Workout Progress #2

Hi guys, I hope that you all are having a great day!

I’m more than happy to let all of you know that I’ve been sticking to my schedule and diets for the last one month and I’m amazed to see the difference by doing just basic stuff. All of you have been a great source of inspiration and help to me. THANK YOU ALL for all the encouraging comments and new ideas (in Workout Progress #1)

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I’ve finally started drinking green tea once every other day and I’m actually starting to like it a bit 🙂 I’ve also started making infused water and keeping my jug filled all the time! Thanks to all of you again!

After keeping my activities quite light and the diets very strict, I’m planning to alter both for this month. I’ll be increasing the level of my activities a tad and include some foods in my diet (as all the walks leave me hungry like an ogre!) What I’m planning to do this month:

  • 5 kms walk + 1 km jog everyday
  • 2 sets of 20 lunges and squats everyday
  • 15 minutes stretching everyday
  • 20 Surya Namaskar every week: 5 Surya Namaskar 4 days a week (Mon, Wed, Friday, Sunday)
  • 45 minutes of Zumba 3 times a week (Tue, Thur, Sat)
  • Atleast a glass of infused water and 1 glass of fresh juice.
  • 2 cups of green tea everyday
  • Adding 1 piece of chicken/fish twice a week and eggs every alternate day with oats. Also alternating oats with filling (but healthy) breakfast options like Salami sandwich, omelettes, parathas, etc.
  • Drinking a cup of milk every night.
  • And having dinner strictly before 7:30 every night.

I’m extremely excited to do all these things! I’ve already started doing some of the aforesaid things and so far I’m feeling quite comfortable. All the exercise makes me very tired and sleepy and as a result, I’ve stopped taking sleeping pills (I’m off all the pills and I feel amazing!)

On a side note, here’s a card for all of you that I just made:

HVD

Now I’m off to find my recipe journal for V’s valentine day surprise… Caramel Custard and Chocolate Brownie 😀 I’m gonna be extremely busy tomorrow making these treats and keeping V from sneaking into the kitchen 😉 What are your plans this Valentine’s day? Are you making something special or going out or simply taking a day off…???

Ciao ❤

Author: Heena Rathore P.

Heena is a published writer, novel critic and the chief editor at a local publishing house. Presently she is completing her degree in English Literature while also completing courses in Psychology from various international universities such as Yale University. She is a recipient of 2k20 Influential Women Award (Literature) and Top 100 Debut Novels By Indian Authors 2019. She is also a member of the Indian Author’s Association. Her works include Deceived, her debut novel, Life In Reverse: Big Bang Of Non-Fiction (co-author) and Pandemic, a collection of short stories (releasing by the end of 2020)

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  4. Yea, so glad you are now enjoying exercise – the healthful feel-good solution!
    Please be sure and get enough calcium in your diet (1,000 – I forget what the units are called, probably mg.). I learned a few years ago that it is also important for younger women because even in the 20s, women are continuing to build bone mass and then start losing it as early as 30s. Exercise is good for bone mass also, weight-bearing like you do.

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    1. Thanks a lot Dagny! I had no clue about bone mass. I’ll check out stuff that are high in calcium and will include them in my diet. Thanks a lot for such a precious information… you’re the best 🙂
      Do you think drinking milk twice daily will help increase it? Also if you know foods that are high in calcium then please let me know (always better to ask a friend than surfing on the internet!) 😀

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      1. All milk products are good. Three eight ounce glasses of milk if no other dairy products. Yogurt and cottage cheese are good choices. Cheese too (but have to watch the fat – I’d love to eat cheese all day long, lol).
        Salmon has good calcium (at least the canned variety), broccoli.

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        1. Thanks so much Dagny! I’ll add all these to my diet, well, except cheese or else I’ll also eat it all day 😉
          Will try and have as much milk as I can along with cottage cheese (I love it!) and will try to add others, that you mentioned, as well!
          Thanks a lot 🙂

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    1. Thanks 🙂
      And I can understand what you’re saying, it’s really very difficult to resist the urge to eat… but once you try and do it a couple of times, it won’t be that difficult 🙂 I hope you’ll be able to do it the next time you want to! All the best dear.

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            1. That’s great! But be careful as you might feel very hungry after the jog/walk. Try and drink a lot of water and have a fruit (preferably apple) 15 mins after your jog/run. It’ll help you to feel full and then make sure to eat something healthy, but light! If you feel hungry after food, have a cup of milk.
              I hope that you enjoy your jog/walk and do it more often 🙂
              Thanks for sharing… 😀

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                1. Hey there! Great start… though if you haven’t been walking before this, I’ll advise you to walk at normal pace (not brisk) for atleast a week regularly. Otherwise you’ll muscles and tissues might tear up, leading to a lot of pain.
                  And yea, it is hard but only in the beginning. I started with 1 km slow walk and now i brisk walk for 6 kms and jog for 1 km… 🙂

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  7. I think you are amazing to keep up with the schedule. I’m glad all the exercise is helping you get off sleeping pills, it’s great when you can find help naturally. thanks for the Valentine card and I wish you the happiest of Valentines to you! Keep on going- you’re doing great!

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