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I’m rushing to school so I’ll make it short.

I’ve officially lost close to 9 pounds! Yes, I’m awfully excited and at the same time, surprised because the scale didn’t seem to move for days on end and suddenly, I dropped 4 pounds just like that.

Yay to me.

I’m awfully proud of myself these days. I still head out to walk that 3 miles even if I don’t feel like doing so and I was determined enough to walk twice the distance the next day should I slip that day. Most importantly, I’ve made a major breakthrough with regards to my diet. I find that after 2 weeks of reducing my food intake tremendously, I no longer feel as hungry as I used to and could actually have an apple for dinner and still be satisfied. Of course, I’ve been fighting temptations pretty well this whole week and though my scale doesn’t seem to be moving, I’m pretty confident that the weight will start to fall off by the end of this month. I’m aiming for an 8 pounds loss by the end of this month, I’m already halfway there so I’m just doing whatever I can and just pray that the body cooperates.

How’s everyone doing with their plan? Hope everything goes well! =)

I hate waking up early in the morning cos I’m not a morning person. I’m grouchy and when I gotta work out in the morning, that makes me very very grouchy. At the same time, I do realize that if I don’t get my ass up in the morning to walk, I’d never do it later in the day. Furthermore, my a cappella group is holding auditions in the evening for the next few days so I doubt I can make it back home in one piece and STILL feel energetic enough to do anything. With that said, the weather these days has been really weird. One moment, it decides to send heat waves mercilessly and the next, it’s pouring like crazy. And I sure do feel very sleepy whenever the rain comes. I’ve been guilty of taking naps like, right after I work out (if they happen to be in the afternoon). Sheesh. Am I being very sinful here?

Anyway, have decided to set either Saturday or Sunday as my cheat day so I could give myself a little treat. =)

I cheated and weighed myself today, just to see how much damage I’ve done to myself for the past few days of sinful eating. But guess what? I lost 1 kg (which is like a loss of 2.2 pounds) and I’m ecstatic! Thanks for all the encouragement! I definitely have the motivation to continue with this diet plan which I started about 2 days ago. I’m starting to remove most of the carbs from my daily food intake. I’d have cereal in low fat milk as breakfast, a low fat tuna sandwich on wholemeal bread and a pear/yogurt. And finally, dinner includes steamed chicken with some vegetables. I’ve decided to walk 3 miles for the next few days just so that I don’t bring back the knee problem again.

But oh my gosh, if the first 2 pounds could make me so happy, I’d probably die of happiness for the next 78 pounds. =)

Ever since I busted my knee, I became upset and I kinda went back to my old eating habits. Now that my knee feels better, I’ve decided to once again pick up jogging and start eating healthily. It hasn’t been easy, I was contemplating giving up a few days ago because school schedule just doesn’t make it easy for me to work out. But, I’m once again motivated to hit the gym tomorrow (thanks a million to all the encouraging words!) with a friend and I’d start stocking up on healthy stuff again. =)

Day 5 was relatively productive cos I managed to squeeze in a 2 hour work-out at the gym before I met up with my friends for dinner. Day 6, however, became somewhat of a letdown because of a pain in my right knee. I couldn’t run the full distance that I’d usually do and had to limp half the way back home. It hurts and I’m forced to take a break. Of course, the weigh in today has been very disappointing. I haven’t lost a single pound and that really sucks. I’m not exactly sure how I should react to this.

I woke up early this morning to jog but was dismayed to find that it’s pouring outside. So of course, I went back to sleep. Got up for breakfast, made myself a low fat tuna sandwich. Lunch comprised of 2 tiny glutinous rice-balls, mushrooms and one cup of mango yogurt. I’m surprised that I was actually satisfied, after what I’d consider to be a very small serving of lunch. Guess I was overeating most of the time.

After lunch, I was getting really lazy but managed to skip 250 times and waited a little while to go for my jog. I’m glad that I didn’t succumb to the lazy-bug and actually got some work done. Dinner was half a pack of noodles, a pear and one glass of soy milk with reduced sugar.

Excellent progress so far. Three more days to my first weigh-in and I can’t wait to see how well I did for my first week.

Working out at a gym tomorrow and it’s gonna be more intensive. Ouch.

Living in an entirely different timezone kinda makes blogging a little trickier than usual. Hmm.

Anyway, day 3 has been going on fine. Sumi (a good friend of mine) invited me over to her apartment so that we could do gym together. Had a good workout generally - running on treadmill, biking, lifting weights etc. I’m glad that I’d be able to go over to her place every Wednesday and Friday cos it feels great to have someone who could go through this with me. As for tomorrow, I guess it’s back to the usual morning jog and crunches. I’m thinking about getting a skipping rope so that I could alternate between skipping and jogging (of which I’m not a fan of).

Again, just for the record:

Breakfast: 2 small buns.

Lunch: Chicken drumstick and spinach.

Snack: Non-fat mango yogurt.

Dinner: Lean meat in soup with half a bowl of rice.

I’m also proud to announce that I went grocery shopping today to stock up on vegetables and fruits so I’m looking forward to a week of healthy eating. =)

Okay, so I just came back from my morning jog.

25 minutes of jogging (same distance, but somehow a shorter timing. Can’t believe I’m actually faster this time round.)
200 crunches.

It really sucks to feel my fat ass jiggling whenever I run. Made me feel mad pissed at myself for letting myself go. Of course, at the same time, I’m all the more determined to get rid of all those fats.
So far, so good. Planning to cut down carbs gradually.

Breakfast: 2 slices of bread with margarine.

Lunch: Half a bowl of rice and steamed shrimp.

Dinner: Lean pork chop.

More later.

Breakfast: 3 slices of bread and 2 slices of ham.
Lunch: Nasi Lemak with egg and chicken.
Dinner: Ban Mian

Exercise:
30 minutes jog.
100 crunches.

It’s a brand new start and I hope it’d last.