7 months since I started TRA - A better lifestyle

Just sharing my experience to (hopefully) inspire others

I had to pick up my monthly supply of LifePak.

So, since I was at the NuSkin office, I decided to weigh myself.

Now, I do not strictly follow 3-3-3-3 everyday. I'm a mother of two young kids, who demand my time, each time I'm around them. Plus, mothers, as most of us would know, are pretty much like the "rubbish bin" when it comes to meal times. We tend to eat up what's leftover in our children's plates. Since that is the case at my home, I cook less rice since I started on TRA. Such that, if I need to eat their leftovers, I would not end up "over-eating" on my carbs.

Most of the times that I get to eat 1 portion of carbo, protien, vege and fruits, is during lunch time.

Hence, during lunch, I would cut back on the carb, eat more protein and load up on the vege. Fruits is only guava, at 4pm (even the fruit seller recognises me now. Hahaha. She sees me walking up, she will take a pack of pre-cut guava and prepare for me, before I even reach her counter).

More of how I manage my meals in another post. :)

Anyway, I measured myself and found that I lost a further 0.4kg. Wooooo..... I always measure myself at around the same time - before I go for lunch. NuSkin's office is not too far from mine, so I would head there first before buying lunch.

My weight is now: 53kg. (yay!) Fats % could be better...it is 27.4% (but hey, when I started TRA, it was 29.1%. It even went up to 30% at one time when I didn't watch what I ate). 7 months to reduce the percentage by 2%, I'm happy with that.

A better lifestyle. Indeed. I still do catch a cold once in a while, but now, I recover much faster (it used to take me a whole week to recover).

Some months after TRA

Once more...this is a delayed post (a post that I have created, but took a while to publish). hahaha...

I have not been updating this blog in a while….since I officially completed the 3-month TRA programme.

Apologies.

A quick update of how things have been, post-TRA.

Since I completed TRA in early December 2012, I have had a wedding dinner (that of an immediate family member), Christmas parties, New Year parties and Chinese New Year.

Thanks to TRA, I received a number of compliments, that I looked much better, from relatives at the wedding dinner. *Phew!* Efforts paid off! No more “Are you expecting #3??”

Then came Christmas and New Year. Ok, I indulged. What with all that parties, ham, cheese, potato, sweets…. But I still kept to the 3333 lifestyle, with a bit of exercise – lots of walking (well, maybe not 100%, but I would think I kept to 70% – 80% of the 3333 lifestyle). Thankfully, I did not put on weight. Still managed to maintain. Yay!

The worst was Chinese New Year (CNY). Oh my…pineapple tarts, chocolates (Roche, to be exact), cookies, bak kwa, a few Lo Hei CNY luncheons (due to work)….oh my goodness. During the two weeks of CNY, I actually put on……….2 kg! 2 Kg in 14 days! It was like, back to square one. The difference is, I did not much of a tummy, despite the increase in weight. I think it could be due to the once-a-week exercise at the gym.

After CNY, I wanted to lose that 2kg. So I went back to the 3333 lifestyle…and this time, I made sure I followed 80% – 90% of the rule.

Guaranteed No Rebound

Sure, it took a bit of effort. But, with a bit more focus, I lost that 2kg. I think TRA had helped, in the sense that it had helped to build up my muscle mass to a certain level during those three months (I was still below the ideal 28% muscle mass for me), such that it was easier to pick up from where I left off and kick start it once more, without having to go back to the three month programme and supplements.

I guess that is what they mean by "Guaranteed No Rebound".

My weight did go back up, due to my own lack of focus/laziness/indulgence, but, with a bit more focus, I was able to lose off what I had gained. My weight was back to 53.7kg. And it stayed that way for a while. The only thing I did consistently, was the exercise. I did some push ups at home, when I did the housework, I deployed more muscles, used more of the core muscles etc. Also walked a bit more (alighted one stop ahead and walked back home, took the stairs instead of the escalators at the MRT station)...…

In fact, today (09 April 2013), I weighed myself again. I have lost a further 1kg (so says the scale). My weight today is 52.6kg. Hmmm….I am more motivated to stick to 3333. It is a lifestyle choice. The only supplement I am currently taking is Lifepak.

Time to schedule that health screening to check on the other aspects.

Any recommendations for health screening?