My Transformation
I posted this originally on my BodyBlog. I’m re-posting it here.
So, this is BodyBlog. I couldn’t believe I’m actually doing this. Ok. Fine. I’m doing this. Yeah, I got curious and I’m trying this just because it’s here. I have my multiply to blog, not to mention blogger and wordpress, so why am I here? Well, again, because it’s available to me, so why not use it.
So, it’s a monday today here in the Philippines. The storm Ondoy (whatever it’s name is) left a whole lot of mess in the region, but I won’t talk about that here. It’s depressing. Anyways, since I’m here at home, I might as well do my workout. One which I “devised” for myself. Better have a plan than not having one, right?
My current weight is 148.8 pounds. I still check my weight every morning even though I don’t blog/tweet/plurk/facebook my status about it (I used to do it every day!) I keep it recorded (in paper) on my “workout sheet” whenever I do my workout. I finally decided to do my workouts every other day. I thought (besides, it IS a FACT) that the “rest” day is important. So why push myself to do more workouts the next day if I won’t gain anything from it.
So I gained. I gained a lot. The lightest weight I had achieved was a little under 146 pounds. It was something like 145.6 pounds I think. I knew I gained a lot because I check my weight after I eat. Sometimes I see my weight shoot up to 150 pounds and something. Man, what have I been doing?! Then I realized that I have been drinking a lot of water lately. I guess that contributed to the weight gain. I drink at least 3 glasses of water on every meal. So, that’s around 9 glasses of water a day. Not to mention some a liter or two of more water I take in between meals. For some weird reason, I’ve been enjoying drinking water (or juice) often. Of course, I also pee often. That’s the “bad” side of it. It’s like every 30 minutes I go and pee.
Anyways, my blog is not about me peeing. It’s more about my “routine”.
I’ve been changing my routine after a couple of weeks. I should be doing that every 3rd week, as what is usually done by practice. Well, I change it whenever I feel like I’m not benefiting from my current routine. Besides, the term plateauing isn’t entirely new in the world of body building. I lift heavier weights now, but keeping the reps low for a while. I don’t want to “force” any gains too soon. I believe I still need to strengthen my core and I don’t think I’ve attained that yet.
I’ve received a lot of responses and reactions about my “transformation” lately. Some good, some bad. I appreciate the critique. I just don’t like the insults or malicious taunts. What’s worst was that some of my old friends just blurt out really nasty jokes about me. I really felt that it was insensitive. Being fat/unfit, having a bad health condition and possibly more future problems with my health weren’t a joke. The transformation that happened during the course of changing my life from being unfit and unhealthy to a fit and healthy lifestyle is not a joke. I am proud of what I have achieved. I dare anyone to taunt or joke about that.
Wow. What started as a blog about my workout morphed into this. Ha-ha-ha! I’ll re-post this in my multiply! 
