Looking like crap without foundation make up
End October 2015
Copyright Fiona C Yeo @ Cartoon Lagoon 2015
I've been trying to give my skin some reprieve by going foundation free the past week. I think people around my office building must think I am sick or something. I suddenly have 'no coverage'! No moisturiser, no sunblock, no foundation. The only thing I have done is line my eyes and lips (all using eye and lip liners). I didn't like seeing those funny comedones popping or rather squirming out from my pores so I am trying to let my skin breathe. Well, actually without a job and turning into a stay-at-home-mum, I should be able to go make up free very soon!
End October 2015
Copyright Fiona C Yeo @ Cartoon Lagoon 2015
This is a dress which I had bought in Bangkok, Thailand. BTW, I love polka dots (especially after seeing THE brown Pretty Woman dress all those moons ago)! I could wear this dress before I had lost weight but I was bulging in all the wrong places. I looked really fat in it. I loved it so much that I kept it and refused to give it away. On one or two occasions, I had let my kid wear it. It was a bit too loose for her. She is probably a UK 8 (or maybe 6). When I slipped this on, I was surprised that there were no terrible looking bulges and the wrap around skirt didn't fall obscenely around the thighs.
End October 2015
Copyright Fiona C Yeo @ Cartoon Lagoon 2015
End October 2015
Copyright Fiona C Yeo @ Cartoon Lagoon 2015
I'm not expecting the loss of a few kilos to mean I am going to look thin and waif-like but at the very least, I should be looking less rotund in my old clothes! I easily have another 10 kgs to lose but at the moment, tight fitting clothes don't look as bad as they used to on me. For that, I am grateful.
I didn't expect to reach a weight loss plateau so fast. Not just at 6 kgs (13.2 lbs) down! No, please! Aaaarrrrggggh!
I am seeing no new magic number. Have not seen one since about a week back! Sigh. Is it easy keeping to a new lifestyle change? Well, for the meals, it hasn't been so difficult. I like veg and soup anyway. I'm just cutting down on rice, noodles and bread. I still eat my chicken, pork and beef but perhaps not as much as before. I cut out sugary stuff including cakes and it hasn't been that difficult because I do not crave for sugary foods or cake much anyway. I did sneak in chocolate Glico Poky last night! Two packets' worth! But, oh heck. One has got to live. To answer the question, it's not easy but it hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be.
As for the exercise, I took 2 days' worth of rest so far this week. Why? I am retaining water. I know my body. The reason I am hitting a weight loss plateau is probably because I had been exercising every single day the previous week and I had been keeping to a lean diet for the most part. My muscles need to rest and repair and I need to kickstart my metabolism again. Even on my rest days, I was able to see a slight drop on the scale so I don't feel so bad. It's just that today, I'm 500gr above my last magic number. Now, why is that? With the lean eating (okay, excluding the Glico Poky) and the daily exercise, I should be hitting another weight loss magic number by now. Why am I not?
Drats! It just occurred to me while I am typing this! The only thing I have done different is I have upped the number of push-ups I do! I mentioned before that I have been doing push-ups every day. By the way, I keep my knees bent so I am still not a push-up pro but it is enough to give me a good work out! I have been pushing myself to do 50 each time and I now do 25, stopping for about 5 seconds before continuing the rest of the 25. I have also been stepping on my old Twist N Turn machine for about 100 steps. I still rebound and I have kept my rebounding regime to 20 minutes because any longer than that, I think realistically, I won't be able to maintain on a daily basis. Not because I cannot 'tahan' (tolerate) one hour on it but because I don't think I have the time to spare on a daily basis. Besides, doing a short high intensity work out is just as effective or if not more than dragging one for hours.
So, back to what I was saying. The reason I have not been losing as much weight this past week is perhaps due to the fact that I have been strengthening my body and as such, stressing it. That could account for why my body needs to hold on to the additional water! Drats. Really, never thought I'd hit this Eureka moment while blogging. LOL.
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