I am really excited about telling you all about this, starting tomorrow I will be studying for a personal trainer diploma.

I had wanted to do this for some time now but it was the green stopping me from taking that leap, but thank God for big sisters who are willing to bless their little brothers. (Thanks sis!)

I have planned out my self paced course so that I can complete it in 3 months, so I am going to be taking some time out of my evenings over the next three months to accomplish this.

I think this will really help me in my endeavors to become more healthy.  And I am also encouraging other people here in Indonesia and at home in Scotland with their weight loss and this will make me that much more effective in the information and advice that I pass along.

This is also going to effect the way that I blog as well, I will be sure to pass on nuggets of info so that disciplineorregret.com can be a real resource for your fat blasting.

Well it’s after 8:30pm here in Surabaya so I have to go to bed, I am back at school tomorrow and I will be kicking off with a 30min cycle and then a good solid workout.

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Ok since I had my fair share of beer over the holidays (In fact I had a lot of peoples share) I have decided to lay off the stuff for the next six weeks as I am needing to step up my game in loosing weight again.  The only hard part about this will be my 30th birthday coming up (Aug 8th), work, the stress of life, when the weight’s not coming off, holidays and those long Friday evenings that I can stay up late as I don’t need to be up early the next day. :: gosh :: my mind is telling me to backspace this and start blabbing about something else but I am not listening! ha ha

What I am going to be doing over the next six weeks is bringing down my carb in-take.  My body is extreamly sensitive to carbs, before I got married in Ireland I went to a weight loss clinic (forgot the name) to be assessed about my eating, exercise, etc.  One of the things that they told me is that my body is a type that holds onto carbs, I forget the scientific name that they used, if you know you can put it into a comment.  Anyway, my body uses about 1% of my carb intake and stores the remaining 99%, now I know that this is what all really fat people say but it’s not what I said it’s what they said, so I can use it! ha ha

I am also wanting to step it up as I want to reach my goal of 100kg (220lbs) by the end of January 2009.  This once I reach this goal this is not the end.  At the moment I am focusing on fat loss 1st and building muscle 2nd, but once I reach 100kg (220lbs) that will change to building muscle 1st and fat loss 2nd, I will then naturally change my diet to include more carbs.

This week I have already completed 2 workouts that I put together myself, I am playing around with a few things and will get a 4 week workout plan knocked out probably over the weekend to start on Monday.  I have also been going for a cycle every day this week and I am enjoying that.  I am not a very good exercise bike person and can never stay consistant with that, but with a real bike and the outdoor I just wait for the next time that I can go out.

So I will be getting a new workout setup over the next few days and then I’ll be sure to let you all know.

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With the holidays over I started working out again; the sweating and burning felt good. My wife bought me some whey protein today so that was a surprise. I am guessing that she felt sorry for me having to change my plans in regards to joining a gym. Daniel will be starting play school next week, twice a week and that means getting a taxi twice a week too. So adding another 3 taxi trips to a gym every week will put us into the red, so out with the gym idea.

I am reviewing my workouts and considering to stay with Turbulence Training or making my own workout program. I am throwing out all the pros and cons of continuing with TT and the joy and learning experience (hit & miss) of designing my own workouts with the workout knowledge that I have already achieved.

I will of course let you know when I decide.

Ok I am going to shoot, I am currently watching the Long Way Down DVD that I got while in Scotland. It follows the second journey of actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from John O’Groats (Scotland) to Cape Town (South Africa).

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Breakfast – oatmeal, hot low-fat milk & peanut butter

Snack 1 – two boiled eggs

Lunch – soy noodles, bean shoots, beef & prawns

Snack 2 – nothing

Dinner – home-made burgers, fried onion and egg (fried in coconut oil)

Drink – 2.5 liters of water & 1 whey shake

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So this is my new bike, nothing too fancy and something within my budget.  Here is a breakdown of specs;

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I am now back in sunny Indonesia. I had a fantastic holiday; the weather was good, the beer flowed, got to see lots of family, the beer flowed, got to see lots of friends, the beer flowed, had some good old Scottish food and the beer continued to flow er ok lets cut to the chase! I let loose on the availability of John Smiths, Tenant’s Special and some watery tasting Japanese beer.

The carbs rolled in in the form of bread and potatoes!

In the 3 weeks I was away I worked out about 3 times…… I really enjoyed my holiday and I didn’t get on the scales once, that is until this morning. Now looking at my face you can tell a lot and as I gazed upon my face in the mirror this morning the word that I used to describe it was “plump”

Ok with out any more delay I will let you know that my let loose holiday cost me 4kg :: cringe ::

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I bought a mountain bike today, it’s a Polygon (Indonesian make), 21 speed, gripshift, nothing special but will do the job. I believe this will restore my much needed intervals into my workout program.

So what about the 4kg, well I’ll mark it in at todays weigh in and I’ll be starting into my workouts tomorrow and back on course with my eating so I am thinking, not to worry, if this causes me to get to my goal in 8 months instead of 6 months then so-be it! The point is that I know how to burn fat and build muscle, so now all I need to do is get back in game, focus and get ready to sweat and burn again.

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Breakfast – oatmeal, hot low-fat milk & peanut butter

Snack 1 – two mandarin oranges

Lunch – chicken breasts cooked with garlic and cheese

Snack 2 – a handful of nuts

Dinner – omelet; 3 eggs, handful of mushrooms & prawns

Drink – 3.5 liters of water

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I don’t know what’s up with me today, I am really irritable and to put it blunt pissed off, I just wish I knew what I was pissed of at. Well I know a few things that are getting underneath my skin that I wont utter here as so not to damage or hurt anyones feelings.

I think what I need to do on Friday after school is go out with my wife and son to the mall and have a nice cheat meal and then get a few (a few is anything from 2 to 12) blonds and then stick them in the freezer (not the fridge) with my big thick blond drinking glass and then when the frost sets in I can crash in front of a movie; haaa sounds just what the doctor ordered ::grins::

Breakfast – oatmeal, hot low-fat milk & peanut butter

Snack 1 – two boiled eggs

Lunch – boiled prawns cooked with cherry tomatoes, onions & broccoli

Snack 2 – a handful of nuts

Dinner – fish battered with egg white & a homemade chili sauce

Drink – 3 liters of water

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Breakfast – oatmeal, hot low-fat milk & peanut butter

Snack 1 – two boiled eggs

Lunch – squid cooked with ginger

Snack 2 – a handful of nuts

Dinner – pork burgers (no bread), fried; onions, tomatoes, mushrooms (all fried with coconut oil).

Drink – 3.5 liters of water

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