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Before and After photo!

Also updated some photos from this morning at Patrick's.

Day 90

I just finished my very last work out, and after work out snack and night snack. I picked Day 11. The day we had the earthquake. Since that day, everything was like a ride on roller coaster. And now I'm here, completed the 90 days somehow. Although, I'm coming in to Patrick's tomorrow morning for weigh in and photos, so it's not completely over yet...

My shoulders are sore, and I would very much like to sleep tonight, so more tomorrow...

Day 89

I'm at my parents' with my kids since last night, as my husband is away for his own thing. My son's having mild fever from yesterday, I'm having trouble with sleep, as he keeps waking up at night....

Anyhow, gathered myself, and started with jump rope in the rain. The rainy season started in Tokyo. And the super sets. OMG. My shoulders/arms were all sore, and my tummy was in pain I was not sure if I could be functional the rest of the day.

Went to a local semi-farmers market. Everything is cheap! JPY60 for a broccoli! JPY80 for a lettuce! JPY100 for a huge zucchini! JPY100 for a package of mushroom! 2 baskets of veggies for JPY3,500!! Easily 1/3 of the price compare to Tokyo... So prepped these tons of veggies for the rest of the stay. Yeah!

Finished up with local hot spring, and a local soba noodle restaurant where I had bonito sashimi only while the kids and my parents are having home made soba. I off course had some veggies which I prepared to complete my dinner at home.

One more day...

Day 88

The number of V-sits I could do until failure is becoming smaller and smaller every day....

Day 87

Did jump rope and exercise after kids went to school. Oh my shoulders are in pain....

Tried to do another 2 sets of jump rope after they went to sleep, but my son became grumpy and started vomiting.... Joy of parenting. He was like this for a couple of hours from 10 pm, and I just gave up and went to sleep with him after he fell asleep finally on a couch.

Day 86

Now I’m sitting in front of a gym which has huge glass windows that you can see people working out. Instead of asking some staff’s time, my husband suggested to observe without doing anything but sipping coffee after our burrito lunch for the homework assignment. This gym is supposedly famous, or that’s what they sell, for the workout you should have a personal trainer the entire time, and every staff is wearing Target T-shirt. I won’t reveal the name of the gym but it may give you a hint if you know of Roppongi area well.

Anyhow, some interesting things are going on. The machines they have are all painted red, which seems like their theme color. One guy is busy pulling the machine which looks like, supposedly to work your shoulders, with his back and the entire body. I can see what he is doing. Pulling. Yes, pulling. The weight in front of him going up and down, that’s what he’s aiming at. PULLING. Too bad his targeted muscle is not working, really. Then he moved onto another machine, started PULLING again. Too bad, his fore arms aren’t working out which that machine is designed to if he uses correctly.

Another guy is on a treadmill, with a female trainer, running so badly. Isn’t she supposed to be teaching him how to run….?

A woman is giving a massage with a bar/stick to a guy who’s kind of buff but gut sticking out…. What does it do? She’s massaging him just like flattening cookie dough with rolling pin. Mmmm….

I see about 10 people there, but the most people are just chatting, drinking energy drink it “might help you burn calories”. This is more of the social space. Plus, this place is like a show case, to be seen place considering the location and the settings of glass walls all around you. People walking by or eating/drinking see you sweating, trying to be muscular, or showing off your sexy work out costume….

I never liked gym. Several times I joined, and I didn’t like waiting for a machine while some macho was checking his reflection on a mirror or just chatting about what protein he drinks, some old man trying to hit on a young female instructors, etc. Or just working on a cycling machine staring at a TV. Boring.

Anyhow, I like people watch and it was an interesting show, and it reminded me to stay away from a typical gym, especially this one....

Day 85

My shoulders are all sore from the exercise, and again I fell asleep on a couch for 15 min or so...!

Did the jump rope again in the morning and night 2 sets each. Burn, burn, burn....

And the count down starts! 5 days to go, people!!

Day 84

9 min is long! Did jump rope before breakfast, and again after kids went to sleep, 2 sets each, as I felt I was getting fat not having exercise... Also, my body is aching here and there, and I must be very tired, I fell asleep on a couch in the afternoon....! Call from my work woke me up.

The very last week is about to begin soon...

Day 83

Jump rope again with 3 sets and the exercise this morning before breakfast. As my husband won't be around today, I was in charge with kids, so I wanted to save some energy for the day.

Packed up sliced apples and lunch, etc., we went out, hoping the son would fall asleep soon, which failed. So, took bus up to Roppongi Hills, walked around, had an early lunch (kids had pizza), played at a toy store, checked out a new pet shop, etc., then the son fall asleep finally. By the time dark cloud approached, we decided to go home early. 10 min later at home, son woke up, grumpy, so laid on the futon with him and another grumpy kid, my daughter, we all fell asleep, for about an hour until she woke up in a dream, scared of the sound of rain.

So, didn't walk much as I expected, I did another 3 sets of jump ropes after everybody went to sleep, plus 8 min abs.

Good night!

Day 82

Did the jump rope 3 sets this morning, assuming I would be walking a lot with kids later the day.

Did laundry and the other house stuff, packed my lunch and off we went to Patrick's down in Yokohama by train. Luckily the son fell asleep on the train as he started his day early from 5 am as usual, I could have a photo and number check with Patrick.

Fat under skin went down by 07% from last week....! Double set of jump rope worked! Will see how far I can go the following week.

Day 81

Thanks to my son who woke me up this morning around 5, I managed to finish 6 sets of jump rope and exercise by the time we left for kid's school's sports day from 10 a.m. Nice weather, almost summerly. Plus kids insisted going to visit one of their best friends afterwords, we walked for 30 min or so to their place, hanged out for a while, then went back home before dinner. It made me, or us really tired from the all unusualness and lots of walking/moving around, kids getting upset for several times, and less breaks. Anyhow, managed to get home, heated up left overs, took bathe, and they both fell asleep reasonably quick. So, here I am enjoying my night snack fruits solo!

Day 80 lunch

Seasonal seafood: raw whitebait and shrimp for lunch. My favorite! Plus a plate of grilled veggie.

Did 6 sets of jump ropes, then the exercise, then 8 min abs like usual. Dips were killing me....! Spent almost a couple of hours...

Oh boy, 10 days to go.... Can't believe I've came to this far, after the earthquake and all that. 

Day 79

Did double set jump rope and exercise in the morning. Plaaaaaank...!!

The co-ope delivery arrived at noon, so prepared the veggies with oven, stove, etc. everything I had, and put in the containers. Felt good preparing but sadly it will be gone in a few days....

Day 78

Was so afraid of opening the new menu this morning. But first, I needed to eat because I was very hungry. Usual breakfast, sent off kids to school, then I started with my doubled jump rope again. It is very long, but I'm just telling myself that I can do this for another 2 weeks... And in the middle of the shoulder press, my band broke! It was a hand down from my husband so maybe it was time. Anyhow, I had a harder band so I used that one instead, and my shoulders hurt.... Even brushing my teeth are difficult....

Day 77

I had to take my kids to school this morning, I did my jump rope before lunch today. Again doubled the sets, so 7 min x 6! Will see how much it'll contribute...

As I didn't have dinner nor snack last night, I didn't feel sick this morning by eating a lot yesterday. Surely it was 2 meals worth lunch but it was very interesting to see how much food gets me going how long. And I can say now the veggie plate is my comfort food.

2 more weeks everyone...!

Day 76

So, in order to burn some more fat, I doubled the jump rope: 6 min x 6 sets. And abs til failure - thought could do forever, but collapsed at 170 at first, then 100, 80, 72, then 70.

It's another beautiful day, we went to Ginza for a long walk even before the stores were open. I actually didn't care about the stores, but rather just get out the house as kids were screaming, husband going crazy, and my parents around. Plus, decided to do my indulgence, something I used to love: buffet lunch at Mandarin Oriental Italian restaurant called Ventaglio. Made a reservation for the clan and walked to Nihombashi from Ginza.

So, here we are. I started with salad and the other veggies without thinking, and they had wonderful dishes. Had 2 trips back to the veggie island while kids were busy with pasta, then moved onto the main dishes table. The photo is one of the mains they had which I forgot the name, but I enjoyed it very much as I like mussel and snapper. They also had roast beef with truffle hazelnut sauce, and some beef stew. I only had 2 pieces of fussilli, I tried some of their tiny deserts to see how my body would react. Result: whipped cream and chocolate cake were NO as they made me mildly sick, jasmine tea jelly was great, and fruit tart was so tasty. And I finished the meal with cappuccino.

So, feeling guilty about eating that much, tried to contribute some calorie consumption by walking back from Nihombashi to Shimbashi via Ginza again.

It filled me up and I didn't even had dinner nor evening snack, as I was dog tired. I felt my body sunk to the mattress, then the next thing I know was my son waking up in the morning...!

Day 75

Used harder band for standing ovation this morning. I can feel the difference! And did I mention I hate plank? No way I can do one leg each...

It was a beautiful day today. Went to Ningyocho for a gift shopping, managed to walk through Amazake Yokocho which is one of the famous gourmet shopping streets in Tokyo, without buying any other than a meal for kids. We kept walking to Royal Park Hotel and had lunch buffet where I could eat lots of veggie and a slice of roast beef with only horse radish.

Went to Patrick's for photo and numbers (Thanks Patrick!), with my daughter as she changed her mind to come with me when I was about to leave. My fat under skin was 22.2. I need to cut 2% by the end of the PCP, so need to do more cardio exercise. Mmm.

The last indulgence, like a steak in the death row...? What should I do? Sushi, Korean BBQ, Steak and frits, Burrito, baguette and blue cheese...? Any of these aren't really calling somehow...

Day 74

Blogger was wired I couldn't update last night....

Anyhow, basically, my shoulders were quivering, leg ups are no more leg ups, but rather leg lifting after the 3rd set. It only gets harder....;-)

Today's fun part: my daughter had fever before lunch so I had to finish up quickly a lunch date with my husband, pick her up, went to see Dr., pick up prescription, come home, pick up my son at school, then I got an urgent request of procurement from the office before 5pm on FRIDAY, tried to catch a guy, requested for an approval from HQ in NZ which was already closed 3,4 hours ago, while my girl was crying from fever, my boy was screaming he was hungry, and me cooking dinner for them plus mine... LOTS going on. Murphy's Law.

Day 73

Triceps until failure - I could do 42 then 30, 25, 23, 21.... so I guess for this the band I use is the right one. And bicycle, I could barley pull up my legs up after the second set. My feet are a lot closer to the floor!

Day 72

Standing ovation until failure...! I could do about 120 at the first set, then the number decreased to 68, 50, 42, then 38. OMG. Everything after this hurts so much I again had troubles typing...

Grilled lots of veggie in the oven for some change. I find it is quite tiring eating all I want to eat veggies at each meal, and I feel like I became a horse...

Day 71

What's the deal Davinci until failure for 5 sets?! My shoulders are soooo sore.... Typing is a little difficult now....

Day 70

6 min is a bit long, but I know it will only get longer...

Day 68 & 69

Went to my parent's from last night for a couple nights with kids, so that I can give a break for my husband.  I did my exercise while my parents watching my kids, except the exercise on the day 69, which I saved after coming back to my home as I was afraid I would not be able to hold my kids during the trip back from the sore shoulders and arms.

I told my parents to cut carbs and eat more veggie at the beginning of their meal, and they lost about a couple of kg in 2 weeks. They're still obsessed eating a lot as they've told not to waste food during their early poor days. I bed it was a little annoying to them that me checking everything they eat. My humble contribution to them was to grill and steam lots of veggie, leaving in their fridge before departure.

Day 67

Did my exercise after sending off kids to school with their papa. OMG, almost the entire body is aching so bad, and I could barely do the V-sit, very much close to the "へ" (he, Japanese alphabet) not V.... Pretty much every thing I fail at the third set. I bet I'm doing it OK as it's designed that you fail....

Day 64 - 66

New week!

We were Osaka for 3 days vacation. Packed my food and exercise gear, stayed at Ritz. Did my exercises from 6 at the gym, people were wondering what I was up to since I did not touch any of those machines they equipped nicely but did jump rope in the corner, enjoyed breakfast buffet with all I want to eat veggie, had to skip those Osaka gourmet which are mainly made with flower dough base. Hit Universal Studio Japan on the second day with kids, again, food there was terrible, which was expected.

Anyhow, survived the trip, and am busy doing laundry....

Day 63

Only jump rope day! But 5 min is very long!

As kids' school is closed today, I left them with my mother at home and left for work for about 2 hours. They wore her out and she had to take a nap in the afternoon. So, I took them out after lunch, which I stuffed myself with lots of veggie and avocado. I've been very hungry at lunch time I can't believe.

No purposes but son insisted taking on a bus, we went to Ginza for walk. Nice warm day. Walked around until some girl screamed and woke my son up from his short nap, we hit Kimuraya for a bread snack. Everything looks beautiful but strangely I was not tempted at all. Everything looks just sugar bombs. They had a few bites and did not finish their bread which were Melon pan (melon bread) and chocolate bread with chocolate cream filled.

Had some ice coffee fix at Starbucks before taking bus ride back home, my kids again wanted another sugar bomb. Chocolate on a stick. OMG. They got sugar rush and had a major trouble sleeping tonight. Oh well...

Day 62

My son woke me up around 5:30 a.m. this morning, about an hour later than these past a few days... Still finished the exercise before breakfast around 7:00.

I've been doing fine with the first 2 sets of each exercise but then the 3rd and so on gets really hard and shaky...