fromflabtofab’s BodyBlog

So Yesterday was not so good.  I did a ton of conditioning. My LIFESTYLE is changing.  I’m not so into "weight lifting" but dance, fitness, and functional training.  I do enjoy lifting, but since I’ve been on Hydroxycut, it’s just been whatever.  Perhaps my life is run by supplements and I don’t MIND that.  But now I understand why people sometimes equate bbers with having addictive personalities.  I mean for goodness sake, how much powder DO we put in our bodies a day? How many pills?  But they make our body better right?  MAYBE.  Alas,  that brings me to my VLOG! What DO you put in your body? 

 :::Does Jafar voice::: My leej (how DO you spell that) suggested I eat 2500 calories a day.  So I checked my math in the last vlog and now I wanted to know how much of each food I should eat.  Carbs, Protein, Fat, blah blah blah.   So what does the USDA say?  Oh I know this one…. :::Johnny Carson voice:::: I’m thinking of a number….  OK wow.. that’s so my mom’s generation not mine.  Anyway, 55-65% of our diet should be carbs, 25-30% of our diet should be fat, and 12-20% of our diet should be protein!  Or so says Mr. federal I like to tell people not to be fat USDA recommended mutha fella.  But I don’t like that.  So I kept my 25% fat because I like fat… Or so Dr. Phil says. (I’ll vlog on that tonight).  But as a "body builder" haha I wish, I want more protein.  So I am splitting it down the middle. 37.5% of Carbs and Protein each.  That’ll do, pig. :::do pig voice::: BAH RAM EWE! YAY Babe reference. 

WOW! I feel so ADD. I love when the HC gives me a pickmeup. Speaking of which, I have ONE more dose left. Should I buy more? COME ON GUYS, I need to know.  So let’s vote!  Yay! or :::horse voice::: NEIGH!  Ok wow so many voices.

 Here’s my rant from yesterday: I don’t want to confess more than once.

 And for you my king:

I used to have hams… Now, I have… canadian bacon? hmmmm  I was at the orthodontist yesterday and the assistant said to me, "I hope you don’t mind me saying, you lost a lot of weight." I said, "Actually I do.  What am I just a piece of meat?  Tell me I’m fat.  Now spank me!" Ok no I said,’ thank you.’  But it would have been hilarious if I said spank me… Yes, you shall give us ALL a spanking. And then… the…. nevermind. :::that of course was done with an english accent:::

Sweet! So the voice count for today?

1 disney

2 animals

1 old dead guy

1 horny english woman.

Oh dear. I better stop. (Don’t forget to tell me if I should by my Hydroxycut. I’ve lost over 20 pounds in 5.5 weeks.  I have 40 more fat pounds to lose.  And it’s nice. I can have cheat days and not BALLOON even though I gain like 4 pounds but it’s all water. Gotta love it). 

Waddup yo?  So I must bow to my king and admit he’s right. I’ve been struggling with a bunch of cheat days.  I get so upset when I’m over 2500 calories a day. And the King mentioned that I should be at least at 2500.  Well, I decided to put my new found Personal Training knowledge to the test.  I took the Harris-Benedict Caloric Needs formula.  You take your height, weight, and age into a formula and figure out how much your Basal Metebolic Rate is.  I found out that I need 2500 calories just to function! If I’m working out heavy (working out 6 times a week) I need almost 4400 calories! 

So here’s the vblog.  You’ll be able to see a walk through on how to figure out your own metabolic rate.  I suggest everyone check it out!

What is your caloric needs

1 inch = 2.54 centimetres. 1 kilo = 2.2 pounds 

BMI men= 66 + (13.7 x weight in kilos) + (5 x height in centimetres) - (6.8 x age in years) 

BMI women= 655 + (9.6 x weight in kilos) + (1.8 x height in centimetres) - (4.7 x age in yrs) 

• If you are sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job) multiply BMR by 1.2 

• If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days per week) multiply your BMR by 1.375 

• If you are moderately active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days per week) multiply your BMR by 1.55 

• If you take heavy exercise (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days per week) multiply your BMR by 1.725 

Hey, ok so here I am at 1PM and I’ve already eatten my usual daily caloric intake. What do I do?  I am sliding down a slippery slope. It’s only been 2 days.  But last week was bad.  And this week is not getting any better.  All the work I did on Sunday through Wednesday is now gone.  What do I do?  I feel like I’m slipping and I won’t be able to get out of it.  Sure I start off the day, but half way through, I’m dying.  It’s killing me.  I’m lethargic throughout the day.   I feel tired all the time.   No drive.   I do my exercising. It gives me reprive, but it’s like I’m doing it for nothing when I eat like I do.

 So the slope seems too steap!  I want to run a marathon.  I want to dance in a broadway show.  But I feel like it’s lightyears away.  And it’s really not. It’s not more than 3-6 months away if I can discipline myself. But when you’re depressed it’s so hard.  And I’m so sick of saying I’m depressed, but I don’t know how to get rid of it.  Ahhh verbal vomit. yay.

No I’m not talking about the number of steps you’re supposed to take to live a healthy life, I’m talking about calories.  Can someone actually consume 10k a day on an ongoing basis? Sure. 

The story all started when I decided to create a forum group for people who are 6′ and taller. Then some troll comes along and tried to jab me. How did a guy get a belly like you?  WTF do you eat? Burgerking 4 times a day? I responded by saying, "No actually, it was 4 years of depression coupled with the chinese buffet, but thanks for caring to ask."    Anyway, it got me thinking how DID I get that belly?  So I wrote down what I used to eat in a day.  It was a bit scary. I thought it would end up with about 6K calories. I was down by 4K. 

I used to eat out at least 3 times a day. I would eat chinese buffet 8 times a week and obviously, there are only 7 days in a week. You do the math.  So anyway, here’s today’s vlog about all I would eat in a day.

So being a gluton, I know that I have a problem with putting things in my mouth.  Chicken legs, pies, burritos, etc.  So what do I do when I need to eat something but I do not want to consume calories? I hate gum.  I can’t chew it. It all started when I was 8 years old and watched Willy Wonka.  As I watched Violet eat the 7 course gum, she turned into a blueberry.  Not only was I already terrified of falling into a lake of chocolate (which I was SURE I could drink my way out of), I was scared to chew gum.  I wasn’t going to turn into no blueberry.  So I can’t chew gum.  Still 18 years later, I still can’t do it.  So what do I do when I need to fill my stomach and want to taste something decent? 

Here’s the answer:

Alright…. want to know how I on my certification test?

I overeat sometimes.  I think I need a counselor.  Like this one:

That’s about all I have to say about that.  For some reason my schedule at work makes me hungry.  I’m always very hungry for too much of the day. Oh well.  That’s all I got. :-/  Just had to vent.

Richard Simons is my hero!

Here is my new vlog:

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So here I am, about half way through my weightloss journey and barely embarking on my weight management lifestyle.  But I take my ACE PT Cert exam 1/12/2008.  I’m so sick of studying.  My head hurts.  Anatomy and reading the same darn definition 200 times is getting old. Listening to the CDs, watching the videos, and reading the book.  Over and over again. Doing the review. Doing the workbook.  Almost time to take the practice test.  My head hurts. I wish I were swimming in a lake or hiking up a mountain. WHOA! Is this the same fat @$$ who used to weigh 350?  I’m 80 pounds lighter now.  I’m no where near done. I still have about 50 lbs of fat to lose.  I have about 60 pounds of muscle to gain!   I have dances to learn.  Mountains to climb. PULL UPS to accomplished (is it time to try one yet? probably not).

 So why do I write this? No clue, just needed to say it.  Half way there… but when you’re climbing of a Mt. Everest of fat, even if you’re half way up, you still have 15,500 feet to climb. Dis ain’t ezee.