Losing it.
Been lacking of motivations lately that I lose the enthusiasm for fitness ever since the downfall I had with the protein shake that shake the hell out my tongue 2 years ago. I hate the fact that I have to give my fitness a pause on the muslim fasting month every year. And then it drags. Can you imagine this awesome lifestyle that is force to put on hold for two months? I don’t like breaks because when starting back seem like the hardest. And yeah for now I gained 5kilos. I’m still strong though. Only I look a little puffy. I tried doing insanity, that crazy workout usually make me sick by the 3rd or 4th session if I didn’t give a day rest in a middle. It does makes me strong, lose weight fast, but the result isn’t lasting (must’ve been water weight).
Apart from the bad news, cousin decided to signed me up for a Surf&Sweat event at Sentosa this 19th Feb. And the best part it kept me going despite the laziness. Its a 600m surf and 5km run and so far I’ve been training since last week. Mostly clock around 35mins for 5km run (can be improved), I usually workout at the gym on wednesdays mostly for my back/chest/shoulders for the 600m paddle. And I swam last night. Suddenly this lifestyle drove me back to life. Getting active makes me feel so accomplished. I need someone to keep slapping some sense to me everyday. Thank god I still have this blog, my old photos kept me going. I will post more in the future.
Ps; Can’t wait to run around the reservoir later. Life is perfect.
Skinny vs Healthy…
Recently, I have become incredibly disturbed by the obsession with being “skinny.” Earlier in my life, I had the same obsession. Everytime I walked into a room I would rank every woman (including myself) by size. If I wasn’t one of the smallest I would feel depressed the rest of the day. I have definately grown out of that, but I feel sad for everyone who is constantly thinking about their weight. I searched tumblr and followed people who are on fitness and weight-loss journeys. For the most part, everyone seemed to want to lose weight for health and fitness purposes. However, I have come across many girls currently under 100 lbs. that want to lose weight. They post photos of women who look malnourished and have lost the physical essence of a woman. They look more like twelve year old boys than women. It’s hard for me to fathom why anyone would literally kill themselves to look like that. Then I am reminded of the media and pressures placed on women to be thin. I know this isn’t anything new or some great revelation, but I am very disturbed by it and felt I needed to say something. Hopefully, these girls can find the strength and support to overcome the pressure. Anyway, so many girls are trying to look like celebs and obtain their teeny bodies. They look at celebs as the standards for their bodies. I will introduce some of my strong, healthy and fit “thinspirations” through my blog over the next week. I look to successful women athletes for inspiration. Although they may not receive the attention that Angelina Jolie might, I think they are better role models especially when trying to be healthy. We should all strive to be healthy and fit like athletes, not skinny and starving like many celebs.
Rather than “thinspiration” renamed it to “FITSPIRATION”. Felt sad for the masses, though last time I used to be with the masses, nearly killed me.. But I’ve grown to understand how the media playing a big part on this…
PLEASE Eat more, carry more and burn more…
Hell to thinspiration!
