Mauie Flores

4 rounds of this 725 meter path . Not bad.

My doctor's check-up last Friday revealed that I'm having an episode of slight hypertension again. My blood pressure reading that day was 140/100 and it was done three times that morning. I somehow had a feeling that it was high even before they took my blood pressure. Oh you know, my sister-in-law came home from Britain and it was a grand homecoming with a lot of eating as usual. Plus, we went to Caramoan for a vacation that really had me forget my daily fiber and fitness routines. Bad, I know. The only good news I heard from the nurse that Friday was that I did not gain extra pounds from the vacay.

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"My back is killing me!"

This has been my favorite line lately. My activities nowadays have not been kind on my back, not to mention I always carry a heavy back. Massages do work for a while but it's always prevention that's better than the cure. So read on if you're also having back problems like me.

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Summer had me going out more often than I used to. I was the one who brought my boy to his summer activities. Since it was summer, I found it the perfect time to show off my wedges. But being the heavy weight that I am, I wasn't able to balance myself one time and sprained my ankle.

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I love my husband's new work schedule. He leaves for the office at around 9 in the morning so he still has time for early morning walks with me. We leave the house the moment our boy leaves for school which is around 6 in the morning. We walk around the village for 30 minutes to an hour then we take our breakfast after.

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Walking is the best fat burner for me because I get to burn calories and not feel too tired after. My morning walks become more special and enjoyable because I get to spend it with the man I love the most. It's like having a mini-date every single morning. Normally, I would choose to walk alone because I don't want someone slowing me down or the other way around. Not this time, no. I wouldn't trade these special morning walks for anything else in the world.


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When I'm not working out via Wii Fit Plus, I brisk walk in the morning. And since I'm not following a prescribed beat when I am walking outside, I bring my MP3 stick with me. I cannot walk without it, actually. In fact, I find brisk walking without background music just plain boring.

The tunes I load into my MP3 stick are upbeat and I arrange their sequence in a way that the songs serve as my cue for a warm-up, the 30-minute brisk walk, and the cool down. It's better than keeping my track by looking at the time because I don't wear a watch when I'm walking.

Here are the tunes I currently listen to when I'm brisk walking.

• Warm Up: Breathe by Taylor Swift
• Brisk Walking: Sweet Dreams by Beyonce, Rock that Body the Black Eyed Peas, The Fame by Lady Gaga, Hush Hush Hush (Remix) by Pussy Cat Dolls, Hot n Cold by Katy Perry, Mmm Papi by Britney Spears, Fire Burning on The Dance Floor by Sean Kingston, and Blame It by Jamie Foxx.
• Cool Down: Fireflies by Owl City

Now that I shared my playlist, lemme see your MP3 players and check out yours. :)

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After all that holiday binge comes the hard part of going back to the daily grind; the three letter word that I avoided during the holidays, that is, G-Y-M. I can see my pair of Reebok running shoes staring back at me. "When?", it could have been asking right now if the shoes could talk. I try to look away but deep in my mind I know that I should go back.

I have been so busy with work and other matters that I still don't have time to visit the gym and work out. The holiday season is to blame, too. I had too many parties and gatherings to attend to that I had to leave all the paperwork stacked up somewhere in the confines of my cluttered desk. That time, I decided to just give myself a break.

An option for me is to start brisk walking again around the village as I did when we were still in Makati. I walked and ran an hour a day armed with my running shoes and trusty pedometer. I lost most of my unwanted 50 pounds by doing that. I should be doing this soon. Probably by tomorrow.

How about you? Are you also undergoing the same struggle to get rid of the unwanted pounds you gained after all that holiday binge fest?

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