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New Year's Resolutions

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The above is a tweak of January workout plan (I did this with a combo of Greatist's "just do something") and also my New Year's Resolution. I am starting on this project of 30 days and one of the major guidelines is to make an appointment of at least 10 minutes of exercise everyday. With the above plan, I am mandated to do just the first 10 minutes, any extra minute is bonus. A. Equipment (Anything that can be used to exercise within your reach) I have these: 1. I have 313 workout videos (low impact, high impact, flexiblity) 2. A stability ball 3. Set of Resistance Bands 4. Set of dumbbells (5lbs, 4kg, and 3lbs) 5. A yoga mat 6. A hand crafted 30lbs barbell (I am sure you don't want to see it but it does the job) 7. Other accessories like sport bra, jeggings, leggings, sport wears. 8. Consistency, consistency, consistency. 9. Lastly me, myself and I. 10. Mind over matter B. At least 10 consecutive minutes out of 24 hours daily fo

Binge Disorder

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Bingeing – according to the dictionary – is a period of excessive indulgence in an activity, especially drinking alcohol or eating. It is splurging and overindulgence, this shows that bingeing is not a normal situation. Over the years bingeing had included other activities apart from eating like excessive shopping and excessive watching. It is good to note that these activities (binge eating, drinking, watching and shopping) are all to cover up issues, bingeing is mostly mental/physical disorder and an escape route from some negative emotions. When there is a compulsion to do any activity in excess, check it.  Some physical signs to note includes : - Eating much more rapidly than usual - Eating until feeling uncomfortably full - Eating large amounts of food when not feeling hungry - Eating alone because of the embarrassment at the large quantities consumed  Binge happens within a short period and it is attached with so much guilt after the act. Whichever

Good Eats

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Tried Sweet Potato Fries I ended with this (forgive the pictures) Tried  Tortilla Espanola Ended with this It's nice giving new recipes a trial once a while. It makes food more interesting and of course a total departure from boring.

Fitness Trends 2016

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Hey friends, Source:  American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Are you trending? Check me out 1. Wearable Technology (I have a Heart Rate Monitor and presently saving for a Fitbit Flex) 2. Body Weight Training (Like push ups, lunges, squats etc. It's what I do more times because I don't have many of the exercise equipment available.) 3. High Intensity Interval Training (Most of my workout videos incorporates interval training.  My favorite fitness trainers like Shaun T, Jillian Michaels and Tony Horton bares HIIT in all it's glory) 4. Strength Training (ST is my favorite type of exercise ever because my heart beat rises slowly and stays within a range at a point, I always love the feeling) 5. Personal Training (I have a personal trainer, yes I do have one. He is more of a friend than a trainer and because of that I get too muck slack, he won't just shout at me.) 6. Exercise and Weight Loss (I really do exercise for fitness

One Week Update: Day 7

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I have been walking with Leslie for approximately one week today, day 7 is my REST day. I have walked for 3 days consecutively and on the 4th day I realized I was calculating the minutes/steps wrongly. I had to also stop because I was not really feeling good and today being my doctor's appointment, I wanted to just complain to him and inquire if I can continue or what else to do to ease me of the recurrent headaches. I want to let him know how incomplete my life can be without exercising. I am trying my best on the diet front and trust I lost a smidge (0.5kg). Saturday morning I weighed in at 76.3kg as against 76.8kg which was my weigh in before the walk. I did measure my waist to be 35", I am looking for a smaller waist by day 30 of this challenge. What are you non scale goals before the year ends.

30-Day Walking Challenge, Who's In?

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Hey awesome readers, I just stumbled on an article on a Leslie Sansone's 30-day walking challenge and I fell deeply in love with it. Since I am recuperating, I have been looking for an exercise that would be mild with me and enough to work me and I think this is just the bomb. The program has 3 versions i.e. ranging from beginners' steps, intermediate and advanced. I am starting today and will love to have an "accountabilibuddy" (new diction for an accountability buddy) - partner in workout - I wouldn't mind a virtual buddy either. Leslie Sansone can be a boring instructor to me but I need her on days as this when I can't cope with a Shaun T or a Billy Blanks high impact exercise. A new discovery is Jenny Ford, I love her steps aerobics and I will get the videos to help me out in a recovery process. Oh! How I had missed the videos and all the plans to lose weight in a healthy way, the body has it's way of declining (today makes 28 days s

Happy Thanksgiving

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What are you thankful for? So I'm here today because God kept me. I'm alive today, only because of His grace. God kept me so I wouldn’t let go There is hope of better days/things to come when we still have breathe in us, a hope of doing a lot more in life is assured only if we are alive. Sustenance of life rests with God. He created food, provides food, makes the food work, even the ability to eat/digest the food lies with God (wonderfully and fearfully created). The digestion starting from the mouth and down till making it beneficial for us is awesomely God, and we need to be thankful for this. There is little we can do to really help ourselves outside God and thus my reason for being thankful to Him today. However, that “ little ” we can do must be of utmost priority, this is where fitness and healthy diet comes in. We need to be conscious of a fact that “toxin” is a part of life in this generation (remember global warming), but in case we cannot

Fight Like A Girl

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It is October and it is also the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There is a saying that "what you don't know won't hurt you.." but I think these days it may not hurt but it may KILL and that is the reason early detection of any disease is important. Knowing early is as important as proper education on what to be done about it. In this part of the world religiosity had taken over right thinking and it bleeds my heart a lot when people live in denial of medical problems that can be taken care of before it gets out of hand. This bring us to the issue of self breast examination, it should be taught and known by all girls either young or old. What we are looking for could range from painless/painful lump, discharge from the nipples, unequaled boobs with a far departure from the norm, color changes on the skin of breast or pulling in nipples. A simple DIY can save you from the later hurt after all. In partnership with BHG ( Bankers Healthcare Group ), we (u

Rut, Lost and Down

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I think I am in the blues right now!!! (Rant ahead) At one point in the day, week, months and years of a life there will be something that puts the blue ring on the finger.  When the situation is severe, the person refuses or is unable to come out of the weather.It could become medically diagnosed and treated same, then you call that DEPRESSION. I find myself in this blue mood when there are some situations that are simply beyond my control.  I am discussing this on my fitness/weight loss blog because it is affecting my productivity as an ardent exerciser, I still wonder why I will wake up in the morning and the excitement to work up a sweat is not in me. Coming back home at night, I am tired (not an excuse for me) and the inner strength to even take a walk with “Leslie” is not just there. I have un-resolvable issues on my mind right now and they linger on my subconscious, for God’s sake I cannot wait for fogs to clear before I resume back to some good tough

Dreams (CNN Heroes)

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I write a lot about my physical fitness but because I love being fit on all sides of life, I am writing about Dreams today. Not the ones you have when you are sleeping but those that you do have in your full consciousness. We sometimes refer to them as 'ambitions'. These are conscious thoughts of what we wish we will become sometimes in the farthest or nearest future. Thoughts that fantasize us a lot and most often we fashion our lives towards such dreams, we walk and work towards realizing such dreams in our daily pursuit and struggles. I have had lots of dreams in my little years of life, from marrying an IT expert ( I did not pursue that but it came ), to having 6 kids ( ouch! ), to becoming a superman like " batman or batgirl "( lol ), to living in a big house and having a large kitchen ( wow ), to becoming a part of the Sesame Street Crew and the dreams are endless What are your dreams? Have they been realizable? How much effort are you puttin

Growing Stronger

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I am growing stronger.  With  little little modifications I maxed out with the Cardio Challenge yesterday at a little over 7 minutes (yay). I am so far from weight-less today at 75.6kg (+0.3kg) bad weighing day. I know it is TOM That I maxed out after 7 minutes yesterday is my NSV for the week and I am proud of myself. I have decided to include at least 1 mile walk with the days of Insanity just to create space for the next round of Sparkpeople Biggest Losers Challenge (it is a 12 weeks long challenges, weigh ins and competitions).  So pending the start of the challenge in two weeks, I will be including daily 1 mile work (that is 6 miles per week).

I CAN DO IT

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The above were the words in my heart as I had to double my workout today. I had a nagging headache last night, and so I slept early without following my schedule (I was supposed to do Sweat Intervals last night), today I had 62 minutes of Insanity on my badge, lol. I think I love the workouts and the schedule too. I love cardio not as much as strength training anyways but right for Shaun T, I love the fast heart pumping workouts that lasts for just 30 minutes. I have two more workouts for this week and I am ready to sweat again. I am getting to 9 minutes before maxing out now but with modifications once a while.  I have postponed this workout for too long and I am happy that I am doing it now with full permission from the doctor. He encouraged me to go ahead. I am not sure food is right with me yet, I think I overfed today just the same way it was yesterday. It was more of emotional eating and maybe TOM is wagging its head again. I got enough water to drench Thirsty Th

Day 1 of the rest of the story

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I started with Insanity Max: 30 as promised today 31st August, 2015. It is the first day on a 60 day calendar (So help me God). First day (tagged Cardio Challenge )is really ridiculous but worth it, I am so out of shape that I maxed out at 2 minutes (lol), I am sure Shaun T had never had a record of anyone like that (lol). Just as I said earlier, today is the first day of the rest of the story. As required, I took my statistics (measurements, weight and pictures) today to make a comparison at the end of 2 months. Did I sweat? I was drenched What was the workout like? Very challenging, as I kept maxing out at every 5 minutes of circuit. I almost punched the guy in the face (imagining he was with me) but not as much as I always want to with Jillian Michaels. Shaun T has some encouraging words to keep you going. I am going to rest my head now getting ready for the morrow's "wakabout" (activities) What challenging workout have you had in a while?

Weightless Wednesday

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I wish I was weightless!!! Good morning friends Today is weigh in day and I think I had a 0.2kg less the weigh in for last week at 75.3kg today. I am not sure if that is a reasonable progress for, I hope I can record something positive for the coming week. Not too good news!!! I have slacked on bread eating and I am not happy about that. It is also impeding my weight loss progress, I eat it when I crave for it now and not on weekends as I earlier agreed to do. I have to caution myself and keep looking forward. What food have you identified to impede your progress?

Meatless or Motivation Monday

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It's either or both a motivational Monday or a meatless Monday. Either of the two I am still going strong today, had a meatless day by having a fish full day with my meals. Motivation wise, I was on my feet the better of today despite the soreness from T25 on Saturday. Ouch!!! "Public paid Announcement" Insanity Max 30 starts on the 31st of August 2015 and not today as scheduled. I am on some "stuff" that would not accommodate any high intensity workout for now. Don't mind me, I just had to hold on a bit. A friend just announced her baby bump today and I am so happy for her . Meanwhile, so that the day is not blank, I am walking at least a mile per day to keep body and soul in shape. See you on maxing out day.

Saturday Treat

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Good Morning Friends I already said there's no treat today because food had been bad during the week. I am eating as normal as possible and I am proud to say that I ate from my garden this morning. I made some tomato sauce with eggs (tomatoes from the garden). Yummy I woke to workout this morning not with Insanity Max 30 as scheduled (I changed my mind before bed last night) but with Shaun T in T25. That workout was the bomb, my heart rate monitor was high throughout the 25minutes of pushing, at the 21st minute, I was dizzy and a dire urge to puke came (sorry TMI) and I had to pause the video to just catch my breath and some fresh air. I remembered the words of Jillian Michaels, "except you puke, faint or dieee, do not stop" I stopped before any of that happened to me this morning, lol. On the long run, it's not easy but it's worth it. A new lesson: make sure to have a pre-workout snack before any of Shaun T's workout. I will be starting max 30 on M

Fruity Friday

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Brunch for Friday (today). This meal includes: Apple, pineapple, watermelon, cucumber and cabbage. It was yummy as I took it with my chopsticks. I love the sweet parts and did my best to savour every moment of it. It is good that I am following good schedule and I hope I can be better getting to my goal weight soon. I forgot to weigh in on Weghtless Wednesday, so I did this morning and it was 165.3lbs (75kg), blah blah blah. Not good, but I took it in. I am starting my workout schedule tomorrow Saturday (which happens to be my treat day too, I will likely skip it because I had eaten so badly this week) and God helping me it's going to be with Insanity Max (Shaun T). I have read reviews and I think I really want to do this. I am ready to push till something happens to my weight positively. For the information I am tweaking my goals, I am no more thinking of 155lbs at the end of August but before the next BLC Round 29  which is mid September, I know I can do this!

Thirsty Thursday

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My cup on my table It's thirsty Thursday and I already filled my cup (it's always on the table, never empty) with water. Sometimes I have green tea in it and other times it's colored water (added with Nutri C) but I make sure to have water on my table especially on Thursdays. Purpose of water in the body is not quantifiable. Water and Me Water has become a part of me I drink it without thinking (subconscious action) I am not held down by 8 glasses a day because I take double that daily Weather is mostly humid in Nigeria, so I drink water by necessity When I am hungry, I drink When I am full, I drink (digestion) When I am constipated, I drink water When I am gassy, I drink water Water is life I love drinking water.

Tiny Tuesday

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On my schedule of living healthy, today is "Tiny Tuesday", hoping to keep it as tiny as possible. I had an early breakfast today and also kept it tiny too. It's fiber (beans) and I believe there are some science behind taking such in the morning too. I will search that out and post later. Tiny Tuesday is about having the lowest daily caloric count for the week. Today (25/08/2015) is one of those days, I already have a fiber-filling breakfast  and I hope nothing else out of proportion comes my way till dinner. I hope to always keep it as tiny as possible all-Tuesday long.  Join me friends (look to the graphics and make that your standard for the day, lmao)

Weight Loss

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I am truly looking to the stop to this ups and downs and getting under 160lbs before the end of August. My goal for August ending is 155.7lbs, I know I can do it.