i am so so tired to the bones that 'ampar' doesnt even begin with wat i'm feeling now. for one thing, i got zero sleep on saturday night. only slept around 5am after helping cits do a wedding order (for 300 wedding cake favours!) which include decorating, boxing and tying up with a ribbon each and every single one of the mini cake. thank god a couple of frens were over to help jua. but not before i felt into a drunken stupor and started yapping nonsense because of my low tolerance for late nights.
i'm a girl who sleeps by 10. midnite, tops. so when i had to stay up till 5 am it just wrecked havock on my entire system. actually, i fell asleep on the couch while waiting for cits to make pizza to keep us fueled through the night. i have no memory watsoever of how i got off the couch and up the stairs and into cits' bed, but i did. wat i said during my sleepy haze is beyond me. suffice to say that the next morning (okay, afternoon. i woke up at quarter to 1), whenever cits' maid saw me she'll start smiling.. apparently at some memory of watever nonsense i said in my sleepy stupor.
with a night like that, obviously i cudnt go to the gym, can i? i already missed friday.. and saturday i came late to the gym that i missed bodypump so saturday's session was quite blah. and i didnt go sunday.. so wat did i do that monday?
oh yes i went to the launching. both bodycombat and bodybalance. but i also went gymming in the morning. to be honest, all i wanted was a simple, easy, straighforward session on the treadmill and elliptical machine. just to make sure my metabolic rate hasnt desserted me after my very off weekend. skali james happen to spot me coasting on the bike machine. james is the instructor that i do my heavy-duty gym sessions with, like bodypump and circuit training.
so wat did u tink he did when he saw me?
'hey! wat are u doing here? come into my class.'
'but... i wanna stay here!' pointing at the bike and a magazine ready in hand to read while i cycle.
'come on now..' and he took an exercise ball off its shelf with one hand while the other hand grabbed my arm and pulled me into the fitness studio.
so okay. i guess thats the trouble when ur friends with gym instructors.
they. make. you join. class.
and wont take no for an answer.
not that i resented him for it. i quite enjoyed the class actually, but it included working out with weights which i wasnt anticipating. however, i felt much better about my off weekend.. so i had indian food (kambing mandi) for brunch with the boyfriend because i was so good. plus, i had bodybalance and bodycombat to look forward to the monday afternoon.
bodycombat was amazing! i was literally drenched in sweat that all thoughts of having such a heavy brunch vanished from my head. skali nya i went back to cits, chef extrodinaire, who cooked pizza for dinner and chocolate souffle served with vanilla ice cream for dessert. and we had dinner at 11pm. dessert at about midnite. two of my cardinal rules broken in one night! late dinner and late bedtime!
granted that day i spend about half my day at the gym so i shudnt make a big deal out of the dinner.. but i still felt guilty about the dessert. plus my weekend of making wedding favours made me munch on the leftover cake crumbs set aside. i simply cannot resist sweets! i actually had a second helping of chocolate souffle because tinggal sikit and nobody else wanted it and it was just too sayang to be left alone.
sigh.
so this morning i went to circuit training and pilates. oh, and i slept at half past one lastnite.. with the amount of exercise i've been doing and my irregular sleeping pattern the past few nights,its no wonder that i'm tired to the bones.
therefore, the plan for tonight is to sleep early and be up all fresh and ready for bodycombat and abs blitz. especially abs blitz.
much love,
be'ah who is NOT going crazy with exercise.
xoxo
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
sway my way
fat day ystrdy lasted till 7.30pm. why? because i went on an impromptu/spontaneous visit to the gym.
in the words of the reception who took my card "gerenti nda pegi nie tdi pagi. anal eh"
EVEN the receptionist is out to get me!
wait, let me backtrack. lately i always crave for a burger after a gym class (as opposed to sweet stuff like last year) and this is new to me, having abstained from the evil carb that is fast food. so after class i tend to ask the trainer "can i have a burger?"
james' reply was 'yes! go have a burger! have pasta and rice and bread. u need to fill up. ur so tiny!'
rose says 'okay la. u need it. ur alredi so kurus. just soft all over. tone up sja laa"
ferdie says 'yes u can have burger. but no bread!'
haish. confused saya! but then again, these ppl have become my frens so i guess they were replying in jest. need to ask them in a serious manner next time.
anyway, as u can see, even the trainers think i work out too much. well excuse me, but they dont see the number on my scales! well, rose does, and and my fat percentage went up from 14% to 18%.. which i am obviously not happy with.
anyway, ystrdy i had to send off a brother for tuition at 7.30pm. now that i knw i can join evening classes.. apa lgi. i jumped at the chance to visit the gym after sending him off. usually im too lazy to go out at night anyway. plus parking is such a nightmare at the mall in the evening. i swear i havent been to the mall that late! but i'd rather go to the mall's gym than kiulap at night because i reckon kiulap would be full to the brim with gymaholics even worse than me.
so i did a 30mins treadmill run/jog/incline.. which only burnt off 200 calories, according to the reading. and thats like, just a cupcake WITHOUT the icing. i knw i dont count calories, but it helps to portion control when i knw how little calories are burnt in an average 30minute workout.
i was still sore from ferdie's core training ystrdy, but fat day punya pasal, ke gym jua ku kan. then this morning i went for fitball with raquel. it was fun using the ball and all, but i tink i've bitten off more than i can chew. i now have stiff hips which makes walking feel like a mechanical move.. right leg forward, left leg forward, right left forward.. and so on. swaying my hips help with walking.. tapi bejalan anie bukan jua arah catwalk. labih2x jua kan bejalan anie haha.
i hope i recover in time for bodypump tomorrow. take it easy u say? well i'm suppose to meet up with fadz and her kaka tonite lgi but i tink i'll pass. plus i have 2 open house to go to today! =D both of which i'm looking forward to pasal the first house has got AHMAYYZHANG food (read: satay and tiramisu; possibly cupcakes) and the second house will be having fireworks!
wat with my stiff hips i will definitely be enjoying my satay! i tink i've done enought to deserve a treat =)
much love,
be'ah xoxo
p/s can u tell my love for the gym is back full-swing? =p
in the words of the reception who took my card "gerenti nda pegi nie tdi pagi. anal eh"
EVEN the receptionist is out to get me!
wait, let me backtrack. lately i always crave for a burger after a gym class (as opposed to sweet stuff like last year) and this is new to me, having abstained from the evil carb that is fast food. so after class i tend to ask the trainer "can i have a burger?"
james' reply was 'yes! go have a burger! have pasta and rice and bread. u need to fill up. ur so tiny!'
rose says 'okay la. u need it. ur alredi so kurus. just soft all over. tone up sja laa"
ferdie says 'yes u can have burger. but no bread!'
haish. confused saya! but then again, these ppl have become my frens so i guess they were replying in jest. need to ask them in a serious manner next time.
anyway, as u can see, even the trainers think i work out too much. well excuse me, but they dont see the number on my scales! well, rose does, and and my fat percentage went up from 14% to 18%.. which i am obviously not happy with.
anyway, ystrdy i had to send off a brother for tuition at 7.30pm. now that i knw i can join evening classes.. apa lgi. i jumped at the chance to visit the gym after sending him off. usually im too lazy to go out at night anyway. plus parking is such a nightmare at the mall in the evening. i swear i havent been to the mall that late! but i'd rather go to the mall's gym than kiulap at night because i reckon kiulap would be full to the brim with gymaholics even worse than me.
so i did a 30mins treadmill run/jog/incline.. which only burnt off 200 calories, according to the reading. and thats like, just a cupcake WITHOUT the icing. i knw i dont count calories, but it helps to portion control when i knw how little calories are burnt in an average 30minute workout.
i was still sore from ferdie's core training ystrdy, but fat day punya pasal, ke gym jua ku kan. then this morning i went for fitball with raquel. it was fun using the ball and all, but i tink i've bitten off more than i can chew. i now have stiff hips which makes walking feel like a mechanical move.. right leg forward, left leg forward, right left forward.. and so on. swaying my hips help with walking.. tapi bejalan anie bukan jua arah catwalk. labih2x jua kan bejalan anie haha.
i hope i recover in time for bodypump tomorrow. take it easy u say? well i'm suppose to meet up with fadz and her kaka tonite lgi but i tink i'll pass. plus i have 2 open house to go to today! =D both of which i'm looking forward to pasal the first house has got AHMAYYZHANG food (read: satay and tiramisu; possibly cupcakes) and the second house will be having fireworks!
wat with my stiff hips i will definitely be enjoying my satay! i tink i've done enought to deserve a treat =)
much love,
be'ah xoxo
p/s can u tell my love for the gym is back full-swing? =p
Thursday, October 15, 2009
night class
i went to the gym twice ystrdy. apparently 8.30pm classes are off peak so i can come =D maybe even 7.30pm classes, but i need to check that with the receptionist again. anyhoo, this will be a straightforward gymming-workout-pain-felt-after post so if u dont like this type of reading, then stop reading now.
as u knw, monday i went to the launching of body attack. it was essentially an aerobics workout with some erm.. superman moves. it was fun because i had cits and fadz with me. also, there was a lot of ppl (cause it was openhse) and it was obvious that some of them were not regular gym goers.. i tink as the class wore on makin sikit the ppl. bukan plg kan mengucap ah (tapi mengucap kali sikit) but it was funny watching ppl struggle! but then again, aku sendiri sama jua struggle. when i cudnt get a routine right, i'd just jump up and down kira buang kes hahaha.
needless to say i was tired to the bones the next morning! plus i've never attended classes that late. but i still dragged myself out of bed and into james' circuit training at 8am the next day, albeit i missed the warming up session becoz i was late 5mins. james' class was followed by pilates with rose, which turned out to be a private session because i was the only one. it was fun anyway, rose and i go wayy back and she was my personal trainer last year. after class she stretched me out and proclaimed that i am 'stiff' and 'tight' already because i havent been doing yoga for a while.
thing is, aunty doctor told me abt the article state mufti wrote abt how yoga is haraam. i still am yet to get my hands on the article, but till then, i tink imma be skipping yoga classes. pilates pun pilates la~
wednesday ie the next day ie ystrdy (still with me?) was special because cits joined me for bodyvive! it was her first class as an official FZ member, tho her card balum siap yet. thing is, when u go gymming with a friend u eat afterwards because u have dangan. so after losing calories from bodyvive we gained them back with a brunch session at ca mohd.
mind u, by this point i was thinking i can afford to eat banyak anyway, wat with body attack, circuit training, pilates and bodyvive one after the other. skali i got home, checked fb and little miss fadzillah (another one i managed to convince to join the gym) invited me to go to the nite's core training class at 8.30pm, excitedly saying that its off peak and her kaka (who's been going to the gym regularly wayy b4 i did) will be there as well.
feeling guilty from my heavy brunch and another heavy bout of kway teow for tea, i said yes. core training is amazing! mcm it makes u feel ur gonna get that flat abs in no time! like u feel such a sense of power because ur finally doing something abt the flabby gut! tho of course a proper diet is needed and aku mcm.. no way am i gonna diet! skali this morning i was supposed to do abs blitz at 9am with cits (yes, the abs again) but i cudnt wake up on time plus i could still feel the workout from core training lastnite. i mean, lastnite after showering, masuk kereta pun payah wah!
skali tdi woke up late and my brothers minta antar ke sekolah. i was hungry so i brought them out for brunch... which i am regretting because for one thing, i didnt go to the gym today and another thing.. i had the waffles and ice-cream for dessert tdi.. for lunch!
so i am now feeling fat. it doesnt help that my one stubborn kilo is still present on the scale.
but hey, now that i knw i can go for night classes.. i tink i'll be going whenver fadz needs me =) plus next monday wil be another launching! bodycombat and bodybalance i tink. or bodyvive. but definitely bodycombat.
anyhoo, u guys know that i am super paranoid about weight.. so PLEASE if u do see me piling on pounds, say so! so i knw that my scale is working!
much love,
be'ah xoxo
as u knw, monday i went to the launching of body attack. it was essentially an aerobics workout with some erm.. superman moves. it was fun because i had cits and fadz with me. also, there was a lot of ppl (cause it was openhse) and it was obvious that some of them were not regular gym goers.. i tink as the class wore on makin sikit the ppl. bukan plg kan mengucap ah (tapi mengucap kali sikit) but it was funny watching ppl struggle! but then again, aku sendiri sama jua struggle. when i cudnt get a routine right, i'd just jump up and down kira buang kes hahaha.
needless to say i was tired to the bones the next morning! plus i've never attended classes that late. but i still dragged myself out of bed and into james' circuit training at 8am the next day, albeit i missed the warming up session becoz i was late 5mins. james' class was followed by pilates with rose, which turned out to be a private session because i was the only one. it was fun anyway, rose and i go wayy back and she was my personal trainer last year. after class she stretched me out and proclaimed that i am 'stiff' and 'tight' already because i havent been doing yoga for a while.
thing is, aunty doctor told me abt the article state mufti wrote abt how yoga is haraam. i still am yet to get my hands on the article, but till then, i tink imma be skipping yoga classes. pilates pun pilates la~
wednesday ie the next day ie ystrdy (still with me?) was special because cits joined me for bodyvive! it was her first class as an official FZ member, tho her card balum siap yet. thing is, when u go gymming with a friend u eat afterwards because u have dangan. so after losing calories from bodyvive we gained them back with a brunch session at ca mohd.
mind u, by this point i was thinking i can afford to eat banyak anyway, wat with body attack, circuit training, pilates and bodyvive one after the other. skali i got home, checked fb and little miss fadzillah (another one i managed to convince to join the gym) invited me to go to the nite's core training class at 8.30pm, excitedly saying that its off peak and her kaka (who's been going to the gym regularly wayy b4 i did) will be there as well.
feeling guilty from my heavy brunch and another heavy bout of kway teow for tea, i said yes. core training is amazing! mcm it makes u feel ur gonna get that flat abs in no time! like u feel such a sense of power because ur finally doing something abt the flabby gut! tho of course a proper diet is needed and aku mcm.. no way am i gonna diet! skali this morning i was supposed to do abs blitz at 9am with cits (yes, the abs again) but i cudnt wake up on time plus i could still feel the workout from core training lastnite. i mean, lastnite after showering, masuk kereta pun payah wah!
skali tdi woke up late and my brothers minta antar ke sekolah. i was hungry so i brought them out for brunch... which i am regretting because for one thing, i didnt go to the gym today and another thing.. i had the waffles and ice-cream for dessert tdi.. for lunch!
so i am now feeling fat. it doesnt help that my one stubborn kilo is still present on the scale.
but hey, now that i knw i can go for night classes.. i tink i'll be going whenver fadz needs me =) plus next monday wil be another launching! bodycombat and bodybalance i tink. or bodyvive. but definitely bodycombat.
anyhoo, u guys know that i am super paranoid about weight.. so PLEASE if u do see me piling on pounds, say so! so i knw that my scale is working!
much love,
be'ah xoxo
Monday, October 12, 2009
monday
finally went off for a cut! tried out kathy chai and i decided against a pixie for many reasons.. one of them being quite long winded so i'm just gonna leave it at that. anyway, love my new hair and i brought back my straight cut bangs which i am totally feeling!
hmm.. dont ask me why i write like that. prolly cause i'm super excited. cause when i am i tend to talk in a jargon that is best left in the '80s or '90s. so why, may u ask, am i excited?
because karang saya pergi launching of bodyattack arah fitness zone!!!
body attack sounds scary tho.. and i've never tried it.. so maybe i shud google it up first. pokoknya i've never tried it but i reckon its gonna be super fun psl cits and feefy and fadz (and possibly more) will be there with me. all this while i've always worked out on my one (give or take the aunties at the gym and kaka alin at yoga dulu) but now i have melabang friends with me to do my workout!!!
yatah kali aku iski.
bah imma get dressed.
much love,
be'ah xoxo
hmm.. dont ask me why i write like that. prolly cause i'm super excited. cause when i am i tend to talk in a jargon that is best left in the '80s or '90s. so why, may u ask, am i excited?
because karang saya pergi launching of bodyattack arah fitness zone!!!
body attack sounds scary tho.. and i've never tried it.. so maybe i shud google it up first. pokoknya i've never tried it but i reckon its gonna be super fun psl cits and feefy and fadz (and possibly more) will be there with me. all this while i've always worked out on my one (give or take the aunties at the gym and kaka alin at yoga dulu) but now i have melabang friends with me to do my workout!!!
yatah kali aku iski.
bah imma get dressed.
much love,
be'ah xoxo
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Pixie Cut
i'm seriously considering it.
will do it by thursday if i'm still thinking about it =)
so much for growing my hair long...
much love,
be'ah xxx
Monday, October 5, 2009
Stylistics
is an amazing tailor shop! specifically, Maggie the cutter!
why? because i texted Maggie on wednesday that i had a last minute job for her; i needed a baju done by saturday. she said sure... so i went there to antar my kain, on friday she texted me that the top was done for fitting! mind u, the baju isnt a simple design!
but i cudnt come on friday to do the fitting so i came in saturday morning, the same day i needed the baju! so fitting in the morning and picked up the finished product by 4pm ptg!
mcm amaazing!
maybe most tailors do that kali but i'm just amazed at the quality of the baju and done in such a short period of time!
what i like abt the place is that she insists on havign fittings.. and i always need the baju altered after fitting despite having been measure head to toe so theres a definite customer satisfaction.
so maggie at stylistics, 5 stars for u!
anyhoo, i realise its such an out-of-ordinary post. i usually gush about the gym kan. but after such a long time of pindah2x tailor i think i've found THE place where i will make my nikah baju! banar! hehe
speaking of recommended places.. i need to find a good hair salon. my usual salon now has loads of new ppl and they butchered my hair last i went there so im hunting for a new place.
makes me miss the salons in UK! oh, and i'm still unemployed btw... enjoying my free time while i can, is all i can say. lets hope ada my rezeki untuk kerja sometime soon.. tailors and salons need money y'know!
much love,
be'ah xxx
why? because i texted Maggie on wednesday that i had a last minute job for her; i needed a baju done by saturday. she said sure... so i went there to antar my kain, on friday she texted me that the top was done for fitting! mind u, the baju isnt a simple design!
but i cudnt come on friday to do the fitting so i came in saturday morning, the same day i needed the baju! so fitting in the morning and picked up the finished product by 4pm ptg!
mcm amaazing!
maybe most tailors do that kali but i'm just amazed at the quality of the baju and done in such a short period of time!
what i like abt the place is that she insists on havign fittings.. and i always need the baju altered after fitting despite having been measure head to toe so theres a definite customer satisfaction.
so maggie at stylistics, 5 stars for u!
anyhoo, i realise its such an out-of-ordinary post. i usually gush about the gym kan. but after such a long time of pindah2x tailor i think i've found THE place where i will make my nikah baju! banar! hehe
speaking of recommended places.. i need to find a good hair salon. my usual salon now has loads of new ppl and they butchered my hair last i went there so im hunting for a new place.
makes me miss the salons in UK! oh, and i'm still unemployed btw... enjoying my free time while i can, is all i can say. lets hope ada my rezeki untuk kerja sometime soon.. tailors and salons need money y'know!
much love,
be'ah xxx
Thursday, October 1, 2009
ha ree ra ia
more than a week of raya has passed now. sad to say, coz i do realise its quite superficial, but i've discovered that my moods correlate with my weight. if my weight is down, my mood is up, if my weight is up, my mood goes down.
tsk. who knew the scale can have so much effect on my moods. now i dont even think i can say 'pms' if im in a bad mood. sesungguhnya, aku bad mood psl my weight has gone up.
i know, in a way, i lose weight easily than most ppl (there! i admit it. but only cause i rajin exercise.. imagine HOW to lose weight without exercise. gila.) but i still gain easily.. apatah lgi in this season of one-piece-of-cake-contains-at-least-20-eggs.
atu kolestrol~
sama last sunday mamacits had her open house and i was gorging myself on smores and pizza and meringue and creme brulee. then that night i ended up at bilah's house who's an equally good cook and ended the night with 2 round of nasi lemak. not to mentioned the dozen of home-made cookies i ate at hj syam's place before going to bilah's.
as a result, i've gained TWO BLOODY KILOS. kemarin i woke up early enuf to join morning gym classes so when i entered circuit training i was more than eager to boost my metabolic rate with iron pumping. that, followed by yoga, which i find i am very very rusty at. so today, here i am with every part of my body aching. i actually woke up at noon today. apa kan ke gym pagi mun diri nda sampat jumpa pagi!
obvs it seems i've bitten off more than i can chew (maybe even literally?). the sudden intense workout i did ystrdy was so far off than my usual 3km runs i've been doing since my gym membership unfreezed that of course i am bound to seksa my muscles.
even typing hurts, but i do owe an update.
anyhoos, selamat hari raya. imma try be good this weekend and take everything nice and easy.
much love,
be'ah xoxo
p/s that said, i'm still able to squeeze into my size 4 jeans (and still feel comfy albeit a little snug).. so i guess not all is lost.
tsk. who knew the scale can have so much effect on my moods. now i dont even think i can say 'pms' if im in a bad mood. sesungguhnya, aku bad mood psl my weight has gone up.
i know, in a way, i lose weight easily than most ppl (there! i admit it. but only cause i rajin exercise.. imagine HOW to lose weight without exercise. gila.) but i still gain easily.. apatah lgi in this season of one-piece-of-cake-contains-at-least-20-eggs.
atu kolestrol~
sama last sunday mamacits had her open house and i was gorging myself on smores and pizza and meringue and creme brulee. then that night i ended up at bilah's house who's an equally good cook and ended the night with 2 round of nasi lemak. not to mentioned the dozen of home-made cookies i ate at hj syam's place before going to bilah's.
as a result, i've gained TWO BLOODY KILOS. kemarin i woke up early enuf to join morning gym classes so when i entered circuit training i was more than eager to boost my metabolic rate with iron pumping. that, followed by yoga, which i find i am very very rusty at. so today, here i am with every part of my body aching. i actually woke up at noon today. apa kan ke gym pagi mun diri nda sampat jumpa pagi!
obvs it seems i've bitten off more than i can chew (maybe even literally?). the sudden intense workout i did ystrdy was so far off than my usual 3km runs i've been doing since my gym membership unfreezed that of course i am bound to seksa my muscles.
even typing hurts, but i do owe an update.
anyhoos, selamat hari raya. imma try be good this weekend and take everything nice and easy.
much love,
be'ah xoxo
p/s that said, i'm still able to squeeze into my size 4 jeans (and still feel comfy albeit a little snug).. so i guess not all is lost.
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