Living a Sugar Free Sweet Life

It's Day 2. You're probably wondering how I am doing so far. Oh boy, my ankles hurt but I feel so good about myself today. By the way, I didn't forget to bring a pen and paper this time with me when I went down to the living room to start my Wii Fit workout.

Today, I did exactly an hour of workout. Here's the exact sequence of exercises I performed:

1. Advanced Step 
2. Rhythm Parade (Advanced)
3. Super Hulahoop for 5 minutes each side
4. Free Run for 30 minutes (I ran 3.936 miles!)
5. Half-moon Yoga pose
6. Warrior Yoga pose
7. Tree Yoga pose
8. Sun Salutation Yoga pose
9. Palm Tree Yoga pose

My statistics for today:

• BMI = 32.30
• Weight = 171.1 lbs 
• Calories Burned = 334 cal 
• Time = 60 minutes

Shucks, I dunno what happened overnight! Yesterday's stats show that my BMI is 31.88 and my weight is 168.9 lbs. Is it possible that I gained that much weight overnight? Or could it be because I drank 4 glasses of water before I started my workout? I am truly boggled.

After this one, I am just going to write a weekly stats post so everything will look more organized. And besides, I think I won't have time to post my stats every night before I go to sleep. Tonight, for instance, I spent too much time in the grocery because the Symbol LS2208 barcode scanner in the cashier lane I queued in line to got wonky. It felt like forever being stuck there because I can't even transfer my groceries to the other lane anymore. I was also too tired to get pissed off. We reached the house at past 8 in the evening so dinner was home-cooked rice and a bucket of Chickenjoy. It's almost twelve midnight. I don't think I can do this every night.

Next Wii Fit Challenge stats update will be on March 12, exactly a week after I started. But of course I will still be writing posts about other things in between the Wii Fit stats posts. :)





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I have already written about me using Wii Fit Plus as part of my exercise regimen but I haven't really focused on doing regular exercises with it. Thanks to a recent writing assignment, I came upon blogs about Wii Fit challenges. I'm setting up mine. I'll be documenting my BMI/weight, the exercises I've done, levels unlocked if ever I get lucky, calories burned, and how I felt about it. I hope you can help motivate me and help me stay on track. :)

So, Day 1 today. In the Wii Fit forums that I have visited, most people talk about using the routines. I was like "Why didn't I think of that?" I tried doing it this morning, even combining preferences (e.g. tummy, lifestyle, beauty, etc.) until I had a complete 30-minute workout programmed. Guess what. I quit in the middle of the second exercise. I decided to go back to the exercises I love doing.

I went back to the Aerobics menu and did some Advanced Steps first. Darn, I had 4 misses. I guess, not being on the board for 28 days makes me a little out of sync. After that, I did Advanced Hulahoop, and a 10 minute Free Run. I was already sweating so much after these two but I went on and did Rhythm Boxing for another 10 minutes which was, again, another disappointment. I had so many misses and it didn't help that the laborers working on my kitchen are already staring at me. I must've looked like I was crazy, lol! I was only aiming for a 30-minute workout but I went on and did some Strenght Training exercises. I'm thinking of buying the dumbells that are attached on the Wii remote for added tension while doing the strength exercises. I need to tone my arms badly. I'm gonna look for some of those when I visit Shang one of these days to buy my hair vitamins.

Complete workout time for today, 50 minutes. Calories burned, aww, I don't remember because I didn't take it down. All I remember is that my weight is now 169 lbs. and I gained 1.35 lbs since the last time I got on the board. I'll be a little more detailed tomorrow. Hey, forgive me on my first day. :)


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As of this writing, I am drowning in my writing assignments which include 6 articles for my writing project, 6 exam reviewers for my son, and 3 post-event write-ups for the blog events I attended. Not to mention the fact that I occasionally leave my desk to oversee the laborers working on our kitchen and dining area renovation project. I also have photos in my SD cards to transfer to my hard drive which need to be sorted out and uploaded in Flickr and Facebook. I am also helping out in organizing our high school reunion. I am really one busy body as of press time.

I am so sorry for not being able to update my blog as often as I would have wanted to. But I will make it up to you, my dear readers, in no time. But for now, I have to go back to the writing assignments I haven't finished last night since I attended the Sun Life Financial blog event. Nope, they did not give us life insurance quote but instead showed us the importance of investing money in sound financial investments.

Bye for now and see you in a few days!

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The hottest challenge in town is now burning its way towards all you young and hip people all over the metro, The Del Monte Fit ’n Right Fruit Snacks Fit ‘n Fab 4 Challenge 2010! Focusing on today’s youth, The Fit ‘n Fab 4 Challenge is tapping all you college students in Metro Manila by taking part in the biggest and grandest events of your respective campuses.

First to be burned are the Thomasians in the recently concluded UST “Cheermania!”, the University of Sto. Tomas’ grandest in-school cheering competition. Cheermania is the annual cheering competition between UST’s different colleges featuring Thomasian-dynamism through rhythmic dances that highlight the values of their respective colleges and faculties. Del Monte Fit ‘n Right Fruit Snacks played a major role in the success of this event by being this year’s Cheermania presenter. With that, the students allotted six minutes of non-stop cheering action having Del Monte Fit ‘n Right Fruit Snacks as one of the major parts in their routine.

Setting up booths inside your schools, Del Monte Fit ‘n Right Fruit Snacks will not just be presenting but will also challenge each and every one of you students to participate in this year’s Fit ‘n Fab 4 Challenge!

This challenge is open to all college student barkadas of four, aged 15 – 25 years old, who will be encouraged to live a healthy lifestyle through proper nutrition and regular exercise and snacking of Del Monte Fit ‘n Right Fruit Snacks. It is the only low calorie snack with 300 mg of fat-burning L-Carnitine made with real fruits with no added sugar. The barkada with the most amount of weight lost and physical improvement wins P100,000 and a trip to Boracay.

With Del Monte Fit ‘n Right Fruit Snacks Fit ‘n Fab 4 Challenge 2010, more schools are about to get burned. And for those who miss the Fit ‘n Right campus visits, a booth will be waiting at ROX in Bonifacio High Street on February 20 - 21 from 11am to 8pm for the final registration.
Now, can you keep up? Hurry, sign up at www.fitandfab4.com and join the Del Monte Fit ‘n Right Fruit Snacks Fit ‘n Fab 4 Challenge 2010 coming to your schools!


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Over the weekend, I met up with blogger friends for a writers' meeting. We just signed a 5-month contract as contributing writers for a local website! Actually, it's my second contract for the same local client and that is why I am so happy. At least, I am sure to have a steady stream of writing assignments until July. I am still praying for more writing gigs until my youngest brother graduates in 2011.

Compared to what I earn from my oDesk writing projects, my local client pays more. Besides, I find it better to coordinate with fellow Filipinos than foreign bosses. Not that I'm complaining as I have had the best foreign bosses in oDesk, too!

Tomorrow will also mark the start of our major home renovation project. We were blessed with extra savings this time that we could finally afford to build my dream kitchen and dining area. It would be built as an extension at the right side of our home. That will give our main home more space as we can already transfer the dining table to the extension. We have found a reliable contractor in the person Mang Bobot, a neighbor's relative. We have already seen his past construction projects within our village and he's earned our approval. He's taking care of everything including the coordination of tasks among his pool of workers. At least, we won't need to conduct an employee screening of construction boys anymore. After everything's built, all we would need to do is to buy a new oven and hood. By the way, Mang Bobot's going to build me a kitchen counter that's going to look like a mini-bar.

Oh, I forgot to write about the new 2-seater couch and coffee table set that we ordered last week. It's made to order and will be delivered by March 17. Happy happy, joy joy! Am I excited or what?

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It is the Lenten Season once again and I am one with my fellow Roman Catholics who practice fasting and abstinence during this season. It's Friday and we cannot eat red meat. Well, I don't even eat chicken during Fridays of Lent. Being a diabetic, I cannot fast as I closely monitor what I eat and the time of the day when I eat. As for the my daily protein requirement, I get it from fish and eggs.

Abstinence from food is not the only thing that we do during the Lenten season. Personally, I resolved to refraining from the little comforts that I usually enjoy on normal days. I also read a plurk that abstinence of words can also be done when we can try to resist cursing or saying hurtful words to others. I think I can manage that.

There's also a friend who wrote about how she will lessen her Facebook usage as her sacrifice for Lent. I cannot reduce my online usage because of work but I think that I have already significantly lessened my FB activities. I don't even play games anymore.

Abstaining from yummy food and other comforts in life is easier said than done. I'm glad I haven't forgotten what I cannot have last Ash Wednesday and the first Friday of fasting and abstinence which is today. I'll just motivate myself and have comfort in the fact that I can lose weight without even taking slimquick extreme. No, but seriously, it really is a comforting thought that I can somehow sacrifice small things to remember Christ's sacrifice.

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Yay! My husband has finally decided to join me in my blogging adventures. Could it be that he wants to join me in blog events? Hahaha, I'm not really sure. But I'm all happy and excited at the same time that he showed interest in blogging.

My husband is smarter and more creative than I am and I know he'll have lots to write about. Since he's still new to blogging, we're planning on having a writing project that we'll work on together. I think it would be a "he said she said" format but I'll also give each of us solo posts where we can write about things that interest couples like us. He can probably write muscle milk reviews or whatever he wants to write about. Sounds exciting, don't you think so?

I'm still thinking of a domain name for our future site. Do you have any suggestions?

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I don't eat oatmeal especially when it's cooked as a porridge. The only time I eat oatmeal is when it's mixed in cookies or bread. Just yesterday, my boys craved for oatmeal and asked me to buy some flavored instant oatmeal packs from the supermarket. They ate oatmeal for two mornings now and I still haven't tried to eat some.

Oatmeal is a good source of soluble and insoluble fiber. It helps cleanse the colon and works like most colon cleansing products. Eating oatmeal is also beneficial for those who want to lose weight. I guess I really need to find the will to start eating oatmeal regularly for my health.

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After our Bohol trip in the last week of January, I started experiencing itching on my lower arms. Rashes appeared and I was not able to resist scratching them. I think it's skin asthma and it may be because of the sudden change in temperature. We had rainy days in Bohol and I experienced extreme heat in Manila as soon as we stepped out of the airport.

Now, two weeks have passed and the days have become really hotter here. I'm starting to scratch my cheeks, too. Although I haven't seen rashes coming out yet, I'm afraid of having them. I haven't had any problems on having acne ever! I've read that sudden changed is temperature can cause acne. That plus the fact that I often sleep late because of my work. Sigh. I think I'd better start researching on a home remedy for acnenow while it's just starting. Do you have any suggestions?

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We don't even need the weather bureau to tell us that summer is officially here in the Philippines! I think the hot summer days are early this year, especially with the onset of the El Niño phenomenon. While it is but natural to worry about drought and the scarcity of water supply that is to come, it should also be natural for us to be concerned about our body's hydration during these times. A perfect way to keep hydrated this summer is by eating juicy summer fruits!

Summer fruits are harvested during the summer time. Obviously, they are nature's way of providing for us extra sources of water during the summer. Hydration during the summer months is very important to keep our bodies cool and to keep our skin moisturized. By the way, if you are prone to acne and your skin gets dry during the summer months, the chances of you getting ugly acne scars become bigger. Rather than saving up for acne scar removal treatments, head to the market and stock up on these summer fruits:

• Honeydews, Melons, and Watermelons - These fruits are watery and are the best ones to eat this summer. Expect them to be sweeter during this time of the year, too. 
• Mangoes and Papayas - They are rich in Vitamin C and potassium which makes them perfect for providing much needed energy and resistance against diseases.
• Pineapples - Pineapples are not only juicy sweet but are excellent sources of fiber as well. Our bodies need more fiber during the summer months to help in digestion.

So this summer, don't just think about the cool summer outfits that you'll get to wear on your trips to the beach. Don't forget to stock up on summer fruits, too.

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