Healthy Diet for Weight Control

I was never a slim woman, except the period when I was diagnosed with thyroid and lost 22kg. That said, I ballooned back to the fleshy woman I've always been (though not as plump as before) the moment I recovered from this illness.

It was really a coincidence when I stumbled upon a blog via Pinterest which a blogger's biography was being blogged. This female blogger lost her weight by going through healthy diet and lots of exercises...naturally. Inspired by UndressSkeleton.tumblr.com, I've decided to control my weight too but not at the expense of killing my current lifestyle.

I'm a woman who simply can't live without rice and potato. It is clearly obvious that low-carb diet will not suit me. Even if I go ahead with this diet to lose weight fast, I doubt I can persist longer than 1 week. Might as well kill me knowing my weight will balloon back the moment i stop the diet. So, I mark on the journey of another diet - Low Calorie Diet.

To go on low calorie diet, one will need to track/record what they've taken. To make things easier, I found a calorie tracker app via AppStore called MyFitnessPal. I can confidently say, this app is a damn useful app!

Setting my own daily calorie control~

The numbers in green will have to be the daily max calorie I can take. I'm not a pro so naturally, I'm not the one who set the daily calorie limit. Apparently, the app can calculate how much calorie is suitable for me by working on my weight and height, and how much weight I wish to lose per week.

This app has a very huge database for food and their nutrients information, making calorie tracking very convenient. I just love using it!

Diet can never work on its own if one plan to lose weight or stay healthy just by dieting. Exercise is a must to fight off the extra calories you take in, or to offset from those heavy-caloried food. With my work, family and not to mention caring for my child in tow, I practically has no time for after-work exercises. That means gym, swimming, yoga/pilates classes are out for me.

After some research, I realised aerobic exercise (static exercise) can also help lose calories, though not as good as vigourous exercises like swimming. As usual, I browsed through AppStore to see if there's any application related to aerobic exercise and I found it! Daily Workouts was highly recommended by one of my friends. Though recommended, I still browsed for others to compare but so far, this' da best! It even shows videos & timer countdown for every exercise!

Video with timer countdown, superb!

This application shows workouts which covers almost all parts of the body. However, I love AB crunches most. I feel that ab crunches help in toning tummy area more than sit-ups.

Other than workouts, Yoga is another exercise I've always wanted to try. But then again, it is very hard for me to go for yoga class due to much family committment. That's where AppStore comes in handy. From there, I came across Pocket Yoga which shows and teaches you how to go through yoga practice correctly.

This app is just simply great!

I am hoping with the combination of Low Calorie diet, workouts and yoga, I can lose my additional weight on a healthy basis. Diet pills may let you lose weight fast but nothing beats a sturdy and permanent healthy eating that makes you lose weight gradually and no worrying of having your weight ballooned back.