Coffeeholic's Hour

Life can be full of surprises or mundane. It's about choices of how you want life turns out to be. After starting my intermittent fasting and workout, this is how I create my anticipation everyday: I look forward to morning stretch after waking up; I look forward to my lunch by 1145am already; I look forward to having a cuppa after lunch; I look forward to 5pm strength training because I saved a new training video last night; I look forward to profuse perspiration at first 10mins of workout; I look forward to cooling down period and my phone moment; I look forward to good bath; I look forward to leg lifts while viewing for new video before bed; I look forward to good night's sleep; And, I still can't wait to start a day with activities listed above. How you create many small excitement in a day is how you want to be responsible for living at every moment. Totally love the change of lifestyle and new norm of living in pandemic, and count my blessings for having a job to affo...

August 6 marked my 4-month of weight loss journey. When my weight was stagnant in the last two months, I hit the plateau already, which was sooner than I thought that's it. On second thought, I was thinking I was at certain weight below what I weighed currently so there must be way to get back. 2 months later, I broke the plateau and the weight further reduced 6 kg. What's more surprising to me is the reduction of my total body fat reduced by 4% while muscle mass increased by 7%. Right now, I am at the weight from 5 years ago, with less body fat and more muscle mass. Learning: Stay motivated by changing workout plan everyday. Those YouTube fitness videos are extremely helpful without thinking how to tweak your routine. If the mood says 30-min, then pick a 30-min routine; if you feel like doing 10-min today, then split 5-min each for upper and lower body. Everything is on your mind - learn one new move every week and practice it. You can't do it today doesn't mean you ca...