Hello everyone, I have been overweight/chubby since I was around
five years old-so almost 15 years back. It got worse as day passed by. I ate
junk food all the time. I changed my lifestyle in June 2012. From there, I decided
to start loving myself.I chose to finally gave up most of my favourite
food/snacks – candy,soda,ice-cream,pizza hut,mcdonalds and so many more,mostly
fattening food.I told myself I wanted to become a healthy person.
Today, I have successfully reduced 30kgs of my body weight,I can
finally walk around with a smile on my face no matter where I go. I finally
gained back my self confidence. I start to look myself in the mirror and for
the first time on over fifteen years I like what I see. “The picture shown in
the mirror is the real me and I am going to let the light shine on me. I
deserve this body, I earned it. It has been so much blood , sweat and tears. I
have been so sick of starving myself ( though I know it’s not the right way) ,
working out and eating healthy most of the times . There are times where I just
wanted to visit Pizza Hut and Mcdonalds and order everything I love/want. I
thank god I didn’t.
In case you don’t know , here’s how much weight I have lost :
OMGOSH! I know. It’s scary
and awful. When I was browsing through my old photos, my jaw dropped . Like, I always
knew I was gaining weight but I could never fathom just how much. Now you know
that quote “ you don’t what you’ve lost until it’s gone” ? In my case,it’s
about the amount of fats. I was really big but I don’t think I really walked around
looking like that everyday. I contemplated over whether I should post this
picture or not but I figured I have nothing to lose since I am not that person
anymore. I am the much healthier and happier on the right . hahaha. I think I
have made a great progress and I am proud of myself. I thought I would have
binged and caved in to my old habits eventually and my weight would rebound
back up again but I have maintained it surprisingly well.
Since there are quite a lot
of people have been asking me how did I do it, so I decided to do a blog post
with some of my own tips which helped me along the way,to provide some
motivation to the others out there who truly need it. I am not reaching out to
annoying girls who are perfectly normal sized but complain that they are fat, I
really hope to reach out to actually overweight and obese people who have
physical and mental condition that they want to mend. I don't claim to be a diet / body / health /
nutritionist expert of sorts, but this list below has worked well for me, and I
hope it will for you too.
Chin
Ching Yee’s ways to lose weight. HAHA!
1) Drink more water
in between and right before meals.
As we
know,water is the healthiest and most natural diet suppressant.Not only does
drinking enough water aid in keeping your skin clear,body hydrated and your
brain functioning well,it also results in you feeling full for longer periods
of time.Drink a glass of water before meals. It will decrease the amount of
food you will eat .
2) Strictly no
supper.
Everyone
knows that to lose weight,you will have to eat less in general.No food to be
taken four hours before bed. I can’t tell you to skip dinner because that would
be unhealthy but have a light dinner instead. Mainly protein and vegetables for
example lean meat with broccoli. From the beginning I had half a bowl of rice
and then I reduced to five tablespoons then to 3 tablespoons and now I rarely
take rice. A good way for me to make sure I don’t succumb to supper cravings is
to sleep earlier. When I feel hungry at night, I will drink water and go to bed
early.
3) Weigh yourself.
When I was
gaining weight,I always kept myself off the weighing scale. I ran further away
from it whenever I saw one. I couldn’t face the truth. Not for a long time. But
now, I jump on the weighing scale a few times a month. If you want to lose
weight,you have to face the truth that your body is in an unhealthy state right
now.
4) Eat at the right
time.
You eat only
when you need and want to but make sure it’s in a small and controlled
amounts.It’s better to have 4 or 5 small meals throughout the day. To me, I did
not do that, I starved myself. I know it is not a good way to reduce weight. In
my way, I only have a cup of MILO ( chocolate malt drink ) in the morning and a
5 or 3 tablespoons of rice in the evening. I only have two meals a day. I don’t
recommend you to do that because it’s really torturing. Starving is bad.When I
have craving that lasts for hours or even days , satisfy it. Share the food
with somebody.To be really honest here, I stopped eating fast food and junk
food for a year. I didn’t even have a bite of my favourite bigmac,double cheese
burger and hawaii chicken pizza for a year.
5) Stop eating when you feel adequately satiated.
If you persistenly have
smaller meals,your stomach will naturally shrink as well and it won’t need as
much food to become full. The first time I cut down on my usual amount of
intake, I felt really unsatisfied or reluctant but I got used to it very
quickly.
6) Workout
Running,gym,yoga,pilates,tennis,squash
or anything. Just find something and do
it. Anything but sitting on your ass. You cannot only depend on diet.
7) Reduce carbs intake.
Main source of carbohydrates
include noodles,rice,pasta,bread,potatoes,any starchy and sugary food. So that
means an innocent looking of an apple has some carbo in it too.But that doesn’t
mean it’s bad and making you fat for it is naturally sweet.There are good carbs
and bad carbs.
Good carbs as in whole grains,vegetables and fruits.
Bad carbs as in white bread
and white rice.
Back then I didn’t even have
to exercise excessively . I just lowered my carbs intake and I usually see
weight loss results within days. But of course I starved too.
8) Wear
clothes that fit you.
If you're
the type who likes to wear baggy, loose-fitting stuff all the time, your weight
gain may not be immediately obvious and it doesn't feel good when your clothes
that used to fit, don't any more. If you know what's good for you, you'll do
something about it. But fashion didn't even matter to me.I just let
myself go.No make up, hair was shit, fashion sense was also shit. It was
severely depressing. Even if you're a big girl, you deserve to indulge in
fashion,pamper yourself and wear nice clothing. It will inspire you to shed
some pounds so that you may look even better in future outfits. Completely
letting yourself go and not caring how you end up looking or feeling like is
the worst possible thing you could do for yourself. Don't let yourself go,
don't lose hope. I know its inevitable that you lose some self-confidence when
you gain weight, which is why you need to regain your self-love back.
9) Victory
Celebrate
every victory no matter how small it is. Reward yourself something but not
food. You are not a dog,you don’t reward yourself with food. Buy yourself a
little gift,new clothes or shoes? Tell somebody about it to gain support from
them. You won’t survive this journey on your own.Don’t blame yourself if you’re
not straight away seeing the results you were hoping for. It will not be
easy,it takes time but it will completely worth every single tear and sweat
drop that came out of this.
Always remember, our body is constantly a work in progress. No overweight or
obese person will be fat or thick forever , unless you continue stuffing your face
and gorging your body with unhealthy food day after day. It is never too late
to start making a change now. I still love food to the heavens, hell and back.
:D
Goodbye double/triple chins. :'D
Goodbye gigantic CCY. :'D
P/s : I often post pictures of the food I eat on my IG. You may follow me at @Chermaineccy or http://instagram.com/chermaineccy
GOOD LUCK! :D
Love,
ChingYee.
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