Yes...This is my second month (well, almost into my third month) of leading a healthy lifestyle. My routine hasn't changed. Improvements for this month:
1. I'm still doing my daily 30 minutes of cardio workout (without fail), plus the thirty minutes a week of weight training.
2. My dietary intake has now become automatic. I only eat rice once a day with a healthy serving of lean protein and greens.
3. I still have my snacks in between meals which would normally consist of fruits and a handful of nuts (like almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, etc). It really does help keep sugar at a normal level and prevents me from feeling hungry all the time.
4. I'm still drinking up to 2 litres of water every day (sometimes more if the workout was extra intense).
5. My weight is now reduced to 52 kgs (a reduction of 2 more kgs).
6. Had a fever and a bout of the sniffles and coughs but they have alleviated only after a week. It normally takes me 2 weeks and sometimes more to recover from this.
7. I even tried working out when I was fasting and the result was spectacular! Yes I do feel extra tired compared to normal days but now I know that fasting is not a good excuse for not exercising. Just reduce the intensity of the workout but keep it at a normal training time. For example, if on normal days I would run, on fasting days I would reduce it to a brisk walk but still maintain it at 30 minutes per session. And do it an hour before breaking fast.
And here, I would like to thank Doctor Oz and Doctor Roizen for creating such a good eye-opener on the importance of healthy eating and healthy living.
Before I started on this personal quest of healthy living, I read Doctor Oz's book, You On a Diet and it really opened my eyes on how the body actually treat the food that we consume everyday and how much food our body really need. Never have I felt a high level of love and respect towards my body before! It really is an excellent source of information and also a good book to get a laugh or two. The words in the book are as wacky as Bart Simpson on a high of Corntoz!
For those on a mission to slim down or just want to have a change of lifestyle from being unhealthy to being fit, I would suggest that you read this book before you start on your journey. Yeah, yeah....I know this book was published quite some time ago, but there's a revised edition with lots of new information in it.
Go ahead. You'll get a good read from it...
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