As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).

After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.

Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Highlights of my Day... Saturday, December 6

1. Stumbled across some new music while at the boxing club trying to pick some tunes to train to. I have no idea what’s with this singer named “Pitbull” but his song “Krazy” was awesome to train to. I love pumpin’ beats like that for training, that and “angry music” like Lil’ Kim and Bif Naked. Later I checked out more of Pitbull’s songs on YouTube. I like his “Go Girl” song but yikes, some of those girls should have come out to training today… hehehe.

2. Not too sure what all went down last night at boxing with Milk Dud but today he seemed to be back to normal and training hard. Sometimes I worry about him. He’s a great kid but I don’t think he really knows how great he is.

3. Had to laugh at myself when I found myself getting all dolled up to go shopping. How brutal is that?! I mean, a night on the town is no longer late night dancing and shutting down the restaurant with the waitstaff waiting for me and my party to leave, instead, it’s going late night grocery shopping… hehehe.

4. My new pet peeve: telling a guy I box and then having him joke about wanting to fight with me. Guys seem to have this misconception that this line works with me, well, it DOESN’T. What’s so attractive about a guy who so easily underestimates me and mocks what I do?! Strength and skill are two different things, something they’re obviously ignorant to be cause they know nothing about what they’re talking about. Why would I risk going to jail, moreover, I don’t fight for free. It’ll cost you to fight with me so leave your wallet and pride at the door there guy.

5. “They don’t call me Sugar cause I’m sweet”, I told him… figure that out.

6. Stocked up on groceries for the BIGGEST LOSER competition I’ll be starting this Monday. I tell ya, that boy is going down… hehehe!!! I’ve been eating clean for too long to not be easily distracted by food and it’s many wonderful temptations. I’m happily content sipping on my water and eating my hard boiled eggs while coworkers order fat-infested Chinese food, friends munch on late night heart attack fried chicken, and a certain someone orders extra side dishes of veggies drowned in a kind of blood-clot inducing mayo sauce.

7. I know his plan too, my Fine-Feathered Friend that is. He’s going to probably start off with a good couple of days of starving and then a one-food crash diet. He’ll lose weight fast but it won’t be long until he caves in and gives in to his cravings. The mind may be determined to do one thing but the body has it’s own way of getting what it wants, it’s called mad cravings. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll have cravings too. My diet really restricts the number of starchy carbs I can eat everyday and so that’s what will be my biggest problem, not giving into craving things like bread, crackers and extra bowls of oatmeal.

8. I’m use to eating a starchy carb. (grain product) with every meal but in anticipation of this being quite the challenge, I’m restricting my starchy carbs. to only meals one and two.

Meal 1: lean protein, starchy carb., and simple carb. (fruit)
Meal 2: lean protein and starchy carb.
Meal 3: lean protein and fibrous carb.
Meal 4: lean protein and fibrous carb.
Meal 5: lean protein and fibrous carb.

My lean protein: chicken and eggs
My starchy carbs: sweet potatoes and oatmeal
My fibrous carbs: tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, green peppers, mushrooms, lettuce, and salsa
9. With all anticipation of staying in for the evening, I rented “City of Angels” starring Meg Ryan and Nicolas Cage. I like Meg Ryan, with her loose blond curls and face that never seems to age. She’s one of those actresses like Drew Barrymore and Sandra Bullock who are full-grown women who’ll always be cute and pretty, and who will always have a kind of young girl innocence to them.

10. As for Nicolas Cage, well, I’ve never really been a fan of him and his overly hairy chest that he show proudly shows off in the movie. I was told that this was a romantic movie but it kind of creeped me out, to tell you the truth. Meg Ryan was awesome but Nicolas Cage’s stalker-like demeanor with how he talked and his low-emotion facial expressions was too much.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What's the worst line you've ever heard?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

-- William G. McAdoo

9 comments:

Bram said...

You dont like cage? He's a fairly good actor. I mean theres Matchstick Men, World Trade Center, Lord Of War,Face/Off, Moonstruck, and Raising Arizona.
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Anyway haha. The worst line is "Is there a mirror in your pants? Because I see myself in them."
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I hate dieting, I just workout when I feel like it and eat what my parents make me. Mind you, I quit drinking tons of pop and drink cranberry juice instead.
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You should respond to your comments more :P
-Bram
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권투선수 에이미 [Amy] said...

Hello B-Man,
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!! I've never been a fan of Cage. He always looks so lazy with his bad posture and droopy face... hehehe. I guess that's why I've never seen any of the movies you suggested...hehehe.
Oh man, that IS a pretty bad line!!!
Good, don't drink pop. Cranberry juice is great for your digestive system so drink up!

Anonymous said...

Actually, men lose weight a lot faster and more easily than women do, so it would have made more sense to have a competition based on percentage of weight lost, rather than the number of lbs/kg.

Anonymous said...

"I like his “Go Girl” song but yikes, some of those girls should have come out to training today… hehehe."


Ugh.

ambearo said...

Wow, you're having a weight loss competition? I mean, it honestly doesn't seem like you have that much weight that you could lose. Won't that fact hamper your victory? (I don't mean this to sound mean or discouraging, just you are already so fit.)

권투선수 에이미 [Amy] said...

Hello Anonymous,
Hmmm... actually I thought of that too so thanks for the comment. I called my buddy up today and so we're going to take that into consideration. I have a feeling though that I'll win this. He's never dieted in his life!

Hi Anonymous... Anonymous #2 that is,
Ugh?! Ok... sure.

Hey Ambearo,
Ya, it's going to be hard and thanks for the compliment, I'm flattered, but I do have some weight I could lose, not much, but there IS some.
It should be interesting what I look like after.

Anonymous said...

Haha, my body is kind of similar to "some of those girls"...:(

Instead of being on the computer, I should go jogging! Yeah!

Good luck with the competition! ^^

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I'm a personal trainer, so I can tell you for a fact that this is usually the way it works. Even if you have a feeling you'll win this, I'd still change the rules, and then you can REALLY kick his butt :)


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Hello Anonymous,
Hmmm... actually I thought of that too so thanks for the comment. I called my buddy up today and so we're going to take that into consideration. I have a feeling though that I'll win this. He's never dieted in his life!

권투선수 에이미 [Amy] said...

Hello Sally,
Hehehe... that's ok. Beauty DOES come in all shapes and sizes but I doubt they were aiming to show that in that video.
Thanks for the luck too.

Hey Anonymous,
Cool... thanks for the advice and info. I definitely plan on really kicking his butt so we're going with what you wrote.