Waist Slimming Tips and Tricks (Queen 18/02/2011)

I first found out about the Taiwanese show 《女人我最大》, or Queen, as it is called in English around two months ago. I have since been a loyal follower of the programme.

I think it is an absolute gem of a show. It talks make-up, hair, fashion, diets, health...and much much more. Queen gives such great tips and I always learn something new in each episode! It broadcasts every Monday to Friday and I watch it every day after school- a great way to relax after a long day.

The audio of Queen is in Mandarin Chinese, and there don't seem to be many episodes with English subtitles. In fact, I doubt many people outside of China have even heard of the show. I'm not too sure how long the show has been aired for, the answers Google came up with seemed to vary quite a lot...maybe around the six year mark? It is an absolutely fantastic show and I would recommend everyone who can understand Mandarin to watch it, but for those who can't...

I have decided to blog about certain episodes that I think will be of interest to everyone. The content really does vary from show to show, and not every episode is to my taste. I hope this will be beneficial for those who want to watch the show but can't, due to the language barrier.

So I have just finished watching the 18/02/2011 episode, which was titled "post new year pot belly rescue" (funny translation?! haha). Here are the tips I picked up from the show.

Hula hoops don't actually help slim down your waist

Diet Diaries

So this is just a little update on how my diet's going.

I lost around 4lb (2kg) in a week, and the whole process felt very manageable! I just cut out all the rubbish I used to eat, which was quite a lot! There's always so much food around the house and I seriously have no self control when it comes to food...but what I found was that the transition from snacking to no snacking was really hard at first, but after my stomach adjusted I didn't even feel the need to reach for food because I actually felt content.

I have slacked recently though, as exams took priority and I told myself I needed more energy...thus more food intake! Now I'm going to name and shame myself, as this will make me stop doing such horrible things to my body. For lunch today I had,

• Pizza
• Crisps
• A bag of chocolate
• A triple chocolate chip cookie

Okay, that sounds disgusting...as a result of my recent unhealthy eating my body weight has picked up again (oh the dreaded scales). 

I am going to follow up on my diet again! I have not had much for dinner today...and will start to make my own packed lunches. I am determined to keep going, for the sake of my health.

A method I've been using to keep myself from eating too much is to wear something a little tight (but nothing to restrictive!) around the waist area. I usually wear tights and pull them up really high. It looks silly, but it works. Your newly restricted tummy will need a lot less food to satisfy, plus you won't get hungry as easily! I found this a great way to kick start my diet and it really does provide momentum to keep going.

I really hope I can stick with this diet, for once!

Chuui

BB cream has arrived!

Yayy :)

There are really quite a few yay worthy things today! :)

First of all, my long awaited Missha M Perfect Cover BB Cream has arrived! Well when I say arrived, I mean the postman tried to deliver it but I wasn't home...so I will be picking it up on Saturday! :) I'm looking forward! I have read so many good reviews on this product, I wonder if it will work for me? Eeee :) Really pleased it has FINALLY come! I ordered it on 16th Jan on ebay, as I don't know of any shops that sell BB creams in the UK...so ja, watch this space for a review coming soon.

减肥、减肥、再减肥！

现在提减肥的事真是没羞耻心呢。刚刚出去大吃大喝了一场，现在倒后悔了。好想戒掉这个坏习惯……意志力呀意志力，你跑到何处了捏？

其实我的体重听上去根本就不吓人，但是人们通常会忽略我的身高！本人个子可矮可矮，所以我的完美体重也会比 “正常人” 低呢。

我最最担心的是，我先在增肥的速度也太可怕了，我可不想一去不回！主要是最近过节过得太爽了吧……要努力了。

减肥十大目标！

1. 多喝水，少喝饮料
2. 多吃水果
3. 没事别乱吃糖 （好深的陷阱噢）
4. 一天吃它个 1200 大卡就好
5. 多走路，但要走的对。就是要把萝卜腿干掉
6. 改善坐姿、走姿
7. 晚上八点后不要碰吃的，最好把牙也一刷……对我这种懒人最管用了
8. 多用脑，很费体力呢
9. 吃东西细嚼慢咽，好让肚肚知道，哦原来我饱了
10. 毅力最重要，当然还要瘦得健康！

我想瘦上个6公斤， 希望我能成功啦。

我会时常在这里 update 一下进展 :)

Chuui