Three cheers for my flexible mom!

Picture 1: ZZzzz…

Picture 2: People! Can you please turn the lights off?! Cat sleeping here!

Yesterday was my brother’s birthday; and today, a thanksgiving mass and party at one of our entities. So with big events like these, it is but expected that the word “diet” is non-existent in my dictionary. I don’t eat a lot, but I eat often.

My weight is 110lbs (I know it’s not much, but for my “lahi” that’s heavy-my mom only weights 95 lbs), I have been in that range for almost a year already, but I feel like I’m gaining so much weight. My double chin is starting to show, and so are my love handles. Dimples are very evident, not on my face, but on my thighs and legs and my arms are getting saggy and fluffy. So I am faced with a dilemma that needs an obvious solution… Exercise!

However, self discipline is, let’s say, not my forte. Just this January, I was running at QC circle every Sunday, but after a month or so, I stopped! (not because I was too lazy to run, but because I was too lazy to move out of bed and go to QC). Then in no time, I was back to being a couch-potato… epic fail.

Being an almost OC that I am, I searched about calories and what’s the best way to lose them. Apparently, calories are not fats but is a measure of energy. So if you don’t burn your calories, it turns into stored fat. 

With this “A-HA” moment, I searched for an exercise that would help me burn calories. What do you know, one of the best way to lose it is to JUMP ROPE!

Jumping Rope will help you lose more than a hundred pounds for 10 minutes (in one website, they claim that it can help you lose 135 in 10mins); that’s 600cal an hour. Sounds tempting? maybe, until you tried jumping. For beginners like me (who can move with the rope’s rhythm), jumping for 30 secs is heck hard! I remember my first jump. Man! after 5 seconds, I was panting like crazy, my legs hurt, my heart couldn’t cope up, and I was shaking! No sweating was evident though. Right now, after, hmm, 2 weeks of jumping, I can jump for one minute straight with perspiration!!! I can stretch it to 2mins but that would be very tiring.

Tip: according to a doctor who had this talk about healthy living, fats start to burn after 20mins (I did not validate the claim. He is the doctor, he knows these things), so if you can, do this for more than 20 minutes. If you can’t jump for 1 minute or 2 minutes straight, count (mine was 123-1, 123-2 until i reach 20).

Caveat: just like any other exercise, Jumping rope needs warm up activities, so do some stretching… that would help you get into the mood and prevent any possible “accidents”

Also, after jumping, do some fat burning exercises, like crunches, sit-ups, squats, and dumbbells lifting.

AND, eat healthy and regularly. This will keep your metabolism working.

Remember, once you started your workout, do not stop. You will continue eating many, but with no lean muscle to burn the cals. That spells disaster.

Happy workout!

(Hay… internet is so helpful! all these are from google and yahoo!shine and wikipedia.) 

tonyontheradio:

My dad sent me this email and for the first time in years it’s something worth reading. i’ve decided to repost/forward

30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself

When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a…

Yipee!!! :) Check this out guys!

thetravelingheels:

Our schedule for this April is a bit tight, I know. The first session is 10 days from now so I’ll be giving a special price for April 21 if you enroll with the special discount code from our special guest fashion bloggers. (Read on to find out who!)

You can choose between two dates: April 21…

IT’S OFFICIAL, “THRONES” SEASON 3 HAS BEEN RENEWED

(credits to hboasia.com for the image)

It’s all over the internet, the GoT community, and the news… radio news, that is.

Game of Thrones season 3 (The Storm of Swords) has been renewed after season 2’s “The North Remembers” and “The Night Lands” reached 3.86million and 2.8million viewers respectively. According to MTV news, the numbers are so steady it may even surpass Season 1’s average viewers (9.3mil in particular).

While season 2 is all about the rise of the kings:

1. Robb Stark-King in the North and King of the Trident
2. Balon Greyjoy-King of the Isles and of the North
3. Daenerys Targaryen-The Queen across the water
4. Stannis Baratheon-The King in the narrow sea, and
5. Joffrey Baratheon-The King on the Iron Throne 

and battles to take revenge, to take the Iron Throne, to take what is rightfully theirs, A Storm of Swords “picks up the story slightly before the end of its predecessor, A Clash of Kings” still with the war of the 5 houses over kingship plus a war raged by the King-beyond-the-wall (Mance Rayder). As everybody is busy with the war, the true enemy, what the Westeros called the Others, are on the move.

I’m sure Game of Thrones addicts are anxious-excited about this news… I know I am.

To know more about Season 2 synopsis (and get a glimpse of the images :D), visit www.hboasia.com , go to ORIGINALS and search for Game of Thrones. or you could just click here: http://www.hboasia.com/weboriginal/season/game-of-thrones-s201-the-north-remembers-11676

(sources: wikipedia, hboasia.com)

Some find him offending, most found him amusing.

After MoymoyPalaboy and MikeyBustos, another talented Filipino short video creator is making its way into the Filipino Youtube channels.

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Bogart the Explorer (tada!!!).

Bogart the Explorer (from Davao City) is a Steve Irwin impersonator (with Australian Accent and Kuya Kim outfit) who features anything and everything Filipino. He shows the “people” he features as “creatures”, even creating hilarious “scientific names” to better describe their work or “nature”. Just like any wildlife hosts, he “checks” and takes note of his subjects characteristics, even to the point of measuring them with a tape-measure (FUNNY!!!) lol :)

Viewing the responses, some Filipino were offended by how he shows the Filipino and Philippine flaws. They think that this is a bad-promotion. (tsktsktsk) 

Spending my college years commuting and living in Manila, I can say that these things do happen. And showing these flaws in a creative way is just like watching a satyrical play; it’s funny, but hurtful, but it’s a must to raise awareness to people.

So people, lets have an open mind on these things…ok? hihihi :D

A sample video is presented above (Bogart the Explorer Explores Quiapo). To view his other videos, go to http://www.youtube.com/user/FrontActHecklines?feature=watch

Make love not war, folks!

If you’re a BIG fan of the AVATAR-THE LEGEND OF AANG series, then you’ll surely be thrilled to know that another Avatar series will be aired this April 14 in the US http://www.nick.com/shows/legend-of-korra 

(Nick-Asia on the other hand has no announcement yet. I checked their web site [www.nick-asia.com] and no search results for The Legend of Korra appeared. I hope they will have the announcement soon…)

Here is a short background of the Legend of Korra series from avatar.wikia.com

“Avatar Korra, originally from the Southern Water Tribe, is the Avatar immediately succeeding Aang. A talented and eager-to-learn bender, Korra has already mastered waterbending, earthbending, and firebending, but has yet to conquer airbending.^[2] Hotheaded and rebellious, Korra fully accepts and relishes her role as “The Chosen One”, and believes that being a powerful bender is all that it takes to be a great Avatar. The resulting lack of spiritual development is one of the reasons Korra has been unable to overcome her airbending block or connect with the Spirit World”

Having “geeky” friends, I managed to watch the 1st 2 episodes of the series at www.kumby.com. Just search for the avatar, and the series will pop-up :) hehehe…

Have fun!!!

(ForMe emailed me this poster and I think it is so COOL that I need to share it with you guys)

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