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#sweatwithLA The night before, I estimated that commute would take 40-45 mins, locating parking and walking to the meetup would take 15 mins. What I didn't account for was me snoozing the alarm and oversleeping for almost an hour. Luckily my timeline previously was to be at Grand Park by 8am; the workouts would start promptly at 8:45 am. I pick up my friend, and of course it takes us more than 10 mins to actually find parking. Then we speed-walk to the original location of the meetup, but there's another event happening, so we speed-walk to another area of the park. We made it right when they were finishing up the yoga warmup. This was my first BBG meetup and also the first time doing the workouts in a group/workout buddy setting. Although my friend and I whined occasionally: "omgg my abs are on fire; wehh; what, still 2 more mins??" It was a great experience to see so many other girls working out and pushing themselves - that truly motivated me to work hard...

Saturday Had to run errands and revolved them around the vicinity of the gym. I was a little short on time and also kind of sore, so I did a fasted ARMS & ABS cardio circuit: -pushups -squat and press with dumb bells -tricep dip -decline pushups -mountain climbers -jumping jack & jump rope -ab twist -straight leg sit ups -bicycles -box jumps Afterwards, I had some more time to kill and was also quite energetic (cellucor preworkout) so I did: -face pulls -single arm lat pull downs -chest press and flyes On this day I didn't do the high-impact cardio parts as vigorously as I would've liked. Why? Because the sports bra I was wearing did not have much support. I tried to do HIIT box jumps but had to quit because, hey, I don't want saggy boobs in the future - "physical activity subjects your breasts to stress that can cause breast tissues to stretch out over time." :O uh nooo haha

Tuesday, Jan 27 Workout: Didn't workout this day. Still ate low carb/keto &  kept full with the Costco Mamma chia blackberry hibiscus drink . A bit too sweet for me but the whole bottle only has 64 g of carbs and it can last you for a whole week. Also , I rearranged my clothes and truly found out how many sports bras I own! Seeing all the sports bras I own, I feel like I should be a buff girl by now! haha why is getting abs and growing a butt hard? I must like food too much? That must be it. Wednesday, Jan 28 Workout: Fasted cardio in the morning 4 rounds of 7 minute HIIT Ate Souplantation but stayed away from the carby stuff (pasta and baked goods). In the evening after work, I felt like doing more cardio since I had a buffet of veggies earlier o:). Did Kayla Itsines week 4 Wednesday (arms & ABs) workout. It also helped energize me to work on my research paper. Thursday, Jan 29 Finally done with my month long course that I had to wake up early ...

So yesterday (Sunday), I had a guiltless Carb day ! I made a sandwich, ate BBQ chips, chomped on Haagen Dazs, peeled at a sweet potato, gulped down sugary cereal with milk. The only thing I didn't get my grubby hands on was beer... :( Maybe I'll let myself have one this weekend. Though Sunday was guiltless and fun, I woke up today feeling a bit bloated. haah oh carbs, we had our fun, but now I am going to do KETO until V-day weekend. Wish me luck. It's only been one day and already a bit hard. But I realized today that chia seeds do indeed help curb hunger, especially since I've been a bit busy and didn't pack myself keto-friendly snacks. This morning I did Kayla Itsines Week 4 Monday Legs  workout, while fasted. Then afterwards I had a bit of fun practicing the forearm headstand. I'm apparently not too adventurous, nor reckless, cause I need the wall and also have the bed as a safeguard. HAHA, I'm so scared to bend over backwards and hurt myself. The...

My bebbers is already buff so I'm still trying to play catch up. I absolutely, really want to take a 'buff' picture with him :) Motivation: