The "Battle" Plan

Experts say that gaining weight is just like saving money in the bank.

Your savings balance eventually becomes big when your total deposits are greater than your total withdrawals. In weight management, "deposits" means eating and "withdrawals" means burning calories (physical activity). A very simple analogy.

With that, I developed my "battle" strategies (since weight loss is also called "battling the bulge"), also, in a very simple, one sentence plan ("battle cry"?):

"Reduce deposits (food in-take), increase withdrawals (exercise)."

Starting tomorrow i'll :

Reduce the "deposits" by:

1. 1. Cutting by half my carbohydrates (a.k.a rice) intake.. (instead of one cup rice, i'll be having only half cup).. :(




2. 2. Taking full meals only for breakfast and lunch.. will have fruits only at dinner ( a banana or an apple and an orange or ponkan)

3. Skipping snacks

4. Avoiding sodas, sweets (chocolate, cakes, pastries and ice cream) and meat

5. Not having fatty food in my diet (fried or oil-rich food)

And increase the "withdrawals" by:

1. Taking a walk thrice a week (mondays, wednesdays and fridays), and jogging also thrice a week (tuesdays, thursdays and saturdays) (in the morning)

2. Ensuring having at least 10,000 steps daily (going to buy a pedometer, metering how many steps you've made) by always walking around in the office, taking the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator (Going to find out more what other tasks or activity I'll involved myself with to hit my dialy target).

3. Attending gym sessions at least twice a week (at least an hour per session)(preferrably tuesdays and thursday after office)

4. 50 situps and pushups daily (25 in the morning and the remaining in the afternoon).

5. Playing badminton (once a week) (saturday)

Other "charges" by:

1. Increasing daily water or liquid intake to at least 8 glasses of water (2 glasses 1st hour in the morning, 4 glasses during the day, 1 at dinner and 1 before going to bed)

2. Napping at least 8 hours.

That's the game plan. Hope it works.

Every week I'll update my body stats..

Other posts.. articles on weight loss or interesting thing happen during my "battle" activity or the failure to execute the plan and the challenges I'll be facing will be posted from time to time.

If you are just like me having weigth problem, why not join me, apply the plan too, and we'll see what happen.. dont forget to drop and post your comment..

Ciao!

Beginning of the journey

I know I've got company out there, a lot.. more than a BILLION!

"Globally, there are more than 1 billion overweight adults, at least 300 million of them obese." says World Heath Organization (WHO)

We all know that being obese not only lessen one's self confidence but also, which is the worse part, puting one self in health related risks.

In WHO's study: "Obesity and overweight pose a major risk for chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke, and certain forms of cancer."

We already know that, dont we? Overweight people, like me, are in a constant battle. We all want to lose weight, to look good and to be healthy. That battle, in my mind, I know in others too, cannot be easily won. One needs determination and sacrifice.

Faced with obstacles (appetite, slow metabolism, genes) and the ill-effects of being overweight (low self-steem, health risks), I decided to really battle it out..

And with this goal in mind (to look better and be healthy (fit!)) and inspire others to do the same, I'll be keeping this journal (blog) about this journey.

A journey to a fit life!

Will I be able to achieve my goal? What challenges I'll be facing?.. Diets, exercise programs, diet pills (?).. and articles about losing weight and/or being overweight.. just anything about this journey

Come, join me in this journey and let's find out..

About me:
Gender: Male
Height: 5'5
Ideal Weight: 135 lbs.

Stats as of today:


Weight: 160 lbs or 72kgs (overweight by by 25 lbs or 12 kgs)
Waistline: 35" (with my height, waist size should be at max 32")
BMI: 26 (normal is 18-23)

GOALS:

Loss 25 lbs; Reduce waistline to 32";

Time frame: Six months (November 24, 2008).

Possible? Let's see.

From this!

to this!

Ciao!