TAT THE DON

Now that I got my shit together, one thing that has been bothering me is my room. It is ONE BIG MESS.  So during ramadan I’m gonna fix it up.

First of all gonna paint the walls burgundy and grey. Next going to get a new carpet. A new sofa/couch whatever you wanna call it. Most importantly get a newcloset for my clothes. Apparently without realizing the past year I’ve been on a shopping spree kinda thing. So my old closet cant fit what I have and clothes are thrown all over the room.

I come to my room and get stressed cause everything is all over the place. So it’s time to make it a place I can relax and chill. So till I fix my room, my mac will be out of comission as such wont be blogging till I’m done. Since I cant blog from work might as well make ramadan sort of technology free as well. Hopefully fixes wont take that long but we will see. catch ya later and will update you of the new crib when it’s done.

Where do I start, I have been looking for a gym for a while now. But they where either expensive, too many people in it, or far away. I was trying to live a healthy lifestyle. Downloaded a couple of fitness tapes did the home thing for a bit. But the thing is I was never motivated enough to finish. But all thats changed, I have finnally found a gym that I can call a second home.

Yeah ya heard that right it’s like my second home. I’m eating healthy now, doing the gym thing. You know those people who work out and say they are happy and enjoying life and feel great? Back in the days I used to say bullshit. But guess what I’m one of them now. The gym has literally changed my life and the way I think about my body. So lets talk about the gym for now.

Core fitness is located in Bneid Al Gar right next to Safir international Hotel. If you dont know where that is it’s in front of Fudfuckers. It’s a small chilled place that has a nice atmosphere. you walk in and you’ll find the reception area and next to it. A very comfy changing area and a huge ass bathroom. Let me talk about the bathroom for a second there’s only one. And it does not look like a bathroom you find in other gyms more like a personal bathroom in your house. Upstairs is the workout area equipped with weights and machines and basically all you need. But get this, it’s not that big at all it’s just the right size.

Now that we talked about how the place looks like, you might be asking yourself why is it not that big? Well to answer your question Core Fitness is not your conventional gym it’s more or less your own personal gym. If it’s packed, there’s only two more people working out with you and you wont even feel their presence. The Trainers, really give you a hell of a workout. And yes you will feel it the next day for sure.

So lets talk about the Core Fitness program or programs shall I say. they offer 5 unique programs personalized for your fitness level, expertise, and goals. The 5 tracks are

1. Fitness
2. Fat loss
3. Muscle Building
4. Endurance
5. Fitness boxing

I will list the benefits you get from Core Fitness:

• Personalized program depending on your goals
• You own Trainer that will be with you the whole nine yards
• A Diet suited to your lifestyle
• You might bump into the DON himself, me
• It is appointment based, so those living a hectic lifestyle can manage their time well and clear their schedule for gym time.

Each program lasts 7 weeks, since that’s the time your body needs to change. Also depending on your fitness level you either start at 2, 3, or 4 days per week.

That’s about it really. As for me the workouts are really fun, it’s always changing so your body wont adapt and platue. It’s become one of those things I love to hate and love again affair you know. Best part is after two weeks I have been feeling changes can’t wait for the 7 week comparision of before and after. I have been getting complimenst a lot lately the topic of the day seems about my wight loss and how good I look lol. A friend of mine was like “Hey TAT your glowing did you just have sex?” And I say “Nope Core Fitness happened”  All in all I Definitaly give Core Fitness the seal of approval and the coveted DON’s Choice Award.

Oh yeah if you wanna contact the gym this is their number 2520407.  Holla at them…

I know updates have been slow as of late. Work and juggling friends have me tapped out. However Thats not what I’m gonna be talking about…

As the title says I’m gonna talk about my new diet. It’s no secret just your average low carb high protein diet. Basically I eat meat, chicken, eggs and veggies everyday. Diet coke or 7-Up is fine although I only did that twice since I was out. I started a food and exercise journal ON MY BIG MOLESKINE… to see what kinda changes happen so lets start

• First two days I felt a bit tired and groggy
• The next 4 days after that I get hyper spikes around 6-9
• On Thursday I was really horny ( the reason is I have a high zinc intake from my diet)
• Now I think I stabilized, but I feel more energetic, hyper, jumpy etc…

On the second week I started Taking some supplements in the form of GNC Mega Men Dietary supplement. Ever since then my piss is not clear no more. It’s more or less a phosphorous yellow. Since I’m taking in the Vitamins and Minerals I need and flush the rest out.  I guess it’s ok since it contains a shitload of stuff that I’m not getting from the diet.

As for the gym, I go on Mondays and Thursdays. I seriously get fucked at the gym it’s really intense and my personal trainer is like next time we’ll take it up a notch. I love that gym, which I’ll give a proper review next week. But for now I’m thinking of walking around 5 or 6 pm on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. So my question for you is:

1. Where do you recommend I go for my walks?
2. Are you interested in joining me on these walks?
3. I’m gonna do 30 minute intervals of fast paced walking and jogging, can you keep up?

If any of you are interested we can set that up, and I wont quit halfway through still got 15 Kilos to go. I’m in it, to win it, can you step it up a notch?

Oh yeah since I started the diet and the gym I lost around 4 kilos in the span of 1.5 weeks I know what your thinking what I lost is water weight and my body is dehydrated right? Well no, I drink around 4-6 liters of water a day so it can’t be because of that. For now I’m gonna stick to the diet till ramadan where I need to add some carbs. And later on reintroduce rice, bread, pasta into my diet. Another upside of the diet is my skin complexion is better now, I should know since I have semi-chronic acne. Which reminds me need to find a good doctor to get rid of these acne scars I got as well. Time for a makeover I gues, since I’m eating healthy, feeling good infact great, and everything is looking up and TINGALANG!

EDIT

In case you are wondering I have 5 small meals a day. Dinner and Lunch, I have veggies or a salad on the side and a green tea after these meals. I also started coffee in the morning since last Friday. Gotta ask my nutritionist about fruits, since it’s all about peaches and cream, know what I mean