My Blogilates Challenge

Sara Blogs Pilates. My journey to a healthier body and mind.

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Happy

I wanna be happy. That's really all I want.

For starters, I'm going out to dinner with a friend and her husband. She's 5 months pregnant. So humbled and blessed to be able to share this moment with her.

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Life update, diagnosis, etc.

Hello healthy people!

I'm really sorry that I stopped updating on my workout challenge. Things haven't been the brightest lately. I was going through a very difficult time with school and myself.

In my first post, I wrote about how I have difficulties in committing to anything in my life. I guess this was one of those things. I stumbled upon this blog again and decided to give you guys an update.

I actually have followers! What do you know! Thank you for wishing me luck on my challenge.

Very recently I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I had troubles sleeping, eating, going to classes, waking up, doing laundry, and almost every basic daily living tasks. I was literally on bed for days doing nothing. I didn't have the urge to do anything at all. When people who are close to me asked what is it that I do when I can't sleep. I don't really know the answer. Sometimes days would just pass by and I didn't care for it. Due to this, I had to defer a year of school to get better and get used to my medications.

There's a lot of mixed feelings. I am not sure how I am suppose to feel. Sometimes I just pretend it never happened. It's been almost a month that I have stopped taking my medications. I wasn't really keen on the idea of gaining weight and being sleepy all the time. Plus, my parents aren't big fans of taking those pills. Well, probably because they don't know the whole story.

Well, since I am 21 and an adult, my parents don't really have to know about it. Since I'm broke and meds are expensive, I decided to stop seeing the doctor completely. However, I have been having random breakdowns, I might see her some time this week....

I don't know. I feel like there's a completely different approach that I can take. I don't want to be fixed to a particular set of prescriptions to be better and feel better about myself. 

Well, enough rambling. I hope everyone else have a healthy year. Sending positive vibes to y'all.

Love, Sara

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Daily Health And Fitness Inspiration

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Day 4

Hello healthy people!

Fiuhhh. What a crazy weekend. I have 5 papers to sit for next week so I've been cramming like a maniac. But I am so happy to find some time to do some of the videos today. 

Here are the videos for Day 4:

Videos

So far, this has been the easiest for me so far. I am generally very flexible so the stretching video was easy for me (and I used to do yoga!). And the rest was a lot of fun. I love the cardio video, very simple but it really gets your heartbeat up! And the bubble butt was slightly more difficult, just because I never really work on my butt (not that I have a butt, it's really small :/ LOL body issues...)

And I have been eating a lot of vegetables like spinach and tomatoes. For those who know me, this is A BIG DEAL cause I hate veges! I don't know why, I just never liked it.

More eggs and mushrooms in my diet too. Not for any particular reason though.

What's your progress on the calendar? Let me know!

Love,

Sara

p.s. I realised that I missed the 10 Burpees. Will do them now! :)

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Day 3

Hello everyone. 

I am back. I've been really sick and busy studying for finals. But I made some time to do Pilates today. And I'm glad I did.

In the morning, I did 10 roll-ups and had a very healthy brunch. As you should know by now, I'm not really a morning person, and especially this week when I sleep at 4am reading and cramming for finals.

I had scrambled eggs, bread and cranberry juice.

Also did 

Fat Burning Cardio Warmup

and

Total Body Pilates Workout with Ana Caban & Blogilates

I really enjoyed today's workout. Especially Cardio! I love getting my heart beat going! 

The second video was basically a few basic Pilates moves like the roll up, kneeling side series, half cobra, banana teaser twist etc.

I'm so happy that I even know most of the moves now.

I have a paper tomorrow but hopefully I'll find some time at night to do Day 4.

Wish me luck (for both exams and Pilates)!

How are you doing with your calendar?

Let me know.

Love, Sara

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Hey I started the blogilates beginner's calendar today and I just wanted to say that I think it's great you are doing this! I like reading your posts and seeing how other people are doing! :) Good luck!

Hi Melissa! Welcome to the community! I'm on my third day so far and I feel great. Looking forward to hearing from you again :) Good luck!

Love,Sara 

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The plank position is all you could possibly want from an exercise: easy, basic and effective.  Not only does the plank position help you get you a toned and solid abdominal

Read more: http://www.fitnessrepublic.com/fitness/how-to-master-the-plank-position.html

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Not Really Day 3

Hi. I have finals tomorrow and I still have so much to cover so I'm skipping today's workout. I did do roll-ups in the morning though! And my throat is getting worst. I hope I don't have to go see a doctor or anything. I can feel a fever coming. Bad timing. Hope everyone else had a better day. Love, Sara

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Day 2 (Ab time! & ABC Abs)

Hello again. This will be my second entry today. 

I spent the whole day studying and putting make up on. I realised that I haven't been out of this apartment for 4 days. So, I took the extra time to wear something nice (been wearing pyjamas for 4 days straight!) and went out for sushi and coffee. 

I also had a wonderful time in the coffee shop, reading my notes and had a large size Ginger Latte.

I've procrastinated a lot on the idea of even working out today, but I did it at 10pm and I know that's a little late, but I did it anyway :)

POP Pilates for Beginners: Ab Time!

For this routine, it was not that hard for me, I really enjoyed it. Especially the usual roll up and the knee-to-elbow plank.

However, I couldn't finish the second video :(

ABC Abs! | POP Pilates

THIS WAS CRAZZYYYYY!!

It's not beginner at all, and I literally gave up for the second part. I think I have a long way to go, before I can master this routine.

I'll try again next week. 

However, I did get the first part done. Spelling healthy food was definitely easier.

On the other hand, spelling cheap food was a painnnnnnn.

How was your workout? Let me know!

Love, (with very sore abs)

Sara

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Day 2 (The Plank)

Good morning healthy people!

Woke up pretty late today, about 12pm. Most probably because my sleeping schedule is still a little messed up and because it rained in the morning! Lol.

I slept around 1am and my sleep was interrupted when my boyfriend called at 3 in the morning! He's in another country, so he is forgiven :) 

Woke up, made my bed, and cleaned my room. 

Had black coffee and eggs for breakfast.

Side note: Please check out this app called Lift. It's a great app for keeping track of your progresses, achieving goals and etc. I've been using it for 2 days now, and I have been more productive than the past few weeks. 

 After breakfast, I did a 1-min plank (OK I lied, I think I did about 30 seconds and put my knees down, and did another 30 seconds. I will try again after this blogpost)

My whole body is sore and I'm pretty sure it's because I haven't been working out for a while and my body is in shock. But don't fret. The day is long, and I'm looking forward to do the other 2 routines for today!

How was your morning?

Love,

Sara

UPDATE: Successfully completed a 1 minute and 4 seconds plank. Aiming for 1 minute and 15 seconds for next week!

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Day 1

Hello. Today was my first day of the challenge. Had so much! I'm sweating! And my abs are sore!

I especially love the roll-up moves! The leg workout was so crazy. I could feel my thighs burning, especially during the tiny circles. Had to actually stop a few times during the video. I will work on it. I promise!

POP Pilates for Beginners - Total Body Workout

p.s. I had a very unhealthy meal today. Ate pizza left overs and instant noodles. And had coffee right before the workout, which I shouldn't do again. I printed out the Blogilates meal plans and hopefully will start to follow it too! One at a time.

For those who just started on the calendar, good luck!

We can do this :)

Love,

Sara

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Blogilates Challenge Accepted

Hi. My name is Sara and I am 20 years old.

I have always had problems committing to anything, i.e. diet plans, hobbies etc.

Well, I thought I'd give this a try. And if I stopped posting, I suppose I have given up. And I am so tired of giving up and not finishing something.

I don't have much confidence for myself at this very moment, but hopefully things will change.

Wish me luck.

Love,

Sara