Journey to 60: Week 9

I've been neglectful in my duties of blogging the progress in the diet program we implemented for my not so little sister.

It has been 2 months since we started this project and her school will open the calendar for Academic Year 2018-2019 by the end of this month. She wants to lose a bit more weight before that happens, though I am planning to take her to the tailor next week so that her uniform will be ready by the time school opens.

As to lifestyle change, we made her undergo; she is still on intermittent fasting for the diet and the exercise is still a combination of strength training and jogging. We are adding more exercises for Arms and Legs since we do not want her skin to sag especially now that she has lost some weight.

I also offered that we buy new clothes especially shorts since some of them no longer fits her. but she declined, saying she might still lose some weight and we'll have to buy new ones again.

So I think, July will be for shopping clothes just before school opens for her.

Updates on her statistics:

WEIGHT: 

• 85 kgs before the road to 60 program
• 85 kgs after 1 month of training at the end of May
• 76 kgs after we introduced intermittent fasting in June

WAISTLINE:

• 42 inches before the road to 60 program
• 37 inches after 1 month of training at the end of May
• 34 inches after we introduced intermittent fasting in June

Before Pic

After 2 months

Before

After 2 months

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Journey to 60: Week 7

This week marks the 3rd week of the fasting regime of our not so little project. We planned to escalate her fasting to 48 hours instead of 24. But unfortunately, it did not go as planned because of various circumstances like an invitation to the fiesta. :D

Anyway, for this week this was the routine she made. I cannot detail the exercise or name them for the circuits done because most of the time I am doing something else.
But the workouts usually are a combination of Gym Rings routine and Bodyweight exercises and Bodyweight  exercises with Weights.

Monday (June 11)

• Circuit C Workout
• Fasting
  

Tuesday (June 12)

• No Workout
• Dinner - Tinolang Manok
  She was allowed to eat as she was the one who prepared the chicken for the stew.
  

Wednesday (June 13)

• Walked for 3 km.
• Dinner at the Fiesta :D
  

Thursday (June 14)

• No Workout
• Homemade Shawarma
  We made her eat Shawarma condiments wrapped in Mustard Leaf instead of Pita Bread. :D
  

Friday (June 15)

• Circuit C Workout
• Fasting
  

Saturday (June 16)

• Leisurely walk for an Hour or so.
• Late Lunch at Jollibee
  I allowed it because she was with me all throughout my medical appointment that lasted for 3 hours.
  

Sunday (June 17)

• Combination of Circuit C, Circuit D and Circuit B for a single rep of each.
• Fasting
  

And this marks the end of the 7th week. Today we start a new one and hopefully, we can strictly follow that diet order :D


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Journey to 60: Week 6

I am required to report to the office the past week and was not able to see what workout conditions were being imposed on our not so little project.

One thing for sure she's on her 2nd week of intermittent fasting.
With regards to fasting, we make her eat once every 2 days or let's say once every 36 hours.
No snacks in between, only water.

And before you react, I ask her every 2 hours if I am at the house if she is hungry.

We noticed though that even after fasting, the amount of her food intake is the same when she was not on fast.
Hmmm... Makes you wonder if an extension of the fast is in order.


And so for the workout.
Just to be clear, there are 5 circuits that the husband is making her do, that I am aware of.
I am not really sure which were done this week and I do not also know the routines in between, but I'll try to fill in the blanks in the succeeding posts.
After all, we are halfway there.

Monday (June 4): Yoga

• Yoga with the Pregnant Lady to improve Breathing and Lower Back Mobility.

Tuesday (June 5): Circuit A

• Squats
• Push Ups
• Pull Ups (in her case Hanging from the Gym Rings)
• Chair Dips
• Bent Knee Rows
• Bear Crawl 
• Squats with weights
• Rest

Wednesday (June 6): No workout

Thursday (June 7): Run

• 5 KM Run, she was able to run for almost 1KM without stopping this time, so improvement.

Friday (June 8): Circuit B

• Reverse Lunges
• Bridges
• Push Ups
• Bent Knee Rows
• Squats

Saturday (June 9): No Circuit

• She should have one but we were walking half the day in the city because of some errands, so this was skipped.

Sunday (June 10): No Circuit

• We were also walking for an hour or so because we attended a birthday celebration and we let her eat a lot of Meat, and No Rice but a Pizza is still carbs. Not entirely cruel.

For now, she is complaining that when lying in a prone position she can feel her bones.

A bit of progress there then :D

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Journey to 60: Week 3

As we were on a trip, the hubby and I were not really able to monitor what our little project was doing except for her Monday workout which was circuit involving gym rings and bodyweight.

Monday:

• Lunges
• Bridge
• Push Ups
• Bent Knee Rows
• Hanging on the Gym Ring

The rest of the week according to her was divided between walking and some Rows.

I'd like to add that at the beginning of this endeavor, she

WEIGHS 85 kgs 

AND her

WAISTLINE is 42 inches.

Slowly but surely getting there.

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My Trip to the Capital

The last week has been busy for me. I had my very first trip to Manila, though not to Luzon as I was in Palawan a few years back for a vacation.

We stayed over with some friends who work in the business capital, Makati.

SM Mall of Asia

Makati and its neighboring cities did not turn out to be what I expected. Yes, the traffic is ever a pain in the neck as projected and commuting is hard. The population is overflowing which leads to the main problem people are facing which is the traffic.

But, it was not as expensive as I expected nor was it as polluted as I dared not hope it to be.

Expense-wise, if you spend your time eating in the malls and restos, then check it will consume half your paycheck. Though, if you spare some time to do marketing and cooking, I think you will save a lot more. The prices for meat products and vegetables and fruits are almost the same in Iloilo, some are even cheaper. True, the beef and fish products are a bit on the pricey side but the pork and chicken products are priced exactly the same in Iloilo. Ours are just fresher :D

Dining at Chili's

The fare is cheap. I think me and the hubby spent a total of 100 pesos in fare excluding the taxi to the airport and my Grab ride to Diliman.

Pollution-wise, the Pasig River stinks and there was trash everywhere on the streams leading to it and basically everywhere. But only a few cars smoke-belch so that's a plus. And the vehicles are not as noisy individually, though there are just a lot of them so it's still too hot to be walking anywhere with cars around you.

Though, I like the effort put in by developers to add green things like trees and shrubs to their buildings. It adds are refreshing vibe to the whole scenario of tall buildings, no sky dilemma.

The greenest place I've seen was the UP Diliman Campus and I hope it stayed that way.

Bringing Tibiao to Diliman

All in all, the experience was not so bad. There are just too many people for my taste. I hope our City of Love does not turn out as bad as Manila when all the developments are done.

A BIG thanks to all of our friends who accommodated us and spared some time in their busy schedules to chit-chat with us.

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Journey to 60: Week 2

So for the 2nd week of trimming down fats of this BIG girl emphasis on BIG. This was her routine.

Aside from the Bodyweight Workouts and Yoga Sessions, Gym Rings were added because the hubby bought a set.

Monday:

• Knee Push Ups 10
• Climbers 10
• Leg Raises 10

Tuesday:

• Yoga Routine with the Pregnant Lady for 45 minutes

Wednesday: Gym Ring Exercises as long as she can

• 15 counts of Hanging / Suspension / Pull ups
• 15 counts of Reverse Hang or at least we made her pull the rings as far as she can go and had her in a push-up position with her arms stretched backward holding the rings 

Thursday:

• 5 km run / walk

Friday:

• 10 km run / walk 

Saturday:  3 sets of

• Knee Push Ups 10
• Climbers 10
• Leg Raises 10

Sunday: Gym Ring Exercises as long as she can

• 15 counts of Hanging / Suspension / Pull ups
• 15 counts of Reverse Hang or at least we made her pull the rings as far as she can go and had her in a push-up position with her arms stretched backward holding the rings 
• Bodyweight Rows 10

All of our pet projects exercise are done as long as she can.

Though next week, we won't be around but we hope she stick to the routine we set.
At least the walking part.



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Journey to 60

It has been so long since I last posted anything online.

With the Baby Shark on its way, the end of the school year, and a new adventure coming up, I cannot really think of anything worthwhile to post for a while. Or I had too many and did not really know what to write.

But this time, I have a new project ongoing and I really want to see an improvement by the end of June. I hope you bear with me as I try on new things for this project to be successful.

So here goes.

Starting this week or precisely as of the 2nd of May 2018, I had become a legal guardian of a 16-year-old kid, all 85 kgs of my youngest sister. She decided to study in Iloilo, and so I gained custody of her for the next two years at least.

I think this is a prime of example of too much love resulting to neglect. My parents tried to limit her food intake and made her diet to no avail. She gained 5 kgs each year, staring her Junior High Days and did not stop.

So here we are now.

 


Since she will be living with me. The husband and I will be disciplining her to change her lifestyle. Starting with EATING and EXERCISE.

For eating, we banned eating in-between meals. So no junk foods for her. She can eat fruits or drink water in between and nothing else. She has 2 months before the start of the class, so we hope to instill this training before then.

For exercise, this was the program so far:

• May 4 - Friday
• Run / Walk 5 km
• Chair Push Ups 
• Leg Raises
  
• May 5 - Saturday (5 reps)
• 5 Knee Push Ups
• 10 Mountain Climbers
• 5 Leg Raises
• 10 Jumping Jacks
  
• May 6 - Sunday
• Walking for 1 hour or more

We are hoping for the best in this endeavor.

Hopefully, we achieve the 60 kgs goal by the end of June :D

Join us on this adventure to NIWANG in 60 days :D

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Pork Adobo (Pig's Feet)

Happy New Year everyone...

As the new year starts, the hubby started dominating the kitchen. For the weekend, we got this for lunch. Yay! Adobo na Tiil sang Baboy. It feels good to be not doing anything really.

Adobong Baboy

I do not know the accurate measurements of the ingredients; so, experiment according to your taste. You can never go wrong with adobo after all.

Ingredients:

• 1 Pork Feet (ask the vendor to slice it beforehand)
• 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 1 medium-sized onion, sliced
• Ginger, sliced
• Salt and Pepper
• 1/4 cup Vinegar
• 5 pcs calamansi, extract the juice
• 1/2cup Soy Sauce
• 1 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tbsp oil
• 3 pcs bay leaves
• 6-10 cups water

Preparation:

For the amount of salt, pepper, sugar, vinegar, and soy sauce added, I am giving you free reign because it will ultimately depend on your taste.

1. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Sautee the garlic, onion, and ginger for 2 minutes.
3. Add the pork, bay leaf, salt, and pepper.
4. Stir every now and then until the pork turns slightly brown.
5. Add the calamansi, vinegar, soy sauce and sugar.
6. Stir sporadically for 5 minutes and add 3 cups of water and cover.
7. Once it starts boiling, uncover and wait for the water to evaporate?
8. Check if the meat is tender. If not add another 3 cups of water and simmer until tender.
9. You can keep doing this until you are satisfied with the tenderness of the pork meat.
10. Check the taste as well, if it's to your liking and adjust according to preference.

Pork Feet Adobo

Serve with rice.

Enjoy.

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