Exercise ?

Over the weekend, I went to an event. As a networker, I exchanged namecards to those around there.

One lady, whom is on the plus size was intrigued by my namecard. This is how the back of my namecard looks like:


She asked me what is the secret, how many kgs I lost. I said 18kg in 9 months. Next, she asked "Need to exercise ah?"

I said "Yes, if you want permanent solution"

Yes, there may be shortcuts such as FitLine Weight Management, but for permanent solution, it has to be exercise. Period.

FitLine and dumbbells

For the past 2 years, whenever possible, whenever I walk, I will use 2x500ml water bottles as weights (cos I was too 'kiam siap' ie stingy to invest in dumbbells)

Things went fine until recently when I engaged a personal trainer. Want to tone up my arms and abdomen so that I look GREAT in sleeveless.

He suggested that I get dumbbells. Ok. Finally bought them, and finally using them for walks. Everyone was staring at me cos the dumbbells were PINK. haha.

What an attraction huh?

Holidays = FOOD = More exercise!

It is currently the holiday season. There is only a gap of 6 days between Christmas and New Year. Everyone is busy arranging time to meet up for catching up and of course, in accordance to the Malaysian culture, FOOD!

There was abundance of food and this also means ensuring exercise time. Made a trip to a local park, where there is a canopy walk. My last trip to the canopy walk was 5 years ago. Still remembered that I was panting the last time. This time round, it was a breeze (Thanks to FitLine!). Haha.



Me at the canopy walk. Not imposing at all, compared to the many team building activities I attended before.

Like this picture. Ray of light piercing through the foliage

Yesterday, passed this car enroute to the hill for my exercise. I have NEVER seen so many tissue boxes in a car. And mind you, all of the tissue boxes have tissue in them. Perhaps the family members of the car have a bad case of sinus?

Tissue car?

Till then, Happy New Year 2010! Great and abundant year ahead.

Nature, the natural destressor

I have been extremely busy for the past few weeks, that every night without fail, I just 'plonked' on my bed, and headed directly to zzz land. Didnt manage to even read a few pages of the book next to my bed, like what I usually do.

Why so extremely busy? I am just so excited about the upcoming trip to Germany in April 2010 and I really want to get everyone to go. It's so easy to qualify. Just be an IMM for one month, get RM13k paycheck and trip to Germany is FREE!

Thus, when I get the opportunity to go back to nature for my exercise, I really enjoy myself. Just enjoy the serenity, the insect creaking and greeny. And I feel the oneness with nature.

That's also my dream. To have a jungle reserve as my house backyard and facing the beach/sea. Wow.

Mini hill

The beach (no idea what is the name of this beach), which is the foot of the mini hill




The faithful mini hill, which had served me well, when I was back in my hometown

Ever since I conquered Mount Kinabalu in April, flat lands for exercise is no longer adequate for me. It has to be a combination of hills and flat land.

When I was back in my hometown, pre Mount K, I used to go to the park near my parents' home. Now, the park bores me. Not only it is packed, the place is small, thus I had to go a few rounds to fulfill my exercise quota.

Then, I found this mini hill, near the beach. Not too bad. I went up and down this hill for 5 times to get my cardio workout fix.

A few times, on the way down, passerbys wanted to give me a ride. Guess they are not used to people exercising on that mini hill.

This is my lifestyle - FitLine+exercise+good diet+hmmm...etc....

Back to exercise...yipeee!

I hadnt been able to exercise for more than a week. Last week, was in Singapore, totally, no time to exercise.

When I got back to KL, got news that I had to get back to my hometown. So jam packed everything in a day and got back to my hometown.

So totally no time to exercise.

When I finally had a chance to exercise today, my heart was leaping with joy! How much I miss the jungle and outdoors and working out my cardio...

Thank goodness for FitLine for the past 1.5 weeks to make sure my immunity is still strong. Things have been so hectic, personal and work wise.

Back to Exercise

I am so used to exercising daily that when I go for a few days without it, I think I have withdrawal symptom.

I hadnt been able to exercise 'properly' for the past 6 days. To me, 20 minutes of cycling (on sunday) or tonnes of walking (that's what happens in Singapore. you walk everywhere - to the MRT stop, to the taxi stand, etc) is not considered exercise.

Exercise to me is really sweating your shirt through.

So, for the past few days, I have been feeling very restless. Yes, I have been busy with business, but it just didnt feel right that I didnt exercise. Something was missing.

Alas, managed to exercise today! Feels good! All the endorphins secreted made me 'high'. And with the flu/fever virus in town, need to ensure that immune system is in tip top order. That includes lots of fresh fruits and vege, exercise and of FitLine!

Yes, back to exercise!

I hadnt been able to exercise for the past few days. Reason being, with all the chemicals in my hair (after going to the hair stylist) I cant wash my hair for 2 days.

Thus, I made a conscious effort NOT to exercise (how to stand sweat in the hair...all eekky and smelly???)

And, the 2 days were quite difficult. It felt strange that I didnt exercise. As though part of me didnt complete a certain ritual.

And I finally manage to resume my exercise today! Yippeee! (Note: I am still doing 70 floors even after Mount K. Is this addiction or what?)

From 75kg to 59kg...

The old me, at 75kg

The new me, at 59kg

The other day, met up with this prospect to share about FitLine. She is about 10kg above her ideal weight.

Since my greatest testimony with FitLine is my weight loss, I automatically fished out my 'before FitLine' (75kg) and 'after FitLine' (59kg). She immediately said to me that she is happy with her weight. OK. fine. looks like someone is in denial, like how I was for the many years before I finally decided to lose weight.

Well, that's the thing about weight loss and many other things in life. First things first. Need to admit that we are overweight.I was heavy and I was fine about my size. Losing weight was too much work. Exercising is not in my vocabulary. I love to eat. And when it finally hit me, I had to do what I had to do. So I decided to shed the kilos. Wasnt easy. Took a lot of determination. But most importantly, lifestyle change.

Now I enjoy exercising. I do it daily. Heck, I'm even going up Mount Kinabalu next year! I still love to eat. But I watch what I eat. Cut down on fried and oily food and lots of fresh fruits and vege. And I have maintained my weight since May 2008.Weight loss is a lifestyle change. Not a 3-4 months change.And the best part of showing my pictorial testimony - "Was this YOU???" Love that moment :) And yes, the pictures in this post are ME.

So wanna know how I did it? Just drop me a line. If I can do it, so CAN you!

Wow, so full of energy!

I was in Singapore over the weekend for a seminar. It was a 2 day seminar. The first day, the itinerary mentioned that it was supposed to end at 10pm. However, it dragged on until 1130pm. I looked around me. The majority of the crowd of 300+ pax were dozing off or yawning all the way...

Me, I was still wide eyed, like an owl. And I have FitLine to thank for my sustained energy.

The next day, we were supposed to get to the venue by 730am. So, all in all, by the time I reached home the night before, I had only 5 hours of sleep. And I was still alert, energetic and awake. The rest were complaining of fatigue. Again, thank you FitLine!

I came back on Monday, on a 5 hours journey coach. Watched 2.5 movies on the coach (0.5 movie because I didnt get to complete it) and slept about 20 minutes. Upon reaching KL, I was full swing into activities, ie drove to PJ to get my products, and my exercise of 1 hour up the Kiara Hill. Didnt manage to sweat it out in Singapore and boy I really missed my exercise!

When I called my family that night, all of them presumed that I was exhausted from the travelling. Honestly I wasnt. Even when I retired to bed, I was still wide eyed. And this is what FitLine is all about - Cell Energy Concept. Providing sustained energy to the cells throughout the day.

Isnt that what we need most? Urban life. With all the stress, mental and physical ongoings. All of us need the extra boost of energy, to keep going. And FitLine is able to do so. Other products talk about the greatness of their antioxidant or other potencies, but FitLine talks about Cell Energy Concept - getting energy to the cells, the basic living unit of our body, which matters the most.

So, my question to you is - Do You FitLine?

Excuse me, what did you do to lose weight?

I was doing my usual evening walk today, when a fellow walker staying in my condominium stopped and asked.

"Excuse me, you have lost a LOT of weight. What have you been doing?"

This is the moment that I always LOVE. People notice my weight loss, people stop to ask me how it's done, etc. And the best part is, I enjoy my current lifestyle of exercise and living healthily.

I'm currently 59kg, having lost 8kg in 3 months. And I have maintained my weight, since May 2008. I eat my meals, but of course, avoid oily and deep fried food. So I get the kicks too, when people ask me whether I eat rice or carbohydrate. The fact is, I still love to eat. Just that I choose what to eat. I avoid calorie laden food which lacks nutrition.

And when I exercise, I feel good. And when I feel good, I am able to perform better in my daily activities. And it's a cycle. A good cycle I should say.

And you must be wondering, how does the diet program work? Simple. You only need 3 months to start off with. After that, it's your choice whether you still want to lose more.

Month 1 - Replace breakfast and dinner with FitLine Gourmet Shake. Lunch - low carbohydrate. Lots of fruits and vege. Lots of plain water. No soda, coffee, alcohol. No snacking

Month 2 & 3 - Replace breakfast with FitLine Gourmet Shake. Lunch & dinner - low carbohydrate. Lots of fruits and vege. Lots of plain water. No soda. Little coffee, alcohol. No snacking

So that's it. Simple plan. And it WORKS! (cos many people, including myself did it)