My Journey To Better Fitness

Finally....

2006-10-02T18:47:00.000+08:00

Finally, I;ve reached my weight management goals!!

As of today, my weight measurements are as follow:

Weight: 67.8kg
Body Fat: 19.9%
Visceral Fat: 9

I don't know what to tell you guys how I feel right now!

Now, I'm setting a new goal and that is....

I want to have a body fat of 10%

Can I do it? YES I CAN!

Start Walk-Exercising Again

2006-08-19T19:03:00.000+08:00

Its not easy to restart my walking exercise routine...... in my last post I mentioned that I was going to start exercing but I 'procrastinated' for almost 3 weeks...... the thing that got me started is when I start thinking of achieveing my body fat goal 19.9% ...and ultimately to have a 6-pack!

Anyway as of today19 Aug 2006 - my measuresments are:

Weight: 71.4kg
Body Fat: 21.0%
Visceral Fat: 10

1 Month of Non-exercise....and my results are...

2006-07-31T17:26:00.000+08:00

Its been a while that I post an entry.....

Untill this day, since my last entry Mid June 2006, I haven't exercise as planned. And the 'magical' news is that my results as of today are as follow

Body Weight: 72.6kg (Dropped 2.6kg from 75.2kg)
Body Fat: 23.4% (Dropped 0.8% from 24.2%)
Visceral Fat: 11% (Dropped 1% from 12%)

I couldn't believe it myself that I continue to lose some weight as well as fat.

But since my goal is to be in the normal body fat range i.e. below 19.9%, and it seems that if I continue in this manner w/out exercising, it is going to take a long time to achieve it, well I'm going to speed up the process by starting to brisk walk again.

I will keep you all posted.

My results after 3 and a half months on the program...

2006-06-17T10:54:00.000+08:00

You know with the school holidays that just gone....with friends and relatives wedding celebrations here and there.... I ate like any other guests and more.....hehe

Throughout the 2 weeks, I enjoyed an afternoon at Fish Manhattan, had Fish and savory garlic rice..... had Baskin Robbin ice-cream....3 0.r + garden salad KFCs, pizzas, chicken rice at the Chicken Rice Shop, satay kajang, nasi lemak pak Osman, yong taufu steam boat style, keropok leko goreng, McD, Coconut Ice-cream shake ...ummm......ummmm....ummm delicious.......

Its been 10 days now I haven't been doing my daily walks in the park or anywhere else. Why haven't I been doing that? Well to experiment and see what my result would be like?

Here are my results as off 15 June 2006

Weight: 75.2kg (Dropped 2.4kg from 77.6kg)
Body Fat: 24.2% (Gained 0.4% from 23.8%)
Visceral Fat: 12% (Dropped 1% from 13%)

All my coach could say was, Deen, you been eating too much simple carbohydrates, watch it!

From this its seems that without depriving myself of all these simple carbohydrate foods that i love so much, I still lose weight but my progress of reducing my overall body fat slowed down. I think I need to get back to my daily walks again of some sort so that i can manage my body fat more effectively.

Remember in my firstblog, I have a goal of having 19% body fat? Well I'm going to achieve that......(and you know what? The next challenge for me after achieving that would be to keep it off. I am confident that I can do it because my coach has been doing it for the past 12 years. Its good to have a coach that leads by example 8) )

Mother of 4 Kids

2006-06-09T22:31:00.000+08:00

Here's an experience from my friend Mr. Rodzi...

Mr. Rodzi: "About my wife. She's a mother of 4 kids, the 4th baby delivered last 30th March 2006. Before the program, was suffering back pain, hypertension & wind. Immediately after delivering the baby, started the program, never done the usual 'post-pregnancy' massage to chase away the wind and to reinstate the internal abdomen organ, like traditional practise. Now, no more illness whatsoever, feeling great and the energy improves!"

Fast results huh? Well thats because each individuals are unique - unique metabolic rates, physiology etc. Whether its fast or slow, the main thing is the people who follow the program get benefits from it, thats what matter most!

My 1st Client Result

2006-05-26T07:22:00.000+08:00

Yes I do have others joining me in the journey to better fitness. He is Mr. Abu Bakar. He started the program in 2 May 2006. He's 38 years of age, 168 cm tall and his weight stats at the time were:

Weight: 81.8kg
Body Fat: 27.8%
Visceral Fat: 15%

I met him yesterday. I haven't met him for 3 weeks. We normally just talk on the phone during my customer-care service follow-up with him.

His current result as of yesterday were:

Weight: Lost 3kg (from 81.8kg to 78.8kg)
Body Fat: Lost 0.3% (from 27.8% to 27.5%)
Visceral Fat: Lost 2% (from 15% to 13%)

He also told me that he's a heavy smoker and that he used to smoke 2 box of 14 cigaretes a day but now he manages to take a box a day. He said that the program made him feel the cigarettes a little distaseful.

Hmmmm...interesting I thought. I'm glad that the program helped him cut down his smoking. So does this means the program can help other smokers to cut down their cigs? I don't know. May be, may be not. The program was not design for that. It was only design for weight management.

12 Weeks Have Past

2006-05-26T00:02:00.000+08:00

Drum roll please!

(Drum roll noise)

My result as of 25 May 2006 are.....

Weight: 77.6kg (Dropped another 1.4kg from 79kg)
Body Fat: 23.8% (Dropped 2.5% from 26.3%)
Visceral Fat: 13% (Unchange)

Pretty good, ain't it?

P.S. I was so excited about my result, I did a cart-wheel in Giant's Hypermarket Car Park! Heheh

Visceral Fat Down by 1%

2006-05-14T07:06:00.000+08:00

For this past (close to) 2 weeks, my measurements are plateauing. They are the same as earlier this month except my reading for visceral fat is 13% - gone down by 1%.

I was told earlier in the program that in the process of losing weight, plateauing would happen. I was advice to continue with the program as this is normal.

I've lost so far 8kg and 6.6% of body fat.... my target is now not so much on weight but to lose fat. I want to be in the 14%-20% body fat range. It can be done.

Striding On The Clouds

2006-05-11T02:13:00.000+08:00

I still am on the 'bench' but I manage to stride on the Fit-n-Fold strider.

Using the strider, I felt like walking on clouds. I didn't feel any cramp pains....so next time if I get some 'bumps' like this, I still can do my 'cloud walking' on the Fit-n-Fold Strider.

Tomorrow morning I think I can start back my walking routine since the pains have virtually gone. Thank God!

Whilst I was on the strider this afternoon , I put on a work-out VCD. The work-out was a mix of dancing, yoga and Pilates. Just watching it, I felt streched...hmmm....I don't know, I might try them out one day.

Still Recovering From Yesterday Incident

2006-05-09T15:31:00.000+08:00

I still haven't recovered from my cramps yesterday. I'll be missing my daily walk routine.
Dont push it, better get rested well than a torn calf, right? Hopefully by tomorrow, I'm up and ready for my walks.

Slithering Snakes In My Legs!

2006-05-08T21:36:00.000+08:00

I went to Botany Park in Putrajaya. I manage to persuade my sister and my wife to join me with my daily walks. At first they were giving excuses but once we got there, they had a laugh!

The scenaries were beatiful. Next time I'm there I'll get some pictures taken and post them here.

On the way back to my car, as I was just about to get into the drivers sit, the calf of my right leg got cramped! The pain was new to me! It felt like they were slithering snakes moving inside my calf!

At the time, my thoughts were "Whats this slithering motion in my calf???" Then my wife and sister console me thats its just cramp.

Well, I had never felt a cramp like this. Usually I get cramps when I'm swimming! But that cramp is nothing like this!

Even till now, as I'm typing this, I still feel cramp pains.

I was scold by my sister and my wife because I did not start my walks with a warm-up exercise. Well, whats there to warm-up? I haven't had this problem in the past!

Anyway, I learn my lesson. Tomorrow if my pains gone, I'll do warm-up exercise 1st before and after my walks.

Lost another 2.9% of body fat!

2006-05-03T09:26:00.000+08:00

I have lost another 1kg since 15 April. Not much right? But when look at my body fat analysis Ive lost 2.9%. Whats the explaination forthis?

I was told by my weight management coach that since I've been exercising, I'm building muscle and at the same time I am burning more fat. And the weight due to the fat that I lost is quickly replace by the weight of the muscle that I'm building. So thats why I only lost 1 kg but the fat lost is 2.9%. Does this makes sense to you? To me it make sense.

By the way my coach got a new measurement machine that now not only measures body fat but it also measures the visceral fat - fat that stick around the internal organs. My reading for this fat was 14%.

Yes I've been exercising mainly walking stationary and if time permit , continuous brisk walking non-stop in the park for an hour.

In diet wise I tried my best to eat complex carbohydates instead of simple carbs but sometimes I still do take the simple carbs.

I'll tell you my results in 2 weeks time.

My Weight and Body Fat Keeps On Dropping

2006-04-15T21:40:00.000+08:00

Like I said in my previous post, I decided to lose weight faster by following my weight-management coach advice. That is, not taking rice and excercise. Well, heres what actually happen.

Within this past 10 days I kept my word of not taking rice except once I took Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice). Why did I ate that? Well everyone in the house has taken their meal and there were half a bowl left. So instead of wasting it. I finished it off.

So what did I take in place of rice? I ate mee or meehoon or whole-grain bread. I'm not sure wether mee or meehoon are not much different to rice. Since they are simple carbohydrates,right?

Exercise...... I manage to exercise 4 times during this 10 days. The 1st time was that I walked for about 2 km. I don't know what got into me to walk that far...hehe....I sure did get leg cramps after that on the next day.

The other 3 times I simply jog in one place not moving anywhere. In bahasa we call it 'Joging' Setempat for about 1000 steps. And thats about it.

So with all these additional 'activities', what are my results?

Well, my current weight as of this writing is 80kgs and my body fat is 29.4%. This is truly exciting for me. By the way I still did ate KFC twice. 1st was with 1 salad with chicken nuggets and 2 pieces of chicken original recipe while the second time also the same but with an additional chicken piece .....heheh.

For the next two weeks I'm planning on having whole-grain bread sandwiches in my ordinary 1 meal schedule and exercise more regularly. So see you all then.

Drop another 2kg and 0.8% body fat

2006-04-05T08:01:00.000+08:00

Yesterday 4th April 2006, I went to see my weight management coach to get my weight-fat measurements.

I weighed on his weighing machine, the very same machine that I used on 1st of March 2006 since I began this journey. It read 82kg, I ask the coach to confirm what I'm readingand he confirmed it. Then I get my body fat analysis measured and it read 30.2%. I just couldn't believe it!

I told my coach that I've been eating a lot of my favorite foods the past whole week and yet I still loose weight! Amazing! He told me that if I want to loose faster, then I must cut down or abstain from rice unless I eat brown rice and that I must exercise.

Hey I do want to loose my weight faster. In addition to using the program, why not I start exercising regularly and abstain from rice, what would my results be like? We'll see in 10 days time.

One other thing, I can now fit into my old 35inch pants back! This program is reall cool! I'm glad that I decided to bought the program.

Hey! If any of you guys know someone who might want to know about a weight management program like this, email me at deenbahri@tiadalagimasalahberatbadan.com or call me +60132285193

An Option For Busy People Who Wants To Loose Weight

2006-03-27T16:10:00.000+08:00

"Finally A Healthy Weight Management Program That Works For Busy People Who Doesn't Have The Time To Exercise and Who Doesn't Want To Give Up Their Favorite Food"

After I finish school in September 1998, I began my career as an executive. My day is busy and I had no time to exercise. I also love to eat my favorite foods like Nasi Ayam, KFCs and Nasi Bukhara. So slowly I started to put on weight.

In 1998 for my height of 165cm, I used to be 60kgs. In August 2004 my weight has gone up to 85kgs and my doctor said that if I don't do anything to loose my weight, I would get high blood pressure, diabetes and gout. I was also getting the symptoms of these diseases like fatigue and needles on my legs.

I tried different methods and weight management programs that has costs me over RM9,000 but they didn't work for me.

On 1st March 2006 I was introduce to another weight management program using the meal replacement concept. I have tried meal replacement before but it didn't work for me.

So naturally I was very-very sceptical!

But by this time my weight was 87kgs and my body fat was 32.9% and I can already feel the symptoms of diabetes and gout like prickering needles on my feet and I get tired easily.

I was told that I can loose 2-5kgs or 1-3inches per month even if I had no time to exercise and I could still eat my favorite food. And here's the kicker, the program costs RM610!

Then the introducer, showed me his before picture.... he was FAT...97kg and he lost 18kg in 11 weeks without exercising and depriving his favorite foods. And that was 12 years ago.

I looked at his after picture and stared at him...WOW! He stays slim......he has kept off the weight.....no yo-yo-ing.

Then when I read the label of the product, it states that it has a "30 Days Money Back Guarantee" and I ask the introducer if this is true? He replied with a resounding yes.

He went on to say that there is no such thing as 100% workable for everyone. So by having this money back guarantee there is no risks to the customers to try out the program for a full month to see whether the product helps their body to lose weight or not. In business he said that a satisfied customer is everything!

Because of this money back guarantee, his truthfulness in saying so and he's living proof that the program helps him to lose weight and maintains weight no yo-yo-ing, hey what the heck? I got nothing to lose, I decided to try it out.

Whats my results?

Well 1st, let me say that I have made a smart decision of putting my scepticism aside and decided to try out this program for a full month.

Why do I say that?

Because in my 1st 3 weeks, I have lost 3 kgs and my body fat has dropped to 31.0%.

Because of my results on this program, I decided that I will continue with this program until I reach a normal body fat range between 15%-19.9%.

Perhaps, I will achieve my goal in 8 more months. It sounds too long, isn't it? But hey, for the past 84 months (7 years) I've been gaining weight. So 8 more months or even if it will take me a year to achieve my goal, it is still worth it!

I believe that this program can benefit others like myself, so I decided to market it and make it available to others.

Do you know a friend who would like to know about a program like this?
Contact me at 0132285193 or deen@tiadalagimasalahberatbadan.com

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