It's been quite a while since I posted anything here.

Darn, been to busy with my work. Or NON work is more like it.

Went to the mall the other day. ALAMANDA as they call it. Located in the outskirts of Putrajaya. Had a fitness first outlet there. Had my eyes on this total gym thinggy. Had a smith machine like mechanism, complete with peck decks, preacher curls, pulley... and... oh yea... no weights provided :( Have to buy them separately.

And it costs... Ringgit Malaysia ... almost 4,000.

Yikes. Where am I gonna that much dough. LOL!

Anyway, will be beginning my workout next week. Monday I guess.
Am still in a dilemma. Burn the Fat Feed The Muscle, or MuscleNow.
Suddenly had the urge to try the former. But the latter had already given me results in the past.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Anywayz, cheerios! :)

It's been a widespread misconception that ab machines are the ones responsible for a chiseled mid section. It's not the machine nor device that makes your abs look great, it's actually the food!

The explanation goes like this...

You've got one giant layer of fat on your tummy, and you want to get rid of it so that the six pack underneath would surface. TV ads will show you the latest ab-craze and promise that if you buy the product, wihtin a few weeks, your abs will be looking like Schwarzenegger (during his pre-governer years that is).

The turth is, stressing your ab muscles (which is what ab excercise does) does not promote the burning of the fat covering your stomach! No!... Don't even argue. It only helps make the abs harder, or bigger given the correct amounts of micro and macronutrients. The commercials make you believe that spectacular abs are possible with their machines because they want to sell the product! Just imagine, how many of the ab machines or ab rollers shown on TV actually make it to the super markets? Or even the local gym in your neighbourhood? I reckon very very few (if not zero).

Muscle building and Fat Loss are two exclusive things. They canno exist in tandem. One must happen before the other. So, it's total crap the ab machines can make a fat guy look like John Rambo!

To get rid of the FAT convering your mid section( also called love handles if its on the side of the mid section) proper eating habits need to be enforced. This means eating nutrituous foods that are prepared in nutricious ways! That's the whole beginning. Added with cardio excercise, it's going to be a synergistic fat loss phenomena!

But the main thing is still food. Even if you excercise a lot, eating supersized value meals won't help in making those 'bricks' on your tummy show. What you eat will determine what you are, and it's especially true for the abdominal area, where if you eat crap... that's wha it's gonna be... CRAP!

So, make sure, before you even start to think of buying one of those ab devices, get your eating patterns right. Or else, you're in for a brand new towel hanger (that's what happened with my old ab-rocker device).

Cheers!

DIET's THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT

One of my friends went on the Atkins diet. This is the diet where you can eat lots and lots of protein (and fat), with very very little carbohydrates in your diet. According to him, the protein will in some way replace the missing carbs.

I have to say however, that people who try out this diet do lose weight. One of my friends (this one is another guy) lost up to 20 kilos.
That about 44 pounds... of weight. Whoa... now that's quite an astronomical achievement!

But alas, both suffered the side effects. Since the Atkins diet is not mentally sustainable (for them, and I imagine for many others), when they reverted to their 'normal' ways of eating, the weight came back from holiday in a concorde. So fast!!! And for one of them, the weight brought back some friends! Argh!!! Now that's something you don't want happening.

Other side effects, according to one, is the smell of rotten apples...

When you go on a high protein + high fat diet... it causes the fat to burn... yes, it does get burnt. But incompletely!
This results in the release of something called Ketones (the process is called Ketosis). This is where the smell comes from. And it can be noticed from bodily odours and also from the breath!

Hmmmm.... ok. Don't want that. Who wants to be thin while at the same time could clear a room when you say Hello?
Not me :(

I myself had a dissimilar experience. Went on a good program that had excercise + good diet (combination of carbs and protein).
Changed my physique drastically. Body shape changed, and lots of fat were shed.
When I had a lapse in discipline, and went on a long vacation... I did start eating with a vengence! LOL! But thank GOD, my body started acting differently. The shape was still there, and not that much was accumulated.

The last time I was 76kg (during my fat years), I looked flabby. But now, it seems like, at the same weight (due to the lapse), the flab is a whole lot less!

Hmmmmm..... Need to go back on that MuscleNow programme! LOL!

Anywayz, that's all I have to babble for today.

Toorah!

HAVING A GOAL IS NOT ENOUGH

Just listened to Jeremy Likness' free CD about Losing FAT and NOT Faith. In the beginning, he talked about the goal of losing fat. Darn, it ain't as easy as I thought it would be. I have this goal of losing weight and losing fat and this sculpting the best body of my life! But... after numerous lags in discipline, I finally know what's wrong.

There was NOTHING STRONG THAT DROVE ME! Just the mere intention of losing fat was not enough! According to Jeremy, in order to achieve a goal, in order to follow through till the end, there must be some sort of driving force! And for me, I haven't found that yet :(

I need that. I need that SOMETHING that would push me to follow through. Could it be to gain better health... or to be fit for next season's staff-games at my university? Or could it be for the reason to sun-bathe in the Russian winter?

Argh!!! I need to have a driving force. The way Jeremy put it made me think about what would really really drive me to look and feel good. Can't think of anything right now... But I guess, by looking in the mirror, I can honestly say that I'm far far away from my actual goal... which is to be a LEAN, MEAN muscular anatomy machine :P

Anywayz, just hope I'll find it. Will ask GOD's help on this, cuz He's da main BOSS of all BOSSES!!! The CREATOR!!! THE MASTER!!! He'll know what to advise... THe only I have to do is ask for guidance, and also... listen for what He will say :)

Fat loss is indeed a winding road... especially if you're a slacker and a procrastinator... both 'virtues' that I have since I was like... 4 years old? LOL!

Anywayz, that is all today.

Bubye