Ossme’s Bodyblog

I will be travelling outside the country this week. This is so sudden as this was supposed to be my “catching up” week. This means two things, 1) I won’t be able to post my weight on a daily bases as I do now (unless I found a computer) and 2) I won’t be able to achieve this week’s target. 

I will be back on Sunday, so take care everyone. 

Hi Guys, 

 I had this space since 2006. But I rejoined the fight to lose weight on May 17, 2009. Therefore, I’m deleting all progress records that were placed before that date.

You may also notice that I’m not updating anything else other that my weight. That is due to the fact that losing weight is my current only target and I’m not trying to distract myself with anything else.  I will start entering all other details when I go back to the gym which hopefully will take place on July 24, 2009.

Yesterday I received a contract termination letter from my current employer. To tell you the truth, I was expecting it as many special contract employees are facing the same issue. Actually, I’m glad and thankful that I made it this far. This is the price you pay for choosing risky jobs, I guess. But it is not all bad since I have my own private business. Yes, it does not add much but it will provide basic food and shelter for a family of three.

Back in 2007, I was trying to lose 9KGs (20lb) in a hope to regain my 2006 status. Myself steam was at its lowest (or saw I thought) and therefore I felt the urge to correct things.

Many things has happened sense then. Just to give you a taste I graduated from school, My old job lost me (since I resigned in protestation), then I joined another company in a managerial position, and I became a father of an extremely active and noisy baby girl (not to mention cute). One thing that didn’t happen though, is losing the 20Lbs. I lost my motivation for some reason and kept delaying the matter. Even worse, I gained another 10KG (22lb) bringing my total weight to 98.5KG (217lb). But all of that didn’t start an alarm. In fact I became little used to the way I look now like if my old self was just a dream or an imaginary status that never happened.

Things started three weeks ago when I visited my old employer’s offices to collect a delayed payment check. I met one of my old friends there. She recognized me after some time, and did invite me to a cup of tea. The look on her face and her reaction shocked me to the core. She showed me a picture that was taken in 2006. It was a picture of me that was taken in a party. to tell you the truth she had every right to be surprised (and for some reason upset) as it looked nothing like me. I took a copy of that picture and left the building.

I couldn’t sleep that night and felt the urge to walk. So I looked into my drawers and found my old running sneakers. I wore them and started walking to no destination. I also started thinking about my situation. It is not only my weight that bothered me but also the way I looked (10 years older to say the least). I was confused and frustrated. During the process, I realized that I’m 4.5 miles away from my home! With no transportation option, I had to walk it all the way back!

When I woke up next morning my feet were killing me and I had a good amount of pain in my lower back. But I was extremely happy for some reason. I went down on breakfast and  boiled a couple of eggs and started preparing salad dish, which is unlike me. I don’t usually eat breakfast, and I haven’t eaten a boiled egg salad in two years. When I reached office I didn’t use the elevators, and opted for the stairs instead (which was bad since my office is on the fifth floor). Instead of my usual coffee I ordered green tea, which was another odd thing.

On that day,17^th of May 2009, I came to realized that I started a bug for everything that is healthy and athletic.  I started doing things that fed this bug which made me feel even happier. Since then I lost 6.1KG (13.4 pounds). I will hopefully continue to lose weight until I get back to June 7, 2006. The day that picture was taken in.

Hello again,

Yesterday was my first day and it was a good start. Although I started med day I didn’t really eat much before that. I only ate 2 pills of my fat burner before I go to college and ate a good meal from lame meat, rice, and mostly salad (more about that later).

In the college I didn’t really eat anything. I only drank tea  with milk to keep me awake (actually a special type that is called Karack tea). I also finished 1 liter of water during the 6 hrs in the college.

My dinner was sadly  “falafel”. Since it contains lots of fat I used the least amount of it. In addition I added a good amount of vegetables to the sandwich. No mayonnaise and least amount of ketchup.

After dinner I tried to study for about an hour however I ended up browsing bodybuilding.com. Not a waste of time then. After that I took the “before” pictures. I should say that I didn’t like it. I will try to post some of those pictures in my blog.

At Last it was cardio session time. It was basically walking on a treadmill for 45minutes. It was good I alternated the speed from 4K/m to 6.5k/m. Most of the time, I was in the lower end. It was not much but I was so happy that I actually started.

I took a shower and in few other minutes I went to sleep.

About 10 months ago I tried to make my body reach what I view as “optimum body”. Some unfortunate incidents happened since then and I stopped training for 10 months. I didn’t have time really to do anything. I’m still under the same stress. 

I’m currently living a very bad life style. I start working every day at 7:30 Am till 3:30 PM. Then I attend school from 3:30PM to 8:30PM. The rest of the time I spend with my wife and family. Most of my food comes from McDonalds and most of what I drink is Coca Cola. 

I’m 176 cm “5.6 ft” tall and before 9 months my weight was 78KG. Now I’m 89.5 KG. Furthermore, I was actually 92 KG days ago. That was a world record for me and an alarm has been triggered because I was gaining at least 1 KG a month. This had to be changed. 

My Goal of This Month is to lose all the weight I gained in the past months. This means I have to lose 9.5 KG (19 LB) in 4 weeks. Naturally this is a hard goal. This is hard even for people with lots of free time and resources. It will be an overkill objective for a guy with super busy man like me. However, My goal is to lose Fat and not to make any gain to muscle. To be honest I may even lose some muscle during the process. I know that some “including part of me” that says this is not an achievable goal. I also know from my managerial experience that you always need to have an achievable goal. However, this is a challenge I have to get. I will consider myself a winner if I stopped the gaining curve.