Detoxification

Day 4/5 (Sun/Mon):
Weight: (still off the scales leh) Probably 120kg
Exercise: Stretches and sit ups.



Day 4 started easy enough. Being a Sunday and all, it involves getting up, and stretching all my relevant parts and situps started at an easy count of 40 crunches, 10 side crunches and 50 leg raises. Remember, I want to start off manageble and slowly work my way back to those insane numbers.

However, that wasn't the highlight of the day, the most important thing was, I had began a very very queer detox program by Pam.

(Saturday [Day 3]), I was staying off solid foods as she told me to clear my stomach for the detox, so I did. She was very methodical about this whole process. I was to be her guinea pig.. oink oink.

At 10pm, I drank 3/4 cup of a concoction consisting of Epsom Salt* + Vitamin C drink. (Epsom Salt = Potassium Choride, also know to be found in bananas, also known to be a good fabric softener!!!!???) Taste like crap! Bitter and salty...eeeeeee But Pam says it will clear the "chutes". Yuckkkkk!

About 12+am, I was given another 3/4 cup of Epsom salt+vitamin solution aka fabric softener to drink....brrrrrrrr.....urgh

2am. Time of truth, Pam brought in a mixture of 3/4 cup of grapefruit juice.. yumm!! and 3/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil...not just virgin, but must be EXTRA VIRGIN... first press she says, explaining to me slowly like I am a retard.. (well in many ways I am).. first press olive oil is known as extra virgin and is usually used for drinking.. I much rather use it to cook.. heh heh

ANYWAY... it wasn't THAT horrible to drink but, no person in their right mind would willingly gulp down 1 1/2 cups of juice and oily oil... even if its extra virgin!!

THEN...then I was told to immediately lie on my right side and curl up into a fetus position!? Wha?? ok ok, so I did and was being again slowly explained by a very amused Pam that it would cause the ingested liquid to seep into my liver... eeeeeeee.... gross... not the kinda stories I want to hear after drinking oil and knowingly flood my liver with oil.... gasp!!!


Day 4 morning (Sunday), woke up feeling queasy... was chatting happily when I got upright.. oh no... when suddenly.... it struck... the feeling of bubbling.. that ominious premonition that something was going to explode if I don't make my way to the toilet.. N O W!



I won't exactly want to blog for posterity the chain of sequence that followed in that morning, suffice to say I am a convert to the detox program.

Subsequently I had to ingest another 2 more of the Epsom salt+vitamin c solution to end my detox quest.... eeeesshh

Point to note though, I won't exactly endure just any detox program.. but since Pam says so... bo pain lor.. but but... I will not do that detox program anytime soon.

Day 5:
Recovering from my detox (lol), stretches and situps again today. Going for the same numbers but cranking up the speed for the exercises just a little bit more.. gradually everyday.

I think.. might be my blurred vision.. but I might be seeing a little groove here and there on my body again.. woo hoo!!!!!

~Wave

First Weekend

Day 3:
Began my day right with alarm going off at 6am. Started my run at about 7.15am. Same distance. Timing for that 1+ klick was something a primary school kid would walk... SIGGGHHH. But then again, I can only improve.. not DE-prove (is there even such a word? hee).

All that weight being pounded when I run, is going to be a big problem in the very forseeable near future on my joints, espcially my knees. It is a nescessary evil for me, because I don't really have access to a swimming pool, don't swim very well (I can pause in the middle of a run and *pant*pant*pant.. when I pause in the middle of a swim *pant*pant*gulg*gulg..). Skipping ropes will come soon enough.. but like my previous postings.. conditioning comes first before you start to abuse your body.

Had some onion soup "wanna be" last night with Pam. Wanna be you said.. yeah, found out we only had a teeny weeny bulb of onion left, so I made, onion. garlic, ginger, cheese and hot spice soup. YUM!! We also had quite a lot of chicken, hotdogs and luncheon meat... hiak hiak hiak.

The best part of this kinda diet is... after all these food, we still find our weight dropping, steadily... but surely. I will post my new weight every week Sunday so to make it easier for my calculations.

Start planning your core exercises. Core exercises are stuff you have easy access to, doesn't require a lot of pre-planning to do daily or almost daily, not expensive, generally, you will really look forward to that activity. My take on fitness and weight loss is as simple as that. You must enjoy what you do. Enjoy what you eat. Don't feel like you are giving anything up (no opportunity costs). But foremost... BE HUMBLE.

Such a big word... such simple meaning. I see people who managed to maintain their fitness and can do wonderful stuff like run 4km without breaking a sweat, eat a whole army's food ration everyday without gaining any weight (BUS-THIRDS!!!!) admirable! :P However, have a heart for people like me. Lazy, slacker, greedy, genetically on the really heavy side. I say all those stuff because I know who I am, what I am, no need to deny, mirrors don't lie. HOWEVER, while I am trying my best to improve myself, I don't really need anyone else's permission to be a better me, or jury of my peers (even worst, sometimes we know it's a jury of inferiors), to pass judgement on our progress.

Hence I say, I have been there, I will return. When I recover from my bout of accidental laziness and overeating, don't run away from me? I see so many people crawling out of the wood works wanting to erm, spar, fight, train, compete etc etc etc. Where were you when I was on top of my game? Oh nevermind, I will be back again real soon, and now that I remember you, I will come looking for you, one thing always gets me going... and keep going to my goal... Pam knows that.. ask her.. Anyway, now that I am pissed, I know how long it takes to get to where I want. See you guys real soon. (~chuckle).

I am trying hard. But I will always remember,

Overtime.. Never overnight.

CJ

I need an Alarm

Meh...

Forget to set alarm, so wake up late. Anyway, running is not on the cards today, but stretching is! :P

Day 2:
Started targeting that problem area noted yesterday with regards to ankle and lower back. Turns out I may have to focus on toughening up my knee joints as well. Spent 1 hour talking to Pam on mentality about training. Yar lar, training is 80% mental and 20% physical. So better start off on the right foot before we end up with a lot of hard work but nothing to show for it! :)

Fooood.... I need food... (Carb withdrawal) kekekeke.. no worries, the craving phase will pass with each passing day as your body adjust to the energy starvation and get better energy conversion from fats and muscles.

Proteins and fibres is a BIG YES. Fats intake, yes as well, at least for this stage of training. To get the details of how the diet works the way it is supposed to will take a lot of typing, and talking and convincing, most of which, if you don't understand you will blindly follow, and if you have your own theories, you won't bother to listen to me anyway, so why discuss it here? Let the result justify my means :PPPPPPP

Discipline as well, is important. Say sleep at 12 midnight means sleep at 12 midnight, no more late night Iron Chef for me :( oh well. Must set alarm for morning training... means wake up with time to spare, no more lazing in bed for snooze and suppliant position ala praying to the pillow... sigh...

Flexibility training started today with simple yet routine stretches with extra attention paid to the ankles, calves, knees and waist. If you need specific stretch routines, you can find them on the web, or see if I can list out something in my later posts...

Currently, I have one big and tough obstacle in my way of recovery to fitness and the name of my nemesis is.....

INERTIA

Determined One.

New resolution for a new year!!

For me, no need to wait until a new year for a new resolution one! My birthday just past (1 Dec), so a date as good as any to start something new (Ahem...*grumble.. resume something old rather.. *cough cough...) Yay!!

I have given my workout a slight paused since March because of house moving (EXCUSES).

Those who know me intimately, knows excuses are my downfall where fitness is concerned. Hence, I have made it a point to not make any...(paused for thought here while composing...am I sure I can keep my own promise?....back after 15 mins.)

*after 15 mins*

Ok leopards can never change its spots, so a pig like me cannot change my snout.. :( BUT!!!!!
BUT!!!

I will give it my best shot! That's all I can do at the moment.. Hey, at least I can own up to my flaws defects lack of determination weak will !!?? Back up a bit.. lack of determi... nope, I retract that.

If you wanna follow me on my journey back to fitness, you are welcome to read up on my progress and tag along. Who knows, maybe I can inspire you to a better lifestyle?? Who knows? But hor, if you injure yourself (BECAUSE) you did not heed all my warnings, before, during and after my postings... don't come looking for me hor. Below are the ABCs of my journey:

Day 1:
(A) Weight: (122kg) *faint.. damn weighing scales got stuck at 118kg and refused to move any further...:( I think I approximate my weight at about 122kg this time around...

(B) Workout diary: I started my first jog/walk this morning to assess my fitness and conditioning. Turns out my stamina wasn't as bad as I thought. It seems most martial artists have a residual stamina that is the direct result of long term training (body's way to letting you get through fights without collapsing on the floor and panting while your enemies are laughing too hard to hurt you too badly). Anyway, back to my workout. Ran about 1.2km and felt my ankles and lower back starting to strain. Probably due to the overly excess weight pressing on my joints.

(C) Diet: Atkins Diet. I advocate this diet because it works. If you don't think it works, keep it to yourself, I don't want to hear about it. Hey, then don't even read this portion of my post and get yourself all riled up for nothing. Move along.... hiak hiak hiak

Detractors and non-belivers gone? Good! Anyway, Atkins Diet is never meant for a long term dietatry plan. Any sort of diet that sticks to one kind of style will only cause you to suffer health problems. We adjust our diet according to how our body best reacts to our lifestyle. But we need a baseline to follow. And baseline being somebody else's idea of a healthy lifestyle, we cannot all be Bruce Lee, rrrriiigghhhttttt??

As my journey progresses, my core values go up, I will adjust accordingly. I will try to faithfully update changes to my baseline diet so anyone following me can understand what I am doing and do it for themselves.

Wah.. I blab alot leh.. anyway, I am off carbs for good for the next couple of weeks. Meats, fish, fruits (YUM!) and soft vegetables (YUCK!!!) are my main meals. Like that lor..

I always advocated fitness = strength, stamina, flexibility and conditioning. These seems to be the 4 core values I have isolated that will result in other motor movements such as speed, reaction timing, power (here I am talking in context of martial arts), recovery time, improved metabolism, etc, stuff that a fit person should be doing better than a couch potato.

For this first few days I will be concentrating on conditioning and flexibility. As for diet, More on these topics as my postings go on.

By the way, I am posting this online as part of my discipline. Also, hopefully it will serve to inspire my peers, students, fellow excuse club members to a better lifestyle.

I guess that is that for this post.

Your most determined one.

Week 3 (21Mar - 3Apr)
Start weight: 108kg
Target weight: 103kg
Diet: Modified Aktins + lots of water.
Exercise routine: Running, stair climbing, isometric weights, A LOT OF STRETCHING.

(The post regarding the original training is found here My Life: Start of training Week 1 )

*Nods... I know.. not much this week. Been really sick. Some kinda virus. Even doctor have no idea what it is. LOL

So I had to eat and load carbs so my body can have enough energy to repair. Mmhmm. I take after my own adivce on this one and it is non-negotiable.

Still on target... lets hope the virus runs its course by midweek so I can put in some training time. Pfft.

*cough*cough*
The sick and determined one.

Training Week 2

Week 2 (14Mar - 20Mar)
Start weight: 110kg
Target weight: 105kg
Diet: Modified Aktins + lots of water.
Exercise routine: Running, stair climbing, isometric weights, A LOT OF STRETCHING.

(The post regarding the original training is found here My Life: Start of training Week 1 )

I noticed something about my new found fats. I don't carry them well. Which is good. heh. They won't be around long enough for me to get used to them. However, the stress of my joints are very telling and in the course of this few training weeks, I will be putting my body to the test, carrying around such a heavy load.

Nah.. by week 5, most of the heavy load would be gone.. howver, I still need to have conditioned legs and hands to do what I want to. What better time than stairs climbing now *GRIN

If anyone ever wondered how a fat guy like me can move reasonably fast, that because I spend half my lifetime carrying around my body weight. And now that my weight has been greatly reduced, imagine how much faster I can move.. hmm? Or kick even.

But enough of that for an early morning post... I do have one very important caution for those following this plan of mine now....

STOP if you are feeling unwell. EAT carbs or regular food until you get better. You can always reset the training program once you are feeling well again. Nothing is worth losing your health or your life over.

Till my next mundane update,
Stay healthy,
The rapidly losing fats and determined one.

Update on training week 1

A Recap:

Week 1 (7Mar - 13Mar)
Start weight: 115kg
Target weight: 112kg
Diet: Semi Carb to Aktins + lots of water.
Exercise routine: Running, weights, A LOT OF STRETCHING.

Current status: 110kg.

Heh..yeah you got it right, 12 Mar, the day before my training week 1 ends, thats my current weight.

It has been tough, no doubts about that. Tiredness. Late night food cravings. I don't want to make this seem easy or a fairy tale training program. But I didn't starve, I didn't hate my diet, I didn't hate my exercise. Just did everything as planned, normally. But one difference.

I KNOW I CAN DO IT.

YOU CAN DO IT TOO.

Tell yourself its one day at a time, and its a change of lifestyle that does it. Not just a diet. Not just a program.

Send me an email at swell_head@hotmail.com and update me your progress if you are joining me on this journey to fitness. It is easy doing this as a team :)

Well, I will post at the beginning of my week 2 and lets work towards that. I am generalising everything I post here so I don't mislead anyone. If you need help to fine tune your program, email me. IF you have my number, call me. *wink

Till the next post.

The determined one.