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Since I sit for long hours as a video editor, I make it a point that I get to walk often as I continue this journey to fitness.

The Philippine Heart Association declares that sitting is the new smoking. I have also mentioned this in one of my blog posts at the start of the year. Click here.

Whenever I am abroad, I would walk long distances especially when looking for good bargains. I am sure my traveling friends would agree. Most of the time, I do it to save on fare money. LOL. So, why can’t I do it here? I guess there is less pollution in other countries and they are, more often than not, pedestrian-friendly.

To rise to the challenge, I bought a face mask, an umbrella, a rain coat and a pair of walking shoes. Instead of getting stuck in traffic and having to endure the long and frustrating commute, I walk. Of course, I put on sunblock to protect my skin from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun. Click here for my post about the sun’s harmful rays and what it does to the skin.

One time, I walked from Robinson’s Galeria to Cubao. Another, after picking up a special delivery, I walked from the Quezon City Post Office to my house near Camp Crame. Then, after attending a meeting somewhere in Tomas Morato, I decided to walk home, too.

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One fine day in Cubao.

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Join me on this road to fitness. Let us walk!

Before I sign out, here is what the Philippine Heart Association has to say about “Sitting As The New Smoking”:

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The simplest guideline for all of us would have to be, “Sit less and move more,” according to close to 2,000-member Philippine Heart Association (PHA) and the husband and wife tandem of fitness gurus, Jim and Toni Saret.

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Yes, there’s a direct relationship between time spent sitting and your risk of early mortality of any cause. As your total sitting time increases, so does your risk of an early death.

Sitting for around eight hours a day at the workplace increases the risk of contracting heart disease, cancer and diabetes by 40 percent. Actually, it can cause killer legs, too.

Majority of the world population is in the working age-group. This group are always on the computer. Glued on their seats for eight hours, they lead sedentary lifestyles, while facing different kinds of stress which leads to unhealthy eating (stress eating) and lifestyle. Most of them are unable to engage in appropriate physical activities for their physical and mental well-being. And in worse cases, some do not have the means to cope with stress and maintain mental health.

Eating healthy, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding vices like alcohol and cigarettes are ways of preventing major lifestyle diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancers as well as other risk factors such as raise blood pressure, raise blood sugar level and obesity. However, awareness and practices of these healthy benefits are still low among the working population

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The Philippine Heart Association (PHA), a non-stock, non-profit organization of 1,780 Filipino cardiologists is committed to foster exceptional cardiovascular education and primary care for everyone. Living up to its mission, the PHA aims to do its share on the awareness on preventive and management of heart diseases. The initiative encourages employees to improve their physical and mental well-being, and effectively address sedentary lifestyles by launching a campaign called “Sneakers Friday.”

“Sneakers Friday” capitalizes on promoting physical activity. It is meant to promote workplace health and wellness where personnel are encouraged to wear sneakers, casual top and pants every Friday as a “dress down day.”

The PHA’s “Sneakers Friday” campaign builds on the perspective that individuals have the ability to adopt healthy lifestyles when supported by a conducive workplace environment that promotes “healthy eating, healthy habits and physical and mental fitness.”

In order to obtain a healthy lifestyle, it is important to incorporate wellness in all aspects of one’s life, including the workplace. Corporate wellness generates many positive outcomes for their employees as well as the company itself. Even a simple activity such as walking (or brisk walking, with100 steps per minute) has so many powerful health benefits. When done correctly and regularly, it can be the key to losing weight, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, and boosting your memory as well as reducing your risk for developing heart disease, diabetes, cancer and more. Walking could be done effortlessly without interrupting corporate work. One can also choose to take the stairs rather than ride the elevator or when one parks the car, choose the farthest end so you’d have more time to walk.

The “Sneakers Friday” initial campaign got off the ground spearheaded by medical professionals and cardiovascular experts themselves in November of 2017 with the Makati Medical Center as its launching site, followed by The Medical City where every last weekday was officially declared as “Sneakers Friday.”

Last May 22, 2018, The “Sneakers Friday” campaign was officially launched. This ultimate goal of this campaign is to encourage the corporate sector to integrate more physical activity into their hectic pace and to make them aware that the corporate sector is the paragon of good health.” campaign was officially launched. This ultimate goal of this campaign is to encourage the corporate sector to integrate more physical activity into their hectic pace and to make them aware that the corporate sector is the paragon of good health.

The benefits of incorporating a wellness program like “Sneakers Friday” in your workplace:

Aside from promoting a healthy lifestyle, it relieves employee stress, and it also promotes employee camaraderie. Setting time aside for employees to exercise can help reduce stress and overall sitting time. It also releases endorphins (happy hormones) and in the process creating happier and more energized employees. With a better mood and more energy comes more productivity!

Incorporating the Sneakers Friday campaign is great for promoting employee fitness and health. Partaking in physical fitness activities is proven to lower one’s chances of getting sick, which in return will ultimately lower health care costs for employees and the company. In addition, there’s an increase productivity as employees take fewer sick days too.

Employees get to know fellow employees outside of work. With a great group activity that allows co-workers to get to know each other better, employees will get the benefits of physical activity and the socialization that comes along with the group exercise.

With the “Sneakers Friday” campaign, coupled with healthy habits and lifestyle, the PHA looks forward to seeing happier and heart healthier Filipinos.” campaign, coupled with healthy habits and lifestyle, the PHA looks forward to seeing happier and heart healthier Filipinos.

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Happy New Year my dear readers! I pray that we get the right answers to all our hearts’ desires this 2018.

 

Every December, especially in recent years, I would come up with one… Yes… just one New Year’s Resolution and made sure that I would stick by it and pull through in the next twelve (12) months. Below are some of my past New Year’s Resolutions and how I achieved them.

 

My 2017 New Year’s Resolution: Learn Adobe

After receiving a notice of redundancy in June 2016 and leaving my previous role as a Regional Brand Manager for Asia Pacific in July 2016, I immediately went job hunting.  I updated my online resumes in Jobstreet and LinkedIn and even activated new ones on Workabroad.ph, Jobrapido, etc. I connected with headhunters. I applied for more than fifty (50) job vacancies here and abroad and went to a number of job interviews (too many to mention). Despite all of these efforts, come Christmas Day of 2016 I was still jobless. The roles that I wanted were, for some odd reason, elusive. I was going nowhere or so I thought. I had to take control and needed to reinvent myself by learning new skills and, for my sanity, reignite my passion for visual story telling. Hence, for 2017, my New Year’s resolution was to learn and re-learn Adobe programs such as Premiere, Photoshop, Lightroom and After Effects. Six months later, I found myself doing my first Corporate Audio-Visual Presentation Project for a former colleague.

 

I also bought a drone and started learning how to fly. Vlog available here.

 

My 2016 New Year’s Resolution: Lose 30 lbs of fat

In 2016, I started this #roadtofitness. Oh and I must say that it was, has been and will always be one circuitous road for a sweet tooth like me. I realized then that I was not getting any younger and only getting fatter every minute. To be specific, my 2016 New Year’s resolution was to shed extra thirty (30) pounds of fat.

 

I left film school in 2009. Rather than pursuing a career in the Arts, for job security (or so I thought), I went corporate and managed consumer brands. Working in a corporate setting, sitting for twelve (12) hours or more from Monday to Friday, driving to work for at least two (2) hours a day in Metro Manila traffic and indulging in front of the television for at least two (2) hours while having dinner to treat myself after a long day’s work for the past so many years were just a few of the many factors that led to my weight gain. I would dread the sight of weighing scales in the house… in fact, in any house. Being overly stressed from work, I would succumb to the calling of my comfort foods like Conti’s Mango Bravo and Banapple’s Banoffee Pie and started putting on extra pounds. I weighed 170 lbs.

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In contrast to 2008 when I was a film student under the late Direk Marilou Diaz Abaya, I was physically active. Very often, I would be assigned to take on the role of either an Assistant Director or Art Director. Both roles would require being up and about and all over the place. I was also very disciplined in following my work out schedules and that would be at least three times a week. I weighed 139 lbs.

 

To achieve my 2016 New Year’s resolution, I needed to modify my lifestyle specifically my eating habits. I learned that exercise alone will not do the trick. I needed to eat healthy and sleep properly. I limited my intake of white rice and ate more hard-boiled eggs, boiled camotes, fruits and vegetables. I would also skip dinner and sleep for at least six (6) hours every night. Come Christmas Day of 2016,  I weighed 160 lbs. I was still twenty (20) pounds away from my target. Hence, I decided to carry on with it in 2017. By July 2017, alas, I weighed 145 lbs.

 

My 2018 New Year’s Resolution: Muscle Gain

 

For 2018, my New Year’s resolution is to gain muscle mass. This means that I need to find a gym, reorient myself to a gym plan and eat more to be able to lift weights. Quite honestly, I have not started this journey yet and it is already January 7. I am still trying to mentally condition myself. Oh excuses! LOL. I guess I should also add a FITNESS category in my blog site. That could and should motivate me to go to the gym… para sa blog! (for online content). Good luck to me!

Further, I will avoid sitting too often for too long. Studies show that sitting can kill you. For the news feature, click here. Sitting is sedentary, i.e., sitting in your car, sitting at your desk, sitting in front of the television. All of these activities are sedentary and thus slow down metabolism. What happens when metabolism slows down? Weight gain!

Therefore, I should not really mind walking that extra mile (literally). I should not really mind giving up my seat in the metro or bus. I should not really mind at all. Talk about mind conditioning, mind you. LOL.

How about you? What is your New Year’s Resolution? It would be great to hear from you!

Signing out for now. Peace!

Me walking to work.

 

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VERDICT: HIT

Facial Cleaning by Let’s Face It for only P245.00 is definitely a hit.

Na-hit lahat ni ate yung mga whiteheads ko. Lol. Wala syang sinanto sa pag-prick!

It is probably the most affordable decent facial treatment in the metro. No frills. Also, it includes two (2) free checkup.

Let’s Face It’s Facial Cleaning starts with a facial massage using a mild lotion-like cleanser.

It is so soothing that a blogger such as myself could easily fall asleep and forget to take photos.

A facial brush helps in skin exfoliation.

Then, the face is subjected to two types of rotating brushes to gently exfoliate dead cells.

The skin is properly moisturized after cleansing.

To prep the face for the steamer, a moisturizing agent is gently massaged onto the skin.

A steamer helps open the pores.

Eye patches are then placed to protect the sensitive eye area from the heat of the steamer. The face is left under the steamer for about ten (10) minutes.

After the steamer, a vacuum is used to suck whatever debris that may have been stuck to unclog the pores.

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A vacuum helps unclog the pores.

Then, it is time for pricking to remove whiteheads and blackheads.

Bracing myself for pricking.
I asked the therapist if I could take a photo with her. She politely declined and told me it is prohibited. But she did a pretty good darn job!
Me after pricking and shedding tears of joy. Lol.
After pricking, a mesh is placed on the face. The laser then helps to close the pores.

After pricking, a mesh is placed on the face. The laser then helps to close the pores.

An antibiotic is applied onto the face to help prevent infection.

An antibiotic is applied onto the face to help prevent infection.

To cap it off, a sunblock is applied to protect the skin from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays.

To cap it off, a sunblock is applied to protect the skin from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays.

It is recommended to avoid wetting the face with water or sweat in the next twelve (12) hours.

The whole procedure takes no more than forty-five minutes.

They also offer add-ons such as masks, whitening, peeling, laser and warts treatment:

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Facial cleaning forms a vital part of my skin care routine. To me, keeping a clean and clear skin is personal hygiene. That is why I go for facial cleaning every month to address whiteheads and blackheads. For more serious skin concerns, I consult a certified dermatologist.

You may want to try the services of Let’s Face It. For branch locations, visit their website here.

Signing out for now. Peace!

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Tretinoin is a medication for acne and photoaging treatment. I normally would not want to talk about it because I am not a dermatologist. However, I have been getting messages asking about Tretinoin after featuring it in one of my blogs as one of my skin care essentials found in my man-bag.

Looking back, my first Tretinoin was prescribed to me by my dermatologist. Now, Tretinoin cream may be purchased over-the-counter (without prescription needed) from the local pharmacy. I use Tretinoin to address my occasional adult acne and for anti-aging purposes. Recommended usage is to apply once daily at bedtime. I only use it though once a week to minimize its side effects. Side effects may include dry skin and photosensitivity. I also read that it may cause a stinging or burning sensation. Although, I have not experienced this yet.

To address dry skin, I make sure I use a good evening moisturizer. During the day, I wear sun protection such as an advanced daily facial moisturizer with SPF 15 and a cap to protect my face from the harsh UV rays of the sun.

Tretinoin works for me but may not work for everyone. It is best to consult a dermatologist first and carefully read the product insert before use.

Have you used Tretinoin? Let me know in the comments section below.

Thanks. Signing out for now. Peace!

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The skin is the largest organ of the body. It also reflects how one takes care of his body. Follow me as I share the many things I do and not do to keep a healthy looking skin.

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