Hey Honey, Well done on your weightloss!! that is spectacular, if i may ask how did you do it?
hey there, thank you so much for your support. Iām answering this publicly as I feel other people will benefit from it. :)
So, I started my weightloss journey at 236lbs/107kgs. the photo below shows me at my heaviest.
I finally decided that enough was enough, after ātryingā countless diets and failing miserably every time, I was finally motivated enough to stick with it. my whole life my parents had encouraged me to lose weight, my family nickname is āSquidgeyā haha, but this time I was losing weight for me. I was feeling pretty down, pretty much all of my friends moved away from my hometown to different cities at university, and I stayed at home and got a job. a desk job at that so this also attributed to my weight gain by lack of movement!
Initially I didnāt follow any diet as such, I just cut the junk out of my diet. I stopped eating/drinking the following:
pastries/biscuits/puddings etc
I found that when I cut the sugar out of my diet I had so much more energy!
I started eating the following foods:
meat! chicken, turkey, lean steak
white fish - packed with vitamins and minerals, great source of omega-3, the best low fat protein
unsweetened, all-natural dairy products - milk, plain yoghurt
plain popcorn- great snack
unsweetened peanut butter
Between January 6th 2013 and June 7th 2013, I had gone from 236lbs to 198lbs, a total of 38lbs/17.2kgs. I hadnāt started going to the gym at this point, the only exercise I did was walking, Iād walk 4 miles in an hour after work to burn some calories. Hereās a body update for that time, excuse the ridiculous face, as you can see, I was already pretty happy with my progress at this point!
I changed my job, and went from a job where Iād be pretty much sat down all day, to a job where I was on my feet for 8 hours! This also helped my fitness and weightloss.
The photo below shows my stomach on 7th October 2013, my weight at this point was 180lbs, a total weightloss of 56lbs/25.4kgs. Once again, apologies for the photo, I never thought Iād be sharing them with anybody! I tried to cover up my modesty ha.
I started going to the gym at the beginning of October. My body fat percentage at this point was 34%. When I started going to the gym, my body shape was changing considerably, I could really notice the changes in my body for the first time.
By 7th December 2013, I was weighing 167lbs, not a great deal of weight was lost in two months, but the photo below shows the progress to my body.
The main exercises I did at the gym was HIIT cardio on the treadmill, Iād walk for a minute, jog for a minute, walk for a minute, sprint as fast as I could for a minute, and kept building up on this. I also rowed for 10 minutes afterwards, and went on the cross trainer for a further 10 minutes. I also realised I really enjoyed running, I started running outside, training myself to run a little further a little faster each time!
The photo below shows my body on 4th January 2014, I weighed 156lbs at this point, a total weight loss of 80lbs, in one year! Rocking that towel turban.
And finally, here is my body currently! Taken on 25th March 2014, my weight at this point is 140lbs, a total weight loss of 96lbs/43.5kgs. Iām currently concentrating more on toning up, I still try to run 3 miles a day, 6 times a week. Iāll be posting more information and go into thorough detail on what Iām eating now, and my weight training.
