When Sickness gets in the way

Of course everyone gets sick every now and then! Don't worry if you get sick after an intensive workout after or 2 weeks after! Seriously! It's just your body's telling you that it's really getting into your new routine in life!

Don't forget to get all of your vitamins... Get all nutrients you need! They are important! :)


Have a great workout!

Seizures -- What about it?

I am no doctor to tell about things in medicine but with enough research I think I gained enough knowledge about Seizures.

According to www.nlm.nih.gov : Seizures are caused by abnormal electrical disturbances in the brain.There are seizures that can be noticed while some you can't.

There are different kinds of Seizures:

• * Generalized tonic clonic seizure
• * Partial (focal) seizure
• * Petit mal (absence) seizure
• * Epilepsy
• * Fever (febrile) convulsions

* source from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003200.htm

Here are the symptoms of Seisures:

• Change in consciousness, so that you can't remember some period of time
• Change in emotion, like unexplainable fear, panic, joy, or laughter
• Change in sensation of the skin, usually spreading over the arm, leg, or trunk
• Changes in vision, including flashing lights, or (rarely) hallucinations (seeing things that aren't there)
• Loss of muscle control and falling, often very suddenly
• Muscle movement such as twitching that might spread up or down an arm or leg
• Muscle tension/tightening that causes twisting of the body, head, arms, or legs
• Tasting a bitter or metallic flavor

One of the scariest that one can experience from Seizures is the muscle tension/tightening. And the body of would twitch...

So, what to do when you see people having Seizures?

Here are some preventive measures you can do to help the person suffering from it.

These are copied from  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003200.htm I am not a doctor. Please seek professional advice. This is just a blog.

• Do not attempt to force a hard object (such as a spoon or a tongue depressor) between the teeth. You can cause more damage than you can prevent.
• Do not try to hold the person down during the seizure.
• Turn the person to the side if vomiting occurs. Keep the person on his or her side while sleeping after the seizure is over.
• If the person having a seizure turns blue or stops breathing, try to position their head to prevent their tongue from blocking their airways. Breathing usually starts on its own once the seizure is over.
• CPR or mouth-to-mouth breathing is rarely needed after seizures and cannot be performed during the seizure.

It's best that you are aware how long the seizure has been. The doctor usually asks how long the seizure has been.

If a family member, a friend, or a neighbor have this, please don't hesitate to help! Know what you can do. Know how you can help! :)

Arms Workout

Yesterday I went to the gym. I have a gym instructor friend that helps me to work out on some of my problem areas. Well, because I am tight budgeted person, I didn't hire her! :)

Alright, to start off my work out: First, I did a 30 minute Cardio on the Treadmill.

Second, worked my way on the eliptical, then my instructor friend assited me in doing my arms.

Here they are:

I do bicep curls (down to half, then half upwards both in 12 reps. Then I do full bicep curls)
Then Tricep (same as above)
Then a Front curls
Then I don't know the name of this exercise but the position was I am on a squat position then My arms on the side of my chest. I am extending my arms backwards(this is for triceps) for 12 reps too. (Hope you got that)


Then I repeat the entire workout again. Then I finished off with a 3 minute RUN on the treadmill.




That's how my work out goes!


Don't forget to watch out for that bad caloriessss intake!

Frustration

Isn't frustrating when your pants can't fit you because you gained weight? or someone told you that you're getting fat when you're dying to do your workout all week?

Frustrations! Frustrations! Don't let it get in your way! 

Focus is the answer! Don't lose sight whatever others may tell you or your pants is showing you! :)

Look at the end in mind! :) 110Lbs by the end of this year!

RUN! RUN! RUN!

I really don't like moving around -- most especially running. But I have to run! I have to move if I want to lose weight. Though it can be really tiring but like what a saying says "Patience is a virtue. " Be patient with losing weight. My body is one of the most stubborn parts of me. Well I guess I just have to get along with it.

I got my Thyroid test last Monday, and it showed that I am perfectly normal! geez, you know what this means? I need a lot of discipline in my system! T_T

Anyhow, discipline in choosing the right and healthy food. OK!!!!!!

Go! Fight! Win!

The strongest enemy that you could ever have in losing weight is yourself! Believe it or not!

Losing weight can either be difficult or not depends on the person doing it. I, for example, am having a hard time focusing. I've had my fair share of cheating -- with diet and going to the gym. At some point in my loosing-weight moment, I find it easy to get in shape but there are times that I feel so tired. The bad thing is that I will just stop doing what I have to do.

I got really fed up with dieting -- that's the reason why I got to a 147lbs mark again! My friends have a fitter bods than I am. What makes me go into dieting? Well, I am fed up with being fat in my family, my friends, and at work! Who doesn't want to have a Jessica Alba figure? well I want to have an OH-MY body!

But the bottom line is that I really want to lose weight but sometimes, it's really hard. Don't you worry! If you are feeling this way. That only means you're normal! Who in the world doesn't feel this way? The answer is no one!

Well, lessons learned for me! How about you?

Day 1: Target! Target! Target!

Alright, Yesterday was fun! I had a 1Km walk. Since I don't have to go to the gym because of errands that I have to do and some stuffs to prepare. But next week I'll begin my weight training -- AGAIN! lol

Alright. 

This morning, woke up around 3:00 AM and done with my early Talk.... :) then went to work after that.

The first meal that I have today was : 

 2 Glasses of Water ++

1 Cup WHITE RICE-- I know this is a bowl of rice! LOL

  HOT DOG 

 

Well According to caloriecount.about.com Hotdog contains these Nutrion Facts:

You can check them out HERE <<- I tried signing up! You try too! Then just fill out all the fields.. and voila! you'll have your own calorie counter!

              

          Wow, I can't imagine the carlorie content of rice!

Calories 242  and Calories from Fat is 131

Total Fat 14.5g 

Saturated Fat 5.1g 

Cholesterol 44mg 

Sodium 670mg

Total Carbohydrates 18.0g



Say, approximately I have more than 500 cals to burn today.. well, I ate just that this morning! geez.. how am I gonna burn that today?

well.. that's just brekkie..let's wait for lunch!

Say my current weight is 66kg and my target weight is 49 kg in 2012!

DIET as in DIET

Alright

Diet.. Diet.. Diet.. who doesn't know this very atrocious noun or verb or adjective? Whatever you may want to use the word still Diet is like an angry principal you don't want to follow. Am I right? or AM I RIIIIGHHT?

Hmm, I've been doing the gym for over 2 years now. I enrolled December 24, 2008. (I can still remember woosh) and for a year, I've been faithfully going to the gym and trying to lose a couple of lbs. I was weighing 150++ lbs.. I can't really remember. that's my heaviest though. Then after a year, I've successfully loosed 20 lbs. The lightest I got was 127lbs and it lasted for 2 weeks.

SO WHAT's MY PROBLEEEM?

I am 147lbs again!

Basically I don't want to spend a year just to lose 20lbs again. I know my strengths and weaknesses wehn it comes to food and exercising. I know what to do but my body doesn't respond to it. 

After our summer trip, I've decided to cut my diet because I am so tired of just eating what I have to eat. Well, I was super stubborn at that time and now I am facing the consequences of what I've done. T_T poor me.

BUUUUUUUT!!!!!

It doesn't stop there. Today, I have decided to live healthy from now on. I will become cautious about what I eat. I can imagine the face of my mother smiling while reading this! :)

Please join me.... It's not easy to lose weight alone... :)

First Blog

Today is January 19, 2011.

Today is the beginning of a new journey in losing weight.

I will begin today!