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I love how Running is helping me  meet my weight targets.  Ever since I hit my 30s, I've been struggling with my weight.  I don't want to blame my pregnancy since my husband made sure I was within my weight limits then.  It began after I gave birth when I was free to choose what I ate, I found myself eating without control.  I used to think when I was in my twenties that hitting weights over 130 would be impossible.  My mom was 138 lbs and I thought she was huge.  This year, I hit that weight and I actually thought I was okay.  Cringe!@#! Thankfully, my husband got me already interested in running. Of course, I also realized its important to change my diet.  Just exercising without changing my diet proved futile in my earlier attempts to lose weight.  I finally found the diet and running combination that is now helping me lose weight.  I've lost 8 kg to date and I'm honestly taking it slow.  What's important is to change my lif...

I remember my trip in Macau several years ago and how I observed old people filling the parks in the morning doing martial arts.  Well, not that I feel as old, but I find myself loving the same exercise.  Its more of a breathing exercise and its not as easy as it looks.  Now I understand why those old people look stronger than the lolos and lolas here at home.  Even as young I am now, doing Tai Chi exercises make me feel so much better. I started doing Tai Chi in Fitness First after reading ChiRunning. Although its the first class on a Saturday morning (very fit for the old ones really), I now make it a point to drag myself out of bed.  Funny, our trainer is the youngest one in class, but the rest is older than me.  Makes me feel younger as well.  So one of my "Love" now is this new exercise.  Hope others discover it as well.  I've tried Pilates, Yoga and all are really great forms but I think the centuries old Tai Chi brings a sense of E...

I suppose I should be writing how I was starting to fall in love with running which was true 2 months ago. But throughout that period, I never thought of writing so I guess I missed the chance to express that feeling through this blog. Well, I started my spinning class this year again as a workout for my Marathon targets this year. Now that I've been missing my chances to join marathons, I'm just relieved I still get that adrenaline rush in my new spinning class. My spinning classes now are rescuing me from the temptation of just lazing around and worse, gaining more pounds. I guess it also brings back memories of the years before I got married when I lost a lot of weight from it. It was also my chance to immerse myself and just forget all my worries as I am doing now.