I love fashion, and i love dressing up and feeling A-okay about myself. But when a comment on our Street Style facebook page said "the outfit is great, but you look fat!", i decided it was time to get cracking. Now many may say, "she's obsessed." "can a stupid comment make you react like this?". Well why I wanne do this is also because i want to go the distance with something, prove to myself that i have the will power to do what I set out to do -- not sweat like a pig in the morning at the gym, and then eat a kilo of rice for dinner. So I have till Oct end to do the possible...lose at least 5 kgs...and i want you to be with me till the end.
September 6
Height: 5 feet one inch
Weight: 60 kgs
Waist: 29 inches
It starts today!
A, it's very simple. Go with a diet that works best for you. Ideally, this is the routine:
ReplyDeleteWake up: On an empty stomach, a mug full of warm/hot water.
Breakfast: a bowl of poha / two bread toast / two Nutrichoice (whole wheat) biscuits
If you eat egg, and regularly at that, go for two egg whites - scrambled.
+ fruits like watermelon, papaya, apple, oranges, no banana
+ green tea
Mid-meal: Nuts / Tender coconut water / chaas / green tea
Lunch: a bowl of dal, a bowl of subzi, two rotis (depending on your appetite), a bowl of brown rice
DO NOT MISS mixed vegetable raita (without sugar) and salad.
Mid-meal: Nuts / Tender coconut water / chaas / green tea
Dinner: Soup, salad, a bowl of dal, roti. NO rice at all. Avoid fruits after 8pm unless you feel very hungry. In any case, keep nuts like almonds, pistachios and walnuts handy. NO dates, they are VERY fattening.
The idea is to keep yourself hydrated at all times. So, ensure you drink at least two litres of water a day. Carry healthy biscuits with you when travelling to avoid junk food. Give up aerated drinks completely, this means no to sweet fresh lime sodas too. Also, cutting alcohol is a GREAT way! Results actually start showing sooner.
If you're not a gym member, just brisk walk for 30 minutes in the morning and do some ab exercises after the walk. That should be your schedule for the first week or two. Remember, your weighing scale may not indicate any change, but if you feel like you're losing the bloating feeling, that's what matters.
So, ensure that you have a goal saying: I want to be 'x' inches around the waist in four weeks and for weight loss, look at losing 100 grams a day. Restrict butter and oil intake to bare cooking minimum.
Any questions, MiLord? ;)
-- Anamika
Check your progress in two weeks' time. Let me know what changes you've seen - and we can change the routine accordingly, thereon.
ReplyDeleteAlso, keep in mind that flexibility and stamina building are good for toning and feeling fit in general. So, even if the scales don't show a difference, if you can come closer to touching your toes / can walk for 15 minutes extra, then, that's a healthy sign.
As much as possible, avoid cheating on the diet.
Well,it seems that you have a diet plan laid out for you, but you cannot achieve your goal without exercise. There are no two ways about this. Anamika is right, if you don't have a gym memebership, buy a skippping rope.
ReplyDeleteStart a warm up (by skipping) for atleast 10 minutes, then stretch, walk for atleast 45 minutes (It would be more effective if you jog).
Drink a ton of water everyday. And any exercise that you do will be effective only if you do it for 20 continuously.
Alternate between squats and abs. ..Ah, there are a million things you can do!!
I wish you luck.
i do have a gym member ship but have only be doing half an hour unless i do a class, which is usually an hour. But today 45 minutes it is. will try and jog as much as i can, but should i only do treadmill or alternate between cross trainer aand cycle
ReplyDeleteyou know, weight training actually helps you lose fat and inches around your body. That's because the 'soreness' that you feel for a while after you've done weights, is your body burning calories.
ReplyDeleteSomething that doesn't happen after cardio. What you burn while on the treadmill/cross trainer is what you'll burn the entire day (or may be a few calories here and there). Nothing like weight training.
You cardio should be such:
20 minutes walk/jog on treadmill
10-12 minutes on the cross trainer
10 minutes on the cycle
15 minutes on abs - do at least 20 reps of six ab crunches
Try a six day routine like this:
day1: Cardio
day2: upper body weight training (two sets of 15/20reps on each machine)
day3: lower body / legs weight training (two sets of 15/20reps on each machine)
day4: Cardio
day5: upper body weight training (two sets of 15/20reps on each machine)
day6: lower body / legs weight training (two sets of 15/20reps on each machine)
The first time you focus on legs, your legs will feel sore. Real sore. But do not skip the gym the next day, the feeling goes away once you workout :)
I am 5.4 and I weigh 50 kgs. When I was 16, I used to weigh 60 kgs, which was quite over weight. But, I shed the weight and have maintained it at 50 kgs for over 10 years now. Listen there are no two ways about it, forget the complications of 'cross trainers', all you need to do is RUN RUN RUN. You can go on to the fancy equipment once you've lost the kilos to tone up. :)
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion that is.
Vitasta, perhaps, you can help me too :)
ReplyDeleteI'm 5.3, I am at 52kgs, and I want to stay there. If I lose any more weight, my cheeks will sink in more and I'll start looking sickly.
I need to lose two inches around my lower abdomen.. any quick tips?
i am very happy always to see people discussing healthy living, since that is my passion and profession. i just want to advise any and all that weight maintenance is actually the issue, not quick weight loss. anyone can cut calories and use a treadmill for a few weeks, but in the long run crash diets actually harm your chance of maintaining a weight and level of fitness that you can sustain over the years and decades.
ReplyDeleteplease be wary of any, one-size-fits-all crash diets. simply cut out the bad food (maida, refined sugar, white rice, deep-fried foods, too much fatty meat/cheese/dahee...) and stay physically active and you will lose weight slowly and surely and it is much much much much less likely to come back simply because you can actually maintain the regime which took you to your desired size and still be healthy and happy. hai, na???
well, I need to add something here, see I am a squash player. I love the sport a lot, and play 6 days a week for atleast 30 to 40 minutes. Because I enjoy the game a lot, the gym and weights ectetra become easier to handle. But i often tend to over do-it... I think the key is to find a physical activity that you enjoy. For me, hitting the court after a day's work is like therapy...
ReplyDeleteAnamika I am not a professional, so all I can suggest is crunchs...and yoga. Streching always helps.
I go dancing once a week...but that's really the only activity I have been involved in for the last two months :p
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