• Took on some fitness challenges to jumpstart my metabolism

I did Blogilates May fitness calendar fully, like I finished it! Cassey’s exercises seemed easy, but they hurt like hell the next day. I can feel that the proper muscles are targeted, despite my lack of balance and coordination during the exercise. I also liked that she is so bubbly and encouraging throughout the exercise while you are cursing like crazy. I am aware that our fitness level is waaay to far different. She can still talk endlessly throughout the whole exercise while I was grunting and puffing the whole time. She tells you that she also struggle throughout the exercise but her face doesn’t seem to show it.

I did Chloe Ting’s Hourglass challenge for two weeks only for I got bored, but I did see some difference in my glutes and hips. Her exercises are for beginners, building up on strength and endurance. You can see that she also struggles because her form is breaking midway, which is somehow relateable in all levels, like she’s your exercise buddy. She has a cool soundtrack for the routine, and gives out these weird motivational voice overs to help you push through.

• Continued to mind what I eat after finishing my 1 month on Keto

I went from strict keto to low carb after a month. I was anxious to have my veggies and fruits, specially in this pandemic. Most of the essential nutrients are in fruits and veggies. The goal is to strengthen our immune system to lower the risk of further damages caused by covid.



I swapped my white rice with cauli rice or roasted veggies. I liked my cauli rice chopped by hand (or store bought if I am lazy) to mimic the rice texture. But the easiest and yummiest way to get my carbs is through oven roasted/stir fried vegetables. My go-to mix is what is locally available; such as broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, string beans, bellpepper, and celery. Another favorite of mine is braised cabbage with sausage, easy, tasty and quick.



My go to when I have a sweet tooth is fruits and nuts, specially berries since they are in season and full of antioxidants. I still eat pasta and noodles every now and then. There is a low carb bread available in the store and I grab it whenever I can, but I still indulge in homemade pandesal once in a while.

• Potty trained and gave my kid a haircut

In the mommy group I’m in, this is one of the suggestions to do while being on quarantine (aside from keeping a sane mind while juggling working, distance learning and keeping the house tidy). I did it with my son and we were successful with peeing in the toilet by himself. There are still accidents every now and then. He is still holding it when he is busy playing, but I get his cues that he needs to go. 

Pooping is still a struggle for he refuses to poop in his potty and in the toilet. I didn’t want him to hold his poop that leads to constipation, so I focused on peeing for now. 

We finally tackled my son’s long hair, and gave him a proper cut. Goodbye to always mistaking him for a cute girl. Daxton looked like a big kid, ahhh how time flies!

I can say that we were able to keep ourselves healthy in the quarantine period. We were a bit paranoid of getting covid whenever we have a little cough and sneeze. I am lucky that we are in a country where we have access to all the help we will need in this pandemic. “New Normal” may still be a weird phase for everyone (including us!) until a vaccine have been tried and tested.

No tiktok for me and my family for we are still hesitant with the privacy and data of the app. Here in Europe, data and privacy is big and protected which is a good thing.