Here I go again.....

I'm back to my dieting after my 42-day  vacation in the Philippines.  I will be sharing pictures in the next few posts about my vacation.

Tell me, how do you spell MOTIVATION?

For me, Motivation is spelled as G-O-L-D.  yes, you read it right.  GOLD!

The Dubai Municipality has once again initiated a weight loss program for all residents of Dubai.  This is a yearly program of the Dubai Municipality to promote health and wellness in the emirate of Dubai for all nationalities.  This health program is done by Dubai Municipality every Ramadan.

Dubai Weight in Gold Programme

This year, the program is called "Your weight in gold".  The weigh in started 19 November 2013 in different registration sites or jogging tracks in different parks.  I went to the nearest jogging track from my flat, which is the Zabeel Park.

The long line for the weigh-in of Weight in Gold at Zabeel Park 

I spent four hours in line and finally finsihed at 1:15 a.m. when I found out that my current weight is a gruesome 69.1 kg.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

So, here I go again starting my diet and exercise.  On my facebook page, I post my daily diet food or activity.

https://www.facebook.com/lorelie.ganda?ref=tn_tnmn

I will be posting on this blog once again my weight loss journey.  I will not be following only one diet routine or exercises but i will mix it as to my convenience.

Good luck and go for gold.

Day 10: Going Japanese?

Day 10 and still feeling a bit sick with colds and cough.  I stopped exercising for a while since i had the flu.  Today's weight is 67 kg, still plateauing. Hopefully, before we end the perfect diet, i would  be able to exercise again and lose another kilo or two.  I am beginning to get the habit of eating healthy and lesser junk food.  Tonight, we're going Japanese with Oolong tea drink and Nori Maki Arare or rice crackers with seaweeds.

Oolong tea and Nori Maki

What are the benefits of Oolong tea?

Oolong tea is a very well known health tea.  It gives a lot of health benefits especially with weight loss when taken regularly.   Oolong tea undergoes less fermentation that is why it is like black tea and green tea (in between).

It is well known to decrease the rate of heart disease and stroke.  Oolong tea also helps with lowering sugar and increasing metabolism. 

Since I am into weight loss, I will concentrate on the weight loss benefits of ingesting oolong tea.

• improve fat metabolism thereby causing weight loss

caffeine in oolong tea increases metabolism

• Increase energy expenditure  

• Inhibits the absorption of nutrients including fats and carbohydrates