What is meant by BMR?

Basal metabolic rate (BMR), and the closely related resting metabolic rate (RMR), is the amount of daily energy expended while at rest in a neutrally temperate environment, in the post-absorptive state (meaning that the digestive system is inactive, which requires about twelve hours of fasting in humans).

The release of energy in this state is sufficient only for the functioning of the vital organs, the heart, lungs, nervous system, kidneys, liver, intestine, sex organs, muscles, and skin.

Source: Wikipedia

Dulu-dulu tak faham, ingatkan kalau makan kurang bilangan kalori, bagus la untuk badan. Tapi bila tengok Biggest Loser, nampak peserta exhausted kalau tak makan as per calorie requirement per day. Tu tengok kat sidebar tu, BMR korang berapa? (Aini, Kak Tini & myself)

Semenjak terjebak dengan website MyFitnessPal, my diet has been based on calorie counting.
Dulu minum MILO hari-hari (saya hantu MILO), tapi bila tahu 1 cup of MILO is 300 cals, terus mengurangkan minuman tersebut.

Dulu ada juga buat diet planner, hahaha.. tapi takde buat calorie counting. Terkagum dengan myfitnesspal sebab hari tu taip Nasi Lemak, Roti Canai pun siap ada bilangan kalorinya. Huhu, kagum japs.. Database dia very wide.

So korang apa lagi, pergilah register kat situ nak buat calorie counting! Invitation ni pun untuk ARAM club

Day 5

Mee Jawa
Air limau suam

Tengah hari, nasi separuh cawan, ikan goreng satu, sayur. Air barli

Petang, air lai chee kang

Malam, biskut 4 keping, keropok 6 keping

Day 4

Started dieting again. It's a wonder if it produced miracle.

Day 1

Fruits - Grapes 1 cup, papaya 1 slice, watermelon 1 slice
Weetameal crackers - 4 pieces
Had dinner with 1 cup of rice and gulai ikan - tolong perhabis lauk (excuse)
Kacang bandung - 1/3 packet?

Day 2

Fruits - Plum 3 pieces, small oranges 5 pieces
Weetameal crackers - 4 pieces
Dinner with a bowl of rice porridge, with spatter of anchovies, kacang bandung, finger chocolates 1 1/2 bar

Day 3

Fruits: One big apple, 3 pieces of small oranges
Rojak Singapore - one cucur udang and 2 hati (ops!)
Hati cicah kicap, finger chocolate 1 1/2 bar


Day 4
Bihun sup
Oranges - 3 buah
Roti seketul

Am I strong willed?

Games to make you active, since you live in a cold country

Ok lah, sebab ada masa free.. mari kita bagitahu antara games-games yang menarik untuk exercise. Daku tertarik dengan this one game, EA Sports Active 2.. tambah-tambah kalau tengok iklan Kinect Xbox.

http://www.ea.com/videos/4a2a74271ec3c210VgnVCM2000001165140aRCRD

Klik link atas tu, daku taktau nak copy paste sebab bukan from YouTube (ahahahah)

Kadang-kadang patut rasa bersyukur gak di Malaysia with sunny sunshine whatsoever untuk exercise, kitaorang kat sini kalau dapat tengok matahari tu, punyalah happy sangat-sangat. Tapi nak exercise kat luar, macam haram sebab weather sekarang ni -1 gitu

My observation:

1. Kalau nak beli Xbox dan PS3, confirm lagi mahal daripada Wii. Tapi Xbox ada satu teknologi yang dipanggil Kinect yang ada tagline "You are the controller". Yang ni korang kena pergi google sendiri la function Kinect, sebab Youtube malam ni (UK time) lembap sesangat.. huhu
   
2. Game untuk exercise ni memang mahal-mahal, lepas dah beli Xbox/PS3/ Nintendo Wii, you have to invest further to own a game like Wii Fit Plus / EA Sports, yang agak mahal itu.

Nanti gua balik, kalau nak tumpang exercise pakai Wii Fit Plus, wa no hal.. korang bawa bateri AA dalam 4 biji, sebab Wii Board tu drain bateri je manjang (ni weaknessnya la, sebab tu kami berangan kengkonon exercise dengan EA Sports sebab pakai heartbeat monitor kat tangan tu :P).

Apa yang daku dok sibuk buat dengan Wii Fit Plus ni (lepas dah cerita pasal EA Sports Active and Kinect Xbox). I have never imagined myself doing yoga before! Sakit belakang oi jadiknya!

Wii Fit Plus

I have started my diet regime with an old gadget to exercise, and it is called Wii Fit Plus!

And this is the best purchase ever for a non existence exerciser like me. It makes exercising such fun that I have to fight for a fair share of it with Fawwaz and my husband.

Seriously, I am currently using it on daily/weekly basis and I enjoyed doing yoga with this thing.

But you have to but the Wii console first.

I find the reviews very engaging, especially from Amazon.co.uk with one gentleman claiming "Best thing since sliced bread!"

Definitely would recommend it to people who hates to go to gym... like ME!

Yoohoo! My current weight is 72.7 kg. Alhamdulillah ^V^

Hope I can persevere and able to get target weight of 70 kg by the end of the year. I do hope when Aida come back for Manchester next March, she'll say, "Wow, you look gorgeous, sis Tini!" Hoho.

Aja aja fighting! Caiyo caiyo!

Unbelievable.

Truly unbelievable. Last Thursday, I weighed 74.4 kgs. And 4 days later, I weighed 73.6 kgs. I couldn't believe my eyes. It seems so effortless :-)

This time around, I told myself to go easy. Just take simple steps yet persistent. That way, I won't give up too easily.

I remembered that I bought a lot of aerobic VCDs, trying so hard to follow the routine. But after a few days, I gave up. It's frustrating to see all those slim people move to the dance beat so beautifully while I struggled to understand the steps. And, even more frustrating that they can keep their all-american smile while I huffed and puffed after a mere 5 minutes. So the VCDs ended up in the dustbin.

Now, I keep it simple. I search nice dance beat over youtube, and just dance. Freestyle. There's no worry of dance routine whatnots. Just me and my move. Joget lambak in remix :-p

This is one of my favorite. Enjoys! ^V^

Back To The Game.

Last time I wrote, it was 20 Occtober 2009. Heh! I ditched you for almost a year eh? But don't you worry, diary. Now I'm back to the game. Bring it on, baby! ^V^

It is amazing though that I'm able to maintain my pre-pregnancy figure. The weight scale says, hey tini, your current weight is 74.4 kgs. Not bad eh? Considering I used to weigh 80+ kgs back then. I initially thought that I'll be back to square one, but true to what they say, change your habit, change your lifestyle, and you'll presevere.

As of now, I'm all pumped up to lose more kgs and inches! I can be healthier, feel younger and fit for life. So do you. Fat fighters, are you ready and up to it?