July Goal

Today I am happy!  Why? Well because of the following pictures ( see the dates and the highlighted parts) :

Small steps!! It just takes time, today I reached July's goal of 5km in under an hour! Yay!

Yesterday, I clocked in at 59m 33s, and today 57m49s!! It makes me feel happy, yes I know it's a tiny improvement, but  yay!

Now I just have to try and maintain this for a while before I take a step closer to decreasing the timing even more. Wils says it's too fast too soon. I kinda do agree with him. I need to pace myself and take it slower, I have been doing more running intervals trying to get my feet used to the feeling. It's just so tempting to beat my previous time with this endomondo thing. But yes,I dont want to get any serious injuries either, so for July I will just work on maintaining these numbers. I need to pop back into doing 6kms as well, but I don't know which to focus on. Do I aim for running a faster 5km or completion of 6km. Wils said I should do both, which I haven't tried out yet, maybe I shall try so tomorrow. Wednesday is doctor appointment day!

Oh,I am taking part in the Jog for Hope on the 15th of July, but just the small one of 3km. It shall be my first fun run. I hope that I wont be slow in doing it. Completion hopefully shouldn't be a problem as it's 3km, but it's just that I just don't want to be super slow because I know I cant continuously jog the 3km, my feet don't allow that yet but I shall try my best!

On a different note, my friend Sam has provided me with exercises I should try and do aside from running as below (Thank you  so much Sam for the help!!!) :

Round 1
10 x pushups on knees
10 x crunches
10 x starjumps
10 x squats
60 seconds rest
Round 2
10 x pushups on knees
10 x crunches
10 x starjumps
10 x squats
120 seconds rest
Round 3
10 x pushups on knees
10 x crunches
10 x starjumps
10 x squats


I shall start doing these as well for the month of July. A must do completion!! Keep going!! Gotta keep going!! Small steps!!!

Down Day

Gosh, I feel more tired than I felt yesterday. But I think it's the not enough sleep thing hitting me. I need to get to bed earlier. My head feels very heavy today.

I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow. The weekend is the time to re cooperate! On weekends I do the work outs in the evenings, because the weekends are the only time I get to sleep in. And sleep is very much needed.

I decided today would be a rest day from the walking/running routine, BUT that doesn't mean I don't do any exercise. I know have to keep my body going everyday. I pushed myself to get my ass out of bed and wake up at 8.30am today and then swam 600meters within 20 minutes, which apparently is the equivalent of 500 calories, much more calories lost compared to when I run. But I guess that's cause swimming is a full body work out.

I ALMOST wanted to screw swimming this morning because I felt so extremely tired and have a full on rest day, but then I remembered I just gotta keep the momentum of exercising going. I can't stop, even for a day. Even if I am too tired and need a down day, I must force myself to do some form of exercise that day, never mind it be low intensity, as long as it is done. I must keep going and keep my self disciplined.

Gosh, all I want to do now is to just crawl back into bed curl up like a ball and sleep. I need my sleep.

Congratulations to Hanna and Wils!!

Before I start my normal blogging, I would first like to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to two of my very close friends William and Hanna for doing really well in the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2012. Hanna in the top 1% of her category and William in the top 2.5% of his category. I feel extremely proud  and extremely happy for the both of them because both of them have worked so hard for this. They are living proof you can do it if you just work hard and keep going. Inspiration!!

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!!!!

So yesterday I decided to pick up some new kicks because my old ones were falling apart and were kinda heavy. Before getting them, I did some  research on what type of shoe I should get considering the issues I always have with my left foot, weak ankles, plantar fasciitis etc, and yesterday I found the perfect pair, the added bonus : they were PURPLE!

Nike Air Pegasus +28 Women

The cushioning on these shoes is just what I needed for my issue-y feet. Even though today was not a workout day and was supposed to be a rest day, I wanted to try them out so I went to Kiara Park this morning, and guess what! Absolutely no ankle pain whatsoever! Even with my running intervals which I increased today, to at least run a few times for a few seconds in each round I do. They are so much lighter than my other pair and so much more amazingly comfortable, it's pretty wow at how much of a difference a shoe can do. These new kicks make me want to go more! and I will!! 

Anyways, today was a 5.6km day. Endomondo as below. I am slowly getting closer to my goal for July. My goal for the month of July is to be able to do 5km in under an hour. How many minutes specifically? I am not too sure, but I just want to be able to do it in less than an hour. I shall set another goal once I complete this small one. 

Today at 5km, I clocked in at 1hr 1 min. Almost there!!

I will be posting motivational quotes here whenever I do blog , for today I created one based on William's quote and a picture of him running during the marathon.

Inspiration from Sunshine!

Morning Routine

Some people workout in the evening, some at night. For me, I have found that early in the morning seems to be the best. The only problem? Waking up is always such a pain in the ass, but it is a must! I like doing my walks in the morning because the temperature is cooler, and I will then have time to unwind with friends in the evening after a long day of work without worrying about having to do my workout. 

Today is Tuesday, so it is my 6km day. Pictures, with narratives for fun :

Early morning wake, was supposed to get up at 6am but only actually got out of bed at 6.20am. Better than usual, which is when i wake up at 6.40am in a panic.  I really despise waking up early, it's so hard to do when your comfy bed keeps beckoning to you. I set about 20 alarms on 3 devices, and I have my dad wake me up as well. I have to start early on Tuesdays and Thursday so I have enough time to finish the 6km and then rush to work. 

 This is Taman Tun's Kiara Park, which is my favourite place to walk at in the morning. There are alot of cute old people walking around, and doing their Tai Chi etc. It's quite cooling in the morning.

Every time I start my walks the first 2 rounds always make me feel like I cannot go any more, but once I hit the third round everything gets flowing, and I know I must just do it! I must do the 6km. I tried doing some running intervals today and it was ok. My ankle didn't hurt as bad as I thought it would. I really cant wait to get it checked by the specialist, I just want the doc to tell me what I can do to make it better. It's so frustrating to have a weak ankle that gets painful every time I start hard activity. It's a result of 3 sprains on the same ankle. Sigh, I hope there is a way to make it better. It's such a restriction I feel.

But anyways, I did my 6km today! So yay! If you scroll all the way down this blog, I have added the endomondo widget that I use to keep track of my workouts. It is quite a good app. It's nice to track your progress and see if you can exceed what you thought were your limits.

Today I actually made it home in time to swim, I love swimming and I know it's a good work out as well, but after being dead tired after the walk and having only 15 minutes to swim,  I only managed to do 420meters. 

Today's lunch and main meal of the day, grilled chicken breast. I fear I may get sick of chicken breast one day, but I don't think I will. Hopefully. I initally thought giving up the carbs (rice and pasta etc.) would be hard, because well you know, it's CARBS, but when the thought comes to my head of eating a meal with rice or pasta, I realise I just don't want it any more,enemies they are my enemies! Why should I negate the hard work I've been doing and pile back on those calories.

I am not cutting out carbs completely, I am just rationing my carb intake way down. I know if I cut out carbs completely, I will be down and demotivated, and might go on a binge fest, a big NO. So I am taking a small step of cutting out the main carbs that I used to love the most. Slowly, I know I cant rush these things.

Anyway,I don't really know what I will be writing in this blog, but one of it's main purposes is to keep me motivated. When I shared this blog yesterday with a few of my friends, they all gave me support and good advice and I wanna thank you guys so much for it! I hope it will work this time around, because I have something I never had before during my attempts to lose weight and that is encouraging friends. 

My friend Sam said he is very excited about this "project", and told me to not let the team down. I hope I wont!! One thing I try not to do very hard is disappoint people, because I know the feeling of being disappointed sucks, and I never want to be the person who disappoints someone else.So hopefully I will not disappoint you guys.  Damn my spelling still sucks, I had to type the word "disappoint" a few times to not have the squiggly red line underneath.

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I AM READY FOR A CHANGE!!!!!