I haven't been updating much because it's been pretty much blogilates videos everyday. I didn't have time to think about what I really want to do to 'up' my workouts so I just did whatever's on the calendar.
But for today, I decided to add 2 more workouts to my calendar routine. These are new and I've never done them before.
1. 30 Day Fat Burn: Metabolic Booster Workout:
This one was tiring.. Not as tiring as a full on kick boxing cardio or HIIT workout but still tiring nonetheless.
2. 30 Day Fat Burn: Legs and Butt Shaper Workout:
This one was... okay? Compared to most blogilates booty workouts, I'd say this is pretty mild. So doable, I can't really feel the burn.
I didn't try the whole 30 day thing. In fact I've never followed any specific diet and exercise plans. I just can't bring myself to cut off all that ice cream and chocolates. My vices.. but they're good for my soul. That's why I've never had the motivation to follow through those 30 day plans, bikini body in 4 weeks kinda thing. I'd much rather take it slow and have no time limit. It's a lifestyle right? Yes. I said yes for you. You have to agree with me lol.
Maybe I'll update again soon after my literature review submission. Until then.. its blogilates videos alll the wayyyy as I drown in school work and my part time job :/
Hello Fluffies, Its a week of getting used to new things. For instance, the gym that I've been going to is going to close down soon. I'm gonna start my part time job next weekend which means :( no more gymming on sundays :( no more ice cream sundays :( Definitely a lot of planning and scheduling to be done. Oh and my first assignment is due Sept 12th. I think I'm gonna struggle with the 3000 word essay. Anyways, I hit the gym with my boyfriend for the first time today! It's leg day for the both of us and we did a few exercises. Not as much as usual but I was sweating ALOT more than usual.. which is quite disgusting coz a bead of my sweat actually dripped onto my boyfriend's lap >.< What I did: 1. Running with 4 incline: 1.2km 2. Squats with 15kg weights each side: 3 sets of 10 reps 3. Squats with 15kg weights each side with 20kg Barbell: 3 sets of 8 reps 4. Hamstring curls with 4kg weight: 3 sets of 8 reps 5. Standing kickbacks with 6kg weight: 3 sets of 10 reps each leg 6. Standing side swing with 5kg weight: 2 sets of 10 reps each leg 7. Random punches: A few times 8. AB rollers: 2 failed attempts That was it for the day. Not alot of work done considering I would usually do dead lifts, walking lunges and quad extensions. But I felt more tired than usual :/ Last night, I went to Crystal jade at Holland Village for the XLB buffet with my friends. It was a buffet, I definitely had to 'prep' and workout before I head out to sin big time. So here's the workout for Saturday's Piggin' Out: Fitness Blender's 1000 Calorie workout (I DID ONLY DID HIIT PORTION.)
8 minute abs
5 best muffintop melting moves:
Spring fling 1: Toning Workout
Playa Del Plank
Now for the fun bit, here's the food that we had yesterday:
Gula Melaka Soft serve on Waffles from Sunday Folks
Here's us after Sunday folks because soft serve ain't got nothing on real scooped ice cream
Us at 10pm, feasting our lives away on XLBs...
Stacks of XLBs
This was supposed to be dessert after drinks at Wala but everyone was too stuffed so each of us took one home. These cupcakes from Plain Vanilla are awesome. I haven't had a good cupcake in a while!
I had the chocolate banana cupcake and it was dope :>
Handsome boiboiz90
I had the best pocky of my entire life yesterday, courtesy of my boyfriend. If you ever come across Matcha Chocolate pocky please do not let it slip away. Please BUY IT. It's worth the calories honey.
It's been a short while since I last did a log! Like ever since the day I left for Bangkok I think. I did follow through working out regularly but just did not have the time and energy to post them. I've been waking up and leaving home early in the morning and going home late at night. Thank god my boyfriend's been by my side these few days to help me pull through the sudden crazy schedule.
If you are wondering about how my Bangkok trip was, I will be doing a separate post on it, filled with pictures and ADDRESSES so you can go check those places out if you happen to be heading to Bangkok anytime soon.
And yes I did managed to workout ONCE while in Bangkok haha. Here's a picture of the hotel gym. Can I say its very badly stocked??? NO BAR BELLS. WHAT. and no squat machine. We had to share the machines.
Here's the workout sequence that I did(base on what I can remember):
1. Running on thread mill:
15mins
2. Squats, holding 2 of 8kg dumbbells:
3 sets of 15 reps
3. Walking lunges with kick backs, holding 2 of 8kg dumbbells:
3 sets of 15 reps
4. Tricep stretch with 8kg dumbell:
1 set of 15 reps (My arms nearly snapped)
5. 20 sit ups (lol, I rly hate sit ups)
Yesterday, I was pressed for time but wanted to pack more punch into the short workout time that I had. So here's my choice of workouts if you are interested to know how I try to fit in more work into a short frame of time.:
I try to work more of my legs whenever I'm pressed for time because our quad muscles burn more calories as compared to the other muscles in your body. Short intense HIITs or cardio workouts are also the way to go to have the effect of afterburn so that your body stays fired up for the most part of the day.
For today, I had more time and did more toning work and because its the time of the month, I didnt want to go too crazy on my body in the cardio department.:
Bikini Blaster 7: Bodacious Back and Sleek Shoulders:
POP Pilates: Tricep Toner:
POP Pilates: Never ever getting back together workout:
It was arms day and because I thought I would be making a trip to the zoo with my boyfriend, I only did 3 workout videos thinking that I would be clocking in alot calories burned in the cardio department. Unfortunately, we were stuck in Vivocity due to the rainy weather :/
I had the intention of finishing up my arm workout today but decided not to because I got lazy lol
So for today, its cardio core!
1.Flat Belly fat burner:
2. 5 min Fat burner:
3. 5 Best Abs exercises:
4. POP Pilates: Hot Abs:
6. Thigh trimmer & Butt Lifter:
I ended it off by switching one of the ab workouts to a butt workout just because.
I found out something amazing today.. I can do fried barley! So yay to more fibre and lower GI carb alternative :) If you're wondering, this lunchtime mess is fried barley with vegetables and eggs with sriracha sauce topped with sesame seeds. After my student orientation session at SIM (I was so nervous for some reason), I spent a part of my afternoon waiting in Wang Coffeeshop for my passport photo to be done. While waiting, I decided to do some sketching to kill time.
I guess for most of this week, I will just stick to the blogilates calendar. Didn't want to think about what to do and actually, my butt is still feeling pretty sore from the gym session on Sunday.
So for Monday I only did 2 workout videos,
(plus a whole lotta walking with my boyfriend, shopping around town for his wardrobe ^^):
1. Perfect legs workout:
2. Thigh Trimmer & Butt Lifter:
3. SHOPPING IS GOOD CARDIO
4. Ice cream and waffles for my daily 20% cheat XD
For Tuesday's core day, it is good that I have to cram yesterday's leg work into today. I like working a bit of my lower everyday. Slow and steady wins the race right?
1. Sexy Legs Cocktail dress workout:
2. Legs on Fire:
3. Corset workout for slim waist:
4. Tough love handles workout:
5. 5 Best lower ab moves:
6. POP pilates abominable abdominals:
7. Uh Oh ultimate pilates workout:
Just so you know, yes Tuesday's workout is long and my waist area is hurting pretty bad now from all those core work. But in a good kind of sore way :)
And Sunday is gym day for my butt! But it wasn't much of a workout for my butt. I think I should better plan my time spent at the gym.
No cardio today... Because.... I got lazy lol.
1. Squats with 20kg weights each side with 15kg barbell:
2 sets of 10 reps
Squats with 15kg weights each side with 15kg barbell:
1 sets of 10 reps
Squats with 17.5kg weights each side with 15kg barbell:
1 sets of 8 reps
Suddenly, squats seem soooo tiring to me. :(
2. Walking lunges with 2.5kg weights each side with 10kg barbell with my arms raised:
4 sets of 12 steps
3. Hamstring extensions with 4kg weight:
4 sets of 8 reps
4. Quad extensions with 4kg weight (I hate these):
4 sets of 8 reps
5. Seated Calves raises with 20kg weight:
4 sets of 10 reps
That was it... I totally forgot about dead lifts oh man.. but my butt is hurting a little from the squats tho!
Met up with my babe earlier today for a day out to shop at the garden flea market at Triple One somerset. Our main intention was to go there and stuff ourselves with cake from Cupplets. But there wasn't any left when we got there! :'{ BOOHOOOOO
But we eventually got our dessert fix from Domani restaurant cafe. However, the desserts were from Rive Gauche.
Mine was the mango mousse cake and Joyce's was cheesecake with biscuit crumbles. They were pretty good~! Although I still find khairul's souffle sponge cake is better.
Anyway, I did not update yesterday's workout because I just wasn't in the mood. So I'm gonna put it in today's post.
1. Ultimate Hiit Workout:
Can I say I'm a little disappointed? I thought it would be more intense just because it's Cynthia. This workout just wasn't that good..
2. Heartbeat Heaven Hiit workout:
3. POP pilates: Pick me up:
4. The Ultimate Hot Body workout:
I like putting weights onto my hips for the bridges.
This is one of the best things that happen to me. I'm in love with cats and furry animals in general. Here's a good shot of me and woowoo.
On the blogilates calendar, I'm supposed to be resting today but I didn't want to since I've rested enough for the past week. Cardio workouts are definitely on my list today!
1. Best Cardio Workout Kickboxing:
I really like this workout because it really tires me out. I like to hold weights in place of jumping rope and when I have to throw punches. I know I tend to lax while i throw my punches so I hold weights to make sure I work a little harder.
2. Victoria's Secret Cardio Workout:
This wasn't too bad. I think this is the first time I'm doing this workout. Quite a breeze compared to the first workout lol.
3. Thigh Trimmer & Butt Lifter:
4. Beach ready butt challenge:
I think I did alot more cardio today, walking around town with my boyfriend. We had Ilao Ilao again yayyy. Have you had Ilao Ilao before? It's getting quite popular at the moment so we had to queue quite abit to get my frozen yoghurt fix. Miss the days when we would come and there would be no queue at all because it was still pretty much unknown.
It was a loooong day. But definitely a happy one :) My boyfriend and I went up to our secret hideout again and it was as beautiful as ever. We can't wait for our trip to start really. Can't wait for wednesday to come!
Morning was a trip to the market with my mother and these chrysanthemums just look too pretty! I had to take a picture.
Today, I'd like to show you my lunchbox. If you knew me personally, you would know that I am a serial lunch box packer. It saves me money from eating out and is a greater excuse for me to eat clean. It seems that I've rubbed off this habit onto my boyfriend and he packs his meals too to eat with me. That is really nice of him because I don't feel as awkward and lonely, eating my lunchbox meals.:) I know how it feels to be the only weirdo amongst your peers, eating your own lunchbox meals. I was really self concious at first but eventually I just thought, screw what they think. I care more about what I can do for my body than how they think of me because how they think of me, is not going to change my body and who I am.
Brussels sprouts, peas, carrots, corn, brown rice, 2 egg whites, chicken shreds and mustard! Btw, isn't that Spork cute?? It's pink! lol
I know it would be difficult for me to workout while on vacation so I'm actually trying to cram in as much as I can before Wednesday's afternoon flight. Hopefully I would get to sweat during some of our adventure activities.
So here's today's workout dear fluffies :)
1. Fat-Burning Cardio Workout: Befit in 90:
2. POP Pilates Inner thigh Insanity:
3. Bikini Blaster Sexy legs workout Part 1:
4. The Push plank challenge for sexy arms and hard core:
Hellooo Fluffies, It's Monday morning 12:50am. The world cup final is gonna start in about 2hrs and 10mins. But I'm going to sleep right after this post! My boyfriend is finally back in my arms! I was really really happy to see him and he got me so much Finnish chocolates and cocoa powder because he knows that I have a crazy soft spot for chocolates. Like literally, when I smell it, or taste a good one, my knees go weak. But of course, the gem of the lot, amongst the bunch of gifts, is this really really beautiful spectrolite gem encased with silver. This is really good news because my skin is sensitive to metals like brass, copper etc. It being a stable metal just means that I can wear it with a piece of mind :)
Isn't it beautiful?
This precious little bracelet was thrifted at a flea market in Finland. It only costs 1Euro!! LOLWHAT?
Oh and he got Sporks for us. As a couple, we pack our food, lunches or dinner, it depends. So we like to look at cool lunch boxes and utensils from time to time. Hehe, now I have cool Sporks to use for my home packed meals haha. Because it was a long tiring day, I could not find the energy to update my blog.. It is that troublesome time of the month again and I always seem to lose all my energy and feel like I can eat everything despite feeling not that hungry. If I'm unlucky, sometimes it would begin with an epic day long sneezing fit. :( Anyway here is my workout for Saturday: 1. Bubble Butt (clenching my Booty) workout 2. Butt on Fire Pop pilates 3. Perky Butt 'n' Long lean legs 4. Spring Fling 1: Toning workout 5. Food baby HIIT workout And here is my Sunday workout. Unfortunately I skipped gym today for a family lunch at Tien Court. Never fails to disappoint. Oh well. Imma work it off with anyway! 1. Butt on Fire POP pilates:
2. Skinny Leggings workout
3. Build a better booty (Using resistance band)
This was good. But didn't hurt as much as I expected.
