Chez FitMercy

I am sorry I had not blogged in a while, I am truly sorry. I am trying to improve on this blog and make it better. I hope you can bear with me...

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I decided to weigh in this morning and... 166.6lbs. Was that me? I climbed the second time and the same number flashed. The least in 6 years. I could not believe this. [Let us see what Wednesday Weigh In brings] I really thank God.

This delay was not intentional but I found myself not able to start the challenge immediately. This week, all I have been doing is low impact  in nature. I got some nice fitnessblender videos on YouTube which had helped me to keep everything low pace and sweaty too. I realized about ME, that to see a significant weight loss on the scale and measurements, I have to do at least 250 minutes a week of 80% HIIT  or over 300 minutes of moderate exercise. Some medical constraints will not allow me to do any HIIT this week, so that is the cogent reason for the slight delay. I am doing a meal plan for the next one week today, and I will do that today. It helps me a lot [I have done it before], I am released of all the stress accompanying "what will I cook today" and I am able to shop in a more healthy manner as I prepare for the coming week. In short, planning is very essential to life and living. When you plan yourself, you are relieved of the headaches that comes with making...

I am done with a 30 Days Fitness Challenge , I always love the challenges I see on about.com. The previous ones I had done over the years always left me with loss of weight and a stronger, fitter body. As I cleaned the house this morning I thought hard and I think I am treading the right path to get me to my desired and healthy weight this year. Here are some fact findings: - They say eat 6 meals a day i.e. try to eat small throughout the day so that your metabolism is raised through the day. It never worked for me, in fact I packed on so much pounds on when I tried it I really surprised myself. It cannot work for me because I typically take large portions (I think it is an African thing), they are not just large portions but large portions of carbs.  - The typical meal is like: 3 cups (peak milk tin) of cooked rice (carbs);  2 tablespoons stew (veggies);  4 slices of fried plantain (more carbs);  2 pieces of meat (protein).  That i...

Well today, I am just a little blue exercise-wise and in such moments there is little appeal to exercise. I think some issues are just on my mind and I am finding it hard ejecting them or rather stopping them from disturbing me. Anyways, I still ended up with a 15 minutes workout because I am under some compulsion to get my TNT (Tight n Tone) points in today and I will never draw my teammates backwards under any circumstance. Participation not Perfection is what is desired. I think such days as these are just inevitable, how much I am able to draw myself out of this is what really matters. So much on my mind... I hope to feel this way as I wake tomorrow morning.