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It’s Wednesday which means break time from doing Turbo Fire. No workout today so I thought I’d read up on eyelash growth products for my fashion blog. For some reason, I’ve eaten too much today. Well not to the pointwhere I’m busting out my clothes, but I’ve just eaten more today than I usually eat on a daily basis. The day that I’m not supposed to work out is the day I’m just going for it. Ayayay.

It started with slices of fried eggplants and some leftover rice, and pico de gallo, for breakfast. And then the leftover baked trout with pico de gallo for lunch. Then a couple of homemade cinnamon rolls with apples for afternoon snacks. For dinner, I just devoured 2 bacon cheeseburgers. What the hell? I asked myself earlier if I feel depressed. My heart and brain said no. My monthly period is done so it’s not PMS. I don’t think it’s stress coz I’m always stressed so there’s nothing new there. Maybe I’m just hungry today from all the moderation diet and working out I’ve been doing. Aaahhhhhhhhhh.

I’m going to sneak a 30-minute HIIT workout in a few minutes just so I would feel better about myself before I go to bed today. Then I’ll double up my workout tomorrow.

I was having such a terrible headache last Monday so when my husband called after work to ask where to get the pizza for dinner I couldn’t give him an answer. Frankly, I really couldn’t care less. He asked Pizza Hut or Papa John’s to help me decide but when their ridiculously overprized medium sized pizzas which they consider larges sizes flashed before my eyes, my headache got worse.

So I replied in an annoyed truth-be-told bitchy manner:

“Get Me Coffee, Cold, Ice Cubes, Whip Cream”

My patient(surprisingly) husband understood all that and said, he’ll stop at McDonald’s to get me one of their iced coffees. Then somehow the pizza for dinner turned into a McDonald’s dinner. Conversation ended……….until he called me back…

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I will be going into Week 9 of Turbo Fire starting tomorrow. So far this month, I’ve lost 8 pounds. I’m hoping to lose 2 or 3 more pounds this coming week. I believe my weight loss has been steady and healthy so I’m happy about that. And I’m actually just doing Turbo Fire now coz my knees started to hurt when I doing a hybrid of TF and Insanity. 8 pounds with only Turbo Fire sounds good to me so I’ll just do Insanity again when I’m completely done with Turbo Fire. And that’s 3 months more to go, hehe.

Anyhooo, while perusing YouTube for Turbo Fire transformation videos I stumbled upon Hip Hop Hustle videos. HHH is actually owned by Chalene Johnson too so it was kinda cool to see her hip hop moves. I know she could dance but I didn’t she could dance that well, and hip hop moves no less.

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One thing I don’t want to worry about right now is social security disability insurance so I am so glad that Stretching, Sculpting, and Toning are part of the Turbo Fire program. I love the days when I have to stretch for like 10 minutes, or sculpt for 30 minutes, and sometimes tone for 40 minutes which is more like yoga/pilates. With all the cardio I’m doing, I need the aforementioned to ease my joints to save my knees and bones. The last thing I need is hurting myself because of all the cardio exercises I’m doing. Plus those stationary exercises feels really good too.

The Turbo Fire program lets you workout on the weekends and believe it or not, I love it. I love dancing and sweating my buns off. That stretched out, loose, and wet tee is courtesy of Turbo Fire 45 class. You don’t want to see my sports bra and shorts. Turbo Fire 45 EZ is different from TF 45 but they both make me sweat a lot. Well, all TF classes leave me breathless and sweaty after each exercise. It is just so much fun. Just check out YouTube for TF videos and I’m confident that you’ll get the motivation that you’ve been looking for.

Maybe I’ll host a party this Christmas and send Holiday Party Invitations with a picture of me looking all different. It’s not going to be a holiday party but more of a check out the new Me party. That would be totally vain and fun at the same time, HA!

Technically, I’m not on a very strict diet where I have to cut practically everything out. I don’t think that will ever happen in my life. I just love food too much. But I’m also aware that I can’t continue eating as much as I have been for years. I’m not talking about shoving food in my mouth from the time I wake up to the time I hit the bed at 1am. I don’t do that of course. My diet is pretty much just moderation or portion control. I could read sensa weight loss reviews all day and decide whether I believe it or not but it’s still up to me how much I eat each meal. Instead of 1 pork chop, I cut that in half. Any kind of meat entrée, I cut in half. Rice, 1 cup. No seconds or thirds. And I go for salads for lunch. I go for fresh fruits smoothies or non-fat yogurt for snacks. And I try not to eat too much of my homemade cookies, cupcakes, or whatever sweets I bake. Again, portion control.

For almost 2 months now, with exercise and moderation diet, I’ve lost 9 pounds with better stamina, muscles, energy and toned body.

I feel like a stranger in my own blog which shouldn’t freak me out at all since I’m pretty much just talking to myself here anyway. So Hi Self.

I just finished doing  35 minutes of Crunch Dance Blast. Well a few minutes ago. I just finished taking a short shower actually. And this means what? Well, nothing really. It’s just, I’ve been working out a lot lately that I don’t seem to have much time to blog here. Not even in my fitness and health blog. I’m thinking of integrating that blog here so I don’t have to login to so many accounts. BUT, I think I’ll wait until I am satisfied with my results. I try not to psyche myself up a lot when I feel and see changes in my body coz that’s when I go back to old habits then I’m back to the beginning.

I made this cool chart on paper with different color of inks to differentiate the Hybrid of workouts I’ve been doing. I tried to create one in Word and thought of printing it but my colored printer inks ran out so it wouldn’t look as cool as the ones I created using pens. It looks cool just being on desktops though so I might share the image here sometime.

There you go, just stopping by to say hi to myself and whomever else is visiting this blog. Thanks!

A little pat in the back is necessary and well-deserved for today. Perhaps a few cruises to Bermuda as a reward would be nice. I literally just finished my 1st day of Insanity’s Core Cardio and Balance week. That was my second workout of the day. I did Hip-Hop dance in the morning. I actually used to do Insanity in the morning or mid-day then extra light exercises at about 6 or 7pm. That’s after dinner time. However, I switched up my routine when January 2011 rolled. I decided to do the low-impact exercise during the day then the high impact Insanity early at night. My husband is home from work by then so just in case I hurt myself he’s here to do what’s necessary.

I’m not saying Insanity could hurt you, well, it depends how your health and stamina is, but this workout is not a joke so you have to be careful and always pay attention to Shaun T’s instruction so you’d do the routine the right way. If not, you might twist your ankle or hurt your back. I’m not trying to scare anyone of course. It’s just that my husband is always worried I’d hurt myself doing Insanity while he’s at work, and I have the little girl at home with me. So to give him a peace of mind, I’ve decided to do Insanity when he’s finally home.

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