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Ups and downs

24 Jul

Today is not the best when it comes to work, regardless of the fact tomorrow is the weekend I am still not so very excited due to a bad day at work.. ah well.

Last night was good though, I did my 45 mins cardio and managed to fit in a nice 30 mins weight workout for Biceps, Triceps and Forearms. Now nothing beats feeling stiff and tired after a good weight training, can’t wait for my new dumbbell set + stand to arrive on Saturday..

Today I’ll put in more effort into chest training as I find myself lacking in that area.. I really need a Home Gym equipment.

Before I conclude this post, I would like to explain a bit about the Morale value at the end of each daily post, its a numbering system that I came up with to rate my motivation and mental focus towards achieving my goal, it also indicate how happy am I with the achievements I am getting and results I am seeing. It is on a scale of 10, 10 being the highest and 0 being the rock bottom.

Explanation:

10 – Highest Morale
“I feel great and nothing in this whole world can stop me!”
9 – High Morale
“I am doing wonderful and every workout really pays off!”
8 – High Morale
“I feel very motivated and I love the progress I am making!”
7 – Moderate Morale
“Progress is good and I am moving steadily towards my goal”
6 – Moderate Morale
“I feel that I am doing the right thing.. good things will come…”
5 – Moderate Morale
“I will continue my effort as the alternative is far much worse”
4 – Low Morale
“I had a bad day but tomorrow have to be better..”
3 – Low Morale
“I could not have made it through this day if it wasn’t for sheer willpower”
2 – Very Low Morale
“Is it really worth it..? I try and I try and nothing is working!”
1 - Very Low Morale
“I think I’ve mastered the art of failure”
0 – Crushed Morale
“The weight of the world have truly crushed my spirit“

 
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Watching grass grow..

23 Jul

I have made a promise to myself -first and foremost- and to others that by 17th of Jan 2009 I will reach my Phase (I) goal of 63 kg and 8% body fat. While achieving such goal may not be easy it is not impossible and that is enough to keep me going, but sometimes its frustrating being unable to see big changes, watching your own body transform is nothing short of watching grass grow or watching the big arm of a wall clock its boring at times and frustrating at others!

The reason for this frustration is when compared my 5 weeks photos I can barely see any changes! I know I can feel the changes in terms of chest muscles tightening up and love handles dissolving and such but beside that…. nada!

I – however- will stick to my training and meal plans as regardless of how slow the progress is, I can still see it and will never give up.

 
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The begining

23 Jul

Let me first introduce myself to those who do not know me:

My name is Ali, I’m a 28 years old man who woke up one day looked in the mirror and wondered “what went wrong?”
My story is not one-of-a-kind, many people have been where I was and many managed to move forward, I will do the same one day.

I have been -and for about 6 years- (between 1998-2004 college years) very careless about what I eat and how much exercise I get, I’ve seen more and more fat accumulating in my body but barely cared to take action to put a stop to it. It was about 3 years ago when I first realized how bad of a shape I am in, that was when I looked at my graduation pictures and saw what I ended up as.

It is at that time that marked the real beginning of this journey, I started dieting foolishly, I starved myself at times and ate nothing but plain salads at another, I dropped from 104 kg to 90 kg and maintained that weight for a good while, I managed to drop my weight to 82 kg before the 13 June 2006, I remained at that weight but went up to 88 kg by 21st of Feb, 2008. That date marked my second and more educated journey; This journey.

I have managed through good/healthy dieting to drop to 76 kg by 17 of July, and on 23rd July I’ve decided to start this blog.

I am educating myself on proper nutrition, proper exercising and I am adopting healthy habits that will support my new healthy approach to changing my body composition.

I have hesitated before deciding to publish such blog, mainly because of the nature of the Internet where people (ab)use the power of “anonymous posting” to leave hateful, discouraging or even sometimes plainly tasteless comments with no apparent reason but I then realized that those who do so are their own worst enemies.

This blog was started not to brag or whine or make this look like an epic struggle, its merely a journal, a diary, a log book -mind you- to keep me motivated and make my challenge bigger by announcing it, what I hope to achieve is well within my abilities and I know I can reach it eventually, I just want this to be a motivation for myself and all who wishes to follow my journey and maybe even advise or leave a comment that may affect or inspire me along the way.

 
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