Yesterday was the start of Week 4. Week 3 was a disappointing work in terms of workout and diet.
Here are the ups and downs of last week, downs first:
Down
Didn’t lose weight again!
I was hitting 3000 calories per day! It should only be 2500!
Ups:
Same as last week:
I feel much more energetic .
My muscles are firmer.
Still drinking [...]
I was looking around in youtube for some workout or fitness videos and I came across this interesting video. It’s a workout program for women but I think men would also enjoy watching this.
So for the women readers, here’s something you might like to try out, and for the men, well, just watch.
Enjoy!
IF you’re obese, and you’re flying Air France, you can now book a second seat beside you so that you overflow your excess weight over to that. Funny right? but really this is how widespread obesity is.
BBC News – Air France offers free second seat to obese people.
In some airlines, if you can’t be secured [...]
I’ve started on week 3 of my journey to BMI 25. Last week was the start of my 37 week workout program that focuses on fat burning, muscle building and proper eating.
The program is divided like this:
12 weeks beginner stage
12 weeks intermediate stage
12 weeks advanced stage
Here are the ups and downs of last week, downs [...]
Just minuscule reductions. My belly sags less than last week.
Weight: 103.5 Kg
BMI: 33.21
If you’re curious what obesity means, and how BMI is related to it, you can check out this link:
What is Obesity? What is BMI (Body Mass Index)?.
It’s a good resource for understanding this condition. Here’s an excerpt from that resource page regarding obesity:
An obese person has accumulated so much body fat that it might have [...]
I came across a very alarming article in CNN Health, about how researchers found “Nearly half of the 90 beverages from soda fountain machines in one area in Virginia tested positive for coliform bacteria — which could indicate possible fecal contamination.” Yup you read that right, “fecal” contamination. Bacteria in poop, sh*t, feces, whatever you [...]
My first week in this weight loss journey wasn’t that good, due mainly to my cough and cold.
Here’s the breakdown of my ups and downs, downs first:
Downs
Wasn’t able to exercise daily. I still have a cough and a cold from the previous week.
Lost only about 0.5 Kg.
Ups
Reduced my coffee consumption from 4 cups of 3-in-1 [...]
I read in the news today that researchers have found that by using a device to tell obese children to eat slowly, these kids lost weight and decreased their eating speed by 11%.
In a trial with 106 obese children the gadget showed promising results, the British Medical Journal reports online.
After 12 months of use the [...]
To track my workouts, I use Nokia Sports Tracker in my E71 phone. It tracks my workout time, distance, route, and speed. It also lets me upload the workout details to the Sports Tracker website so I can keep track and also share my workouts to anybody or everybody.
Check out my work out tracker here:
http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/user/profile.do?u=Russel
The [...]
