I finally reached my weight goal
I am pleased to announce that I finally reached my weight goal!! My whole journey was on losing 5 pounds and it took forever.
I have been active and watching what I eat before I start this journey, and that is why it took a lot longer for me to lose this last 5 pounds.
I think the key factors for me to get out of my long plateau and lose weight were:
- Taking ABT sculpting class. I used to weight training and do a lot of leg exercise (i.e. lunges, squads, etc) but the ABT is 45 minutes of intensive leg workout and we end up with about 250-300 repetitions of a combination of leg exercises in 45 minutes. Well there'll be 4-5 days of extreme leg soreness afterwards as well, but the result is pretty significant.
- Logging everything into the food/workout/sleep template that Anar has introduced. I gave up logging after a while as I thought I learned what I should have and now I can keep up, but to my own surprise I was eating a lot more when I was not logging my food intake!!
- Resisting some desserts and having cooked lentil some nights as dinner. Lentils are loaded with protein and fiber.
- Having at least 2 types of fruit (one of each) everyday and staying away from the office vending machines.
I hope I can maintain this weight. I workout almost 10 hours a week. So the key thing for me was even watching more my food. This week I have a flu and my appetite is quite low (almost none), so I think there'll be a challenge once I gained my appetite next week!!
I am happy! 