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Apr 19, 2012

Goal Update for March

Typing the title makes me cringe. What update could I possibly give? But good or bad, I have made a commitment to give monthly updates.  So I'll just fire on even if I feel like burying my head underground like this ostrich.

ostrich, a photo by zolierdos on Flickr.

Here are my March goals:
  • Go back to February goals that are not yet achieved
  • Do the "Burn More Fat Workout Plan" 3x a week
  • Stepping it up : Minimum steps per day = 8,000
And here's what I have done so far:
  • One of the goals in February is that of drinking 7-8 glasses of water daily.  I have been doing that only recently because of the sweltering heat.  I am still on the 5-6 glasses of water on cooler days.  I wonder what's keeping me from drinking that much water. 
  • Burn More Fat Workout Plan - this is not suitable for me anymore.  I have lost weight without doing that.  The secret is still the kind of food I eat, plus I move around more.  
  • Stepping it up. I definitely did that.  Although I am not 100 % consistent with the minimum 8,000 steps per day, on several days, I manage to walk 10,000 - 11,000 steps, so that explains why I have lost weight even with minimum exercise.

Hold on just a second...I do have some good news to share.  I have already achieved my target weight of 116 lbs!  My waist circumference is also smaller although it still needs a little whittling here and there.  Still, 29 inches is better than 31 inches, right?  And when my stomach is not full, it's actually down to 28 inches.   I can actually wear some pair of pants I have put away before because it's a struggle to put them on...but not anymore!  Also, I am wearing shirts one size smaller.  In fact, sometime soon, I think I need a new set of wardrobe or I'd have to have some pieces of clothing adjusted (smaller of course).

Do I see the ostrich's head coming out from the ground?  I guess it wasn't a total failure after all.  

 

Apr 4, 2012

Stress Management 101: Be Still My Heart

Heart by seyed mostafa zamani
Heart, a photo by seyed mostafa zamani on Flickr.

The heart is an excitable part of the human anatomy.  After all, it is the seat of our emotions. Being one of the hardest working organs in our body, pumping blood and beating 24/7, it is definitely prone to so much stress.  How stressed it can get depends on every individual's physical, emotional, mental and spiritual state of overall health.

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