The Air Climber 100 Days Challenge

I told myself TODAY is the start so I decided to have a 100 days challenge..

Before I already did this but I wasn't that into it so my challenge failed and I end up getting bigger and fatter and most importantly unhealthy.

I want to document everything so that I can see the progress I'm making. So I decided to do the Air Climber 100 Days Challenge.

Since its rainy season here I can't always go out and run in our neighborhood for me to lose some pounds. I bought 2 years ago this step machine that was on sale and I did used it a couple of times. But because I was a lazy butt :) I didn't enjoy using it although it really helped toning my legs, ankles and behind.

If I'm going to describe my body, I know that I'm not that big but I was really skinny when I was in high school and college and I miss that body of mine. I hope to go back to even just having a 24 inches waist since I have like 30 now.

I'm on my heaviest at 65 kg. and this is already heavy for a girl which stands only 5 feet tall. The doctor already told me that my frame is already large and he said that it will be harder for me to walk since all of the my weight is straining my feet.

I can't even run smoothly since I'm too heavy for my little feet and that's another reason why I can't run that fast. The Air Climber doesn't strain my feet and I only feel pain in the areas where I should feel it since its burning the fat.

So let's talk about the challenge. This is more on challenging myself to keep with the schedule and the routine. I don't have discipline on that so what I would need to do is think of something that will inspire me to stick with the routine.

My inspiration would be based on the things that I would like to do or the clothes that I would want to wear again when I lose the weight.

Right now its my Black Vest 

I can still wear it but I can't breathe when I try to close the buttons plus its not flattering. It also makes my arms look bigger. 

I've started to use the Air Climber and I already set my goals. For the First Stage, I have until the end of September to raise the steps up to 2,000/day. 

Awhile ago I already did 700 steps/15 minutes/100 calories.

I can do a thousand steps a day but I was doing it wrong. My body couldn't bare it so I had problems walking afterwards which is not what I want. I had to make my legs stronger so that it can endure the workout and give me better results.

As for food, I will need to be disciplined as well in waking up early to eat breakfast and prepare healthy meals. I hope this will work for me.

Every two weeks I will add pictures of myself wearing the same clothes. So I can see the progress.

 

I don't want to post the pictures but I had to.. This will make me challenge myself even more to get the body that I want.

Just by looking at the pictures you'll see that I have a lot of areas I need to work on.

Double Chin, Arms, Core, Thighs and Legs. That's about every part of a woman that needs to be slim and mine isn't.  You can also see the cellulite on the back of my thighs and it looks gross. 

Time to finish this. Will get back here after two weeks with new pictures and new developments with my weight and health!

Losing Weight: Discipline and Motivation

It's been a year the last time I talked myself to lose some pounds and I was successful for a few months. I did lose a lot of weight last year.


I was so dedicated because last December 2010 my best friend got married and I'm one of the brides maid then me and my fiancee went on vacation last February of this year and my body was bikini worth it! First time I wore two piece bikini but now all my hard work have been blown away thanks to my not so disciplined life-style.


Last June I decided to ask the doctors if they could run some tests so I would know if there's something wrong with my body. My metabolism just went down and slow like I wasn't even myself anymore. The tests went well and my sugar level is normal, my thyroid is working fine but I have high cholesterol. 


I must admit I eat a lot of fried foods especially the cold cuts. I don't know how to avoid that right now since I'm juggling from work to writing then I got no time to cook real meals. The doctor told me that I can lower my cholesterol by eating right and exercising. 


Sounds good and easy if I have the time left for me to eat healthy food or exercise a lot but unfortunately, I don't. Or I just don't want to do it all. I do have a lot time its just that I don't know how to plan ahead of what I'm going to do. But what hit me harder than knowing that I was jeopardizing my health for reasoning out that I don't have time is that my fiancee has something to tell me that could shock me to my inner core.


My fiancee told me a few months ago that although he loved me, he's not physically attracted to me. That was like a bus just hit me full impact! He told me that I do have a lot of time in my sleeves its just that I'm using them to sit in front of the computer updating my Facebook account, reading articles and news or just playing some games online.


He told me straight that I'm getting fatter each day and he's losing the girl he fell in love with 6 years ago. I promised to him that I'll keep my body tight and that I'll take care of myself not only for him but for me as well.  Looking good and feeling good is something that any person should invest in be it time or money.


I've spent so much time contemplating on other things while I'm ruining my body inside and out.


Now I want to make things right and I know that the key for me to change is to become disciplined and motivated. 


If you'll ask me if I know what's the word discipline, the first thing that comes out of my head is hard work and pain. This pertains to exercise. I HATE EXERCISE! I don't like the pain and I feel stupid when doing those poses I see on the DVD's that I bought that I watched like a couple of times only.


I sound silly but its true. That's my perspective towards exercising. I feel awful when someone's looking at me when I'm running near our pad. I'm scared that their looking at me and criticizing my body, the way I run, how I look like with all the sweat beading in my face.


I'm so insecure that I don't want to start on doing something for ME.


But I realized what will happen to me when I succumb to the insecurities I feel. What will happen if I got sick because I didn't do anything to lower my cholesterol? What will happen when my fiancee leaves me because he feels that I'm not putting effort in our relationship by keeping my promise?


So many what ifs and what wills but I haven't done anything for the past months. I just sit here in my bed watching countless online shows, reading articles that I'm not even applying to myself and wasting time doing nothing.


I need to be disciplined in order to get what I want and that's to look good and be healthy. My motivation should be my health and my body. God gave us only one life. One body. We need to nurture it and not simply let it go to waste.

Philippians 4:12-13
New International Version (NIV)
¹² I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³ I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

I'm going to start TODAY! Nothing will change if I keep on saying TOMORROW.


I want to do it the right way. I have a lot of time. I just need to be disciplined and motivated!

Leisure 18 Slimming Coffee

I tried this product for almost three months and bought 3 boxes since I was desperate to lose some weight because the last time I got a full check up the doctor told me I was already on my way on being obese. My 5 foot frame is holding 63 kg. and it’s not healthy and I’m having difficulty in going up on stairs or walking long distances.

I was never the athletic type of person although I love swimming and can go for 3 hours of non-stop free styling back and forth on a regular size swimming pool. Unfortunately because of my weight and I guess fat building up on my chest, I can no longer stay that long in the pool or under the water and it’s making me very frustrated and upset.

Let’s start with the information of this coffee; the ingredients are consisted of Brazilian black coffee and Garcinia Cambogia (HCA) which they say are used on other parts of the world in losing weight. In one box you will get 18 sachets that you will need to drink before breakfast.  Thinking that since it’s made of natural ingredients, this prompted me to buy this coffee and try it. I did lose a lot in just a few days of trying this and everyone was noticing it but I did pay dearly for the attention and losing that quickly.

I normally drink this before going to work and then travel to work.  At least an hour already passed and I could eat when I arrive at work.  For the first box what I normally do is mix it with 3in1 coffee.  The first two weeks, I’m doing okay but when I’m almost finished drinking all 18 sachets I got a painful thump on my chest and I almost fainted because of how painful it is. Then I got irregular heartbeats and when I consulted a general physician he said I had cardiac arrhythmia.

He said it sometimes happens but could lead to heart attack and I was so scared that I didn’t try to use this product again for a few months. The doctor told me it could be due to the coffee or because I was mixing two kinds of coffee in just a little cup that makes it too strong for me.

I lie low for awhile and waited for my health to be okay.  When we had our annual physical examination and nothing wrong was seen I tried it again without using 3in1 coffee and just drink it plain and it gave me a better result.  Although it will really make you thirsty and it also made me lose my appetite.  I swear I’m a big eater and when I’m hungry I could really eat a lot but because of this coffee, it halted my binge a lot.

If anyone who read this wants to use this product let me give you an advice. Make sure first to research for the ingredients and consult your doctor especially if you’re not a coffee drinker.  Then only buy from a respected and trusted retailer so not to get the fake one. 

It doesn’t mean that you bought a cheaper one you had a bargain, you did but you bargained your health for it.  The price of this product ranges from $7-$9 so something cheaper than that is kind of suspicious.  It won’t hurt if you read on blogs or discussions from where or whom the others bought theirs.

It has side effects and it depends on the person who’ll drink it.  Drink at least 20 glasses of water a day. This helps me in eliminating the toxins and will start the fat removal very fast and effectively. I ate 3 times a day even if it’s just small portions since I’m really not hungry after drinking Leisure 18 coffee. 

I drink shakes substitutes for solid food so that I will still get the vitamins and nutrients I should get.  I also eat lots of fruits especially the ones with lots of water. I love pears and this fruit sustained me when I decided to finish two more boxes of this coffee.

Remember that everything that is too much will definitely kill you.  I learned it the hard way but now I’m doing great and exercising a lot instead of just drinking slimming agents.  Although I tried two more brands of slimming capsules that I’ll do a review of.

I like this product since it does what it promises to do.  It did slim me down and made me lighter and I did went to my doctor after I finished all of the boxes and he told me that the results came out normal and there’s nothing wrong with my heart or my body.