Saturday, July 24, 2010

How to lose 1.5 kg in a week

Actually in four days. I started the week with a vow to lose 1 kg, having gained 0.5 kg despite going to the gym consistently that week.

I finally accepted that exercise alone was not gonna cut it so i decided to give dieting a whirl.

So i replaced my usual tea, bread with loads of margarine with cereal, two fruits and green tea. I decided to have a snack at work of black tea and hand full of peanuts then a fruit salad at lunch. At 6pm i had black tea, 2 slices bread, 1 tsp peanut butter then went to gym for aerobics and some conditioning exercises.

Now, I was able to follow that plan faithfully but somehow for 3 days i found myself missing lunch. Anyway by thursday the scale had moved by 1.5 kg (3.3 lb).

I waited till today to confirm and yes it is true. Im excited, of course, but i feel so drained. 2 sessions of cardio and 1 of conditioning daily on such a low calorie diet will take its toll on you. So ive decided to rest this weekend and relax the diet a bit so im ready for battle next week.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Another notch in my belt

Seems the weight gain season is over. Ive lost 0.5 kg this past week and 1kg the week before that. Im now at 72.5 kg. If i work very hard in the next two weeks i could get out of the 70s. Thats my new goal and i will give it my all. That means no bread and 2 gym sessions daily. My aim for this week is 1kg.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

So its been 6 months since i joined gym. Thats half a year. When I started I thought i would be 55 kgs by now. However ive only been able to shift about 2 kgs since then. Yep, im 73 kg now.

You remember the plateau I talked about? Turns out I should have worked harder to break out of it.

I have felt very discouraged but really there is no option of giving up. I just have to try harder until I finally get there.

Ive revised my final goal to 60 kg, meaning I have 13 kg to lose. Ive further divided my initial weight loss goals to 0.5 kg in the 1st week, 1kg 2nd week, 1.5 kg then 2 kg which should get me to 68 kg. You will notice that the 1.5 and 2kg goals have no time limit. Thats because im not gonna attempt to do the impossible resulting to disappointment. So lets see if i achieve these goals. Now to work towards goal 1