Week 1 Day 1: The Fit & Sexy Summer Challenge

Image from Women's Health Philippines

For the past few weeks, I've been having second thoughts if I should join the Fit & Sexy Summer Challenge. The deadline is yesterday and at almost exactly 3 PM, I just went on with the purchase.

The Fit & Sexy Summer Challenge is a 3-week body makeover - intense boot camp-style workout sessions at Crossfit MNL + nutritional support provided by The Sexy Chef through a specially designed menu of healthy lunch & dinner meals packed with fat-fighting nutrients delivered Monday-Friday, right to your doorstep!

- From The Sexy Chef website

Today is the the first day and I woke up early at 9 AM to prepare for my very first crossfit boot camp session.

Breakfast:

1 small PB&J sandwich (Smucker's Goober Strawberry)

1 cup hot Milo

On the way to the gym, I stopped by Shopwise to buy some bananas and 90 mL Dutch Mill yoghurt drink which will be my breakfast after I run out of bread. This was my original choice for breakfast but forgot to buy them yesterday and the only place left open last night where I could buy proper food was the bakery near our apartment.

At 10:30 AM, I got out of Shopwise and proceeded to the gym. It was a short jeepney ride, then a few minutes walk and at 10:45 I arrived at Crossfit MNL Makati branch. They seemed unprepared in receiving customers from The Sexy Chef challenge but nevertheless, I was not inconvenienced and was able to join the 11:15 AM boot camp session.

There were just five of us - four girls and one guy, then coach Kirby. I was immediately recognized as a first-timer. I am very grateful that they went easy on me as I haven't been working out for a few months now - I am sooo out of shape and I just recovered from being sick for the past 2 weeks.

The session started with a 200-meter run outside of the gym then a few minutes warm-up. Then all hell breaks loose. Okay, I guess that was just for me. There were a lot of burpees, running, kettle bells - the horror, but a reasonable punishment for a lazy person like me who's been keeping out of shape for a while now. That's why when I saw the picture above from Women's Health PH, I thought it was very appropriate.

That went on for about 45 minutes. I was barely doing any burpees on the second exercise. I couldn't catch my breath and I had to drink water every minute because my mouth is getting dry with all the panting. Geez, I feel really old!

Thankfully, the last 15 minutes were just planks and my previous physical trainer has made me do a lot of those before. The only bad thing was the 100-meter run in between planks while my legs are already jelly-like.

The workout ended with some stretches and they applauded me for surviving my first crossfit boot camp session. Yey! :D

There was just one shower and fortunately, all the other girls didn't use it so I had it to myself. The walk from the gym to the office was a cherry on top - I walked really really slowly and my shoulders are hurting with my heavy bags over them. Oh God, kill me now.

I arrived in the office at 1 PM. Yes, I survived Day 1! I have really got to build up my endurance and stamina if I want to survive the next 3 weeks. It's almost 2:30 PM and my food for today has not arrived yet. Will update this post later then! :)

My food arrived at 3:30 PM which is fine because any time before that would have been too early. I sleep at 2 AM earliest and I wouldn't want to starve too much at night.

Lunch:

Pasta Pomodoro

2 pcs. Chicken Pesto Tea Sandwich

The lunch is soooooo good, and I am just the right kind of full. :) Healthy food never tasted this good! <3 Looking forward to dinner, though this one I have already tried before when I was just trying out The Sexy Chef and purchased the 5-day Health Bar package. Be back later after dinner! :)

Dinner:

McSteamy Burger

Garden Salad w/ Creamy Sesame Dressing

The burger tastes soooo good with cheese. Thank you for putting cheese in! But the patty is a little bit too big that your taste buds will get tired of its taste by the time you finish. The sesame dressing tastes great and I really enjoyed this salad - this coming from a salad-hater. The combination of the burger and the salad makes me happy. :)

See you tomorrow for Day 2!