Hitting the Gym Again

The Ketogenic Diet has finally stopped working for me.. I think. It was working so well when I was 136.5KG in 15 Feb 2018.

I'm now 121.5KG, but it has been hovering for 3 weeks. I guess it's time to hit the exercise pad.

So off to the gym I go.

So fucked.

130.5kg.

So fucked.

At least i'm cycling again as a form of commute. Time to make it permanent.

13 kg lost, since aug 2013

well, some updates.

I got a bit more flexibility in terms of my employment since 17 aug 2013. that means that I have more time to work out. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays always has 2 hours of workout time involved, and more if you include post-nutrition (yeah, I cook my after-workout meals).

I signed up for a community gym membership at $90 per annum (really cheap!), and really made use of it unlike the last gym membership that I had.

The Workout Progress
Right now I'm focusing on 1 hour of walking everyday, followed by a weaker version of StrongLifts 5x5s. Basically, I took squats out of the picture because there is so many to concentrate on.

The start was a bit wobbly, with plenty of weight-lifting and weight-loss plateaus from august to oct. Then there was that big leg burn injury from a motorcycle accident that took me out and got me bedridden for 3 weeks.

An inclusion of cardio is needed after my friend's advice. So, I added 1 hour of walking everyday. This also helps in the balance of other cardio activities that I do. Walking is a less strenuous form of cardio, and keeps my energy levels up for the day. But I do cycle now and then.

The community gym environment is good. The peeps there are friendly, and are always there to help you spot your form and weights. It does take a bit of ego swallowing at first, but everything becomes cooler with time.

The Diet
I limit my foods to mostly protein-laden food, and water. I avoid foods like bread, noodles, rice and alcohol. Every week, there is a cheat day which I eat these restricted stuff as much as I desire to. My friend is egging me to try protein shakes, but nah, I wanna go au naturel and see how it goes.

At the start, I realised that I needed to have a more proper diet. So instead of chicken thighs, I now use chicken breasts and eggs. Chicken thighs are tasty, but they are REALLY oily, and they have to go. Sometimes to get my protein fix post-workout, I do buy half a chicken to eat by myself.

The Result Thus Far
So, progress has been good.. by my standards. it's been 5 months (or 20 weeks), and my weight has dropped from a high of 132kg to 119kg, a loss of 13kg.

Well, I'm not going to say anything more, but you can find my progress on Fitocracy. It's a great way to keep a record of the weights that I lift, and its progress.

https://www.fitocracy.com/profile/Fatyandao/?feed

130kg, and Hovering

Well, I can now safely say that my weight won't increase or decrease at 130kg. Despite the lack of exercise and some gluttony, the weight has not changed for 4 months, I think.

But now I'm single, and I finally have more time to concentrate on the things I want to do. One of them, is exercise, and some self love.

So the next day after the breakup on Sunday, I finally did what I have not done in a VERY long time: cycling to work. Both cycling commutes were tiring, but the trip back home was much worse than the trip to work. My quads and hammies have given up on me on the way back, and I had to take a pitstop just to rest myself.

On Tuesday, I have a late meeting, so I didn't cycle, and thank my own arragement for that. My legs were sore like crap, and the only thing I did was 5 pushups. A lot of things I need to start on.

Then Wednesday. Legs are still dead. So I decided to go to the gym for an hour and work my back. Deadlifts, and Cable Rows. One killed my lower, the other killed the upper. And I realise that my butt should hurt from the deadlifts, but it did not. Must have been the way I did my deadlift wrongly.

Then Thursday, a wonderful cheat meal of Mutton Briyani, and another rest day; I hanged out with my friends for this one.

And today is Friday. Another meeting. My legs feel better now, and I'm tempted to try cycling with two dudes that do this regularly on Friday. Back still sore as ever. but it should be back next Monday.

So, this is it. A post to say that I have to start loving myself before loving someone else. Painful, sore love indeed.

so, WTF is on with you Clarence

Alright, here is the story.

Right now my weight is 115.6kg. Well, the worst was at 117kg. just 2 weeks ago.

it's been 5 years since my weight breached the 110kg limit.

I wonder why. Actually I don't.

It's the combination of the lack of exercise, an unmanaged food intake for 3 months, and lastly stressful work hours from 10am - 3am.

The last factor got me so hard that I had to turn to beehoon+luncheon meat+ fried fish cake+ fried egg+ taiwan sausage for comfort therapy after my work. In short, food comfort therapy.

Now I'm finally off the stressed work, and restarted my cycling and meal routine again, which is:

1) Cycling as the only mode of transport for at least 5 days a week. http://World-Rank.in/bike/ztzeng is getting to be a good motivator, so that helps whenever I don't feel like cycling. (i'm #36 BABY)
3) regular controlled, balanced meal routine, sandwich, home meals, and a normal dish. NO SUPPER.
4) Working out at the gym at least once a week.
5) Taking fruits/water whenever hungry

As said, it is working out well. 117 -> 115.9 -> 115.6. hope it continues.

wtf is google doing

zzzzz use my old blogger account? i have already associated with the new account already, what else do i need to do?

107kg.

I'm happy that i can do 5 diamond pushups.... unfortunately, i'm not happy about my weight.

D=

no longer two digits

i'm sorry. it's no longer 2 digits.

it's three now. 106kg.

trying to get it down now.

it's really a case of diet. just a little grazing here and there, a little supper here and there, that did the difference.

meanwhile the excuses of protein in food, building muscle mass, and muscle mass burning more calories fats, overwrote the basic excuse that extra calories in food will turn into fat, somehow.

zzzz. I'll write a paper journal.

i was supposed to do that, two days ago.