Friday, October 23, 2009

And so begins the loss of inches.

I am addicted to the scale. There i said it! I know that the scale is not the best means of measuring weight loss progress but nothing beats the feeling of stepping on it and realizing you have lost a kg or two.

I have read and been told that one of the best way is to have an item of clothing that is currently a few sizes too small and try to fit it at the end of each week. I followed that advice and that is why i have 20 tops that dont fit. I call them "inspirational pieces". None has fit me to date. Maybe im too ambitious. Maybe i should have bought just 2 sizes smaller instead of 4. Anyway i decided to give away some of them so i can buy stuff that actually fit me. Having all those small clothes just made me depressed.

The other way of measuring progress is to use a tape measure. I noticed that every inch corresponded to 2kg loss. Its been consistently so. Now you see why i prefer the scale. Tends to move faster than the tape measure or inspirational pieces.

Anyway, now that i decided to do things differently, i am trying to put less emphasis on the scale and more on the tape measure. After all i think getting slimmer as opposed to lighter.

Ive been taking a tape measure to my tummy for the last week and have lost half an inch. Im very excited. Im tempted to weigh myself to confirm but i dont want to be disappointed. I will wait till next week 3 days after my period. Im looking forward to shedding more inches.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Water retention?

A day after writting the post below i weighed myself again & guess what? I lost 1 kg! Crazy right? I had to use 2 weighing scales to confirm. It obviously was not attributable to anything i was doing although i have been in the process of making some lifestyle changes. Research on the web has led me to believe that it may have been water weight. After all it was only 5 days to my period, now 2. Still, its very suspicious. Anyway i weighed myself again and im still 74 kg. My goal is simply to lose half a kg by the end of this month. The way to do it will be to have at least an hour of cardio daily and to cut out junk food from my diet. Will let you know how that goes.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Back to square one

When i first started this blog i was 72kgs and i was quite frustrated having gained 5 kgs. Today i weigh 75. I dont even know wat to say. I have been exercising and somewhat watching my diet for the last 2 wks but all ive managed to do is gain 2 kg. However i have lost half an inch on my tummy so i dont know how to interpret that. I am hoping its water retention although i dont remember ever suffering from that. Though it is exactly one week to my period. I sure hope its not fat gain cuz water retention i can deal with. Im just gonna make sure that im taking 8 glasses of water, exercising, eating more fibre & al try to get me some vitamin B6, potassium and magnesium. Anyway i will report back in 3 days tell you how it goes. And oh i stopped my salsa classes for atleast a month. I hope to use that time to do some weight lifting/conditioning exercises & maybe skip some rope.