We caught up with Fortune Kangueehi, to find out how the first three weeks of her MiLife New Me journey is going.
Here are extracts from her workout journal.
“So I officially started with the training programme this week:
Day 1: 20-minute treadmill walk, 10-minutes cycling and 15-minute circuit – I find out that circuit doesn’t exist anymore so I replace that with the cross trainer.
At the end of it I feel great, broke a sweat but it feels good☺
Day 2: 5-minutes each of – row, stepper, walk, cycling, orbitrek and arm bike then the steam room.
Sounds easy enough, except I don’t do steam rooms. Besides the fact that I cannot breathe, I am bit of a germophobe and cannot even get myself to use the gym showers. Need I say more?
I start with the rowing – no problem feeling quite powerful.
Cycling – no problem, done this before.
Walking – easy-peasy.
Orbitrek (cross trainer) – really sweating and feeling it by now but no problem. I keep at it.
Arm bike – I feel the burn but really want those Michele Obama arms, or should I say Uejaa Kazondunge? (Well done partner!).
Stepper – Here things get super intense! I just cannot get the hang of this damn thing and I cannot stay up. I’m sure I look like a baby giraffe at this point. I think I get the hang of it in the last 30 seconds of the 5 minutes.
Afterwards I feel ok, bit it feels like it was a bit more than day 1 and I have to hold onto the railing on my way down because my knees are a little bit shaky.
I opt for an Epsom salt bath (in the comfort of my home) instead of the steam room and I’m so knackered that I barely manage to have dinner before I fall asleep just after 8pm.
The next day I have aches and pain in muscles I didn’t even know existed and I feel rather destroyed. While packing my gym bag, I’m thinking “this can’t be right, how can I possibly be expected to do this again today?”
I shall forge on and conquer because I owe it to myself and as they say, no pain no gain and best of all I have conquered my fear of using gym equipment!
The second week, I was in Johannesburg for work, but still stayed committed to keeping active. I ran/walked on Tuesday, I estimate about 3.5 km. On Thursday I searched youtube for a high intensity workout and ended up with an instructor who looks like a model with hair blowing in the wind (like I’m watching a Beyonce video), who damn near killed me, but I completed the workout!
I ran/walked again on Saturday injuring my ankle in the process (weak ligaments, from a dancing in heels injury last year).
I believe the programme is working as I’ve noticed weight loss and a loss in centimetres. I’m feeling lighter, more energetic and in control.
I’m waiting for my updated program for week 3 and I’m ready to forge on and get healthy and sexy.”
We applaud Fortune for her commitment and determination. We will be touching base with her in a few weeks to find out how she is faring.
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