Chez FitMercy

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

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!

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.

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)

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.

We just concluded a program in church and it centred on harvest. As we enter into the half of the year, we prayed into a time of great harvest in every area of life. Seed time done in obedience will surely bring great harvest. I already started seeing great results coming my way and I know a more permanent harvest is coming my way soon.

That has been my watch word for the past weeks and I had been reaping the dividends of this. I just workout without thinking and all I look forward to is getting to the middle of the video, because immediately I get to the middle of it, I know it will soon end and I keep giving it my best. Unfortunately this works best for my workout but not for my diet yet. Still my diet is jeopardizing my efforts, not my faults I think some hormones are just wacky and I possibly do not have anything to calm them down right now. I can only work around them and wait. In view of this I wish to start some multivitamins so that my body is in control of a few things. Not sure if age is catching up lol. I will keep up with the mantra and it can only get better.

I found a new passion. The SuperHero spirit, I love the batman specially and of course the batgirl will be my favorite. Joker is the villian and that makes him " fat, unhealthy foods, sedentary lifestyle ", Batgirl will not stop till Joker is crushed.  Are you with me?  What superhero will you like to be? 

1. We don't care where you came from, only where you are going; 2. When you join, you are in for life; 3. We train as naturally as possible; 4. We understand that you can't outrun your fork; 5. We understand that fat is not the enemy; 6. We train with conviction and intelligence 7. We exercise because it's fun 8. We never leave our wing men; 9. We question everything 10. We take care of business 11. We take pride in ourselves 11 Pillars Nerd Fitness Rebellion One of my best inspirational fitness blogs is Nerd Fitness While reading and searching today, I saw something that I proved this past week, that You can NEVER outdo a bad diet. This statement was tested and proved over the past weekend when I decided to do a last workout of jump rope for 10 minutes (interval training). At the end of it my heart was thumping so hard in my chest but this is all I got on my HRM (data below) Just 91 calories!!! was all I had to show for it (1 hardboiled egg or a s

To all moms out there trying to get fit for life

Hey Friends, I decided to stop the former streak at Day 142 and I am starting a new one, in this month of May. I started with so much energy till TOM stopped me in my tracks but I am most grateful that it was not a really painful experience. Week 1: May 1 - May 7, 2015 Weigh In Wednesday : 165lbs = 74.8kg Nutrition : Food was not in range most part of the week because of TOM and there was a terrible craving for carbs. I ate bread twice within the week (I take bread only on weekends), but I still tried to put myself in check at every point of eating. Fitness :  Friday - 15 minutes Saturday - 74 minutes Monday - 40 minutes Tuesday - 30 minutes = 159 Fitness Minutes NSV: No clothe is snugly on my body this week. I could also kneel down for 30 minutes praying. Above is the guide for my weekly streak. Workout 5-6 days of the week with a minimum of 250 minutes each week.

Hey friends, I had been on a vacation for the past two weeks and thus MIA. I am happy to be back home to everything especially DH and my workouts. During the period of my vacation, I had a workout buddy [a beginner though] who pressed me for a sweaty session for every single day I was in her house. It was truly not convenient because I wanted to just rest, eat and sight-see, I became an instructor instead and sweated on a daily basis. I am eventually grateful for the "push" because my weight was much lower to my surprise and excitement. Well, back to business. I was out to church for a retreat today and on my way back, I bought a slice of watermelon [deciding to eat my water]. As I moved up I saw a cart with carrots and I was thinking I should have bought those instead, but right in my head, I thought "who said losing weight is easy" and the best gift you can give yourself as you lose weight is to tell yourself that 'it is not easy' [just worth

Yess!!!! 12 Weeks Chatter + Challenges = Weight loss. I joined the Biggest Losers Challenge [Online version of the popular Biggest Loser Challenge on TV] sometimes last year and since then I never looked back. Some of my personal benefits: 1. New friends who encourage you to lose weight in a healthy way. 2. It is a closed group, so your privacy is secured. 3. Friends that are closer than your family 4. Positive team mates with so much energy 5. Awesome group leaders who are always present to help out with just about anything 6. Sharing differences and knowing about different cultures and ways of life. 7. Listening ears and a place to rant and scream and still be calmed down 8. Challenging Workouts for 12 whole weeks 9. For my own team [Navy Ninjas] we have a different tracker for the workouts and nutrition. Yay 10. I always lose weight and I maintained till the next round. 11. Other areas of my life are improved. 12. I am addicted to the team [is that a b