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Gymra is another YouTube channel that is saddled with the uploading of workouts that ranges from Pilates to yoga, total body workouts, upper body, lower body and other circuit training. Judging by the little time, I spent with working out to those videos. I think they are awesome and glowing with sweat was achieved effortlessly. My only reason why their 5 stars maybe reduced to 4 is this funny observation. The workout instructors or actresses as the case maybe keeps smiling even when they are breathless. I don't expect them to squeeze their faces but it is not as easy as it seemed anyways. If they hope to sell their videos to me with that strategy, I am not sure it will work. Checking out fitnessblender, they know when you should be tired even the instructor's voice is stressed at that point. I love those! Check her out!

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Exercise I had been dancing to DVDs for the past two days now and it had been leaving me all sweaty and glowing. I loved the feeling of endorphins' rush. It was a 25 minutes dance working the buns, thighs and abs. Shaun T showed expertise in what he does always, making cardio out of dancing. Food Food is already under control and I am happy to feel liberated from it's control. It is a good feeling after all. I felt really angry and I was happy nothing was in sight to eat so I drank water enough, later a friend gave a pack of plantain chips (it looks healthy enough to devour). Continue...

Exercise I am going to dance now, my first dance workout ever. I hope to love it. Food Still the same trend and walking the same path still. Although I have stopped eating today since 6pm and I am weighing in tomorrow. I feel heavy Continue...

Exercise Yesterday was a cold day and we did not do half of what we planned to with GO but I had a sweat out with Billy Blanks, it was sweaty and awesome too. Food All I was doing yesterday was eat, eat and eat more. Intermittent Fasting looks so undoable for me right now but I know I will do this someday soon. I promise myself I will Hair I think I am becoming obsessed with my hair right now, but I will do what I need to do to get my hair to the desired destination.

I am not making a mistake about this hunger trouble now, I am sure it's the drugs am on and I am almost done. I woke up with hunger today and been eating since. My guests were kids today and we had a nice time together including a workout session and a yoga time. It can be hard and breathless keeping up with kids but I had to it with some fun in it. I am working out to a DVD tonight so that my streak is not widely broken. Continue...

Today was not really awesome but I am truly surviving through it all. Food Today is my rest day on my workout schedule and I woke up even too lazy to workout too. Exercise I also woke up hungry today and even when I wanted to fast (spiritual) I could not, had to eat around 11am this morning (shame on me). Continue...

Morning Exercise 33 minutes with Tony Horton, I did modifications when I got tired though and it was sweaty and pumped my heart too. I may be doing some abs when I get home tonight. Food It's day 2 with my 8 hours window eating. As the program outlines, the major meal only come in after the 14 hours fasting (It's 14 for women and 16 for men).I stopped eating by 9pm last night and my 14-16 hours fasting should end between 11am - 1pm. There are some modifications to this diet when you are a beginner like me. I have read through the original manuscripts and I know it is a strict diet during the fast, you are not allow to take more than water during the fast. But with little modifications here and there, I took a cup of coffee with little milk and unnoticed sugar today, a 100g guava and 1 small orange. My major meal for the day is the one I will eat soon which is lunch. I hope this all works for me in the long run. By the time I follow this streak I should be doing wi

Weigh in: 174.8lbs Morning Exercise : 20 minutes walking with Leslie 12 minutes Upper Body workout 3 minutes stretch Food : Trying my hands on Daily Intermittent Fasting, I had tried it a few times before and somehow I got discouraged but right now I think I should give it a try again since it looks as if I have a candid support from an aunty on Facebook. I should survive it with a better mindset and support this time. It is an 8 hour eating window, i.e. I eat all I need in calories for the day within just 8 hours after which I stop eating. Today I will be eating between 11 - 12 noon (I feel so hungry right now because of the heavy bathroom use this morning sorry TMI). The initial idea was actually starting the window between 12 - 1pm and stop eating between 8 - 9pm. I am a bit optimistic about this and I believe I can do it. http://www.girlsgonestrong.com/why-motivation-doesnt-make-lasting-changes/

In my quest to get all things ready for another streak, (wished I could have a 100 day streak like Chris Downie) I still downloaded some stuff online today. All this is to make a no-excuse program that I can follow without much stress. I eventually had this: Mondays - Cardio Tuesdays - Strength Training (Upper Body) Wednesdays - Cardio Thursdays - Strength Training (Lower Body) Fridays - Cardio Saturdays - Total Body Strength Training + Yoga Sundays - Active Rest As I write this now, I remembered a program I promised to do and I think I will still do that after 14 days of consistency with the above. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/erin-stern-elite-body-4-week-fitness-trainer-training.html

I am so happy with myself today. hmm.... I just downloaded some workout videos and I am so feeling accomplished about it right now. I never knew or believed I could do this all by myself. I will soon have a whole lot of collections to work with, without having to get to the gym for anything so serious. What I need now is motivation to work with always, especially in the mornings before my brain understand what is going on. I hope to get more downloads done and treasure what I have too. woohoo!!!

Chris Downie (founder of Sparkpeople.com) is the father of streaks. That was the secret of Sparkpeople as a site. Now if I am an ardent follower of sparkpeople, I cannot do without a streak. Exercise streak? Not yet Food streak? Not yet My blog? I think so Still on exercise, I fell in love with some metals yesterday and .... (pics after the cut...)

It is supposed to be day 16 today but alas I am so far behind. I haven't done squat in more than 4/5 days now (not good sign). I have been on some food abstinence program, if you know what that means and because of that, I have less strength to do my daily routines, if you know what that means. I will try to resume tonight though and try to also make up the days skipped. I weighed in this morning and it was just a few pounds down at 172.3 as against 174.4 last week. When this challenge is done (I mean BLC challenge), I will be weigh in every Monday as against the Wednesday weigh in and when another round of the challenge starts, I will still maintain Mondays but post them on Wednesday and I hope this does not count as a cheat. Revival going on in church and I believe God hears and listens. I will live to give the testimonies of this prayer sessions.

Today, I was doing my running and to do better I did some tricks I learnt. 30 seconds high intensity and then 30 seconds low intensity. On the treadmill today I was doing 30 seconds 3.5mph on low and 6mph on high. I will pursue that style, maybe it makes me run faster. Here is the link: Happy Reading http://www.active.com/running/articles/how-to-maximize-your-vo2max-training

Exercise Yesterday was my rest day but I was supposed to do exercise for day 7 which I could not because of so much tiredness. It was so bad I had to sleep early on Monday, today was not bad either as I have to do the exercise in the office (some close corner), squats hardly need so much space or noise.

Exercise Squat Challenge - 10 reps of each exercise

Exercise Today is a rest day for me in the squat challenge but it not by any means near rest for me. I did some weights in the morning, something I found very interesting and cool too. It is a circuit training with compound exercises. I am going to be sore tomorrow in my arms and I know it.

Exercise Day 2 of the Squat Challenge, I did the workout as early as possible so that I am not worrying about it during the day. Day 2 was 10 reps of each exercise - Narrow Squat - Narrow Squat w/back kick - Basic Squat - Basic Squat w/ side leg lift - Sumo Squat