Fitness bunny.

Okok, I know this is really old news, but bear with me! Pictures from the day of the MU vs Malaysia match in Bukit Jalil. :P

Outfit:





Manchester United men's jersey: The boyfriend's
White knitted beanie: Sportsgirl
Studded bangles: Assorted
White leather sneakers: River Island
Bag: Miu Miu


Yaaa, I wore the boyfriend's jersey as a dress! :P With white shorts underneath, I don't want to flash my knickers while I am climbing those bleachers!

At first, the boyfriend was so gung-ho, he insisted on getting me a United women jersey. -__- I suggested he use the money to get me something from Topshop instead wtf.




The boyfriend and his friends/cousins hanging up the banner that he did.


Yes, my boyfriend painted TWO banners all by himself. (two banners: one for each half of the match) -__-

I should have taken a picture of him spray-painting (haha, ya, the boy bought spray paint to do up his banners!! So noob wtf)! With the few metres long white cloth spread out on the granite road, and him squatting beside it, spraying with great concentration... Classic! :P

By the way, the second banner reads: "Come back in 2011" ('cause apparently next year there's the EPL so they won't do tours like that).

The first banner? It goes:

"United. Kids. Wife. In that order."

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Let's say the boyfriend had a few knuckle sandwiches for lunch WTF. In actual, apparently this is a really famous saying. -__-

"Just for laughs", the boyfriend said.

HARRUMPH.

I shan't divulge how the boyfriend actually pacified me k, very miang, heh. But it doesn't involve diamonds la, what do you take me for wtf.



Anyway, non-football fans can breathe a sigh of relief! 'Cause that's all the pictures I have from the match; the rest are in the boyfriend's camera. I am sure you guys aren't interested to see good looking, sweaty men running around in very thin shorts without any underwear... *trails off*

Or maybe I should go get the pictures from the boyfriend right this instant wtf.

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Anyway, the reason why I chose to post up these MU pictures is 'cause Manchester United = football = exercise = health... which is quite related to what I am going to tell you all! :P




I am going through a major lifestyle overhaul. :)




In my last entry, I asked you all whether you know where I was... The answer is the Curve. The reason I was there wasn't because I desperately needed mushroom soup or 'cause of the weekend bazaar. It's 'cause I wanted to sign up for a gym membership!


It all started one night during dinner with two of my female colleagues. It was just the beginning of our off-peak period, which explains why we could actually meet up for dinner. Over the dinner, we talked about a lot of things; girlie stuff like make-up, beauty products, shopping, actors etc. We also talked about work. During our peak period, we were all at different client's offices, so we didn't see each other much. Even when we were at office, often, we were so busy we don't get to talk. So we shared about our work experiences... about the shitty clients, about the amount of stress, the workload. We talked about how little we slept during that period, how we didn't have any weekends.

Similar to my colleagues, I shared my life during what I call the Dark Times. I expected empathy. I expected words of encouragement. In a sadistic manner, I even expected some praise? ("wow, you have sacrificed so much for your job!")

But instead, my colleague looked at me with pity, and she told me:

"You don't know how to take care of yourself, don't you?"



And that, hit me like a huge slap in the face.



She is right.

I haven't been taking good care of myself. Granted, most auditors don't get enough sleep during peak period. But not only have I not been resting well, I have not been eating well, have not been exercising.. Heck, I don't even adhere to my beauty regime because I use the excuse that "I am too busy".

During the busy period, you will see me rushing my work after my working hours, 'cause I want to go home as early as I can. My colleagues would ask me out for dinner (before going back to work), and I would steadfastly refuse. Going for dinner would mean that I have to go home even later! So I stay on working. And we all know that work never ends. And I find myself working in the office till midnight, and by then, not only would I be exhausted, I would also be starving. So left with no choice, I find myself buying loads of junk from the office vending machine. Chocolates, nacho chips, sugar biscuits. Zero nutrients, but they kept me full. Besides that, time is ever so precious during the peak period. So I find myself going for fast food all the time. 3 times in a week? No problem. And because I stay out here alone, there is no one to cut fruits or cook yummy vegetables or boil home-cooked soup for me. And let's not even start on my lack of exercise. The only form of exercise I get is walking in OU in my heels. -_-


Which is why I decided enough's enough. My colleague is right. No one is going to take care of me, but myself. I have tortured my body enough for the past year, it's time for me to put a stop to that. I have also put on quite a bit of weight after I started work, which is inevitable, 'cause we remain seated at our desks almost all the time, and often my job requires me to eat at irregular times. Add that to that fact that I don't exercise at all... The amount of weight I have put on is quite scary. I want to lose weight. I want to get fit. Most importantly, I just want to take better care of myself.

Which is why I got myself into a 12-month gym membership. I am aiming for 3 workouts a week. I am currently at my first week, and I have already been to the gym twice, am going for the 3rd time of the week tomorrow. I have also started going for Pilates lessons, will see how that works out. :)

I am also making myself eat healthily. I am eating at least 2 servings of fruits a day, and have been starting my day with a slice of papaya every morning. I am trying to avoid carbs, 'cause carbs are evil wtf. I am also incorporating more vegetables into my daily diet. Trying to go for boiled, steamed, stir-fried.

This is not going to be easy, I know. It was quite a breeze to lose weight when I was younger. Besides the higher metabolism rate (oh, how I miss my teens), I could starve myself during the day ('cause nothing loses weight faster than starving + furious working out wtf), and it wouldn't matter. But now that I am working, I really can't afford to be hungry. If I am hungry, it will affect my performance at work during the day, and that's not an option. Due to the nature of my job, I am always sent to clients at different locations, and thus, I don't really have much choices when it comes to food because it would depend on what the location has to offer. Sometimes I am sent to factories or industrial zones, where all you have is the factory cafeteria, so it's going to be quite a challenge to eat healthily. I also recognise that whilst it's possible for me to work out 3 times a week now, it might pose a problem come my next busy period (Jan - June).


But I really want to do this. For myself.


Funny, that this was one of my new year's resolutions. I am 8 months too late, but better late than never.

You can do this, Hui Wen. :)