Destroying the Universe by Cleaning Your Room

If ever you needed an excuse to not tidy your bedroom, just keep in mind that by doing so, you are contributing to the heat death of the universe. Really.

According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, entropy (disorder) always increases. In other words, things tend to get more disorganised and chaotic during reactions. For example, cutting down a tree into smaller chunks is increasing disorder.

Qcat’s Next Step in the Road to Getting Fit

I’ve completed the Neila Rey 30 Day HIIT Fitness Challenge, so now what? Well, when you reach your goals.. you just make new ones, right? So there it is- I’m making new goals:

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 30

Okay, I know that yesterday was meant to be Day 30 of the Neila Rey HIIT Fitness Challenge but I was really sick and spent the day in bed. I felt terrible about missing the day, especially as it was the final challenge, but I really couldn’t help it :(

Facing Fears Challenge: Fear 5

Fear 5: contact lenses

This might be a bit of weird one, but it wasn’t exactly a fear– more so the thought of touching my own eye made me jumpy. Anyway, I’d wanted to try contacts for ages, but it wasn’t until April 2013

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 29

Wow almost there! Just finished Day 29 of the NeilaRey HIIT Fitness Challenge. Today’s round included:

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 28

Day 28 of the HIIT Fitness Challenge done and dusted. Today involved:

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 27

Day 27 of the NeilaRey HIIT Fitness Challenge finished. Today’s round involved:

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 26

Just completed Day 26 (well actually Day 25‘s challenge since yesterday I swapped them) of the neilarey HIIT Fitness Challenge. Today’s challenge involved:

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 25

I mean… er… Day 25 for me, because I actually did Day 26‘s workout. The reason I swapped the days is because the workout I did this morning was much shorter (less than 7 mins in total including 1 minute rests between rounds with no warm up) and I needed to do it as early as I could as I’m going to be away from home all day after this. I find it harder doing high knees (Day 25’s challenge) before breakfast than I do with planks (Day 26).

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 24

Day 24‘s HIIT Challenge finished. Very happy with today- completed the level 3 target of 9 rounds. It was tough, but that feeling of achievement is totally worth it! Today’s round involved:

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 23

Just completed Day 23 of the NeilaRey HIIT Fitness Challenge. Today’s round:

Facing Fears Challenge: Fear 4

Oh wow, it’s been ages since I’ve updated this challenge. Even though I’ve been doing little things to push the limits of my comfort zone, I just haven’t been writing about them. Anyways, this challenge is all about facing fears- no matter how big or small. It’s different from the other challenges I’ve done too: there’s no set plan and no time limit.

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 22

Day 22 of the NeilaRey HIIT Fitness Challenge finito. Today’s round involved:

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 21

Day 21 of the NeilaRey HIIT Fitness Challenge completed nice and early. Today involved doing elbow planks :)

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 20

HIIT Fitness Challenge completed for the day. Today involved:

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 19

Just competed Day 19 of the NeilaRey HIIT Fitness Challenge. Today involved:

HIIT Fitness Challenge: Day 18

Just finished Day 18 of the NeilaRey HIIT Fitness Challenge. Really happy with today- did 7 rounds! :D Each round consisted of: