The never ending battle to lose weight

I started to monitor my weight in July 2007. At that time my weight was 81.4kg. By August 2007 it went down to 79.8kg and remains like that until October 2007. In January 2009 my weight has ballooned to 84kg but I managed to reduce it to 83kg in February 2009. Since then I did not monitor my weight until February 2015 when my weight has become 86kg. Since then I started to reduce my sugar intake by start drinking plain water and reduce eating rice. I managed to reduce my weight to 80kg in September 2015 but to my frustration it started to climb again. Today my weight is 82kg, slightly heavier than I was in July 2007. So after 8 and a half years, it's back to square one.

After one month...

Today is exactly one month after I started my Special K diet and I happy to announce that my weight has been reduced from 84kg to 83kg. I will continue this diet until I reach 76kg, or at least below 80kg.

My Special K Diet

Today it has been two weeks since I started my Special K diet, which is basically eating the cereal every breakfasts and lunches and only well balanced meal during dinner time. In between I'm only allowed to eat cereal bars and fruits.

I'm happy to announce that two weeks ago my weight was 84kg and now its... err... 84kg. I guess it's kind of a good news itself because I'm not gaining any weight. So I'm going to give this diet a further two more weeks.

And furthermore, last week I registered with Liverpool's Challenge organised by NHS and today I received their package, complete with a pedometer! I'm putting it on now.

1430 Resolution

Today I weighed myself and am not surprised when the reading shows 84kg. In 2007 I tried dieting for four months and have only managed to reduce about 3 kilos (from 81.4kg to 78.1kg). Since then I never bothered to watch my eating habits and it shows. Some of my pants are getting hard to get into and I'm struggling with my 34 inch jeans. 

Therefore, this year I'm going to start a new diet regime. I'm going to eat only Kelloggs Special K cornflakes for breakfast and lunch. So the whole balanced meal will only be eaten during dinner time. I will also replace my usual snacks of chocolates and chips with fruits and Kelloggs snack bars. 

Will report my weight progress in two weeks time.

Body Fat Part 4

Rainbow in Lancaster

Today I went to the town with my family for our weekend outing. Only when I'm in front of Boots that I realised that it has been exactly a month since I last weight myself. I haven't really been dieting for the past month and I won't be surprised if I gain my weight. Plus that we have just celebrated Eid, what with all the visits to friends' houses with plenty of foods on the table. So imagine my surprise when my latest weight is 78.1kg, which is 300 grams lower than last month. Woohoo! Although my BMI is down 0.1 point to 25.8, it is getting nearer to that 25 treshold. And there is more good news, as my body fat has been reduced from 22.8kg to 21.5kg. In term of percentage it has been reduced from 29.1% to 27.6%. Time to start watching again what I'm eating? Hmm.. maybe not, let the nature takes its course.. eh!

Body Fat Part 3

It has been 2 months since I last step onto that weight machine in Boots. So last Thursday (the last day of fasting month) I went there with full of confidence that my diet regime plus the fasting month will seriously make my body lean and fit. Just for a record, my weight last July was 81.4kg and last August was 79.8kg. To my surprise and horror, my current weight is 78.4kg, a reduction of only 1.4kg. Basically thats only a reduction of 23 grams per day! I've only managed to reduce 3kg of my body weight for the past 4 months!

And to rub salts to the wound, my B.M.I is 25.9 which still falls under the 'Overweight' category. And my body fat is getting worse, it's getting from 20.4kg(July) to 20.7kg(August) to 22.8kg(now). In term of percentage, it is getting from 25.1%(July) to 26%(August) to 29.1%(now). It hovers between 'Average' and 'Poor' now.

There is only one conclusion from this experience: something is wrong with that weight machine in Boots!

Body Fat Part 2

Today I went to Boots again to confront that weight machine. It is exactly one month since the shocking revelation that I was in fact overweight. So I braced myself and put some coins into it and waited for the printout.

Some good news first:

1. I managed to reduce my weight from 81.4kg to 79.8kg (a 'whopping' 1.6kg (or 2%) decrease).
2. My B.M.I is currently 26.1, a 0.5 point decrease from 26.6.

err... that's it.

Now for some bad news:

1. I'm still overweight. If my B.M.I is over 25, I am still considered overweight. Rats!
2. My body fat increased from 20.4kg to 20.7kg (from 25.1% to 26%). So it is still between Average and Poor.

I don't understand this. I managed to reduce my overall weight but my body fat is increasing instead. Things that I did over the months are playing badminton three times a week, skipping dinner almost every night, eating less of chocolate and chips and walking around the university whenever I had the chance.

So assuming that I maintain whatever that I am doing so far and if reduction in weight is a linear progression, I should be able to attain my ideal weight in two months time. Plus the Ramadhan is coming. So I will only say this to that weight machine in Boots, "I'll be back!"

Body Fat

I went to Boots today and whilst waiting for my wife to pay for all those multi-vitamins and other prescriptions, decided to throw away some coins into the weight machine. Well, this machine can do other things as well, such as calculating your B.M.I. (Body Mass Index) which you can easily calculate if you have a calculator or a handphone with you and Body Fat. And why do we need to know the exact composition of our body fat is beyond me but since I was bored and never knew my exact height before (I put 177cm for my height in my passport because double 7's look cool), then why not.

So here is the printing that came out from the machine:

Weight: 12st 11lb 81.4kg
Height: 5' 8.8" 1.75m

B.M.I. 26.6

Body Mass Index (B.M.I.) is calculated as Weight (kg) / Height (m)2

Less than 18.5: UNDERWEIGHT
From 18.5 upto 25: IDEAL WEIGHT
More than 25: OVERWEIGHT

Your ideal weight for a B.M.I. between 18.5 and 25.0 is:

8st 12lb to 12st 0lb
56.6kg to 76.5kg

Body Fat (%): 25.1%
Body Fat Mass: 20.4kg
Age: 31 years Male

Recommendations (%)
Male
Excellent: 14.5%
Good: 21.5%
Average: 24.5%
Poor: 31.2%

So I am overweight with an average to poor body fat. And I am actually 2cm shorter than what I thought. Considering that I'm playing 3 badminton sessions per week with each session lasting more than an hour, I know what I should focus on, that scrumptious four letter word starting with an 'F':


Food


From now on, cutting a little bit of everything. And I will go to Boots in one month time to see if there is any progress, or hope at all.

Oh, by the way, my wife B.M.I. is 21.6 (Ideal Weight) and her Body Fat is 26.3% (Good to Excellent). Lucky her.