A gymbunny, I will be

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Spent the weekend in Penang. Mother goose is HUGE on shopping so, invariably aside the food places..all I saw of Penang were the insides of malls. Specifically, two malls. The cheap asian in me only loves outlet shopping. All others, I could care less about. Three days, two malls and one sad panda (me). Had no choice but to take the opportunity to add a couple staples to my wardrobe. Found a gorgeous (i.e: cheap!) faux bustier top for work that was a size smaller than their biggest size. This is fitting into an ASIAN size, BIG deal for me! Walked into Forever 21 and fit into a regular L size t-shirt and a couple of L tops. It was a touch snug but, I could fit in it without someone yelling “GET A SIZE BIGGER, YO!” I walked away with nothing because, I did not like it.

Another revelation, not purchasing something with the sole reason that I disliked it even though I can a) fit into it and b) afford it. It will take me awhile to wrap my head around that one

Not me, image from Google Images

June was a particularly challenging month for me. For reasons unknown. Though if I could venture a guess I would say, birthday celebrations. A lot of festivities go on when one turns a decade. Discouraged, I skipped the weigh in and statistics update for June but I picked up the slack this month albeit a little early. I’ll do the measurement section over the weekend.

With hope that my scale is not nearing the end of it’s digital life, I weighed in with a 12kg total weight loss since March 16, 2009. That is a lovely 26.4lbs for the metric challenged folks!

Wow.

Consuming more food when on a weight loss plan strikes as counter effective. Doesn’t it? Unfortunately, calories are not the "end all, be all" solution for weight loss. The amount of protein in your diet influences metabolic rate, enhances insulin as well as leptin fuction and helps sustain muscle during weight loss which is exactly what I need. 

On average, I consume between 1100-200 calories which I now know to be too little especially for someone who is on a regular training routine given that, 1200 is the caloric intake of a sedentary woman While I consume 3 normal meals plus two snacks, the amount of protein I consume is not sufficient. To add insult to injury, my metabolism is all out out of whack because, I’m almost never hungry so my body needs to re-learn the art of being hungry. Bad tummy! Bad, bad tummy!

J did quick calculations for how much protein I ought to be consuming and I’m under the mark. Almost a third under. The addition of meat for one of my main meals should cover the deficit and hopefully, that will work to budge the scale. Blasted scale.

I figure that the experts know best. There is a conflict between what I know and what I should know. Part of me says, it is mad and that I will balloon up like  erm, a ballon and, the scientific logical part that read all these scientific studies and weight loss accounts say it will work.

Stay tuned to see which end wins.