tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39917867991352597002024-03-13T20:04:55.076+01:00Chez FitMercyYou don't get IT by wishing, JUST DO ITTope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-45567880254715978112020-09-11T07:51:00.001+01:002020-09-11T07:51:32.114+01:00FitMercy: Day One Workout of 3 weeks Lean Arms Challenge
Subscribe to my channel for more videos on the journey to a healthier me and much more.Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-71471287643841817992020-09-09T18:20:00.001+01:002020-09-11T07:43:55.238+01:00FitMercy September ChallengeTope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-9274789203810581122020-05-12T21:28:00.001+01:002020-05-12T21:30:53.180+01:00Life's AmbitionI became creative today and I have to make a post of it.
I am quite artistic, I realized this not too long ago and I started to explore this personality trait as much as I can. I started by investing in other languages, now photography and many more to come, watch this space. Each piece of photo is very significant to me. I really love this!
The life I love and desire in a photo collage.
Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-75459531944125313262020-05-08T13:26:00.001+01:002020-05-08T13:26:47.433+01:00Answers
Hello readers, these are answers to two previous posts.
What were
questions that bothered you as a kid?
How do
people get into the TV?
My beautiful
brother answered, in his words “they normally go in through the sockets and the
wires as tiny creatures and then they change to humans when they get inside the
box, lol. Funny enough I believed that for an exceedingly long time as a kid.
What
Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-80399278712007828652020-05-07T12:15:00.001+01:002020-05-07T12:15:15.867+01:00More Questions...
One of the
earliest adult songs I learned by heart as a little kid was a song by Johnny
Nash “there are more questions than answers”, I heard it every week for years since it
was an intro to a TV talk show.
As I grew
up, I realized those words were true.
Are they
not?
There are
many questions parents could not give answers to, many times teachers were lost even in their fields of Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-73601956899132127002020-05-05T17:23:00.005+01:002020-05-06T17:07:37.916+01:00Seven Questionsv <!--[endif]-->What kind of thinking error could I
be making?v <!--[endif]-->What evidence is there that this
thought might not be true (or completely not true)?v <!--[endif]-->Is there an alternative explanation
or another way of viewing this?v <!--[endif]-->What is the most realistic outcome of
this situation?v <!--[endif]-->What is the effect of my believing
this thought and what could be theTope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-2631606803919615542020-03-05T09:50:00.001+01:002022-03-05T12:06:10.865+01:00StrugglingThe struggle is real and the earlier one comes face to face with reality the better. It's funny how blogging helped me lose weight in the past and how I had left it for this long and kept struggling with my diets and exercise.
I had to answer some questions today about some thinking errors I have been nursing over the years about weight loss and right now, I think I should deal with the Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-29692269763117218102017-06-08T13:21:00.000+01:002017-06-08T13:21:58.146+01:00June: My Goal Month
I told myself "I am back" in my last post but it would be one month in a few days and I am still not back, lol.
Sitting to write with a lot on your plate is actually impossible or rather not doable. I have embark on journeys one too many within the past month that I feel like a stranger among my folks these days. I mean the trips and all the learning attached with it had given me new Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-38679911119401839922017-05-10T21:35:00.000+01:002017-05-10T21:35:11.764+01:00Back
Hey friends and awesome readers, I had not been here in two months and it feels like forever right now. I have had a lot going on with me and I had been overwhelmed at some point and ready to give up but there is a desire and a drive from inside that wouldn't just let me.
I am amazing,
I am strong,
I can do anything,
Positivity is a choice and;
I am prepared to succeed.
There Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-27515953577675174082017-03-09T20:47:00.002+01:002017-03-09T21:07:14.691+01:00Week 52 Weigh in
Today, I want to let you into one of my favorite recipes, so simple yet so exciting to the taste buds. My sister called it "yam pepper soup" to me it's my go to meal to heal and to celebrate.
Ingredients
- 3 habanero or scotch bonnet pepper
- Spices of choice at least 4 to your taste (I love my soup chilli and spicy)
- Protein 2 cups or as desired (in small pieces includes Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-42670165383991093352017-03-01T21:45:00.000+01:002017-03-01T21:48:48.179+01:00Week 51 Weigh-in: Don't Give up
This post is actually short and subtly pleading with myself not to give up.
I think I am attending to too many things at the same time and somehow it's taking a toll on my emotions. This week happen to be our wedding anniversary and I was elated by the way we were celebrated and for me to close the day immersing in the joy of the past years was a no-no because there was just too much to take Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-62454237683526742302017-02-22T22:02:00.001+01:002017-02-22T22:02:51.549+01:00Week 49 - 50 Weigh-in: FEEDBACK, NOT FAILURE
All news is good news. Imagine walking on a rocky surface — maybe a beach, or a dry creek bed, or a hiking trail. Some of the stones are stable and solid. If you step on them, they don’t move. Some of the stones aren’t stable. They wiggle or tip when you step on them. With every step you take, you are getting feedback about the path. And you can use that immediate feedback to correct courseTope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-12389899590436833432017-02-20T21:24:00.000+01:002017-02-20T21:41:23.753+01:00Meal Planning
I have been busy trying my hands on some new workouts, eating plans and shuffling my time and life to keep body and soul alive and healthy.
One of the things I have been working on is Meal Planning. In the present economic condition we are in this country, everything evolves around planning including how and what we eat to avoid wastage, unhealthy habits and unnecessary stress.
Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-64550314001662678092017-02-08T22:25:00.000+01:002017-02-08T22:27:20.559+01:00Week 48 weigh-in: Goals Re-evaluation
This is February and its so surprising how time flies these days. I wonder if our activities was more than what it used to be.
Somehow within the month of January, I realized that many resolutions and good intentions are already waning. The need for this post is for a re-awakening and a call to refocus so that we would be celebrating and not bemoaning our achievements at the end of 2017.Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-90726713149517275252017-02-02T06:27:00.000+01:002017-02-02T06:36:10.498+01:00Week 47 Weigh-in: S.M.A.R.T Goal Diggers
I have been AWOL and I have been busy too. Too busy to even get anything done about the blog or exercise. Since it's the beginning of the month, I wish we will emphasize goal setting again and how to do it right. I am sharing a coach's article on SMART goals and I hope you gain a thing that will help you through February. Happy reading
As the year comes to it’s end and we are welcoming by newTope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-60041977794385605512017-01-27T22:31:00.000+01:002017-01-27T22:31:52.850+01:00Your Inner Team - 2
In the Pixar movie Inside Out, the premise is that each person's brain has several characters inside, who act out individual emotions.
The movie captures the “inner drama” of the average person.
After all, sometimes it feels like we have different “characters” in our head.
In fact, sometimes it feels like being ourselves is a team effort.
Who’s on your inner team?Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-65381123755153867242017-01-26T19:33:00.000+01:002017-01-26T19:36:32.997+01:00Week 46 Weigh-in: Your Inner Team - 1
An English saying goes "birds of the same feather, flock", this means that like minds attract. It is very unlikely that people one makes friends with are opposites of who we are. We naturally align with people that we love things about them, it doesn't have to be all the qualities anyway.
On our journey to fitness and a healthier lifestyle, we need help greatly. Help in form of people, ideas,Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-7232776613549337512017-01-20T11:59:00.000+01:002017-01-20T11:59:39.952+01:00Week 45 Weigh-in: Setting Goals
We had spoken extensively on setting goals and what to do with them since the beginning of the year. I am not going to over-flog the topic.
I will only use this short post to instruct you to go back to your journal or notebook where you scribble those plans and check how you have fared in the last 19 days of the year.
Search inwards:
- Is your energy/courage/confidence sapped? Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-68832495079888886922017-01-17T11:17:00.001+01:002017-01-17T21:02:35.468+01:00You are not allowed to...
Is it OK to workout when sick?
I have not worked out in almost 5 days because I was sick and not disposed enough to exercise.
We need to be alert to conditions when our body needs rest
and no matter how ardent you are, please kindly call in sick and let the body
rest and heal.
For example, when you have a cold and its just in the head then a low intensity workout is Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-82952343013355538252017-01-12T15:18:00.000+01:002017-01-12T15:44:17.264+01:00 Week 44 Weigh-in: SET YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS
Good day good readers.
Is it not awesome that I am still in this weigh in and healthy lifestyle blogging? I am so proud of myself this morning and my Wednesday weigh in and blogging about it had not faltered for a moment.
Consistency is a key to success, keep moving even when sometimes you take some wrong turns [of course its because you are conscious is the reason you even know you Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-80554404075520133902017-01-10T11:00:00.001+01:002017-01-10T11:11:46.952+01:00New Year Creative Intentions Good morning good people.
As promised in the last post, I decided to bring my readers into my plans (fitness wise) for 2017. I did stop calling it new year resolution since last year because it has been researched and known that resolutions don't last, on another note now I think the way we do our resolutions is what makes it pre-termed most times.
I mean what do you say of plans that are Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-45643448560747465702017-01-05T16:20:00.000+01:002017-01-05T16:20:45.240+01:00Week 42 - 43 Weigh-ins: The New Year
Happy new year to my friends and readers. I had enjoyed every bit of the festive season with family, rest and of course lots of food.
I ate to satisfaction with "healthy" in mind. I had some excesses too like heavy creams, sodas (unlimited)and second helpings too. But I was conscious of the cooking methods like substituting frying for grilling; minimizing oils to the barest; Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-12225874779904098342016-12-22T13:56:00.000+01:002016-12-22T14:07:55.667+01:00Week 41 Weigh-in: Be Proud of the Journey
Today is the Twenty-Second day of the Twelfth month in the year Two Thousand and Sixteen, and when you consider your journey towards weight loss, how do you feel?
Sad, disappointed, frustrated or happy, fulfilled and encouraged, I would rather say maybe it's not about the happy ending but the story. Instead of checking your weight today and just realizing that the numbers are higher than the Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-59902367074206510132016-12-14T10:50:00.001+01:002016-12-14T10:51:42.399+01:00Week 40 Weigh-in: Managing Stress 4
I am concluding the series on managing stress this week.
The fifth tip according to the article is referred to as the 4 As i.e. Avoid, Alter, Adapt and Accept. These, as extensively explained in helpguide.org:
Avoid unnecessary stress
It’s not healthy to avoid a stressful situation that needs to be addressed, but you may be surprised by the number of stressors in your life that you can Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991786799135259700.post-91714750502204636332016-12-08T12:09:00.000+01:002016-12-08T12:09:50.212+01:00Week 39 Weigh-in: Managing Stress 3
Stress is simply a reaction to a stimulus that disturbs our physical or mental equilibrium. In other words, it's an omnipresent part of life. A stressful event can trigger the “fight-or-flight” response, causing hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol to surge through the body.
Never say "there is nothing I can do about it". No! Don't accept stress as a part of your lifestyle, you can Tope Tundehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452896995594715963noreply@blogger.com0