mquang’s BodyBlog

Although, the temperature outside is telling me that we are in the Winter season, but I feel my life is in the Spring season.  Things seem to be blooming for me, love is in the air, and life is good.  I’ve found someone who loves me, someone who wants to spend time with me, it is a relationship I’ve been longing for, dreaming off and now living it.  I’ve been living on simple philosophy, "to attract attractive people, we must first be attractive", and "Water seeks its own level".  I often think to myself if I was the same guy as I was before, 175lbs, obese, what are my chances of having someone who is attractive and fit be in my life?  I often hear people say we shouldn’t judge a person by look, but sadly, look is the first thing that people judges on.   We do it all the time.

I feel training to be in shape, eating right to have a fit body are ways to show the world that I take care of myself.  I feel an hour at the gym each days, sweating, is way to let me know that I am alive.  I love myself so that I can love others.  Yesterday, I just turned 27, and I am one day closer to achieving the body that I deserve.

To attract attractive people, you must be attractive.
To attract powerful people, you must be powerful.
To attract committed people, you must be committed.
Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. I
f you become, you can attract. 
–Jim Rohn 

I’ve been sick since Saturday, and was completely off from the gym.  I returned today and train back and biceps, I felt completely weak, and drained easily opposed to when I was not sick.  Hopefully, by the end of the week, I will regain my strength back.
I printed out a before and after picture of me and posted on the fridge, a few family friends dropped by and was awed by it.  My date was awed by it too, and want me to be the trainer.

Got in a car accident on Sunday, and grateful that everyone in the car was safe.  There is a lot of things I will be thanksful for during this Thanksgiving.

Yesterday, I was tired and decided to take off and calling it a rest day.  While at home, I was on Youtube and decided to search for the steroid and bodybuilder.  There is one clip about a guy who decided to use steroid and within months (maybe less then 2) his body changes completely.  I was shocked and amazed, but it make me wonder if those that have a quick transformation changes in their physique are on some sort of steroid?  Their diet and exercise program are the same as everyone else, but how come we don’t achieve the same QUICK result?  I am talking about those that can go from OBESE, never exercise in their life to BodyBuilder type within one year or a few months.
I used to think the reason how they achieve that quick of a result is because of their diet and exercise are perfect?  hmm…can anyone diet and exercise be perfect?  Can anyone be perfect?  Or, well, because they’re motivated, dedicated and work hard at the gym?  That’s crap! I know people that are dedicated and train hard and discipline in their diet and yet still not be able to achieve that quick of a result.

I need to be proud of my accomplishment. I do look great and feel great about myself now then ever before.  I will educated myself about nutritions and exercises.  I will stop telling myself that I trained incorrectly or that my meals are not perfect…blah!  I’ve been eating plain foods, and trained–that is perfect right there!

Yesterday, while trying on a t-shirt, I couldn’t help but look at the mirror a few times, and asked myself "Is it me?  Wow".  The feeling of being fit is just amazing, it soothe away all the "pain in the a** of eating plain foods and working out".

I would like to gain a bit of mass, and to do so, I’ve been eating more plain foods, and I have cut cardio to one or two sessions a week.  Do I know what I am doing? Not really, but I feel the more I ask for opinion, the more confuse I get and I feel it would be best just trying out on myself and make judgment and correction base on my progress.

I am still educating myself on weight-training, I want my forms to be correct.  I see a lot of people training in the gym, and they lift heavy weights, but feel like they’re letting momentum do all the work–there is really no control of movement.

I used to be scared of this question, "Do you know how to play tennis?", "No", "Do you know how to play soccer?", "No", then they asked "Do you know how to do anything?", before, I would feel bad, but now I said "Yes, I know a bit about weight-training, I can Squat, do you?" and that take a lot of pressure of me.

Happy Friday =)