Keke’s BodyBlog

I tried to find a 5 KM run that I could train for in 2007 and couldn’t find one in the city that provided me with the time I’d need to train. So, it’s more likely that I’ll do early next year. Perhaps I’ll go for a 10 KM run instead as I’ll have more time to train.

So, as I like to have a goal on hand, I decided to pick the wedding I’m going to on Oct 6th as the date to achieve my ideal weight. So, including today, it leaves me with 48 days. I started fast and furious today and totally geared up to reach my goal. I’ll be blogging through my progress. I stepped on the scale today so that I can bench mark a starting point. I read it at a whopping 157 lbs! My next weigh-in will be Saturday, so we’ll see how we do this week. I took some starting pics, so I’ll share those shortly. Let me just tell you that they’ll show I’ve been enjoying myself this summer!!! Haha

My weekend was so much fun! If you’ve never tried Dragon Boating, you’ve got to give it a shot. Our team did really well. Considering that only 10 of us (not including myself) got together to practice only twice prior to the race … there are 20 people on a boat.

On Sunday, we went to watch Tennis … courtesy of my BF Jully!! Thanks again Jully, it was GREAT fun! She sang the national athem and man did she do an amazing job!!!!. As usual, people were singing along, but towards the end she added her unique touch and completely blew us away. Juls, you were absolutely amazing!!

Before I sign off for the day, here are some calorie cutting tricks I was discussing with someone today that I thought I’d share.

1. Make the switch to skim milk and sweetener in your coffee or tea. You can save up to 75 calories.

2. Similarly, switch to skim milk in your cereals (one of the most popular breakfast options). This can save you up to 85 calories.

3. Choose eggwhites over regular whole eggs. Or, use one whole egg and add eggwhites. You can save up to 60 calories from cutting back one whole egg.

4. Use mustard in your sandwich instead of mayonnaise. Unless you use light mayo, you could save up to 95 calories by cutting out the regular mayo. The light mayo I use is about 30 calories for 1 Tbsp.

5. Switch your soft drinks to diet or better yet, go for water. I have to check, but I hear that a 16oz bottle of soda has up to 182 calories.

All of the top 5 are items that people tend to eat in one day. So, imagine that by making these simple changes you can cut back.462 calories in one day alone. Add 30-40 mins of exercise and you’re well into the calorie deficit you need to trim down. Amazing how simple cut-backs can amount to such big gains to your weight loss goals.

Anyhoo … I’m working out in the mornings now, so that means getting up at 4:30 AM and getting to the gym between 5:15 and 5:30 AM. So, I’m going to sign off for tonight and will holler back again sometime later this week.

Have a great evening!

Cheers, Nke

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