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Week 4: August Fitness Challenge + TT for you!

August 29, 2009

** FREE exercise programs to download below! ** Ramadan started last week and while I am not a Muslim, I live in an Islamic country and work in an environment with more than half of the people are Muslims who are fasting. While I am not required to fast, my routine during Ramadan drastically changes due to [...]

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Spur of the moment blog theme change and an inspiration

August 24, 2009

If you have visited my blog or jumped out from your RSS reader to comment (you’re subscribed, right?), you must have noticed the new blog look. So what happened here? I was in a different mood. One fine day, I just wanted peace, order and cleanliness in the blog front so I gave this blog [...]

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Week 3: August Fitness Challenge

August 22, 2009

I‘ve been asked by some people, how do you get started with a diet or exercise, especially if you’ve been leading a sedentary lifestyle for years? * First of all, it’s not smart to do drastic changes all at once. Consult your doctor first, especially if you have decided on embarking on a diet and [...]

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Week 2: August Fitness Challenge

August 15, 2009

Today, I’ll talk about the dressing room. Promise this is still fitness related! I seldom go shopping and if I do, I avoid the dressing room at all costs. I pick up a shirt/blouse with my size and immediately go straight to the counter. I know my size and I don’t want to waste my [...]

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Week 12: The 5th Transformation Contest ends

July 25, 2009

* Updated with photos, however not high-quality but still clear enough to dissect. * I can’t believe twelve weeks has passed since I joined the Turbulence Training transformation contest. So today, I look back and share some important realizations and lessons I have learned this past twelve weeks: 1. Everything I do will have consequences. Every [...]

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Week 10: Criticism at the gym

July 11, 2009

Just when I was thinking what to write for Week 10, an opportune moment presented itself: someone at the gym criticized me for the things I do! Right in front of my face, complete with body gestures like shaking head, flailing hands in the tune of “whatever!” and a pair of eyes looking at me [...]

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Week 9: The importance of planning

July 4, 2009

I can’t believe how fast time flies – when you’re having fun and when you’re trying to lose weight and seriously PLAN it. You’ve heard it a thousand times over, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” One of biggest factors to a successful weight/fat loss is setting goals. You don’t simply say, [...]

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Week 8: Busting the dreaded plateau

June 27, 2009

The Turbulence Training Transformation Contest is two-thirds finished. I can’t believe how fast eight weeks went! As I have written in the past week, I’ve entered into the dreaded weight loss plateau for the past two weeks. The scale did not budge. I’ve lost a dress/pant size but the scale says the same. Yesterday morning, [...]

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