May 26

Today I did get to work out with Macaquinho.
Most of it was upper strength. Lots of push-ups.
This and awesome sunny bike rides.
Awesome.
Later!

May 25th.

I still haven't followed my regular workouts in a while. Work drains me.
However, I still try to do useful stuff with the warm weather.
I ride every day.
To work, back home, back out, back home.
I shall start working out soon, hopefully this week.
I might get back to class this week.
However, like I said, I still need time.
Later!

May 14th

I just finished today's whole body workout.
I tried doing it in the morning, however I felt in pain for it.
So I went to work and then I rode for a while.
Now that I got home I realized my right shoulder was hurting, and the only thing I had done before other than biking was dive bomber pushups, and realized that something must have been wrong.
So I did my research, and THIS is how you do a dive bomber pushup.


I did it with my busted shoulder and it doesn't hurt.
So, note to self: change the dive bomber pushup into that.
Other than that I did some deadlifts, lateral dumbell raises, and some dumbell flies, this in addition to my whole body workout.
I feel good about today.
Later!

May 14th.

Last night, I left everything forlast minute.
I did my ab/back workout right before going to sleep.
Today it should be nice out, so I might top today's full body workout with a bike ride after work.
Bye!

May 13th.

Hi!
Yesterday I forgot to update the blog. I did my full body workout, the one with the squats and leglifts. I passed on the burpees. However, I added an extra set of pushups and some squats for it.
I also tried to work my chest. It's been sore for a while from doing so many chest exercises.
I think this is going well.
Today's workout should be abs. I will update this when I do it. Or if I forget, tomorrow.
Later!

May 12th

Hey!
I haven't stopped working out on a regular basis.
Last night I did my Tuesday workout, the upper-muscle workout with the handstand pushups and the remaining tons of pushups.
I only finished 2 sets though. I had to take care of something.
Today I should do my full body workout. I'll update this after I'm done with it.
Later!

Monday, may 10th.,

I think today it's two weeks since I started.
Improvement isn't that visible. However, I feel it. I think it's great.
Today I did my usual Monday workout, except that I was upstairs and didn't want to piss my neighbours off, so I didn't do the jumping jacks.
In addition to that, I did some more ab-work and lifted some weights.
It seems like I'm doing fine!
I just have to get over the tired feeling of after-work.
I have to still work out regardless of me being tired from work.
Later!

Sunday, may 9th.

I hadn't worked out as much lately because finally i've gotten shifts at work, and that left me spent.
I managed to sneak in bikerides, or well, even going to work and back, plus whatever i could sneak in.
Today though, I got a text that gave me tons of motivation. It's nice when you know you aren't exactly alone in achieving your goals. It's nice when you know there's others that want you to achieve those goals.
Today I don't even know how much I worked out.
I know I did lateral dumbell raises, push ups, deadlifts, worked abs, worked more abs, then more lateral dumbell raises, and i don't know, it's been 44 minutes since I started working out. It's nice.
Later!

May 7th, well, May 6th late night.

I haven't left this blog behind.
I've been really busy. However I do get some time to get cardio done each day.
I think doing cardio exercises everyday will help a lot, even if I cannot complete my daily workouts.
Still, the goal is to do my cardio AND my workouts.

ONE WEEK =D

I just did my monday workout, the one with the dive-bomber pushups, kick outs, squats, leglifts, and burpees. however, i'm not as tired from it. i think i can do one more rep of that. or go jogging. whichever. i'll update this after.
OH SNAP I FORGOT today's one week since i started this.
And I feel the difference.
I'll post numbers in a bit.

Sunday night!

It's fun to know that the warm weather helps me keep warm.
Just today we biked at 40kph on flat surface while rushing before a thunderstorm hit us. It was awesome. Then got a flat tire.
Again, bike rides are awesome cardio for me. This is because I actually like riding my bike.
Next thing I knew it's that it was 10:30pm and I was getting home.
I don't mean to brag, but nice work, me!

May 2nd. Sunday

Hey, tomorrow is gonna be one week since i started this crazy thing. I feel great. I feel the improvement.
I eat a lot less than I did before. It seems that the straight-apple days made me realize how much food intake I actually need.
I guess not eating much for some days will also shrink the size of your stomach too, right?
However it is, yeah, my food intake is smaller than before.
To celebrate tomorrow my one week of whatchyamagonnacallthis, i will get on the scale and post results.
Last time I got on that scale it said I was about 106 kilograms. That being about two hundred and twentysomething pounds.
This is on an inaccurate scale. I will use it for the purpose of this blog.
Heh this is the first time I've felt such a huge change in my body and in my personality.
I have tried to get stuff done. Documentation and work related stuff. And schoolwise. I finally found a program I like! I'm excited.
And I can't wait to get back to my capoeira class.
BUT YEAH okay, today's entry.
I thought Saturday and Sunday were gonna be my rest days, but nooooo, I knew I couldn't do that.
I just made an addition to the Macaquinho workout program. Today I did deadlifts. I aimed for 10 in a row. Then this was followed by a superset of 20 kick-outs. Then lateral dumbell raises followed by a superset of pushups. However, using the same dumbells.
Then after this i felt warmed up, so I did a little workout with two dumbell bars i found a loooong time ago along with all my weights and used them as kali sticks, and was working that basic sequence that we were taught.
It was fun.
OKAY i shall update this next time. Tomorrow. with numbers! DA DADA DAAAA

Saturday

Hey guys, it's me again.
For today I might just do some cardio.
Bike around, run, whatever. It's all good.

Friday still.

I just got home from riding my bike and whatever. Mostly hanging out. It's fun.
If you like biking, it's a good form of exercise. I could ride for entire hours non-stop and really enjoy it.

April 30, after-workout

Hey guys.
I just finished Macaquinho's ab/core workout for the day.
Today's workout consisted of:
30 kick-outs, 20 supermans, 1 minute plank position, 50 leg raises and 50 side-to-sides.
Whenever I do the side-to-sides i hold a 5kg sand weight, so I end up pretty dead after it. However, it's a good workout.
I went on a bikeride earlier today, and I intend to go on another one in a bit.
After doing the apples thing, I've realized that it takes less food for me to feel satisfied. I'm also increasing my water ingestion.
I think it's healthy.
I'll be doing some cardio after hopefully.
Later!

Day 5.

I forget to do yesterday's workout.
Well, I didn't, I was just really tired.
However, I can use today's cardio to warm up for my ab workout.
The cardio was already posted. That's the one with the kick outs, squats, leg lifts, etc. The ab workout is more like side-to-sides, leg raises, cool stuff. I'll post the workouts after I'm done with them. Later!

day whatever. I think it's 4th.

And I think my mood has improved. I still feel like shit, but it's better than yesterday. Today's supposed to be abdominal workout. I haven't done any cardio today.
I just ate a slice of bread with ricotta cheese and a glass of milk for breakfast.
And a sample-sized cup of coffee.
I'll update this with today's workout after.

It's about 12:30. I got home about 15 minutes ago.
I just had some soup with rice in it. Home-cooked food isn't bad for any diet. Just make sure it's not really greasy. HOWEVER, consuming fat is still necessary. Otherwise your body will go like "oh noes" and will hold on to its fat. [Macaquinho]
The bike ride was good, buuuut my pants ripped.
By the shin. Just before I got home.
There's red hot chili peppers for that.

Wednesday night.

I really got no encouragement whatsoever. People only get encouragement to do things when they rub it all on everybody else's faces.
"LOOK GUYS I'M ON A DIET"
-WOW GOOD LUCK.
assholes.
It's why I'm doing this beforehand.
I did some deadlifts and lateral dumbell raises.
I'm off for a bikeride. I might see a buddy on the way.
Later.

I just finished my work out. Today, Macaquinho's workout was just cardio, so that's what I did.
20 dive bomber push-ups,
20 kick outs,
20 squats,
20 leg-lifts,
and 20 burpees. only one set.
I don't feel like it's enough. I'll probably do some dead-lifts or something else as well.
I still don't feel encouragement. I want to do stuff because I feel I can take more.
I can always do more. It's on.

I thought it would be nice to have some encouragement from Shinigami Ryuk, whom will kill for apples.



Ryuk, what the shit, you're ugly.

Day 3, ugh.

I have no motivation whatsoever.
The idea of this weight loss thing just came at the worst time possible. Or did the worst time possible came as soon as I had this idea. I don't even know.
Apples, god damn. I always try to have an apple near me when I write this.
I went out for a walk, made some vital phone calls, I looked for work again, and I forget to work out. I have to do my work out. That's the only way this might work in the end.
I wish I wasn't the only one doing this. Maybe I could find encouragement in somebody else going through what I'm doing. But the only encouragement I have is looking into a mirror and wonder about the results.
I'll go do my work out. Later

Day 3

Today I've eaten two little thingies made out of only flour and water, and I'm gonna eat my damn apple and a coffee for breakfast.
I'm about to do my cardio workout. Then I don't know how to deal with lunch since I've ran out of apples. I'll post after that. Or probably not, I got other things to deal with rather than this blog.
Later

Wow, work out.

It's 12:31 am. I guess this counts as the 3rd day.
I think feeling hungry really has an influence on my mood. But eh, whatever.
I've had apples, I had some soup thingy, and some pizza. However, I worked out twice today. I went out and tried to work out at a playground, so I think I evened out the pizza.
The idea of the apple thinger isn't so good. However, limiting my food intake to not such precarious levels isn't bad still.
I can still go for this. I'm sure I can.
I mean, what the hell, I don't feel sick, or tired, or dizzy. I just feel a bit hungry.
And when I work out or stuff, I stop feeling it. So, yeah, I don't think it's a bad thing.
I've also tried to have more water. I think I'm doing fine at it. Kind of clearing out my system.
I wonder what the end of this is gonna be like... =]

After workout

I's now 3:05ish.
I just finished the workout Macaquinho wrote down for me.
Today it's chest/upper muscles workout.
Consists of
20 wide push-ups and a super-set of lateral dumb bell raises, 1 minute break,
20 dips and a super-set of triceps extensions, another minute break,
and 8 handstand push-ups and a super-set of diamond push-ups.

That in 3 sets.
I attempted to keep short breaks between sets.
However, due to a severe lack of a dishwasher, I would simply do dishes during my break.
Dishes were done, my work out was done, and I feel great.
Somehow I feel a lot lighter, and it's just the second day.
I feel like breathing is a bit easier, for some reason.

Oh, I cheated for breakfast. I had an apple and a black coffee.
But still, I feel good.
It is on!

Day 2

Today I woke up with no encouragement to continue on apples. But since I got no serious physical activities to do today, might as well stick to it.
Last night was okay. I can't say I made up for not playing on Saturday, but I did what I could.
I got on the scale today. It seems there's a huge overnight weightloss, but probably from me not eating much. I did know I was gonna eat less as soon as I started eating only one thing.
Now that I'm doing this, I might as well try some other things on me to learn more about my body.
This is the second day. And it is on.

Unexpected roda.

Today there was a roda at C.M. Lua Branca's academy.
I didn't want to go to it. I had tons of things going on. However, I had to try and make up for my failure on Saturday.
I got an okay feedback on my aggressive game. But what the heck, the blog isn't about that.
I thought I could try to run on apples all day. However, I already failed at it, which leads me to the conclusion that I cannot run on apples for the entire day. I can, however, replace junk food for it.
I had a bowl of noodles before that class. And man, that was the best thing I could have done.
So, today, I had one major meal instead of 3, and apples.
Regardless, I felt lighter. I could do more. I could try more.
Like after any workout, I had my protein, and not exactly apples.
I think I learned today something important: I can't run on apples, and I need food.
That changes the idea of this. Not replacing food for apples, but rather replacing junk for apples.
And working out at home (easy workouts) on apples.
That way this may work.

Day 1. Started with the wrong foot.

Well, what's left of day one.
I woke up kinda lateish, but good for a mostly-unemployed guy my age.
I woke up, turned around and went back to sleep.
That's normal, right?
I woke up thinking of the apples.
How awesome it was gonna be after this is done and whatever!
However, my reasoning didn't get too far. I was supposed to live on apples and tea.
I had the encouragement, I had the goal set, the time was here, everything was ready, except I had no fucking apples.
No biggie! I could have tea until I went out and grabbed some apples.
I wasn't counting on the fact that the pomegranate tea I had was going to taste rather like toe-sweat.
But it's cool. I drank my toe sweat and went to grab some apples.
Today it's gonna be my serious attempt of working out.
I have a capoeira roda in toronto, and I plan to attend and hopefully play while running on apples and tea.
I'm already on my 3rd apple.
I hadn't realized how different parts of the apple taste different.
Guess it's like chicken, right?
And potentially, people, right?
Just checking.
K, i'm off to do laundry. I'll update this after.

How it all started

The original idea was to make this blog before I started through with this.
I didn't think I had the time, but I had planned to go nuts for one week.
Now, the plan is to last for as long as I can.
This blog is gonna be my journey though starvation and attempts to work out.
Apples, apples, apples.
I am currently 5'10ish, and I weigh about 105 kilos according to my inaccurate scale. According to somebody else's scale, a digital one, i'm at 226 pounds I myself feel like I'm 200 kilos. I got tons of muscle, but I want to feel it.
The plan:
To lower my food intake and eat apples like mad instead of whatever junk I would eat normally, while still getting the necessary nutrients for me to not pass out while working out.
Through this, I want to lower my weight to about 180ish pounds.
More or less. It would be nice to get leaner.

The goals:
New clothes, hopefully smaller sizes.
Making my game better.
Proving to myself that I can achieve whatever I want if I set my mind for it.
Showing my brother that if I can change, so can he.

The rewards:
Going to GAP. their largest sizes are 38s. Or even Walmart. And getting new clothes.
A shirtless bike ride.
And some other things. I'll think of them after.
Oh and and and
An ice cream cone and a fuzzy blanket.