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.