Wearing the bigger shorts I had bought some months back in Feb, then it was loose but in recent days it became fitting!!! That meant I had definitely grown fatter to fill out that 2 sizes up. Think overall thus far, I had put on at least 15kg+ and pants waist had gone up 3 sizes... Shirts I had gone from Medium to Large and sometimes prefer the looser X.Large. Erm really had let the weight gone on ahead.
As a last ditch effort. I decided to literally clean up my food. I restarted my meal prep that I had done 3-4 years ago. This time, drawing upon my previous experiences, I prep packs of chicken breast meat into zip lock bags with the marinate added and put into the freezer. Then pre-cooked some of the vegs like sweet potatoes (steamed) and carrots (cut and boiled) then put them into containers and put in the fridge. Had fresh vegetables - tomatoes and lettuce which are only cut when going to be consumed. The prep takes an hour plus to prep all the packs, chuck into fridge then can be consumed with a bit of cooking for 7 days.
Then I usually replace the lunch meal cos now I am still not working and also it meant, I could prevent snacking if I am full from lunch. In fact, I find that I dont snack nor eat others after the meal. Good for me.
There were some breaks in-between but I intend to keep this up for 30 days then re-evaluate how to get better. But I welcome the cleaner and simpler food cos it kinda tamed my mouth from craving all the rich tasting foods. In fact I found my cravings for food went down to almost zilch.
In the second round of mass food prep, after the supermarket trip, I moved to try out pork chops. And reducing the amount of meat a bit, I repacked into 12 packs instead of the previous 7 chicken packs. I find that I need to experiment with the pork chops a bit in terms of how to get the marinate into the meat, how to cook it so it is softer and tender. Chicken breasts is easier for me cos I had tried it out before. Into my 2nd pack of pork chops so far, and slight progress. The difference I find is the porky smell whereas chicken didnt have that, so that meant stronger smelling and tasting marinades are needed. Also have to get used to the lesser protein portions cos under the 7 packs of chicken, I had 5 inner breasts whereas now I am eating 1.5 thin pork chops. So far still adjusting to it. Will try to cook the pork differently though my basic ingredients are the same for all 12 packs. Look forward to success and a full tummy that is slimmer over time.
Nonetheless there were some successes - garlic with diced tomatoes were wonderful, chicken with onions were delicious, sweet potatoes are very nice to eat.
Weight loss does not purely come from exercising alone nor eating alone. It comes from both. I had just resumed KM (only for 6 more months) to use up my package that I suspended on grounds of injuries. And with more exercises at home and also healthier eating, I hope with some time, I can see small results.
