tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39472567112623458992024-03-20T15:23:40.510-07:00Your Fitness PalSalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052106931245587631noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947256711262345899.post-62922279600112566792012-07-06T12:50:00.003-07:002012-07-06T12:57:24.471-07:0030 Day Shred<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are so many fitness DVDs and workout programs in the market. I decided to try a different program every month or every 90 days maximum depending on the length of the program. I chose 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels' for the month of July to early August. I chose this program because:<br />
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<li>The great reviews I've been reading about it from people who tried it. Try to google "30DS before and after" and see the great results that others achieved. </li>
<li>It is only 20 minutes</li>
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If you are starting 30 Day Shred, please leave a comment and let me know about your progress. If you have already done it before, please share your experience. I'd love to hear from you..<br />
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</div>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052106931245587631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947256711262345899.post-36113063567481446032012-06-07T12:39:00.000-07:002012-06-22T12:43:04.563-07:00I'm Half Way<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I started "seriously" monitoring my weight about
the same time last year "June, 2011". Well, it is considered a slow
progress comparing to how hard I workout. However, it is a great progress that
I should be proud of comparing to how unhealthy I most of the times eat. I am
just trying to emphasize on the importance of healthy eating. Workout alone
does not help much. It's the combination of both.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052106931245587631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947256711262345899.post-74056434425069695462012-02-10T03:21:00.000-08:002012-02-10T03:25:31.769-08:00My Success Story: Week 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As I mentioned in my previous post <a href="http://0yourfitnesspal.blogspot.com/2012/02/write-your-own-success-story.html">"Write Your Own Success Story"</a>. I will start posting updates about my progress here on this blog. I will post every Friday and I will label the posts as "My Success Story".<br />
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<b>My success story of week#1 </b>: I managed to lose 1 kg by following the listed rules:<br />
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<li><b>Drink water</b>. Drink a minimum of 2 Liters/day </li>
<li><b>Eat small </b>balanced meals every 3-4 hours. Small = about 300-400 calories. Balanced= The meals contain a portion of protein, carbohydrate (complex), vegetable, fruit</li>
<li><b>Stop eating </b>4 hours before bedtime </li>
<li><b>Workout</b> for a minimum of 45 minutes at least 5 times a day. Make sure your heart rate is within the fat burning zone when working out</li>
<li><b>Avoid </b>high in sugar/high in fat food and Soda</li>
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I was invited to a birthday party on Monday of week 1. As much as I tried hard to avoid eating cake, I honestly could not resist. It was so good and so delicious beside, who'd attend a Birthday party without having his/her share of the Birthday cake? </div>
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I did not avoid social gatherings. Healthy lifestyle should include socializing. What I did was eating as planned "small balanced meals" during the day. I had my share of the cake in the party. I actually thought I over ate from the cake, but when I got back home. I did my Cardio worked out. Guess what? I did not gain anything! </div>
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So, this is all what I did in week 1. It was a success. I need to lose one more kg to reach my new weight goal. I'll follow the same rules with better meal planning and harder workouts. </div>
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What's your success story of the week? </div>
</div>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052106931245587631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947256711262345899.post-71743019467033738502012-02-09T02:28:00.000-08:002012-02-10T03:27:40.188-08:00Quote Of The Week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Do you enjoy reading success stories of other people to keep you motivated and inspired and cannot wait to write your own story someday when you finally reach your ultimate goal? Well, I do.<br />
I really enjoy reading others' success stories and I cannot wait to write my own success story. I cannot wait to look at my "before" and "after" pictures. I cannot wait to train and coach others to help them reach their fitness goals and I keep on dreaming about the day I finally take the Personal Training Certificate that I always dreamed about. I started believing that everyday of my journey to reach my ultimate fitness goal is a success story. I am thinking about keeping a weekly update of my progress. I will label the posts with "My Success Story". I guess this way, I will stay focused and I will hopefully inspire someone somewhere.<br />
Why don't you start writing your own success story. It is not too early. You don't really have to wait until the end to write it. Start now. Remember that everyday of your journey is getting you closer to your goal than the day before.<br />
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Does this happen to you? You decide that this is it and that today is the start of your healthy lifestyle. You stick to your healthy eating plan on breakfast, lunch and dinner and you think it's a perfect day. Then after dinner someone decides to celebrate some out of the blue occasion and they bring donuts, cake and ice-cream. You look at all this delicious, yummy sweet food that you think you'll miss for a long period of time because of your "healthy lifestyle plan" you resist for the first 5-10 minutes while watching everybody else cutting the cake and enjoying the donuts..You finally give up and you think that you can postponed your "start" to the next day so that you can have your share of that cake.<br />
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It happened to to me a lot before. That's why everyday was a "Start" day for me. I used to be a perfectionist. I used to think this way "If I messed up in one meal, then all meals should be messed up and I should not workout." I finally got it.. That was a very wrong way of thinking. All what I was doing was trapping myself in a "Start -Restart" circle. I was not moving forward. I was just moving in circles.<br />
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I learned that I cannot always control the food available on the dinning table. I cannot always control my cravings either. I am not a robot. So I decided that instead of starting and restarting, I should have a plan in place to follow whenever unplanned extra sugary extra oily food is offered:<br />
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<b>1-Resist</b>: If I'm on one of those very strong will power and in-total control days. I would simply resist.<br />
<b>2-Junk substitute</b>: Make a healthy snack instead and eat it with pleasure...I really emphasize pleasure.<br />
<b>3-Get to know</b> <b>what's about to get in</b>: If I am really losing it and I have to have my share of that cake I try to know what I am about to put in my body. I try to check the nutrition fact of that unplanned food and I would try to make it within the calorie range of my daily plan or I try to workout afterward to at least burn it if it exceeded my calorie count allowance<br />
<b>4-Moderation:</b> Many dietitians and doctors say that a healthy lifestyle should not deprive you from any food type. It only regulates your food intake and guide you to better choices.<br />
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Remember that everyday you mess up your plan, you will also slow down your progress from reaching your fitness goal. The more you stick to your plan, the faster you'll reach your goal. Don't we all love short cuts? </div>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052106931245587631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947256711262345899.post-33122701765220454172012-01-22T07:22:00.000-08:002012-01-23T00:40:44.038-08:00Granola Parfait<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you live in Dhahran in Saudi Arabia, you can find granola in Safeway supermarket or in GNC store. I recommend using Bob's Red Mill "Natural".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went shopping for berries this morning. I was looking for raspberries and blackberries in particular since I am very allergic to strawberries. I also wanted raspberries because I had a recipe in mind for breakfast. I went to the berries shelf and this is what I found. A total strawberry domination. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also thought about trying the freezer. I was hoping to find a bag of frozen raspberries. This is what I found.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exactly. More strawberries and no raspberries! I was really disappointed as I was excited to make the recipe I had in mind. However, I found an interesting fruit (To me at least) Check out those small red round guys </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you see this fruit for the first time "like me" well, then allow me to introduce "Red currant berries" or "Redcurrant berries". They are members of the gooseberry family. It has tart flavor and the best part is that they can be used as substitute for raspberries. You can imagine how happy I am now. </span></div>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052106931245587631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947256711262345899.post-68099892979964049092012-01-21T08:33:00.000-08:002012-01-22T11:40:23.759-08:00Sassy Water<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 23px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe you already know that you need about 2 liters (about 8 cups) of water a day to maintain adequate hydration. How<span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 23px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">about adding flavor and more nutrition to your daily cups? </span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 23px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I found this </span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 23px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">recipe</span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 23px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> of "<i>Sassy Water</i>" on the book that I am currently reading "<i>Flat Belly Diet</i>". According to Prevention.com "Drinking water and even eating "watery" foods like melon, greens, and other fruits and vegetables has enormous health benefits, including warding off fatigue. But perhaps the most important belly benefit of proper hydration is how it helps maintain your body's proper fluid balance and guard against water retention. It also helps prevent constipation, which can cause</span></span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 23px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> bloating"</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em;">1 medium cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally joined Zumba class. It has been very popular during 2011. I got Zumba DVD's during my visit to KL, Malaysia last June and I used to Zumba at home. The dance is very fun, but the moves are very fast that I found it difficult to cope up with. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was very worried that the moves in the class will be as fast as the moves in the DVD's, but they were not. Or maybe I got used to the speed.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The class is one hour-three times a week (Saturday, Monday and Wednesday). It's a high intense cardio workout. I burned around 700 calories in 58 minutes. T</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he instructor Darcy has an amazing spirit and so are the people attending the class. I am excited for the next one tomorrow. If you have a chance to Zumba, go for it. It's a very fun and uplifting workout. You'll also burn many calories in one hour only. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was a guest at a Toastmasters club last Monday. One of the club's members Mr. Mushtaq Rehman gave a presentation titled <b>"How To Make Successful And Lasting Changes". </b> I found it very useful. It motivated me more to continue my journey and helped me plan how to reach my ultimate fitness goal. I still struggle with my food habits and I really want make a lasting change. I thought about posting the steps the presenter shared on how to make the change you want. Use your answers to the following questions as a guide to help you find your way to make that change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A goal, a dream that you want to achieve. What will you see, feel, smell, taste and hear? What will you say and what will others say? Make it<span style="color: red;"> </span><b>SMART</b>: <b>S</b>pecific, <b>M</b>easurable, <b>A</b>ttainable, <b>R</b>elevant, <b>T</b>ime bound. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 2. <b>What Is Stopping You?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Limiting decisions or beliefs such as I cannot, I am not good enough, I have no control, others are responsible for my situation. Negative emotions such as anger, sadness, fear, hurt, guilt. Negative self-talk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3<b>. How Can You Change? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Empowering decisions and beliefs such as I can, I am good enough. I am in the charge. Positive emotions such as Love, Gratitude, Hope, Pride, Inspiration, Positive self-talk)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Purpose:.................</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(How the change connects to something greater? God, family, nature, country) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Identity:...................</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(How the change connects to who I am?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Values and Beliefs:............</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Why I want this change? What is my intention and motivation for change?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Capabilities: ............</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(How can I implement this change? What skills and abilities do I have/need to have?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Behavior:.............</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(What actions do I need to take?) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Environment:...............</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Where, when and with who I need to be for this change to happen?) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4. <b>Who Is Your Role Model? </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Leader, colleague, family member, sports person, expert in his field who I can learn from)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like most people, I know that I want to make a change , but I did not know how to make a lasting change.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can contact Mr. Mushtaq Rehman at Mushtaqur@hotmail.com. I hope you find this post useful </span></div>
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</div>Salhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052106931245587631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947256711262345899.post-56949439256953766632011-07-15T00:24:00.000-07:002012-01-21T08:39:15.802-08:00Juice Fasting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I watched this documentary yesterday and I went shopping for a juicer few hours after. I am very inspired by the concept of the Juice Fast. I am looking forward to have that glow and "light" energy. I will start planning recipes and begin Juice Fasting on Saturday for 10 days. I will gradually replace meals with juice on the first three days. The following 7 days will be strictly juice. I'll record how I feel everyday. If this worked for me, I will surely promote the idea to other people. The first person I can think of is my father who suffers from Diabetes. Let's hope this works. I am very excited to reboot. :) </div>
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I highly recommend that you watch this documentary!</div>
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