Hello boys and girls,

I guess its about time i start my own journal here to keep up with my progress. Let me tell you a little bout myself. When I was way younger in school, I was very active in sports. Represented my school in soccer for under 12 under 15 and under 18. Badminton for under 12 and under 15. I wasn't that thin back then, but i would consider myself fairly fit for someone at my age back then.

Then came counter-strike, got hooked on to it and stopped playing any form of outdoor sports anymore. This dragged on to WOW and i was my heaviest at 106kg after 2 years of WoW. Went abroad to continue my studies (quit all forms of online gaming) and weight dropped to 85kg due to food control and lots of daily walking to and from uni.

Started work in mid 2008 and stopped controlling my food intake, just whacking everything in sight. Heavy breakfast, heavy lunch, heavy dinner, heavy supper. You name it i've done it ! Weight spiked up to 97kg!

Started to get breathing difficulties early this month and I knew something was wrong with me. Saw the doctor and he told me I should really change my lifestyle.

And here I am. Read through multiple threads on this forum and various other forums and basically have come up with what I should do.

Some of the things i have changed.

Totally cut down on rice and white bread. Only have wholemeal once in awhile. Probably 6 slices a week at most?
Broken down my meals to 6. some rough guide to my meal selection will be.

Diet

9am - Capati 2/3 eggs,

11 am - some fruits. mainly either pear, apple or handful of grapes sometimes

1-2pm - chicken breast / grill fish coupled with 2 egg whites and some vegetable (I work next to an indian restaurant) Always i try to pick their "green vegetables" that arent drenched with oil ie. spinach, banana leaves, okra and some other stuff.

4pm - more fruits

7pm - dinner is very light. would either grill my own chicken breast with some vege or some stimmed fish, when eating out i try and find something similar

10pm -11 pm (supper) - some IKO multigrain biscuits.


Ive never had a sweet tooth, so the only fluid that goes into my body is water. Don't really eat cake/sweets.

Supplements

Decided not to rely on any form of fat burners. Determined to do this the natural way. Only 2 supplements that i'm taking daily are 3mg of fish oil and some multivitamins.

Workout

I try to do cardio at least 5 times a week. Sometimes twice daily. Mixture of jogging and running for 6 km. Usually covered in 45-50 minutes. I try to mix in some HIIT in between my sessions. Still some pain on my legs (ankle, knee, front shin) but i know this pain will eventually subside. I try not to push myself too hard when the pain becomes unbearable so I would just sit and wait till the pain subsides. I cant run for too long periods of time. Probably about 200 meters of sprinting and slow jog before i run short of breath and walk for the next 30 seconds and i repeat this routine for entire duration.Lack of breath probably due to one of my activities listed below.

Planning to start weights after i've hit 85 and built up some stamina.


Vices
I still do drink some beer, but nothing compared to before. Once or twice a week maybe about 3 pints a night, i try to drink slowly haha. If its whisky, i try to mix mine with water instead of coke/green tea. (I can't drop this, still need to go out and socialize once in a while). I still smoke as well (will quit soon). Trying very hard but its not something i can just kick overnight something that i've been doing for the past 10 years.

Progress

Starting weight was
98.4 on 08/12/2010
96.9 on 14/12/2010
95.5 on 21/12/2010
97.2 on 10/1/2011
94.2 on 22/2/2012

My goal would be to hit 75 by July as im planning a trip somewhere special, and going further down to a healthy level back to my TEENAGE DAYS!

Have some photos taken when i started my routine and will take photos every month to look at my own progress, but won't be posting up any atm


Any tips guys/girls? Will keep updating on a weekly basis

This post has been edited by Kalimuthu: Feb 25 2012, 10:42 AM

Well, just wanna say keep up at it.

all da best in cutting off the pounds...

your efforts will definitely yield results. keep at it and dont give up.

all the best bro !! i want start a mission like u dy

thanks for the encouragement boys.. but December has been absolutely sinful .. god damn celebrations!

time to get back to the routine this week! gained 2 kilos in the last 2 weeks of december.. damnit damnit damnit!

why only start after hit 85kg?
why not start now.
Building lean muscle is the secret to long last weight loss and transform your body into a fat burning factory.
also you can take advantage of your bulky body now to lift heavy weight.

good luck bro