Muscle it up

I've had this 8-kilogram barbell for quite a long time now but have never really used it. Yesterday, I saw it in the house and decided to want to start using it regularly. I'd like to have bigger biceps. And, I thought I don't want to do the barbell lift at any random time only when I feel like doing it. So, what I did was using a new official app by Apple on my iPhone called Reminder and setting a reminder at five different times in a day everyday.

As you can see that I do my first weightlift of the day at 10AM and do the last one of the day at 10PM. And, each arm lifts 30 times
On the list, you can see and tell that I have done most of today's tasks. Basically, if it says 'tomorrow', it means that that specific task of the day has been done. By the time this blog post is published, I will have done the 7PM weightlist task.

That was the first category of my new healthy-ish everyday routine. Yes, Reminder allows you to separate what you need to be reminded of in different categories. That is why I find the app very useful.

The next category has something to do with diet. You do know diet does not always have to do with wanting to become slim. It's more of living a healthy lifestyle through what we consume everyday. Now, I'm just gonna show you some more screenshots.


In my previous post, I talked about why drinking tea is good for health. So, I have set two reminders separately for the morning and for the evening. In the list above, you can see that I wanna have my morning tea at 8AM. That is because I start working around that time everyday unless I'm super duper lazy or need to do what I'm told to by my parents. The second tea time was set at 10PM because I want to feel relaxed around that time so that hopefully I can fall asleep soon after.


This list contains when I should take a break from work and what I should consume.

Breakfast. I set 9AM in the morning for breakfast because I tend to work before I have my breakfast. So, I wanna stick with that tradition by waking up before or at 8AM and drinking my tea, and starting working. Normally (since the last two months), what I have for breakfast is five scoops of muesli mixed with milk, Skippy peanut butter and a tablespoon of honey. I really wanna try adding small slices of fresh strawberry to it sometimes just for the kick.

After-lunch. The second break is not considered as lunch because normally around midday time I have to pick up my niece from school and I have lunch either before or after. I wanna have an after-lunch break by having wheat biscuits and maybe some milk too.

Before-bed. This last break is meant to be for the last meal of the day. I decided that I wanna have milk and TimTam because I need the cream and sugar from them to help me fall asleep. I'm also aware that I'm pretty thin so I'd like to gain some weight by having full cream milk right before bed. I also wanna have the meal at five past ten which is right after my last weightlift of the day because I want all the good stuff goes to the building muscles. I know, I know, that's probably not how that works, but hey that sounds pretty working enough for me! Hahaha.

Can't wait to have bigger biceps! Whoop!
BTW, all of these apply only when I'm home, not when travelling or on the move.