Waist Neck Circumference Ratio

My attainable goal was a 27" waist but I guess I was going much too easy on myself because my accurate waist size in accordance to my neck circumference should be 25"....ugh, that is basically 5kg more that needs to be gone, oh my!

It's always that last 5kg, right! Now I have a second 5kg to loose, double ugh.

Sooo, I saw a woman doing this in a shop once, she was an oriental woman, and I never, ever once thought of holding myself to it as an actual standard for my necessary proportionate waist size ......until now, because it just makes sense for obvious proportion reasons, like my pants staying on.

~ Next time you are out shopping for pants/skirts/shorts and don't want to try them on, try this convenient tip:

Take the waist of said item and wrap around your neck, if the folds do not meet, they will not fit, if they overlap they will be too big.

It has been proven, in non-obese [accurately] proportionate subjects, that the neck is an indicator of your own body's appropriate waist size.

example: if your neck circumference is 12.5" then your waist should be 25".

The waist, when measured, was 2x greater than the neck.

*accurate waist measurement on females is at the elbow crease, men measure waist at the belly button.
Conclusion:
As you can see, from the results, albeit very slight, we have gotten a
positive relationship between the circumference of neck and waist.

neckandwaist.blogspot.com 

Recent studies now are focusing more on weight/waist measurement because it may be more accurate using waist circumference than BMI, it is significantly better at gauging cardio-metabolic risk.

Am Back and Back Fatless (eventually)

No, haha, that last picture is not one of my own personal amazing abs and narrow waist line. However, I have not gone backwards and have remained steady holding onto my current waist line for the past months.

No drastic improvements to report except an improvement in diet and exercise. It is now seasonable for me to enjoy eating fresh. I can eat pineapple for breakfast, mangos all day (mangos have heaps of vitA great for skin), bananas, oranges, grapes, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers..... though lettuce and spinach is hard for me to find, oh well, I am feeling full already.

For my protein intake to keep up with my daily exercise (w/o fail), okay I take Sundays off, I drink my 1 egg with/chocolate(milo) milk protein shake. I am all over the eggs right now, w/in reason. Once or twice a week I may eat rotisserie chicken. I will be laying off other meats. I can feel my body craving the opposite of meat and feel the lure of vegetarianism.

I am not tired of eating because I do get hungry but I am tired of digesting a bunch of crap all the time, yay for me. I am looking forward to seeing what sort of result this fresh diet will accomplish for my efforts. I know it is not literally a diet diet but a lifestyle so let's see if we can stick with some consistency, foreveeeerrr, shall we, come on. The only thing in the past that has prevented me in the consistency department is produce availability and lack of good judgement from alcohol and hangovers. I know that's all right. Ahhh, it's good to be back....and hopefully with out any back fat, and I mean none, nada, zilch....eew, you gross back fat rolls, be gone! For good...

I will miss you but not my fat rolls

I will be going off the radar a bit until the holidays are over. I am going to some very remote places where there will be no internet, boohoo...but definitely no fast/processed food either either, yay!

I have been cutting calories and working out but unfortunately have not cut back on drinking which can have a big impact all around.....that is all about to change though.

I will kick this off with a 3 day fast, 1 week salt water cleanse, then a liquid protein diet.

It is great to kick of a life changing (permanent) diet with a body cleanse so your body can start over from scratch and the new diet will take much better and longer, hopefully forever, right!

I invented my own personal protein shake that I learned in chemistry. My professor said the best form of protein is in an egg, not soy or whey.

• 1 egg white

• (any) milk

• Milo (fiber)

• some liquid vits (B12 etc)

~shake it up or blend it :)

I will be sure to take my December 1st photo and measurements on schedule but I am not sure when exactly I will be able to post it....hhhhmmmm.....

I will for sure see you all after the holidays with some lose you holiday bulge posts to motivate you for the new year.

....and of course with my up to date progress.

Happy Holidays everyBODY.......take it easy ;)
<3

Fatty

Zombie Apocolypse

So, as we close out October's "hypothalamus awareness month" I would like to remind everyone that there is indeed a zombie apocalypse ravishing the world. Not only have there been way over 100 cases of humans attacking and eating other humans worldwide this year alone but there is the underestimated  overwhelmingly numerous population of the obese over eater. Just because you are saying, "Burger, chippies, pizza, cookies, ice cream", doesn't mean it is a far cry from, "brains, Brains, BRAINS!!!!". If you have no self control you might as well be a zombie...or a drunk...or a drunk zombie ;)

Just think of every over weight person stuffing their not-hungry face right now, do you want to be one of them, zombie? Huh, Fatty?......yes, I am talking to myself.....and NO, I don't want to be one of the fast fried, poisonously preserved, genetically modified, died and flavored fake food zombies!

I would almost rather eat "brrraaaaains" than have another bite of what is being mass produced and passed off as food but I definitely would be lacking brains if I refuse to let myself have zero body fat any longer.
So this is it hypothalamus, you have had your run and now it is my turn. I will not be your zombie, I will not be apart of the hungry hoard any longer! 

 "Girl Hero"

A Spellish Chant

Would you really let a mere child tell you what to do? A toddler that throws tantrums and nags you at the grocery store with "I want this, I want that"?
Set 'em straight you would!
Lose 15kg of spoiled brat.....

November's Goal Attained!

I am not disappointing to be reaching November's goal a tiny bit ahead of schedule. 
Of course it would be a bit more fun if I looked as (skinny) hungry as I feel....oh well, eventually the scales will be balanced ;)
Measurements: 31.5-28.5-35.5

Weight Training, Fun?

They say exercise will make you live longer, duh, that's because every minute you exercise seems like and eternity!

Stop counting reps, I use (motivating) songs and just do as many reps as I can for the duration of the song. When the song is over I move onto the next muscle group and the next song.

As long as you are pushing yourself to the breaking point, it doesn't matter how many reps. Change comes the faster and harder you push yourself, if you can't possibly do one more rep you have completed that area in need of toning for the day! Yay!...and it only took 2-4 minutes (estimated necessary song length).

How many muscles you want to do is how many songs you will need. I have been doing all my muscle groups in one go and then taking time off. Last year I did it every day and saw amazing results.

If you just want to do a little every day just do arms and and stomach one day, then legs and back the next.

Example~

Day 1: push ups

           bicep curls

           triceps (skull crushers & chair dips)

           butterfly press (if possible)

           crunches

           side crunches (laying on side lifting chest & legs slightly, so awesome)

           ab leg lifts

Day 2: squats

           lunges

           laying flat on back butt lifts (bring your abs to the ceiling)

           dead row

           reverse back crunch

Intermittently throw in some cardio like shadow boxing, opposite elbow to knee kicks, and/or jumping jacks etc. to another full song each, 3 cardio songs during your weights (I use an elastic resistance band easy for travel/storage) should be the least to keep your target heart rate going! (lets say you are using around only 3 minute songs that would only be a 45 minute workout and everyone has at least 45 minutes to look and feel amazing)

Be sure to have a warm up (light cardio) song in the beginning and cool down (stretch) song at the end.

Great classic workout song examples include: Eminem-Ass Like That, Loose Yourself ~ Black Eyed Peas- Pump It, Rock That Body ~ House Of Pain- Jump ~ Kayne West- Stronger

Whatever matches your pace appropriately, motivates you and strengthens you!