Chapter 120 - Intramural Games(2)
Ever since her rebirth, Su Xiaofei was trying to change her eating patterns and to stop restricting herself to only eating salads and vegetables to control her weight. She had considered doing exercise, but she was at a loss in the beginning as she didn't know where to start.
When she asked Lu Qingfeng's opinion about it, he told her that the key to weight loss was to consume less calories than she had burned. For most people, it was easier to lower calorie intake to a greater degree than it is to burn more calories through increased exercise.
Lu Qingfeng claimed that cutting calories through dietary changes was generally more effective for weight loss. But doing both — cutting calories through diet and burning calories through exercise — can help give her the weight-loss edge.
"If you lose weight by crash dieting or by drastically restricting yourself to a low calorie diet, you're more likely to regain weight quickly, often within six months after you stop dieting." He told her, this was why Su Xiaofei was forced to wake up earlier than usual to do some physical activity before starting her day.
Paired with the healthy meals Aunty Liu prepared for her regularly, Su Xiaofei noticed that her body felt lighter, and she felt better these days. She also didn't have trouble falling asleep compared to those times when she starved herself and ate less, fearing that she would gain a lot of weight.
"It may be difficult at first, but don't focus on the scale," Lu Qingfeng told her. "Rather, pay attention to how you're feeling and what your energy level is."
Ah, she should have asked Lu Qingfeng this a long time ago, rather than starving herself in her past life just to please Mo Yuchen and her manager who always nitpicked on her, occasionally comparing her figure to Ye Mingyu because they entered show business almost at the same time.
As the dodgeball game continued, Su Xiaofei could easily predict and avoid getting hit by the ball coming her way. Half an hour through the game, while her classmates and Ye Mingyu's team were starting to catch their breaths, she and Xi Qian looked like they were enjoying the game themselves.
Unlike Su Xiaofei, Xi Qian didn't have spare time to do workouts, instead she spent her spare time working to provide for herself.
Despite her thin and small frame, Xi Qian had a better stamina and stronger body compared to her classmates who had only spent their time wondering what kind of new phone they should buy, or what kind of dress they should purchase to attend yet another lavish party.
This was why, although these two young women were sweating, they still looked appealing in everyone's eyes.
"Okay, I'll take it back. Su Xiaofei really changed. And Xi Qian too." Song Yiran commented as his eyes never left Su Xiaofei's face, his lips curling in amusement.
"Hell, yeah. If this continues, even if only Su Xiaofei and Xi Qian remained on our team, those two could still take on the other team on their own."
As her team members continued to dwindle every time Su Xiaofei and Xi Qian hit her classmates one after another, Ye Mingyu started to panic inwardly. Her team was now reduced to half, leaving her with two other classmates, while Su Xiaofei's team still had four players, including her.
Didn't her Aunty Chen say that Su Xiaofei wasn't an athletic person and doesn't know anything but to laze around?
Then, why the hell was Su Xiaofei able to avoid the ball and catch it easily? They have already played many sets since the game started, but Su Xiaofei wasn't even heaving for deep breaths like them. What the hell was wrong with her? Ye Mingyu thought.
When her teammates realized that Su Xiaofei and Xi Qian were the threats they needed to eliminate from the other team to secure their win, they started to exert more efforts to try and hit Su Xiaofei to force her out of the game but failed every time.
It was like this woman had an extra eye behind her head and could see what was coming towards her and was able to react in the nick of time, catching the ball that was coming her way.
Because Ye Mingyu's team were focusing too much on Su Xiaofei, Ye Mingyu hadn't expected that Xi Qian would target her as soon as the latter caught the ball in her hands. The ball came too fast and it was too late for Ye Mingyu to react and catch it.
The ball hit the side of her face, making everyone wince upon seeing the contact. Ye Mingyu staggered back and held the side of her face, feeling the pain radiating from it.
"Out!" She heard someone say, and she wasn't sure if it was the teacher's voice or one of Su Xiaofei's classmates.
Her classmates rushed to see if she was hurt before they glared at Xi Qian, who was looking at them as if she had done nothing wrong.
"Xi Qian! You purposely threw the ball at Ye Mingyu's face to hurt her, right? You're horrible!"
"Right!" Another one of Ye Mingyu's teammates agreed. "Even if you had to throw the ball, why did you have to hit her face? You are really starting to be like Su Xiaofei now."
Xi Qian rested one of her hands on her hips and scoffed at them with no hint of remorse on her face.
"Hey, which eye of yours saw that I wanted to hit her face?" She asked, before glancing at the teacher that was refereeing their game. "Teacher, I really didn't mean to hurt her face. It was a miscalculation on my part." She claimed.
"Liar! It can't be a coincidence!" Ye Mingyu's teammates insisted while she remained silent, allowing her classmates to defend her.
"You Class 3-1A are too much! We also see that Xi Qian didn't mean it.." Someone from the audience exclaimed.
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