I've been working out with a personal trainer for about two months now. After an InBody (body composition analyzer) checkup, I was genuinely shocked at how high my body fat percentage was, and how little muscle I had. I felt overweight (still do) and sluggish, and just weak all the time. I wanted some sort of positive change, and I thought spending a large sum of money might help me get my shit together and start actually doing something about my problem for a change.
Twelve training sessions in and I can definitely say I feel much stronger and fit. I dropped about 3 kilograms, which isn't bad, but I feel I can improve a lot more diet-wise. I think it just might be better to set short term goals, lose all the weight I can, and then start maintaining from there with exercise and a moderate, healthy diet. And to do so, I need to be strict for just a couple of months. Two, to be exact.
My fitness trainer checks what I eat daily, and for the most part I do okay, except for when I slip and cheat on the weekends. Last week was the worst - my period had just ended and I just felt like eating and eating. I mean... us girls can blame hormones for that, but anyhow I'm back on track and I think I'm going to start again, for real this time. (Not that last time was fake or anything.)
I'm not going to post all my meals and workouts here, since it's a bit of a waste of time. But I think I will take pictures of all my meals to keep track, and maybe just post them here every once in a while to check up on myself. And once I learn all the basics of working out (which I'm starting to get the gist of, a bit), I should start organizing that too.
So for today, to commemorate a new beginning, I thought I would share what I ate today! Basically I try to restrict my calories to 400 per meal or 1200 per day, with 20 grams of protein for each meal. 1200 because that's my approximate BMR. And I drink 2 liters of water.
Excercise: jogging/brisk walking one hour
I'm off to a good start, although I could definitely use more vegetables in my diet. I'm craving something fresh and green... but salads are not so common in Korea, so it's not easy to get hold of the right ingredients.
Anyway, good luck to me! Hopefully by October, when my personal training officially ends, I will have good results to report. Hwaiting!
Twelve training sessions in and I can definitely say I feel much stronger and fit. I dropped about 3 kilograms, which isn't bad, but I feel I can improve a lot more diet-wise. I think it just might be better to set short term goals, lose all the weight I can, and then start maintaining from there with exercise and a moderate, healthy diet. And to do so, I need to be strict for just a couple of months. Two, to be exact.
My fitness trainer checks what I eat daily, and for the most part I do okay, except for when I slip and cheat on the weekends. Last week was the worst - my period had just ended and I just felt like eating and eating. I mean... us girls can blame hormones for that, but anyhow I'm back on track and I think I'm going to start again, for real this time. (Not that last time was fake or anything.)
I'm not going to post all my meals and workouts here, since it's a bit of a waste of time. But I think I will take pictures of all my meals to keep track, and maybe just post them here every once in a while to check up on myself. And once I learn all the basics of working out (which I'm starting to get the gist of, a bit), I should start organizing that too.
So for today, to commemorate a new beginning, I thought I would share what I ate today! Basically I try to restrict my calories to 400 per meal or 1200 per day, with 20 grams of protein for each meal. 1200 because that's my approximate BMR. And I drink 2 liters of water.
Breakfast: 150g tofu, 50g natto, 1/2 apple, 1 banana
Lunch: 100g chicken breast, 80g pumpkin, 1/2 apple, 10 cherry tomatoes
Dinner: 100g chicken breast, 100g pumpkin, 1 banan
Excercise: jogging/brisk walking one hour
I'm off to a good start, although I could definitely use more vegetables in my diet. I'm craving something fresh and green... but salads are not so common in Korea, so it's not easy to get hold of the right ingredients.
Anyway, good luck to me! Hopefully by October, when my personal training officially ends, I will have good results to report. Hwaiting!
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