With the
cool (or cold) weather there, I found myself drinking hot chocolate at least
twice a day, EVERYDAY. Oops! Ate lots of chocolates there too…and cheese…Since
we stayed in a farm and in an apartment, we bought our own groceries and cooked
our own meals. Sure, I made sure we had vegetables and fruits in our meals
(though I did not strictly eat the fruits 1 hour before meals)…but there was
also a lot of meat, especially beef, in our daily meals. In fact, most times,
lunch was ham and cheese wraps (easier to eat on the go when driving around).
Dinner was either risotto or ravioli or macaroni with steak, broccoli, carrots
and whatever greens we felt like buying. In between, if hungry, it would be
slices (or cubes) of cheese. Breakfast was steak, lamb or more wraps. Hahaha.
Doesn’t
sound quite healthy, does it?
So, after
coming back from the vacation, I wanted to see how my weight has been. Did I
put on more fats (especially with such a diet)? I went down to NuSkin to weigh
myself (my office is not too far off).
Good news!
Not only did my weight stay the same (no change!), my percentage of body fats
actually went down! (I’m thinking, it must be all that walking around,
exploring the places…hahaha). Skeletal muscle percentage increased (see, must
be the walking). But what I find to be the best news is…my visceral fats
actually reduced (albeit by 0.5 – but hey, it’s not easy to lower visceral fats
in the first place). As a result, my body is now 2 years younger than my actual
age. Yay! (I should calculate, the absolute weight of fats lost...hmmm)
And…I fall
ill less frequently now.
TRA works…no rebound, and I’m still losing
weight (probably because I still have excess fats to lose) even though I’ve completed
the course of TRA. This is unlike other weight loss or health management
programmes, where one must continually do the programme or efforts would be
down the drain. TRA just needs 3 months (provided done properly), and body is
in auto mode towards better health, naturally.
