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I’m sorry buddies for being missing for way too long. And nope, I wasn’t exactly pigging out the time when I was away, but I’m just excited to share something with you guys.

It’s been about 9 months since I started on my diet and exercise regime. To date, I’ve lost 57 pounds and I’m really glad about it. (Though I swear I could have lost all my weight by now if I were more disciplined but still…YAY!) So I was checking the healthy weight range chart online and am incredibly ecstatic to find out that I’m just about 5 pounds (140) away from the healthy weight at my height. Of course, I aim to go lower than that but it’s nevertheless one huge milestone for me and hopefully, I can reach it by the time the upcoming summer break is over. Once again, I’m off to fight the exams monster so good luck to everyone who’s trying to lose weight.

Remember: Never ever give up!

Good day buddies! Just thought I’d leave a short update before I trot off to fight the final exams monsters for the next 2 weeks. (Yeah, it’s a pain that the papers are spread over 2 weeks and I’m only taking 5 classes. GAH.)

In view of the coming exams, I’ve decided to relax my exercise and diet regime a little the next 2 weeks. This doesn’t mean I’m gonna start to binge, but rather I’d be working at maintaining my weight loss. I swear I’d work out religiously for the holidays once I get the exams out of my way. Gee, I wouldn’t even have thought of myself being at the current weight that I’m at now, it’s a little crazy for me. =) My aim is to reach 148 pounds by new year’s day so wish me luck on that.

As a side news, I realised I’ve yet to measure my waistline since I’ve started slimming down in August. So I took out the tape and lo and behold! My waistline has whittled down to a respectable 32 inches. At my heaviest, my waistline peaked at 40 inches, so that was another great encouragement to me.

Hope you guys have a great week!

My first ever, before and after shots.

Here’s me at 202 pounds. It’s taken some time in May 2007, I was at the Grand Canyon and it was awesome. Couldn’t say the same for my weight though.

And here’s the new me, after losing 41 pounds to become the 161 pounds that I am today.

Sorry for the bad resolution but I just thought that it’s time for a little update.

Thanks for the encouragement, I’ve since stopped stuffing myself silly. But the irritating thing is that I’ve been down with food poisoning since 2 days ago and it has thus, seriously affected my appetite. Couldn’t really eat much so I guess that’s a good thing anyway.

Sorry for not being a regular blogger cos I was busy with school work. (As it is, I actually skipped my class today just so I could take a breather from all the assignments and tests.) On the health side, I’ve been losing weight a tad too slow for my liking these days. It took almost a good 10 days before I shed 2 pounds and trust me, weighing myself daily just to see that the needle didn’t move an inch almost killed me. I wanted to defenestrate myself. (Hurhur. New word that I picked up on Facebook. Means to “throw out of the window”.) But anyway, I’m glad I did manage to lose that 2 pounds to become 174 pounds (79kg) which was basically the weight I was at when I was 14 years old. Woots.

Bumped into my cousin at the mall the other day and she was rather astonished at how much weight I lost. And I was absolutely filled with pride when I informed her that I did it all through my own efforts (no pills, no slimming centers, no “miracle” gels etc) and I could tell she was impressed. Well, I’m still waiting to shock more relatives when I see them next during the Lunar New Year.

KA-BAM!

Argh. So anyway, it was my friend’s 21st birthday party last night and I kinda got carried away with the food. But that’s alright, all it’s gonna do is to make me more determined to stick strictly to my diet and exercise regime until the next party comes along.

And it was pretty sweet when one of my friends, whom I haven’t seen since July, telling me that I’m looking good. =)

So from now on, I’m charging full steam ahead to my mini goal. 18 pounds away ain’t that hard and I’m sure I can do it.

I’ve lost 2 pounds since the beginning of this month and I’m mighty pleased with myself. Was down with the flu for a few days but I manage to work out after I got better anyway. I think it’s exhilarating to see the fats on my tummy, hips and back literally melt away. I’ve received compliments as well and that makes me all the more determined to continue on. Just yesterday, the dress that I bought online arrived and I was a little sad to know that it doesn’t fit right, since I’ve lost weight. Guess I’d have to send it for alteration.

Still, it’s good news in a way. =)

As of the end of August, I’m proud to say I’ve lost a grand total of 11 pounds. It’s an amazing feeling and I couldn’t wait to see what September would bring. I think one of the reasons why my previous weight-loss attempts were such failures was because I was secretly trying to lose weight and none of my friends knew. Now, I deliberately let them in on my progress so that they’re aware of it and would constantly ask and motivate me with regards to my routine. In a sense, it’s not as easy to give up since they’re all concerned about my progress and would resort to strangling me should I want to give up. They’ve been such an encouraging bunch too!

And of course, all the buddies I’ve made here have given me a lot more confidence to do what I thought was impossible. For that, thank you very much!

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 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. =)