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Ways to Lose Weight Fast and Healthily

Posted on May 11, 2009December 28, 2022 by PatriCa BB 雪冰

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“Points to be remembered, to keep yourself healthy, with fit and good looking appearance!”

I have a cute reader met me in my chat box, cried out for some fast weight lose program from me. Hmm.. Not only for my reader, I guess. It’s for my own good, too.

I think I put on 1 – 2 kg recently (sob. sob). I want to shed some weight now! My latest resolution is to have weight reduction of about 2-3 kg in a month time!

Yes, to refresh my 7-day detox plan which I’ve posted last mid year, I am going to revise a 2nd edition weight losing plan here:

1) Set a target and timeline
Set yourself a target and time of accomplishment. Do not be over-ambitious, set a realistic target, please.

Some experts say no more than 1 kg (~2 lbs) per week. Reduce about 500 calories intake (should not be more than that) from your daily need each day will do, if you wish to lost weight healthily.

Simple calculation: A caloric deficit of 7000 kcal to lose 1 kg is needed, you will lose 1 kg of weight in 2 weeks time, with deficit of 500 kcal per day!

2) Exercise
My Wok Life Cooking Blog Ways to Lose Weight Fast and Healthily
1 hour of work-out on daily basis at home or outdoor. It helps to increase metabolic rate, and to burn away excessive fat with muscle build-up. I think swimming is good. Using butterfly-style or any other vigorous swimming for an hour helps to burn about 500kcal, while jogging burns about 380kcal. Some say evening work-out will be more effective than any other time.

Well, I am not a good swimmer, in fact. Even though I learnt Karate-Do and used to rollerblading quite frequently during teenage, but swimming and, still, cardiovascular exercises aren’t my forte. I choose working out at home, doing housework. I sweep floor, mop floor, clean table and chairs, do laundry and ironing, after meals. Then, I do squatting and ‘roaming’ around the house while watching tv, for at least 30 minutes. Those “exercises” help me to burn extra 340kcal each day.

3) Restriction on diet
My Wok Life Cooking Blog Ways to Lose Weight Fast and HealthilyTo lose weigh fast, cut all these away immediately !
There will be NO fatty food, fried food, sweet stuff and junk food in your regular diet.

See No. 1 ‘killer’ of weight watcher:
a) Cakes and cookies which contain not much nutritional value, besides sugar, sweetener, and carbohydrate;
b) Chocolate/ other flavoured bread e.g. strawberry jam bread, vanilla cream bread and etc, which give you only sugary carbohydrate;
c) Chicken/ meat skin and fat;
d) Fried chicken from outside store (not even homemade ones if you want to lose weight quicker);
e) Curried food which contains lots of coconut milk;
f) Vegetables stir-fried with lots of oil e.g. preserved/ salted vegetables (梅菜,菜尾);
g) Soup cooked with meat skin/ fat where you drink not only the soup, but together with the fat which to be stored in your ‘spare tyres’.

4) Eat the right ways
When I went on strict lose weight program (created by my own), every single calorie intake counts a lot to me! Even when I had craving on high carbohydrate food or wanted to eat a little more, I chose my food thoughtfully.

Try to eat homecook food as often as you can. Unlike outside food which contains more oil and preservative ingredients for “artificially” better taste, you can always adjust your cooking with less oil and more fiber. Or, choose those healthy stores for meals.

When eat at home, eat it right:
a) Bread – choose whole meal bread instead of white bread. Only allow yourself to be fed max 2 slices each time.
My Wok Life Cooking Blog Ways to Lose Weight Fast and Healthilyb) Filling/ Spread – No. No butter, not even margarine. Get water-based tuna spread with lots of fresh (organic) lettuce to go with your bread. This can be your proper meal as lunch or so.
c) Water/ Soup – Drink half a glass of warm water/ a regular bowl of soup before your dinner. This will fill your stomach and reduce your intake of solid food in your meals.
d) Guava or fresh turnip (沙葛) – Want some bites or snack for tea? Ok, you can have it. Here you go! One wedge of plain guava (eat with skin and seeds) or turnip is allowed during your weight lose period.

5) Food replacement meal
My Wok Life Cooking Blog Ways to Lose Weight Fast and HealthilyInstead of normal food intake, I have my lunch replaced with my low fat, low sodium and low calorie food replacement meal, Total Soup, sometimes. It comes in a sachet, whereby I just open the sachet to pour in a glass/bowl of hot water and mix it. I will have a bowl of hot steamy ‘cream’ soup which is so delicious and healthy, as my lunch! The soup contains 50+ types of balanced nutrients in it, and it counts less than 60kcal.

Taste has never been so good. Unlike other replacement meals which taste very awful, the one I have taste so creamy (but no cream in it at all!) which resembling the taste of cream of mushroom.

*Email or Facebook Message me, if you want to know more details on how to get this excellent replacement meal!

6) Fill your stomach with only 70% full each time
Each meal takes only 2/3 of regular portion. Do not over-load your stomach. Be gentle to it by lessen its loads from your food intake. Have a good digestive system built up definitely help in shedding your weight fast.

7) No meal after 8pm
To be exact it is best no later than 7.30pm, as your digestive system slows down after evening.
Meal is also best to be taken at least 4 hours before your bed time.

8) Tiny-winy thing that counts
Remember, every little things we do, eat and choose, in our daily routines, might affect you and your appearance, in long run.

If you wish for a beautiful appearance, do bear in mind that you have to sustain what you are doing fine to keep a perfect waistline. You might once be tempted and gave in to the feast on the table, always pull yourself back in time, and constantly be remindful. Keep the faith alive!

My Wok Life Cooking Blog Ways to Lose Weight Fast and Healthily

 

A note to “Reader” girl:

Please do not get too upset with those who mocked you. Do not be too anxious over your desire of losing weight, too. I am glad that you remembered mentioning about losing weight with healthy ways! That’s the right attitude you have! Frankly, I don’t quite have a super quick natural weight lose ways for you. Those above listed are the best I could do so far. Hope it helps though..

We will work it out together!

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6 thoughts on “Ways to Lose Weight Fast and Healthily”

  1. Ju Ann says:
    May 11, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    oh ya man, i also put on weight recently. shit.

    i shall do the wholemeal bread with water based tuna and salad.

    hey u think maggi mee is junk food? due to my latest craze with korean movies, i have been craving for the ramen they eat = maggi mee style

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  2. PatriCa BB says:
    May 12, 2009 at 10:54 am

    Instant noodles is of course a junk. It is processed/ preserved food with palm oil. Very unhealthy. If you really crazed for it, do the noodles blanching to get rid of the wax, and change new water and boil the noodles again. Heat off, before adding the seasoning and mix it well. Eating with this way may improve a little.

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  3. Anonymous says:
    June 5, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Hi,

    What is the brand of your Food replacement meal? And where do u buy it from?

    Thanks.

    Reply
  4. PatriCa BB says:
    June 5, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Hi,

    It’s Totalife. The main branch at a building in Tan Kwee Lan Street, while they have a branch at AMK (need to get the detailed address).

    But they normal have a road show at Toa Payoh Central at the beginning of each month, if I am not wrong.

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  5. Genie says:
    April 28, 2013 at 10:55 am

    Hi there,

    First of all, I love your blog & the recipes :)

    I read some of your weight-loss/ diet posts. I just want to highlight that you might want to add in warning messages. E.g. I used to do diets similar to your meat-free diet and 7-day detox diets… It deteriorated and led to anorexia. Yes, I did lost control.. But I hope that your weight-loss tips are approved by a nutritionist or includes a warning – e.g. “Do not stay on this diet for more than X months.”, “Consult a doctor if you have medical history before you start on a weight-loss diet.”, “Please be cautioned when doing a weight-loss diet. Drastic weight loss within a short period is not recommended.”… etc..

    Thank you!

    Reply
    1. PatriCa BB says:
      April 28, 2013 at 1:50 pm

      Hi Genie,

      Thanks for your kind reminder and suggestions.

      Yes. All dieting have to be on moderate and to depend on individual aspects as well as reasonable time frame.

      My posts on the dieting are mainly my personal experience just for sharing,but not a guide to teach people to follow exactly what I have done. :)

      Reply

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