A quote to remember "If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you." - Fred Devito. What could you understand from this quote? Well this is for you to ask yourselves. People give redundant reasons like " I have no time to exercise/I'm tired/It's hot/I'm sick/I'm lazy.. etc" Well to be honest, i was one of those redundant human who gave those excuse as stated above. So i know different reasons! Well i'm not from any sports CCA (I used to be in track, but i kinda sprain my calves and ankle real bad from a fall) I'm not in any sought of sports related course or whatsoever. I mean you don't have to be in one to keep fit, it's whether YOU wanna keep fit. Well let me tell you why i decided to keep fit and how did i managed to be "Elly" again.
I was always weighing at <45 Kg since i was young. I had high metabolism and i didn't have to worry about how skinny or how fit i looked because no matter how much i eat i won't gain. But unfortunately, it didn't last as i expected. I went into a new school with a new environment, meeting new people and delicious delicacies were sold in shops like NTUC, Kuofu, Central delight and watson. Sound like a shopping center? No that's just my school! Food there tasted awesome and i couldn't stop eating. During lunch, I didn't only ate set meals, but i had like at least another ala carte dish (nuggets, fries and all other fattening fried food) and this wasn't just one day. It was repetition for the last 14 month! You wouldn't believe me if i said i was a 43 and slowly i gained to 45 then 49 and my most shocking weight of all time........
56 KG!
56 Kg in the last 14 months, impossible huh! 13 Kg in the last 14 month. Yeah yeah, you guys are gonna say " I thought you had high metabolism" blah blah blah. Like i said i didn't thought things would turn out this way. Well when i was 56 Kg, i still didn't bother to lose weight, cause my then boyfriend said he would still love me and whatever bull crap but haha, it turn out the other way, he left and also that point of time i didn't gave a shit what society had to say about how my looks. Well i was wrong, not in the sense that i have to lose weight to please society but instead I was gonna prove to the society that well if i can put on a lot of weight, i can shed them off and bring back them figure 8 back. People would look at me and say "You? exercise? Please" or things like calling me names like " Gemok princess (Fat princess)" or things like " Elle, i have kids and i'm still skinnier than you" Well peeps, in the last 5 months i shed off 10 Kg off that redundant 56 kg and i'm weighing at 46 Kg now. Again, in 14 months i gained 13 kg, and in the last 5 month (Including this month) i shed 10 Kg. It wasn't an easy journey, i mean challenges in life ain't easy either, am i right? I tried many slimming product for an easy way out, but throw that mindset people, it wont work. I tried products such as those Slimming socks/hand socks and different slimming pills and product just to lose weight, well it just made me sick and depress, as no results were shown and it made me feeling sick everyday. Those slimming shirt,socks and hand socks aren't allowing your blood to circulate properly as it's extremely tight! I tried different traditional pills, but it made me really sick. I tried slimming creams, guess what non of this shit work. Just a waste of money (for me, if it works on you, good) I'll attached pictures of things i used and my advice, if you are planning to lose weight, DO NOT DO WHAT I DID! EVEN IF YOU'RE DESPERATE!!
This are items i used :
(Credits to google image)
*I'm gonna tell you the things you should actually do.
Results may vary. (how much you shed = to how right you do on these advises)
1. Before you eat for breakfast, drink warm/hot water WITH lemon. Every morning, reason being this is to flush out all your toxins and undigested leftover in your tummy. Drink before eating anything for breakfast.
2. Cut down on the portion of carbo into half. Lets' say if you always eat a full bowl of rice, cut it into half and drink ice water 30 mins before eating. Who said if you wanna lose weight, you have to eat whole meal bread or brown rice?
3. Have 3 meals a day but everything has to cut into half. If you wanna reduce your tummy capacity, have 1 meal a day (It's not recommended, but this is to reduce your tummy capacity, i did it). If you wanna have 1 meal a day, this is what you should do:
Morning : Drink 500ml of ice water with lemon. You do not have to gulp down everything at once. Take your time.
Lunch: This is when your 1st meal starts. Have late lunch that means in between late lunch and early dinner. Have your first meal from about 3-4 pm. I'll tell you the reason on the 4th advice.
Dinner: If you still feel hungry, test yourself. You may not be hungry but maybe your tummy is dehydrated. If you're full by just drinking water after you claim you're "hungry" then it means your tummy is thirsty. If its otherwise, munch on biscuits and drink lots of plain water with lemon.
4.*( applicable to those who wanna try the 1 meal a day challenge.) Reason why i ask you to have your meal from 3-4 pm. You need 2 hours interval for your food to digest properly. You need to get it digested or you'll puke out on your workouts.
5. Exercise!! Yup you need it. You don't have to be in the gym to shed those pounds. Don't be a cardio bunny please! Whats the point working out in an air condition when you're gonna buy fish and chips after all those treadmill runs? Start running around your neighborhood or on track. You don't have to run everyday. Run alternate days. Like if you start running on Monday, run on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday or otherwise. For at least 30 mins*
*reason being 15 mins workout = to only burning of sugar and excess carbs eaten.
30 mins= to burning of sugar, excess carbs eaten and your body is entering the fat burning zone.
6. Do pilates for body toning. You won't look nice after shedding those pounds leaving skins to flop. Follow blogilates on youtube! She has the best pilate workout. Do pilates on the days you aren't running, trust me you'll burn those skins. (not literally)
Notice i emphasized a lot on drinking water? Because water is an essential to our daily life. Drink at least 8 cups of water. or if you don't wanna drink water, drink green tea. No not those heaven and earth or any other bottle brand, i really mean packet green tea with no sugar. This is another drink to detoxify your digestive system. This is what i did to shed off those pounds. I go to gym on days i want to as i don't feel it's really that necessary if you have your yoga mat to tone your body.
Pictures below are pictures of me from me weighing from 43-56 kg and back down to 46 kg recently.
43 KG
45 KG
56 kg
And after those workouts, i came down back to this:
50 Kg
Me now! 46 kg
I don't plan to stop keeping fit, as for now, I'm having my internship, i run everyday at night just to shed off those carbs and sugars i consume at work. I hope this post was somehow a motivation to those who sincerely want to keep slim and fit. Good luck to you!
xoxo, Elly Zoe!
PS: Forgive me if there is/was/were any grammatical/sentence structure/vocabulary or used of wrong words in my post. Wrote a long post, i sure didn't bother to read through all over again. Leave a comment if you need to know anything else, ill be delighted to help!
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