My TRA Program as at 19 September 2007

I recently joined a team to do the weight management together. With a group, there will be a lot of support and of sharing information. I have also included my Target Body Age and set it to 27. I still can remember how I felt like when I was at that age and hopefully, I can see how far I can take my body to reverse the aging process.

Here's my stats as at 19 September 2007:

	Target Stats	on 17 Jul 2007	on 3 Aug 2007	on 13 Aug 2007	on 27 Aug 2007	on 19 Sep 2007
Age		42	42	42	42	42
Height		168 cm	168 cm	168 cm	168 cm	168 cm
Weight	61.6 kg	67.9 kg1	69.2 kg1	68.3 kg1	67.4 kg1	66.4 kg1
BMI	21.8	24.11	24.61	24.21	23.91	23.51
Fat%	15.0%	21.9%1	21.0%1	21.3%1	20%1	19.9%1
Fat Weight (kg)	9.2	14.8	14.5	14.5	13.4	13.2
BMR	1464 kcal	1571 kcal1	1602 kcal1	1580 kcal1	1572 kcal1	1556 kcal1
Visceral Fat Index	5	91	101	91	91	91
Muscle %	35	31.9%1	32.4%1	32.2%1	32.7%1	32.7%1
Muscle Weight (kg)	21.5	21.6	22.4	21.9	22	21.7
Body Age	27	431	431	431	421	411
Time to Target Weight		4.1 months	4.6 months	4.3 months	3.8 months	3.3 months

¹As measured from the Fat Analyzer Scale.

For details on the different statistics, please click here.


To see me at the start of my TRA program, please click here.

Healthy Eating at Fast Food Restaurants?

I occassionally have my lunch or dinner at fast food restaurants because they are convenient and affordable. However, I sometimes feel that these places may not always have a wide selection available for healthy eating. Also, as they need to serve quick and standardized meals, they may need to use preservatives on pre-prepared food in order to increase their shelf life instead of using fresh ingredients. So, I was surprised to hear about this initiative from the HKSAR Government and these restaurants in providing nutrition information and serving healthy options to their clients. I think that this is a good idea for the Government to use these establishments to educate the public as these places are popular and have a high influence on the eating habits of the people.

From the Department of Health website, EatSmart@restaurant.hk campaign is a major health promotion programme of the Department in collaboration with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and various professional and academic bodies, with support and assistance from the catering industry and the management associations concerned. Staff of the restaurants, through taking part in the programme, will master the basic knowledge of food nutrition and techniques of healthy cooking, which will then be applied to provide dishes with more fruit and vegetables and less oil, salt and sugar to customers, so as to let public have more healthy and delicious food choices when eating out. Full cooperation from restaurants is key to the achievement of this goal; while customers' awareness and pursuit of healthy eating is critical to the success of the programme.

On their menus, participating restaurants shall make reference to the guidelines to provide some healthier dishes of two kinds:

Symbol for "Fruit and Vegetables"		Simplified Version	Dish with more Fruit and Vegetables means that either fruit and vegetables are the sole ingredients of the dish, or they have at least twice as much the amount
Symbol for '3 Less'		Simplified Version	Three Less Dish means that the dish has less fat or oil, salt and sugar, meeting the 'three less' requirement

Good effort from the HKSAR Government!

For more information on the programme and the list of participating restaurants, please click here.