Exercise Lite - update

I've already fallen off the wagon. Super diet fail the past weekend and expecting this weekend to be another diet fail.

I should start again...just need to get motivated.

Exercise Lite - Weekend 4

Monday - yey! I didn't do the morning exercises but I did the following for the P.M. session

20 crunches
plank pose
35 jumping jacks
10 minutes elliptical
plank pose
20 crunches

Tuesday - this was Labor Day so of course I didn't labor. Toink.

Wednesday - nah. I was too tired from pretending to listen at the day-long seminar. And I still have Thursday and Friday to get through.

Thursday - 1 hour pedals

Friday - OMG! the traffic was horrible coming within and getting out of Ortigas, so uh, no exercise.

Saturday - party with the kiddies...it's hard to chase around kids, no?

Sunday - I'm planning on a lazy day today (as if I haven't had enough lazy days this week). And I should do my packing, too.

Exercise Lite - Weekend 3

Day 11 - was sick

Day 12 - not the usual routine since the niece came over. we played nerf in the street. :)

Day 13 - still, no.

Saturday - yeah, I'm not counting weekends. Hmm. errands included laundry, grocery, washed the cars -- I wanted to play with water. yeah.

Sunday - uh no. lazy day.

But, in fairness, this weekend has not been a diet fail.

I lost about 2mm around the tummy. But that could just be bloat. uhuh.

I can do this!!!

Exercise Lite - Day 10

A.M. -- fail...hmm, maybe I should remove this?

P.M.

35 jumping jacks
40 crunches
plank pose - 1 minute yey!
10 minutes on the elliptical
plank pose - another 1 minute yey!

Haay! I'm always trying to negotiate my workout! But, I'm still happy that I am, at least, managing to do some of it!

Btw, HunterXHunter started on Animax today. It's a different anime from the one previously aired some years ago. So, yeah, that's going to eat into my blogging time. (Take note: blogging not workout time. Hahaha!)

Exercise Lite - Day 9

Yesterday was a complete diet fail. I think I ate half a gallon of ice cream. 2 slices of cake. Lechon. Pancit and lumpia. Rellenong bangus and green mango salad. And that was just for lunch.

Anyway, this morning I didn't do any of my scheduled routines because I woke up late. To make up for it, my P.M. routine was:

crunches -- 2 sets of 20. Yey!

35 jumping jacks
10 minutes on the elliptical -- with 1 minute at full tilt and 5 minutes on moderate...less time for cooldown but it was okay.
Plank pose -- full one minute! Yey again!

So, I'd already completed 2 weeks (ok, so it's not 14 days but since I appear to be averaging 4 days a week, it'll do for now) and I measured around my tummy again. No improvement yet (like, I should expect anything after the diet failure of the past two weekends).

3 inches to go!

Exercise Lite - Weekend 2

So I skipped (skipped, not missed) yesterday's workout. I was feeling lazy and sick.

Today I got a full-blown runny nose with face-contorting sneezes. :) So I didn't do any planned workout today, either.

But I think all the cleaning I did counts. We're having guests over tomorrow for my mom's extended birthday celebration. And some of the guests have been out of the country for a long time and will probably want a tour of the house. Hence, the cleaning and rearranging. Geez.

Plus, it's so hot today!!!

Exercise Lite - Day 8

A.M.

20 crunches
Plank pose - 40 seconds only

P.M.

35 jumping jacks
Plank pose - 30 seconds... must've been tired

1 hour on pedals - while watching the first half of American Idol

I was feeling a bit inspired so I did another 20 crunches. :)

Exercise Lite - Day 7

A.M.

20 crunches
40-second plank pose (ugh) -- this is harder than I thought

P.M.

35 jumping jacks
10-minutes on elliptical -- still 1 minute all out, but I've extended the moderate pace to 4 minutes and lessened the cool-down portion to 2 minutes
40-second plank pose -- yep, still harder than I thought

So, I had my resting metabolic rate (RMR) computed (just google it, there are available RMR calculators on the net, and it's free!). It's only about 1,166 which translates to a daily calorie requirement of about 1,600-1,700. Nyarks!

I'm probably averaging 2,000-2,500. But I can lessen that if I stop eating my Mom's baking experiments. If I diet, I'd have to really think about what I'm cutting back on.

Because ice cream is essential to my sanity.:)

Exercise Lite - Day 6

A.M.

20 crunches
ok I forgot about the plank pose

P.M.

35 jumping  jacks
10 minutes on the elliptical -- I still get tired out alright
Plank pose - 40 seconds. Yey!

Exercise Lite Routine - updated

After the failure of my attempt at push-ups, here's my tweaked Exercise Lite :)

A.M.

Crunches
Plank Pose - hold the pose for 1 minute, try to repeat 5 times (this will be a long-term goal since I can't hold it for a minute yet)

P.M.

Jumping Jacks
Elliptical for cardio/aero -- I know most say that 30 minutes is ideal but I'm sticking with my 10 minutes
Pedals - for those nights I'm watching something on tv -- this one is for however long that tv program is.
Plank Pose

Optional
Lunges
Squats (eew)

Exercise Lite - Day 5

A.M. - 20 crunches

P.M.

25 jumping jacks
10 minutes on the elliptical -- used this fantastic interval timer function in my phone...so I was able to shift from warm-up, moderate, full-tilt, to cool down..I don't trust the display on my elliptical anymore.

So after some research and taking into consideration the limits of my patience and uh, determination, I think instead of push-ups, I'll do the Plank Pose. It's a yoga (or yoga-inspired pose) which is like the push-up position. Instead of moving up and down, I'm going to hold the plank pose for a minute. It's supposed to tone the whole body.

So I did the plank pose...couldn't hold it for the full minute. By the 20-second mark, my shoulders and back and backs of my thighs (what's that muscle group called?) were trembling. *shrug*

So I think I'll add the plank pose to my morning and evening routine.

Exercise Lite - Weekend 1

Saturday and Sunday = 20 crunches each

Totally forgot about weekends so can I just have free weekends? Hahaha.

Well, it's my Mom's birthday weekend so I had lots to eat. I'd have to figure out something for weekends if my weekday exercise would have any effect at all...

Exercise Lite - Day 4

A.M.

20 crunches
still no substitute...ok ok, I will do the standing wall push-ups

P.M.

25 jumping jacks
10 minutes on the elliptical -- did better today, was able to sustain the moderate pace for the most time. did only about 1.5 minutes of full tilt.

Anyway, here's the portable pedals I used yesterday. Just plunk it down in front of your chair and pedal away...

It's not very cardio-intensive since you really can't go all out with it, but at least it keeps you moving while you're seated.

Exercise Lite - Day 3

A.M.

20 crunches

I'm still thinking of what to do instead of push-ups. Nuninu.

P.M.

So I forgot about my t.v. watching schedule for the coming months plus all the reading I want to do plus gardening in Gardens of Time. So, for today, instead of my jumping jacks and elliptical routine, I borrowed my mom's pedal thing (ok, I'll take a photo and upload tomorrow), and pedaled for an hour while watching American Idol.

Exercise Lite - Day 2 P.M.

25 jumping jacks
10 minutes on elliptical

but i couldn't do the 2 minutes full tilt pace, I did 1 minute and about 20 seconds again before I had to stop. After stopping for a minute, I continued at a slightly moderate pace to complete the 10 minutes. Because you know, quitters never lose that extra kilo.

I've decided that if I'm going to do this, then I should at least know what my goals are. So I made two:

1. Lose 2 or 3 inches around my tummy.
2. Lose 2.5 kilos -- but this is really just my estimate about the tummy fat. Because when you look at me, I have the fat tummy and thighs but thin arms. That would make me a pear right?

Exercise Lite - Day 2 A.M.

20 crunches
3 pushups - what a joke

I know I said I was thinking about adding jumping jacks to my morning routine, but I realized this morning that it would take too much effort to put on a sports bra for a few jumping jacks. So, scrap that idea.

And I'd better do something about these push-ups, I don't think I can deal with this kind of frustration in the morning.

Exercise Lite - Day 1 P.M.

As far as first days of a new project goes, this Day 1 was pretty good.

Unfortunately, short as the plan was, I was out of breath by the time I was on the elliptical. It was good I did my jumping jacks first. Actually, I like the jumping jacks and I'm thinking of adding 25 to my morning routine. Specially since my push-ups are a joke. (I'm working on it alright.)

Anyway, back to the elliptical, once I got to the 3 minute mark, I was already panting and I could feel the pain in my thighs and calves. And this was only on the moderate pace. This just shows how out of shape I really am. I couldn't last through the entire 10 minutes. I only did about 1 minute and 20 seconds of the full-tilt pace and I really had to stop. My body was unused to the lactic acid buildup (Right. Like I know what I'm talking about) and I was in pain.

Also, I was thinking I couldn't keep adding up to my repetitions, so I thought I'd cap it at 300 crunches? Once, I settle down to this new routine, I'd cut back to maybe daily entries instead of doing this twice a day log.

Exercise Lite - Day 1 A.M.

Great! I did the 20 crunches no problem. The 10 push-ups, erm, well, lots of problems. One, I started from the raised positions and unfortunately, I found out that I can only bring my body down a third of the way. And I only did 7 repetitions.

Maybe I should follow my brother's suggestion and do the standing push-ups first and gradually work my way down.

Road to Hotness (RTH)

After the 5-day holiday, I gained 3 pounds. Well, only 3 pounds registered, who knows if I'm still processing unburned calories into fat. eeeh.

Or, I could hope that all the cleaning increased my muscle tone equivalent to 3 pounds of weight. Meh. I seriously doubt it.

I would like to go back to dancing but I can't fit into my dance clothes and I'm on a frugality plan too so I can travel. Hahaha.

So, I'm thinking I should get back on the elliptical. And do additional crunches too. Since I'm not really that much of an exercise junkie, I've devised this exercise plan, which I should (SHOULD!) do everyday.

Doodie's Exercise Lite

Morning - Wake up 15 minutes earlier than usual time.

Stretch
20 crunches
10 push-ups (I hate push-ups but I need to tone my arms and shoulders and the what-else muscles)

After a week, make it 25 crunches and 15 push ups, and so on.

You're probably asking why I'd need 15 minutes if I'm only going to do those, well, I need to psych myself first. Otherwise, I'd never get out of bed.

Evening

Stretch
25 jumping jacks (after a week, increase to 35 and so on)
10 minutes on the elliptical (2 minutes warm-up pace, 2 minutes moderate, 2 minutes full tilt, 4 minutes cool down)

Good luck to me! L, I, R, better late than never right?

Hotness here I come.

Suck it in

For the year 2011, I resolved to lose some pounds or at least get back to my former waistline. I've joined L, R,  I, G, E, (and J?) in their RTH. Hehehe.

Well, I'm proud to announce that I now have a waistline of 27 inches....

If I suck everything in and not breathe, and we measure at the smallest portion (i.e., high-waisted). Oh, and please don't mind the belly fat rolling over the tape measure.

Yay! *pumps fist*

Thank you. Bow.