Duo-Advanced Body Define Treatment at Slimming 101

I was on holiday for 2 weeks and gained 2Kg in the process! Eating loads during the holiday with buffets almost every day certainly made me alot heavier! Now standing at 64kg, I am at my heaviest in the last 3 years. Can Slimming 101 help me lose weight? We shall see!

Looking at the degree of obesity was certainly depressing, 9.6%! I am nearly 6kg above my ideal body weight! AHHHHHHH!

Yikes, I had no idea my tummy looked so flabby! Also, my tummy seemed to be protruding much more than what I remembered it to!

Will I be able to tone up and slim down in one session? 

Fortunately, this amazing 2-in-1 machine is going to help with that! Having experienced it during the press conference, I am confident that this should be able to help me lose at least 1 or 2cm!

Scary fats, go away!

Duo-Advanced Body Define Treatment

Maggie is my beautiful therapist this time round - a former Singtel F1 Grid Girl and a mother of 2, she was very encouraging throughout the session and shared some great tips on how to slim down. We had a really pleasant conversation throughout the 20mins that the machine was working.

The first 10mins was spent on RF where it tones and encourages collagen production. The level is slowly increased so that you don't feel the heat. Throughout the entire 10mins, Maggie was constantly checking that the probe is not causing any discomfort and that the heat isn't too much to bear.

This is the exciting part. The next 10mins is spent on Cavitation, a process in which your fat is "melted" away. The loud beeps mean that the machine is helping to melt your fat away, and after 5mins, the beeps should cease to be as loud as there are less fat cells being "melted" away. There is no pain nor discomfort, but you would find the area that was treated to be warm to the touch and slightly red. This is touted to be the treatment to replace invasive liposuction, and the toning and fat loss is apparent immediately with no downtime.

I was really excited to check the results after the treatment, and here they are, shocking revelation!
Upper abdomen Before 83cm, After 81cm
Waist Before 94cm, After 92cm
Lower abdomen Before 97cm, After 96cm

WOW! I lost a total of 5cm overall!

After I changed out of the robe I was given, I met the TCM physician who explained why I started growing much fatter - she accurately told me that I must have added alot of sugar to my diet! During my holiday, I was drinking very little water. In fact, I was drinking coffee, coke, milo, orange juice...anything but water. As a result, a lot of "tan" accumulated in my body. Digestive system is sluggish and I also have sluggish blood, as seen in the condition of my tongue. This is all due to the "cold" foods I have been eating.

My body is very "han", so I should eat warming foods whenever possible, else I would get ill easily. How true! I just found out during the consultation that besides sushi and salad being"cold" foods, all seafood is cold. I was wondering why I had such a bad tummy after eating at a crab buffet, and the TCM physician just told me the reason....crab, especially Alaskan crab, is extremely "han" and is very yin. 

I need to do the following if I want to slim down (Which is almost everything I enjoy!)

• Add pepper / ginger to the cooking method - this warms up the food
• Sweet things cause phlegm
• "Cold" foods are usually not cooked or found in water
• Eat dinner at 6pm and sleep at 11pm
• Take a small portion (the size of your fist) for dinner
• Eat a nutritious breakfast
• Have a full lunch that will last you the whole day

Some interesting tips by the TCM Physician:

• Check if you have water retention by pressing the area 4 fingers away from your ankle. Press down, and if the flesh has an indent that slowly disappears, you have water retention. (I tried it, and I don't suffer from water retention, Phew!)
• If you have a stomach ache or loose stools, press on your "Zhu Shan Li" point which is about 3-4 fingers away from your knee, towards your foot. That's the point she put an acupuncture needle into in the photo above. Releasing the accumulated Qi there will also help with digestion and stomach ailments.

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