Skully's Journal (Diet/workout)

[Boss Man]

The main thing is to keep looking positively to the future. You CAN be proud of yourself and you just need to remember what YOU are worht to this world and what YOU mean to others.

Keep up the hard work, becasue you're doing a pretty darn good job and there's plenty of people including myself, that ARE proud of you and DO think a lot of you, so chin up, big smiles and no worries now okay .

[skully]

Wow...been a while since I worte here. Shoot me, maybe?

Well, today is the 10th day of Ramadan....and just wanted to update on training/food.

Food- first meal, second meal, and last meal, and bedtime snack are usually really good and healthy...BUT there is one meal with falls right after the 2nd, which is not.

FOOD
First mealt, mosty I healthy complex carbs and protein, soup, veggies at first meal,
Second meal is usually protein shake after workout
third can vary between the crappiest thing ever to the well the worst thing...aka...icecream, cake, CHIPS ( i dont even like those!) and yada yada...you get the idea.
fourth meal is the real last meal suppousdely...which is usually healthy fat, salad, protein...
then id have a protein shake again...around 1-2 hours b4 i sleep and fast again...fyi around 4 a.m.

SLEEP is screwed completely.

1) No work (finish)
2) renocations at home aka (loud drilling....from 8-2 p.m. everyday.
3) Sleep in a differet room
4) AC is noisy...
5) sleep pattern all different...its annoying really...dont have a choice tho but deal with it.

Weight:

weight is pretty much the same...actually I lost (what tho, i dunno....) the scale I have...omoron or something...really flauncates a lot...and i am going crazy with..weighing myself everday..bleh...first time i did it...was 2da day of fasting at 4 pm..was at 37% muscle and 26% fat...now im at 27% muscle and 30% fat...kinda doubt the results...cuz I look a lot thinner than before, more defined...

if i did gain fat - no surprise..if i lost muscle ...its been expected anyway...so im not that crazy about it..plus i know one bad meal could be the difference...still om eating with limits...but flexy arms shows me that i have muscles in fact... arms are starting to loo define and bigger when I do a tricep stretch...see the definition and bicep bump.

Training
training is going well, ive obviously reduced weight tremendously with some exercises cuz no enough energy to go through a vigrious workout.....still with most exercises weight is more or less the same...2-5kg less...
still doing a 4-day spit + 2-day punching bag workout for 20 minutes.

[skully]

been finding it very hard sticking to original plan... ...been eating a lot of crap, because the opp presents itself more than before now with ramadan and eating late and all that stuff....

although, i am starting to see fat gain ...a big hammer on head....ive also noticed MUCLE gain...not through scale...but arms are a lot bigger/harder than they were just 2-3 weeks ago...although technically i lost weight...i pretty much dipped to 50.5kgs...from 53 in 15 days...(water loss mostly cuz of fasting...etc.) Still...

i have decided...NO MORE macdonals, no more ice creams 3-5 times a week...I CAN HOLD myself in the next 15 days. eve ntho i eat healthy at night and fisrt meal...its just meal after the gym is the worst one...

i keep craving fatty/sweet foods after gym...esp when there is a good tv show..i hate this habit of mine..since i used to watch these shos when i eat dinner, which is always healthy...now i dont cuz of change in schedule...bleh...need to go sleep..its 4:30...and i have to be up by 10:45...not that im sleeping past 8 a.m. anyway...thanks to the drilling/renovating in our house...........stresssssssssssssful month.

[Fygle]

May sound like primitive advice, but try gum when you crave crap.

[skully]

It's 5:30 a.m. And I've been awake since...lets say YESTERDAY's 5:30 a.m...and from then I got only about..hmm 3 hours of sleep....and I have serious insomina...i dont feel sleepy anymore, icant sleept at all...im feeling down...im anxious about emails...men come in the house in 2 hours to start drilling again.....the nly time i get to sleep is betweem 5-6:40 p.m. somedays....

dunno what to do...i felt dizzy at the gym today after deadlifting 40kgs (and that is 10kgs less of what I can do)....I eati fine over all, weight is fine overall,....but gee no rest whatsoever...ill blame it on ramadan.....im not working anymore as such...im freelancing for a online publication. i started working today technically as in sent articles...hope they like 'em...pay is s*it at this point...only get about 1/4 of word count...but ah well..gotta start from the bottom to go to the top, although i as technicaly at the top with the othe newspaper which i can freelance for, but i am scared work (although theyh love it) is not going to macth up as a freelancer...dunno.

also recently joined twittwr and that got me on nerves...need it to market myself and reach out to a wider audience for articles...help..someone? keep chatting to me...b4 i go crazy!!!!

[Boss Man]

Just have more belief in yourself. You're getting opportunities, so be proud of yourself and don't look at the negatives. You're a great person, so keep believing and keep thinking about where these opportunities are going to take you .

[skully]

I know it has been ages since I posted. I don't know if anyone reads this anymore?

I just wanted to update you guys on how I am doing and wha I'm up to.

- I have been very consistent with exercise, with doing 4-body part split workout routine which has been working wonderfully for me.

- I don't know how much I gained/lost in the past 6-7 weeks as of yet. I'm planning to go for a screening sometimes next wee after I've had a day rest at least.

- I'm definitely A LOT more musclar than I was a while back - people at the gym keep complimenting me, saying I look too thin, too sexy, they want body..it's almost creepy! (edit: I EVEN GOT A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, LOL) I still have e /hips you know - & I have accepted I'm your average jane who loves food right now, I'm not willing to give up ice cream of macdonalds ( yes I still eat those and I weigh 51.5kgs now.)

- eatin habits are O.K. Not as good as when I started, but consistent, hence the weight maintenance/slight gain/loss. Nothing major to scare me out into a frenzy (am i even using that in the right context?) anyway..

- Progess: I can bench ALMOST 40kgs, ON OWN, no spotter or trainer. Yes, I know..bad bad bad. I can Deadlift 55kgs, I am hoping to increase that soon. I squat with the same weight, 50 kgs - not safe to do any more anyway, no trainer, no smith machine....I can do 1-3 chin ups at a time, or can do 6 or so when I stand on a step pull myself up, go down, stand and pull myself up again (little cheating, very minor!) But back is a BEAST. Well not like a bodybuilder...but a beast

- I am truly thinking about taking ONE WEEK OFF training, completely and be vegetable. Did you kow in 23 days I would have excersied and kept up for ONE YEAR? since I started this journey..I'm so proud of myself. During those 11 months, I had like a couple of times only ...3 days off at a time...but I think I might need at least 5 days off training...and 2 days with light cardio/boxing...what do you guys thinks? Should I go for it? Or am I going to be doing myself wrong?

- There is a lot of yada yada on school & work, not worth a mention at the moment..

So yup. That's all..thought I should update for old times sake =)

[Fygle]

Nice job!

[Boss Man]

I'm proud of you and what's wrong with training on your own. I do it. I don't use spotters or trainers, why should you, unless you need them. Confidence is knowing you don't need them, for things you can manage to lift yourself on your own.

Keep up the hard work, you're doing brilliantly and this is so much of a change for you from the old you a few years ago. .

[skully]

Everytime I come here to say or do something, I get side-tracked! Blame twitter, new distractor (?). I actually have put on a little fat weight, I didn't check, but I can tell. I am aware as to why I am, so it's fault really. Been attacking food like a maniac, need to go back to practising self-control. I used to do very well when I only ate junk food on Thursdays and went all out..but now, it's not just thursdays anymore...so definitely it's catching up. I actually recently started own fitness blog, and one day, I really want to do something in regards to the Health industry in the UAE, in whatever way I can.

This is blog if you wanna check it out: http://999-fitness.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

On the fitness side, I am doing pretty well, lifting more weight, very stronger/powerful. Size is so-so really. Gained some, but I have more strength than size, either ways, how many people can do chin ups, right? LOL..I keep telling myself that so I feel good about myself..and wanting to do more reps. I am close to benching 40kgs, did i mention that last post? almost deadlift 60kgs (not bad, eh?) More than I weigh!!!

Just need to watcgh diet, I don't make a lot of effort on understand how food works sometimes, I really would like to sit with someone and learn how to cook HEALTHY food, as I don't even know how to turn a stove on. Bleh.

Facing a lot of insecurities upon gradution with TWO MONTHS. I'll no longer be a "student". Future is hanging on a tail now, if that's even a say!

Either ways, I'm around. I won't disppear. I love you guys too much!

[Boss Man]

Good luck with the blog and just keep believing in yourself .