I am only on the third day of my challenge and I am already having cheat days. I promised to have 30 Days of Sweat a couple of days ago and I have seemed to fulfill that this morning. 

I woke up with a heavy heart this morning. My Garmin decided to commit suicide the night before and I absolutely felt no motivation to train. I had to commit to my 30 days or it would just mean that I can’t keep up with what I want to do. My body still felt heavy and sore from the past two days of cardio so I did some weight training. 

It was a quick weight workout that ended in about 30 minutes. Just enough to make the sweat drip along my flabby chest. 

Just like yesterday, after the workout, I proceeded to clean myself up and get ready for work. The drive was insanely relaxing. I didn’t need to drop off my sister to work which meant the travel to the office was a lot faster and a lot smoother. Things started to pick up when I got to work. I quickly completed the task I had with me that was waiting yesterday. Lunch came and I felt absolutely guilty about what I ate afterwards. 

I knew that I had just only promised just 30 days of sweat and not 30 days of dieting. The fine print doesn’t included overeating enormous amounts of food. I must admit, the lunch buffet was one of the best meals I have had in a long time. Bistro Filipino by Chef Laudico offered an Ala Carte Buffet for their whole menu. We got to try majority of the food they served. Even without the fine print, I immensely feel guilty about over eating. I will never get thin again without fixing my food intake as well. 

The eating didn’t stop at lunch. Our office had a Christmas Mirienda set up for us APAC people. It meant more food for my belly. I managed to eat a lot less this time but it still consisted for much unneeded carbs that I wouldn’t have the chance to burn at the end of the day. 

End of day came at the office and I picked up Tricia at her office in Mckinley. We had dinner and we followed my friends for some good drinking time at Draft. I had a pint of beer. 

This day has been nothing but eating. I have not had the chance to feel hunger today. Something that, not that I realized it, has become so common in my daily routine. I much as I hate to admit it, I have been eating to much everyday and the exercise I do doesn’t even compensate for the carbs that I am taking in. 

As I am writing this, I am drinking another pint of beer. This should be my last for the rest of my challenge. I drink this glass for the January 2011 thin me. I toast this dark frothy beer for my past self that I so desperately want back again. 

Dimsum and Siomai 30 Days of Sweat Challenge Update:
Day 1: 80 Minute Spin at 80 RPM
Day 2: 30 Minute Run in the Morning. 45 Minute Spin and 15 Minute run in the evening.
Day 3: 4 Sets: 13 Bicep/Tricep Curls, 13 Plato Lifts, 40 crunches

Today marks the first day of the Dimsum and Siomai 30 Days of Sweat. It’s time to break this habit of growing fatter each and everyday. It’s time to lose all this belly mass that I have gained in the past 6 months. I want my old January 2011 thin self back.

30 days is enough to build a habit and I must keep to this if I want to start off the year of 2012 right. By the time this year ends along with the almost culmination of my 30 days of sweat, I would have been able to build the habit of working out again.

This evening, I spent a good 80 minutes on the trainer spinning at at least 80 rpm. I hope that burned some of the fat resting in my belly.

Inspired by @toowishy’s tweet

30 days is enough to build or cut down a habit.Try suthing new for 30days,make each month meaningful for the next year.