A quick update what I’ve been up to, besides working endlessly that my mornings which I use to dedicate to my workout time is now packed with client, I should be thankful for having such a good start at a new club!

Limaran and I are in Singapore Stuff Magazine top 10, how fortunate are we to be able to participate in an event together, and no I am not even competing! If it weren’t for her I wouldn’t be in it! And if it wasn’t for her, we wouldn’t even have a website up and running, as much as you know it, im the talker and she’s the do-er and she keeps me grounded in making sure I do what I supposed to do, on my own, you would probably get a 50 word blog in about 5 years! So we pretty much balance out each other in a good way.

So what exactly is this competition about, finding a cover girl for the magazine of course! I’ve been in a couple of pageant, yes it is about popularity and votes and some brains too, but this competition aren’t like most I’ve participated! The organizers really look after us! Mostly Ian Paynton and make sure we look good in every photo taken, they actually treat us with so much love and respect.

Some of my previous pageant, they insisted that I was “fat” to them my muscular arm, broad shoulder, thick trunk was fat, I was suppose to look like stick and bones and eat nothing but air and sit in the sauna for 45 min 3x a week to “lose weight” the Stuff Covergirl gave us the opportunity to work with gadget and write whatever we wanted for their website, we were given the freedom of speech and maybe just some minor proof reading to keep us on track.

To me its never a competition, it’s a journey of learning more about myself and improving myself, and hey meeting new friends along the way, who cares about winning to me throwing myself in a challenge is like a exciting journey that not many people dare to take for the fear of being judge and losing.

You can choose to live your life with the joy of the front row or solemnness of the third row, the choice is yours J

Oh enough of long ass stories here are some photos throughout my journey. 

Recently i grab a burger from Macdonald and asks for an extra patty, they only cost 1 dollar extra right, for more protein maybe? who am i kidding. 

So i got curious and went to their website to check on the ingredient of their patties or any burger per say, what exactly is it made of, and found none no information from the mac donald website! well played Mac Donald, but i must say the website is so well organised if you didn't care about what your food is made of and your main concern is calories,  the math is already done for you! a very detailed break down but no ingredient listed just very briefly of what its made of.. so i ventured to the US website hmm they don't mention how what exactly is in the patties either! until you scroll further down, trust me i glance through all of it. 

In Singapore the patties are chicken/fish/beef while in the state its made out of pork/fish/chicken/beef.

To be honest even if you were to eat junk from the box and times when we dine out, we do not know exactly how our food is being prepared. i can't pronounce half of the stuff on the ingredient list maybe thats why in Singapore mac donald website they dare not post what's in their patties.. have you seen their egg lately, honestly it look like rubber but who am i to complain, its affordable quick and its fast food.

will i eat mac donald occasionally?
 maybe, maybe not,its too salty for me.As much as life is all about balance i prefer spoiling myself with better food than cheap fast food..
check out some example of the ingredient listed in the US webite below and some common burger mostly eaten by many and its calories break down! 


SAUSAGE & SCRAMBLED EGG MIX:
Ingredients: Pre-Cooked Egg Product (Whole Eggs, Nonfat Milk, Soybean Oil, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Black Pepper Flavor [Corn Starch, Spices, Mixed Triglycerides, Flavors, Silicon Dioxide, Gelatin, Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid, Gum Acacia], Extractives of Black Pepper, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Butter {Cream}, Lipolized Butter Oil, Flavors, Artificial Flavors]), Pre-Cooked Sausage Crumbles (Pork, Water, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Corn Syrup Solids, Sugar, BHA, Propyl Gallate, Citric Acid [Added To Help Protect Flavor]), Vegetables (Tomatoes, Green Chiles, Onions, Calcium Chloride, Citric Acid).
CONTAINS: EGG, MILK.


SAUSAGE PATTY:
Ingredients: Pork, Water, Seasoning (Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Spices, Dextrose, Sugar, Spice Extractives), Preservatives (BHA, Citric Acid and Propyl Gallate).


SCRAMBLED EGGS:
Ingredients: Pasteurized Whole Eggs with Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Citric Acid and Monosodium Phosphate (Added to Preserve Color), Nisin Preparation (Preservative). Prepared with Liquid Margarine: Liquid Soybean Oil and Hydrogenated Cottonseed and Soybean Oils, Water, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Mono-and Diglycerides, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate (Preservatives), Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid, Vitamin A Palmitate, Beta Carotene (Color).
CONTAINS: EGG, SOY LECITHIN. 

The first gym that I stepped into was none other than my school gym, took me a lot of hesitation and self talk to get my self started even thought the community was small, I was in fact still shy. I know right ! jasmine danker is shy.

Here are some of the reasons, which I am sure you can relate too!

1)   So many muscle head (obviously men/boys are more common gym user)

2)   What do I wear?

3)   What do I do?

4)   Oh my! Everyone is staring at me!!

5)   Maybe ill just stick to the treadmill, no one will see me!

6)   What if I get manly

7)   So many cute guys around, I’m too shy for this!

8)   It looks so scary!

9)   No body wants to go to the gym with me.

I could have possibly had a million excuses and reason why I didn’t want to be seen in the gym! But let me tell you this, if I didn’t do my first bicep curl with a 2pound weight in 2006, I wouldn’t be where I am today!

There is no right or wrong way to overcome that fear! Being young also means that we succumbed to peer pressure, but my peer pressure became a positive measure! I got to thank my ex boyfriend for getting me started in this fitness journey which I m planning to make it life long and so can you!

Here are some just some ways I got over it! Do leave a comment and share me yours!

1)   I made friends with people who went to the gym! You can tell the from afar if your still in school, a shoe bag is a gym go-er accessory! Come on the world will be a better place with you being friendly!

2)   Yes I started doing just abs at a gym! I don’t think it was a waste of time, and the more I talk to other gym buddies, I slowly creep near the weights area!

3)   I would Google on exercises or read magazines and books and grab whatever I need from the gym floor and find a corner! Trust me every gym is a corner!

4)   Every day I would try to force someone to go to the gym with me! Some days I won! Some days I loss what who cares! When I had company I was slightly more confident to touch a new machine that I’ve been watching another person do!

5)   I saw result! Whatever I was doing! And no I wasn’t being a she hulk! I’m still tiny mind you but don’t let my petite frame fool you of what it can do! I started somewhere! So can you! There’s nothing better than seeing result and day by day I assure you will look back to where you started and be glad you did!