Day 15 - Feeling Healthy

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Sorry for not writing for more than a week. I'm the worst blogger ever. Last week was interesting coz I only went to the gym on Mon and Sat. I kept swearing that I'm gonna go to the gym tomorrow, then I gave up when I wake up that day. It's horrible but I'm quite okay with it. The key to keep it going is not to stress yourself out. At least for me. I wanna take the initiative to work out and keep it stress free. If you miss, it's fine, don't worry, just keep trying.

The funny thing is, when I weighted in on Sat, I actually dropped 3.5 pounds. I didn't work out. I was home watching TV on my computer the whole time. I didn't over eat though. And I'm lighter? It's good news. But then I went to the gym yesterday and my weight is completely the same. That's fine. I weight 262.6 pounds now. It's just a little progress but at least that's something.

Working out on Monday was terrible. Every time you go to the gym, your body is different. Sometimes you're both out of breathe and strength, that's fine. Then sometimes, especially if you haven't go to the gym for like a week, then you muscles are still there but you're out of breathe. So you have to slow down to keep your heart rate to about 131-140. Then sometimes you can feel that your cardio is improved but you don't have enough strength to work out. Those days are the most terrible coz you need to go faster or put on more weight or speed in order to keep your heart rate at 131-140. If you're lower than that, you're not burning off anything basically. Then you just feel your body is shutting down. That's tough.

On Monday, my heart rate is too high but I want to switch machines so that I can get more out of the workout. I guess I'm pushing myself too much. I actually feel a bit light-headed and really hungry. My heart rate is at least 150 and never seem to be able to slow down. But I have enough strength to do that, so I just keep going. It's not good that way. But I gain a lot of muscle which is good.

Eating wise, I'm not doing too good. I kinda have decided that I'm not going to go on diet. But I'll definitely try to eat healthier. I bought shredded wheat cereal. They are the worst cereal ever but it's a lot of fibre and it's good for your body. You feel full for a very long time and that's awesome. My trick is to mix it with brown rice cereal and frostie cornflakes. Then it's yummy. Haha. And I need to cut down oil I'm having, especially when I cook. I'm eating way too much oil. And of course try to eat 800-1000 for a meal. Now since I'm eating breakfast, I eat 3 meals a day. It's good to have breakfast I know. But when I wake up at 11.30am, there's no point to have breakfast. Or else I'll be having breakfast at 12noon, then lunch at 3pm and dinner at 8pm. It's bad. So I'll stick to 2 meals a day and maybe make the cereal as my tea time snack. If I don't have a straight diet, then I'll be less stressful and then I won't stress eat. Everytime when I'm stressed, I really wanna stuff myself. That's not good.

Stay healthy,
Ronny xx