I was supposed to be writing about top 5 heart healthy foods but I think
the results of my self-experimentation are due.
About a month and half ago I embarked on a journey to truly understand
the habits of the general public because the struggles I hear from my clients
about their nutritional habits and lifestyle are hard to balance that their
results are hindered. As a personal trainer, it is my duty to keep them
motivated and push them forward through to achieve results. But after a whole
year of assessment I cannot truly understand them unless I put myself under the
same lifestyle conditions.
Here are the parameters.
1. Eat hawker
food for breakfast or skip breakfast entirely
2. Have Hawker
fare for lunch (chicken rice, fish soup, economic rice, noodles)
3. Random breads
whenever hungry from local bakeries
4. Dinner will
be bought from a hawker centre
5. Exercise will
be kept to 3 times a week or less
Now for the results
1. Bodyfat
percentage WAS 10.5%, now I am at
20.5%.
2. My muscle
mass dropped from 37% to 33.7%.
3. Mental
alertness and reaction is slightly slower and I lost 20% of my strength and
performance in the gym and recovery from my workout used to take 1 to 2 days
became 3 to 4 days.
4. I lose my
temper easily and not as motivated to go to the gym and prefer skipping
sessions
5. Immune system
is poor and I fell sick 3 times throughout this 1.5 months compared to not
falling sick at all. Each time my recovery became slower and slower and now I am
actually having a pretty bad cough that has been around for 4 days.
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| 16 Dec 2014 |
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| 30 Oct 2014 |
Dear folks, I hope you find the parameters and results familiar. If you
have roughly the same patterns please do yourself a favor and make a change
NOW. I have been on the healthier side of the fence with excellent strength, focus
and positivity with a balanced diet and it translates to how I work and interact
with people.
Please plan ahead or contact us or any health care provider to make
the change for a better you for 2015.
Written by: Ryan Lye
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