.. and a bad Monday

I had a really bad tummy yesterday. Apparently, I ate something that has expired.

I was going in and out of the bathroom the whole day.

Sheesh, I missed another day of workout and a day of work as well.

followed by a bad weekend

a bad week followed by a bad weekend..

In order to catch up for the missed gym sessions, I did double sessions a day.. which I found out wasn't a good idea. One gym session per day is enough exercise and by doing double sessions, I got sooo tired and sooo week. I missed another day of workout.

On top of that, both my weekends became free day. Although my meals for both days weren't entirely unuauthorized food, it's something that can be avoided.

Lesson learned: single sessions only per day.. or else, it'll be long "zzzzzz"..

bad week

This is a bad week for me..

1. Missed 2 training days(not consecutive).. so I had to do catch up. The problem with this is that it's so tiring that it's hard to workout on the next day. One workour session is really designed to be enough for the day. I'll try not to miss out again.

2. Didn't plan my meals well compared to last week. I've eaten out 4 times this week. I chose healthy food but went over the allowable servings. The thing is, I wasn't able to cook my meals for the next day because I'm already tired(see #1).

It's really hard to juggle things when they go out of place..

1.5 weeks after

Okay. 1.5 weeks have passed already and here is the progress I made:

Unauthorized food ate:
1. Jollibee - I was out on field and was sooooo hungry. Jollibee was the first stop I can have. I should've chosen their salad instead of spaghetti and chicken meal.. waaah!
2. Subway - 6" chicken breast on wheat bread... but with mayo and cheese.
3. Dinner out - went out for dinner with A twice. I had pasta with tomato sauce. This is an authorized meal, except that their single serving meals is actually considered 2 servings in my program.

Well.. I still think this is a good start. Considering that I used to eat a lot more.

When I checked my weight, I went down 1/4kg.. WOW!

Things to do

Things I need to do to avoid doing the same mistakes again:

1. Cook/prepare all my meals the day before. Planning my menu for the day will make sure that I already have all that I need.
2. Free day is only on Sunday. If I get to eat unauthorized food on a normal day, I shouldn't consider that day free day since I really can't control eating on Sundays.
3. Go to the gym regularly. That's regularly, meaning, I have to be consistent with workout. If I miss a session, I have to catch up.

Restart!... again!?

So here I am restarting this health program. Yes, I'm restarting again..

I looked back at what I did wrong and here they are:
1. I didn't plan my meals. The Body for Life program has a list of authorized foods which you can eat without having to feel guilty. I tried to follow it, but when there's no more authorized food around, I grabbed what's available: junk.
2. Free day is not everyday. The program allows you eat UNauthorized food only once a week. Any day of the week can be free day as long as you keep the 6 days of just authorized food. Apparently, I always make my 2 weekend days as free day. Sometimes, the whole week became free day.
3. I am LAZY! This is the biggest problem of all. Yes, I also skipped workouts and my usual reason is that I'm too tired because of office work (or maybe I think I'm just tired). I also used "not having workout clothes" as an excuse.

Well, there are other more stuff that I did wrong but those 3 sums it up.

Well... I've already started my program as of writing, so.. started a new life: Jue 6, 2005

Where I am now..

Well, graduation came.. then bumming around.. and then work. Not much activity for me but to sit down in front of the PC and go on field from time to time. From the day I graduated up to 2004, I think I only trained Judo for maybe 3-5 times. Nope! Not 3-5 times a week. That's 3-5 times in 2 years! Sheesh!

A year ago, I felt so weak. I could hardly climb the stairs of the MRT. I couldn't bend forward without squishing my beer belly. I always felt tired and I can't wear my old clothes again. My weight was a staggering 84kg!.. That's 12kg(x2.2lbs)! Yep, I went up 2 weight divisions.

I started working out last year and tried to follow a program. But it got really hard during the holidays. I can stay on working out but I simply couldn't stop eating! I was eating junk food for maybe around every 2 hours! Oh yum!

From last year, my weight stayed the same. What I lost during workout, I gained through eating, and all whatever excess fat I took in decided to reside on my belly. It seems to me that I lost some fat in my arms and legs but the there is still much fat around at my tummy area. It doesn't look nice when my arms, chest and legs look toned but I have a lifesaver around my tummy.

And to simplify things: I got fat! I feel weak! .. so depressing!

Where I was before..

When I was in college, I was into Judo and I got to be team captain of the school team during my 4th year. That time, I was part of the lightweight division (-73kg) and weighed around 72kg. This was in the year 2002.

I was at my peak when it was my last year in college. I did weights, ran a lot and trained Judo almost everyday. I could only pinch a bit of fat on my tummy that's why I could wear body-hugging clothes.

It felt good.

My first attempt at blogging

ok, ok.. I did try to make a blog before but it didn't materialize and it's about my hobby Warhammer 40k.

Anyways, this blog will be about my attempt to lose pounds and to finally let my six-pack(hiding under so much blubber) see the light of day.

I'm using Body-for-Life as a reference. I have the book with me.

Oh well, I hope things go well for me..

Good luck to me..