some baby lettuce over it and chopped some tomatoes and cucumber. Voila – lunch. Hahaha. No way I’ll eat just that but I want to be faithful. I decide to skip the cream and dressing and make a nice sauce with my fish allowance. To support the fish and enhance the taste, I add a few king prawns (chopped) and mushroom (I love them and they count as veggies, don’t they?). The sauce goes over the salad and it actually tastes good. But I’m worried because a large bowl still leaves me hungry. This isn’t good.

Dinner

Fish pepper soup as prescribed. One piece of fish only. Why o why did I decide to do this to myself? *sob*. Only 7 days Cutie, only 7 days and day 1 is gone. And remember, keep your eye on the prize.

I’m sorry guys, I’m too tired to type more than this. Let me give you tomorrow’s menu though.

Tomorrow’s menu

Breakfast: Fruit smoothie made with berries and skimmed or soy milk (looking forward to this 1 *grin*)

Lunch: Chicken pepper soup and raw or steamed

vegetablesDinner: Steamed vegetables and a small portion of white fish

Seems tomorrow will be alright. Oh, I just remembered I have something to tell you. We have another challenge on the list. I’ll tell you tomorrow.

Good night all. *eyes on the prize Cutie*.

Tackling Phobias (1) - Introduction

So I went for my first swimming lessons today. I already missed two (2) classes but I think I caught on fine.

I wore a 2 piece bathing suit my sister bought for me a few years ago. The idea behind getting this particular suit was to get something both trendy and decent (we pride ourselves on being decent). Anyway, like I told you earlier, I'm gifted with a great shape. I realised today that due to an improvement in the aforementioned shape *clearing throat*, the lower piece was a bit snug (BF, this is my way of asking you to fund the purchase of another suit *wink*).

Back to the real gist, class went well and the coach told me what to do to help me catch up faster. It will require me to go back to the pool on my own. Hold me to it, I need to try. At least, I've got started with the swimming end of this challenge.

For the fat end, dear brother sent me a 7-day detox diet plan which I have decided to start tomorrow. This is going to be hard. To "clean up my freezer" in preparation for the diet, I ate the ice-cream I had left in there. Don't look at me like that; you can't possibly start a diet with ice cream in your freezer.  Ok, I ate it just because I could. I also ate loads of hersheys but I knew I would not finish the pack so I've handed the rest over to my housemate. I hope I don't go searching her room tomorrow. Lol.

So here's what I'll do. To keep me accountable, I'm going to tell you all I eat and drink (good or bad). Tomorrow morning, I'll take my weight and measurement and post it up as well so we can compare the before and after. It's past midnight so the challenge has started.

Wish me luck. I'll need it.

NEXT!!!

Do you have suggestions for the list? Now's the time to put them forward. 

Since we're done with 1st real vacation, let's tick some items off the list...

What do we get to tick off?

Pushed my personal limits and got a mega rush of adrenaline:

• Reverse bungee jumping  ü
• Indoor sky diving  ü
• Crazy theme park rides  ü
• Spending the night in a foreign country with only enough money (cash or card) to get me to the airport  ü

What’s next on the list?

Face some of my phobias

• Phobia 1: Water - I need to learn to swim. (Don't ask  me why I don't know how to swim because I'll blame my parents although reality might differ just a little.)
• Phobia 2: Fat - I've piled on a little fat around my middle. I need to get my figure back. I must be back to my royal hotness by the time BF comes to visit. I may be coerced to show you a picture of the new 6-pack when I get it.

More Adrenaline fun

•  Tandem bungee jumping
•  More theme park rides

We'll tag the next adventure "Tackling Phobias (1)". Time to get started.

1st real Vacation - Closing

Hey guys, I'm finally awake. Had a really long sleep it seems. Let's  (finally) bring this story to a close and then start something else - together this time.

Credit:  http://pinterest.com/pin/59039445087386618/ 

Back to base.  It’s the first time I’m returning from a trip with nothing for my friends. I’m busy thinking up excuses right now. Well, I’m sure they’ll forgive me.  I was too busy having fun to shop and I spent all the money on fun. I’m sorry, I really am.

I need to switch my mind from vacation mode now and get set for work. I’ve missed a number of deadlines without caring. Time to get to work.

THE END....