Introduction

I've been battling with my weighing scale for as long as I can remember, and while I don't consider myself as obese, I know that I am definitely overweight. I've been on many diets over the past few years but eventually will regain the weight and a little more. I've been a member of fitness first for the past two years; however I am very irregular and instead of losing weight have managed to put on close to 6 KGs in the past 2 years.

I think there a many reasons why I have failed in the past and I would hope to address this with your help through this journal. I think I will need to work on several things:

1. I need to control my food intake. I am a very big eater.
2. Stop believing in short term solutions. No more impractical and drastic diets. I need to make changes slowly which are suited for the rest of my life.
3. Control alcohol intake.
4. Exercise on a regular basis, at least 3 times a week.

I don't have a very in depth knowledge of exercising and eating, so suggestions are more than welcomed. Let me know what I can do to be able to achieve my objective of losing weight and being fit for life.

The stats (April 16th)
Height: 158 cm
Current weight:62kg

My goal
Targeted weight: 54kg
Target date: 31 December 2007

we've got a VIP member here welcome to the club. another girl? seems like more and more girl here already

and u clowns, will be spammin their threads like mad...

Welcome Elise!
Hope you've enrolled into the fitness zone for life.. and not a 2 month fad.
Anyway, the very MOST important thing to weight loss is diet. why don't you post up your typical food intake in a day and we'll help to scrutinize from there.
Things to put up:
1)What you eat.
2)Around How much you eat
3)What time you ate those food.

After diet, we'll help out with the exercises.

Welcome elise_MOL

what does VIP mean in LYN?

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

Thanks for the heads up Neek. I've had a good look around and I guess i should copy the other journals by posting my food and exercise routine, hopefully on a daily basis. I guess this makes it a lot easier for other members to comment and provide guidance.

Frankly this is something I am not absolutely sure about. I guess it's a title they give to those who have previously contributed to the community but have retired from active participation. Honestly its just a tag, I don't have admin or moderator powers anymore.

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Added on April 16, 2007, 11:24 pmDay 1 (April 16th)

8.20AM: Omelet which consist of 2 eggs, chopped capsicums, mushrooms and grated cheddar cheese.
11.00AM: Low fat milk with bran
12.00PM: 2 Haigh's chocolates (about the size of 50sen coins)
2.20PM: McDonald's Chicken Fold Over Meal - Yes, I ate the dam fries...they tasted soooooo dam gooooooood
7.15PM: Cod fish fillet with broccoli, onions, garlic, mushrooms and capsicum
8.00PM: 1 calbury chocolate (i only had one sqaure )
8.45PM: 15 minutes exercise on the FF wave machine thingy
9.00PM: 1 hour Yoga session - This is my second class in the past two years. I hate Yoga; it makes me aware of how inflexible I really am.


Off topic:
*What is a good weighing scale with body fat analysis which I can get locally? My dam RM19.00 scale is as volatile as the Asian stock market.
*Almost everyone at the yoga class today had their own yoga mat. I looked like such a noob using the gym's mat.
*Two of my male colleagues' are taking part in the KENNY ROGERS ROASTERS HEALTH WATCH 2007. I took a full length photo of both of them which will be used for their entry forms...Although they are both kinda round, they both looked so cute!

Well, that's it for Day 1. I usually have more carbo in my diet but to some effort today to be a good girl . Let me know what you guys think!

This post has been edited by elise_MOL: Apr 16 2007, 11:34 PM

is chocolate ur favorite ?
Off topic:
any Health & Fitness members participate this contest?

Which yoga class did you go to and who's the instructor?

hebat... another girl

Thanks for stopping by King!

I love sweet stuff especially Leka Leka ice cream, chocolates and tiramisu cakes.


I attended the class in Fitness First, Menara Manulife which was taught by an elderly instructor called Edwin. I didn't really like the instructor - he seemed very disinterested in teaching and didn't really connect with the class. I felt he was talking to himself instead of talking to the class. Or maybe its just me because I am new

Does anyone know of a good weighing scale with bf analysis, or is the scale not that important?

I've seen Edwin in IOI Puchong doing warmups and stuff. I had the impression that he's a strict yogi whom worships the art of Yoga rather than a recreational instructor.

My fav instructor is Jazamine. She's teaching at Manulife @ 9:30am. Always give 'options' for beginners - "option 1, do this.. if you think that's too easy then do this.. and if you think you can, do this". And her classes are seldom boring.

But if you're new to Yoga I suggest taking a BodyBalance class first. It's not as daunting

I guess i come late to welcome you huh..
well, i could seen some fat food from your meal, try cut it down and avoid fastfood
do you drink plenty of water?
i'm a newbie tho

I'm a newbie too so won't comment on diet/exercise

About the scales? I think it's not worth it - I bought one but it kaput after a year and a half .. plus I doubted the validity of the reading. At the time it was very expensive .. RM 200 - 300 .. and they only had 2 models - the "Rozelle"? brand, bought from Fitness Concept. Now they have many different models and the price is better (i think). They probably have some of those Tanita ones which are supposedly better though they are pricier.

Has anyone here actually compared the readings from a BF scale vs. calipers? Accuracy?

infrared most accurate

I've been to sevral body balance classes and really like Nick for some reason.

Hello!

Must i cut down all forms of fat including cheese? Or just bad stuff like fast food and chocolates? I drink plenty of water, at least 8 glasses a day.


Any idea where i can get calipers? I tried loking for them in fitness concept and jonhson's but could not find them.

Ermmm I am not sure if u are being serious or sarcastic here... Is there really some sort of infrared device which can read you body fat?

where are the pictars????

I haven't seen them sold here before. Try eBay?

Think he's just kidding There's only three methods I know of - scales, calipers and hydrostatic testing. The final one is so not for us regular people, and i doubt they have such facilities here.

I myself looking for calipers too still can't find it around le... i've wento to curve and ikano. went to both johnson fitness and fitness concept.. both also dun have..

Here's my look at your diet. whatever bad fodd you can cut out, better cut out. But is your will power strong enough? when i say cut out, i don't mean cut out completely, you can still indulge in a cheat meal once a week. not too often or it'll negate the most of the effort.
Cheese like cottage cheese is fine. cheese in small amounts is also okay..
chocolates you have to cut down alot. apparently one pice of 20g chocolate is already over 150 calories. thats like... 10-20 mins worth of cardio
so 2 chocolates in 1 day is alot le.. if can, just keep it to one piece a week? (hope thats not too drastic change for you)

Mc Donalds chicken foldover, used to be my favourite. but the foldover itsself is above 1000 calories. around 1200 cals if i'm not mistaken. add the fries and softdrink in there, is enough for a day's total calories of around 2000 calories.
personally, anything from mc donalds would be out of MY diet. so i wouldn't recomend McD to dieters.

jsut wondering, for your breakfast omelette is it cooked with oil? butter?

In my opinion, if you really want to be fit you have to eat healthy food.
Before eat those fattening food like chocolate, ice-cream, etc... ask yourself, "is it I really need to eat? what will happen if I don't eat this chocolate?" wait for 2 minutes before you put it into your mouth, after that you will lose your interest to eat the chocolate. Or else, within the 2 minutes, talk to yourself that the after eat the chocolate you will be fat, etc....

eat more protein food, some cottage cheese is ok, just don't over the limit. Try not to starve yourself, eat those steam food is encourage.

most important is determination....

Well, this is my opinion

hello welcome abroad , i am new too