With low carb, it's pretty easy. Just drop out the starchy foods. But bear in mind that you can't go without some carbs at least. If there's not enough carbs for workouts, you may find that the body is switching to muscle breakdown into fat for energy if you're not careful. As long as you don't exceed the recommended period by the diet, then it's fine.

With the short period of time, you may have to do some food preparation during the weekend then. I usually try to cook 2-3 dishes over the weekend that can spread the remaining days. I freeze them if I need to. Example is roasted meat or soup.

I just discovered the simplicity of steaming food yesterday and the awful lesson that steam food needs to be removed from the steamer, even if the fire is off else the food becomes overcook. Steaming takes about 10-15 min and you can do multiple ingredient steaming at once. That was the interesting bit. Learnt that from the Japanese diet rules.

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Added on April 24, 2009, 12:58 pmI wouldn't mind having some lah. Plastic containers for storage expensive. Problem is, I'm in Sarawak.

This post has been edited by myremi: Apr 24 2009, 12:58 PM

Myremi, you eat 600cal meals? Do you count yr cals or..? Because I'm taking like 6 smallish meals of 1 fruit etc n veg last week n now I've got flatulence LOL. I actually think it's very funny if not for my aim to lose the weight before may 29.

Now I'm not too paranoid about consuming carbs, seeing as the veg n fruit thang didn't do it for me. But I'm mighty impressed at your 1 kg a week, Myremi! Hahaha. I'm down like..an ounce.

How can this be! Madness! But on the flip side, i love feeling real energized after all these workouts. And now tennis =D 30mins run in the morning, 20 mins at night and resistance/silly looking exercises that really help. haha.

LOL! So hot ah at colleage?

i have a cheat drink.......drink beer......

tomolo must sweat abit despite my rest day.....

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Added on April 24, 2009, 1:31 pmI can bring to you in my trip to your kampong.......If zeist is dumping it, I can pick some from him too.

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Added on April 24, 2009, 1:36 pmYou aint gonna date the fish for Friday dinner, rite. Who cares the eys pop up? Eyes turn whitish and popped out signified that they are cooked......

what fish......ikan bawal putih, pomfret, cod, garoupa, etc....steam one is good....dont put to much salt or oyster sauce.....will kill the fish taste...and add sodium level...keep it simple stupid....but yet taste splendid........

This post has been edited by tengster: Apr 24 2009, 01:36 PM

wasted a day waiting for the car fixed = =" wake up at 7 something suppose to go swimming..

how do u increase stamina?

if you are running, I supposed you either run higher mileage or higher speed....at time, one shud tweak the speed of running to get the cardiovascular work harder instead of cruising steadily........and it takes time to increase bit by bit......every fatso here are still working on it........

applied same to swimming and crosstrainer I beleive....

my source of carb are from veges and apple. shouldn't be too bad i think

I am renting a room and only light cooking is allowed. hence, soup n steam stuffs.




only add some light soy sauce , white pepper n 1/4 tbsp EVO. That's it.

u got nice arms

Well... tbh, I'm not sure whether what I had counted as the 3:1:2 bento rule to make roughly 600 calories. The sandwich was 2 pieces of bread. One scrambled egg. Bit of cream cheese spread - about 1 mm thick maybe? Plus, I couldn't put too many veggies in else the box cannot close and I don't have a strap. Maybe will do a ghetto strap this weekend.

At first, I thought I'd get hungry but surprisingly, I'm pleasantly full. Not too much, not too little.

Hmm...6 smallish meals of 1 fruits + 1 veggie and flatulence. You will get it for about a few weeks as your body is adjusting to the new diet but it should go away. Plus, going vegetarian, you have to make sure that you have enough calories + portions at the same time. Was reading an article today that a body needs 1700 calorie a day to prevent muscle breakdown. If you want to eat like a vegetarian, you will also need to source for the same protein source they do. It's not about quantity that makes people slim down, it's the quality. My 1 kg a week is evidence of that.

Losing an ounce : well, if you are near your target weight, don't look at weight loss. Look instead to body fat and how you look in the mirror. You could just be flabby i.e. muscles is lax and not tight.

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Added on April 24, 2009, 4:35 pmGetting carb from veges and apple is fine. Better yet if they were raw but if you want to cook them, that's fine as long as you don't overcook them. Have a variety of fruits though, local + imported.

This post has been edited by myremi: Apr 24 2009, 04:35 PM

Oh ya, why i never think of micowave oven? Company got 2 of them, aduiiii stupid me.
hahah, any food suggestion?

btw, I have bought 10 omega 3 eggs, going to cook them with my electric boiler.


thanks hun

charge-n-go : gimme a link to your electric boiler.. Wanna see how it looks like.

chargie - you can cook half boiled egg, fully cooked egg that look like egg banjo (for sandwich), etc...

just dont put the entire egg into the microwave...they will disco.

Just wondering, after you guise have achieved you goals, what are you gonna do?

This iz what me gonna do....

Once I've reached 80kg, I will start taking whey protein (2 x 5lbs can last for 6 months), will start to eat normal food. Then after 2 months I will start to cut again. Goal is to lose bodyfat, so need to cut. I will make sure my weight is in between 80kg - 85kg.

And, once my contract is over with FF, I will cancel the membership and then register at some cheaper gym. Already got the basics from there, can do it anywhere, anytime. From there, all I need to do is to maintain, that's all. I don't want to lose the muscles I've worked so hard for. Workout 4 days per week. Same thing, eat like normal, then cut, eat like normal then cut. Because if I cut all the way like now, I won't be able to lose all bodyfat.

My goal = lose body fat, well build and fit. Not really want to get bulky. I like bodybuilding but I don't go till that far, not that ambitious for this sports. And moreover, bodybuilding iz seriouzly high maintenance, like taking whey and other supplements.

I will continue doing this until I'm old, I don't believe I can't get a lean body. Even if I don't go to gym in future, I will make sure I play sports weekly and go jogging.

After going through this hell, I will think twice of putting something into my mouth.

This post has been edited by zeist: Apr 24 2009, 07:14 PM

Not mine, its my housemate one and veli veli old ady. Philips boiler. Just a small one, 1.5L.
It looks like a jar, hahaha.

hahaha, I just put them in the boiler. 10 minutes is too long, fully cooked ady. Tomorrow will make it 5 min. Finally gotta cook myself, kenot lazy ady

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Added on April 24, 2009, 7:27 pmA summary from my blog:

First of all, I am glad to eat more than 5 meals a day, from Monday to Friday. Breakfast, brunch, lunch, snack, snack, dinner, snack. Goshhhh... My stomach never felt hungry before.

I am also used to high fibre bread. Taking it as breakfast or lunch feels great. There is one day I switched back to white rice for a try, and I feel sleepy immediately after meal. High fibre wholemeal bread FTW !

I think the kCal intake is still pretty high. I cheated a lot during snack. Sometimes a cup of Milo, sometimes 3 pieces of small biscuit, and Tuesday night I was eating Haagan Dazs + Secret Recipe with my girl. What a super cheat meal, hahahaha.

No more cheat meal for next week. If any girls want to date me, I'll just bring them to eat economy rice or something which is very healthy. Dowan nevermind, me go pak toh with my elliptical machine lagi best.

Next week, try to snack with fruits. No more biscuit please. I hope the admin don't put delicious biscuit in the pantry. It is very very tempting you know...

The great thing now is, I start to have the urge and willpower to eat healthier food. My stomach is also used to hi-fibre hi-GI carbo. Keep it up !



This post has been edited by charge-n-go: Apr 24 2009, 07:27 PM

You are really a point blank chow ahbeng who earn respect from others (inlcuding me). You worked hard and bulldozed all the way till you reach your goal. This is something not everyone can do it. We shall go for teh tarek (or maybe susu lembu) one day when I goto Klang.....

Likewise, after reaching my goal.....weight and BF, I will continue doing so particularly running and wieght....I kind of enjoy running and would like to explore further and further. Quarter marathon is in the pipeline and I may dream of half marathon later......will continue doing so.......

After this period, one shud depends less on supplement so that the sustainability of the body weight/fat is achievable in a natural manner......

About gym-ing....hmmm...will stick to the one that convenient me the most.....I dont mind paying the subscription. I think mine is quite affordable...120/mth.......that;s equivalent to just 4 pints of GUiness Draught....What the heck? Good health is priceless.......Ultimately, I can see my two dudes grow up from boy to man......from girl to lady........

p/s: I tot you wanna be incredible hulk......

hahaha, you guys have good goals.
I also don't know what is my real motive behind all these. Wanna get more speed? power? show off? Really dont know.

Now, I just wanna lose fats and increase my body ability. I just feel syiok and happy when doing all these.

This post has been edited by charge-n-go: Apr 24 2009, 07:41 PM

What ah beng ah beng? WTF?!

Like I said eat like normal as usual, good sleeping habit, no supper, eat proper nutrition clean food (50% clean food, 50% normal food) remains.

When I start taking whey, will become incredible hulk, when I cut again, become mini incredible hulk.

I can do whole body exercise at home, but if no weights and dumb bells for me effort, apa macam want to exercise? As long they have decent weight plates and dumb bells to workout, lousy environment also I don't care. Just to maintain only.

If become incredible hulk, I'm going to be the same fat ass again. Big size, and all my clothes can't fit again.

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Added on April 24, 2009, 7:45 pmI don't want to be so lean, as long I can get BF 18%, that's good enough. Too lean manyak susah want to bulk up, if you are into bodybuilding. But my case, I don't want to look like a crap thin lidi.

Need some fats to maintain.

This post has been edited by zeist: Apr 24 2009, 07:45 PM

chow ahbeng is just figure of speech.....

situp, pushup, pullup, chinup, side plank, air bike, polish car, etc....all can be done without dumbbell.

running and swimming will be just great too.

600cals a day is too little! your diet is just too extreme! It should be at least 1400cals..... like 350cal for breakfast, 400 for lunch, 300 for dinner, 300 for snacks....

interesting. eat till full huh and haelthy also.

This post has been edited by jht508: Apr 24 2009, 09:20 PM