Recently I am swamped with work and studying for our subjects in Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning course in which we need not only to read but also to discuss in class and not to mention to come up with a paper as assignment. I would also check some emails and websites’ statuses after arriving at home. That would leave me at least 2 hrs of vacant time before starting my reading. I would also need to eat dinner in between. That is a lot of activity in a short span of time.

As a result, I could not even spare the time to go to the gym and had to resort to doing the exercises at home. I could schedule to jog at night but the recent rainy weather hinders it. Good thing there is Google and Youtube for an easy search for reference and here are a few notables:

Recently or shall we say since last Monday, I have been checking my food intake and trying to get back in eating healthy. One reason is my lack of time to exercise and it has been since I last went to the gym. It was already obvious that I got my beer belly bigger from the food trip and drinking spree last month. I was somewhat disappointed of allowing myself to get fatter and losing routine exercise that I have been doing in years. I guess the statement “New Year, New Me” will apply this time.

First of is the diet of vegetables and fruit, that is during lunch. I was trying to avoid eating breakfast and just stick with coffee but then going to work in the morning with just a caffeine-filled stomach is seem lacking. Anyhow, the control of rice intake is also a major concern. We know that most of us Filipinos could not start the day without eating at least one cup. Rice in breakfast and lunch sounds okay, though I am looking for alternates like boiled bananas. For the other menu options, I think I’ll be checking again the diet books I bought from Booksale.

Next is doing exercise. I used to go to the gym on mornings and take a short jog at the Iloilo Esplanade on evenings. That was during the early months when I started to workout. Now my feet easily hurt after a few minutes of non-stop jog. I might need to do a series of leg exercise each day. For the upper body, I would start again with the basics though my problem is the time to at least do one hour of workout. I would still consider my old gym near Robinsons Iloilo. Home workout is also another option and there are lots of routine exercises for reference on Youtube.

So that is two major points for now. It is the fourth day already and I needed to be strict with the routine. Eating can be controlled and drinking sessions can be avoided, or is it?