Time for the prodigal questionnaire...
1. What is your current height and weight?
-- 5ft 3, 114 pounds
2. If you were at an ideal weight now, what would that weight be?
-- 103 lbs, but more importantly I want my body fat% to be around 22% or less
3. At what weight would you like to be at four months from now?
-- 103 lbs and body fat % of 26%
4. Why do you want to lose weight?
I want to be fit, to be able to enjoy life. look good in clothes, do hiking,trekking without feeling tired and to feel good about myself.
5. Do you want to lose weight for a specific life event such as wedding or reunion? If so, when is that event?
My birthday, 4 months from now.
6. What obstacles could get between you and your weight loss goals?
I love eating and hate exercising. I am a student and on a budget so cant afford joining a gym.
7. Why do you think that you now have a weight problem?
I was in a desk job for last 5 years and the company provided free food and snacks. so think gallons of pepsi, chips, cakes and every other junk food you could imagine. and no exercise on top of that.
8. What lifestyle changes do you think would help you lose weight?
-- Developing a distaste for unhealthy foods, drinking a lot of water, and inculcation more physical activity in my daily life. Small things as using stairs instead of the elevator, walking to grocery store, or similar stuff, stretching during daily activities. I also plan to do 30 mins of yoga breathing exercises daily.
9. Have you lost weight in the past? If so, what has worked in the past to help you lose weight?
-- Never.
10. Why do you believe that you did not lose weight or you gained the weight back?
-- I never tried hard enough.
12. Would you try writing down all food and drink consumed for a given period of time?
-- No thats not gonna work for me. I would rather keep an eye for the calories in whatever I am eating.
13. Do you cook at home often? If so, what do you cook?
-- Yes almost 5 times a week. Since I am Asian, i usually cook rice and a vegetable curry to go with it.
14. How often do you go out to eat? Where do you go?
Earlier it was around 5 times a week, but now i want to reduce it. I plan to eat out once a month.
15. What are your three favorite foods?
-- Chicken curry, butter chicken masala, any rice dish.
16. What are your three favorite restaurants?
N/A
17. What are three things you can do differently when it comes to food?
-- Not eat out.
-- Include a fruit in my day
-- Have smaller portion sizes
18. If you woke up tomorrow and your body was exactly the way you want it, what would be different?
flat flat stomach and I would be able to run 10kms easily.
19. Do you eat when you are not hungry?
-- I eat when I'm stressed.
20. Do you binge eat (large amounts at a time)?
-- Yes when I am stressed or sad. And Chips are another of my sins- I can finish a big pack of 350gm potato chips in one go.
21. Do you hide your food or eat in secret?
-- No!
22. Do you eat when you are sad, nervous, or depressed?
-- Yes
23. Do you eat as a reward?
-- Yes. but off late i have developed a distaste for that. so i guess the answer is - not any more.
24. Do you eat while watching TV or using the computer?
-- No
25. What do you normally eat for a meal?
-- Rice and vegetable curry
26. What type of snacks do you eat?
-- Chips, white bread, crisps
27. In terms of exercise, what, if anything, are you currently doing?
-- walking around 7 kms a day and couch to 5 K.
28. Where do you go for exercise? A local public gym? School/work gym?
-- The park.
29. What, if anything, are your three favorite types of exercise?
-- Swimming.
30. What is your daily/weekly/monthly/yearly motivation to move towards your goals?
-- I want to run a half marathon.
31. Do you have rewards for certain goals?
-- buy a awesome evening gown on my birthday If I reach my goal by then.
