exercise + eating healthily. been there with all the nonsense stuffs that says will work but no avail. ever since i determined to do exercise and eat healthily.. 13kgs lost up to date.

Lost 9kg in a week    been tryin Herbalife starting pack. Weight 98 (now 89) height 174 ... not sayin Herbalife is suitable for everyone.

Since it's Ramadhan, so, berbuka time.. I just eat oats. Buat sendiri resepi, Oat with tomyam flavour    added some vegetables (Shiitake, carrot, spinach, onion, garlic, cauliflower) some dried shrimp.. YUMMY..!! mcm bubur lambuk jadinya 

i can only workout on every tuesday, fri, sat and sun.. and sometimes only 3 times per week or too lazy, twice per week. But I make it to a point at least 2 times per week, 1.5hours to 2 hours per day.

anyhow, i started off by doing gillian michael's 30 days shred. did 2 months but i didn't really weigh myself that much. after 3 months, i came across insanity and did it. i almost die of out of breath. lol! it's so intense. anyhow, i pressed on. after a month of insanity, it's near my graduation's day.. and i feel myself more energetic, toned and old clothes seem to be a lot bigger on me. so, i decided to weigh myself. OH NO! i lost 10kgs! so happy!

then my weight has been stagnant for few months.. though i feel myself leaner and toner, why is my weight not dropping. LOL!

then, i incorporated weights lift with my cardio. 3 times weights lift per week. i do chalean's extreme. right now, my workout routine is like:

tue - chalean's burn it off (it's a combination of cardio and muscle endurance workout) 40mins. then, rest for 10mins, move onto chalean's weights.. since i have started a month ago, this month is my 2nd month of her program (PUSH circuit). each phase comes with 3 circuits and every other day, i do different circuit and rotate among that 3 circuits for the phase for a month. PUSH circuit is about 30mins workout. then if i have time left, i will move onto either chalean's abs workout for 15mins or legs toner workout for 10mins.

fri - any of insanity's cardio workout for 40mins. rest for 10mins, then move onto chalean's weights workout for 30mins. abs for 15mins, leg toner for 10mins.

sat - insanity's cardio workout for 40mins and recovery workout, which is like yoga but they call it as flexibility workout for 20mins. if on fri, i can't do either abs or legs toner, i will add one of the workout in this day.

sun - either insanity's cardio or chalean's burn it off workout. then add in chalean's weights lift for 30mins.

so, yeah overall my workout routine for a week will incl cardio, muscle training (weights) and flexibility workout. each time, cardio will be different cardio and muscle training will be different groups of muscle training. just rotate different workout.

so, recently i lost another 3 kgs.. but it's up and down.. weigh is very tricky especially when you are doing weights as when you increase your muscle mass, that will mean drop of % of fats; however muscle weighs more than fats. very confusing. so, if you are someone who stress a lot upon what you see on weighing machine, you'll get confused as well. haha! i feel that i am leaner and toner.. clothes are getting looser.. yet my weights still remain the same =.=;; but i like how my arms look like now.. with those muscle lines.

haha! but i am sure my weight loss has nothing to do with my age at this time. LOL! i am still young with good metabolism. so, i guess it still lies on muscle mass.. increasing of muscle mass. my sister who is a fitness instructor in Australia, she is really fit and slim.. toned with muscles of course. she is 60kgs. she can't go any lower than that due to her muscle mass. but she looks toned and slim. in asia 40-45kgs are "ideal"; however to them, it's anorexic. haha!

hehe! i just don't want to be in that 40kgs range. my ideal and desire weight is 50kgs but am not sure if i can ever reach there since i am doing weight lifts. sighhhh...

good luck on your cardio. ohh! today is my workout day again! gotta plan on what should i do later. hehe!

LOL! i am still not sure or understand why so many girls are aiming to be in that 40s range.. it's too underweight unless you girls have small body frame or really short. oh well, i guess that's the standard for "asians" nowadays. hehe!

good luck to you madeline.

ohh? i used corset too yet i don't think i lose weight from it. haha! anyway, a friend of mine bought a corset like thingy from one of the multi level marketing brand out there.. i don't know how much she bought a she refused to tell me.. so, i guess should be quite expensive. it claims to help you to lose weight and correct your posture and all those claims.. at the end.. it didn't do anything to her and she said she gained weight.. of course nothing to do with the corset that she gained weight.. what i am saying is, it's still workout plus eating healthily is the good way to go in losing weight. traditional and painful (as in a lot of hard work in working out).. but it yield gradual but lasting result. of course that doesn't include if you have stopped exercising and started to eat like crap in the future.

change of lifestyle is the way to go.