Fitness, Health and Weight Loss...

I've started this blog as sort of an online journal to share my thoughts and experiences while embarking on my journey to a healthier, fitter (is that a word?) and slimmer me.  Recently Jillian Michaels (if you don't know who she is, she's one of the trainers on The Biggest Loser, aka America's Toughest Trainers) tweeted about the benefits of blogging about your weight loss and workouts.  And although I've thought about creating this blog for quite awhile now, that probably was the push that I needed and it couldn't have come at a better time.

I am not here as a health, fitness or weight loss expert.  I am overweight and my fitness level leaves a lot to be desired for.  Honestly, I love food and at this point I can't see myself letting that go and going all health food fanatic.  My feelings towards food though has evolved.  I say everything in moderation (applies to other things and not just food specifically).

Recently, I've decided to give the gym another try only this time with a little extra push, I felt that I needed to get myself a personal trainer as well to properly guide me to reach my goals.  I'm not severely obese but I am definitely overweight.  I've been trying a lot of things from slimming supplements to slimming centres to health drinks and all it's done for me is help me get farther from my ideal weight.  I'll be sharing those experiences as well as the products that I've tried before in future posts.

Why so eager to lose weight? Do I want to be model skinny?


No.  I've noticed that being overweight has its disadvantages.  I'm out of breath a little too easily (i.e. my stamina sucks), at one point I was having difficulty breathing and that wasn't fun.  And no, I don't have asthma.  Also, I've been accumulating a lot of fatty tissue in my abdomen area (aka visceral fat) and that can be quite dangerous and could lead to health complications.  Sometimes, I feel like my heart pumps a little too rapidly and that scares me.  Of course, another reason to lose weight is because clothes are so hard to find.  I'm sort of in between regular and plus sizes and those sizes are hard to come by.  I'll talk more on clothes in a future post as well.  And what I really don't like, is the fatigue I experience.  I feel so sluggish and tired a lot even though I'm not an active person.  That's not the person I want to be.

What are my challenges?


First and foremost, although busy, I live a pretty sedentary life.  My only form of exercise is carrying grocery and shopping bags (and walking from one end of a mall to the other).  I suppose I do walk more when I'm travelling.  My other challenge is my love for good food.  Although I'm not much of a rice fan, I do love noodles and pasta.  I used to eat wholewheat pasta before this but that was a few years back.  I've cut down on pasta these days though and only eat it every once in a while.  Another big hurdle for me is the fact that I  have a gastric problem (since I was in primary school).  If you don't have gastric (or gastritis), you might not understand how this can be a challenge.  Again, since this is an intro post, I'll save the gastric stories for later.  If you're a working girl/guy, you'll probably be familiar with this challenge: time.  Especially if work is unpredictable and you barely have time for family, friends and yourself.  But I'm determined to find time this time around and I'll share how in my next post (most probably).

I think this should be a good start to this blog.  Til my next posts!