808 Happy and Healthy

Change, evolve, adapt... Stress is the motivator for change.  I was diagnosed at 19 years old with hypertension.  So young to have this problem.  I was trying to get into nursing school at that time and started taking medications to help manage this problem.  After my complicated pregnancy, I change my eating habits, started exercising and was able lose weight which help decrease my blood pressure.   I had permission from my doctors to stop my medication.  These past few months I've been going through a lot of work related stress.  In October the doctor said I had to restart medication because my blood pressure was high again.   This made me upset because I had maintain my 50 pound weight loss so I couldn't understand why my healthy lifestyle was no longer helping me management my blood pressure. Stress?  Genetics?   I had lost motivation in my health.  I am still working out and eating healthy but a little bit of me feels l...

I did another round (8 miles) of the the Great Aloha run with my daughter.   This is my 5 year doing the GAR!  I did not trained as much as I like.  I normally do training after holiday to get rid of the holiday fat.  It was fun to get out and do it, but I told myself I need to keep up with running this year to help my maintained my weight.  I have not been working out as much as I like too. Because of my goals to run more I decided to keep motivated by signing up for the Honolulu Marathon.  Yes call me crazy!  Can I actually do this 26 mile run?  Well I did a 16 mile hike once.   Why not 😝😝

My insurance offers a free gym membership that starts this year, 2017.  UFC is not part of my insurance's approved gyms.  So I discontinued my UFC membership.  I was paying about $90 a month and not making use of the ultimate membership.  The only reason why I like to go was because the gym was close to my work. Right around the time I decided to stop my UFC membership, I had an ankle injury.  I haven't been in the gym since October.  Then I went to Disneyland with my family, enjoyed the holidays, my family and I got sick, and indulge during the birthdays of my fiance and mom.  My workouts and eating were wack!  I gained almost 12 pounds.  I was at my lowest weight at 128 and went up to 142 pounds 😢 After my mom's birthday I told myself lets get serious now.  I signed up for 24 Hour Fitness.  I paid $200 initiation fee, which is not too bad because I do not need to pay a monthly fee.  The nice part of my insurance ...

These past few months I am been in a runt in my health and fitness.  I started Hammer & Chisel and lost more weight, but afterwards work stress started to catch up with me.  I have not been in the mood to workout, keep up with meal plan and eat healthy.  I feel like all I want is to be alone.  I feel stressed out =(  I love my family but I just want my me time. Then I get the comments about how I dont look good.  I look better fat.  I guess I lost too much weight too fast.  Then again this past week I have not been feeling good. So I use to go to the gym.  I was a member of 24 Hour Fitness when I first was trying to lose weight.  I cancelled this membership and signed up for UFC, but as a new mom and working full time, this gym did not work for me.  I started to workout at home with Beachbody programs.  They were very convenient and help me lose the weight.   I use to work out at 5AM, then got ready and dropped ...

We got free tickets from Yelp to do the Banana Man run!!!

I enjoyed weight lifting with Sagi in Body Beast and Autumn with 21 day fix and 21 day fix extreme so when I heard that they collaborated and made a program together I could not wait to try it!!! H&C program has 12 different workouts about, 30-40 minutes long and incorporates stabilization, strength and power.  It comes with 21 day fix colored containers with expanded food list and more recipes, no repeats if you have their previous programs.   January 11, 2016 before H&C Weight 141 Chest 34 Arm  11 right 11 left  Waist 29 Hips 34  legs 19 right 19 left March 21, 2015 after  H&C Weight 130 Chest 33.5 Arm  10 3/4 left 11? Right  Waist 28.5 Hips 33.5 legs 18.5 right 18.5 left This program reminded me of p90x3.  I still enjoy doing the weight lifting part.  I realize I hate endurance training 😳  

So I did not get to run the GAR 😐 because baby girl kept trying to get out of her stroller.  She was wanted to run too!! We had a good time.  Well I will admit, I was not training as much as I like to.