1500 CALORIE BURN CHALLENGE IN 3 DAYS | Exercise, Workouts, HIIT, and Food | Lose Weight in 3 Days

Actually I am aiming to challenge Shane, Abbey and Chat to lose 10,000 calories in a day but when I told that idea to Abbey, he frantically rejected the idea. He suggested to a thousand. But to make it challenging I raised the bar to 1,500 calories. 

My usual calories for an hour of exercise is 200. On that, I need to exercise almost 8 hours to achieve it. OMG! (Ano ba itong pinasok ko?) haha. On the first and second day, I am sad to say that I didin’t achieve it. My mind is literally cursing me for that decision haha. But on the third day and las hurrah of the Burn 1,500 calorie challenge! I fnally did it! Haha. 

From morning, Abbey and I ran/walk for about 10km just to achieve around 400. Direct from that first activity we went to the gym and burned around 600 there. Third activity is burpees and 10min walk exercise at the balcony that made reached the 1,500. 

That is F*** hard! But I really do lose weight on that burn 1500 calories challenge. Will I do it again? Yes! I will. Maybe one weekend in 2021. This is a good challenge for you and your friends this coming new year. JUST DO IT!

Singapore on Foot : Rediscovering Little Red Dot

This is my 10th year here in Singapore and I will confess that I didn’t YET visited all places of interest here in Little Red Dot! Like the famous murals... just visited it last month. (You can watch our less than 2minute clip at this link.) 

But I am proud to say that my husband and I completed the 36KM route of NParks Coast-to-Coast trails. That was last 2019. 

This year most of the leisurely activities were closed for months (COVID era) and for us to seize the moment we have tried to visit the parks, Sembawang, Waterway, Punggol Park, Sungei Buloh, Fort Canning to Marina Bay and longest walk/run for this year that we have done is from Upper Serangoon to Merlion Park which is 13.18km. 

 

Truly, you can explore Singapore by foot with an ease. They have a dedicated pathways for pedestrians and some of it are well covered either by the trees, buildings or by roofed walkways. You can download apps like Singapore Maps for you to pre-plan your trails. What is more rewarding? Strava and Health 365 which gives badges and vouchers respectively. 

Oh! We are all waiting for the LumiHealth app. LumiHealth is a partnership between Apple and Singapore’s Health Promotion Board to encourage the Singapore residents to be active and achieve a good night sleep. The benefit? eVouchers worth up to S$380.

Singapore is all known to be a city-state which only has 725.7 km2 and kuddos to NParks for their initiative to their Park Connectors Projects and Health Promotion Board for the health initiative apps.

This is SPARTA! I am a SPARTAN!

2020 is a year of uncertainty. I left my job and the weirdest thing all I want is to stay safe at home with my husband.

On my spare time last May, I took some free courses from IBM, YouTube and Udemy. Well, I just don’t want to waste my time on nonsense.

While waiting at the bus stop, I stumbled on SPARTA. With no hesitations, I registered right there and then and immediately finished my existing courses for me to start my journey to SPARTA.

Why I focus on SPARTA?

This year 2020, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) announced that there’s shortage of highly skilled professionals of 38-40 million and to address this problem, they launced the Project DARE (Data Analytics Raising Employment). Responding in to that concern, the Philippines, lead by DOST (Department of Sciece and Technology) developed the SPARTA (Smarter Philippines Through R&D, Training and Adoption) program.

DOST partners with Development Academy of the Philippines, Analytics Association of the Philippines and CourseBank targeting 30,000 scholars not only to be trained but also intends to retain and provide jobs for the scholars.

Yes! DOST! To be part of Philippines’ DOST is a prestigious moment for me.

Getting Grounded on Analytics

Essential Excel Skills for Data Preparation and Analysis

Dashboards and Drill-Down Analytics

Do not be fooled with the course. It is DOST. As scholars, you are expected to give the best out of you. It reminds me of my college days (professors giving the introduction but they are expecting that you will give the full report by next day), it gives me sleepless nights and I am exhausting all resources. As in all, not only internet but also the knowledge from my friends, nephews and nieces. It is challenging and exciting. Thrilling! My brain is churning! Woootwooot!

I finished three subjects as of now and can’t wait to finish the whole program. Imagine, your classmates now are your future colleagues after graduating.

Mabuhay SPARTA Scholars!