n0 Pain, n0 Gain

It's been awhile since the last time I hit the court smashing a shuttlecock.

Last Saturday - Sept 01, I played badminton with some co-workers at Hardicourt in Pandan. Surprisingly, I was able to play 6 straight sets though I was feeling the weight I gained for the past few months. I played hard and I was bending, jumping, and going after the shuttle cock. It was good. I felt some kind of instant relief after burning those excess calories inside my body.

When I came home after the play, I took a bath and rest. As expected, my muscles started feeling achy all over my body after a few hours of resting. The type of soreness you feel when you try a new kind of body exercise or perhaps going back to familiar sports after having stopped for a long time. It makes you flinch even the slightest movement you do.

Two months ago, my wife Lorie May enrolled to a gym. She started working out a few days after and experienced the same body pain as I had. But I think the pain she had is more intense than mine. She never lifted weights and never went to gym before.

But it pays the effort. Now, she’s sexier after 2 months of continuous work-out and losing those excess belly fats she gained after delivering our second child, Sophia. I was so happy to see her looking prettier wearing those sexy jeans and pants that were long kept inside our cabinet.

I really admire my wife for her discipline and the extra effort she’s doing just to stay fit and healthy. She goes to gym almost everyday spending at least 2 hours working out and does not eat rice or heavy meal after 6pm. After her work-out, she would take Skyflakes crakers and that’s all. That’s why we need to have Skyflakes crakers all time in the house.

Well, as the saying goes, “No pain, no gain.” But of course, staying fit and healthy does not have to be painful always. Once your body adapt to the activity, the pain goes away.

Bottom line, if you want to stay fit and healthy, you really need to exert some effort and discipline and even up to the extent of undergoing some kind of body pain - at least, some tolerable pains.