Weeks 4 & 5 - Weigh in...(16th & 23rd November 2011)

It's been a rough 2 weeks. 

I attended 2 weddings, 2 Saturdays in a row. 

I tried my best to control my intake but clearly the food was high in calorie. 

Luckily, no more weddings for the rest of the year...it doesn't only help with the weight loss, it helps with the pocket too! ^.^ 

Week 4 - Weigh in... (16th Nov) 

Weight: 74.9 kg 

Week 5 - Weigh in... (23rd Nov) 

Weight: 74.0 kg 

I had only lost 500 grams in Week 4 and 900 grams in Week 5. 

At this rate, I'll have to step it up. 

I have done exactly that...My legs are so sore each day and the energy is sucked out of my body with each step. 

According to the treadmill, I am now burning 800 - 1000 cals each time on it.
I burn 700 - 1000 cals on the bike... BUT I'm using lower tension because I'm worried about knee injury. I try my best to do the cross trainer each time at 300 cals but that's the toughest one and not my favorite of course.

Weight training is still done on alternate days.

So currently burning at least 1800 - 2000 calories each day at least 5-6 days a week.

I'm almost halfway through my regime. Time sure does fly! 

Looks like it's a real race now if I'm going to meet my goal. 

TTFN. 

=)

Weeks 2 & 3 - Weigh in...(2nd & 9th November 2011)

Ok, so I'm not that great with updating my blog.  :-/

I don't really go on the PC much.


Week 2 - Weigh in... (2nd Nov)
Weight: 76.5 kg

Week 3 - Weigh in... (9th Nov)

Weight: 75.6 kg

Weight loss going as planned (about lah).. 

Just increased my daily cardio workout on Tuesday (8th Nov).

According to the machines, it's 300 cals on the cross trainer,  500 cals on the treadmill and 700 cals on the bike...(total of 1500 calories).
This is the minimum standard. I will increase accordingly if I feel I am able to do it. 

E.g. 300 cals on the cross trainer,  600 cals on the treadmill and 900 cals on the bike...(total of 1800 calories).

Now I do machines and cardio on Mon, Wed & Fri.
Cardio only on Tue, Thu and Sat.
On Sundays, I do my stationary bike at home....trying to get in 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening.

Now I have to check my food intake...next research...good foods to eat to help keep me healthy and also help burn fat.

New info learned..

Taken from here.

Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) is the rate at which your total amount of energy your body burns over time while your body is at rest. BMR is the most common measure to find out your metabolism rate. Another common measure is Resting Metabolic Rate(RMR). Unlike the BMR, the RMR is defined as the rate which your total amount of energy that your body burns over time while your body is not doing anything i.e. lying on bed, sitting around.

Male BMR = 66 + (Weight in kg x 13.7) + (5 x Height in cm) – (6.8 x Age)

Female BMR = 655 + (Weight in kg x 9.6) + (1.7 x Height in cm) – (4.7 x Age)

Apparently, my BMR is about 1558.

More info on how to increase your metabolism can be found here.