Chez FitMercy

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...

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).

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 Thirst...

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?

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?

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.

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...