Week 1 - Weigh in...(26th October 2011)

Ok, so this post is a little late...

I weighed myself in the morning before I started my exercise regime for the day.

Weight: 77.5 kg

Managed to reach the goal of at least 1 kg a week. GREAT!!!

BUT, I've realized that I may not be getting in the right amount of calories. I've read that if you eat too little, your metabolism goes down...then when you've lost all the weight and reduce the exercise, you'll gain a lot of weight back because your metabolism stays low...EEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!

Note to self: 

Read up on eating the right types of food and how to increase metabolism! =)

My own Body Makeover Challenge!

Since I didn't get in the NST Body Makeover Challenge, I decided to have my own Body Makeover Challenge!

The prize: My satisfaction in having achieved what I have dreamed of.

Objective: To lose 15 - 20 kg in 12 weeks.

Steps taken (or to take) to reach objective:

1. Join a gym. My morning jogging/walking was not helping me burn enough.
So I joined a small gym not too far away from home on 19th October 2011 (Wednesday). It has all the necessary equipment. 

*No creepy characters so far*
 

Mr. TK, everyone's personal trainer. 

Fellow gym-ers watching Michael Jackson's music videos while working out.

2. Be mindful of what I eat. Think before eating...whether I need to eat that particular food or not and whether it will benefit or harm my body [...will allow occasional bite of not so healthy food just to taste ^.^]

3. Eat less than 1500 calories daily.

4. Ensure I burn 700 - 1000 calories daily.


May these steps be something I stick with till the 12 weeks is up.
*Stay focus, you can do it!*

Starting weight: 78.5 kg

NST's Body Makeover Challenge Audition, 11th Oct 2011

Guess what comes around just as I decide to lose weight???

The NST Body Makeover Challenge! It's like it was meant to be! ^.^

I decided to send in an entry. Sent in a photo (of which I will not post up in case any of you throw up) and the entry form via email. Maybe I'll post up the photo once I've lost what I need to...a before and after photo, just like the ones in those funny weight loss ads.

Here is my entry form:

In case you can't read it...

My motivation to lose weight is...

NO MORE

- painful knees

- abrading thighs

- excess baggage "physically"

- excess baggage "literally"

YES TO

- more self-confidence (maybe should have put self-esteem instead)

- buying clothes easier & cheaper

- finally being able to swing across monkey bars

- being fitter & healthier

Weight: 78 kg...Height: 162 cm...BMI: 29.7...

Many people keep saying that I'm not that BIG and that I shouldn't worry too much.
You cannot compare me to someone who is bigger. The truth is, I am nearly obese, even if I don't look like I am. So the fact is, I NEED to lose the weight (more specifically, the fat).

It's really tough being a BIG person. Not only is it unhealthy, it is inconvenient. 

It's really hard to buy clothes and feel good in them. Worst part is, all the clothes that fit seem to be really expensive. Especially for someone like me who is not that big in the hips but have broad shoulders. I have a weird body shape I guess..

The audition was held at Celebrity Fitness, Bangsar Village II. It was to start at 10am but since I wasn't sure how big the crowd would be, I decided to be there early...reached at 8.30am...probably one of the first...as I did not see anyone else who looked like they were attending the audition too. As the crowd grew, they told us to go upstairs (even though when I asked the NST staff, she had told me that the registrations would be on the first floor of Celeb Fitness)...so at about 10.10am, the anxious crowd upstairs were told to go downstairs to register. 

How awful! We were there first and now we would have to compete with those downstairs. (They probably should have had like a list for us to write our names as we came in to avoid any inconveniences for them and for us.) 

I would like to thanks my favorite sister and one of my best friends for coming to support me! You know who you are lah ya? ^.^

THANK YOU GIRLS FOR COMING!!! Really appreciated it. =)

Anyway, I managed to get number 24. (Thankfully so as I think the judges had a lunch break after number 27 or so as we saw them in Delicious where we were having lunch too)

After lining up to register and get our number, we had to line up again to be weighed before going upstairs to (wait again for) the actual audition.

My recommended digits (according to the machine):

Weight: 55 kg

Fat: 13 %

Muscle mass: 41 %

My actual digits:

Weight: 78 kg

Fat: 31 %

Muscle mass: 42 %

I guess all the sports I have been playing have done some good. =)

The door to the audition room...there were 5 judges:

2 Celebrity Fitness Trainers, Ferhad (the singer) and 2 ladies from NST. When it came to my turn at about 12.10pm or so, I went in the room and was told to sit on the stool in front of them. Then they proceeded to ask me questions about what I was currently doing, whether I had a bf, whether I had been active before and Ferhad asked what I meant by "abrading thighs"...I had to explain about my thighs being sore after rubbing against each other whenever I wore a skirt. I think I even explained with my hand movements! LOL! One of the ladies said that they would definitely write that about me if I were chosen. I also stressed that I really wanted to be able to swing across monkey bars as I've always wanted to do that since I was a kid...thought it was something different.

Well, I thought the audition went well. Also thought that I had a good chance of being selected if they wanted a diverse group since I think I was one of the few "mixed" ones there.

Sadly, I was not selected. =(

Well, I guess they missed out on a super-awesome participant eh? Hahaha...

Read about the selected participants here.

Starting an Exercise Regime, 18th August 2011.

So I've decided to finally get serious about losing weight. 

I've been overweight for as long as I can remember.

I've always been active in sports since Primary School and yet I've always been a BIG girl.

Netball, Softball, Futsal, Ping Pong, Volleyball, Badminton, Tennis and Swimming are all sports that I enjoy. I would love to play other kinds too if I had the chance!

Also, it's not like I've been over eating and as far as I remember, we never had much junk food in the house and I don't recall eating much junk food either....well, except for the 'once in the blue moon' craving for Pringles/Mr. Potato's Sour Cream and Onion which came in a long canister!

Beginning weight (18th August 2011): 80.3 kg

Started jogging/walking at the stadium in the wee hours of the mornings with 2 of my buddies...it went well for about 2 weeks as we went every weekday....but it did slow down to a few days a  week after that. Thankfully I had my stationary bike at home which I did manage to do about an hour a day on it at least. 

The weight went down slowly to about 77 kg after a month. 

WOOT!!!

And then it went up to 78 kg... 

O.o