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240's.........
Damn.....
I get emotional even thinking about the 240's..... I can't honestly remember the last time I weighed that much. 13? 14 maybe...... When I think that I AM going to be that weight, and sooner rather than later I get a lump in my throat and feel a little beside myself...
Thanks for the encouragement Tom! The first run is over and the goal is reached, but I think I will leave that one at 5km for the moment. I suppose I could continue raising the bar, but since it was only one 5Km run so far, but maybe for the rest of the month I will just keep matching that and letting my body get used to the hard work. Boy, wish I wasn't babysitting tonight..... I sure could use a steam and soak.... poor old legs and glutes!! 2 more days... Perhaps May will be my 6Km month...
Hmmmm. Thats actually not a bad idea. If I steadily keep increasing my running distance by 1km a month, I should be at 8-10km by the time I reach my goal.... Theoretically anyways. 1 km a month. There we go! 10km by the end of summer. Sounds good to me and not unrealistic I think.
I would say wish me luck, but luck doesn't come into it. Instead I will say wish me strength, since that will take me the distance whether I am lucky or not!
sirant
Damn.....
I get emotional even thinking about the 240's..... I can't honestly remember the last time I weighed that much. 13? 14 maybe...... When I think that I AM going to be that weight, and sooner rather than later I get a lump in my throat and feel a little beside myself...
Thanks for the encouragement Tom! The first run is over and the goal is reached, but I think I will leave that one at 5km for the moment. I suppose I could continue raising the bar, but since it was only one 5Km run so far, but maybe for the rest of the month I will just keep matching that and letting my body get used to the hard work. Boy, wish I wasn't babysitting tonight..... I sure could use a steam and soak.... poor old legs and glutes!! 2 more days... Perhaps May will be my 6Km month...
Hmmmm. Thats actually not a bad idea. If I steadily keep increasing my running distance by 1km a month, I should be at 8-10km by the time I reach my goal.... Theoretically anyways. 1 km a month. There we go! 10km by the end of summer. Sounds good to me and not unrealistic I think.
I would say wish me luck, but luck doesn't come into it. Instead I will say wish me strength, since that will take me the distance whether I am lucky or not!
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It's getting closer........
Wow.
Here I sit, in a pair of Hugo Boss pants my wife bought me 3 years ago that I "could" (up till about a year ago) squeeze into, but the pockets stuck out like mickey mouse ears (I am sure some other guys here know all about that one too) and a dress shirt I am sure I have never worn in 6-7 years. Today however, that changed. Not only am I wearing them, but they look great on me!! I have been endlessly complaining and griping to myself about my newly baggy clothes. What a switch! These same newly baggy clothes were the ones in January I was embarassed to wear! In Decemeber, due to the difficulty finding bigger clothes here, my mother sent some 18.5 inch neck dress shirts from Canada, because I simply couldnt fit into my 17.5 inch shirts anymore. Well, I could, but I couldn't do up the top button and had to rely on my tie to keep the shirt closed. And that tie never came off in public so I wouldnt expose the bulging buttons underneath! If one of those suckers had popped it could have taken a life! Or at very least an eye!! Then come the end of January, those 18.5's were so big, I had to stop wearing them because they just looked silly. Now I am at the same point with the 17.5's. The shirt I am currently wearing is a 17 inch neck, and I could easily go down again to 16.5. Wow. I don't recall ever wearing a 17 inch neck and still being able to breath with it done up! So things are moving and shaking here on this end (finally!) but it bodes ill for the future!
Not that I don't want to keep losing weight, but as much as I keeping putting my wife off, I am going to have to buy new clothes. Bottom line. I am hoping to stretch her patience 2 more months in the hopes I can hit my first goal of 240 pounds first, then hit the shops for not just clothes that flatter my new bod, but clothes I can find right on the rack!
Makes me wonder though. This whole BMI thing I am beginning to think is a bunch of crap, for me at least. I know guys who are my build and size, who weigh 220-240 pounds who look awesome and very fit. Yet the BMI still shows them as dangerously obese. More and more people are starting to use the tape measure for a more accurate fitness measurement now than weight than ever before, and I think it is about time. This has been getting much more attention here and in the press lately, as Canada.com article shows. The "healthy" weight for my height is 180 pounds. I would have to be anorexic and disgustingly skinny to hit that weight. The more I see "real life" examples and fit and healthy men, the more I think I should just forget about that stupid BMI reading all together. I suppose if you are Joe Average - typical male it works, but for big boned and barrel chested men like myself, it simply must be innaccurate. I have seen guys my size, at 230-240 pounds and they look simply amazing! Fit and healty in every regard. Yet to fit into the standard "guidlines" I would need to be as muscular and fit as peewee herman. And that simply aint gunna happen.
So what does that mean for me? Well, I am shooting now primarily for the first goal I set of 110 kilos, 240 pounds and from there I think I will let my body figure the rest out. Maybe I am wrong and my body does have the potential to be 180 pounds, but I certainly hope not. I will take being severly overweight by standard BMI measurement and damn good looking over "healthy" BMI and skinny as a rake any day.
So that means 18 pounds till the shopping spree!!!! Wooooo Frickin Whooo Haa!
18 pounds to new pictures, new clothes and a new (and improved) Sirant!!!
sirant
Wow.
Here I sit, in a pair of Hugo Boss pants my wife bought me 3 years ago that I "could" (up till about a year ago) squeeze into, but the pockets stuck out like mickey mouse ears (I am sure some other guys here know all about that one too) and a dress shirt I am sure I have never worn in 6-7 years. Today however, that changed. Not only am I wearing them, but they look great on me!! I have been endlessly complaining and griping to myself about my newly baggy clothes. What a switch! These same newly baggy clothes were the ones in January I was embarassed to wear! In Decemeber, due to the difficulty finding bigger clothes here, my mother sent some 18.5 inch neck dress shirts from Canada, because I simply couldnt fit into my 17.5 inch shirts anymore. Well, I could, but I couldn't do up the top button and had to rely on my tie to keep the shirt closed. And that tie never came off in public so I wouldnt expose the bulging buttons underneath! If one of those suckers had popped it could have taken a life! Or at very least an eye!! Then come the end of January, those 18.5's were so big, I had to stop wearing them because they just looked silly. Now I am at the same point with the 17.5's. The shirt I am currently wearing is a 17 inch neck, and I could easily go down again to 16.5. Wow. I don't recall ever wearing a 17 inch neck and still being able to breath with it done up! So things are moving and shaking here on this end (finally!) but it bodes ill for the future!
Not that I don't want to keep losing weight, but as much as I keeping putting my wife off, I am going to have to buy new clothes. Bottom line. I am hoping to stretch her patience 2 more months in the hopes I can hit my first goal of 240 pounds first, then hit the shops for not just clothes that flatter my new bod, but clothes I can find right on the rack!
Makes me wonder though. This whole BMI thing I am beginning to think is a bunch of crap, for me at least. I know guys who are my build and size, who weigh 220-240 pounds who look awesome and very fit. Yet the BMI still shows them as dangerously obese. More and more people are starting to use the tape measure for a more accurate fitness measurement now than weight than ever before, and I think it is about time. This has been getting much more attention here and in the press lately, as Canada.com article shows. The "healthy" weight for my height is 180 pounds. I would have to be anorexic and disgustingly skinny to hit that weight. The more I see "real life" examples and fit and healthy men, the more I think I should just forget about that stupid BMI reading all together. I suppose if you are Joe Average - typical male it works, but for big boned and barrel chested men like myself, it simply must be innaccurate. I have seen guys my size, at 230-240 pounds and they look simply amazing! Fit and healty in every regard. Yet to fit into the standard "guidlines" I would need to be as muscular and fit as peewee herman. And that simply aint gunna happen.
So what does that mean for me? Well, I am shooting now primarily for the first goal I set of 110 kilos, 240 pounds and from there I think I will let my body figure the rest out. Maybe I am wrong and my body does have the potential to be 180 pounds, but I certainly hope not. I will take being severly overweight by standard BMI measurement and damn good looking over "healthy" BMI and skinny as a rake any day.
So that means 18 pounds till the shopping spree!!!! Wooooo Frickin Whooo Haa!
18 pounds to new pictures, new clothes and a new (and improved) Sirant!!!
sirant
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Tom, this ones for you buddy!
Well Tom, you like my stories so much, I have a doozy for you coming up. Thank goodness I have adopted the "day off" belief because this coming weekend my diet is probably going to have a REALLY off day if I am not careful. (and likely even if I am...) Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder....
I suppose not too many people know this, but I have been, on several occasions in the past, a fake architect. I am not even kidding here slightly. Several large firms here in China have some rather-big wig Canadian and American architects involved with them. When these people get called away, some foreigner needs to come fill that spot for the government, buyers or other interested parties. Token white boy. Thats me, and I love it!
I have given spoken presentations in English to the leaders of the Chongqing Communist Party and to hundreds of rich property buyers and investors. I have always written my own material. (knowing NOTHING of architecture.... Thank god for Google!!) Any how, they fly me out to different cool cities in China, put me up in 5 star hotels, take me traveling around, often for several days AFTER the presentation and pay for absolutely every possible expense, then pay me a large sum of money for making that 5-10 minute speech and partying it up. Far too much fun! Especially when I first did it and spoke barely any Chinese, but was going to far off Mega-cities in China working with people who spoke no English. Really takes tourism to a WHOLE new level!! I have done it for a couple different groups, in Chongqing and Chengdu, 2 amazing cities in Central China not many people outside of China will ever see.
Anyhow, on the last trip to Chongqing, I gave a rousing presentation to the top leaders in the local government, and we were successful in the bid and it resulted in them putting me up 3 days longer than expected, providing a car a driver, guide and full expenses for the entire trip. Partying and eating like a king every night, day and morning. Luckily for me, in Chongqing that means spicy!!! Even breakfast would burn your lips off!!! Just the way I like it!
Hmmm, sounds cool, but what does this have to do with weight loss? Well, heres the thing. Chinese business men are something completely unlike anything I have ever experienced. When they are wining and dining a prospective customer, or well liked partner, look out! It is excess to the ends of the earth. There is no expense too high and never an empty bottle at the table. On those lucky occasions it is beer we are drinking. usually in 650ml "Guan Bei!)'s, which means drain the glass(or in this case full bottle) Yuo do a lot of those. However it is better than the 54% Chinese rice wine, which makes paint thinner look and smell MUCH nicer. If you ever wanted the worst hangover in your life, drink a few too many "Guan Bei"!s of those... Oy...
And then there is the food. Forget about looking at the menu, just bring one of everything and refill the ones we empty.... And MAN OH MAN can these people here eat!! Woohoo!! And it is very disrespectful to not eat and try everything at the table. And due to that I have eaten some VERY odd things. These particular boys i am going to meet took me for the special "mens meal" in Chongqing last time. Gorgeous mountain restaurant with a view of the city, not much to look at itself, but the food was supposed to be famous, a giant hot pot of red spicy looking broth bubbling in the middle of the table. Then comes the first few pages of the menu, with a twist. The special mens meal is supposed to make a man more virile and acts like a natural Viagra of sorts. The keys ingredients being bull penis and the testicles of several different beasts. I wont even go into the other "things" that weren't necessarily special, but some of you are probably pretty grossed out now....
Luckily, as I said, everything in Chongqing is spicy as hell, literally. So the nasty bits tasty the same as the non nasty ones, and to be honest even road tar would have tasted the same. But I was a trooper (and I mentioned the copious amounts of beer right?) and did my part and tried everything. And I didn't die. And man did I earn their respect for doing it. I didn't speak Chinese, relatively new in the country but I did Western men proud and lived up to all their drinking and eating expectations. From that night on I was like family and we partied for a week straight.
So a short time ago I got a phone call. The project I helped to get going is finished, they need to shoot some commercials, TV and newspaper shots, etc. A big grand opening press day. As the "architect" there at the beginning, it is only fitting I am there for the grand opening right? Of course i said yes. I own a suit this time, lost 40 pounds since last time and figure it is only one day this time... How bad could it possibly be?
Luckily I have learned a few tricks since last time. China is an eating and drinking culture, bottom line. They really do get offended, especially in business if you don't accept their hospitality. Now I have learned to accept the hospitality, but getting around over doing it. I know now I don't need to shovel the food into my mouth like they do. Since we all eat of communal plates, ultimately you control your portions and can completely avoid anything nasty looking. You can make a small amount of food last a long time so it always looks like you are eating. Getting around the drinking is harder, but doable. I go slow at first, then once they are half cut, and I am done my first beer, I instantly fill my glass with cold green tea. They don't notice, and I down glasses of green tea all night, instead of beer. That nasty paint thinner like rice wine, I fill the little shooter with water. As long as your glass is always full and you are playing the silly (though loud) drinking games with them, they are happy boys.
But even still, just one day and then coming home is going to be caloric hell for a day. But, as I said, its my day off, so what the heck. I am sure I will eat super yummy (and likely some nasty) food and drink a couple (few) beers with the boys. Don't count on me for the April challenge weigh in (unless I do it Saturday morning before I leave...) but I aim to have me some fun, architect style. They haven't even told me what I am saying this time, only that I am leaving Saturday morning.
It should be a blast. I will take some pictures of the spread to show you my temptations, maybe even get one taken of me in a somewhat awkward and/or embarrassing situation for your viewing pleasures. If I happen to accidentally have a beer.
Wish me luck! the Fake Architect in China Rides Again!
*How's that for a story Tom?*
sirant
Well Tom, you like my stories so much, I have a doozy for you coming up. Thank goodness I have adopted the "day off" belief because this coming weekend my diet is probably going to have a REALLY off day if I am not careful. (and likely even if I am...) Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder....
I suppose not too many people know this, but I have been, on several occasions in the past, a fake architect. I am not even kidding here slightly. Several large firms here in China have some rather-big wig Canadian and American architects involved with them. When these people get called away, some foreigner needs to come fill that spot for the government, buyers or other interested parties. Token white boy. Thats me, and I love it!
I have given spoken presentations in English to the leaders of the Chongqing Communist Party and to hundreds of rich property buyers and investors. I have always written my own material. (knowing NOTHING of architecture.... Thank god for Google!!) Any how, they fly me out to different cool cities in China, put me up in 5 star hotels, take me traveling around, often for several days AFTER the presentation and pay for absolutely every possible expense, then pay me a large sum of money for making that 5-10 minute speech and partying it up. Far too much fun! Especially when I first did it and spoke barely any Chinese, but was going to far off Mega-cities in China working with people who spoke no English. Really takes tourism to a WHOLE new level!! I have done it for a couple different groups, in Chongqing and Chengdu, 2 amazing cities in Central China not many people outside of China will ever see.
Anyhow, on the last trip to Chongqing, I gave a rousing presentation to the top leaders in the local government, and we were successful in the bid and it resulted in them putting me up 3 days longer than expected, providing a car a driver, guide and full expenses for the entire trip. Partying and eating like a king every night, day and morning. Luckily for me, in Chongqing that means spicy!!! Even breakfast would burn your lips off!!! Just the way I like it!
Hmmm, sounds cool, but what does this have to do with weight loss? Well, heres the thing. Chinese business men are something completely unlike anything I have ever experienced. When they are wining and dining a prospective customer, or well liked partner, look out! It is excess to the ends of the earth. There is no expense too high and never an empty bottle at the table. On those lucky occasions it is beer we are drinking. usually in 650ml "Guan Bei!)'s, which means drain the glass(or in this case full bottle) Yuo do a lot of those. However it is better than the 54% Chinese rice wine, which makes paint thinner look and smell MUCH nicer. If you ever wanted the worst hangover in your life, drink a few too many "Guan Bei"!s of those... Oy...
And then there is the food. Forget about looking at the menu, just bring one of everything and refill the ones we empty.... And MAN OH MAN can these people here eat!! Woohoo!! And it is very disrespectful to not eat and try everything at the table. And due to that I have eaten some VERY odd things. These particular boys i am going to meet took me for the special "mens meal" in Chongqing last time. Gorgeous mountain restaurant with a view of the city, not much to look at itself, but the food was supposed to be famous, a giant hot pot of red spicy looking broth bubbling in the middle of the table. Then comes the first few pages of the menu, with a twist. The special mens meal is supposed to make a man more virile and acts like a natural Viagra of sorts. The keys ingredients being bull penis and the testicles of several different beasts. I wont even go into the other "things" that weren't necessarily special, but some of you are probably pretty grossed out now....
Luckily, as I said, everything in Chongqing is spicy as hell, literally. So the nasty bits tasty the same as the non nasty ones, and to be honest even road tar would have tasted the same. But I was a trooper (and I mentioned the copious amounts of beer right?) and did my part and tried everything. And I didn't die. And man did I earn their respect for doing it. I didn't speak Chinese, relatively new in the country but I did Western men proud and lived up to all their drinking and eating expectations. From that night on I was like family and we partied for a week straight.So a short time ago I got a phone call. The project I helped to get going is finished, they need to shoot some commercials, TV and newspaper shots, etc. A big grand opening press day. As the "architect" there at the beginning, it is only fitting I am there for the grand opening right? Of course i said yes. I own a suit this time, lost 40 pounds since last time and figure it is only one day this time... How bad could it possibly be?
Luckily I have learned a few tricks since last time. China is an eating and drinking culture, bottom line. They really do get offended, especially in business if you don't accept their hospitality. Now I have learned to accept the hospitality, but getting around over doing it. I know now I don't need to shovel the food into my mouth like they do. Since we all eat of communal plates, ultimately you control your portions and can completely avoid anything nasty looking. You can make a small amount of food last a long time so it always looks like you are eating. Getting around the drinking is harder, but doable. I go slow at first, then once they are half cut, and I am done my first beer, I instantly fill my glass with cold green tea. They don't notice, and I down glasses of green tea all night, instead of beer. That nasty paint thinner like rice wine, I fill the little shooter with water. As long as your glass is always full and you are playing the silly (though loud) drinking games with them, they are happy boys.
But even still, just one day and then coming home is going to be caloric hell for a day. But, as I said, its my day off, so what the heck. I am sure I will eat super yummy (and likely some nasty) food and drink a couple (few) beers with the boys. Don't count on me for the April challenge weigh in (unless I do it Saturday morning before I leave...
) but I aim to have me some fun, architect style. They haven't even told me what I am saying this time, only that I am leaving Saturday morning.It should be a blast. I will take some pictures of the spread to show you my temptations, maybe even get one taken of me in a somewhat awkward and/or embarrassing situation for your viewing pleasures. If I happen to accidentally have a beer.
Wish me luck! the Fake Architect in China Rides Again!
*How's that for a story Tom?*
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Damn! I mean YAY!.... Err, I mean Damn...... I mean Yay! :S
Ok,
Things are going great! I am right on schedule with my August 1st goal and I am losing better than 2 pounds a week. Woohoo!! Life is good. But isn't it funny how life can put an interesting little twist on a good thing?
Now I shouldnt really complain, but I am at the point now where my clothes REALLy are too big and are not flattering at all. My dress pants for work look like clown pants and I could stuff many inflated balloons down the front no problem. So even though my body looks better, these big huge baggy clothes make it look like I havent lost a pound. None of my coworkers has even really noticed yet. When I tell them the numbers they are shocked, but they aren't seeing it themselves. That in itself is not a biggie. I know the weight is gone and I know how great I feel, so thats ok.
However, if you look at my previous post, I am going away this weekend for a photo/TV/Commercial shoot and it is going to be a blast. I thought to myself that last time I went I really didnt have nice clothes, but since then I have had a very nice custom suit made (nothing in my size on the racks in China at that point). I was very happy to go on TV wearing my nice snazzy Li collar suit! Then my mother asked me yesterday if the suit even still fit me...... Oh oh... Hadn't thought of that. Now the suit fits me and my wife together..... And it looks silly on me. But considering I am on a flight to Chongqing in 2 days (and also working those 2 days) I will have no chance of getting it altered in time. So there goes the snazzy suit idea on TV.
Kinda of mixed feelings.... I love the fact I am getting smaller and the clothes are getting looser, but they really are starting to look silly. But being so close to my overall goal, I dont really want to run out and buy a new wardrobe, that in 3 months will be way too big again...... Stuck between a rock and a hard place. My wife is going nuts. She is worried that by wearing the fat clothes I will get discouraged and gain weight again, but I dont want to run out and buy new clothes until I am closer to where I want to be..... She just cant wait to chuck those clothes out forever! She is so proud of me and wants me to be able to show off!
I have promised her now that in 17 pounds, when I get to my first major goal we can go buy a few things. But I am really rethinking my whole goal stratedgy. I may not even need to go much further than my first goal. 240 may look awesome on me already. We shall see soon enough. Thats only 110Kg, and I have seen guys at my build who looked freakin awesome at 110Kg!
As for the TV presentation, well, I guess I will just do it in the fat clothes and be happy that I feel so much better, even if the clothes are less than flattering. I suppose if the worst part of all this is my damaged vanity, I really should just give myself a little smack in the head and say "whatever".
On a very happy note I have already hit my 2 pound loss for this weeks 2 pound challenge, and a couple days early too boot! HaHa Wife!!! I CAN drink a couple beers and still get gorgeous.... The way its going may even be close to 3 pounds again by the end of the week. Maybe all the running is making the difference. Today will be the 6th straight day of running 5km.
Fitday, running, lunch time walking, weight training and taebo...... Could that be the miracle I have been looking for all these years? And why couldnt it come in damn pill form.....
Time will tell.
sirant
Ok,
Things are going great! I am right on schedule with my August 1st goal and I am losing better than 2 pounds a week. Woohoo!! Life is good. But isn't it funny how life can put an interesting little twist on a good thing?
Now I shouldnt really complain, but I am at the point now where my clothes REALLy are too big and are not flattering at all. My dress pants for work look like clown pants and I could stuff many inflated balloons down the front no problem. So even though my body looks better, these big huge baggy clothes make it look like I havent lost a pound. None of my coworkers has even really noticed yet. When I tell them the numbers they are shocked, but they aren't seeing it themselves. That in itself is not a biggie. I know the weight is gone and I know how great I feel, so thats ok.
However, if you look at my previous post, I am going away this weekend for a photo/TV/Commercial shoot and it is going to be a blast. I thought to myself that last time I went I really didnt have nice clothes, but since then I have had a very nice custom suit made (nothing in my size on the racks in China at that point). I was very happy to go on TV wearing my nice snazzy Li collar suit! Then my mother asked me yesterday if the suit even still fit me...... Oh oh... Hadn't thought of that. Now the suit fits me and my wife together..... And it looks silly on me. But considering I am on a flight to Chongqing in 2 days (and also working those 2 days) I will have no chance of getting it altered in time. So there goes the snazzy suit idea on TV.
Kinda of mixed feelings.... I love the fact I am getting smaller and the clothes are getting looser, but they really are starting to look silly. But being so close to my overall goal, I dont really want to run out and buy a new wardrobe, that in 3 months will be way too big again...... Stuck between a rock and a hard place. My wife is going nuts. She is worried that by wearing the fat clothes I will get discouraged and gain weight again, but I dont want to run out and buy new clothes until I am closer to where I want to be..... She just cant wait to chuck those clothes out forever! She is so proud of me and wants me to be able to show off!
I have promised her now that in 17 pounds, when I get to my first major goal we can go buy a few things. But I am really rethinking my whole goal stratedgy. I may not even need to go much further than my first goal. 240 may look awesome on me already. We shall see soon enough. Thats only 110Kg, and I have seen guys at my build who looked freakin awesome at 110Kg!
As for the TV presentation, well, I guess I will just do it in the fat clothes and be happy that I feel so much better, even if the clothes are less than flattering. I suppose if the worst part of all this is my damaged vanity, I really should just give myself a little smack in the head and say "whatever".
On a very happy note I have already hit my 2 pound loss for this weeks 2 pound challenge, and a couple days early too boot! HaHa Wife!!! I CAN drink a couple beers and still get gorgeous....
The way its going may even be close to 3 pounds again by the end of the week. Maybe all the running is making the difference. Today will be the 6th straight day of running 5km.Fitday, running, lunch time walking, weight training and taebo...... Could that be the miracle I have been looking for all these years? And why couldnt it come in damn pill form.....
Time will tell.
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Isn't that a wonderful problem to have, though -- I mean, that your old clothes look way too big on you? I'm on the last hole in my belt. I figure by August I'll have to buy some new ones, along with new pants, which fall right off me without the belt.
I can't believe how much you are losing! 2 pounds a week sounds just incredible to me.
A FitDayWeightTrainingCardioEnergyDeficitGuaranteedWeightLoss Pill -- I would plunk down some serious money for that!
I can't believe how much you are losing! 2 pounds a week sounds just incredible to me.
A FitDayWeightTrainingCardioEnergyDeficitGuaranteedWeightLoss Pill -- I would plunk down some serious money for that!
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Wow!! I just realized! I hit 40 pounds lost TODAY!!!
Wooohooo!!
Seems so much better than 38 or 39....
Seems like we will both be shopping in August Tom!
Its nice to be on the last hole on your belt. My belt is a major accomplishement for me personally. Chinese men seem to favour these weird "clicky" belts as opposed to belts with holes. I started my new job last year on my birthday and my wife bought me one of the "clicky" belts so I would fit in with the other guys..... I was horrified. I knew there was no way in hell that Chinese size belt, even the absolute biggest she could find, would come close to fitting. And man oh man, not even close. Quite an embarrassing moment for the big guy. But here I sit, in my office, not only wearing that same belt, but it sticks out a full 6-7 inches on the other side...
2/3 of the way to my first major goal, and 1/2 way to my final goal (if I decide I even need to go that far *against my doctors advice even*)
I wish I could bottle this recent string of success up and sell it. I would OWN Kevin Trudeau!!!!!
I personally think this is going to be a 3 pounds week. Which is good considering the party to come this saturday....
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Wooohooo!!
Seems so much better than 38 or 39....
Seems like we will both be shopping in August Tom!
Its nice to be on the last hole on your belt. My belt is a major accomplishement for me personally. Chinese men seem to favour these weird "clicky" belts as opposed to belts with holes. I started my new job last year on my birthday and my wife bought me one of the "clicky" belts so I would fit in with the other guys..... I was horrified. I knew there was no way in hell that Chinese size belt, even the absolute biggest she could find, would come close to fitting. And man oh man, not even close. Quite an embarrassing moment for the big guy. But here I sit, in my office, not only wearing that same belt, but it sticks out a full 6-7 inches on the other side...
2/3 of the way to my first major goal, and 1/2 way to my final goal (if I decide I even need to go that far *against my doctors advice even*)
I wish I could bottle this recent string of success up and sell it. I would OWN Kevin Trudeau!!!!!
I personally think this is going to be a 3 pounds week. Which is good considering the party to come this saturday....
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Believe you me, I just might end up with 5000+ in me on Saturday...
If this trip is anything like the last one..... Oy! Luckily this time i have the excuse that I do have to be back home for work by Sunday night.... At least I will only have one day of overwhelming temptation. Chongqing food is soooooooooooooooooooo good!
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If this trip is anything like the last one..... Oy! Luckily this time i have the excuse that I do have to be back home for work by Sunday night.... At least I will only have one day of overwhelming temptation. Chongqing food is soooooooooooooooooooo good!
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sirant
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Major dissapointment - But probably for the best
Well,
The big trip last weekend didnt occur as planned. Sadly the architect who I was going to replace actually showed up and made it back in time for the meeting, so my services were not required. So I didn't go party like a madman in Chongqing. Sorry Tom!! No wild and crazy stories of adventure and excess!! At least not this weekend....
However, upon reflection on the last time I went, I am starting to think I am probably much better off. I forgot one aspect of my last big perty trip which is a biggie. I mentioned Chinese business men attempt to do everything to excess, such as eating and drinking. But there is something else they do which I am not so cool with, calories and weight loss aside. Smoking. Last time I went to Chongqing they gave me dozens of packages of the most expensive cigarettes you can buy in China. Roughly equivelant of paying $75 a pack back home. The older Chinese guys still have some pretty crazy ideas about somethings. For example, if you don't want to drink with them it is not just considered an insult, but it must mean you are suffering from a "sex-disease" and on special medication from the doctor. For eating, the more a man eats the stronger he is, not fatter, stronger. And as far as smoking goes, smoking is only unhealthy for women and leaves men completely unaffected, unless of course they are a "lady-boy". Now, you can say no to cigarettes, but it is a pain as every businessman in the bunch will try offering them to you every second. Last time I would take their fancy expensive gift cartons of cigarettes and carry them around with me. Why you might ask? That way I could always tap my shirt pocket and they would see I had cigarettes and therefore didn't need one of theirs. They would just assume since I had fancy-schmancy smokes I didnt need their cheaper ones. Also I could really impress the crap out of them by handing out the expensive cigarettes to everyone I saw. I way to "save face" in not smoking and to portray myself as a super generous person for giving away such expensive cigarettes. But truth be told, sitting around a table with 15-50 full on, hard core smokers is just as bad, perhaps even worse then smoking myself. There is no avoiding it. Where I live and work now I am surrounded by younger men and women. The younger educated men here are choosing not to smoke and the government of China is encouraging people to never start. I find that a great thing. However, now the shoe is on the other foot. As the culture here westernizes, women are starting to see they are equals to men, and therefore that if smoking is ok for men, it must be ok for them too. In North America it is a widely known fact that female smokers far outweigh male smokers. Now China is going the same way. 4 years ago when I first arrived, a smoking woman was considered a prostitute and/or harlot of the worst degree. They would literally be scorned in public for lighting up. Now I am seeing women smoking everywhere and as young as 13-14 years old. Smoking is quickly becoming the next big female activity of choice. Really too bad. China, in its mad rush to become westernized is picking up all of the West's worst habits and traditions and embracing them. Females smoking and obesity in general are at an all time high, and getting worse all the time. The childhood obesity rate here is growing at 20% per year!!! Shocking...
So yeah, I didnt go to Chongqing for the wild time with the boys, and my lungs are probably breathing a huge sigh of relief over that. The second hand smoke would have killed me worse than the rice wine, beer and food combined. Instead I went to the local sporting arena and all the fitness shops surrounding it. Found some great new toys I have been looking for for a long time. Picked up some nice resistance bands (since my home doesnt really have room for big weight and benches and such) and some proper socks for running. Also bought a new lightweight MP3 player for keeping the beat while cruising along. I did take my first day off running also this weekend. First day off in 8 straight. One of my innitial running goals, which I had hoped to hit by the end of the month has been long surpassed. I ran 40km during last week and felt great. I took my day off, drank some beer, had some yummy food and now am well back on track towards my weekly 2 pound goal. I can almost "feel" a little plateau coming, but I am not stressing it. I will keep going the way I am now and see if the plateau really happens, or if it is just a feeling and nothing more.
Today for the first time I actually packed shorts and a muscle shirt to work with me. I am not sure how that is going to go over though. I do work in a very sophisticated and professional business office, and some of my students feel the boss might be a little pissed off to see a big tattooed white dude walking out of the office everyday after work in shorts and sleevless shirt. Though really I dont think he would mind at all, as he is also trying to lose weight and I am sure he appreciates my efforts. However high profile clients may be more than a bit curious, as there really arent any big white bike couriers here... I am going to talk to him about it, but in the meantime I may just take the stairs down to the 4th floor, change in the bathroom there (instead of in my own office) and go out the door from there. Then I am just some random big white tattooed guy.
In any case, since the weather is getting upwards of 27C degrees with 85+% humidity, these clothes will be sooooooo much better to run in than my dress pants and tie. Hopefully the weather stays cool for a little while longer, otherwise, once it gets into the mid 30's I will have no choice but to look at joining a gym to do my runs, as the heat may well be a little too much. We shall have to see.
sirant
Well,
The big trip last weekend didnt occur as planned. Sadly the architect who I was going to replace actually showed up and made it back in time for the meeting, so my services were not required. So I didn't go party like a madman in Chongqing. Sorry Tom!! No wild and crazy stories of adventure and excess!! At least not this weekend....
However, upon reflection on the last time I went, I am starting to think I am probably much better off. I forgot one aspect of my last big perty trip which is a biggie. I mentioned Chinese business men attempt to do everything to excess, such as eating and drinking. But there is something else they do which I am not so cool with, calories and weight loss aside. Smoking. Last time I went to Chongqing they gave me dozens of packages of the most expensive cigarettes you can buy in China. Roughly equivelant of paying $75 a pack back home. The older Chinese guys still have some pretty crazy ideas about somethings. For example, if you don't want to drink with them it is not just considered an insult, but it must mean you are suffering from a "sex-disease" and on special medication from the doctor. For eating, the more a man eats the stronger he is, not fatter, stronger. And as far as smoking goes, smoking is only unhealthy for women and leaves men completely unaffected, unless of course they are a "lady-boy". Now, you can say no to cigarettes, but it is a pain as every businessman in the bunch will try offering them to you every second. Last time I would take their fancy expensive gift cartons of cigarettes and carry them around with me. Why you might ask? That way I could always tap my shirt pocket and they would see I had cigarettes and therefore didn't need one of theirs. They would just assume since I had fancy-schmancy smokes I didnt need their cheaper ones. Also I could really impress the crap out of them by handing out the expensive cigarettes to everyone I saw. I way to "save face" in not smoking and to portray myself as a super generous person for giving away such expensive cigarettes. But truth be told, sitting around a table with 15-50 full on, hard core smokers is just as bad, perhaps even worse then smoking myself. There is no avoiding it. Where I live and work now I am surrounded by younger men and women. The younger educated men here are choosing not to smoke and the government of China is encouraging people to never start. I find that a great thing. However, now the shoe is on the other foot. As the culture here westernizes, women are starting to see they are equals to men, and therefore that if smoking is ok for men, it must be ok for them too. In North America it is a widely known fact that female smokers far outweigh male smokers. Now China is going the same way. 4 years ago when I first arrived, a smoking woman was considered a prostitute and/or harlot of the worst degree. They would literally be scorned in public for lighting up. Now I am seeing women smoking everywhere and as young as 13-14 years old. Smoking is quickly becoming the next big female activity of choice. Really too bad. China, in its mad rush to become westernized is picking up all of the West's worst habits and traditions and embracing them. Females smoking and obesity in general are at an all time high, and getting worse all the time. The childhood obesity rate here is growing at 20% per year!!! Shocking...
So yeah, I didnt go to Chongqing for the wild time with the boys, and my lungs are probably breathing a huge sigh of relief over that. The second hand smoke would have killed me worse than the rice wine, beer and food combined. Instead I went to the local sporting arena and all the fitness shops surrounding it. Found some great new toys I have been looking for for a long time. Picked up some nice resistance bands (since my home doesnt really have room for big weight and benches and such) and some proper socks for running. Also bought a new lightweight MP3 player for keeping the beat while cruising along. I did take my first day off running also this weekend. First day off in 8 straight. One of my innitial running goals, which I had hoped to hit by the end of the month has been long surpassed. I ran 40km during last week and felt great. I took my day off, drank some beer, had some yummy food and now am well back on track towards my weekly 2 pound goal. I can almost "feel" a little plateau coming, but I am not stressing it. I will keep going the way I am now and see if the plateau really happens, or if it is just a feeling and nothing more.
Today for the first time I actually packed shorts and a muscle shirt to work with me. I am not sure how that is going to go over though. I do work in a very sophisticated and professional business office, and some of my students feel the boss might be a little pissed off to see a big tattooed white dude walking out of the office everyday after work in shorts and sleevless shirt. Though really I dont think he would mind at all, as he is also trying to lose weight and I am sure he appreciates my efforts. However high profile clients may be more than a bit curious, as there really arent any big white bike couriers here... I am going to talk to him about it, but in the meantime I may just take the stairs down to the 4th floor, change in the bathroom there (instead of in my own office) and go out the door from there. Then I am just some random big white tattooed guy.
In any case, since the weather is getting upwards of 27C degrees with 85+% humidity, these clothes will be sooooooo much better to run in than my dress pants and tie. Hopefully the weather stays cool for a little while longer, otherwise, once it gets into the mid 30's I will have no choice but to look at joining a gym to do my runs, as the heat may well be a little too much. We shall have to see.
sirant
TomO
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Shoot -- I was really looking forward to some extraordinary tales from you! But I completely understand about the smoking. I could not hack that. And the smell on your clothes -- YUCK!
By the way, I've put together a little index of "Words of Wisdom" -- links to some of the best posts I've found here at WLF. It's just in its initial stages now, and I'll add to it as time permits, but you may find it useful:
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/topic/11337-words-wisdom.html#post236986
By the way, I've put together a little index of "Words of Wisdom" -- links to some of the best posts I've found here at WLF. It's just in its initial stages now, and I'll add to it as time permits, but you may find it useful:
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/topic/11337-words-wisdom.html#post236986
sirant
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Great Idea Tom!
In fact I already found it. I always look for your posts so there is little you do that escapes my attention. Muahhh Ha Ha HA!!!
Very helpful though, I have already pointed several people to it.
sirant
In fact I already found it. I always look for your posts so there is little you do that escapes my attention. Muahhh Ha Ha HA!!!
Very helpful though, I have already pointed several people to it.
sirant
sirant
New member
I am loving this day off thing.....
Seriously.
I would have never considered it before, being a slap in the face to my "diets" of the past. But now it is not only a welcome break each week to not have to worry about the calories, but to be able to have a few beers and eat in a nice restaurants without gaining weight is fantastic! So far this week, beers and yummy stir fried spicy food included, I have been able to fulfill my goal of 2 pounds a week. I sit now at 256, 1 pound away from this weeks goal and I know I will hit it tomorrow. In fact, based on Fitday's weight loss graph I am still more than on track with hitting my ultimate goal weight by my birthday, being Augist 1st. The weight on my ticker is not my ultimate goal weight by the way, thats just when I go buy a few new clothes. Fitday says if I lose 2.3 pounds per week I will hit the ultimate goal by then, but only 1.7 pounds per week to the goal I am beginning to suspect will be enough. Especially since in March and April I have been averaging 3 pounds a week!
Go figure, 3 pounds a week going away, but I still drink beers and eat yummy things, including birthday cakes, ice cream and such.
I was digging through my old pics last night. Since I have already hit my first goal of getting back to my wrestling weight, I thought I would have a look at myself back then. Wow. What a difference! Even though I am at the same weight, the body looks soooooooo much different!!! My weight was completely centered around my waist! Upper body size was minimal. Now however it is a different story. My arms, shoulders and chest are much more defined and have much better shape to them, also my belly is substantially smaller. The biggest change though has been my face. Amazing how round and pudgy it used to be. I am building a collage of my weight loss journey since coming to China. I can't wait till this summer to have a real "after" picture to add to it. It's going to be HOT!!!! Wooooooo! Sorry ladies! I am taken!
I was saying to a friend of mine on MSN last night how I have made some fundamental changes in my life and attitudes that have really made the difference. We were talking first about running. My whole running journey is such a big deal to me. For most of my life I argued that fat people like myself are never meant to run, and even if I were completely skinny, it would still be a bad idea. I truly and seriously believed that. But walking was ok, so I started with that. From 15 minutes, 3X a week, to 5-10km everyday. And in that period I learned about what pain really was. I never knew what shin splints were till I read this site, and now I know what I was feeling sometimes on those walks. My lower back was also perpetually on fire and in constant agony, requiring medicinal oils and lots of soaking. Sore toes, ankles and feet that made me feel like I was doing something wrong. But I was determined. I kept going and eventually the shin splints stopped, the ankles and toes felt better and even after walking 10Km I didnt even get a twinge in my back..... Then I thought I would try, against my own advice, runnning. Same type of thing with the pains and suffering. I have been running everyday for the past 2 weeks with only one day off. I now run 6km home from work everyday and go for a run in the park on weekends with my wife. And it was the same story. Sore ankles, quads, calves, feet, back, you name it. Yesterday was the first day however, my legs felt fine. No different than after any steady state cardio type exercise. No need for soaking or oils, they felt normal. Wow. What a revelation for me! An epiphany perhaps.
Basically whats has happened with running, weight training and even just walking is I have found that "happy place" I never let myself get to before. These changes I am making are HUGE, life altering things that will improve my quality of life in the long run. But why did I wait till almost 38 to do it?
Simple..... It hurts, it aches, it pinches, it rubs, it twists and sprains and it really REALLY isnt easy. Maybe thats why I waited for the "magic pill" all my life, because I was always stopped dead in my tracks by the discomfort required to really make this happen for real. I remember vividly how many times I would start a program, then assuming the worst, the pains would come and I would quit, thinking it either was wrong or not worth it. How wrong I had been. Had I just stuck it out, sucked it up and pushed past the aches and pains, I would have been where I am now 2 decades ago. But I gave into the pain instead of pushing past it. It is hard, and it sucks big time, but the rewards I am already reaping far outweigh any pain or suffering I have endured to get here.
So how did I finally come to this epiphany? This revelation? Well, this group of course has helped me more than I can ever properly thank you all for. And even though I am not at my goal yet, it is so close, I am so focused and sooo positive, its no longer a matter of "if" I hit my goal, now it is simply a matter of "when". And the "when" part is not far off at all.
But the biggest thing that changed my outlook, and I am being dead serious, is the Biggest Loser tv show. I know there are mixed feelings about this show. Some love it, some hate it. It is unrealistic for average people to have such incredible and fast success, and mine does not match the contestants at all. But it does give some incredible lessons. One thing every successful contestant says is that with the hard core training regime and serious in-your-face trainers, they had no choice but to work through the pain. If any of you has seen the show you will know what I mean. The contestants can be down on the floor, crying and screaming that they cant move, are too sore or the like, and they are pushed right back into it again. Now of course we are not talking physical injuries here, more mental collapse at the first signs of discomfort. Thats EXACTLY where I used to be, ready to give up at the drop of a hat. But every one of them learned that they had to push past that physical discomfort, and it would get better. And they did so well!
Last years biggest loser Asutralia winner also really motivated me. He did incredible work outside the show and came back to win it. When he was interviewed afterwards he was asked the secret to his success, he said running. He ran everyday, even though, like most of us have experienced, it REALLY sucked at first. But he pushed past it and the weight melted off... So here I am running daily like Adro, and the weight is melting off..... Go figure. I wish someone was going to give me $200,000 for this revelation, but I will be content to just look gorgeous. However, gorgeous or not, if anyone wants to give me heaps of cash feel free, as I desperately need new clothes!!!
All my life I was taught to "take it easy" "slowly and surely" "back down at the first sign of discomfort" and most importantly "accept that you are fat and unhealthy as long as you are a good person". Shocking! If being a "good person" meant dying prematurely and living a sad lonely life, I would rather be an asshole from hell, thanks anyways! I was given the recipe for failure from day one. My generation it seems was all about acceptance of our shortcomings instead of action against them. I feel ripped off and am genuinely angry about being told it was ok to be morbidly obese as long as I was a nice guy. It was not ok and I have suffered because of it. Had I only forced myself to endure that period of discomfort instead of turning to the easier "acceptance" path I might not be here on the forum today and might have had a dramatically different life.
But good or bad, here I am. Its never too late to start over, which is what I have done. I look in the mirror now and see a proud, happy and strong man. I used to only see a sad fat bastard staring back who had deep rooted fears that I would never succeed, only leave a legacy of failure. Thank god I gave myself a much needed piledriver of common sense. Not only are my goals within my reach, but I am starting to truly see the handsome and athletic man who has been hiding inside me my whole life. I have always been a very charming fellow, mostly to compensate for my weight, but damn.... Once I get the body to match I am going to be a show stopper and heart breaker.
Kudos to my wife. She chased me down when I was a big fat guy, since she saw the man inside. Luckily I wasn't running very fast back then so I was easy to catch.. She even went so far as to marry me. I explained to her how typically in western culture, getting married means "Phew, no more exercise, I got me one!" I know too many people that let themselves go because they legally have a spouse so no longer need to maintain themselves. But she is getting a younger and stronger and fitter man by the day. And she is such a good woman I am thrilled to be able to be all that for her.
Being the best daddy and husband possible has done for me what just "doing it for myself" or "accepting myself as I am" never did. It taught me sometimes life hurts, but truly what hurts us makes us stronger.
My magic formula is working and if it continues to work so well I will write out a detailed account of it in case anyone else wants to try. 256lbs...... 41 pounds ago this was a dream..... Now it is a dream come true. If I am this pumped and excited about 256lbs, I can't imagine how insanely happy and excited I am going to be at 220-230lbs. I fear my head will swell so big it will explode all over China. But even if that happens I can rest easy knowing it is going to be a damn good looking corpse....
sirant
Seriously.
I would have never considered it before, being a slap in the face to my "diets" of the past. But now it is not only a welcome break each week to not have to worry about the calories, but to be able to have a few beers and eat in a nice restaurants without gaining weight is fantastic! So far this week, beers and yummy stir fried spicy food included, I have been able to fulfill my goal of 2 pounds a week. I sit now at 256, 1 pound away from this weeks goal and I know I will hit it tomorrow. In fact, based on Fitday's weight loss graph I am still more than on track with hitting my ultimate goal weight by my birthday, being Augist 1st. The weight on my ticker is not my ultimate goal weight by the way, thats just when I go buy a few new clothes. Fitday says if I lose 2.3 pounds per week I will hit the ultimate goal by then, but only 1.7 pounds per week to the goal I am beginning to suspect will be enough. Especially since in March and April I have been averaging 3 pounds a week!
Go figure, 3 pounds a week going away, but I still drink beers and eat yummy things, including birthday cakes, ice cream and such.
I was digging through my old pics last night. Since I have already hit my first goal of getting back to my wrestling weight, I thought I would have a look at myself back then. Wow. What a difference! Even though I am at the same weight, the body looks soooooooo much different!!! My weight was completely centered around my waist! Upper body size was minimal. Now however it is a different story. My arms, shoulders and chest are much more defined and have much better shape to them, also my belly is substantially smaller. The biggest change though has been my face. Amazing how round and pudgy it used to be. I am building a collage of my weight loss journey since coming to China. I can't wait till this summer to have a real "after" picture to add to it. It's going to be HOT!!!! Wooooooo!
Sorry ladies! I am taken!I was saying to a friend of mine on MSN last night how I have made some fundamental changes in my life and attitudes that have really made the difference. We were talking first about running. My whole running journey is such a big deal to me. For most of my life I argued that fat people like myself are never meant to run, and even if I were completely skinny, it would still be a bad idea. I truly and seriously believed that. But walking was ok, so I started with that. From 15 minutes, 3X a week, to 5-10km everyday. And in that period I learned about what pain really was. I never knew what shin splints were till I read this site, and now I know what I was feeling sometimes on those walks. My lower back was also perpetually on fire and in constant agony, requiring medicinal oils and lots of soaking. Sore toes, ankles and feet that made me feel like I was doing something wrong. But I was determined. I kept going and eventually the shin splints stopped, the ankles and toes felt better and even after walking 10Km I didnt even get a twinge in my back..... Then I thought I would try, against my own advice, runnning. Same type of thing with the pains and suffering. I have been running everyday for the past 2 weeks with only one day off. I now run 6km home from work everyday and go for a run in the park on weekends with my wife. And it was the same story. Sore ankles, quads, calves, feet, back, you name it. Yesterday was the first day however, my legs felt fine. No different than after any steady state cardio type exercise. No need for soaking or oils, they felt normal. Wow. What a revelation for me! An epiphany perhaps.
Basically whats has happened with running, weight training and even just walking is I have found that "happy place" I never let myself get to before. These changes I am making are HUGE, life altering things that will improve my quality of life in the long run. But why did I wait till almost 38 to do it?
Simple..... It hurts, it aches, it pinches, it rubs, it twists and sprains and it really REALLY isnt easy. Maybe thats why I waited for the "magic pill" all my life, because I was always stopped dead in my tracks by the discomfort required to really make this happen for real. I remember vividly how many times I would start a program, then assuming the worst, the pains would come and I would quit, thinking it either was wrong or not worth it. How wrong I had been. Had I just stuck it out, sucked it up and pushed past the aches and pains, I would have been where I am now 2 decades ago. But I gave into the pain instead of pushing past it. It is hard, and it sucks big time, but the rewards I am already reaping far outweigh any pain or suffering I have endured to get here.
So how did I finally come to this epiphany? This revelation? Well, this group of course has helped me more than I can ever properly thank you all for. And even though I am not at my goal yet, it is so close, I am so focused and sooo positive, its no longer a matter of "if" I hit my goal, now it is simply a matter of "when". And the "when" part is not far off at all.
But the biggest thing that changed my outlook, and I am being dead serious, is the Biggest Loser tv show. I know there are mixed feelings about this show. Some love it, some hate it. It is unrealistic for average people to have such incredible and fast success, and mine does not match the contestants at all. But it does give some incredible lessons. One thing every successful contestant says is that with the hard core training regime and serious in-your-face trainers, they had no choice but to work through the pain. If any of you has seen the show you will know what I mean. The contestants can be down on the floor, crying and screaming that they cant move, are too sore or the like, and they are pushed right back into it again. Now of course we are not talking physical injuries here, more mental collapse at the first signs of discomfort. Thats EXACTLY where I used to be, ready to give up at the drop of a hat. But every one of them learned that they had to push past that physical discomfort, and it would get better. And they did so well!
Last years biggest loser Asutralia winner also really motivated me. He did incredible work outside the show and came back to win it. When he was interviewed afterwards he was asked the secret to his success, he said running. He ran everyday, even though, like most of us have experienced, it REALLY sucked at first. But he pushed past it and the weight melted off... So here I am running daily like Adro, and the weight is melting off..... Go figure. I wish someone was going to give me $200,000 for this revelation, but I will be content to just look gorgeous. However, gorgeous or not, if anyone wants to give me heaps of cash feel free, as I desperately need new clothes!!!
All my life I was taught to "take it easy" "slowly and surely" "back down at the first sign of discomfort" and most importantly "accept that you are fat and unhealthy as long as you are a good person". Shocking! If being a "good person" meant dying prematurely and living a sad lonely life, I would rather be an asshole from hell, thanks anyways! I was given the recipe for failure from day one. My generation it seems was all about acceptance of our shortcomings instead of action against them. I feel ripped off and am genuinely angry about being told it was ok to be morbidly obese as long as I was a nice guy. It was not ok and I have suffered because of it. Had I only forced myself to endure that period of discomfort instead of turning to the easier "acceptance" path I might not be here on the forum today and might have had a dramatically different life.
But good or bad, here I am. Its never too late to start over, which is what I have done. I look in the mirror now and see a proud, happy and strong man. I used to only see a sad fat bastard staring back who had deep rooted fears that I would never succeed, only leave a legacy of failure. Thank god I gave myself a much needed piledriver of common sense. Not only are my goals within my reach, but I am starting to truly see the handsome and athletic man who has been hiding inside me my whole life. I have always been a very charming fellow, mostly to compensate for my weight, but damn.... Once I get the body to match I am going to be a show stopper and heart breaker.
Kudos to my wife. She chased me down when I was a big fat guy, since she saw the man inside. Luckily I wasn't running very fast back then so I was easy to catch..
She even went so far as to marry me. I explained to her how typically in western culture, getting married means "Phew, no more exercise, I got me one!" I know too many people that let themselves go because they legally have a spouse so no longer need to maintain themselves. But she is getting a younger and stronger and fitter man by the day. And she is such a good woman I am thrilled to be able to be all that for her. Being the best daddy and husband possible has done for me what just "doing it for myself" or "accepting myself as I am" never did. It taught me sometimes life hurts, but truly what hurts us makes us stronger.
My magic formula is working and if it continues to work so well I will write out a detailed account of it in case anyone else wants to try. 256lbs...... 41 pounds ago this was a dream..... Now it is a dream come true. If I am this pumped and excited about 256lbs, I can't imagine how insanely happy and excited I am going to be at 220-230lbs. I fear my head will swell so big it will explode all over China. But even if that happens I can rest easy knowing it is going to be a damn good looking corpse....
sirant
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sirant
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Thanks Tom!! Once again!
Sometimes I wonder if anyone reads my diary other than you, but it really doesn't matter. Even though our ages are different, I see you as being more like myself than anyone else I know. I feel when I express myself that you truly do have an understanding of where I am at and where I am going. And believe me buddy, it helps. You are always here with a kind word, a bit of helpful advice and support I just dont get anywhere else. Even though we are a world apart, I feel like you are my awesome older brother, and I appreciate it.
I am not sure why, but deep down inside me I have had a very strange feeling, most of my life. I was a poor kid in a poor family and I had to fight for everything I have ever had. The past few years of my life have been the best ever. Oddly enough, even as a young child, I knew the first part of my life would suck, but also that at some point, it would turn around and get better. And also odd, this feeling was tied into my weight. I just knew deep inside that when I conquered this weight loss battle, everything in my life would turn around and I would have a windfall of good fortune and success. So far all my other predictions have come true, so lets hope that one does too. Not sure why, but I have an unshakable feeling that fame and fortune are right around the corner, once I prove myself by succeeding in this struggle once and for all.
And when that happens I plan to do 2 things. I am going to dedicate my life to helping other people achieve their fitness goals in anyway I can. I am tempted even now to hold a personal biggest loser contest myself, offering $500 or whatever I can afford, just to help motivate others to do for themselves what I am learning for myself now. If I were a millionaire thats exactly what I would do. I waited all my life for the biggest loser to help me get going, I would gladly use all my money to do the same thing, but more than just once per year, to help others. The second thing I would do Tom is get yer butt on a plane out to China so I could take you to the sauna and show you the greatest time ever! Bar-none you are my biggest supporter here and words simpy can't express how important that has been to me, and will continue to be to me. Hopefully together, using words as our weapons we are not only winning the weight loss battles in our own lives, and each others, but quite possibly many others out there as well. Your dedication and devotion to your cause is inspiring to say the least and to get such wonderful praise so often from you makes a big difference.
Thanks buddy, I will see you at the sauna soon enough.....
sirant
Sometimes I wonder if anyone reads my diary other than you, but it really doesn't matter. Even though our ages are different, I see you as being more like myself than anyone else I know. I feel when I express myself that you truly do have an understanding of where I am at and where I am going. And believe me buddy, it helps. You are always here with a kind word, a bit of helpful advice and support I just dont get anywhere else. Even though we are a world apart, I feel like you are my awesome older brother, and I appreciate it.
I am not sure why, but deep down inside me I have had a very strange feeling, most of my life. I was a poor kid in a poor family and I had to fight for everything I have ever had. The past few years of my life have been the best ever. Oddly enough, even as a young child, I knew the first part of my life would suck, but also that at some point, it would turn around and get better. And also odd, this feeling was tied into my weight. I just knew deep inside that when I conquered this weight loss battle, everything in my life would turn around and I would have a windfall of good fortune and success. So far all my other predictions have come true, so lets hope that one does too. Not sure why, but I have an unshakable feeling that fame and fortune are right around the corner, once I prove myself by succeeding in this struggle once and for all.
And when that happens I plan to do 2 things. I am going to dedicate my life to helping other people achieve their fitness goals in anyway I can. I am tempted even now to hold a personal biggest loser contest myself, offering $500 or whatever I can afford, just to help motivate others to do for themselves what I am learning for myself now. If I were a millionaire thats exactly what I would do. I waited all my life for the biggest loser to help me get going, I would gladly use all my money to do the same thing, but more than just once per year, to help others. The second thing I would do Tom is get yer butt on a plane out to China so I could take you to the sauna and show you the greatest time ever! Bar-none you are my biggest supporter here and words simpy can't express how important that has been to me, and will continue to be to me. Hopefully together, using words as our weapons we are not only winning the weight loss battles in our own lives, and each others, but quite possibly many others out there as well. Your dedication and devotion to your cause is inspiring to say the least and to get such wonderful praise so often from you makes a big difference.
Thanks buddy, I will see you at the sauna soon enough.....
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Sirant, you really touch me with those kind words. I think you're gonna make it too, buddy -- no question about it. For both of us, weight is like a big coat we've been wearing that's hidden us from all but those who know us well enough to love us - our wives, our kids, some close friends.
I'll see you in that sauna one day, my friend.
I'll see you in that sauna one day, my friend.
sirant
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Haha! In yer face wifey-poo!!! 255!!!!!
So much for her almost dropping dead on Monday when I hopped on the scale after a weekend of beers and stirfry....
My weight went from 257 on Friday to 261 on Monday.... Oh No!!!!! NOT!!
I knew it would. And I also laughed at my panicking wife and told her to not worry. I promised that by thursday I would be 255. And here I am, first time in many MANY MANY years and I am at 255 pounds!!! My little action plan is working! I am running 6 days a week for 5+km, doing tae bo 2X a week, body weight, dumbell and resistance band workouts 2X a week and yoga/core exercises 3X a week...... No gym anymore. Add to that eating 2000 - 2200 calories a day during the week then drinking beer and eating "fun food" on saturdays, and I have found my current "secret to success"!
Damn it!!! I just told you all, now I wont be able to make a fortune selling the ebook!!! I hope you all understand I will now have to make you all "dissapear" to preserve the secret! Please send me your current home addresses and personal information so I can track you all down and continue with my evil plan!! Muuhaaaahaaaaahaaaaa!!!
Actually, that could get expensive..... How about I just leave it up to you all to "take yourselves out" and then I can just stay here and continue losing weight while my secret is preserved? Thanks, I knew you would be willing to help.
Boy I felt good this morning. 255. 15 pounds from my first goal and shopping for new clothes. The way it has been going I figure 240 is only 6 weeks away.
Last time I lost 20 pounds I crashed headlong into a plateau which lasted over a month. This time the plateau has not raised its ugly head and I think I am not going to see it at all! I am so positive and energetic these days I cant imagine things slowing down! I even made room in my calories last night to not only go and sit in the luxury of the sauna, but I had a 650ml bottle of ice cold and deeeelicious beer sitting in the hot tub while watching wrestlemania on hong kong satellite TV...... And I am still down weight today (once again *insert rasberry here* wifey!)
I just tease her, she is a skinny little thing who was a little heavy in university who got that way from overdosing on snacks and junk food. She stopped the snacking and junk food all together and never went back, so she figures that is the only way. 100% deprivation. Ah well, I am living proof that a healthy life doesnt have to be about deprivation, instead moderation and control can be just as effective, if not more so.
Anyhow, I am on cloud 9 (no longer spilling over on to clouds 8 and 10).
Its working, its really truly working, for the first time in my life. I wish I could bottle this feeling and sell it on the blackmarket. Must be better than heroin, and it would make the junkies using it all want to get up and run around the block 10 times.... Couldn't throw me in prison for that could they???
sirant
So much for her almost dropping dead on Monday when I hopped on the scale after a weekend of beers and stirfry....
My weight went from 257 on Friday to 261 on Monday.... Oh No!!!!! NOT!!
I knew it would. And I also laughed at my panicking wife and told her to not worry. I promised that by thursday I would be 255. And here I am, first time in many MANY MANY years and I am at 255 pounds!!! My little action plan is working! I am running 6 days a week for 5+km, doing tae bo 2X a week, body weight, dumbell and resistance band workouts 2X a week and yoga/core exercises 3X a week...... No gym anymore. Add to that eating 2000 - 2200 calories a day during the week then drinking beer and eating "fun food" on saturdays, and I have found my current "secret to success"!
Damn it!!! I just told you all, now I wont be able to make a fortune selling the ebook!!! I hope you all understand I will now have to make you all "dissapear" to preserve the secret! Please send me your current home addresses and personal information so I can track you all down and continue with my evil plan!! Muuhaaaahaaaaahaaaaa!!!
Actually, that could get expensive..... How about I just leave it up to you all to "take yourselves out" and then I can just stay here and continue losing weight while my secret is preserved? Thanks, I knew you would be willing to help.
Boy I felt good this morning. 255. 15 pounds from my first goal and shopping for new clothes. The way it has been going I figure 240 is only 6 weeks away.
Last time I lost 20 pounds I crashed headlong into a plateau which lasted over a month. This time the plateau has not raised its ugly head and I think I am not going to see it at all! I am so positive and energetic these days I cant imagine things slowing down! I even made room in my calories last night to not only go and sit in the luxury of the sauna, but I had a 650ml bottle of ice cold and deeeelicious beer sitting in the hot tub while watching wrestlemania on hong kong satellite TV...... And I am still down weight today (once again *insert rasberry here* wifey!)
I just tease her, she is a skinny little thing who was a little heavy in university who got that way from overdosing on snacks and junk food. She stopped the snacking and junk food all together and never went back, so she figures that is the only way. 100% deprivation. Ah well, I am living proof that a healthy life doesnt have to be about deprivation, instead moderation and control can be just as effective, if not more so.
Anyhow, I am on cloud 9 (no longer spilling over on to clouds 8 and 10
).Its working, its really truly working, for the first time in my life. I wish I could bottle this feeling and sell it on the blackmarket. Must be better than heroin, and it would make the junkies using it all want to get up and run around the block 10 times.... Couldn't throw me in prison for that could they???
sirant
sirant
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Booo Ya!!!
I am in for the book, the millions and even Oprah!!! I can out crazy Tom Cruise any day of the week! Look out Oprah, here I come!!!!
sirant
I am in for the book, the millions and even Oprah!!! I can out crazy Tom Cruise any day of the week! Look out Oprah, here I come!!!!
sirant