Fit Mom Challenge 001 Notes

Diary Day 3:

Howdy, 

Bertemu kembali, today nak cerita ceriti tentang target weight loss. 

Ideally is 0.5kg per week, however usually if this is the first time, memang akan dapat penurunan sampai 1 kg minggu pertama. Lepas tu, hati berdebar-debar campur seronok and started coungting by 6 weeks will be 6 kg of fat loss. Fact is, sorry lah, itu je paling banyak, nanti akan ada yang tak turun atau naik sikit, macam tu lah lumrahnya. 

My target weight loss memang 0.5kg per week je. Itu pon dah memadai. I know it's gonna be hard. 

I am gonna use MyFitnessPal apps to help me through my journey.

So if during 6 weeks ,I am to lose 0.5kg per week, total is 3 kg. 

1 kg of fat = 7700kcal

So how many calorie deficit per day for me if I am going to achieve my target? 

First I need to know my Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) .

What is BMR ? Click the link and read more. It explains whole lot there. Basically it is the calories you will use in order for your cell to function, the living activities such as breathing, cells activities. 

Factors determining our BMR especially in counting our own among are:

Age 

Weight

Height

Gender

My aim is to lose weight. As much as people said, reduce calories in and increase calories out will lead to reduce weight, how easy to do the math right? Except that the fact is, we are not mathematical equation and life is no near linear line, life has always ups and downs my dear reader. Need to remember, we cannot take way too low calories than our BMR because then our system in the body will be triggered. The body will protect it self by turning on starvation mode which will lead to slow down your basal metabolic rate, and thus restoring all amounts of food you are taking. 

Here is the answer for those who is wondering why even they eat less but they still does not lose weight. The less you eat, the harder it is to lose weight over time. 

Also the answer for crash diet; initially you seem to lose a lot, because normally you will lose water first, it takes times to lose fat. That is why, you need to see bigger picture, aim for long journey. If you think within this 6 weeks you can achieve your normal BMI (am talking to those who is obese) then you will feel that this program is kind of loser. 

Here am sharing to you how to calculate your BMR : 

Women: 655 + (9.6x weight in kg) + (1.8x height in cm) - (4.7x age)

Men: 66 + (13.7 x weight in kg) + (5x height in cm) - (6.8 x age)

Thus my basal metabolic rate is 1575.2 kcal. So I cannot eat less than this , because it will cause my body to go to starvation mode.

Second, how much calories you need every day ,Daily Calorie Intake (DCI). 

So first you need to need to know how many calories you burn per day based on your daily activities based  on your lifestyle. This is what some people call, Daily Calorie Requirement (DCR) or others called Active Metabolic Rate (AMR). 

Sedentary (little or no exercise) = BMR x 1.2

Lightly active (sports 1-3 days/week) = BMR x 1.375

Moderately active (sports 3-5 days/week) = BMR x 1.55

Very active (sports 6-7 days/week) = BMR x 1.725

Extra active (sports twice a day) = BMR x 1.9

So, your final number here is total calorie you need to take to maintain your weight. 

As for me, my DCR / AMR = BMR x 1.375 = 2165.9 kcal 

But  I want to lose weight, and I aim 0.5kg per week so meaning (0.5 x 7700) / 7 = 550kcal per day.

Technically my deficit calorie per day is 550kcal.

So my calorie intake per day (DCI)  should be DCR - deficit calorie = 2165.9 -550 = 1615.9 kcal. 

Basically I need to eat 1615.9kcal per day so that I will lose 0.5kg per week. Well actually, I have another extra calories in view of currently I am breastfeeding. 

Roughly if you are a full time breastfeeding / pumping or direct where you think you produce about 8 small bottles of 60ml, that will account for another 500kcal to be added in your calorie intake.

If you are half time breastfeeding, you may add 250kcal per day.

I would say, I am half time breastfeeding , only night time direct feeding or when I am around the baby , thus I can take 1615.9 + 250 = 1865.9 kcal .

So, I guess you can start calculating your daily calorie intake to achieve your goal. 

Till then, 

Matun 

Fit MomChallenge 001 Notes

Diary Day 2: 

Before we proceed with other plans: 

We need to list down our BIG WHY to indulge in this journey. 

1. I want to be HEALTHY. Health is definitely wealth. In my line of job, seeing statistics Malaysian age 41 years old and above principal cause of death is ischemic heart disease (IHD), around 18 percent average of 50 person per day died due to IHD. Malaysian is known as heaven of food, I was one of the person who longed for Malaysian food while I was away in Texas previously. Viral food usually something crispy, fried, cheesy, oh gosh writing with drooling of saliva, dang, but this type of food actually contained high fat which in turns if taken excessively will lead to high cholesterol levels in our blood. Desserts here is so irresistible, boba tea, teh tarik, creamy cakes, chocolatey cake, biscoff cheese cake, kuih muih traditional likes karipap, donut, kuih talam, omg now am thinking of making one of listed here. So, I'm not saying we cannot eat at all, but I would say everything must have balanced including choice of food. 

2. I want to look FIT. Through my experience, once I lose certain amount of weight, I look younger, prettier (I am a woman, this is how we women gained our confidence), leading to increasing self esteem and empowering women. FIT , that losing weight but still curvy, not lean like someone who is sick. 

3. I need to get back to my previous weight because I do not have extra money to spend for new wardrobe. I just changed a new one just before the pregnancy. 

Till then, 

Matun 

Fit Mom Challenge 001 Notes

Diary Day 1 : 

I'll start with disclaimer:

I am none other than anyone of the rest of you all who are in the journey of losing weight. 

I am not a professional coach to teach or claimed anything. 

I am only someone who have been having issues with weight since early teenager. 

I had experienced of reducing weight up to 20 kg max previously for twice. 

I rebound to square one because it is a real life of a mother.

I feel like sharing my upcoming journey of losing weight for my memories. Who knows I might inspire someone else to achieve their ideal weight for their health. 

I gained my knowledge and experience through various losing weight program I've joined previously. 

I started my second successful journey of losing weight in August 2019 until Feb 2021 where I transformed from 92.5kg to 74.5kg, yeah going slow I know, but I'm happy because upon losing weight, I did not looks like someone who is sick nor breathlessness. Then, the twin comes. Now , 11months after delivery, I want to start back my journey. Worry not, this is the end of pregnancy as I've done BTL after 4th caesarian section.  

I am going to share most likely things that almost everyone already know , but maybe will benefit someone else and also definitely will be one of the cherish memories for me later.  

Till then, 

Matun 

 

Fit Mom Challenge 001

        So my old friend and I, we decide to lose weight together. She was my ex- roommate while in our 1st to 2nd year during undergraduate. Now we are someone's wife, a mother, in fact a newly 11 months old post natal mother, who have issues with extra weight. 

       She approached me for Zumba class, since I announced I am a Zin since last year. I am a registered one but have not started teaching yet. I'll announce here should I'm ready later. However, instead of only Zumba class, I managed to persuade her to join me in this challenge. 

     We will be starting this challenge on 2nd October 2022 till 13 November 2022.

     Tentative coming soon. For now we will start warming up our mental by taking things ready and organized our time accordingly. It will be online as she lives in east coast and I 'm somewhere central west coast. 

        And to sum up the feeling for this week 😎, thus the music video...

       Yours truly; 

      Matun

Welcome back , welcome onboard 2022

  

WELCOME BACK , WELCOME ONBOARD 2022

Wow, 

1st: I'm impressed that after so long of hiatus I am back on blogger. (Though I know this platform or I assume that this is not so in trend already)

2nd: The fact I can access my account to write in . This is just wow. 

3rd: New missions coming in October 2022, along with my friend, we planned to lose weight together, on hope that we will be on track to achieve the mission. 

4th: I previously on February 2021 managed to achieve 74.5kg, turning to a new look before pregnancy hit me again, so am back to square one now. 

I am beyond happy that I can still write something here. 

To the new me:

Age is 40 

Goal weight is 50

Getting fit and pretty 

Have always been my mission to be accomplished 💖