It's been 22 days i.e 3 weeks after the Weight Loss Challenge. I've been quite lenient in terms of food choice although still following the right portions. Still trying not to snack although sometimes I couldn't resist. I didn't take Herbalife for a week as I finished my stock while waiting for my 2k order to arrive. I only weigh myself in the morning and still go to the gym twice a week.
My weight now is 66.9 kg. That is 2.6 kg less from WLC weight of 69.5kg. That's about 1.3kg per week or 0.8kg per week if I want to count in the 1 "without Herbalife" week.
Yeay! Good job! I still haven't rewarded myself. My husband has by giving me RM1,500 cash! Thank you Abah! I really appreciate it! Muah! Muah!
Monday, February 25, 2013
The 1st step
Yesterday I attended my first Success Training Seminar STS at IOI Marriot Putrajaya. Program was from 10.30am to 4.30pm. Ticket was RM30 (early bird price). I went there alone to witness myself what Herbalife gathering is all about as I didn't know who else want to accompany me as this was an 'MLM event'.
Before STS
My expectation I guess very much like everyone else who are still not convinced i.e skeptical with MLM. "Must be like other MLM where they try to lure you with all the success stories, millions made etc".The funny thing is I've never attended any other MLM gathering but through other people's experience. And there I was observing the attendees, carrying or wearing Herbalife merchandise enthusiastically clapping and singing to "You're simply the best" by Tina Turner. I even thought I would leave early expecting I would be bored.
After STS
I stayed until the end. That's a good sign. I jotted down notes so I guess I gained something from the event. I know what my next target although still not sure whether I can achieve it. Final conclusion, yes, if you want to start with Herbalife it doesn't hurt to go to this event. If you're in between, you might or might not join the boat depending on your confidence level.
In conclusion, yeah... Why not.... I got to be with different set of people with different way of thinking. One 1st experience gained and all the best with my Herbalife journey!
Before STS
My expectation I guess very much like everyone else who are still not convinced i.e skeptical with MLM. "Must be like other MLM where they try to lure you with all the success stories, millions made etc".The funny thing is I've never attended any other MLM gathering but through other people's experience. And there I was observing the attendees, carrying or wearing Herbalife merchandise enthusiastically clapping and singing to "You're simply the best" by Tina Turner. I even thought I would leave early expecting I would be bored.
After STS
I stayed until the end. That's a good sign. I jotted down notes so I guess I gained something from the event. I know what my next target although still not sure whether I can achieve it. Final conclusion, yes, if you want to start with Herbalife it doesn't hurt to go to this event. If you're in between, you might or might not join the boat depending on your confidence level.
In conclusion, yeah... Why not.... I got to be with different set of people with different way of thinking. One 1st experience gained and all the best with my Herbalife journey!
Monday, February 4, 2013
Herbalife progress_Finale
Week 4_Finale
2 Feb 2013
Guess what....I did not attend the finale! I couldn't believe myself. After all the sacrifices.... What can I say? Well, Allah SWT knows better and things happen for a reason....
My 'coach' did update me though; the winner lost a whopping 14kg! Wow!
2nd prize = 11kg, 3rd price = 10kg. The 4th prize winner was a lady with loss of 7kg
Okay, the weight I lost was not even close so I didn't achieve my goal. Was I disappointed? Yes, for not going + not winning. However, I am now 5kg lighter! Yeay!
My overall achievement is
Weight Loss = 5kg (target 6kg) % Loss = 6.7% (target 8%)
Looking back, I should be proud of myself. I tried in 2012 and only managed to lose about 3.5kg within 6 months (and later gained back again).... Still to early to see whether I'll gain back the 5kg...I hope not....
So what's next? My 'coach' ask me to take a 3-4 mths package costing around RM2.5k to get me to my ideal weight (about 15kg loss) The 2.5k include a one time registration fee of RM98. Should I take it or not? To me, anything that gets more than 1k will need serious thinking. When I do some thinking, I will need some time. Sometimes I wonder how can people think quickly within split second and make a decision. The cost, my commitment for 3 months, can I really do it, business opportunity.... I've been thinking about the last point lately but just too scared of the unknown. I decided to do serious thinking on Monday and just splurge for the weekend after the 4 week Weight Loss Challenge. My splurges were:
Hokey, need to get back to the game and my weight this morning is 70kg.
2 Feb 2013
Guess what....I did not attend the finale! I couldn't believe myself. After all the sacrifices.... What can I say? Well, Allah SWT knows better and things happen for a reason....
My 'coach' did update me though; the winner lost a whopping 14kg! Wow!
2nd prize = 11kg, 3rd price = 10kg. The 4th prize winner was a lady with loss of 7kg
Okay, the weight I lost was not even close so I didn't achieve my goal. Was I disappointed? Yes, for not going + not winning. However, I am now 5kg lighter! Yeay!
My overall achievement is
Weight Loss = 5kg (target 6kg) % Loss = 6.7% (target 8%)
Looking back, I should be proud of myself. I tried in 2012 and only managed to lose about 3.5kg within 6 months (and later gained back again).... Still to early to see whether I'll gain back the 5kg...I hope not....
So what's next? My 'coach' ask me to take a 3-4 mths package costing around RM2.5k to get me to my ideal weight (about 15kg loss) The 2.5k include a one time registration fee of RM98. Should I take it or not? To me, anything that gets more than 1k will need serious thinking. When I do some thinking, I will need some time. Sometimes I wonder how can people think quickly within split second and make a decision. The cost, my commitment for 3 months, can I really do it, business opportunity.... I've been thinking about the last point lately but just too scared of the unknown. I decided to do serious thinking on Monday and just splurge for the weekend after the 4 week Weight Loss Challenge. My splurges were:
- Good lunch at Littlte White Cafe (Roast Chicken + Cranberry juice + Bread Pudding)
- 1/2 portion white rice + fried egg + kicap + tomato sauce for dinner
- Small portion of nasi lemak for Sunday snack
- 1/2 portion curry pasta + Crispy popia for Sunday lunch @ Alamanda
- Bought 2 belts at RM51 (which I thought can be paired with my new blouse but I don't think they work now)
- Keropok + Ubi + sambal + mee sup + carbonated drink for snack
- Small portion of nasi lemak for dinner
Hokey, need to get back to the game and my weight this morning is 70kg.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Herbalife progress_1 day before finale
Week 4_1 day before finale
1 Feb
My ignorance backfires! I ate 'keropok sira' nearly half the pack and my afternoon weight yesterday was 71.1kg! Based on my calculation, I should maintain a 0.5kg increase in the afternoon so I would be able to hit the 60s later today. But no, I was not thinking when I ate the snack. Actually I did but the thought process was 'this is ok since I've burned some calories during lunch hour (I went to the gym). I was so wrong....
Now I could see the impact of having 'keropok' as snack (I love keropok! Sigh)....I could finish 1 whole tin of 'keropok ikan Terengganu'.
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 71.1kg = 0.5kg HIGHER than yesterday
Fri ?????
1 Feb
My ignorance backfires! I ate 'keropok sira' nearly half the pack and my afternoon weight yesterday was 71.1kg! Based on my calculation, I should maintain a 0.5kg increase in the afternoon so I would be able to hit the 60s later today. But no, I was not thinking when I ate the snack. Actually I did but the thought process was 'this is ok since I've burned some calories during lunch hour (I went to the gym). I was so wrong....
Now I could see the impact of having 'keropok' as snack (I love keropok! Sigh)....I could finish 1 whole tin of 'keropok ikan Terengganu'.
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 71.1kg = 0.5kg HIGHER than yesterday
Fri ?????
Thursday, January 31, 2013
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:
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....
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:
- constantly increase only 0.5kg from am to pm (0.5 x 3 days= 1.5kg increase in total)
- constantly reduce by 1.0kg overnight (1 x 2 days = 2kg reduction in total)
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:
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
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:
- Consciously follow the right portion of my food
- Consciously choose protein over carbo (lots of chicken instead of rice)
- Ate a lot of fruits whenever I saw tempting snacks
- I did have some snacks but I controlled the portion
- Managed to squeezed in some time to exercise/yoga about 30 min
- 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
Monday, January 21, 2013
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??????
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??????
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