Exercise Together + Cleat Shoes On

While Daddy Lim was down and recuperating from his surgery, I had been maintaining and in fact increased my physical activities bcos of the WFH. I now alternate between HIIT, jogging and cycling up to 6 days a week. Unfortunately I still eat too much and didn't lose weight. But I do feel stronger and this is apparent during our weekly rides.

With the long breaks for Daddy Lim, I now can pull Daddy Lim for most part of the ride and have to wait for him in case he overworked his poor lungs and heart. No replacement lor. So much so that Daddy Lim also think that it is time to step up. Come, come.

He joined me for 2 HIIT sessions last week - Monday and Wednesday. He was pouring sweat by the end of the sessions; HIIT, particularly cardio HIIT is no joke. On Friday morning, we also managed to pull the most difficult person to go for a walk. See how far he is calling back.

It was so difficult. I had to lure Zaky with extra Fortnite screen time. Even then, it didn't stop him from whinning and complaining for most way. It was until that I gave him a 2kg weight loss challenge in exchange for V bucks for his Fortnite that he finally perked up. Walking is better than no walking. He has become way too lazy and eats too much.

I was hoping to go cycling on Saturday morning and to try out my cleat shoes. I remembered waking up to thunders in the middle of the night. The rain didn't let up and the sky continued to leak the entire day until late afternoon. The roads were too wet even for an evening ride. Bummer.

Fortunately, I got to ride on Sunday with my cleat shoes!

We hit the road immediately. Part of the nearby PCNs is under renovation and with the strollers and joggers, we figured out that it will be more dangerous to both the other users and myself to cycle on PCNs.

The intention was to Uturn at Lab Park unless I feel confident enough to continue. We decided to go slow. Daddy Lim was so "encouraging' and told me that ride faster, fall harder. Win liao.

In the end, we rode all the way to LPS and back. Hehehe, I didn't fall down and even managed to uncleat properly at 2 traffic lights that turned red at short notice. It took some getting used at 1st and I also realised that it became more and more difficult to cleat in and out towards the end of the ride when I was tired. It was definitely a good getting used to session.

The aim of the coming weeks will definitely be to practice more on my cleat shoes and to get Zaky to walk more. I can hear him whinning already. I also wanted to buy some of those pretty cycling socks to go with my cleat shoes. Pink pls. Hehe.

Mummy Lim