100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 23: Preoccupied…

…with filling up my Samsung Galaxy Tab with workout videos! So far I’ve got Jillian Michaels and Jessica Smith in there. I would love to get some P90x and GSP Rushfit in my video library, too.

I’m also having a grand time browsing the Android Market. The wealth of free apps is astounding! I’ve even installed a weight loss app to help keep me on track–it’s called Noom and it allows you to track your workouts and food intake. It also reminds you to do your workouts as scheduled. It will be interesting to see how this app figures in my fitness journey. Although I did notice that you can only input one kind of exercise in its “Planned Exercise” section?

Speaking of exercise, I’m still not working out. I’m in an exercise funk. Honestly I’m having a hard time motivating myself to get moving after the awful time I had last Thursday… my bad experience with my client really sucked the energy out of me, and it’s taking me quite a while to regroup. I’m giving myself until tomorrow to finally shake things off and get back in the groove. Otherwise, all my efforts would have been for nothing.

100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 22: Early Christmas Present

I spent last night at Russel and Leila‘s condo in One Oasis… I had an awful time with my client yesterday, so when I got back to Manila, I went straight to their place and bawled my eyes out the entire night. I’m not going to get into the details of what happened, but suffice it to say that I couldn’t stop crying for hours–my emotions were that agitated by the incident.

Needless to say, because of the stress I put my eyes under last night, I woke up pretty late this morning and with horrid bags under my eyes, too. Even my eyelids were extra-puffy, making my naturally small eyes look like slits. Gah. Luckily for me, the ice bag I put on my eyes–ice for eyes, anyone? Heh heh–helped a lot to reduce the swelling, so I was able to leave One Oasis looking considerably better than when I first woke up.

To cheer me up, Russ and Lei helped me get myself an early Christmas present–a Samsung Galaxy Tab! I’ve wanted to buy one of these for a long time, but I sat on the fence for so long because I had a lot of other things I wanted to buy… like my own surfboard, a new laptop maybe, a watch that I’ve drooled over for ages… the list goes on. But upon their advice, I realized that the item that would be most useful to me as of the moment would be a kick-ass tablet; and after seeing what their Galaxy Tabs could do for the past several months, I was sold.

So, to make the long story short, I went ahead and took the plunge–I am now the proud owner of a 7″ Samsung Galaxy Tab, and I couldn’t be any happier with my decision. I’ve been fiddling with it since we got it this afternoon and so far it works like a dream. Russ and Lei have also introduced me to the wonderful world of the Android Market, and I’m already overwhelmed with the number of apps that I want to install on my Tab. I definitely want something fitness-related, and I also want an interval timer of some sort, for when I can’t access the Tabata Online Timer due to internet connection problems. Although it would be awesome if the Tabata Timer had an app for Android devices.

So… no workout for me today. Still exhausted from the drama of yesterday. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 17: Another Rest Day

So today I didn’t do my WOD because I’ve been feeling something in my back since yesterday. It’s like a dull ache on the right side, near my spine. It hurts a little when I sit down for long periods of time… does anybody know what this is? Gawd I’m hoping it’s not an injury.

I think I’ll take a rest for now. I’ve just come back from Palawan and the stress of the morning trip really got to me–I acted like a jerk the whole time, and no, I’m not proud of it. I immediately felt remorseful for my behavior and my guilt just gnawed at me during the whole flight back. Sigh.

I’ll use this break to read up on my fitness literature. You know how the saying goes–knowing is half the battle.

100 Days to Fat Loss – Day 12: Rest Day

Today I decided to give my body a rest. I was supposed to go to Bikram Yoga again this morning, but when I woke up I just felt so tired and exhausted that I couldn’t even get out of bed on the first try. Perhaps it’s my body’s way of telling me to slow down and let it recover from the grueling exercise I put it through yesterday. Plus, I still had some laundry to finish. So I scrapped any plans of roasting myself in a hot room while finding my inner peace, and decided to take it easy instead.

Still, taking it easy doesn’t mean being sloppy about my food intake. I had a bowl of Kashi GOLEAN with milk for breakfast, followed by a couple of mini oranges for dessert. I was patting myself on the back for a job well done until I found a tub of Selecta Super Thick Chocolate ice cream inside our freezer… and couldn’t resist eating a couple of spoonfuls. Oh well. Who says a healthy diet doesn’t have room for sinful sweets? No one, that’s who. Or maybe those preachy preacher kinds who have sticks up their asses. At any rate, definitely not me. So I went right ahead and savored my bites of creamy chocolate ice cream and loved every second of it. Thankfully, I was satisfied with that and put the tub right back in the freezer after. See? That’s discipline, people.

Looking forward to enjoying this rest day. A replay of the first Philippine airing of “Dancing with the Stars” is on in a bit, and I am so excited to watch it. Have a happy Sunday, everyone!

 

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