Darren's Journey

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and I have been dieting since last month.

My name is Darren, I'm 26 yrs, 5'6" or 172cm.

When I started dieting I was at 185 pounds and I have never checked my weight after that. I took pictures of myself every Thursday for four weeks now. I'm not sure if I'm doing it right or wrong so I decided to make my own thread to get some advice from you experts.

My first 1~3 weeks Monday through Satuday routine (Eat normal on Sunday)

Non-Fat milk with Kellog K cereal for Breakfast

Chicken Breast Steak(Ralph's) cooked with George Forman grill, Mixed salads, Baby tomatoes, Non-Fat milk, Fruits for Lunch and Dinner.

Also, 1.5 liters of water, Iced Grande Americano twice a week. Greentea.

From 4th week, I started to do cardio with little bit of weight lifting at home, mainly focused on Bench Press and dumbells to work on my arms. Haven't worked on my lower body.
For cardio, I do fast walking for 15 mins, Running for 15 mins, and Jumplope for 10 mins in the morning, and just fast-walking and running combined 40 mins in evening. Also doing sit-ups on Swiss ball, probably 200 a day.
Oh and also taking Syntrax Nectar Protein drink every morning, after work out and before I go to sleep. Also started to take Multi-Vitamins one pill a day before I go to sleep.

Question about Nectar though, it is better to drink after cardio, I read somewhere on this forum, after doing cardio it is better to take some protein to keep away from loosing my muscle?

During this four weeks period, I did eat Outback Speical 9oz cut with steamd vege(only 1 time), 20 slices of shabu-shabu without rice(only 1 time), Subway Grill Chicken Breast sandwich with wheat bread and only lettuce, tomatoes and pickle with diet coke.(Three times)

Please let me know if I am doing ok, right, wrong. And sorry if the grammar is bad since English isn't my first language...:11doh:

I will attach some progress pics.

Start point
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Week One
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Week Two
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Week Three
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Week Four (Took this yesterday)
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Week Five
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Week Six
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Week Seven
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Any comments please. Thank you!
 
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First I want to welcome you to the forum, and wish you the best of luck in your new journal
 
First I want to welcome you to the forum, and wish you the best of luck in your new journal

Thanks Chillen, I see that you help others with great knowledge you have, If there's anything you want to correct me please do so! Thanks again and nice to meet you!

Just got back from walking/running and jump-rope...man I swear jump-rope is killing me!!! I can power-walk for 15 mins no problem, Run for 15 mins no problem but Jump-rope! It's even hard to do 5 min straight! so I just did 200...3 sets....my legs are gone haha WEAK!!! maybe I'm doing it too fast that makes me tired....Nectar Protein after cardio is DELICIOUS!!! :)
 
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Nice progress WOW!!! Keep doing what you're doing, only four weeks and you're this far imagine 4 months!
 
that is FANTASTIC progress
how much do you weigh now?

Thanks!
About my weight, I don't know, and I don't want to know at this point :)
I just want to see myself in the mirror one day if I like what I see, then I will weigh myself to see how much difference I made. Time to Sleep!!
 
Hey good work. Fantastic progress for just 4 weeks!

Thanks!

Today was somewhat bad day...

I did all my Monday routine, Morning Run/power walk 40 min.

Afternoon Full-Body workout 30~40min and cardio 40 min...
I didn't lift too heavy, mostly 12/3sets and didn't rest after each sets and kept worked on my full body for 30~40 min.

But...here comes the disaster...one of my real close friend visited me from Utah without telling me! It was surprise visit...we have been friend since elementary...he wanted to go out for a dinner since he drove 10+ hours from Utah, I just couldn't say "No, I have to eat Chicken Breast!!" so we went out to Kabuki...Japanese restaruant....2/3 bottle of large asahi, 4 Cold Tofu, 1 King crab sushi(1/2 rice), 1 halibut sushi(1/2rice), 1 uni sushi(1/2rice), 1 yellowtail sushi, 1 toro sushi, 2 sweet shrimp sushi, Spicy Tune tartare appetizer(about 1/3 of it), and diet coke....I thought to myself...this isn't good...but at least my buddy enjoyed it.
 
Good luck with your training. Just a note 172 cm is 5 '8 not 5 '6 :D

For reals!????? I thought I was 5'6"!!! I mean that's not going to change anything but still!! 5'8" yoohoo!!!

Chillen,

I think I'm doing good as planned. I finally weighed myself after a month.
I dropped 20 lbs in 5 weeks and probably some muscle gain as well.
I'm now at 165lbs, shooting for 155lbs before first week of Nov. I can see my abs better now which is good. I hope to see more clearly after I loose 10lbs more. I will update!!!
 
I just updated some pics of the progress...man..I can't never get rid of my lower belly!! L0L oh well...keep running right? I'm now at 159.5 lbs. I goal is to be at 147 lbs, and start lifting from there.
 
Man I've been so lazy to post on this board...:boxing_smiley:
I'm coming into my 13~14th week now, and have met my goal of becoming 147 pounder. I work harder than ever but I have been eating some bad foods since my parents came and my mom is keep feeding me RICE!! L0L
Anyways, they are back to Korea now and I'm more focused than ever, hit the gym last night and I feel sore.
Here's little contribute to myself for shaving off 40 pounds!! with right eating and right exsercise! Don't starve!!!
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Is that you in the magazine lol?

And I can understand you about the rice thing..i come from a culture where rice is one of our main foods..and my mom keeps trying to feed me tons of rice almost every night...she tries.. but i know better :)
 
Yap! That's me! Lil' fun with Photoshop haha seriously, my mom tried to feed me bowl of rice every meal but I told her NO NO! I'm about to hit the gym now, mostly cardio,core exercise today, I want to get more definition and work on my lower belly, need to find some more info. on working out the lower belly and get better definition.
 
Experts, I need some advice please...is working out twice a day unnecessary? Would it benefit anything at all? I'm thinking of doing morning workouts from now on, 45min full body workout(I rarely lift heavy but that doesn't mean I don't workout hard...when I'm in the gym, I don't mess around)) and 20 mins of HIIT. Is Nectar Protein shake enough for this type of workout in the morning? I liked the feeling of empty stomach when running, working out so I don't wanna to eat too much in the morning before head out to the gym. And also workout in the evening(Full body + HIIT) as well or full body workout + play basketball, what do you suggest?

I've reached my goal of being 147 lbs, and I don't think I should loose anymore weights (I'm 5'7") but definitely want to loose body fat...I want to have more cut/definition on my body and show my abs better. That's my new goal.
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forgot to crop out my face...:)
 
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First of all, Chinese New Year is around the corner...so Happy New Years to everyone on this forum!
I'm getting really frustrated with my body now...because I don't see any progress since late Dec. My abs are now showing well as you can see from pics especially one with relaxed pose. Some of pictures my abs look alot better due to different lighting and all but very first picture with me standing very relaxed doesnt show much or nothing. I'm 5'7" currently @ 150 lbs. Am I doing something wrong? or Do i need to cut more weight? And I do have loose belly flap which frustrates me even more!!!!
I've been eating Chicken Breast, 3~4baby tomatoes, mixed salad with Blasamic Vinegar, Fat-Free Milk and some fruits every 3 hours (12pm-3pm-6pm) during the day I have cup of coffee mostly Grande/Regular Iced Americano with 1~2 Splenda. Do I need add more foods? or eat less?? Please someone help me, I sent PM to Chillen while ago but no reply...:(
There's got to be something wrong with what I am doing...cuz I work my arse off when I'm at the gym! Mon-Wed-Fri Full-body workout + Ab + Cardio,
Tue-Thurs Ab+Cardio, weekends playing basketball. Any help would be greatly appreciated...ANYTHING!!

Standing relaxed...
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Standing flexed...
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Side...
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Good lighting
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I honestly don't understand what you're talking about.

Most people would be thrilled to make the kind of progress you've made in 2 months. Hell, I'll consider it a great victory if I can manage it in two years. They'd also be delighted to stay where you're at now. ****, I would pay 5 year's earnings for it to be that easy. At times I've done what you've done for 3 months and seen no visible difference in the mirror.

Anyway, I think you ought to try eating more for a while to mix things up for your body. As I said, complaining about your progress is like complaining about winning the lottery, but it does look a bit like you're starving yourself. Try going on a clean bulk for 2-4 weeks before dropping your calories back down and see what that does for for ya.
 
I honestly don't understand what you're talking about.

Most people would be thrilled to make the kind of progress you've made in 2 months. Hell, I'll consider it a great victory if I can manage it in two years. They'd also be delighted to stay where you're at now. ****, I would pay 5 year's earnings for it to be that easy. At times I've done what you've done for 3 months and seen no visible difference in the mirror.

Anyway, I think you ought to try eating more for a while to mix things up for your body. As I said, complaining about your progress is like complaining about winning the lottery, but it does look a bit like you're starving yourself. Try going on a clean bulk for 2-4 weeks before dropping your calories back down and see what that does for for ya.

Thanks for the input[Focus], It has been 4 months since I started to loose weight. I noticed good result in first two month and past couple of month has been really slow on making progress, so I got little frustrated...I guess I was just too greedy in mind. I will take your advice and will try to bulk for a month. Do you think what I am eating is ok? So I should just add 2~3 meals more than what I am eating right now? basically eating 5~6 meals a day...basically about 2300~2700 cal. Someone told me at 5'7" I should be around 144lbs?
I mean take a look at this guy...
He is pretty much My Ultimate Goal. He is 5'8" 141lbs/64kg.
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First of all, Chinese New Year is around the corner...so Happy New Years to everyone on this forum!

Today is the first day of Tet here in VN, so I have the week off, that's double happiness!

Great progress! I'd bulk more and get bigger.
 
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