Farewell 2010 Welcome 2011

I'm at home since my employer forced us to take a 1 week leave for year end. Like always, time flew really fast. I've waited for this leave and now is already Thurs 30 Dec. What I've done this year? The focus was the house. Everything else came second including work

1. My grandfather passed away in May
2. Organised a 1st family trip for in laws to Cameron Highland

Exercise vs slimming centres

 went to Bizzy Body yesterday to utilize a treatment voucher from Summerset Elite Club. I had set up my mind not to spend my money on their offers because they could really convince and talk you into signing up.
During consultation, i really felt that exercise is not the answer to my weight problem. They even said exercise would only worsen my worst area, the thighs. They explained that by exercising, it doesn't help the fat cells but only increase the muscle. The treatment however, helps to reduce the size of the fat cells by promoting high rate of metabolism via their treatment. When the fat gets smaller, it would flushed out through urine (fats, not fat cells).
At one point, I felt helpless. I remembered when my body just didn't respond to my exercise regime. The body didn't get any better, only more toned. The thigh didn't get any smaller. I nearly agreed to their statement but managed to get out of there without spending a single sen.
Now that i've googled on the topic ' reduce fat size thigh', top sites promotes exercises. You have to be careful with the type of exercise though. At least there's something we can do about it, not depending on the costly treatments!

THE PLAN

Here's the plan.... 3 areas to tackle. Food intake, exercise, commitment....
FOOD
I should take carbo out of the menu at least for 1 week. Then can slowly take minimum carbo if i really have to. Should eat more fruits. Prepare food for myself which no oil or use olive oil. Drink 2 litre of plain water.
Once i can control my intake, i'll start taking SD II to assist the metabolism.  I might take vitamins if i have money leftovers.

EXERCISE
I will get up at 5.30 am to exercise and cook. Exercises will be done on Mondays and Wednesdays which include:
10 mins of arm exercises standing
10 mins crunches (3 sets of 20)
5 mins of  arm exercises lying down
10 mins of thigh exercises (2 sets of 20)
I'll do some at night before going to sleep.
I'll go to the office gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Do more for the thighs.
I'll go for an aerobics class once a week. Choice of Cempaka Lake on Saturdays or Chantek nearby (still to find when is the class).

COMMITMENT
The hardest to maintain (if not, i would have i healthy lifestyle by now).  To be realistic, the timeline is 3 mths starting January through March. I shall keep a 3 mth diary to record the activities. I shall reward myself for every 3 kg reduced. Thus the target weight reduction is 9kg (now i weigh around 74kg). My commitment is to stay doing exercise at least within the 3 month period.


Today is 10 Dec. For the next 20 days, i will reduce if not eliminate totally carbo from my diet.

Help me!

Arghh!.... I'm losing it! I didn't get far with my effort on weight management. Just when i wanted to start, i was down with flu. Now it has been 2 weeks and i didn't choose what i ate. I just ate whatever that were laid on the table. Plus i couldn't help myself but to try authentic 'lauk kampung' in Perlis (kenduri adik ipas 'masuk jawi').... If i don't start now, i'll regret it....

Progress so far

I haven't progress much since the last post. Within the 2 weeks, i didn't really control the carbo intake. I had a full blown 3 eat-out days which i know is unhealthy. KFC, McD, Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza....
I managed to start doing crunches and lifting weights. Sometimes in the morning, sometimes before i go to sleep. We also went to a public senamrobik on Saturday 8am, 13th Nov.

Since we have booked a trip to Sabah for October 2011, i think it's a very good powerful reason for me to lose weight. But then, there's another issue of whether to get pregnant or not. Should i postpone and wait until after the trip? Now, that sounds like a lame reason not to have a baby now. I can go on trips anytime I want (and why i didn't go before?) but should know that time doesn't let you to have a baby anytime that i want especially now that i'm already 35. The clock is ticking you know.... To postpone would mean having a baby in 2012 and i'll be 37. Isn't that a bit old for a fourth kid? Our target is to have 5 children.... Will there ever be a fifth child after 37? You can but it's a bit risky isn't it....

Start point

My target this week is to omit carbo completely from my diet. I weighed myself yesterday to know my weight start point. About 72kg.
I should have oat & milk for breakfast. I change the breakfast venue from home to office. Yesterday I had a half slice of banana cake and a spoonful of fried rice. Today, I had some munch-munch in front of the tv. The rest were fish and chicken.
I should start to do some fat burning activities known as exercise. It should be slow and steady but regularly over the next 3 months. There'll be a lot of non working days in December, maybe i can incorporate fat burning activities then. There's a new gym at work, Tuesdays & Thursdays are for ladies (for Friday is during lunch hour). The UKM Sports Complex in Seksyen 15 is a good venue too for the family to have a brisk walk on weekends. I should start on doing the cooking, gardening too. Some crunches in the morning.... I'll update whether I have managed to start all these :-)

Metabolism myth

Just found out I shouldn't have blamed my metabolic rate for the cause of me being overweight. I read it here.
Only have one article as reference but it does make sense because i've read somewhere too indirectly mentioned about it. Based on my body screening in late 2009 which i now remembered, my metabolic rate was not that bad. It was just me having excessive calories and didn't do any exercise to burn it off....