I’ve been stress-eating! Time for another 30-day Slim & Fit Challenge (Feb/Mar 2021)

Ever encountered lots of stress and ended up eating excessively to pamper yourself? Well, I’ve been under lots of work stress lately and found myself eating more ice cream and cheesecake in a month than I have in the past one year. For some reasons, I felt like I deserved those sweet treats after the hard work that I’ve put in.

But, that’s not right and not healthy. I can feel my shorts getting tighter by the day. Although it hasn’t reached the stage where I feel very out of shape, I think I need to nip the bad habit in the bud before it has the chance to deepen its roots and control my life.

Therefore, I’m urgently re-starting a new 30-day Slim & Fit Challenge. Hopefully, by the end of this challenge, I would have regained control of my eating and fitness habit. Without any further ado, let’s get this going. 

 

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30-Day Slim & Fit Challenge – Goals & Targets

I’ve done this slim & fit exercise so many times. So I won’t repeat too much. You can refer to previous Slim & Fit Challenges if you like to know my daily goals and how I track them. 

In short, my goals are to:

1. Exercise everyday (at least 30 minutes or 12k steps)
2. Eat within daily allowable calories and carbohydrates

 

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Live Health & Fitness Log 

I’ll post my daily fitness and diet progress here wef 15 Feb 2021 (yah, give me 2 more days to enjoy CNY feasting. LOL!). If you are joining me in this new challenge, do keep a daily log too as doing so will help you stay motivated. And don’t forget to take your BEFORE body measurements so that we would know how much we have improved at the end of the 30-day challenge.

Let’s get this ball rolling and start our healthy living!

Daily Exercise & Diet Log

Day	Date	Cardio	Steps	Strength (Upper)	Strength (Lower)	Diet
1	15 Feb	Jog (4.2km)	16,000	–	Squats (90 reps)	Pass
2	16 Feb	–	11,600	Sit-ups (90 reps)	Squats (90 reps) Squats w/ weight (80 reps) Hip Extension (90 reps) Side Leg Lifts (60 reps)	Pass
3	17 Feb	Jog (4.2km)	14,500	–	Squats (90 reps)	Pass
4	18 Feb	–	11,300	Sit-ups (90 reps)	Squats (90 reps) Squats w/ weight (80 reps) Hip Extension (90 reps) Side Leg Lifts (60 reps)	Pass
5	19 Feb	Jog (4.2km)	15,000	–	Squats (90 reps)	Pass
6	20 Feb (Sat)	–	14,000	–	–	Pass
7	21 Feb (Sun)	–	10,300	–	Squats (90 reps)	Fail
End of 1st week: I was very disciplined until weekends arrived. Indulged a lot. Will work it out next weekdays to compensate.
8	22 Feb (Mon)	Jog (4.2km)	18,000	Sit-ups (90 reps)	Squats (90 reps)	Pass
9	23 Feb (Tue)	–	10,100	Sit-ups (90 reps)	Squats (90 reps) Hip Extension (90 reps) Side Leg Lifts (60 reps)	Pass
10	24 Feb (Wed)	–	13,000	–	–	Pass
11	25 Feb (Thur)	–	12,100	Sit-ups (90 reps)	Squats (90 reps) Side Leg Lifts (60 reps)	Pass
12	26 Feb (Fri)	–	13,500	–	–	Pass
13	27 Feb (Sat)	–	12,700	–	–	Pass
14	28 Feb (Sun)	–	15,600	–	–	Fail
End of 2nd week:
15	1 Mar	Jog (4.2km), climb 20 storeys	15,400	Sit-ups (90 reps)	Squats (90 reps)	Pass
16	2 Mar	–	20,000	–	–	Pass
17	3 Mar	–	15,800	–	–	Fail
18	4 Mar	Jog (4.2km)	12,500	–	–	Pass
19	5 Mar	–	11,200	Sit-ups (90 reps)	Squats (90 reps) Hip Extension (90 reps) Side Leg Lifts (60 reps)	Pass
20	6 Mar (Sat)	–	14,400	–	–	Pass
21	7 Mar (Sun)	–	15,700	–	–	Fail
End of 3rd week:  It’s getting really tough in maintaining healthy diet, esp during weekends. Will make a mental note to not over-indulged when weekend comes.
22	8 Mar (Mon)	Jog (2km)	13,000	Sit-ups (90 reps) Bicep Curl (36 reps) Shoulder Press (36 reps) Tricep Extension (36 reps)	Squats (90 reps) Squats w/ weight (90 Reps) Hip Extension (90 reps) Side Leg Lifts (60 reps)	Pass
23	9 Mar	–	11,300	Sit-ups (90 reps) Bicep Curl (36 reps) Shoulder Press (36 reps) Tricep Extension (36 reps)	Squats (90 reps) Hip Extension (90 reps)	Fail
24	10 Mar	Jog (4km)	16,500	–	Squats (90 reps)	Pass
25	11 Mar	–		Sit-ups (90 reps) Bicep Curl (36 reps) Shoulder Press (36 reps) Tricep Extension (36 reps)	Squats (90 reps) Side Leg Lifts (60 reps)	Pass
26	12 Mar	–	12,600	–	–	Fail
27	13 Mar (Sat)	–	11,000	–	–	Pass
28	14 Mar (Sun)	Hiking	17,200	–	–	Fail
End of 4th week
29	15 Mar	Jog (4km)	15,400	–	Squats (90 reps)	Pass
30	16 Mar	–	15,600	–	–	Pass
End of 30-day Challenge Score: 23/30 (77%) Pass lah! :) RESULTS Thigh: -0.75 inch  Waist: -0.25 inch

*Set A (4.5 – 5.75kg dumbbell) = Per Arm  >>  Bicep Curl x 12 reps, Shoulder Press x 12 reps, Tricep Extension x 12 reps, Dumbbell row x 20 reps

^Set B (6kg ankle weight) = Per Leg  >>  Hip Extension x 30 reps, Donkey Kicks x 40 reps, Side Leg Lifts x 20 reps

 

Day	Date	Cardio	Steps	Strength (Upper)	Strength (Lower)	Diet / Overall
1	29 Mar (Mon)	Jog (4km)	15,600	–	Squats (90 reps)	–
2	30 Mar (Tues)	–	9100	Sit-ups (90 reps)	Squats (90 reps) Hip Extension (90 reps) Side Leg Lifts (60 reps)	–
3	31 Mar (Wed)	Jog (4km)			Squats (90 reps)
4	1 Apr (Thu)	Jog (2.3km)		–	Squats (90 reps)
5	2 Apr (Fri)
6	3 Apr (Sat)
7	4 Apr (Sun)
End of 1st week:
8	5 Apr
9	6 Apr
10	7 Apr
11	8 Apr
12	9 Apr
13	10 Apr (Sat)
14	11 Apr (Sun)
End of 2nd week:
End of 3rd week:
End of 4th week
End of 30-day Challenge Score:  RESULTS Thigh:   Waist:

*Set A (4.5 – 5.75kg dumbbell) = Per Arm  >>  Bicep Curl x 12 reps, Shoulder Press x 12 reps, Tricep Extension x 12 reps, Dumbbell row x 20 reps

^Set B (6kg ankle weight) = Per Leg  >>  Hip Extension x 30 reps, Donkey Kicks x 40 reps, Side Leg Lifts x 20 reps