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Stellar day

Posted by: poundsaway on: January 24, 2009

Breakfast:
Eu Cha Kway, two strips (a Chinese snack – basically flour fried in oil. Not very healthy!)
1 slice of cheese
3 pineapple tarts
Lunch:
Brocolli, carrots and mushrooms – stir fry with garlic and water, no oil
1/4 Roast chicken, which I bought from Cold Storage
Snack: 4 slices of green apple
Dinner:
French beans and mushrooms, stir fry with garlic and [...]

A good week

Posted by: poundsaway on: July 21, 2008

I woke up exhausted today, and I wondered what in the world I did to make my body feel as if it has been put through the wringer. Then I remembered: I exercised four times a week last week! Woohoo!
Monday: 25minutes of light to moderate cardio, weight training for an hour
Wednesday: 20minutes of cardio, an [...]

Workout for March 5 to 11

Posted by: poundsaway on: March 12, 2007

I didn’t work out at all from the end of february to March 4 because it was an ultra hectic week that week.
However, bucked a little bit last week:
March 5: Cycling on stationery bike 55 minutes (550cals)
March 6: Cycling on Stationery bike 45 minutes + 5 minutes of aerobics (450cals)
March 10: Pilates, 1 hr + [...]

I heart Body Pump

Posted by: poundsaway on: February 24, 2007

Exercise: 1 hour of Body Pump + 15 minutes on the epileptical machin and 5 minutes on the threadmill
Breakfast: Pasta with tomato sauce and mushrooms with tuna. Lunch: 2 fried soft shell crab, mochi: 6, a bowl of salad with raw salmon slices, green tea, salmon maki. Dinner: Popiah
The pasta I took for breakfast fueled [...]

Food and exercise log

Posted by: poundsaway on: February 24, 2007

Feb 22:
Exercise: Cycling 20 minutes, gentle intervals
Lunch: spinach, white rice (fistful), sweet and sour chicken and buttered fish. Snack: Two pineapple slices. Dinner: brown rice, three pieces of buttered fish, fried squid, 1 egg with chilli and watercress soup, 2 persimmons
Feb 23
Exercise: Cycling 30 minutes (300cals) + 10min light aerobics
Breakfast: A bowl of watercress [...]

Biking away!

Posted by: poundsaway on: February 20, 2007

Activity: 35 minutes. Stationery bike, intervals, 17km. I went from 70rpm to 100rpm
Calories burnt: According to the activity calculator based on my weight – 450 cals
Watched Bones while I was cycling. Amazing how quickly time flies when you’re concentrating (and huffing and puffing) while watching something you like.
Having a harder time with food though. My [...]

Back in the gym

Posted by: poundsaway on: February 19, 2007

Epileptical machine: 5minutes (warm up) + 35 minutes (gentle intervals)
Full body Weight training: 40 minutes.
It’s nice to be in the old gym again. Was tempted to take a fizzy drink after the work out (ironically, the gym has fizzy drinks dispensers, which make me go: Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of working out?) and took [...]

Exercise log: Jan

Posted by: poundsaway on: January 2, 2007

I swam 10 laps in the apartment pool today – about 25 minutes, moderate intensity. According to the activity calculator, I burnt about 280 calories.