Fitness Tip of the Day
9 Fitness Rules You Should Break:
According to a recent University of Southern Maine study, 30 minutes of weight training burns as many calories as running at a blazing six-minute-per-mile pace for the same amount of time. (And it has the bonus of building more muscle tone than running.) What’s more, unlike aerobic exercise, lifting weights has been shown to boost metabolism for up to 39 hours after you finish your last rep.
Interval training has yielded similar benefits. For optimal results, do a total-body weight-training workout three days a week, resting at least a day between sessions, and do intervals on at least two of the off days.
Lunch @ 12pm
Rice and vegetables, with a vegetarian samosa. Watermelon.
Afternoon Tea @ 4pm
Shared a fruit shaved ice with sister. We only ate half the bowl though. Drank some wintermelon tea too.
Dinner @ 6pm
Noodles with vegetables and small pork pieces (maybe?). Some pumpkin seeds, took forever to crack the shells!
Snack @ 8pm
15g pack of baked rock salt bagel chips (very little saturated fat and sugar).
Weight Loss Tip of the Day
Exercising But Still Gaining Weight:
Stress and Weight Gain
Stress can lead to mindless eating, like snacking on chips or cookies without thinking about how many you’re actually consuming. Or stress can contribute to excessive production of the hormone cortisol by the adrenal glands. When that happens, the body starts to store more calories as fuel and slow down its metabolism. If your workout itself is stressing you out because you don’t like the particular exercises, the gym atmosphere, your aerobics teacher or whatever the cause, make a change that will keep you active and make your workouts more enjoyable and less stressful.
Lunch @ 11am
Bowl of vegetarian noodles.
Drink @ 3pm
Few sips of chocolate chip flavoured coffee.
Snack @ 5pm
Shared McDonalds medium chips with boyfriend. I had about 1/3.
Dinner @ 6pm
Bowl of mushroom and corn soup. 1 dumpling. Small bowl of pumpkins.
No Exercise
My legs are still sore from dancing and Wii Fit two days ago! Ouch.
Fitness Tip of the Day
11 Tactics to Get More from Your Gym Sessions:
Use heavy weights
Whoever it was that first said that light weights tone your muscles was a fool. Light weights don’t do much at all to be honest. If you want to tone up and lose weight then you need to use heavy weights. Don’t worry, you won’t get bulky. All you will do is burn calories faster and make a lot more progress.
Definitely had this misconception for a long time. It’s no wonder all the weight training wasn’t seeing obvious results.
Breakfast @ 11am
Bowl of red rice porridge with vegetables. Small slice of homemade chocolate brownie.
Snack @ 2pm
10 raw almonds and small packet of baked bagel chips.
Afternoon Tea @ 4pm
10 raw almonds and ~5 yogurt raisins.
Dinner @ 6.30pm
Bowl of red rice porridge with vegetables. Small bowl of grass jelly.
Snack @ 9pm
Handful of raw almonds.
Day 37
Forgot to record yesterday, but it was my Cinderella day. Cleaned my bedroom from head to toe, carrying things up and down the stairs. Nice and productive exercise ha.
Diet Tip of the Day
How to Lose Weight for Good, Your Ultimate Guide:
The myth of fat-free
Fat free meals are, 90% of the time, bad for your waist line. Fat does not make you fat. Some fats are good for you. Fat free foods are generally packed full of sugar – and sugar makes you fat. Next time you buy something that is fat free and claims to be good for your weight loss take a look at the nutritional information. I bet it is full of sugar.
Breakfast @ 11am
Watermelon. Honey melon.
Lunch @ 1pm
Bowl of vegetarian instant noodles.
Snack @ 4pm
5 yogurt raisins. 1 small packet of low fat bagel chips.
Wii @ 5.30pm
40 minutes Just Dance 2. 5 minutes stretching.
Dinner @ 6.15pm
Bowl of vegetables soup. Half of corn and ham bread.
Snack @ 9pm
2 Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
Motivation Tip of the Day
How to Not be Intimidated at the Gym:
Realize that nobody cares
People are not staring at your huge butt. People are not looking to see what brand sneakers you have on. People are not critiquing your workout. The truth of the matter is that everyone there is as self conscious as you! When you are worrying about what THEY are thinking they are sitting there worrying about what YOU are thinking. So relax. Nobody cares.
I am so very guilty of this.
Breakfast @ 6.30am
Half a sweet bun.
Morning Tea @ 10.30am
BLT sandwich with eggs.
Afternoon Tea @ 5pm
Shared a small packet of chips with boyfriend.
Dinner @ 6pm
Bowl of red rice with drumstick and vegetables.
I finally finished the last essay of my summer semester today! Two weeks break with a lot of time for exercise to make up for all those rest days yay!
