Entering my fitness era, which is probably like 15 years late compared to peers my age who were doing it when they were in their 20s, but it's better than nothing.
Decided to join Fitstop because this is where one of my Secondary School friend frequents as well, she mainly comes for the evening classes and I prefer the morning classes, so we actually have only had 3 class together on the weekends ever since I joined a month ago.
One of my friend replied to my story that I had posted about going to Fitstop, and said he would give me a maximum of 5 sessions before I call it quits, well I am about 13 - 14 classes in now, and I will say the classes have been great, but there are definitely moments where I feel like I am not pushing myself hard enough because I am not feeling as exhausted as everyone else in the class after the session, and almost everyone else in the class are a whole lot fitter than me.
My introverted self is definitely still struggling to initiate proper conversations with the regulars there, there are a few friendly ones whom I will usually Hi Bye before and after the class with, but I have yet to make any new friends there.
There has also been a steep increase in the number of gym-goers for my 7am morning slot, what used to be a class of a maximum of maybe 4 - 6 people have now doubled because the main group from the first 6am morning slot have decided to come in at 7am. I get that the point of this gym classes is to have a lot of people to motivate one another, but honestly, I just feel a bit overwhelmed when I am surrounded with so many people that I am not close with thanks to my social anxiety.
Hopefully this can continue for the long run because I really do want to get into better shape, not too big, but enough definition to shed the skinny fat aesthetic that I have going on right now.
Random Photo Dump / Life Updates.
13th Dec.
Wanted to try out the newly opened Chick-Fil-a with a friend, but the queue was insane as anticipated, so I had already prepared a second option even before we met, I knew we were probably gonna end up visiting Sides, that also had a lot of hype when it first opened, but that hype has since died down.
Honestly decent for what it was without the need to queue, the chocolate shake was actually really good because they were using good quality dark chocolate ice cream.
After our meal, since we had no plans, I decided to look for a Matcha cafe nearby and realized Calligraphy was just a short walk away.
Had really wanted to give this place a try since I started getting into Matcha, so this was a very pleasant surprise.
Pistachio Matcha Latte and Apple Pie, it was not bad, but I would have probably preferred either a plain one or strawberry one a lot more. The cafe itself was surprisingly quiet for a weekend, so we just chilled there for a while and I remember making plans with my Sec School friend on Instagram to join her for a weekend Fitstop Class.
Headed to Suntec after this because it was also walking distance, found the Strawberry Puree in Donki, got a few packets, and then we walked so much afterwards within Suntec, I was honestly in a pretty bad mood during the latter half because the cafe we had wanted to take a break in was packed and I really really really needed a seat from how sore my legs were.
We did eventually just settled for a seat in the Foodcourt and then zoned out until we both had recouped enough energy to go back home.
Anyways, this was pretty much how that Saturday was spend.
20th Dec
Went for my very first weekend Fitstop class, it was the first time I attended a full class, so that was really overwhelming and I would have backed out if it hadn't been for the fact that I had booked this class with my Sec School friend.
She was definitely a lot fitter than I was, a bit of a bummer that we didn't really end up catching up much during the class because we were busy getting our asses kicked by the exercises, which I actually ended up enjoying. She did however told me that we could catch up again during the next Saturday class over brunch, so that is something to look forward to.
After the class, I went home to shower and then made my way over to Yen's place for a Christmas lunch with her husband.
I had been hoping for a bigger group of people and she had planned to invite our ex-colleagues from the furniture store, just so everyone can have a catch up session with each other, but sadly, they were all busy, so she had no choice but to just invite me only.
Her home was quite Christmassy, she actually got a real Christmas Tree from IKEA, so there was this natural scent of whatever that tree was just wafting throughout the house, and then this is her little dog just chilling under the tree.
Anyway,s I also opened up to Yen about my Korea trip with Drew, and essentially came out to her while her husband was in the toilet taking a shower because I wasn't so sure if I wanted to come out to him as well. She offered a listening ear and I think like most friends whom I have come out to and shared what actually went on with Drew in Korea, she just told me to forget about him because he was never going to make a good partner.
It's so nice to be able to actually vent about Drew to friends and have them validate my feelings about him.
Sadly, Yen had a work appointment later that afternoon, so we only ended up only hanging out for 2 hours before I had to leave.
21st Dec
Met up with someone I had matched with on Hinge, we had matched many months ago around the same time I had matched with Drew, but this isn't a date, I met up with him purely as a friend, so there were zero expectations.
I visited Rituals of Korra again, he had reached out after he saw me post about my last trip there and asked when I could go with him, so here we were. Total damage was $30, which is to be expected when it comes to having Matcha at a nice cafe.
We had a meal at the nearby Hawker afterwards and had a good chat about random topics we could think of, it didn't feel too awkward, which was great. I think because I came into this meet up with no expectation of meeting a potential partner, the whole expereince just didn't feel as initmatidating.
After the meal, we dropped by Elijah Pie. I have tried their Pisatchio Pie before and I really liked it, and since it was literally just beside the Hawker Centre we were at, we popped by, but not to have dessert there since he had another meeting with a bunch of friends and I had a family Christmas dinner to attend to that evening.
I got myself a full slice of their Ceral Milk Pie and also a box of 9 mini tarts for the Family Chrismas Dinner later that evening at my brother's place.
The dog ended up climbing on the table during dinner and attempted to eat the only chocolate tart that was left in that box of 9 minis I had gotten. Also one tart is missing because my Mum helped herself to a piece at the start of the dinner.
24 Dec and 25th Dec
I had wanted to book a Fitstop class on the 24th Dec, but they only had 2 morning classes that I couldn't attend due to work, so I didn't end up booking any class in advance.
Then my boss announced on 23rd Dec that Christmas Eve will be an off day for us as well, so when I woke up that day, I was contemplating whether to go for a session or not and ultimately decided to make a booking for it literally an hour before the class started.
I really had nothing else planned the entire day, if I didn't attend the class, I would just be home doing fuck all, so it was so much better to at least do something productive that day.
I couldn't join the first class because it was packed, and the first class was where all the familiar faces were, so I didn't really enjoy this class very much in the end because I just didn't enjoy the company of the particular group of people in the second group that day. That being said, I didn't regret going for the class because of the endorphins it gave me when the class ended.
Christmas day had nothing on as well, and the gym had no lessons that day, so I pretty much just stayed at home and played Wuthering Waves or doomscrolled on TikTok. I avoided Instagram as much as I could because a part of me knew if I started seeing people's stories of them having their Christmas parties, I will get a huge sense of FOMO.
27th Dec
Joined my Secondary School friend for our 2nd Fitstop session together.
It's actually nice to go for the session knowing I have a friend whom I can talk to when I reach, my main struggle visiting the gym now is going in and not actually having that "go-to" buddy for me to talk to and team up with.
After our session together, we went for brunch at the nearby Hawker Centre and it's just nice to chat and catch up with one another. This was definitely one of the better classes I had just because I am in the company of an old friend. It made up for the not so great session on Christmas Eve.
