My weight loss journey

I've tried many many ways to losing weight. Some work. Some don't. Here are the ones I've tried over the years.

1) About 3 years back, I was on a roll. I force myself to wake up superbly early in the morning for a half hour jog at the park near my house before I head to work. I cut down my carb portion to about half or a quarter. Mom was lovely enough to cook me loads of fish and vegetables for dinner. I manage to lose about 7kgs in just 4 months to about 63kgs.

Then I got lazy. Changed jobs. And was busy with college and shit like that that I put on another 2-3kgs. Bad shape. So I re-motivated myself a year later with the help of some of my skinny colleagues.

2) I bought a belly dance/low impact aerobics dvd and was at it almost every other night with Woman. It really is great to have company when doing these exercises. Since its low impact, you kinda get a little bored halfway through it. With a friend around, we manage to go through 2 CDs each time, equivalent to a one hour workout. Once we went a little crazy and did 4 CDS, thus totalling 2 hours of workout. We ended up a big pile of sludge on the floor. My diet consisted of lots of soupy stuff, lots of water and lots of fruits in between. I tell you, I was one really bloated child. A week into this diet, I was literally feeling the vomit rise in my throat everytime something soupy is served in front of my face. I survived 2 months and lost 7kgs. I was a happy 58kg girl.

Of course, this stupid liquid diet thingie is a killer and I quit because I was a piglet and I felt like I was going to die and that my life seems kinda empty without yummilicious rich and fatty foods. Haha! Life went on, many things happen and I was enjoying my food, irregularly doing the belly dance workout every once in awhile. Nothing happen. No weight loss whatsoever. But I gained back 8kgs, bringing my weight back to 66kgs. I'm one hell of a fluctuating chart. So, this year I look to a good friend for some advice. She is the fittest girl I know so hence, I took her advice.

3) I bought myself a treadmill. Yay! I was told to avoid all oily food, biscuits, cakes, cut down on carb portions by half etc etc. And, am supposed to jog 40 minutes on the treadmill. Yes. 40 minutes!!! I was diligently at it for a few weeks but my weight remains stagnant. My good friend tells me its cos I'm gaining muscle mass which weighs substantially more than fat. But that if I keep going at it, I will lose weight. Very very upsetting to weigh myself after some point. Feels like all my hard work on the treadmill ain't producing any results. Its very discouraging.

My boyfriend was constantly telling me that cardio isn't enough. I need to do some weights to tone up. But the girlfriends say NO, keep OFF the weights otherwise you'd get unsightly muscles. Such a conflict. I went online and did a little research. Problem with me is I don't know how to work weights!!! I have this little pink dumbbells weighing approx 4 pounds each but I never know how to use them properly. After reading lots of raving reviews...

4) I got myself the Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred video. The 3-2-1 workout is a killer working strength, cardio and abs. The 30 mins workout completely killed me on the first day. I managed to finish the complete set. I get to use my dumbbells. But I couldn't manage the 2nd day. I was utterly sore at my arms, legs and stomach. I guess it must be working! I pushed myself to go at it again on the 3rd day. TORTURE!!! In just 20 minutes on the JM workout, I had produced a lot more sweat than when I was doing 40 minutes on the treadmill. My god! My sports bra was soaked, sweat going into my eyes and nose and mouth. I was a complete mess. And today, I did it for the 3rd time. Arms were shivering everytime I lift the dumbbells. Diet-wise, I was eating like any normal person, I believe the Nutrilite Carb Blocker works as it blocks 500 calories. I take it before every carb-containing meals. Hence I was able to eat some carbs for energy. I'm Asian. I need my rice. That's why I couldn't survive the last couple of diets that don't allow me to take my rice. Anyways, after just 3 days of the JM workout, I felt leaner already. Boyfriend hugged me and said I feel smaller in his arms. I don't know whether he's kidding me but with some confidence, I stepped on the treadmill and... VOILA!! Just 3 days and I lost 1 kg!!! Yay!!!

If its really true that one can lose 20pounds with this 30 days shred video, and I'm actually losing 1kg every 3 days, I'm so going to keep at it. Lets see what happens in another 27 days! I'm on day 3 of level 1. 7 days to go before I proceed to level 2. (I watched level 2 and level 3. Its like exercise for robots. I feel like no human can do it man! Good luck to me!)