Starting from scratch

Every once in a while we all have to go back to where it all began, either for good or bad, we have to start over. I have been put in a place in my life where I have had to start from scratch for every aspect of my life. It is already June! Yes it is, and there is always two ways to look at things, either to look and believe that almost half the year is gone, or to embrace the next 7 months with arms wide open, and I choose the latter. As my previous post exclaims, I have been going through some tough times in areas of my life such as, leading a carecell, relationships, finance, family, my journey towards having my dream body by the end of the year, and achieving my goals, in short, EVERYTHING. I admit it I lose, I am defeated. But, don't count me out just yet. I'll try again. Yesterday morning, I took a couple of hours to reflect back on the past 5 months, and I realized that I have been busy-ing myself with things, agenda, activities that have lead me no where nearer to where I want to be. After having a sit down with one of my pals Matthew Leong, he basically instilled in me a new idea that if you are to succeed in something, you should know exactly what you did to succeed in it, and if you fail you also should know exactly what you did or did not do that caused you to obtain the results that you did. And it hit me, it was all true as hard as it was. I told myself, enough of the mourning, it is time to get right back up and continue the race, or in other words press on the restart button! So I sat down and really asked myself what I wanted to do with my life, where I wanted to see myself in the future, and what am I doing today that is going to get me there and as soon as I wrote that down, I sat down and charted my goals for the rest of the year, but I needed something more, I needed a drastic reminder to not lose sight of where I want to be again this year, and then this happened.

I cut my hair bald. Many have asked my why, some even said I just wanted some attention but I did it as an act of reminder that I have goals and plans and everyday that I wake up and look at my hair I will be reminded that I have to seize the minutes that I have been blessed with within those 24 hours if I am ever going to reach where I want to be, and I intend to keep this hair till the end of the year, I don't really care if it makes my head look really small compared to my big body I'm determined, I'm ready, I's charged up.

So, before I end tonight's post I would like to say that whoever you are, where ever you maybe reading this post from if you feel like you are in a place in your life that you are just stuck and you can't move anymore. SUCK UP THE SELF PITYAND GET GOING! You are a brilliant individual made in the image of God, you are given free will, You are a result of your choices, today you can choose to sulk and say that you life sucks or that you are just useless or a failure, if that is what you choose to see yourself as then that is exactly what you are going to be, but that is not who you were SUPPOSED to be. So, get up, start a fresh and get going. The only real time that you have failed is when you stop trying so keep going, keep fighting for whatever it is you want! You can do it, but you must be the one that wants to do it, it is alright if you fail, trust me..just dust the off the dirt from you shoulder, set your eyes once again on the price and if you have to, there is no harm in starting from scratch.

Goodnight!:)

The bitter taste of defeat.

The bitter taste of defeat, it is not one for the faint of heart but it is one that is crucial for the memory of the mind. Of all taste receptors implanted within each human being, I believe the taste of failure is one that is most difficult to be translated by the brain yet it is so vital. For from man's greatest defeats comes our greatest triumphs. Today, I looked into one of the areas of my life and I realized that I have failed. I have never been one to want to wallow in my sorrows, I ranted for a few moments, and then I told myself it was time to pick myself up again. We all fall apart, we all break down that makes us people, but the fact that from these defeats we can rise again; that makes us humans. Because as a human being we have a will, a choice as to how we would choose to respond. This can be applied to any area of your including fitness, if you would have missed your workout, had a very unhealthy meal or you may be right now sitting down and thinking that your whole life is gone, it is over because of a mistake you made..well let me tell you, it is not! So stop being sad and having a pity party because if you do that, you are not going anywhere. But if you should, make a choice rather to forgive yourself, and work twice as hard the next day, that would break you through your threshold and show the true spirit of your heart, which is the little voice that whispers to you that you can keep going! So whoever you are, don't give up, don't quit, make mistakes, but not the same mistake twice, because the second time you make the same mistake, that would be a choice you made and you would have to deal with the consequences.

A secret ingredient!

I really tried, but I found it hard to sleep, so I asked myself what are some of the things about bodybuilding that I was lacking knowledge about, and as my mind was scanning through my archives, SOY!!! This mysterious source of nutrition supplement has had its fair share of controversial backing  ranging from development of man-boobs, to poor testicular functions, to inducing female like character upon its users, I personally have been in a dilemma if I should or should not consume it and after reading this amazing article, friends get as much soy as you possibly can if you're planning on adding size to your muscle or even cutting down on your waist size!And im so grateful for my girlfriend's mom who has been blessing me with amazing servings of Melilia Organic Soy!

Now, I am simply going to summarize to you some of its benefits and if you would like to read up the whole article, you can find it in the link below:

Benefits:

1. Low Calories:

If you trying to cut down on the pounds, then soy is a delicious drink that you can add into your diet, a cup of light plain soy is only about 70 calories! yay for us!

2. Low glycemic and insulinemic index:

This means that one would stay in a fat-burning state! This is with lower insulin levels and a higher level of glucagon

3. High source of protein:

Enough said.

4. All rumors about Soy are untrue, based upon research.

So, I do hope that this is a helpful tip, and before i end this post i would like to say that the fact that you are trying to get from wherever you are to a better place makes you a winner! Despite how slow you may see progress or how nobody acknowledges the effort that you are putting in, keep going! Don't give up cos every little step that you take is getting you there, Goodnight!

Full article link: Soy, bodybuilder's friend or foe

A foreword

If you we're expecting killer abs and with the most well built body, I would like to apologize to you in advance as I am not that guy. My name is Aaron, I am 22 this year and I am on a journey. A journey of working towards being in the best shape of my life.

My current weight, 87.6 kg's

A little about me, I was born in Klang, a small town in the state of Selangor in Malaysia, and I have been obese from as long as I can remember. Growing up as the fat kid, caused me struggles from a day to day basis, which had lead me having a very low self image leading to self esteem issues a huge part of my teenage life. I did not want to meet new people, make new friends mostly because I was ashamed of how I looked. However, there was an entire different side of me that just knew that there was so much more out there in this world to experience if I could just muster up some courage or confidence to do so. Then when I was 16, my obesity took a turn for the worse as a casual visit to the doctors landed me in an area whereby if I did not do something about the fat in my face it was going to get me blind. My family decided to move to the city of Puchong where I had a chance of a brand new start with brand you people. I took the two month of holidays during the end of the year so start exercising. Little steps everyday, from walking to jogging to running. It was a process that was bringing progress, and during that holiday I managed to lose 10kgs which brought me from a waist size of 42 to 38.

It felt like a new dawn, it felt like fresh air, it felt like I was finally ready to start living my life. Ever since then I have been trying to get in the best shape possible. As there were many ups and many downs in this journeys, where my peak weight was 94 kg's and the lowest I have ever been was 82. This journey was tiring and disappointing whereby there were periods where I would lose a lot of weight, gain it back, lose a lot of weight gain it back, and if  you are reading this post and have been through the same process, im pretty sure you would know what that feels like. I joined georgeous fitness in May 2011, and have been working out ever since, but have never been too serious about it, but 5 weeks back I told myself, its time to get serious about this, it is definitely not going to be an easy journey but I am going to do it, 2013 is my year, I am going to get in the best shape of my life. To achieve anything in this life is not an easy task, what more the never ending journey of weight loss. Today, 21st of May 2013, was one of my lowest points in my 15 week program of moving towards a healthier lifestyle which i named #getleanordietrying, yes my lowest point after 5 weeks, my weight peaked again at 89.5 kg's which is the same weight which i started 5 weeks ago.

So what is this blog about, where in the world am I going with this, what do I know about fitness you may ask, and to answer all of these questions genuinely I don't really know. But what I do know is that I want to share my experience through this journey, I want to inspire, I wanna see others happy, I want others to know that they are not alone in their journey towards getting in shape and remind everyone that each and everyone of you are built for greatness and made to be winners, and that it is alright to fail, to cry, to feel pain, but most of all I want every reader to know that you can pick yourself up and keep walking, because the very moment where you feel like the hard work you are putting in is not worth the effort anymore, your muscles are so sore that you cannot move or you are gasping for air on the verge of giving up and your entire body is about to fail you; there is a gift that has been placed inside of you that tells you that you can keep going. The heart, the strongest of all muscles.