Herbalife progress_Week 4

This is a very elaborate and confusing post that only me can understand. This post is to remind me how obsessed and crazy I get doing this 1 month Herbalife Weight Loss Challenge.
Also to remind that I need to be out of my comfort zone in order to achieve something....

Week 4 Part 1
28 Jan - Finale

I will do a separate entry for the finale. As for Week 4 progress, results were kind of encouraging although I still have not hit 69kg in the afternoon:
 
Afternoon weigh in:
Mon  72.4kg (My 1st day of period. Weight increased probably due to water retention???)
Tue   71.1kg =1.3kg lower
Wed  70.6kg = 0.5kg lower than yesterday
Thur ????

My target is to hit 66.4kg on Saturday morning. The final weigh in is at 12 o'clock so I'm estimating the weight would increase by 1.0kg thus hopefully the weight will be 67.4kg (9.5% loss)

For tomorrow morning, I have to weigh 67.5kg to be on track.
Thus I should weigh 69.5kg this evening. Crazy! I weighed 69.5kg this morning! And to achieve 67.5kg tomorrow morning, I have to lose 2kg overnight!

CRAZY!CRAZY!CRAZY!


That was me desperately wanna win. OK, now I have lowered my target so it's more achievable. Target weight now = 68.5kg by 12 o'clock on 2nd Feb = 8% loss
That's about 2.1kg (from my Wednesday weight) in 2 days (Thur pm- Fri pm) thus 1.05kg loss per day.

If between today(Thurs) until 2nd Feb (Sat), my weight:

1. constantly increase only 0.5kg from am to pm (0.5 x 3 days= 1.5kg increase in total)
2. constantly reduce by 1.0kg overnight (1 x 2 days = 2kg reduction in total)

thus net is 0.5kg reduction i.e 69.5kg - 0.5kg = 69kg

I can't do anything on No. 1 because the calorie intake cannot go any lower or else I'll hit a plateau. While No. 2 is kind of unpredictable based on my log. I need to put more effort to ensure No. 2 reduction is more than 1kg reduction per night, ideally more than 1.5kg.

?????

OK, enough of uncomprehensible nonsense.... It's 12.00 noon and I'm off to the gym....

Herbalife progress_Week 3

Week 3
21-27 Jan 2013

I was anxious coming week 3 because there would be 5 days long holiday including weekend . HELP! The temptation definitely would be enormous! When I was about to go all out on 3 day exercise, the holiday only enabled me to go to the gym on Tuesday as Thurs and Friday we were off to Perlis. 'How now, brown cow?' I was so nervous, I even prepared an A4 note to remind me of my goal or at least maintain the kgs.

So I was thinking 'Calorie intake would be rising and no 'calorie out?' I need to think of something to use up the calorie in! (definitely harder when you're on holiday)

What I did was on Thursday morning after I got up, I hopped and did jumping jacks to increase my heartbeat and did some yoga. Hoping the activities could be considered as a physical activity to consume the calories I would be taking that day, at least better than nothing.

When travelling, I drank 1.6ltr Tea Mix and stopped for lunch at KFC, Gopeng. Opt for chicken wrap which came with some mushrooms and corn. OK, so far so good and drank more until we reached Perlis at about 7pm. Time for dinner shake but it would be too obvious so I waited until 8pm. Before that I weighed (yes, I brought the scale with me) myself quietly in the bedroom. 70.4kg. OKlah, 0.5kg increase, I was expecting more. End of Travelling Day 1. Then, the challenges got harder....

Parents in law was asking 'awat tak makan, pi la makan' for dinner. I only managed a smile. My beloved hubby who is so supportive understood my dilemma and kept giving me encouragement to stick to my diet. The next morning, my mother in law asked me 'Awat tak nak makan, diet ka? Isk, tak mau makan langsung ka?' I know I need to be frank about going on a diet, or else how people are going to understand your changes... So with humourous tone, I said 'kali ni ja, nanti balik lain boleh makan lagi' :-)

The misconception about dieting is people think that you're not eating at all whereas you only reduce your portion and carefully selecting what you are putting into your mouth. So it's not that I was not eating, I was only eating less. Other than that, same thing.... Intake ok, water ok, little exercise (like Thurs morning) ok... until I couldn't resist pasar malam food temptations! Had sate + ayam panggang + 2 pieces murtabak @ 9pm and when to sleep at 10.30pm! The effect was my kg maintained at 70.4kg.

 

Day 3 to day 5 were kind of stagnant if not rising.... On the last day (Monday), I weighed 72.4kg. I blamed my period because it was my first day (although I ate various stuff and drank less, afraid of water retention).

On Tuesday, I still didn't lose hope because I have 5 days before the final weigh in. Actually, I was in between....about to give in as in "que sera sera, what ever will be, will be''.... HELP!

Sacrifices/efforts I made during the holidays:

1. Consciously follow the right portion of my food
2. Consciously choose protein over carbo (lots of chicken instead of rice)
3. Ate a lot of fruits whenever I saw tempting snacks
4. I did have some snacks but I controlled the portion
5. Managed to squeezed in some time to exercise/yoga about 30 min
6. Keep reminding myself of my goal although the scale was not on my side

So, there were slight changes in my behaviour compared to normal. Hopefully these will turn into habits that will drive me towards healthier lifestyle. Aminnnnn.....

Courtesy of pictures:
http://sakinahupsi-prasekolahskgji.blogspot.com/2011/11/jamuan-akhir-tahun-prasekolah-2011.html
http://sumptuousblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/sate-kajang-hj-samuri-awan-besar-lebuh-raya-shah-alam-2/
http://w4w4d33.blogspot.com/2011/07/cooking-from-heart-and-souls-cheewahhhh.html

Kg loss Week 1 - Week 3

Week 1= 1.2kg
Week 2= 1.3kg
Week 3= 1.7kg*

 Total loss = 4.2kg

* I cheated on Sunday Week 3 because I wanted the scale to start hitting 60s (69.9kg) by drinking less. Shame on me

Temptation of Week 3

As usual, at the start of a week..... I felt determined to follow the diet to a T. However today, I lost to Domino's Pizza!

I brought lunch from home (brown rice + grilled breast chicken + pecal salads) which was kinda healthy. Then my boss treated us Large Pizza! Oh Gosh! If you could see how I was trying to resist myself from eating! But I lost......


I ate my lunch first (finished them all at 674 cal).... then I had 1 slice of pizza (300 cal). And I had another around 4pm (300 cal)...

Now I regret my decision. How can I win if this is my attitude??????

Herbalife Progress_Week 2

Week 2
14 -20 Jan 2013

Again, I was pondering on Friday night why my weight has not decreased the amount I expected.
Total loss Week 1 = 1.2kg
Total loss Week 2 = 0.8kg

I even went to the gym 3 times (Tue/Thur/Fri) to really work on it, you know. And I was frustrated my weight on Saturday is the same as on Friday (71.5kg). Why? Oh Why?

I tried to think about everything on Saturday morning:
My menstrual won't start until end of the month
I drink as prescribed
I eat with controlled portion
I avoid greasy and fattening foods
I drank Tea Mix more than prescribed

Then it came to my mind, my bowel movement!

So I decided to take a colon cleanse pill later that night and the next day I felt energized. The weight show slight reduction but I was more than happy.

On Sunday night, we went to Alamanda and as usual, my kids wanted to eat at Rasa. I was nervous, whether I could resist the temptation. It was dinner time so I do need to eat. Decided to have Sisters' Crispy Roll x 2 but my hubby ate 1 roll (bravo!). We got home around 9.30pm. I felt kinda full so decided not to take Herbalife (bad decision?).

Before I went to bed, I weighed myself for the last data for week 2. It was 71kg! A drop of 0.5kg! I was even more happy! So the statistics now changed to

Total loss Week 1 = 1.2kg
Total loss Week 2 = 1.3kg Yeay!

Still....Not so much to win the contest :-(

Herbalife progress_Week 1

Week 1
7 - 13 Jan 2013

Everything went fine until Friday. I wanted to go home early but suddenly I was needed to solve some problems at the office. Sigh...
I was eager to go to have my 'dinner' at home (Shake F1)...Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock! It was already 7.00pm. I was so so hungry!... I had to ask my friend if she had something to eat. She had desserts and steamed chickpeas. I chose chickpeas (although the Gardenia chocolate bun was tempting) and ate about 1/2 cup. I decided not to take Herbalife for dinner thinking the calories has piled up from the chickpeas and it was too late to take the shake after 9pm. Boy....I was so wrong. I can take the shake even before I sleep. My 'coach' says the body can quickly absorb the shake and I need the nutrients for weight loss.

I didn't lose much weight after that. During the weekend, my weight stayed stagnant although I jogged moderately round a netball field x 3 (new activity to complete 3 physical activities per week). I also had grilled fish and maybe 1.5 cup white rice and stir fry veg on Sat. For Sunday, I had nasi ayam for lunch and cautiously controlling my portion of rice. I also had chicken & beef satay around 8-10 sticks. I felt I should have lost some weight because I was aware that I need to control my portions plus the added physical activity which I don't normally do.

I weigh myself twice a day bearing in mind this is just for data collection. I remind myself not to be affected by the numbers as it is not advisable to weigh too often (it may have demotivating effect when you see the numbers do not move). On both days Sat and Sun, my weight in the morning is 71.1kg. In the afternoon (logically you'll weigh more because you eat and drink compared to when you just get out of bed), my weight didn't budge at 72.2kg (it even increased by 0.1kg). That was my weight on Thursday night!

I expected my weight to drop a bit because of the low calorie intake. So when the scale showed on the contrary, I was about to get demotivated. When I'm writing this, it's already Day 2 of Week 2. Guess what, for Day 1 the number was still the same!

I started to think of extreme options instead of adopting healthier habits. Totally eliminate rice? Don't have my lunch? Give up?

Luckily, I was thinking of taking the ketone test. I took the ketone test right after I got off the bed this morning, not expecting anything (because the weight was stagnant). Then I saw the test strip quickly turned from faint yellow to maroon. Wow! That really got me excited! I never had that colour when I was on SDII! Maroon means moderate burning of fat. More about ketone and ketosis here. Then, I'm motivated again and asked myself to be patient and just do the best that I can.

Pic taken from here

Today, I went to gym for 1 hour doing the threadmill with max speed of 6.5 kmh burning 155cal in 20 mins. Keep up the good work ok!


P/S: My reason for the stagnant weight is poor portion control although I reduced carbo :-). Things to improve on this week :-)

Welcome 2013

Happy New Year everyone! How was 2012 for you? How about 2013? Hope it will be filled with goodies and continuous effort to achieve any unfulfilled resolutions.

I will start my 2013 with weight loss contest! Organized by Nutricity using Herbalife products, I am determined to win this! This is my 2nd attempt in weight loss contest. The first was last year somewhere in April organized by Nestle. The intention was to get the free 4 cereals boxes knowing it was impossible to lose weight when on holiday (I went to Vietnam) and in 2 weeks. I remember I didn't cut my food intake, exercise as normal and water intake was not satisfactory. Although I didn't win, I lost 0.9kg (which is nearly 1 kg). And they use % loss, not kg loss. So the heavier you are, the kg that you need to shed is more.

This time, I will do what it takes to win. Lama dah tak menang apa-apa.....My intention is to prove to myself that I can control my mind which in turn will control my body. "It's all in the mind" is the mindset that I really need to work on.

Other than to lose weight, my resolutions are basically what I wanted to achieve last year.