DON’T EAT THE CARROTS

Yuck. My carrots are turning into this goo, I had to throw it away!

Breakfast:
1 Banana – 105 calories

Lunch:
Beef Tapa with Sauteed Spinach and Honey Barbeque Sauce – 265 calories
1/4 cup of brown rice – 55 calories

Snacks:
45 grams of Raisins [Ram] – 150 calories
*I’m actually very proud at myself considering that since most of my friend are eating their McDonalds, I restrained myself to eat only my raisins which was a really really big achievement

Dinner:
Marie’s July Salad minus the carrots – 52 calories
Karaage Pop [Tori Box] – 286 calories
*I added some chicken kara age pop to add more flavor and protein (though I’m not even sure if this is healthy since its fried… HAHAHA any thoughts?)

That’s it for today,

Cheers,

Marie

Yesterday, I failed.

Four days into this program and I have already ended my streak. I failed my diet, failed being optimistic, and even failing to do a blog post. This isn’t much of the problem at hand, but rather, my feeling towards these failures

See, despite having failed my goals for the day, I didn’t feel at most disappointed at myself. (It might really be because of the delicious mouth watering lunch that I had yesterday though….)

So to recap my day, here’s what I have done for the day.

I woke up at 8am, did some mild stretching, and proceeded to eat my Salad (its really coming together now, yay!) then went to my school’s gym to do some jogging.

The start of the day was really nice, and today, I had company with me to run around the oval. At first I thought it was really gonna be awkward since my other two companions were fitter than me. But it turns out it is better to have them because they will be the one to keep pushing you to go further. In the end, I managed to have 20 full minutes of cardio. One of my friends then suggested we do and ab workout and, being as the #roadtofitness people that we were, we obliged.

She asked me how many minutes we should do, 5, 8, or 10 and in my mind, I was like only 10 minutes max for the ab workout?! Then I became a little modest and tried 8. Oh boy halfway there I was dying.

But I did it, I finished it up and really felt great (and sore) but felt great!

Another reason why we did this was actually to prepare ourselves for a food trip that was planned later that afternoon. And so began my failures.

It was my first time going to Hole In The Wall, a place that had gained fame for their chic interior and delicious food. Everyone of us were first timers there so we really did not know what to expect. When we went inside, we were expecting some classy restaurant, but instead, it was a really cute food court with different stalls and each stall was absolutely divine!

Everything was so cute and delicious so we had a hard time deciding what to eat. After a while, I settled for Bad Bird, because of the countless instagram posts that I’ve seen about them.

 Umami spiced fried chicken with sweet potato waffles. Considering that I’m still in my Paleo Diet, it was hard to figure out which was okay and which werent okay in eating. I initially opted to eat only the chicken, but then there was waffles. Sweet heavenly waffles. Did I mention that I LOVE WAFFLES?! Not like, but LOVE. As in I can marry a waffle cart just so I can get free waffles. And this Paleo Diet is killing me because of that.

Although, the waffles werent technically a violation to my diet, since it used sweet potato, that meal really lived up to its name… Cause its really bad for your health. Total calories of the meal? 908 CALORIES. Ugh. I was actually feeling full after devouring the first chicken and waffle but it really hurts me to see leftover food so I had to eat it. It’s not really a bad trait, but its a bad habit for your health 😦

Afterwards, we roamed around the mall and, feeling full, we decided to call it a day because we all think we need a ciesta hahaha!

I actually felt bad for eating that much thats why I YOLOd myself with my other goals:(

I do hope next time, I dont need to eat that much.

Till next time,

Cheers,

Marie

The Paleo Dorm Diet Day 3

I seriously now have a problem with naming my posts.

Forgive this really really sluggish writing but I’m definitely tired so I’d probably hurry this one up!

Breakfast:
Marie’s Ultimate Paleo Salad (MUPS) – 79 calories

Lunch:
Filipino Beef Tapa with Honey Barbeque Sauce – 224 calories
1/4 cup of brown rice (Just to balance out the bbq sauce) – 55 calories

Snacks:
KFC fun shots – 150 calories (okay, this was a mistake but I needed to sit down and KFC was the only place that was available! Besides, its protein!)
Banana – 105 calories

Dinner:
MUPS – 79 calories

Total: 692 calories

I really don’t know if that KFC Fun Shots is okay for the diet, but since it’s meat then I guess it’s okay? HAHA this will be the death of my diet! Hoping though that this still brings out some good results!

Only time will tell.
Cheers,

Marie

Oh you know, just casually working out…

So my exercise routine for today basically involves

• Running/Brisk Walking/Casually Dying around the track for about 15 minutes.
• Doing my casual stretches (my trainer actually taught me a 30-40 minute stretch routine which I practice and abide by)
• Trying to do my aerial, handstand, and backbend kickover

Afterwards, I left to eat my lunch, freshen up and do some errands.

6PM was the call time for my dance training. See, I’m part of this dance organization in my school, and I really LOVE it because, I really love to dance. Though, I still have a lot to improve on.

Contrary to before, I actually came super early because it’s my first training in weeks!!! I also somehow was eager to find out if anything I did in the gym last month had any effect to my dancing life.

The day ended with me doing most of the routine. I, however, still need to improve on my turns. And I hate turns. Boohoo. 

 Me with my batchmates at my dance org 🙂

And that’s it for tonight! (you can really see how tired I am now HAHA! But it’s a good tired! It’s the product of so much hard work!)

Cheers,

Marie

To improve but notice more mistakes.

Today, I woke up at 8 AM (which is very very bad when classes resume). I ate my salad which was really really not that delicious because I placed too much sauce and its just so salty and okay now I really dislike raw cabbage what was I thinking and did some minor stretches in the hopes of still becoming taller.

 Tadaah! One serving of my salad. 

At around 9:30 AM, I was ready to head to my school gym to run around the oval.

Nearing the gymnasium though, I came across a group of athletes. Or, I thought they were. Anyway, they were really really fit. And I was kinda looking down upon myself, thinking how inferior I was compared to them. I now have a lot of goals in my Self Improvement Journey, and this is really one of them. I need to be more confident, but at the same time, down to earth! And I’m not afraid to say that I need help.

As I jogged, I challenged myself to still smile while jogging and focus on the positive traits of people.

I started out with a few simple ones. For example, one girl who was really really fit and somehow beautiful. Positive trait: Need I say more? I also saw a friend slash acquaintance, and before, we really rarely talk. But as part of my Self Improvement journey, I willed myself to talk to him, even if it’s just small talk. And it worked! Besides, nothing wrong with a few more friends, right?

I then proceeded with the other people inside the gym. There was this one girl who was i think a little fatter that I but not that much. Positive trait: her determination… and I know this looks like a default answer, but really! She ran more laps than me, she even did squats and maybe other more exercises (i was already leaving at this point).

Other people includes some scrawny dudes also jogging around the oval. And hey, I just have to keep in mind that fit people got to start somewhere. Besides, I have this friend who was really really scrawny and thin before, and now he’s lifting girls up in the air with ease!

To the fat(ish) kids there, I focused on how if they become fit, they’d already have a height advantage, which was nice!

One thing I was disappointed about myself today was my intention to show off. I was already in my stretching routine when a PE class (about 30 kids) were jogging around the oval, and I was becoming a little bit awkward, and all I could think about was “I should do my splits (one of my best assets, I believe) so that when they see me, they’ll think high of me“. Of course, I immediately disregarded that thought, but it’s still my goal to never even think about that.

In addition, I had to lie to a friend. She asked me how many laps I’ve already done and how many laps do I usually do and my mind was so so so jumbled up, and I was still running, so I told her the first some-how acceptable answer, “I ran 15 laps already, planning to have 25” WHICH WAS TOTALLY NOT TRUE. I think I already made about 12 only (I ran for 7 laps, and walked for 2 then ran again for 2 and walked again for 1) It may be a white lie, but as part of my self improvement, I really shouldn’t lie anymore.

I should think more of a “I am here to improve on myself, and do what I love, not show off“

So today, I noticed more of my mistakes. I do hope to improve on those. Until next time,
Cheers,

Marie