Update

Ok a couple of things to update.

Several things happened over the weekend.

1st. Friday night went to gym. Man it was packed. I'm not going to gym at 7pm again. Probably try 9pm this week.

2nd. Saturday morning.

My army friends came over to my house for steamboat. Since i decided to have my off day that day. I didn't really pay attention to what i ate. except that i didn't eat that much.

My god! The soup is sooo oily! Where got people put taiwanese sausage into steamboat one? And dunno which genius bought 10 packets of those "jin zhen gu"

And Best. some china dude bought vegetarian stuff. ... all the soy and starch. No wonder i was easily fulled. And some guy go and put in some many ham. No wonder the soup so oily la!

ok that aside, i was quite busy that day. Busy being a good host haha. Running here and there and thats why i wasn't in a lot of pictures.

The steamboat ended around 3pm and those genious put all the left overs into my fridge without me knowing. Lol until my mum open the fridge then i know.

After that i left house to meet up with anna and all to chill.

Suppose to meet at bugis at 6pm but i left house early. So i thought might as well go for a slow drive. Decided to go via ECP. So i happily drive up SLE and TPE.

And along the way i saw a sign. [ TO KPE(ECP) ]

Eh haha. Being a genious, i decided to drive there and test out the feeling of driving in the new tunnel. Hmm Not bad. Except for the entrance where there is a huge warning banner thingy that says 'turn on your radio' and the color was like bright orange.

I couldn't see what it was until i was a few metres away from it. Almost lost control of my car because of that.

I wanted to exit on ECP. So i drove and drove. Sticking to the 70km/h limit. Not bad.

Then i saw a sims avenue exit and so i decided to take it. Yikes wrong exit. Paid 2.50 ERP =X.

But Hey i reached Suntec City. Since i was still early, decided to go to carrefour to do some grocery shopping.

And Tada! Finally found the Quinoa (Pronounced Qwee-Wah). Its a sort of seed that is said to be extremely healthy and is a very good substitute for rice cos there is no gluten.

The stinking seeds cost me 10 bucks for just like the size of a pencil box. 10 Stinking dollars. For a pencil box. Think $10 can buy be a sack, no 2 sacks of rice. 10 dollars for 1/10th the size of a regular 10kg rice sack. Damn.

Oh when i said stinking seeds, i really mean stinking seeds. When i cooked it, the smell reminded me of those chinese herbal tea, yang sheng or ren sheng whatever it is. And I Hate that smell.

Despite the smell, decided the at least taste it. For one thing, it does actually taste like rice. texture wise anyway. The lingering something-sheng smell is extremely strong and irritating. But when i mixed it with soup, chili and other stuff the smell went away. haha.

Ok back to saturday. Met up with Anna, Huiting and Jia Qing where they were plucking their eyebrows. huiting keep psycho-ing me to pluck mine but i insisted that i like natural haha.

Went to a seafood restaurant by jack's place to have our dinner. So so only.

Then went to mind's cafe to play and wait for ron. When we reached the boat quay mind's cafe, we realised that we could have gone to the one on princep street. Which was like a 5min walk away from where we were, bugis junction. Damn. Oh well. Haha had an enjoyable time there and then i decided to go home while they wanted to meet up with hazel and chill a lil more. Drove them to some place in tanjong pagar i think. or issit tiong baru. Ah whatever. Somewhere near chinatown and then drove home.

Sunday Duty.

Monday went home and took out my xbox and played Fable: Lost Chapters and i'm hooked haha. I like using fireball and bust things up.

Tuesday took off and went to ICA to collect passport. needed to wait 107 names before my turn. Was almost tempted to eat nasi lemak lol. but no i curbed myself.

Met up with Lock at YCK station and we went for a gym session at the gym there. Damn shagged. Argh. ARGGH. Whats wrong with my dead lift? damn.

Need to practise infront of mirror more.

And Ah hA! I found a fast food i can eat!

Mos Burger!

The Natsumi burger series. Haha bought a Natsumi beef burger without the sauce which i suppose was either mayo or tartar or thousand island dressing. And that stinking burger cost me 3.50 dollars. Price to pay to be healthy. But Even the beef patty wasn't exactly healthy. a bit too oily. But heck la. After a shagged out session with lock, i couldn't think of anything else.

Well, ate the 6 meals today again. Ok 1st thing first. Flaxseed is suppose to taste erm... nutty? but it doesn't. It has. NO. Taste. DRY. and. NO. Taste.

It doesn't go with a dry salad. It makes it even dry-er. the salad was horrible today. Don't have any lemon at home to make a decent dressing. Guess need to start buying soon.

Now i'm deciding should i drink coke zero or not.

I feel like a drug addict. LOL Having withdrawal symptoms for not drinking coke. Ah! Coke zeros in my storeroom! Stop Tempting me!

Personality test

Went to take the test thats on Heng's blog. haha
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

These are the results:

Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.

Yes i'm intelligent. Wahahaha.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Very true. Not that looks aren't important. But i'm attracted to people who are nice to me naturally haha.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

Yea guess so.

The seriousness of your love:
You have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.

Sensible? I think i'm a failure in this. I'm definitely NOT straightforward lol.

Your views on education:
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.

Now this is something i disagree. I think education is one of the most important things in life. I don't want to work. I want to playyyyyyyy!

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

Not sure about this... but yea guess so.

How do you view success:
Success in your career is not the most important thing in life. You are content with what you have and think that being with someone you love is more than spending all of your precious time just working.

Half true. The 2nd part is definitely true. But i'm a man of reasonably high ambitions lol.

What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

o.o I'm shocked. LOL. This is quite accurate.

Who is your true self:
You like privacy very much because you enjoy spending time with your own thoughts. You like to disappear when you cannot find solutions to your own problems, but you would feel better if you learned to share your thoughts with a person you trust.

Bingo! Exactly what i think.

Haha surprising how 9 unrelated questions and tell so much.

Go try it!

Current Weight: Should be 74.5kg or 74kg.

Think after the next gym session, i will increase the weight of the weights i'm using. Prolly add a bit more.

Its getting hard...

Finished duty today.

Oh god. Its getting hard.

Gym sessions are fine. I'm actually enjoying it haha. As compared to jogging cos it gets boring after like 2 times. But in gyms i actually know what to do. Sort of have short term aims each time. Unlike running which is just aimlessly running.

Why issit getting hard?

Eating close to tasteless food everyday. Feeling full of gas the entire day. Recurrent burping and farting. Paranoid about every single thing that enters my mouth. Paranoid about what to do the day after. No much results after 1 and a half weeks. Damn.

I can't even drink a cup of coffee with peace now.

An endless battle within the confines of my skull rages throughout the day.

"Coffee is full of sugar! Sugar = Carbo! Carbo = Calories!"

Damn.

Wanted to give up today. Stood up suddenly and dragged Abhilash to emart.

I bought a time out bar(Chocolate) and started munching on it. Decided there and then that enough is enough. I shall not torture myself this way.

A person is born to this world to enjoy and appreciate everything around him.

Food is not to be feared. Its to be eaten in pleasure.

I don't care if i grow fat and die.

We die eventually.

Why should we subject ourselves to such pain!? We should just eat everything and anything we want! We only get to live this once!

That was pretty much in my head from 12pm. Till around 3pm.

Wanted to tell my mum that i want to give up. But then, I guess sometimes i just need a break.

Throughout the day i was quite annoyed and frustrated about everything.

Had rice for the 1st time in 1 and a half weeks. Honestly i thought i missed it. But on the contrary, lol didn't feel anything.

Now i'm motivated once again, lol to try again. Like lock said, i barely even started.

But then i guess my meals were a bit too hard-cored. I was too strict on myself. I was following a meal plan made for body builders. I'm a chunk of meat. Fatty Meat. I need to give myself some time before i adapt.

Its like smoking. It takes time to quit. Not that i'm quitting. lol. But i've decided to review my meal plans again. Maybe allowing some breathing space for myself here and there.

Decided to go with preparing 3 meals tomorrow.

1st meal: Cereal

2nd meal: Boiled Brocoli with some meat.

3rd meal: SFI. if not, then probably Another serving of brocoli.

4th meal: Sandwich. Gonna make it in camp since my loaf of wholemeal bread is there. Using the veg from the salad i'm bringing.

5th meal: Salad.

6th meal: Whatever mom's gonna cook.

After that, i'm hitting saturday. Gonna have steamboat =D and dinner with anna and gang. and then COFFEE!

Hmm on more casual note, I've got a couple of things i need to do over this weekend.

1. Wash my bag. Its smells of spinach now.

2. Buy a new case for my ipod. It smells of sweat now.

3. Buy quinoa. Sort of like a rice substitute.

4. Buy strings for my guitar. Don't like how it sounds now.

5. Make a new vinaigrette and also grind my flaxxseed. As well as finding fenugrade seeds.

Duty-ing on Sunday. And i have no idea how long i can last.

Oh. One reason why i was very frustrated was because my weight was stagnant for a while.

Then no results and i'm doing so much. Sadded.

Ah Kee said my chin looks sharper lol. I assumed he's just saying it to comfort me.

But somehow that sentence brought back my motivation lol.

Cheater!

Lol I'm so sorry to myself.

I cheated today lol. Well mainly cos i slept in the most of my afternoon. Why?

I think i had a sleep debt since friday.

Friday i had duty, Saturday i went out the whole day till 3am. Then today i went to Bai Bai . So i decided to sleep at 11.30am to freshen up myself for my meet up with my army friends at 2pm.

But my friend smsed me and said that he has visitors to his house and thus not going anymore.

Haha seeing that message, my sleep mechanism kicked in lol. The next moment i knew, it was 7.30pm. I intended to just continue sleeping but i was hungry lol.

Hmm so what did i eat? I ate ampang yong tau foo haha. Minus the fried stuff haha.

Yummy. ok tomorrow's meals are settled.

Lets talk about saturday =D

I went to gym and did 4 exercises. Squats, Chest Press(?), Assisted chin up and Dead lift.

haha had some advice from Zack, a new friend i made in gym for my dead lift and now my ENTIRE body aches. Lol. Aching is good! I will be stronger.

My meals were pretty alright till my 5th and 6th.

I went to NP LSCT's alumni gathering in the evening with a couple of friends and MY GOD! The Performance was HORRIBLE. The food was TERRIBLE. In overall it was a lousy event.

Haha we left at around 8 and i decided to join another group of friends to have a cup of coffee. But ended up i wanted to eat my 6th meal and thus we went to food republic when i had a small bowl of yong tau foo and we went to indochine after that.

Sat outside and i ordered 1st a cup of orange juice and then a cup of coffee. I should have ordered 2 cups of coffee. Cos the coffee was half the price of the orange juice >.< My friends ordered beer and mocktails and champagne while i sat there drinking orange juice and coffee. Severely overpriced orange juice and coffee. The very one thing i said i would never do. oh well haha.

We started crapping and talking randomly until the topic of Master Koh(?) came up. While this master koh reads palm and stuff and always appear in nus science canteen during bazaars. My 3 friends went to see him before and were sharing their own experiences. Then hazel asked me 1 question about something and then she concluded that my personality is exactly like her mum's.

Lol then she started listing several traits of her mum and i was shocked.

These are the stuff that i thought only i would know about myself.

Lol I can't say that i was happy or not happy when i found out so much. Why? To be honest, i was quite bothered by it. I dunno why but i wasn't comfortable with so much of myself being displayed and listed out by her like a platter of sashimi spread. But i kept asking her what's her mum like. And the more i know, the more i wanted to know. lol. I couldn't stop asking whats her mum was like. It was quite fascinating. But then when i was alone afterwards, i felt disturbed. Dunno why. Just uneasy.

Oh well. Weight loss!

Giving up?

No i'm not.

My mum is though lol. She think its hard on her haha. Cos i bother her with some nitty gritty stuff like wrapping sandwiches, boiling some chicken.

I told her its only been 4 days. And i made a bet with a friend about that $5. She said she will give me 2 weeks and if still no results, scrape it.

Lol i dunno how much longer i can last like this. Living such a hectic life. Everyday worry about this and that. Worry too much fat. Too little carb. Too little meat. Too big portion meal. Too many stuff to bring. Too little stuff left at home.

Argh its taking a toll on me. I'm feeling very tired daily. All this just to lose weight?

Why am i writing such depressing thoughts?

Cos SFI lunch today was: Fried Chicken Drumstick/Thigh. French Fries. Broccoli and Cauliflower in some unknown sauce. Pork Rib in some unknown sauce as well. Damn.

And what did i have? A mix salad. With yet another impromptu vinaigrette-suppose-to-be. This time it was tasteless lol. My vinaigrette was hard when i took it out of the fridge in the morning. Wanted to give it a little swirl but then when my spoon went in, It felt like i was stirring jam lol. And because of that i missed my bus and had to trouble my dad to fetch me to camp.

Threw away that batch of vinaigrette. And made a fresh one.

How i made it?

First, Cut half a lemon.

Squeeze the juice out of it into a bowl.

Add 2x the amount of olive oil to the bowl as compared to the lemon juice.

Add a bit of salt and pepper.

Start mixing like how u make a frothy looking egg mixture.

The lemon and oil will cuddle like egg yolk and egg white seriously.

Next i added a bit of vinegar and vwad-la!

Vinaigrette Al Kelvin-o!

Lol it felt fun when i was stirring the mixture. Like i was a real chef lol. Oh yea. Diced in some shallots for some flavor as well.

What is the food of the day? It's...............(drum roll).......................... Dong Fen in Soup With a lot of vegetables! Its what i ate for dinner lol. Finally some real food. I dun care if Dong Fen is like rice or what. I'm tired and thats all i care. Once in a while is alright i guess?

Been having a lot of half-fuck burps these few days. Could it be because i'm eating a lot of vegetables? I don't see any improvement in my bowels yet. But i just had one. Didn't really feel like having one but was wondering why none came. So i just sat on the toilet bowl and 'cake' a bit. And plat! it came out! lol

Ah enough about shit. Been feeling a soreness at the back of one side of my mouth today. I think the gum around the area is swollen. I wonder if its because the tooth is pushed into the back thats why its like that? Or issit because of Wisdom tooth? Hmm

But i think wisdom tooth should be more painful? not just soreness. Well, if really wisdom tooth shiok man. Lol 1 Week MC! and eat unedible stuff. Bound to lose weight =D.

Was thinking back in the day. When can i eat rice again... hmm. I miss it.

Current Weight: 74 - 75Kg.

My Scale is ancient. And my eyes are blurred. Can't see properly. Shall decieve myself and think i lost 0.5kg LOL!

Food of the day: Shredded Chicken with half a hard boiled egg-with-a-perfectly-boiled-yolk sandwich!

Just came back from swimming at Woodlands Swimming Complex. After a long time not swimming, it felt difficult to actually swim properly. I initially targetted to do around 20 laps. But i lost count after a few. But i'm pretty sure it wasn't anywhere near 15. lol! Its tiring. but i could feel the different muscles in my body working. Which was something i never notice before. Thats good i suppose?

Decided to change my original plan of having 3 gym sessions a week to 2 and slot in a cardio for the omitted gym. Why? Cos i'm lazy =D

Well, finished preparing my meals for tomorrow. 2 salads and 2 sandwiches. morning will be cereal and night will be mum's cooking -rice. Been doing this for the past 3 days and its alright.

Ate 6 meals today as well.

1st thing first. Salmon Does not Go with Bread. I repeat. SALMON DOES NOT GO WITH BREAD.

It tasted WEIRD. Lol. I even try putting pepper and salt. But the flavor did not come out. Hmm. Had a couple of salads along the day. 1st was brocoli with fishball. The brocoli was hard. Really hard. I think i cooked too long lol.

Then was a mixed salad. i taste my vinaigrette for the 1st time today. It was... weird as well. Not a bad weird but rather, there wasn't much taste to it. Except for a very very light lemony zesty taste. Not sweet not sour. Didn't feel oily even when the major part of the vinaigrette was olive oil. Weird but i can continue eating it haha.

Lol meepok was commenting that the whole day he just saw me eating. Like very blissed. Lol he don't know how much hard work it was to prepare all those stuff. Lets hope i will slim down.

Oh yea. In the 1st post i said i wanted to do some measurements about the arm, thigh and stuff. Fuck it. Too cumbersome. Just gonna stick with weight.

AH! i realised the PURPLE cabbage i bought yesterday(refer to pic in last entry) wasn't the frizzy(god-knows-how to spell it) i wanted. Realised it when i was trying to pill the layers and discovered it was so thick and hard. And disgusting. Bleah. Wasted 2bucks.

My triceps are still hurting from monday's gym session. What does this mean? It means i have weak triceps. Lol. Sometimes i think i've been a walking piece of lard for the past 20 years and why i was so satisfied with being a piece of lard. I wonder. hmm. I blame it on Yeos, F&N for making such great beverages. I also blame it on McDonalds and Al-Ameen for making such delicious food. Ah Sinful pleasures.

But now things will change. I will lose weight. I will become fit. I will lose weight.

Current Weight: 75kg

Sometimes the 1st step to doing anything is : Self-Deception.

Day 2

Went to the dentist at around 1 and came back home.
Dropped by the supermarket and decided to buy some grocery.

This is what i bought.

Hmm spent around $13 this time.

Was walking through the supermarket and bumped into wai kiat. haha. Shocked.

It was time for the 4th meal of the day so i decided to grill the salmon and throw in some salad.
Made an impromptu Lemon Vinaigrette-suppose-to-be and drizzled over the entire plate. And decided to put a few drops of the tobasco sauce i bought earlier.

I shall call this: Grill Salmon with Lettuce with tomoato with lemon with olive oil with pepper with salt with white vinegar and tobasco sauce. =D Original right. heh

AHHH. SOUR! I mixed up the ratio of the ingredients. Resulting in the lemon taste too strong >.<>

The salmon was great. Even plain. Sometimes i'm amazed with myself how i have such good cooking skill. Even though its my first time grilling salmon haha.>.<

Currently eating my 5th meal of the day... which is a chicken sandwich i made last night.

Hmm my mouth is currently in a lot of pain. Even when not chewing. Argh. i wonder if i should go for sashimi later lol.

(What!? You are trying to slim down! What Sashimi!? !@#$!)

One small sashimi won't kill right? Heh alright! I shall go for the sashimi and eat properly. Sakura here i come!

Oh its Sashimi Buffet... =D

Back from Gym

Ok

3rd post in the day.

Hmm just came back from the Gym at Woodlands Sports Complex.

Was like a blur cock there lol.

Didn't know what to do at all. Haha so sua ku.

Never been to a gym like that before.

Anyways, i did 3 sets of 5 machines over there. mainly focusing on the upper back and upper arm areas.

But then it felt like i was just playing around with the machines

lol

Oh well. The next gym session shall be planned properly.

I think i look slim when i'm breathing infront of the mirror. LOL

LOL!

LOL! Just realise how funny that pictured looked. Was shocked to see it appear so big there lol. But i shall keep it. Looks interesting. =D Anyway that was me 3 years ago in Perth. I was 86kg then.

1st Entry

Well after a long and arduous wait, I've decided to go ahead with my Weight Loss Project/Experiment.

1st thing First is what i intend to do.

I've always dreamed to be thin. Dreamed if i could be smart. Dreamed if only I have the body and looks of someone else with a genious brain and with my personality. Sounds silly but hey, it doesn't kill to be envious of the skinny and brainy people.

I used to think that the army will slim me down and my looks will change etc. And infact it did.

I weighed 86kg and was 1.73m tall. I wore size 36-38 pants and shirts that are XL. Shall post a past picture of me in the next post.

After BMT, I came out with 76kg and could fit into size 34 pants. I was estatic about the fact that I could actually fit into the pants I wore during Secondary 2. Recieved compliments about, "Wow couldn't recognise you at first!";"You slimmed down so much! OMG";"You getting slimmer and slimmer!". Haha its true that Singaporeans can't be praised. I got complacent and started gourging on trash food and my belly came back. All I wanted to do was to maintain my weight and leave it at that.

After i started my Braces treatment, i actually slimmed down for a few weeks because of the limitations on the food i could eat. But, i got used to having the braces in my mouth and now i can eat almost anything. Started to eat irresponsibly and back came my belly again.

And now I want to lose weight. I figured my total body fat % is around 30%(?) and i intend to reduce it to 20% as a short term goal. I'm not doing this for any girl or what but i'm just unhappy with the way i'm going if i don't do anything about it. It wasn't easy for me to lose that 10kg from BMT and i'm not going to bounce back.

Luckily for me, I got to know this friend of mine in my unit and he's aspiring to be a Body Builder. So i got tips on exercise and how to train etc. from him. It's only until recently that he brought up the topic on dieting and how important it is in order to lose weight.

I'm not talking about eating less for each meal, or skipping mealsetc. Sure, anyone can lose some weight from that, but they will gain it back as fast. Its a fact. I'm talking about spreading my meals into 6 meals a day. Gone are the terms breakfast, lunch and dinner. These 6 meals constitutes the amount of carbhydrate, protein, fats and other essential nutrients that i require

in a day. I'm aiming for a rough estimate of 2000cal intake per day and you might ask why 6 meals a day? Won't you eat more and grow fatter? Why can't i just eat normally?

A simple google on "6 Meals" will answer most of the questions. But I will try to explain it simply.
Spreading out the food intake to 6 meals a day maximises the body's metabolism rate. When your metabolism rate is high, you will burn more calories. The aim here is to burn as much calories as possible and burning calories = burning fat.

The amount of calories burnt should be more than the amount taken in through meals. And thus the meals are all healthy meals.

Being a lazy person, i'm lazy to count the calories. LOL. I will however eat whatever that is healthy in a moderate and controlled amount. As i'm still fat at the moment, counting the amount of calories in the food isn't really that important. It would be if i'm having problem losing the extra kilos to reach my aim. Then at that point of time i would probably have to choice to start counting them.

1st step to my project is: To plan.
My inspiration is from Lock, my army friend that i mentioned earlier and my goal as for now is to reach his stage. I will make my own meals for the next few months and try as much as possible to stick to it. Staying clear of fast food, and sweet drinks and tibits are part of the plan.
No more late night suppering for me. Lesser coffee. More exercise.
For planning how to settle the meals when i have duty, i'm still in the midst of planning.

2nd step: To prepare.
I'm going to take some measurements of my body. Namely a few points.
Thigh circumference.
Waistline circumference.
Arm circumference.
And my weight using the ancient weighing scale i have at home haha. Next is to prepare what to eat.

I went to the market just now and this is what i bought.

I've still got some stuff that i need to buy but thats i guess i can take it slowly from here.

Spent $25 on all this. The Cereal is for breakfast on days which i have duty, so that i won't have to bring so many meals into camp.

3rd step: To do.
Simple. I'm gonna do some exercise =D and eat properly from now on.

Well i'm not going to give up that easily. Its said that it takes 21 days for someone to stick to habit and in this case, losing weight. Lets see if i can stay on for the full 21 days =D

Wish me luck!