A New Day

Today is a new day. Not only literally. Today’s the first day of the another month which incidentally kicks off the 2nd half of 2009! This should be a good day!

There are a lot of things that I want to do. I want to be an active guy, change my lifestyle, improve my body and in effect, improve my life.

I also want to be a driving influence to my wife, my son, my family, and my friends. However, that will require a lot of work, dedication, and focus.

Well, wish me luck!

Before anything else, as usual, I checked my weight this morning. It said 153.6 lbs.

What my doctor friend told me yesterday really stuck in my mind. Aware that I have been indulgent with my eating, I decided to measure my actual intake of food. I took our measuring cup and decided to measure the serving of rice that I will take.

Here’s my brunch this morning.

This is pretty much what I will eat for the rest of my life (well, at least I think I would). I ate Tuna, a cup of rice, a glass (around 300ml) of 100% natural juice, and a glass of water. I found it challenging to finish that cup of rice. I’ll change the cup I used to measure on my next meal. It’ll be smaller than the one I used on the picture.

Since today’s a different day, I thought to change my routine again. This is what I did today:

• 3×12 dumbbell flyes alternate with 3×10 push-ups
• 3×20 dumbbell presses
• 50 declined crunches

Then I thought about cardio. I still haven’t made up my mind about this. However, I did create a playlist that runs for 20 minutes. I intend to use it when I do cardio.

Evening came. I decided to surprise my wife by cooking our dinner. I was so excited! Doing this really was more on an impulse thing and told myself that I have to make this work. I think I was able to make it work because my wife (and myself) loved it!

Here’s a picture:

Before I slept, I did a set of crunches and then I attempted to do one set of push-ups but couldn’t. I stopped at the count of 8. But that’s all good!

I will do cardio tomorrow. Darn. I feel guilty not doing that today. That’s ok, tomorrow’s always there for us to make things right.

Daily Habit – June 25, 2009

It’s color-coded Thursday! Given that, I brought my car and went to my mom’s house to borrow their car. Swap ba.

My random list:

• A friend shared this video from youtube. I thought it was hilarious.

• I have been trying to import my journals to wordpress using the tool provided by wordpress but I couldn’t! It’s frustrating! Dammit! I guess I have to do this manually! This sucks.

• I plan to buy four (4) 2.5-pound plates so that I can add resistance on my weights by 5 lbs on each side. I found it difficult incrementing the weights by 10lbs. I could do one or two sets but couldn’t finish succeeding lifts.

• The boys have been inviting me to go out and chill. I’m kind of intersted (because I’m curious), but at the same time, medyo tinatamad ako.

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At least bumaba ang weight ko ulit. It’s 153.6 lbs this morning.