Nagsimula ang lahat sa isang paghamon.
Isang dating kaibigan ang pumusta na anuman ang gawin ko, kahit kailan ay hindi na ako maaring pumayat muli. Kinagat ko ang hamon niya. Sabi ko, sa loob ng eight months, kaya kong baliktarin ang sinabi niya.
Doon nagsimula ang intensyon kong mag-work out ng puspusan.
Matapos ang walong buwan, napanindigan ko ang aking pinangako. Hindi man ako umabot sa aking target, ngunit kahit paano, napapayat ko ang aking pangangatawan sa paraang hindi sumagi sa aking mga pangarap. Nagbunga rin lahat ang sakripisyo ko lalo pa't hindi biro ang mag-elliptical trainer ng isang oras tatlong beses isang linggo.
Noong mga panahong iyon, intensyon ko lang ang mag-trim down at wala ng iba. Ni hindi sumagi sa isip ko ang mag body-building, sa takot na baka maging dahilan lamang ito ng paglobo ko sakaling tumigil ako ng pagwowork-out.
Tama nga ang hinala ko, hindi nga ako nag body-build ngunit nang tumigil ako sa pag-gygym, sa loob ng apat na buwan, halos bumalik sa dati ang pangangatawan ko.
Nawala ng parang bula ang lahat ng pinaghirapan ko.
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In less than three months after I started working out in Eclipse, the weight, which I painstakingly worked for 10 months was easily achieved through a combination of strength-training exercises which are not too straining, yet its dynamic and progressive nature heavily affected the improvement of my body.
Now I could proudly say that I have become stronger, buffer and leaner compared to the years when I was just happy being a couch boy, while dreaming of having a gym-toned frame others are dying for.
From 190 pounds when I started last April, I checked my weight this afternoon and it's already at 177. I asked the trainer how it is possible to have that drop, when in fact, my weight is still at 180 last Tuesday. He said that I might just be dehydrated. However, to actually see how I dropped weight in such a short time is indeed inspiring. If the trend continues unhampered, God willing, I would have achieved the target of 155 before October ends. That's how fast the progress is and despite the hefty membership fee I have to pay to maintain my fitness routine, I think their method is working. Never did I feel this fit and in-control of my body before - at a price quarter of what I paid in 10 months in my previous gym.
Though the work-out part constitutes much of my progress, I have to admit that a change in eating habits too did the trick. Now I fully understand what XP reminded me many months ago about abs being developed in the kitchen and not in the gym. For two months now, I have ceased eating fried rice and meat during breakfast. Instead, I settled on a half-order of gluten substitute dish at a vegetarian restaurant near our office. My lunch has always been oatmeal and carrots which my tongue has already adopted after I introduced it to my intestines last May. The only time I could eat a normal meal is during dinner - which I am planning to even cut down in the following weeks. For some reasons, the more I get results, the more I become obsessive with my fitness activity.
Others will say that I am depriving myself too much; that I have become too determined after I called the shots on vanity.
The truth is, I still wish that I could just turn my back on everything - when I used to ignore this kind of lifestyle. However, every time I would remember how I was rejected, ignored, and laughed upon because of my horrible weight before, the desire to prove them all wrong simply creeps from within me. It becomes a driving force to push myself to the limit and continue what I'm doing until they themselves would eat their words and regret what they said.
I understand that it is a negative drive that pushes me towards my direction.
And somehow, the negativity of the effort only tarnish whatever I wanted to achieve.
But what the heck, why should I think of all these things, now that I can already see what the end of the road finally looks like.
Isang dating kaibigan ang pumusta na anuman ang gawin ko, kahit kailan ay hindi na ako maaring pumayat muli. Kinagat ko ang hamon niya. Sabi ko, sa loob ng eight months, kaya kong baliktarin ang sinabi niya.
Doon nagsimula ang intensyon kong mag-work out ng puspusan.
Matapos ang walong buwan, napanindigan ko ang aking pinangako. Hindi man ako umabot sa aking target, ngunit kahit paano, napapayat ko ang aking pangangatawan sa paraang hindi sumagi sa aking mga pangarap. Nagbunga rin lahat ang sakripisyo ko lalo pa't hindi biro ang mag-elliptical trainer ng isang oras tatlong beses isang linggo.
Noong mga panahong iyon, intensyon ko lang ang mag-trim down at wala ng iba. Ni hindi sumagi sa isip ko ang mag body-building, sa takot na baka maging dahilan lamang ito ng paglobo ko sakaling tumigil ako ng pagwowork-out.
Tama nga ang hinala ko, hindi nga ako nag body-build ngunit nang tumigil ako sa pag-gygym, sa loob ng apat na buwan, halos bumalik sa dati ang pangangatawan ko.
Nawala ng parang bula ang lahat ng pinaghirapan ko.
---
In less than three months after I started working out in Eclipse, the weight, which I painstakingly worked for 10 months was easily achieved through a combination of strength-training exercises which are not too straining, yet its dynamic and progressive nature heavily affected the improvement of my body.
Now I could proudly say that I have become stronger, buffer and leaner compared to the years when I was just happy being a couch boy, while dreaming of having a gym-toned frame others are dying for.
From 190 pounds when I started last April, I checked my weight this afternoon and it's already at 177. I asked the trainer how it is possible to have that drop, when in fact, my weight is still at 180 last Tuesday. He said that I might just be dehydrated. However, to actually see how I dropped weight in such a short time is indeed inspiring. If the trend continues unhampered, God willing, I would have achieved the target of 155 before October ends. That's how fast the progress is and despite the hefty membership fee I have to pay to maintain my fitness routine, I think their method is working. Never did I feel this fit and in-control of my body before - at a price quarter of what I paid in 10 months in my previous gym.
Though the work-out part constitutes much of my progress, I have to admit that a change in eating habits too did the trick. Now I fully understand what XP reminded me many months ago about abs being developed in the kitchen and not in the gym. For two months now, I have ceased eating fried rice and meat during breakfast. Instead, I settled on a half-order of gluten substitute dish at a vegetarian restaurant near our office. My lunch has always been oatmeal and carrots which my tongue has already adopted after I introduced it to my intestines last May. The only time I could eat a normal meal is during dinner - which I am planning to even cut down in the following weeks. For some reasons, the more I get results, the more I become obsessive with my fitness activity.
Others will say that I am depriving myself too much; that I have become too determined after I called the shots on vanity.
The truth is, I still wish that I could just turn my back on everything - when I used to ignore this kind of lifestyle. However, every time I would remember how I was rejected, ignored, and laughed upon because of my horrible weight before, the desire to prove them all wrong simply creeps from within me. It becomes a driving force to push myself to the limit and continue what I'm doing until they themselves would eat their words and regret what they said.
I understand that it is a negative drive that pushes me towards my direction.
And somehow, the negativity of the effort only tarnish whatever I wanted to achieve.
But what the heck, why should I think of all these things, now that I can already see what the end of the road finally looks like.
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Darkstar: Let's have a dare.
Joms: What is it?
Darkstar: Achieve 160 before October and I would let you do a ____________.
Joms: Talaga? Pramis yan ha.
Darkstar: Ako pa.
Joms: Sige dare!
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