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For Real

For the nth time, I’m telling myself I should go on a diet because of a rather unpleasant happening this afternoon.

“That” was the last straw that broke the camel’s, errr, I mean MY back. Sorry, too embarrassing to tell.

I’ve been lazy for the past few months. Even I sometimes get tired of being too tired to do anything. Day after day I’d tell myself, “put on those shoes, groove to the dance moves you almost perfected last summer, start hooping once again and stop sitting down doing nothing the whole day.”

Should I start only when I feel faint due to lack of air and exercise? Should I start when I need to have bioidentical hormone replacement therapy?

I’m turning a new leaf starting tomorrow, not for vanity’s sake but for my health. For real.

Not Enough

Been going to Zumba class for more than two weeks already. I don’t know if I’m losing weight or I need to have diet supplements to lose a bit of weight considering I sweat bullets and by the bucket during our sessions.

I know a bi-weekly hour session is not enough. I still have to pick up my Hoopnotica and sway those pear-shaped (or super rounded) hips to oblivion. I still have to get my groove back and dance like no one is watching. Except that all three kids are on a summer vacation so that is impossible.

Gah! I know being past 30 (hah!) makes me lose the weight at a snail’s pace, if there’s any losing anything at all.

I’ll get there. I know.

Trio Does the Trick

I’ve a little secret.

I’ve started taking these herbal pills being advertised on tv, the ones which say has L carnitine to help burn the fat. It has a caution though that diet and exercise SHOULD be accompanying these, two of which I don’t really have spent some time with. The trio does the trick of losing weight.

In my quest to find the best weight loss supplements I ignored two important factors: diet and exercise. I know, no pain, no gain. In this case, no pain, no weight loss. And for someone like me who is not getting any younger, losing the excess pounds is very hard to achieve.

Unless I go to a “beauty” expert and have these lasered or whatever.

Out Walking

I still see the young-at-heart grandpas passing by our place every morning. Yep, it is their daily routine to do brisk walking, all four or five (sometimes six) of them. I wonder how they are able to do that daily, walking very fast while chatting and laughing. Maybe they take men vitamins or daily fitness regimen is good enough to make them alert and mobile despite their age.

Sometimes I wonder where they live. Sometimes I think of giving names to match their faces. Sometimes, I think about what they do after they take their walks.

If there is one thing I am certain of, is that I may hate to admit it but I think they can out-walk me anytime. Ouch.

Hula Hoops

I have been endlessly wanting to know how to get rid of belly fat the fun way. Ok, excuses, excuses.

I think I may have found what I’m looking for: hula hoops!

Hula hoop fitness routine seems easy to do though I know for clumsy me who can’t make a hula hoop stay on my waist, I would probably be having a hard time keeping it up and moving.

I found videos and read lit on how this hula hooping can make one lose weight and have fun at the same time.

I want to have a Hoopnotica video and “Find myself in the Hoop”!

Hula hooping for fitness videos can be found here.