Personal Wellness - Jan

http://www.dietwords.com/muscle_mass.shtml

Found this to be a good reading. I had weighted myself on the scale on Tuesday. While I lost abt 1kg++ from last month, I found that my body fat is increasing. Two months ago, I was weighted at 2kg heavier, but I had a much lower body fat percentage. (You see, I had been skipping dinner..well maybe not, but I just ate whatever's available. Too lazy to cook when you are back at home so late in the night..hehehe).

So I googled.

It seems that as you put yourself on a diet, you may lose some of your muscle mass as well as your body fat. You may find yourself at a plateau eventually where you will not lose any more weight even as you continue your dieting. This is due to a drop in your metabolic rate.

So the article was saying that to reduce body fat effectively, you need to support, maintain and build lean muscle mass by incorporating these 3 things:

1. protein - muscle is build by protein
2. calcium - maintains muscle
3. strength training - pick up those weights!

Note: Muscle mass increases the rate at which your body requires calories by burning body fat i.e your metabolic rate. So you look slimmer even if you actually weighs the same.

Taman Negara Merapoh, Sg Relau, PHG

Cuti hujung minggu kat Taman Negara Sg Relau, Merapoh, Pahang. Tuju jalan ke Gua Musang, berdepan dengan stesen keretapi Merapoh belok ke kanan 7km kedalam. Ada beberapa chalet dan kawasan perkhemahan yang besar disini.

Sungai di kawasan campsite..sesuai tuk mandi manda..Air jernih tapi sejuk. Ke atas lagi ada jambatan..boleh buang roti tuk tengok ikan kelah, sebarau datang makan. Bila time makan, loceng akan dibunyikan dan pellet ditabur..masa tu boleh tengok ikan2 datang serbu..Meleleh la air liur memana pemancing tegar..almaklumlah tgk ikan sebarau, kelah yang besar 2kg lebih..

Kenderaan 4WD disediakan tuk ke Kuala Juram, 11km ke base camp permulaan bagi pendaki2 Gunung Tahan. Di Kuala Juram ni ada santuari kelah..

Bila loceng dibunyikan, ikan2 kelah dari lubuk belah kanan tu merebut2 naik ke atas, melawan arus tuk makan..Cuba tengok betul2..nampak tak kelibat ikan kelah tu? Disini ikan kelah species merah..tertarik tgk ikan2 tu datang beratus2 berebut sampai lupa nak amik video..memang sesuatu yg menyeronokkan..Kalau ada goggle lagi seronok tgk dari dalam air..ikan besar2 datang menerpa. Ada bumbun tempat melihat binatang.. ada disediakan tempat tidur katil bertingkat tuk sesiapa yg ingin bermalam. Ada kawasan bergaram berdekatan..rimau, beruang, pacat pun besar dan panjang disini!

Di menara tinjau Bukit Seraya, dihari yg terang bolah nampak puncak Gunung Tahan (dibelakang, dibalik kabus). Pendakian Gunung Tahan dari Merapoh dan turun semula ke Merapoh mengambil masa 4 hari gitu.

Di kawasan dewan makan, ada tempat rehat dimana ikan kelah, lampam dsb ada di akuarium. Sambil menjamu cokodok dan kuaci boleh tengok ikan2 ni melayan arus..

Tak pun boleh mandi manda dan bermain air..

Not feeling well..

Start dengan sakit tekak..then demam 37C..then batuk pulak..skrang tgh amik ubat..