Japanese woman lost 16 kg thanks to a nutrition management application and became a TV model

At the age of 53, a Japanese woman weighing 65 kg lost 16 kg thanks to the principle of "quantifying" meals, becoming a TV model.

Ms. Kumiko was accepted as a model for television shopping shows after losing her weight from 65 kg to 49 kg. Over the past two years, the mother of two children has successfully controlled her physical condition thanks to the principle of accurately measuring the number of calories and amount of food consumed each day.

Before stepping onto the commercial stage, this 1.56 m tall woman maintained a weight of 50-52 kg so that her facial skin would not sag or show wrinkles. Shedding 16 kg of excess fat helped her get rid of shoulder and neck pain, wake up refreshed every morning and shrink her thighs from 52 cm to 44 cm.

Ms. Kumiko gained weight out of control while taking care of her small family for a long time. When her second son entered first grade, she started riding a hybrid bike (a bike that combines sports and street riding) with a frequency of 3-5 sessions per week. This method helps the mother lose the first 5 kg and then level off. Taking advice from friends, she turned to controlling the menu. She once gave up after two months of diligently looking up nutritional ingredients tables to add and subtract calories by hand. The turning point came when she installed a nutrition management application on her phone.

The software automatically calculates energy intake by taking a photo of the dish or scanning the packaging barcode. The application also compares the calorie intake with the energy expended during exercise, thereby providing a recommended menu according to each person's physical condition. Digital data helps her eat on time, accurately control portions and completely eliminate the habit of snacking.

Ms. Kumiko also gave up the method of cutting starch. Her previous habit of abstaining from rice accidentally caused her to eat many side dishes containing large amounts of fat. She brought white rice back to the main meal in just the right amount. To maintain her own regimen without affecting her children's nutrition, she takes the opportunity to cook food for herself on weekends.

When going out to eat fast food or ramen noodles with her children, U60 mothers balance their energy intake. She buys hamburgers individually instead of ordering side dishes; swap french fries for chicken nuggets to increase protein intake; Choose water or unsweetened tea instead of soft drinks. With ramen, she takes the noodles into her child's bowl, avoids the fat and doesn't drink the broth. Based on the weekly calorie summary chart on her phone, she proactively ate more frugally at the next meals to compensate.

Along with managing her diet, she placed a small scale in the kitchen to measure each gram of food, stepped on the body scale every morning and used a tape measure to measure her chest, waist, hips, biceps, and thighs periodically every week.

Due to limited time, she chose to walk on her balcony instead of going to the gym. The covered space helps her maintain exercise without worrying about rain or sun, and at the same time easily monitor her children. She combines shoulder rotation and waist twisting while walking to increase energy consumption.