Chez FitMercy

I saw this header somewhere   and I felt it is a better word than New Year's Resolutions . Resolutions look so outdated and sounds more like a failed plan even before it began. When I was much younger, I had always heard adults make resolutions that I see them break at the slightest chance. They could work but it looks like many forget about it and that is why it never worked for many. Maybe we can help ourselves out on ways to have better intentions or decisions and keep at it till we achieve them. Mindfulness   Mind Over Matter : This is the key to achieving goals at any time, it is a strong and conscious desire to be on top of the situations at every check. You can get it if you want it so badly. Losing weight or quitting an unhealthy diet for example, nothing should occur in error. There is a dire need to be fully conscious of your environment at all times to really achieve your goals. You can make some decisions that could help in putting these goals right befor

Intermittent Fasting (called IF) is a pattern of eating where you time your eating. There is a deep study by various people on this (Read on  here ...) and I have tried some of these including:- 16:8 Fasting You fast for 16 hours and limit your eating within an eight hour window. I was doing this day in day out early 2015. My breakfast was coming in by 3pm every day and I lost weight and my blood work became almost perfect. I think I got discouraged along the line when some "concerned folks" started complaining that I am doing "too much". I regret ever listening to them now, not sure they were God sent. 24 hours Fasting . This is when you don't consume any calorie for 24 hours straight, I normally fast breakfast to breakfast i.e. 7am today till 7am tomorrow. I did this as a "collabo" (together) with the 16:8 and I think this was what made my weight loss so drastic and noticeable. I did this early last year and I had a surprise

How has been the day friends?  Today is Day One of Project Scale Down . I measured my girth at 36.1 inches Weighed in at 169.6lbs (77kg) A starting picture too. The next blog will be 16th of January for Day 15 progress. Follow me on twitter for daily updates. Observations : 1. My core had become very weak from lack of exercise 2. I did 60 secs plank hold twice, I started shaking at 2 secs the first time, 12 secs the second time 3. Fitness Blender core exercise for 20 minutes and I stopped the video thrice 4. I am really out of shape. Extras : I am beginning 5:2 Diet Fast by Monday 4th, 2016. It is a healthy way to keep your body in good shape. I have tried it before and I am ready to do it again. I will blog about this and what I did after the first day is successful.

I wish to call it " Limorange ", I used 100% orange juice and 100% lime juice to give me that tangy/sweet taste of the lemon. The recipe below: - 8 Lemons - 250g sugar - 500ml water Materials - 1 bowl - 1 Juicer - 1 small pan - 1 wooden spoon Procedure: - Juice the lemons or like me juice enough oranges and lime and I used 2/3 cup lime + 1.5 cup of orange juice. (Use the lemons if you have it, it tastes better) - Boil sugar and water, stir on a gentle boil, remove when sugar dissolves. - Pour into the juice and stir - Chill for half an hour - Serve on rocks My mom brought oranges for me yesterday and today being my recipe trial day, I tried this recipe AGAIN. I did it before with lemons, it tasted better. Lime are more concentrated than lemons, I added the orange to tone it down too. Fresh from Farm Oranges Limorange Drink

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

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

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.