Weight Tickers

And now this blog has our tickers!

Motivated ke nak turunkan berat badan? Yes, we do!

Can we do it?

YES, WE CAN!

Still Walking It.

Dear Diary,
Yay! My fourth day, alhamdulillah. I feel better, my pace is faster and no more whining. I didn't even glance once to the carpark area and asked, "Are we there yet?" :-)

Yesterday, I had to add another 30-minute walking session in the evening because :cough: I had three pieces of fried chicken for lunch :cough: Not my fault, blame Colonel Sanders. He waved at me from afar, thus I have to be polite and accept his invitation :cough:

My kids, they're not helping either. They kept chanting KFC! KFC! in the car :-p

Walk It!

Dear Diary,
Today is my third day of attempting to start exercizing. Small step at a time, so I just walk. Here's why. I read it from Prevention magazine.

A 20-minute walk gives you a blast of pep that lasts all day, reveals new research from the University of Vermont. Though exercise provides an immediate lift, scientists were surprised at the long lasting effect, because mood boosting endorphins stay elevated for only a couple of hours. Researchers speculate that the jump-start helps buffer the effects of everyday hassles and stress on your outlook throughout the day.

My exercise plan for this week as below:

Monday: 20-minute walk (unchecked, my bad tsk)
Tuesday: 20-minute walk (checked)
Wednesday: 20-minute walk (checked)
Thursday: 20-minute walk (checked)
Friday: 20-minute walk
Saturday: 20-minute stair walking
Sunday: 20-minute stair walking

Wish me luck!

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!