Milestone: 20 lbs loss

My after-gym weight: 134 lbs!!! I lost 20 lbs from the beginning of our weight control back in mid-July.

No coffee before excercise

Make the healthier way as your natural way of living

After five days in San Francisco, visiting wine county, Monterey, Carmel for my birthday, my weight fluctuated to 143 lb. Since then, I have been back to my new routing, portion and content-control, plus being active, yesterday, after gym my weight went back to 136 lbs, lowest record ever!

Being active plus portion control of low carb diet works! 136

After tennis session this afternoon, weight measured at the gy,: 136 lbs.

another balance? 138

My weight has been kept at 137.5-138.5 for days. In the past days, I have been extremely busy with a grant writing. Although I was able to keep myself going to the gym everyday, but mostly for a short period. I guess I am lucky already that I haven't gain more going through such a stressful period.

Now the grant is out, I should concentrate a bit more to get the losing trend going again.

low (no) carb; caloric control; being active, excercise! It works!

138 !!!

Last night, after our 1 hour tennis and gym work out, my weight went to 138 lbs. Solid, no flickering to 138.5 lbs! I am amazed by how it is really working:

low (no) carb; portion; caloric control;
excercise; being active

138-138.5

two days ago, we went to play tennis after work. It is getting dark so fast now, we rushed to the court after work, and started playing around quarter to 7. We barely see the balls by 7:10 pm and we have to quit. We went to the gym for the whirlpool/swimming/steamroom. After that, for the first time in decade, my weight was 138-138.5 lbs!

138.5-139 on my way for the next 10 lbs?

Last night, after a short tennis session and short swim, my after gym weight 138.5-139! wow. Is it real?

Maybe we should transform our success story to a weightloss program now.

travel

Went to Taipei for a week, Sept 9-16. Went to the gym once I am back on the 16th, after gym weight 141.5. Yesterday, 17th, went to play tennis again, followed by gym. After gym, 140.5. I am glad that my weight held on the low level through the trip. Now, I can aim to attack the second 10 lbs.

a new stage-below 140

Yesterday, after tennis and gym, my weight went to solid 139.5 lbs at around 1:30 pm. Last night, we went out for a movie at the Music Box and had tapas at the Bull-eh-dia's tapas bar right around Music Box, even had a bottle of house wine. This morning my weight was 141 lbs. So, it has been consistent. Now it is the next stage from 140 to 132 lbs - the home run.

Will be going to Taiwan for a meeting for 10 days. It will be a challenge.

slowly progressing

140.5 after gym last night (8:30 pm); and 141.5 this morning (7 am)

142 in the morning. new morning low

Breakthrough-140

Tonite, my after gym weight hit 140!!! A new record!!! I have achieved my initial goal!

Now I will going further with a new goal: 136.

a new balance- 143 - patience is the key, gradual progress is the key!

This morning, my weight was 143 again. So, I guess this may be a new step on the down-ward road!

Let's hang on the so-far successful program, try to tip the balance again. Yes, patience is the key. And gradual progress is the key, and the healthy way to go, as we have to give the body to respond, and reshape the body. It is coming!

Continue the down-trend-141.5-143

Yesterday, went biking along the lake, about 20 miles. Went to the gym after that just to relax in the whirlpool and steam room. After all that, my number went to 141.5!
This morning, the reading was again 143!
The downward trend is steady!

143.5-144 this morning!

So, it is going again!

march on!

Last night after gym: 143.5; this morning weight: 143

Tipping off the balance

This morning, after last night's 144, I have a weight of 144.5! I guess it is coming!

tipping the balance, again?

After gym weight, 144 lbs. Solid. This is the first time after a long stall at 145-145.5 lbs. Keep on going!

plateu-145 lbs - still holding

Sunday, 8/14/2011
Yesterday, after gym, again 145 lbs. This early morning, 145.5 lbs.

Plateu - 145 lbs - Can you persevere and tip the balance again!

Last night after gym weight: 144.5. This morning, 145. After yard work, 145 lbs.

The weight has been stabled at 145 lbs for the last 3-4 days. It may have reached metabolic balance. To further lose, I must tip the balance again.

Do not let your guard down. Be persistent! My goal is 138-140 lbs. Keep watch diet and calorie; keep being active!!!

Next important thing: how to maintain at low

The key would be - make the new routine of diet and active life style your permanent, natural way of living.

145 lbs, a new low

Yesterday afternoon (8,9,2011), after tennis and gym, 144.5-145 lbs was fighting to show on the scale as I stepped on it. Very encourging! My weight loss is working!

Morning weight 146.5- for the first time after weight loss program

Stay on! Started to excercise abs to shape up over the weekend!

Stabilization

Again, for the second time, my after gym weight is 147 lbs.

You don't have to do situps to lose stomach-let your body work

Often people focus on working on their abs, sit-ups and all sorts of things, to lose their middle portion. That's just not going to work. By that, you only build up you ab muscle but not losing any fat deposit in your mid-portion. It will only make it look bigger.



The key is: make your calorie intake slightly negative, and do whole body work out, your body will burn the fat for you and shape your body.



Your body is the most miraculous machine! It does the best, organic job than any plastic surgeon.


A new record this morning: 147 lbs!

2-week mark- stabilization and loss of 1 lbs

Sunday morning: 8:30-9:40 played tennis; 10:30 am-1 pm gym. At the end of the gym session, I weighed myself, 148 lb!!!! This number I have not seen in at least three years!!!!

Lunch: turkey ham/tomato salad and one piece of pizza from last night let over.

Afternoon: 1:30 -7:30 operatta.

7:30-8:30 tennis again.

Dinner: miso/tofu soup, cucumber/clam salad, pea sprout with smoked tofu stir-fry.

Enjoy social life, and Stay on track

We all have social events to participate. When you go to a social function, you may not be able to have full control over what you can have. It's ok to let yourself go and enjoy friends and family and social gathering. Don't feel bad, feel guilty or even give up on your diet. Let go and enjoy. Then, come back on track. Life is not just one night or one dinner. It doesn't really matter what you do for one night, one dinner, as long as you stay on your own track on a long run.

Make your own life happy. Enjoy being social, meanwhile come back on track!

menu for the day -7, 28,2011

Breakfast: a bowl of miso tofu soup with veg and clam; small cup of grape juice (TraderJoe's),

Daily vitamin and medicine: Vit E (400 IU, CVS), B, C pills (CVS), one capsule of St. John's Wort, one capsule of Ginkgo biloba (CVS), one aspirin (81 mg).

Lunch: beef steak with broccoli and bell pepper; a bowel of miso tofu soup.

Tennis: 1 hour before dinner;

Dinner: salad (mixed green, red bellpepper, smoked turkey ham, mozzarella cheese, orange, mint, thyme, olive oil, balsamic, black pepper, soy souce.

After dinner, after shower, I weigh myself, 150 lbs! I haven't seen this number for a long time, at least the last three years. Right after dinner, 150 lbs! Great.

It is working: protein/veg/fruit, controlled portion, being active!!! That's it!

one-week mark- loss of 4-5 lbs- the keys: diet and being active

It has been a little over a week since I started watch out my diet, trying to lose weight. When I started, my weight was 154 lbs at the most when I weigh myself after finished my workout at the gym after work. Today, at the same time of the day, after late afternoon workout, my weight was 149.5-150 lbs. I haven't seen this numbers in at least two years. It may be really working...

My diet has been mostly green or tomato salad and soup. No carb.

However, I did have two nights which broke the diet:
One Saturday night, after a long day of gardening and planting, with a friend of us helping, we ordered Sarpino gourmet pizza and hot wings. I had two slices of pizza and 4-5 wings.

Sunday noon, we had miso tofu soup and one slice of pizza; Sunday night, after hard yard work and planting, we went to a Italian, I had minestone soup and Shimp Angel Hair Pasta.

In just a week, I struggled many times with feelign hungry. I did not give in to the hungry feeling. I still need to get good balanced meals planned. It will eventually help me go through this ..... Will start to formulate my diet and post here.....

Principle No. 6. Take control of your life

We all love food, especially good food, delicious food. Again, the key is moderation. To some, eating can be an addiction. Don't let craving take charge of your life. Take control of your life by yourself!

Principle No. 5. Rest well, sleep well.

Enough sleep is the key to overall health, inlcuding both physical and mental health. During the long sleep, your body recovers, and mobilizes your energy storage gently and subtly.

Principle No. 4. Patience and Persistence

You did not gain the weight in one day, then, don't expect you can loss it in one day. Take time, be pateint, be persistent, and consistent. Tip the balance, then, let the body work by itself to loss.

Principle No. 3. Moderation

The healthy way is to be moderate. The key is balance; not over-eating, not starving yourself either; not being a couch-potato, not exhausting yourself with 24-7 gym sessions either. You don't have to lift 200-lbs barbell to loss weight.
Not carbohydrate is bad, too much carbohydrate make it bad; not fat is bad, too much fat makes it a bad thing. The key is moderation. Not too much, not too less, the key again is balance!
Listen to your body, work with your body. The key is to tip the balance to lossing. Let your body works by itself to loss.

Principle No. 2. Being active.

The best way to fight food craving is to excercise.

Excercise mobilizes your body's energy reserve, that's the key to start losing rather than gaining. You may have had this experience: you may feel a bit hungery before you start workout, however, after a while into working out, you don't feel hungery anymore; this is when you are starting mobilizing your body reserve, this is when you are losing rather than gaining weight.

Principle No. 1. Eat no more than you need

If you want to lose weight, do NOT eat more than what your body needs.