i think i'm falling in love...

I'm sure I said it right, I'm falling in love. No no I'm not 2 timing my girlfriend, but I'm starting to fall for the treadmill in my gym. Firstly, this beautiful machine can take the ugly weight of mine. That's a point! Secondly, it will listen to my heart and tell me how good I'm doing so far. It can stop when i ask it to. It has quite a number of choices so that i can choose track or hill running and such. Kinda makes me wanna stay on it forever! ha ha.

Anyway, I had a talk with my fitness instructor and she told me not to run. I was blown away! seriously! Because I for one thought that running was one of the best ways to lose weight up front. So i kept quiet as she continued to explain, saying that if i ran, the impact on my knees would kill me in my later days. So she told me, Start walking first.

She then showed me to the treadmill and showed me how to use it to my benefit. I found out that for my weight and height, age and all that i needed to keep my heart rate at 127 beats per min so that weight loss can occur. the advised is 142 bpm and of course the cardio workout is 154bpm. hmmm so, like what i said, i started walking for 40 minutes on the mill. It felt great really... It took a bit to get my heart rate to 127 but i managed to maintain it and go up to 134 bpm. No doubt i may have not done sufficient stretching, it felt wobbly after the walk. There was a queue behind me so i guess i had to step away. Can't be selfish can I?

I plan to go tomorrow morning because I'm afternoon shift. walk a little and burn a little.

can anyone advice on how come i still feel lousy even though I'm doing it? What foods should i take? can i take protein whey? should I just go fruits and vegetables? brown rice and egg whites? i really dunno myself. Please advice thanks.

PS: I found out that walking with my plugs in my ears and music to motivate me does wonders.

The Fat test

My apologies for not updating this blog well. I'll be honest, i have not been practicing nor have i been running, yeah lousy right? ha.

Anyways, i just wanna say that i had gone for a fat test and the results were astonishing! the results are as follows:


Total weight= 96.5kg (86.5kg is recommended)
% of body fat= 24.7% (16.0% is recommended)
Fat body weight= 23.8 (13.8kg recommended)
lean body weight= 72.7kg (this is okay)
Basal metabolic rate= 2209 cal/ day
total body water= 48.7 liters, 50.5% of which is body weight (i need 60litres of water)
which means I'm dehydrated)

weight to lose= 10kg.

So there it is...

scary huh?


Have you had your fat test?

Rested well...

My second day of rest and i'm glad i have this day. Sorry to the staff who have to cover me during my rest. So it's back to work tomorrow morning and i hope to come back with a blast. Armed with my uniform and new pair of socks haha, Here I come!!

I'm filled with a little excitement because i can continue with my plan, to jog and keep healthy. So for this week ill do it like 3 times. Hopefully i can. I borrowed a book from the library regarding Running for Beginners haha yes i did... It's a great book because its a good slow build up so that by the time i have finished 13 weeks, it would be great. It even shows how to move on from there and even i can do cross training like swimming, cycling, rock climbing and such.. not forgetting weight training too. Let's all hope for the best to come yeah? haha... I'll keep praying that God will keep me in the pink of health. yup. look forward to getting a nice tan and building those muscles.

I wanna thank all of you who have shown and given encouragement. Kindly keep me in your prayers and ill show everyone the new me in due time. As mentioned im 95kg now. I have yet to weigh myself though. I'm gonna change my diet intake too. hopefully that too can contribute to my weight loss.. I just can't wait to fit in my jeans again... God bless me..

Till then...

God bless you all..

Ez aka Jung

I stumbled and fell

No i didn't jog today, prob due to the rainy weather today but that was not the main reason i didn't jog. It's because I'm sick. Was coughing the whole night each time i coughed it got worse. It's not those coughs with phlegms but the dry ones that will cause some chest pain. Was sniffing away too so that didn't help in the respiratory department. I took piriton before i lied on my bed. Honestly I do not know how to self medicate. Since young i was dependent on my dad mostly to take me to the polyclinic and he'd cook me porridge with salted egg and simple stuff just to fill my tummy. He'd always go "it's always because you don't sleep early" Well to be honest, i do agree with him. Sometimes the pm shift does drag till 1030 or so and by the time I'm home, it's like already 2330 hours.

So back to the sick issue. Can anyone tell me what to eat for a sick person? What to drink? I hope many can share their experiences and help me recover quickly. How do i deal with dry coughs? what should i do if i wake up with a splitting headache? So many questions for the curious mind. I suspect me having a flu. which is scary because now a days, even a slight fever can be queried or linked to many sickness. SARS and Avian flu and many more. Scary don't you think?

I thank all of you who have shown your support, your encouragements and messages will spur me to jog better i really hope to put up my first jog log asap. I just can't wait.

God bless..

Ez

My first post and hopefully more to come

So here it is... my first post and yes i hope not the last. Here lies my journal of my jogging. Note, i said jog not run because i'm not a runner (for now).

Allow me to introduce myself, I am a 24 year old male chinese from the little island of Singapore. Currently, i'm working as a health care provider and i do shift works. 3 to be exact. i'm soaring at 1.80 meters and i weigh i hefty 95 kilograms. If you can't guess by now, i'm trying to start jogging to keep fit and lose some tummy fat.

I have been telling this to my close friends since secondary school to my poly mate. Till now i have yet to keep to anything strict. no diet well kept nor do i have any good sleeping patterns. Besides my work and my girlfriend, i have no life. Honestly, i am so tired after work, that i can't move much. sleeping in the train if i ever get a seat.

I ever tried joining the gym at my work place but after joining for about 6 months, i have visited the gym twice. yes TWICE!!... such a let down don't you think? I even got me a mp3 player so that i could jog and listen to music at the same time. ( i love music...) but i only use it for going from my house to work and back. There was one time that it was painful even to stand. I never liked that feeling. To hurt even when standing felt so bad that i decided to eat less or do something to get rid of that feeling. Soon that feeling left and i was happy but no i didn't continue to lose it but i went back to my old habits.

One day my friend from poly got sick and tired of me saying that i wanna do it but yet nothing had been done at all. He then challenged me to jog 3 kilometres everyday. I said it is a good challenge but no i cannot jog that much 6 out of 7 days a week. But i promised him that after 3 months, i would lose some weight. So to keep my promise, i decided to keep a journal. THIS!!!

So i really hope my friends and family support me and give me encouragement. Please pray for me and keep me in good health.

With great thanks...

Ez