After a family vacation

I joined my family for a vacation in Australia for 1 week. It is now winter over there, so the weather can get a bit cold. The only health supplement I brought along with me (as in, for myself) is 1-week’s supply of LifePak. I thought, with fresh air, no stress and lots of fresh vege and fruits…my body should be able to absorb LifePak nutrients at the optimal rate… J

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.