Monday, May 30, 2011

BTW..

Congrats for all the COMPLETERS!

lots of respect, everyone!

I will soon join you, so expect me!!

Day 43 - 46

We reached the milestone on Sunday (half-way done! yay!) but didn't have time to sit down and look back the accomplishment for last 45 days.  why?  caz there are more and more that I have to do now.  more reps, more sets, more skips, more works, more cutting veggie!  if I don't move quick enough, I can't get all the shit done within 24 hours!!  if I have tome to think, I rather move my body to do something productive!  adrenalin is pumping!

All I can remember from this weekend was boiling eggs after eggs and chopping veggies after veggies as if there were no tomorrow.  My fridge is now packed with ziplock Tupperwares.   My wife complaints as there are literally no space for her to put anything :)  I WILL GIVE YOU SALAD SO YOU SHUDDUP, SIT DOWN AND EAT WHAT I GIVE TO YOU, WOMAN muwahahahaha :)

today's chest exercise was painful.  dipping 8raps by 4 sets followed by push-up with 15raps by 4 sets.  I thought I was going to split right in half!

week 6 photo is up!  I can see the trend where everyone is reporting.  The actual weight loss seems to be ceased down a bit.  I am not that concerned as I can now see the definition clearly.   however, I have to admit there are lots for me to burn around my love band zone :)  Hoping by the time I finish all the 90 days, I will have no fat around my waist!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Day 41 - 42

Chin-up bar finally arrived and it didn't hang well from the door frame as it supposed to.  I pre-measured all the dimension and it looked like it would fit...   boo....  it sucks.
I now have to order another straight bar which needs some drilling...

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Day 39 - 40

I will just blog whatever it comes to my mind...  bare with me

I have set a golden pattern of my daily life for 7 days a week.  The day I do a half marathon training in the morning, I wake up at 5:30am, prep my lunch, and breakfast for my family, then go for the run at around 6am.  The key here is to spend 30mins in the kitchen so that your mind becomes clear before you go for the run.  Non training day, I sleep in till 6:30am.  In this case, I make sure I prep all the food before I go to bed the previous night.  For both training/non-training day I finish the skips before the breakfast at 7am.  (Skip is now my favorite exercise out of all the kinds so 13-15mins feels really short! )  You go to the office and if it's back and arm days, I hit the gym during lunch time because A. Gym has chin-up bars.  B. want to spend dead-time (lunch time) more effectively.  For the chest day, I save the exercise till night time at home caz gym doesn't have good equipment for the dip (I can use my dining chairs for the dip exercise at home).
Once pattern is set, then the rest is so easy, you just cruise~.  However I start getting VERY irritated with unexpected that disturb my harmonized pattern like user calls right before I am going to the gym, long queue in the gym for the chin-up.......
or......  iPad2 arrives at home waiting for me to play with it!! YEAH!!!!!  I really hate when this happens!!   because of this iPad, I am not preping food for tomorrow, soon about to pass the bed time.  man..  what the hell am I doing?   I am trying to get 8MA dude on my 46'' flat TV through HDMI cable...   what a great way to waste my precious time!!!

I HATE YOU iPAD!!

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Day 38

I thought zucchini is some kinds of cucumber for the longest time, but today I learned it is relative of pumpkins :O
I bought a lots of zucchini  from Costco but had no idea how to cook them so I decided to put them on the fried pan (without any oil).  The outcome was something closer to the texture of pumpkins.  I was totally expecting something similar to cucumber so I googled it.  I became a little bit more knowledgeable than who I was yesterday :D

Since I am having lots of trouble with pistol squat, I search the how-to in youtube.  Those people do the pistol with their feet on the ground completely flat at all time!  When I tried to do it with feet at flat position, I fell from my butt to the ground.  My ankle is not flexible enough to lean forward to counter balance the weight shift as I am coming down.   Does everyone suffer from the same situation?

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Day 35 - 37

New set of exercise, man they are brutal!
Am I the only one thinking pistol squat is impossible no matter how hard you try?

Whenever I saw new set of exercise, I first fear them but in a week or two they become do-able.  I can see the progress and this really feels good.  I hope I can conquer pistol squat in a few weeks too!

I have ordered chin up bar finally (going to the gym for the back exercise day is getting pain the butt).  The product name is "どこでもマッチョ" (Macho Anywhere).  Sounds very cheesy but it looks to do what is expected to do.  I just worry how my wife reacts to it....  It should arrive today!

I have posted week 5 pic.  Start seeing some definitions!
Alright ladies and gents, have a great weekend!  I am off to Costco now!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Day 33 - 34 Fat @$$

Excuse my language here.  but my fat @$$ saved me today.

I was in the studio at the gym doing elevated triceps dip and around a mid way through when I was pushing myself up, my hands must have have put force a little bit toward my butt which results in generating torque on the chair I was holding.  Next mill second the chair fell and I also fell right on my tale bone.  If I had lost all the butt cheek fat, the outcome would have been devastating but thank god I still saved some for the case just like this!  I think my butt cheek served as the cushion b/w my tale bone and the wooden floor.   Yes it was painful and I was limping around the studio but the pain was not that much where I couldn't even breath.  I could see ladies in the studio was trying to hold her laughter..  I was deeply embarrassed but continued my elevated triceps dip as if nothing had happened...  I took it like a man.

Thank you my fat @$$ for saving me today. I really do appreciate your kindness but unfortunately this is the last time of this happening and soon I am going to ged rid of you.  Again thank you and hope I never see you in rest of my life!

I was planning to jog around imperial palace twice to train up for half marathon but I took a pass to be on the safe side.  If I don't feel the pain tomorrow, I will do the jog. (it's a rest day anyway)

BTW, it is my 2nd day doing 8MA...  I could only do first set of ab exercise in full, from the second exercise I start to struggle..  that is only 45sec into the show..  8mins seem forever but will keep on trying!  負けねーぞ!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Day 28 - 32

We are already a third into the this program..  time flies doesn't it?

Accomplishment for the first month of PCP
1) Lost 6kg (13.2lbs)
2) I am now able to do 4 pull-ups in the first set!
3) Didn't drink any alcohol!  (-> the biggest achievement ever)

Pretty good, eh?

Goal setting for the 2nd month of PCP
1) Be able to complete 4 set of Plank with 40 sec each! (30sec x 3 sets are the maximum I can do at this moment..)
2) Continue not to drink any alcohol.
3) do 8-min abs on top of regular PCP ab-work.

Loosing weight, staying away from alcohol and being able to perform things I couldn't perform in the past really make me feel great.  Wife is happy caz I don't snore as loud as I used to and I wake up every morning before her to prepare breakfast salad for her and daughter.  This really is a win-win for everyone!  One thing I need to watch out is the crave for Ra-men and Pizza (and Aussie Cheese Fries in Outback!)..  I still feel deep inside of my heart, I am still wanting that suckers.  I will kill my obsession for those bad boys in next round of indulgence! 

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Day 26 - 27

I decided to take on the indulgence lunch today.  (It's about a time as I couldn't stop thinking about 中落ち丼 for last few days..)
I used to dump bottle full of soy sauce over the bowl but this time I behaved like the real PCPer: Moderate amount of LOW salt soy sauce on the bowl.  I enjoyed every bites of this and was thinking "man, Patrick lied, this taste so damn good!"  I was worried that I still felt great about the taste.. wasn't I supposed to be like "is this what I was craving for?" ?? 
Well, the moment actually came after 15mins later I finished eating.  I was feeling my throat dried up and hurt because of the salt (even though I was very careful about the amount..).  Now it is midnight I still feel it...  yikes.
I used to be still hungry after finishing the full bowl but today I was VERY full.  (almost put me into sleep.)  I guess my stomach is getting to the normal size, which is good :)

For the next indulgence (if I get more days), I will try my next food of choice 天下一品こってりラーメン.  I am curious to see how I will feel after eating this sucker :)

Monday, May 9, 2011

Day 23 - 25

I renewed my jump rope after receiving good suggestion and feedback from various people (Thanx Nick, Yeeman, Mikael and Ren!).  New rope obviously made a HUGE difference.  Now I can jump up to 300+ continuously.   Suddenly jump rope became a fan exercise not a torture!  I actually bought one with the counter so that I didn't have to count from 1 to 1000+ which was the mind numbingly boring thing to do.  Only downside of this new rope is that it's very heavy..  After I finish all the jumps, my forearms are sore..

Pull up, I am still not sure about the right angle of arms.  If I narrow it, I can pull my self up a few times but looking at Patrick's form in the exercise sheet, the angle b/w both arms looks quite wide.  In the tip, it said, "you raise your hands when you have gun pointing at you... that is the ideal angle for the pull up"...  well..  I am in Japan and never be pointed by the gun so don't really now the IDEAL angle..   Someone please explain me..   (when you are using lat pull machine..  you try to reach the far end of bars which is kinked..  is that the right angle?)

Pull-down, I feel the soreness in my triceps.  I must be doing something wrong?  Anyone feels the same by any chance?

New set of exercise, V-sit and Plank are killing me already...  Not looking forward to get the rep/set increased for next week....

Friday, May 6, 2011

Day 18 - 22

It was such a nice long golden week, unfortunately it will end in just a few more days.  It sucks :(
  
Went back to my grandpa's for several days and as with all the relatives on this planet do, they threw big feast..  They live in Kochi where it is located south part of Japan and known for good seafood and lots of drinking...   It was hard to say no to the food and drinks they are offering but I did it somehow.  It was my first time I ate fish for the protein.  Sashimi was fantastic but it wasn't as tasty as eating with soy sauce which I stayed away because of its salt contents..

As for my exercise, I managed not to miss any workouts so far.  But jump rope is getting on my nerves cas I can't continue more than 100.  I think it is because rope is too light as I don't feel enough inertia while it rotates around my body.   Jumping over 1000 is putting mental burden on me.  I found it is easier if I jump in front of the big mirror but that means I have to go to the gym which defeats the purpose of this program...  hmm..  I will go get the new rope to see if it makes some differences..

My weight is going down at constant pace.  It hits 76.0kg when I measured myself this morning.  YEAH!

I will end today's blog with the picture of village where my relatives live.
Traditional Japanese house, creek, flower and mountains.  looks pretty isn't it? :)

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Day 16 - 17

Everyone in Japan enjoying GW?  I certainly do!  I am not in the usual Sunday evening blueness caz I am taking a day off tomorrow.  haha

Started seeing some changes in my figure (as wife pointed out), so it is definitely giving me more motivation to be on this program.  In day 17th exercise, we have new set of activity which is the true pull-up.  I couldn't even finish one rep....  am I the only one who is struggling with my own mass?  With Rat Pull machine, I am usually doing 45-50kg..  my weight is about 77kg so yes I am trying to pull more than what I usually do..  but ZERO success..  man..  felt beat down and defeated..  by the time I graduate from PCP, I hope I will be able to pull myself at least once or twice.

My food these days:  my favorite chicken breast fillet with veggies salad.  I become a bit creative in the dressing.  I mix up my paste (with lots of garlic, ginger and all kinds of spices), with lemon juice and chili powder.  chili powder definitely adds some kicks to the taste. 

I am off to see my grandpa in the country yard in Kochi.  Will enjoy the primitive life surrounded by pure nature for a few days!

Enjoy the rest of GW everyone!