Progress Report

Well, there is good news and bad news. Or there is just news. We see it, colour it, judge it. 

I have been hitting the gym regularly from 20 November. There were max 3 days when i didn't work out. The investment has paid off in the first installment of my monthly check up. The results are promising and that is a strong incentive to continue this program. Right now, i have signed up for 3 month course, and without making much change around the way i function, i have got desirable result. 

DATE	20/11/2014	15/12/2014
WRIST	6.6	6.8
FOREARM	10.5	10.3
UPPER ARM	13	13.2
NECK	16	15.8
SHOULDER	21.5	22
CHEST	45.5	45
UPPER ABS	44	43
WAIST	41	40.8
LOWER ABS	47.6	46.2
HIPS	43	43
THIGH	26	25.6
CALF	15	15
ANKLE	9	9
WEIGHT	101.4 KG	98.9 KG
MUSCLE MASS	63.5	62.5
FAT %	34	33.4
VISCERAL FAT %	17	16
WATER %	48.3	48.8
METABOLIC AGE	50	50
FITNESS SCORE	3	3

In fact, i have not changed my lifestyle at all. I was having fun at NH7 - drinking high calorie stuff, eating junk food and devouring special flavoured ice-creams. I have been working late nights, eating at odd times, eating all sorts of things ranging from biriyanis to cheesy omelettes to pizza and chinese takeaway. 

The only key change i have done is, sweating it out in the gym for one hour every single day. 

Of course, the trainer has given me a scolding for not eating enough protein. Well, i guess that's the next logical step. In the next two months, i will replace junk snacking with pulses, eggs, chicken, curd, fish and other protein foods. 

Well, till next post then!!

Interconnectivity

I put on 20 kilos in so many months since July 2007. The max i weighed was 110 kg and trust me, i didn't feel it rising. Things got out of hand in 2010 - sleepless nights, snoring, irritability, dissatisfaction at work - and one thing led to another. Poor results despite religiously working out, various healthy eating habits, multiple therapies, acted as a wet blanket in all my attempts to shed those kilos and go back to my ideal weight and size. 

Suddenly, I discovered Hypothyroidism by serendipity. It was a magical month! I thought taking a pill every morning was going to solve all my health problems. Well, no such luck... 

In those dark years i met many wonderful people who have a holistic view to life and healing. I did not know that body has memory. I did not know that if your body thinks it is dying, it stores weight. I did not know that snoring is an indication of a larger problem. In some very interesting sessions with alternate healers, i discovered that losing weight has lots to do with who you are, than what you do. 

There were reasons beyond the obvious - and i choose to go after resolving it, instead of seeking 'why'.  

I dropped the 10 kgs and came down to 100 kgs and have stayed constant for a very long time... about 2 years. Nothing happened, because i did nothing. 

A point has come, where lot of things are closing in to some kind of finale. All things coming together to help me get out this limbo. 

More on that - soon...

Body composition

Gyms nowadays come with state-of-the-art equipment and machinery. They have this very interesting device, a platform where you feed your age and height - and on which you stand till the counter stops. It provides a detailed analysis of your internal health. 
Here is mine.

Weight: 101.4 kg

Muscle mass: 63.5%

Metabolic age: 50

Fat: 34%

Visceral fat: 17%

Calcium: 3%

Water: 48.3%

Fitness score: 3/10

Well, now that i know what is going on internally it gives a better perspective to the health routine. 

One never knows where inspiration comes from. The trick is to keep finding inspiration for the next 40 years. 

Last Minute Resolution Check

And as yet another deadline looms large over my 2014 resolution, i am moving my ass today. Each year on 1 January, i decide to lose weight till my birthday. And each year on 31 May, i decide to do something about it by end of the year. Three of the four things i set out to do in this year, i have managed to roll. The health goal however, i have not been able to do much about. 

Well, taking it one day at a time with less than 45 days left for the year to get over, i am starting today. It apparently is the International Men's Day, and my manly stats are here: 

• Weight: 101.5kg
• Neck: 16''
• Chest: 43''
• Biceps: 12''
• Waist: 49''
• Stomach: 45''
• Thighs: 24''
• Calves: 14''

The internals don't look too bad either...

• Cholesterol: 168.9
• Triglycerides: 171.6 (needs to be under 150)
• HDL Cholesterol: 31.4 (needs to be above 60)
• LDL Cholesterol: 103.2 (needs to be under 100)

and many more indicators show i am borderline... The objective is to be in the normal range. 

I am joining a gym today, and will be posting results every 7 days, with the work out regime i follow. Diet is going to see-food, except i wont be eating post 7.30pm. And i will drink only on 3 occasions till end of the year.

Lets see how 2014 ends!!

End of March '14

been there. done that. trying something new from today.

starting with a confession. and acceptance. here it is.

in the last 6 years i have gone from 81kg to 110kg. over the last 18 months there was a lot of progress. i was under 100kg for few months of 2013 - when i was doing TRX regularly, walking 6kms in 1 hour.

but i took my eye off the ball in the the first quarter of 2014. i am back at 101kg.

i am going to document a progress report on this blog. and not publish or post it in any forums. this blog is just for my own sake. over the next few weeks i will post my blood work, lipid profile, fat %, musculature, metabolism etc.
and track progress on that front too...

the first challenge is touching 90kg in the next 9 weeks (10 kg in 9 weeks). along the way, i am going to focus on stamina, endurance, agility.

here is to another beginning. and desperately wishing for persistence and perseverance.