Mellissa's Fitness/Life Blog

Five day workout week schedule

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:18:55 +0800

I’m having abit of trouble planning my workouts. I workout twice a day (4 min pre-breakfast workout and whatever my workout is for the day). Not forgetting that I still have to do my NAPFA once a week. So.. where in the world should I place my NAPFA for this week? Today or tomorrow?

Definitely not on Saturday or Sunday because those are BF days. Oh well.

Mellissa

I made the purchase via NutriFirst from their...

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:34:22 +0800

I made the purchase via NutriFirst from their website: http://www.nutrifirst.net

Delivery was prompt though there is the extra 5 SGD charge for it. I made the purchase the day before and received it the very next day. It is still considerably cheap and has more than 10 extra servings compared to my previous purchase(at the same price even).

Highly recommend to get from NutriFirst. Much cheaper than retail prices. I have only a word to say of their service, awesome.

The Trainer who Shagged Me. (My results)

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:57:20 +0800

Finally got to doing it today. Was out the entire day and could only start working out near 8PM. It took me 58:13 to complete the time challenge. I had rest in between when I really couldn’t take it anymore. This is including the time I spent staring at the video to see how it is really done.

This is by far the most challenging I have done and I would definitely do it again sometime later to compare with my current results. I think the amount of sweat I perspire just now could fill a big bucket. I had fun though. Really intense.

Mellissa

Gotta be trying this workout tomorrow because it seem like so...

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:13:00 +0800

Gotta be trying this workout tomorrow because it seem like so much fun! :)

Bodyrock Basic Stretching/Cool down routine

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:02:42 +0800

Bodyrock Basic Stretching/Cool down routine:

I never knew what kind of stretches to really do after a workout and didn’t really think it was important until I read this. My own cool down lasted barely 2 minutes.
Chanced upon this when I was surfing Bodyrock website.. Gotta start adding this routine from tomorrow onwards.

Heartbroken

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:50:26 +0800

So many things happen this 2 days.. I’m rather confused myself. Trust betrayed. Happiness, loved, sadness, excitement, disappointment, confusion, lost, heartache.

All in a matter of 2 days. Its tough to carry all these burden alone sometimes. I really wish there was someone else willing to give a helping hand to share the burden with me. Yet.. that someone was the one who broke my heart.

He had the power to instill all these feelings in me. I really don’t know who to trust anymore when the one closest to you can actually have the heart to do something like this.

In the end, I ask myself.

And.. I don’t have a answer. Time will tell I guess.. before I completely give up on it.

P.S: Thankfully when I was taking a cab home today, I met a really nice cab uncle. He was really cheerful and strike a conversation with me. His cheerfulness and happiness influenced me somehow. I was smiling even after reaching home. We spoke about the army, some interesting SG facts and some other random stuff. I just had to mention him because I never really thought that happiness can really be spread just by being cheerful. Hope I’ll meet him again someday. Thanks uncle! Right now.. I’m back to having troubles sleeping.

Mellissa

Really like this. I find it funny but at the same time.....

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:42:03 +0800

Really like this. I find it funny but at the same time.. awesome.

FUCK YEA! COD:Black Ops! Update done as well. :D Freaking...

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:40:00 +0800

FUCK YEA! COD:Black Ops! Update done as well. :D

Freaking cheap.. 69.90 SGD.

HIIT Workout: Supersets

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:56:12 +0800

HIIT Workout: Supersets:

Exercise I’ll be doing for the next two weeks.

Another couple who works out. Apparently 80+ of age and still...

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:53:44 +0800

Another couple who works out. Apparently 80+ of age and still looking good. Interesting discussion about weight loss.. etc.

My first taste of yogurt after hating it for so long. Had it for...

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:45:00 +0800

My first taste of yogurt after hating it for so long. Had it for lunch today :)
Turned out to be nice. =/

Starving yourself Vs. Healthy Lifestyle

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:32:00 +0800

Thought I’ll finally bring my lazy ass to writing this like finally. I had it on draft on my old blog since forever. Anyway as indicated in the title.. what is better? Starving yourself to look slim or having a healthy lifestyle.

I’ve been there. I use to starve myself, skip meals and not exercise. Well.. its sort of like the simple way out without all the effort, pain doing exercises and controlling diet. I’ve come to learn though.. nothing comes free. Weirdly, I’ve manage to keep at the same weight with or without exercises or a balanced diet. However, there are differences. Not everyone is the same.

I would happily say that after I started working out and keeping tabs on my diet, I am no longer restless and I am less prone to anger or more like negativity in my life. I have on a overall become a more cheerful person. That’s not the only change. I also started to look better physically and my strength has grown as well. This makes it easier to go about daily activities. I no longer get tired easily from carrying a heavy bag like I used to.. I can more easily lift stuff that I use to need someone to help me with.

I use to think that everyone has only one life so why be so concern about what to eat? I should just eat whatever the hell I want. Even though for some reason, I can’t become fat, all I’ve become from doing that is just being unhealthy, looking and feeling unhealthy even. I had so much negativity in my life during that point of time.

That happens only at times when I’m not starving myself. During these times, I could be like eating fast food, instant noodles and fried food etc. None of which is beneficial to myself. I know that much but still went ahead because I simply don’t care. At times I only have 1 meal a day.. the rest of the day I just don’t eat anything else.

Some people go to extreme measures to lose a huge amount of weight in a short period to look slim putting their lives at risk. Just face it.. You’ll never get a 6 pack or 8 pack abs and look hot just by starving yourself. These are stuff you really need to work for. It’s not hard. Probably just at the start.. pulling yourself out of the comfort zone you are used to. It could just be a simple 4 minutes HIIT workout and pushing yourself to the maximum. Who says workout have to take 2 hours at the gym?

Doing so will not only bring about positivity in life(emotionally), you’ll look better and at the same time, become healthier. What more to ask for since so many benefits come with working out. Its takes like less than an hour(for my routine) a day and 4 or 5 days of workout a week to look and feel good permanently.

Start working out and trust me that you’ll be reaping the benefits pretty soon. :)

P.S: I’ll be blogging about what HIIT workouts are pretty soon. Once I am not lazy to do so.

Love,
Mellissa

NAPFA progress for today

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:32:00 +0800

Considering I haven’t test tried my NAPFA for quite some time, I think this is pretty decent results. Though as I was running I had the mental image that I was burning away my muscles even though I know that wasn’t what was really happening lol.

2.4KM didn’t feel as tiring and it was easier to maintain my breath compared to a month ago. I have not been running for say around a month already. Results was more or less the same considering that I didn’t run on a stadium track but on a track with like 4500040435 up-slopes and down-slopes.

My 2.4KM timing is 15:34, Standing Broad Jump is 166cm,Inclined Pull-ups(not done on the actual thing) is 12 pull-ups and 30 sit-ups at 44 secs. Could have been better really but I guess I really do need to be doing the actual stuff instead. This is with comparison to my last actual NAPFA: 30 sit-ups, 18 inclined pull-ups, 189cm standing broad jump, 11.7 shuttle run and 15:34 2.4KM run.

Couldn’t do my shuttle run timing because there was no one to help me time.

Mellissa

Short Update~

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:56:33 +0800

I just got a haircut today at Kimage. Cost a bomb + I have really short hair now. Hopefully bf wont kill me. I like it though. Looks freaking awesome. Its so short now that I can style my hair and dump wax on it lol.

Thread my eyebrow and upper lips as well.. Spend around 2 hours odd at Yishun before coming back. Today is my NAPFA day.. well self-declared one. I still need to practice so I’ll be in tip-top condition for army. Just gotten my enlistment date as well. The army called me just when my haircut is done. Enlistment date is on 10th Feb 2011. I still have around 2 months + to slack before I am gonna be a army girl. NO pictures for haircut though. =/

Mellissa

Multi-purpose Chinup Bar

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:00:00 +0800

In just two days, I spend near 100 bucks on chinup bars.. not one but two. I guess its never too good to just judge. Did all the measurements and stuff but just couldn’t remember clearly all the features of my door frame. Both are from AIBI Fitness. One was from the exhibition at Plaza Singapura and the other from Causeway Point.

The first purchase was made just yesterday and gave it away to BF because it did not fit my door frame soo.. lucky BF. Lol.

The other chinup bar had more functions as shown in the pictures below. However, it’ll be even more awesome if this bar has more flexibility which allows it to be used as a inclined pullup bar as well. Oh well.

That chinup bar set me back 59 bucks. Its pretty awesome though.. pity my door doesn’t have the ledge to hook it onto. Bet my BF loves it though. The both of us now have one chinup bar at each of our homes. Lol.

Anyway, I went back to get another one from AIBI Fitness. This one is cheaper and cost only 37 bucks. Pretty awesome so far.. my beloved boyfriend help me set it up at my door and taught me how to adjust it etc. ♥ My BF. :D Bad thing about this is that it doesn’t comes with a instruction manual so figure out yourself. Pretty easy though. This is how it looks at my door now.

The bar can easily be taken out and be changed into a inclined pullup bar just by shifting it lower or be used for doing situps by simply shifting it ever lower. Awesome~

The reason why I actually got a chinup bar is because I wanted to make it a point to do chinups frequently. Now I’ve gotten it, there’s no excuse not to do it anymore. Everytime I walk past my door, I do one chinup.

I actually prefer the 37 bucks chinup bar because it has more flexibility and also because my stupid door has no ledge. I have no complains so far about these chinup bars but time will tell. So far so good.

Rating for the 59 bucks chinup bar: 4/5 Stars

Rating for the 37 bucks chinup bar: 5/5 Stars

Ported from other blog: Original Date - Oct 31, 2010 @ 20:48

Mellissa

WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:46:45 +0800

Definitely South Korea again :)

Online Purchase: GymBoss Interval Timer

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:30:00 +0800

I recently made a online purchase for a interval timer and I’m really happy with the purchase. It cost me 30.73 SGD at the time of purchase inclusive of shipping charges. GymBoss website

Ordered it at around 13/10/2010 and received it on 20/10/2010. They promptly sent me the order the moment they receive the cash from me. Awesome service! That’s just one reason why I’m happy with the purchase.

The other reason was actually the product being good itself. I’m currently doing HIIT(High Intensity Interval Training) so timing is really critical to me. By that I mean rest timing as well as workout timing. Anyway I shall just include the pictures and explain it along the way.

Received postage.

Opening the package.

Instructions that I never really bother reading until when I needed to setup my timer.

The GymBoss Interval Timer!

As you can see in the picture, the GymBoss Interval Timer has 2 separate interval timings for you to set and even allows repeats. It doubles up as a stopwatch as well. Unlike some stopwatches that doesn’t allow you to switch it off the moment you put in the battery. This enables you to switch it off and on whenever you want. It even switches off by itself after 5 minutes of inactivity(saves battery) if you forget to switch it off. This enforces workout discipline as well.

It comes in 3 colours: Silver, Black and Pink. Me being me chose pink obviously. Overall, this product is awesome.

Highly recommend this to anyone who is doing HIIT workouts or any kind of workouts where timing is important to keep track of.

Rating : 5/5 Stars

Ported from other blog: Original Date - Oct 20, 2010 @ 21:32

Mellissa

My favourite song that I have dedicated so many times to my bf ♥...

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:48:00 +0800

My favourite song that I have dedicated so many times to my bf ♥ :)

Just a quick update. I’ve added this to my workout routine...

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:35:00 +0800

Just a quick update. I’ve added this to my workout routine and am doing it before every workout. Its a awesome warmup routine.

For those out there who is not currently following Zuzana can do so at this url: BodyRock.tv

Have fun with the workouts!

Ported from other blog: Original Date - Oct 25, 2010 @ 20:37

Mellissa

"If you really believe in yourself, you don’t have to bring other people down"

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:28:35 +0800

“If you really believe in yourself, you don’t have to bring other people down”

- Glee Season 1 Episode 3 - Quinn Fabray