Lost 11kgs and still a long way to go

... and since then, I have always blamed my parents for my bad habits on my diet. I am not a fussy eater and trust me...I can eat a lot!

Exactly a year ago, I looked at myself in the mirror and thought "who am I kidding, I always have the choice". I have the choice to have donuts, sweets, crisps, pasta, rice etc. With that being said, I'm not saying they're all bad. It's about finding the balance inbetween. That's when I realised I need to grow up and take care of "my own body". At that moment, I thought I have been overweight for 21 years of my life and therefore gave myself a realistic goal of a year to get to my ideal weight. In my mind, my mini me was encouraging me "Come one, a year out of 21 years is nothing". This is how I started

I was a beginner on everything, and I know I need to change my whole concept on food. Therefore, I started healthy eating a year ago and started gyming half a year ago. It's so true that successful weight loss is about 80% diet and 20% exercise. Not going to lie, it was not easy! For the first 2 months, I trained my body to eat in smaller portions with lots of veg. And since then, I have to eat veg in every meal. My worst temptation at first was eating out with my friends and families. I personally felt like a mental torture watching them having steaks and chips when I was munching on my chicken salad. However, at the back of my mind I know it will be worth it. As I said, I was a beginner so I started counting the calories with this App and I advanced it to nutrition within the foods. This was working well for the first 6 months but my body got used to the diet and I struggled to loose weight.

This is when I started exercising/gyming, I then start noticing a significant difference. Friends often asked me where do I find all these motivations. I kept telling them, "waking up and getting to the gym is the hardest part of gyming ". Then they asked if I would feel ashamed being surrounded by all those people with beautiful bodies. I then tell them...
First, no one actually born with a body like that. And they all have worked very hard to get to where they're now.
Second, they're so wrong with their fantasy on the gym. It's not all about people with fit bodies walking around topless. There're variety of people, from 18 to 80. This is not a joke, I once saw a 80 year old man walking on a treadmill and that's what inspired me.
Lastly, you do your thing and shouldn't care about what others say about you. If they wanted to be immature and judge you, you can't stop them anyways so why bother. People like that will always be in your life and you have learn how to deal with that.
...getting back to my story, I started exploring how different machines work on different part of the body. As a girl, I felt like all the girl out there should try lifting instead of only working on cardio. If you really do care about your body and want to make a change, you need to get the image of "looking perfect" in the gym out of your mind. In fact, it's the opposite!

I am not a expert and I still have a lot to learn but I know im getting there. I can post the details about my gym/diet routine if you guys are interested. I'm going to end this post with my favourite quotes when I feel like giving up in the gym... " sweats are fat crying

Thanks guys for reading it! Feel so motivated when someone else is in the same boat x

nalinisooknanan wrote: »

Awesome story! You are amazing!

Aww.. Thanks!!