The crude Asian's weightloss journal :)

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sheelai

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Hello, everyone :)

Stats:
- 19 year old female
- Asian
- first year student
- 163cm (5'4)
- starting weight: 58,8kg

Milestones (keeps me motivated):
- 58kg (X)
- 57kg (X)
- 56kg ( )
- 55kg ( )
- 54kg ( )
- 53kg ( )
- 52kg ( )

I'm writing a physics test in roughly an hour's time, and I've been studying since 01:30 AM - I'm tired, I'm cranky, I stink and need a bath, so bare with me if I don't make sense or if there's mindless swearing (don't swear much in real life but there's definitely PG18 LV in this head).

So from around August 2008 - February 2009, I'd managed to slim down 9kg (19.8lbs) and maintained my weight for good while - better still, it was from regular exercise and a healthy diet, not crash diets and fasting like I'd always done. BUT I'm ashamed to say that most of it has crept back on (I've always been an emotional eater, I have SAD and it's my first year of university > stress level maximum!!).

Sure, I hate the camel-toe and the flabby gut but I mostly miss being fitter, of feeling like I have control. And I got a real kick from watching those numbers going down :) So here I am, again. Motivation is most welcome!

(By the way, I'm guessing my current weight is about 62-63kg (138-ish) but it kills me to see those numbers, so I haven't weighed myself in a good while and I don't plan on doing so for a couple of weeks - I need that initial, "YES!! I've lost 5kg since my last weigh-in!!" booster :)


Sheelai, the crude asian :)
 
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Hi lovely
Just read ur post and I really feel like im in the same situation as u !
I'm 20, 5'5 and about 62 kg atm.. hoping to be 55 by feb next yr
maybe we can motivate eachother?!
 
Phew~:hurray:

So the physics is done now...although, I found out within minutes of handing in my script that I'd made a mistake.
 
angel light said:
Hi lovely
Just read ur post and I really feel like im in the same situation as u !
I'm 20, 5'5 and about 62 kg atm.. hoping to be 55 by feb next yr
maybe we can motivate eachother?!
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Hey, angel light :waving: I'd sure appreciate that - I was hoping to find a weightloss buddie! My goal is to settle around 50-53kg. I think a BMI of 19-20 is trim, cute and healthy (and health, for me, is quite a big issue now, what with studies getting more and more hectic).

I'm hoping to take part in a marathon in October. I know it's unrealistic to say that I'll be able to jog through the whole thing by then (I'm super unfit right now) but it's for charity and it's only 5km - and it'll give me enough reason to take my exercising seriously :)
 
I find that interval training is really good for getting ur jogging/running on the right path! It also gets ur heart rate pumping a lot. I wish I could run more, but unfortunately I've had a fair few leg problems due to my flat feet and dancing background.
Just wondering what your plans are to lose weight? Like what kind of things are you going to do ?
 
Wow, you danced? What kind of dancing?

I'm afraid I've never had clearcut plans (despite the TONS of readings I've done in the past). I have an elliptical trainer, which I've always used (about 1-3 hours per day), so I hope to use that and moderate weight training. I did experience some problems once when my body got used to the elliptical (this was about a month and a half ago during the holidays when I trained on it for 4hours at a time (I varied the resistance but I barely raised a sweat). But I'm super unfit now, so when I reach that stage I'll start jogging around the neighbourhood. Oh, and I also plan on walking to and fro from school fulltime (Presently, I only do it now and then because it takes a good 50min).

Eating...I have even less of a plan for that. When I was at my fittest, I used to eat a repetitive diet (say, cereal, fruit snack1, yoghurt + cereal/sandwich, fruit snack2, supper etc. (all weighed out!!) at very specific times of the day) but this stressed me out and took away from the joy of eating (I mean, I want to be fit, live a long life? but what's the use if I'm miserable?). I still eat a lot of fruit and vegetables but maybe you have suggestions?
 
7 September 2009 (Monday)

Man, I'm forgetting the whole purpose of this journal.

Anyways, I've decided that I can't go on like this - gotta face up to it, and what does it matter if I'm going to lose it anyways? So, I shalt be weighing myself. TERROR!!!!!

And I've decided to take weekly photo's of myself (or, at least, biweekly) to help me along when the scale's unkind. You guys should check out LosingTheFat's weightloss journey on YouTube - fantasmagoric.
 
So I did it, and I now weigh 58.8kg (129.63lbs). It's less than I expected (60-63kg) but I'm guessing this is because there's hardly any water/food in me, and more sadly because my muscle's been replaced by fat :(

Took pics, too - ginormous thunder thighs and flab. And my room looks like a war zone...gotta clean up.

Promise to self - post pics at the end in Before-After section (personal dream :)) > warning beforehand - is bikini pic with no evidence whatsoever of taking care of self (hairy scary); may be an insult to the womankind.

Gonna go exercise now!! Unjya!
 
I did every kind of dance actually but it screwed my leg :( not happy

wish i was weighing 58.8 ! congrats !
 
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Can any of you guys guide me through how to get myself weightloss ticker? They say, "cut and past code" but I'm still living in ancient China: From where do you copy and where do you paste it????????

:seeya: <this so cute :)
 
Day 5 of 4hour cardio and absolutely no weightloss. Didn't expect to lose 5kg in 5 days but not a gram of weightloss? I'm getting worried...
 
I'm having a rough week already...period pains, poor essay and test marks, and a histology test around the corner (and I don't understand the work). How do people juggle busy schedules, stress and weightloss? Especially when you're an emotional eater...? And are there any biochemists around?

The dog came back from the vet :) Kidney stone. Now he's wearing a satellite dish ;)
 
sheelai said:
Day 5 of 4hour cardio and absolutely no weightloss. Didn't expect to lose 5kg in 5 days but not a gram of weightloss? I'm getting worried...
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dont do the stepper machine for the entire 4 hours....change your workouts around (dont u get bored on the elepticals for 4 hrs? i wud be on the verge of death maybe lol)...plus there is no point of being on the eleptical if u dont have ure heart rate at a max..whatever workout u are doing. u gotta keep pushing ure limits. thats how u loose weight fast. so fast and its scary lol.

goodluck!
 
Good luck on the weight-loss adventure. I am also trying to shed a few pounds.

I like your idea of the "milestones" at the top of your post. I'm going to do this in my journal as well. Great way of keeping track! thanx ;)



Good luck!!!
 
Thanks, guys :)

My heart rate actually increases a lot when I do the elliptical but I guess I should try something else, too (I do do light weights, crunches and whatnots) but I'm so out of shape, it embarasses me to go out jogging - and I'm just so exhausted recently that I've been skimping on the morning exercise but I really do want to cement exercise as part of my daily routine (I've always tried very hard to but I still skimp before tests and deadlines).

I got the milestone idea from LosingTheFat on YouTube :) I'm looking forward to the day where I can cross off every one of them...

But seriously, are there no biochemists, who can explain the TCA/CAC/Kreb cycle to me in normal, understandable human-talk? The lecturers speak an alien tongue - it just ain't English!!!!
 
Well the weight was down to 58,1kg this morning :) - surprising since I haven't been watching my diet recently (although, I've been exercising regularly).

BUT I ate half a slice of chocolate cake with ice-cream tonight (was my friend's bday, so we ate out) - sinfully delicious, and I should be regretting it but I literally haven't been out for years, so I'll grant myself this little treat.

First milestone, here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Wallah, wallah! First milestone!

I felt tempted to weigh myself this morning, and wallah! 57.3kg! I get skeptical or worried when I lose weight too quickly because it's kinda indicative of water-weight or muscle loss or something that I don't want to know about but I've been having and will be having a rough couple of weeks, so it's a pretty fantasmagoric mood booster - I haven't seen the 57s for a good couple of months, now.

And better, my clothes feel more comfortable (about two weeks ago, I'd feel nauseous from my pants cutting into my stomach and groin), and my stomach feels firmer (I'm pretty much aware that it's only been about 1kg and that it might be wishful thinking but it gives me the nudge to carry on).

Damn. I just realised that I haven't taken this week's photo.
 
I took the photos , and I went for a brief 30min "jog" this morning. I've always wanted to jog outside instead of being stuck on the elliptical, and, a while ago, started that thing where you walk for 5min and run for 1min in the first week, then gradually change the ratio over the weeks with the ultimate goal being to run for 30min straight - I quit after making my running period 3min, so I resumed today's session from 2min. I never realised how unfit I've become but, hopefully, by the end of Nov/beginning of Dec-ish, I'll be running 30min (I'm limiting this to Sat and Sun, by the way. Weekdays'll have to be the usual until I become a little more accostomed to running).

I so want to post my pics in the before/after section - and I won't give up until I do. This time, I'm in it for the long run, baby!!
 
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:driving: Jus! Weight is now down to 56.8kg!! Second milestone, cleared :)

I'm experiencing a lot of stress, though. We had an assessment planned for this Friday and a presentation Thursday (I HATE presentations!!!!!), so I've been living on very few hours of sleep - but our assessment got postponed out of respect to one of our classmates, who was shot dead. We're all a bit shaken, and I feel fearful everytime I see someone walking up to me in the streets. Crime here is so bad...
 
Haven't posted in ages. I'm still exercising and trying to eat sensibly but I'm afraid weightloss hasn't been my top priority as of late. I did take pictures - can't say that much has changed. I always seem to hit a plateau around 56-57. I SOOOOOOOOOOOOO want to get past that 55kg.
 
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