Tuesday 9 March 2010

How many can you do?

Masa I kecik2 dulu, I suka main lompat getah. I ingat lagi bila musim main getah tengah naik, semua orang sakan mencari and mengumpul rubber band. My Mak kadang2 sampai mengamuk sebab habis rubber band dia kat dapur tu kena sebat dek we all, hahahaha. Pastu, kalau tak cukup rubber band, semua orang kumpul all the rubber bands and cantumkan semua tu and dapat lah 1 long rangkaian getah untuk main skipping, main lompat getah and macam2 lagi lah.

Sekarang ni, masih boleh jumpa rubber bands ni merata2 tempat but tak tau lah sama ada masih ada budak2 yang tau main dengan getah ni. I know for sure, my kids memang tak tau main getah ni, hehehehe. Sebab sekarang dah ada skipping rope. Tinggal beli aje kat kedai, tak payah susah2 nak cantum rubber band satu satu….

And I pun ada gak skipping rope ni. I beli khas untuk my exercise regime :-). Alah, bukannya mahal pun, cuma $3 aje, hikhikhik…

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(siap ada pink handles lagi tu, jangan tak caya, wehehehehehe).

But there’s 1 big problem that I’ve encountered. Masa I kecik2 dulu, I boleh main lompat getah tu satu hari suntuk without huffing and puffing…. But bila dah tua2 ni, I baru aje skipped 50 times, kaki I rasa macam dah nak tercabut. But I gagahkan jugak tadi lompat sampai 90X before my heart felt like collapsing, my knee caps felt like popping out, my calves felt like they are in dire need of oxygen and kalau you ada big boobs, sure rasa macam they are bouncing north, south, east and west, wahahahaha. Pastu terus rasa puffed! The Little Misses punyalah gelak tengok I tercungap2, hehehehe. Nasib baik lah lantai rumah ni simen, kalau lantai papan, mau bergegar satu rumah agaknya bila I skipped tadi :-P. Apalah nak jadi dengan I ni kan, so very very unfit.

How many do you think you can you do without stopping?

Orang kata buat apa I nak exercise lagi sebab I dah kurus. My main reason buat exercise ni is to keep fit. Tak semestinya when you are thin, you are fit. I know quite a few people bigger than me who are way fitter than me!Ye lah kan, bila umur makin meningkat ni, kena lah jaga everything. And one of the ways is to do regular exercise. There’s so many benefits in doing regular exercise (and when you lose weight on top of that, that’s a welcomed bonus :-)). Tak semestinya kena ada exercise machine yang canggih2 ni untuk berexercise kan. Jalan laju2 masa gi window shopping tu pun dah kira 1 very good exercise, hehehehe. Ini exercise yang palingggggggg I suka :-D. Hari2 buat pun takpe, muahahahaha… (tu sebab bila I pergi shopping I suka pakai mocassin-type shoes, so comfy and so senang nak jalan laju :-)).

24 comments:

Love2cook Malaysia said...

Hmmm...looks like Love needs to regular her exercise too! hehehe...:)

rainoserez said...

kak lg,
50 kali non-stop skipping kira ok laa tuuu, i 5 kali pon blom tentu lagi! hahahah..

Hana' Yusuff said...

betul.. to keep fit yang penting..tp dapat loose weight lagiii suka. i pun baru dpt semangat balik nak exercise ni.masa baru guna treadmill mmg mengah.. padahal 10-15min je. lutut pun rasa longgar goyang je lepas habis. skrg dah ok la.. hehe..

tp my hubby lagiii rajin.makan pun jaga tu.. rasa tercabar sungguh dgn dia.

eL_kZ said...

aha~
jalan mase shopping tu kire senaman gak kan??
hehehe

Unknown said...

tergelak bila you kata bouncing north, south east west. teringat dolu-dolu, i malu nak jog because of that la......hahaha
Good to hear that you dah mula berexercise, makin cantiklah body cik min, hmmm.

Jamelah Khatun said...

Salaams Adik, Kak ni skipping rope dah tak boleh lagi, lutut dah haus nak kena pergi overhaul. I can only do brisk walking. Insya Allah, I'll email you once we reach Perth. Hopefully we can met up. Thanks again.

Mag said...

penat la skipping..paling terer boleh buat 100 jer..tu pon nak terkencing2

Yat Maria said...

Hi LG,

in my books 50 kira champion tau...dont ask la berapa I boleh buat..the skipping ropes with a neon green handles dah berabuk agaknya..Everytime buat lebih 10..ku rasa knee caps tu dah meraung & mintak diamponkan dari kena dera..haiz!!

yat

Unknown said...

A'ah la kak Min, ingat lagi time dulu2 masa main getah kan?Kita siap bawak gi skool lagik!! Main masa rehat and sebelum masuk class petang(kan dulu ada sesi pagi/ptg)hahaha...

Rasanya kan makin naik umo nih makin susah lak nak kurus badan..*sigh* smp skang tak shed lagi my 'unnecessary' weight...
my daughter sebok berhula hoop skang nih...I pun join le skali kot-kot manalah tau boleh ramping pinggang ni kan? Leh le pakai kebaya gitu lepas nih...wakakaka

ceritacherita said...

ah seronok u citer pasal main getah tu, teringat masa kecik2. Skrg tak taula ada lagi ke budak main getah kan. tapi kalau guna getah nak lompat cross the getah kalau terkena pun tak sakit, tapi kalau guna skipping ni sure sakit kan..

when the night light is off said...

Salam LG

Oh! Nostalgia gitew. Zaman kanak-kanak, tak pernah kisah dengan masalah, sentiasa gembira. So sweet.


Keep it up to remain fit all the times.

Along Zakaria said...

LG.. dulu kita queen ZERO POINT (lompat getah la tu). Sampai kalau letak kat kepala org tinggi pun I boleh lompat.

Now rasanya setakat betis je lepas kot!

Bab skipping tu.. I ni ada masalah bouncing north south east west lah.. Kalau ada org nak tolong pegang tali skipping boleh la jugak.. Sebab tangan boleh give necessary support ..kuang kuang kuang...

SJB aka SUELYN J-B. said...

Oh ya...main getah hahahah, i remember this game my favorite. Memang betul tu kita boleh main berjam jam tu tapi tidak juga rasa penat malah seronok lah pulak hahaha.

Boleh tahan lah you, skipped 50 times. kalau saya huhu, last time only 30 times hahahah. Poor me.

ain said...

hehehe...kalau akak agaknya, lum 10 kali dah pancitttt!! tercungap cungappp putus oxygen!!!

zarin said...

tabik springgg toing toing lah kat u..90 times wehhh...kalau i nih..10 kali pun dah sah sah pancit...adusss ku harus ikut jejak langkahmu jugak..mlm ni nk skipping jugak hihi

Yati Harvey said...

kita geng lah LG....I pun tercungap2 gak....now planting season dah start, I pun cubalah dig the ground....tak laju pun bley huffing n puffing....baik pergi shopping kan, kan ,kan??

Lili said...

Hahaha))) Tang big boobs bouncing all directions tu...tak bole blah langsung! (ayat bebudak...abis orang tua pun ikut!)

BTW, LG, I dah TAG you...hehe... whenever you're free, comply aje lah!
I ni pun keerpaksaan...haha! :-)

Just.wanie said...

200 non-stop .
baru 14 sbb tu kencang lagii .
hehe .

blackcardomompods said...

LG,

beto tuh,kalau kita exercise ata machine tu ikut mood,kalau jln kaki,kayuh basikal pegi anto anak ke,secara tak langsung kita terexercise.beto u ckp tuh,kena jaga bdn bukn utk kurus je tp utk sihat.

yg beshnya bila dh exercise,kita secara tak langsung,lehla mkn2 sikit..kalau tak exercise,risau beto nk suap mknan.

memula i try exercise,semput la gak,bila dh buat ari2 ok plak.

NYKOLETT said...

bab skipping nih kak rose paling2 tak suka...because i have big boobs..rasa nak jatuh dua2 boobs ke lantai.hihihi

lemongrass said...

Love,
which one?The exercise yg involved shopping tu ke? hehehe

Raino,
I at first ingat senang lah nak capai 100X, rupanya jauh panggang dr api, hikhikhik

Hana,
patutlah yr hubby nampak lagi kurus dr dlm gambar, memang dia yg jenis jaga makan n exercise ye? Best kan orang yg rajin n bersemangat ni, unlike me, hehehe

el_kz,
Uish, mesti lah you, hehehehe

Diana,
I'm so lucky that I don't have that bouncing problem, hahahaha

Kak Jamelah,
Bila umur makin meningkat, makin banyak exercise yg tak boleh nak buat banding dgn zaman kecik2 dulu kan.

Farah,
100 tu terer giler lah, hehehe. I tak rasa nak terkencing2, tp nafas dah semput habis :-)

Yat,
It really shows that we are getting older because it's our knee caps that are crying out in pain first :-), hehehehe

Mira,
wah, main hula hoop you, lepas ni body mcm gitar lah ye :-).
Bila ingat kat zaman kanak2 main getah, best betul I rasa :-)

Rozana,
I tak tau lah kalau I ajar my kids main lompat getah, whether they'll get the same excitement as I used to have dolu2 :-). Ye lah, budak2 skrg ni kan dah terlebih advanced, hehehe

lemongrass said...

Melatie,
best kan masa dulu2, naik basikal keluar rumah satu hari suntuk pun takde sape yg risau sbb takde sape nak culik :-).

Along,
wahhhh...cayalah! :-). Masa tu kan, kalau buat split ke somersault, sure nya dpt buat dgn jaya nya kan :-).
I takde problem langsung bab2 bouncing ni, wakakakaka


SJB,
I think sekarang ni too many fat cells in our body kot, tu yg susah sgt nak skipping kan. :-)

Kak Ain,
hahahahaha... sure kena gelak dgn Honey nanti :-)

Zarin,
I skipped tak tinggi, betul2 just angkat kaki utk bagi lepas tali tu aje, tu yg boleh sampai 90, hahaha

Kak Yati,
betul betul... I lagi suka exercise jalan kaki kat shopping malls. Barang dpt, jiwa happy, exercise pun done, hehehe

Kak Emily,
you pun ada problem ke with the bouncing bits? wakakakakaka.
I dah kena tagged dgn berapa ramai orang dah, hehehe

One~E,
hehehehe... cayalah!!!!

blackcardamompods,
memang betul part makan tu. Skrg ni bila I exercise, klu I makan lebih sikit, tak lah rasa guilty sgt2, hehehe.
Sekarang ni pun I dah makin ok on the eliptical but it's still a chore to exercise ni :-)

Kniedaz said...

haha, saya punya skipping rope terperuk belakang pintu bilik..tak larat nak lompat..tp memandangkan lelemak di pinggang dah bertambah..nampaknya saya kenalah buang habuk kat skipping rope tu..huhu

lemongrass said...

Kniedaz,
klu lah skipping rope I boleh berkata2, mau dia gelak kan I giler2, hehehe