mission

My 2011 (fitness) goal is to be able to do
1) Toe Push Up (proper form)
2) Chin up --- waaaa, this one will be tough!

I'm still contemplating whether I should join Sabah Adventure Challenge in november. Even though it's 25km, but it's uphill, downhill, running in the mud, gravel. Sounds tough, not sure if I will be able to finish (even though cut off time is 14 freakin hours!).

Let's see....

work trip

Just got back from PD last Friday - I realized I hate work trip more and more now for few reasons. I don't like spending too much time at the airport waiting, I don't like spending precious 2.5 hrs in the flight, and I certainly don't like the work piling up on my desk...

But despite those reason-I thought my recent PD trip was not bad. I got to stay at c0ru5 hotel, I even brought my running shoes , konon want to run by the beach. But hampeh betul, the shoes didn't even come out once! Blame it on the eating every 2 hrs during seminar.

This weekend will be a busy time, will go to Brunei to pick precious baju raya. I can't wait to see how it turns out! On Sunday, will go for work trip again until Saturday. One whole week! Aiyo, kalau outstation pegi maldives ka, bali ka, atau some other exotic place ok gak. Hmmmppp...

Gotta pack up ....

ikea meat ball

Today, I feels like eating ikea meatball.....

Yes, I bought two plastic bags of frozen ikea meatball from ikea from last month's kl trip - dalam banyak2 itu jugak yang beli kan?

Tengoklah kalau rajin...

what a monday!

I have this routine every Sunday ---- do a mental reminder to get up earlier (than other weekdays) for work. I have no idea whyyyyyy Monday traffic is much much worse than any other days? Do people get up like really early on Monday morning?

So, after last night's (many!) self reminders - I woke up early. By early, I mean like super super early which was 4 am! And I couldn't even sleep after that. Can't blame me, I was already asleep by 11pm. After browsing internet trying to kill time - I got ready by the time I was 5 and out the house gate at 515am. Talk about being superrrr superrr productive. I couldn't even find restaurants that were open to get breakfast.

Super productive continued to work where I finished report for meeting by 7.30am --- tapi the thing about starting work early took forever to wait for 1pm lunch break. but the waking up early is only working out on weekdays, weekends are for sleeping in.

Today marks two months I have officially "working out" - so, here are what I've learned in these two months:-

1) no matter how much you want to lose weight, gotta eat, gotta eat- not eating is just gonna slow down metabolism and hence losing lean mass. During the first month, I lose almost 1kg of lean mass and less than that of body fat. So maybe, waaaay too much steady state cardio and skipped meals. The second month, I tried eating more frequently and gained back that lost lean mass and at the same time lose (more) bf than a month ago.
2) HIIT - high intensity interval training rocks! I can only do so much long steady state cardio, I think now, I just squeezed in 20-25 mins of HIIT after yoga class (i iz lazy to run for an hour)
3) Variety works - gotta fit variety of exercises into routine to avoid boredom.

And I have not had fast food for the last two months!

Going to some conference on Wednesday.. I am soooo lazy to pack, I have started listing down my to-pack-list , but yet to put anything in the luggage. heck, I haven't unpack my backpack from my (not so recent) kl trip... malass....

fitness

Productive weekend yesterday
- Finished my work @ starbucks before gym
- Went for 1.5 hr of gym workout
- Indoor rock climbing - it was awesome! i think my yoga class helps me to be more flexible

Despite how I complained about being sore and super-ass tired (not to mention intense nausea) after workout , i am loving the effects it.

- back pain, shoulder and neck stiffness are gone
(because i usually go to massage like monthly to get rid of this back pain)
- in better mood in general ( my colleagues can attest to this statement )
- more energy in general
- increased fitness level

Although I had to change few things -
- Be out of the door before 6am to get to the office by 7.30, because I want to get out of office by 430

next : maybe go to belay class so that I can belay people safely