Documentary *Why Are Thin People Not Fat?* + Pre-Diet Photos

Catch this BBC Horizon's production:
*Why Are Thin People Not Fat?*
The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why is it that not everyone is succumbing? Medical science has been obsessed with this subject and is coming up with some unexpected answers. As it turns out, it is not all about exercise and diet. At the centre of this programme is a controversial overeating experiment that aims to identify exactly what it is about some people that makes it hard for them to bulk up.

You can catch it here!
How I wished I am one of those who will never put on weight irregardless of how much they eat!
Gosh....

Still, aiming for 6 packs abs is already a far fetched dream... i am still not waking up!
Btw, These are the photos I took this morning (before watching the documentary). Note that this is Day5 of controlled diet already.

BEFORE:

-My non-existence abs

I need to trim off at least......:

Seee! Tell me I'm dreaming! *Faint*

Discipline, or the lack of it!

Honestly, I havent been very disciplined lately. In fact, i was rather ill-disciplined of late.

To think that I used to be diligent, waking up at 6.45am everyday to work... I find it very challenging to even wake up at 8am these days! Also, during my peak of training, I was doing like almost 60km of runs per week, considering that i only run thrice a week then - that's pretty high milege, tat's an average of 20km each run! Thinking back, I find it hard to believe I was doing a half marathon every other day then! Actually, it was mostly broken down to 16, 16 and 28km!

A far cry from my fittest moments... I struggle to keep a gd pace during my jogs, I am toking abt 8km jogs at very slow pace btw! it's maddening how a period of slack moments can diminish all my months of hard work!

Determined to not repeat my painful history of the recent Stanchart marathon, I have just started jogging again - note: Jog, not run.

But the timing is abit off, I am still struggling to wake at 8am... so i generally leave the hse abit later n since the weather has been rather forgiving, I vowed to cut back my sleeping time bits gradually.

This week I kick started with 3 jogs on Tues, Wed and today(Fri), 6km, 8km and 8km respectively. I plan to do a slightly longer jog this weekend (since I dun have swimming classes this sat), I'll probably try to do a very slow 15km. Even then, it's only 36km this week.... still a long way to go man!

Wish me luck man! So far i only suffered the nagging pain on the small of my butt muscle (old pain) on the 1st day... careful and deep stretching had helped relieved the pain and it was gone by the 3rd jog this week.

I will be back.... hey, wait up for me!!! =D

Jogging at Upper Peirce Reservoir Park

My eldest brother brought me to a scenic jogging route today! Really nice! We went there once, but touch n go. Today we ventured inside n well.... got lost! hahah! but we explored quite abit of this place! The Lower n Upper Peirce Reservoir Park!

It was quite fun though, we saw monkeys (lotsa of them), the hills were terrible when we ventured on the tarmac roads... the weather was beautiful! Unknowingly, we covered abt 20km including the route to go back to his home in Bishan.

Met some furry n fury friends!

Xiong warned me not to get too close

lest they decided to snatch my OrangeMePhone away from me!

Just one of the many uphills! *OUCH* 

Very nice place though.... shaded for a long run, n quiet!

My Attempt to die, running....

Yes yes.... phewww! Big droplets of sweat roll down my forehead.... the SCM is finally over!

only 1 word in my dictionary now: "SHAGGED!"



Damn! I swear i aint going for another race if I am not prepared for it! Dun care what bloody promise I make to any1 liao! F**K! What's wrong with me, exchange Pain for being Principled! Am I crazy or what!

Since I promised n was kinda like the person to drag BroXiong into marathon running, i feel kinda responsible for his well being , physically n mentally! So must go with him lah, die die!

Anyway, it was a really torture.... far cry from my virgin marathon during Sundown just 6 months ago! I did a 6hrs 45mins for this race whereas i did 5h30mins for Sundown in May! OMG! Can u imagine my agony, my pain?! I secretly think that Sundown will probably be my PB liao, but as the Soya u knw - I simply refuse to succumb to the norm!! So -YESSSSS! I signed up for another Marathon, Sundown on 28May2011. This time..... hiak hiak hiak... ^EVIL AUSTIN POWER^ I WILL CONQUER MYSELF!!!!

YES!! Soya will return w vengence!!! Mark my words!!! Anyway, if I really fail to do so, i can alwis click ^DELETE^ for this blog entry! Wuahahah!

Anyway, i attribute the pain-in-the-ass feeeling for this race due to the lack of training.....or rather, the NO training + the unbearable heat! Gooosh! u could almost see the dark chocolate in me Oooooshing out of my sweat glands man!! tat is bad... very bad...

The thoughts that my bestie, Stella, and my brother Xiong is waiting for me at the finish line pushed me on.... thanks guys for making this happen! YEs! I dint die! I lived to see them for another day.... and another race!!!

My forever faithful Pong Pong girl took beautiful photos for us! Sheila was there too to lend her support! The run became rather bearable with congratory smses from KS, Glynis, Xiong, Sheila....

Sweet Victory!

As usual, I wore my Lucky Green Turtle Socks!

I cant Leave Home Without them!!!

Next year, I'll be Back!! YAY!

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To clinch the really sadist award, I went straight to coach 4 hrs of swimming classes.... limping n hopping ard at the pool!

My dear sista, Glynis, presented me with a token of bravery!

So Cute!!

"YOU'VE MADE IT! =P"

Thanks sista!

Other than the limping n soreness and DOMS (Delay Onset Muscle Soreness), I also lost some weight! wuahah!

Next morning....

Yes... this is usual for me... I havent gone below 52kg since secondary 2, that's more than Half the no. of years I have been alive (16yrs to be exact)....it's not the water, cos my body Hydration % is normal, I conscienious put alarm to wake up in the middle of the night to drink water by sips!  Body Fats % also dropped to below 23% - LOWEST EVER!

I did the most logical thing next, eat a very very very HEARTY Breakfast of lotsa Cheese + Wanton mee + bread! 1 hr later, i went to weigh myself again... Phew! it's finally back to almost normal!

Normal is 53-55kg n Body Fats of <24%...

My friend, Zee, told me that I am still considered underweight... I told her that the ideal weight for my height is 48kg , but I'll be very happy with 50kg... which for now, I'll probably have to chop off my Right leg (master leg is right, shd weigh more) to achieve that! Hiak hiak hiak!

Other damages... I got a rude surprise when i went under the shower at the pool.... my F**king small of back stings abit... but I cant see what is it... I asked Glynis to take a pic for me!

I suffered a little bit of abrasion on my "Pride 尊嚴."

How ironic!! what a joke!

from 5h30mins n no suffering pains,

to an OUCHing 6h45mins!

It's definitely more than

just an abrasion for my Leo Pride!

Heck!

Buying Spree!!

Yes.... recently I went on a Buying Spree for sport items... I dun even understand myself now...
cos I have been really out of action almost immediately after ADIDAS SUNDOWN in late May.

I was sick for abt 2 months - coughing n having a bad throat. I never really recover from it. Almost every wkend, I came down with bouts of sore throat n sometimes coupled w running nose. Now I m having it again.... my normal voice has dropped an octave, that means no more duets for me at KTV anymore! BOOOhooo! Ok, I sould start mastering the Guy parts in the duets liao. BOOHOo!

Anyway, since I have been out of action, with a tight budget and all, I really shouldnt be spending - definitely not on sports items! But I did - dun understand myself anymore...

Recent purchases: 

HeadBuff 

-Gota get the kiddy size, nice baby blue with prints of seashells n whales! YAY!  

Different ways of wearing it! OMG!

-I duno if I will ever get to wear it, but i'll try!!

Camel Bag

-Gearing up for ADIDAS SUNDOWN trg when I am recovered...

-Long distance running!!

Actually I am quite a camel, if I am running just 20km - i prefer to go without water. But if i am stretching it to 30-35km, i will need to start hydrating myself at abt 15km (at least). I know this is not the recommended cos I shd be hydrating earlier, but it gives me the stitches.... so it's better to listen to my body!

Power Gel

-These are for SCM race... I checked the expiry... i may b able to keep them it abt SUNDOWN, or during my training for it. =D

So there u go... Oh, I bot 2 TIMEX watches at a discount at the Sports fair. Bot them for 2 impt persons in my life.

One is my Brother Xiong - for alwis motivating me to run (he has a broken ankle b4, yet he overcome it to start running), his philosopy in life, his love for family, his strive to provide the best for them!

The other is my trading kaki, Daisy - who reminds me of my Aunty Sammi! She loves me for who I am,  gives me great advice as a friend and "colleague", inspires me to Love life to the fullest and Love God, for the sacrifices she makes for her family!

So there u go, my shopping spree......... budget busted! OMG!

Kena Bruised....

Suffered a rather bad backache on fri and took the whole of Sat n Sun to recover....thanks to my PHITEN band and Medical Plaster.

Went for a jog with Bro Xiong, only abt 8km but I was panting already and could feel the strain on my knees n ankles. felt quite abit of pain on the part above the arch of both my feet but thot nothing of it. To my rude shock, I had a swollen bruise the next day morning!

See, red and bruised, visible popping purple veins.

Have to wear my trusty PHITEN liao.

My Horoscope today is very interesting!

So interesting that i decided to decorate it with the rainbow scheme!

But my Love life is non-existence.... then how?! Hahah!

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Saw this cool car at my block this morning! WOW! I really like it alot! Cos it's also in my fav ORANGE colour!!

Am i a late bloomer in my hidden AhBeng nature??

Honda Civic leh.... I never knew I like it this much!

Honestly.... between the vintage Mini and the civic....

give me this anytime man!