Why I am slim despite how much I eat

I remember very well that when I was younger, however much I eat, I still remain skinny. Similarly my son, despite how much he eats, he is still slim. Perhaps this article in BBC news will answer the whys of that situation:

Five things you might be surprised affects your weight.

These in summary are the five things:

1. Gut microbes (intestinal tract microflora). Microflora diversity (having a healthy and varied diet, rich in different sources of fibre, has been shown to create a more diverse range of gut microbes and reason for you being slim)

2. The gene lottery: Some people are born with genes which tend to make them slim while others more unfortunate have genes which explain why they tend to be fat and obese.

3. The time of your meals: The later you have your meals. The biological clock is such that the body is better able to handle calories in the early part of the day. The old saying "Breakfast like a king, lunch like a lord and dinner like a pauper" has much truth in it.

4. Tricking your brain: Behavioural scientist Hugo Harper suggests a number of ways to subconsciously change your eating behaviour, such as removing visual cues. rather than rely on calorie counting.

5. Hormones

Brisk walking may help reduce sugar cravings for overweight people

Research done on a group of 47 overweight adults, average age 28 years by Larissa Ledochowski et al, University of Innsbruck, Austria showed that 15 minutes of brisk walking on a threadmill can reduce their sugar cravings as compared with the control group who sat passively for 15 minutes without doing anything

28 days challenge - tummy reduction

Experts says fats around the tummy (visceral fat) are the most dangerous which can increase one's chances of getting cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, inflammatory diseases and other obesity related diseases.

Here is mine as of 10 April 2012:



and my current weight is 60kg which I want to reduce to 55kg, my weight when I was younger.

They also says that the way to cut down on waist circumference is to reduce weight by burning more calories than we eat. So let me try to cut my waistline my own way while I wait for Dr Mike Dow Diet Rehab book to arrive (and finish reading).

Update 19 April 2012: Weight now 59kg, thus lost 1kg so far just by eating less and normal exercise by doing everyday activities

Update: 2 July 2012: Weight now 57.5kg. So lost 1.5kg since last update. Haven't been exercising much, spending most of the time sitting in front of computer and getting only "finger exercises".

Lose belly fat & get flat stomach exercise

Exercise 1:
Feet a distance away from table, body slanting towards table and hands grasping side of table.
Raise knee up towards elbow and repeat with other leg many times:



Exercise 2:
Feet a distance away from table, body slanting towards table and hands grasping side of table.
Raise left leg towards right elbow, right leg towards left elbow, repeat many times



Exercise 3:
Lie on floor like doing a push-up, lift knee towards elbow, repeat other leg, alternating many times


Video: Lose belly fat & get flat stomach exercise:


Stomach exercise to lose belly fat: