Week 47 runs from Monday 16th November — Sunday 22nd November, 2020.

I am currently following Chloe Ting’s Get Peachy Challenge program. For this challenge, I always start the workout with Natacha Océane’s 10min Warm Up. I won’t be listing it under ‘videos completed’ every day anymore because I literally use this warm up every single time.

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11/16 – Monday. Get Peachy Challenge Day 18 Completed 18:30.
Videos completed: Chloe Ting Toned Arms, Chloe Ting Abs in 2 Weeks, MadFit 5min Cool Down (loosely followed).

Today I really wasn’t sure if I was going to exercise. I’ve been expecting my period to start and have definitely felt a bit more tired and emotional. I’m glad I did exercise in the end! I felt weaker than before but I always feel weaker right around the start of my period, so that isn’t anything to be alarmed by.

I originally planned to do my other weighted ab workout too but honestly, it wasn’t going to happen. I almost quit half way through Chloe’s 2 Week Ab video because I was feeling really tired, but I’m glad I didn’t! Literally Chloe said “Don’t give up now!” at that very moment so I took some extra rest time and pushed through.

I felt a lot more energised after the workout though so that was great! Food wise, we’ve been eating out a lot lately. Oh, that said, last night I made chicken tikka masala and it tasted delicious. I had some leftovers for lunch today, then for dinner we ordered from Ros Ni Yom again.

We need to go grocery shopping but also I was just tired today. My average weight actually decreased last week, which was surprising given that I usually bloat more and eat more junk and thus gain more weight when I PMS. However, I guess last week was more stressful for me so I ate less because of it.

Sleep Time	Wake Time	Hrs Slept	Restful Sleep	Disruptions	Awoke Feeling	Weight
23:55	08:45	8hr 50min	??	None	Decently rested	119.8lbs

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Week 46 runs from Monday 9th November — Sunday 15th November, 2020.

I am currently following Chloe Ting’s Get Peachy Challenge program. For this challenge, I always start the workout with Natacha Océane’s 10min Warm Up. I won’t be listing it under ‘videos completed’ every day anymore because I literally use this warm up every single time.

For more information on what, why and how I’m tracking everything, including my health & fitness goals, please click here. To skip to the end of week summary, please click here.

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11/9 – Monday. Rest.

I wasn’t planning to rest today, but I guess I got distracted this morning and then the day kinda disappeared from there. I also haven’t slept enough for the past couple of days so I dunno, maybe I’ve been low energy. I’m not really feeling sore from yesterday’s workout, which is quite a win though :)

It looks like I’ve been eating at maintenance fairly easily lately, though I feel like I was sort of careful with my diet last week, so I am a bit surprised I haven’t lost any weight. However, my period is coming up and I have no doubt that I’ll be retaining extra water weight at least until next week, so we’ll see what happens after that.

I’ve been eating very happily and satisfactorily with my sushi, protein bars, wraps, burgers — oh that’s right I had Habit Burger twice last week okay no wonder no weight loss happened HA. Nevermind!

I was very proud of my before/progress photo though! If you haven’t seen it and want to, please check it out here.

Sleep Time	Wake Time	Hrs Slept	Restful Sleep	Disruptions	Awoke Feeling	Weight
02:35	09:20	6hr 45min	3hr 50min	None	Somewhat rested	119.4lbs

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Week 45 runs from Monday 2nd November — Sunday 8th November, 2020.

I am currently following Chloe Ting’s Get Peachy Challenge program. For this challenge, I always start the workout with Natacha Océane’s 10min Warm Up. I won’t be listing it under ‘videos completed’ every day anymore because I literally use this warm up every single time.

For more information on what, why and how I’m tracking everything, including my health & fitness goals, please click here. To skip to the end of week summary, please click here.

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11/2 – Monday. Get Peachy Challenge Day 12 Completed 11:34.
Videos completed: Chloe Ting Hourglass Workout, MadFit 15min Cool Down.

Originally I was planning to do Elizabeth Chu’s weighted ab workout after Chloe’s workout but, again, I vastly overestimated how much energy I would have left haha. I think today’s workout length was really good for me as well. I exercised fasted and it took me about an hour to finish the workout. That was plenty for the day.

Why did I exercise fasted and what is up with that crazy weight gain, you ask? Wasn’t I 119lbs yesterday and all of a sudden I’m 120.6lbs? Hahah. Well, last night Jacky and I decided it’d be a great idea to eat instant noodles and ice cream at like 1am. So, yep. I was not hungry at all when I woke up, and half of that junk food is still in my system. It should be gone after I finish digesting today though haha.

That said, I will be expecting increased bloating and water retention in the next week or so, because monthly bleeding… yay. <– I jest. It is a pain (literally) sometimes but the fact that I am a menstruating woman means that I have an opportunity to become pregnant, should God ever choose to gift us with children one day.

The older I get, the more I realise this is not to be taken for granted. So, I may joke about it, but in my heart I am very thankful that I still have regular periods. And I really don’t mind having another reason to eat some hearty soul food every month hehe.

Sleep Time	Wake Time	Hrs Slept	Restful Sleep	Disruptions	Awoke Feeling	Weight
01:55	08:40	6hr 45min	4hr 15min	None	Somewhat rested	120.6lbs

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Week 44 runs from Monday 26th October — Sunday 1st November, 2020.

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10/26 – Monday. Completed 19:19.
Videos completed: Natacha Océane 10min Warm Up, Chloe Ting Best Booty Workout, Pamela Reif 15min Daily Stretch.

Wow it really looks like my period bloating went down because apparently I am 118.6lbs as of this morning. I was expecting to drop into the 118’s this week but I didn’t realise it’d be that fast, especially since I hadn’t really eaten diet foods or exercised much last week.

However, I was trying to eat at/around maintenance and tried to ensure I did not overeat. I also played piano a few times last week, which increased my NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis; basically calories I burned outside of exercising). I didn’t think it’d burn that many calories but maybe it does because my Apple Watch counted exercise minutes and a few hundred additional calories burned from my piano playing. I was sweating after playing for an hour or so, I guess.

I almost didn’t work out today but in the evening decided I still really wanted to exercise, so I ended up doing today’s videos after all! I’m glad I did because I felt much more energised afterwards.

I used 5lb dumbbells (with a 4lb extra weight for the squats) and a light resistance band for today. I think that was enough; I don’t think I trained to failure, but I didn’t want to over-exercise and be so sore I can’t do anything the next few days.

Tomorrow I will still be aiming to follow Chloe’s schedule with the 6 Pack Abs video first, but for Day 11 I will try doing her 2 Week Abs video after the arms video so I have enough strength to properly work my arm muscles first.

Food-wise I had a large pasta dinner with a protein bar and a decent sized brunch with coffee, plus a small smoothie snack between the two meals. Not sure how that will affect my weight tomorrow but we’ll see. I think it will remain about the same?

Either way I am so impressed to see 118 on the scale. I’m pretty sure the last time I weighed less than 119lbs, my body composition was very different and I was two dress sizes larger. I think it was something like 10yrs ago. Only 3-4lbs left to go to reach my initial target weight of 115lbs, but right now I’m not actually counting calories, nor do I feel like I’m on a diet, so I guess I can just keep tracking to see when my weight loss plateaus.

To clarify though: I did track my calories for about a week (I even weighed out my food), so even if I’m not tracking these days I still have an idea of approx calories I’ve eaten. Every few weeks I sort of track for a day just to make sure I’m still fairly accurate with my estimates.

I do eat what I want these days but much of the time I want healthy, nutritious food. Plus I love vegetables, which is very filling whilst being low in calories. That’s probably why I can get away with eating until I’m full, still have junk food every now and again, and still lose weight.

Sleep Time	Wake Time	Hrs Slept	Restful Sleep	Disruptions	Awoke Feeling	Weight
01:15	09:50	8hr 30min	??	1x	Somewhat rested	118.6lbs

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