RE: 『 Weigh 2 Go: #02 』 - A slow & steady start
it is ok that you gradually loose your weight, @rin. It is more important to eat healthily and take one step at a time.
I am on a 8-16 clean (as possible, but sometimes I do cheat a little haha) diet; where I take small healthy (as possible) meals in an 8 hour range and fast with water and plenty of rest in 16 hours. Of course, I exercise, during the 8 hour time frame and I gradually "shrunk" but kept my muscle weight in tact.
I used to have an old record tracking of my methods too, but I will need to look at my old archives to make sure I can still find them.
Would you like to know? I can keep you posted when I find them and we can keep enouraging each other.
It is important to keep a healthy weight but it is MORE important to keep your internal organs healthy and strong.
I wrote this some time back (on the 8-16 diet routine), you can check it out of you want to. :)
How I lose 1.5kg in 7 days
ps: another thing is I relaxed from exercise and dieting once a week, that gives my body (and mind) a treat and I usually do not deliberately pick unhealthy foods, just less worried about the calories.
Hi @littlenewthings ! Thanks so much for such a thoughtful, super super detailed post! It really means so much to me. ^^ I have always wanted to try the multiple-snacks-a-day diet instead of meals but it is hard to commit time to do that (especially with tracking calories when you eat so many times a day).
I would love a copy of the archives! ^^ More knowledge is power, thank you!
And I checked out your blog, it was great and informative. :D I like the idea of having a "relax" day from exercise and dieting. I will definitely be doing that now~ Thank you for the suggestion!
Sometimes it is not the calorie count will work @rin , if you are not eating properly.
Fresh fruits and vegetables hardly had any calories in it so it is totally safe to snack it, not to mention clean protein. I had a hard time learning it at first if we are used to scrumptious tasty food; but once that sits in you for 21 days you will start to benefit from it as your body changes to adapt to a more natural food intake rather than our current overly saturated with MSG food.
Once you start cutting off process sugar, little by little, your body will not want too much full meal all the time, but welcome "mini boosters" from time to time.
But if you do the 16 hours fast, it will be very hard at first. Don't be so hard on yourself and you will gradually adapt well. :)
Most important is, don't forget to keep your body active with exercises.
Once I find my archives I will let you know.
All the best!
ps: Do you know a hard boil egg (without any other sauce to go with it) is actually pretty good?
Don't get scared of the fat. These are good fat to push out the bad fat (deep fried, grilled, BBQ food).
You don't have to take the yolks all the time, but the whites will help. I limit it to 2 eggs a day.
Thanks a lot! Yes! My mother actually has recommended that I eat eggs and I have been eating them plain (with some salt) 2-3 times a day. I will try my best to try to do shorter, smaller meals, but it is pretty difficult.
I would love to be support partners if that's possible ^^ The first time I did my diet, I did it very poorly and only ate 1200 calories a day (poor diet) and I had LOTS and LOTS of health problems. I passed out from work and stuff. ><;;
That's not a proper diet @rin . Sure, would love to join as one of your support partners. 1,200 calories poor diet will only give you more illness. You need to balance it with clean diet.
Fruits and steamed protein is pretty good. You will still need calories because your body is not adjusted to lean diet yet, so go slow and go steady. I keep about 1,500 calories max a day, but taking clean food is one of the best because the ones that makes us put on unnecessary weight is actually the hidden sugar (from low fat stuffs, I can assure you). We DO need sugar but not process sugar; so keeping that minimum but have good clean food is the way to go.
I love edamame. It's a good source of protein and rock salt will not get you water retention (remember to drink water too). So that can be a good start besides just full boil eggs. :)
(that can be your snack)
If you have a chance, go for a health screen (if there's any free at your area), and you will have a good basic guideline what to put into your mind, body and soul. :)