I am happy to announce that I have officially finished
all my sessions with Absolute Wellness under their awesome CSH therapy program.
Weight loss aside (which I will talk about later), I have nothing but
praises on how the therapists have helped and encouraged me throughout all my
sessions at the Bugis Cube outlet.
(If you want to find out more about how I lost 5kg in
less than 2 months without exercising and extreme diets, click here.)
The friendly team at Absolute Wellness are always
cheerful and encouraging even when they knew that I kinda “cheated” on certain
days. They never chided me and only had kinds words to motivate me to strive on
during my treatment sessions.
Before I started treatment in April, I was 55kg. Now
I’m 5kg lighter…and I lost 4kg around my tummy,
4.5cm around my rear, 7cm around my waist and even 3cm around my arms
and 3cm around my thighs. Everything feels firmer now!!
But better yet, my scraping and cupping sessions at
Absolute Wellness has shrunk my appetite quite a lot (just as my therapists
said it would). So even if I had wanted to binge eat or pile on all the hawker
food, I just couldn't!
With that said, some of you may wonder if there is any
weight rebound since it has been about 3 months since my final session.
Truth to be told - the answer is no! I have been quite
naughty with my eating, as I have REALLY been going around enjoying good food.
I also haven't been eating as many salad lunches I would love to lately.
Recently, I even went on a 3-day 2-night getaway to
Ipoh, where I absolutely ate everything without restraint.
As you know, there are tons of local good food to be found in
Ipoh!
So I was eating my way through Ipoh with my friends during those
days
This was me with my other half at my birthday lunch:
Despite all that, I maintained the results
very well. If you have been seeing my recent postings on Instagram and wondered
how can I still be going for those invited food events and still able to
maintain my size? So yes, you got your answer! This is the beauty of the
CSH therapy treatments that took place at Absolute Wellness.
The fantastic thing about the treatment is
that it helps to increase your metabolism in the long term so that even after
treatments stop, the weight doesn’t come back! 3 months after “graduating” from
the program, I can still enjoy good food without dreading weight gain. It was
amazing… and so different from my past weight loss experience, where my weight
will rebound once I stop exercising or once I stop dieting. With CSH therapy,
maintaining my new weight is so much easier now.
(I’m not the only one. Check out how well my
fellow blogger Soon
Koon maintained his weight since his
treatment ended!)
Those couple of months of eating cleaner and
healthier has certainly changed the way I look at food. On the other hand,
there are still days where I get tempted by colleagues and friends to indulge
in a cheat meal or two. But I have a much healthier approach to that nowadays.
For instance, if I had a very sinful lunch of curry chicken, I would make it up
by having salad for dinner. These sensible eating habits go a long way!
But being a foodie at heart, I will always
enjoy my steak, desserts, hawker food but in smaller portions and more
moderated in terms of frequency too (thanks to a much smaller appetite now!).
I ultimately want to have a good health report
card!
So, here’s the thing, I didn’t starve myself
to get where I am today. These are a few golden rules I have for myself these
days:
•
Fill half of my plate
with vegetables
•
Choose healthier
snacks that satisfy me with fewer calories
•
Eat up to 70% of
fullness each meal instead of stuffing myself silly
As with any weight loss journey, I also highly
recommend gathering support through friends and family who can be there for
you. Weight loss is such a personal experience and sometimes emotionally
exhausting too. So I think a big part of maintaining healthy habits for life
includes surrounding myself with people who are on the same page! What can I
say?
Absolute Wellness has really helped to put my
overall health and eating habits in the right perspective!
