Weight creep
For a long time now, I've weighed around 67kg, and had made efforts to try to get down to what I thought would be an ideal playing weight of 65kg.
However, since I started taking the creatine that Nick gave me, or maybe around the time of my bar exams, I noticed I started putting on a bit of weight. It really wasn't much at first - seeing 68kg on the scale at the gym just made me think it was a fluctuation. Then it seemed to fly past 69kg and now I'm at 70kg - heading towards 71kg.
It's gotten me quite worried. I really don't know what's up. My diet hasn't really changed that much. I caved and had KFC twice in the last fortnight, but I still had these lapses back when I was 67kg. Or even more.I just can't explain it, and that's what is troubling me. Is it playing once a week now instead of three? Maybe it has to do with all those gym sessions in the last two months where I went and only did the bike, because it was too packed to do anything else?
How can a guy who walks an hour to work each weekday, plays one hour of basketball on a Wednesday night and three hours on a Saturday morning, put on weight? Seriously?
I had come to accept that it was indeed a sign of getting old, and something to do with my metabolism. But still, surely there would be a way to fight against it? I went for a run and did a lap today, and feeling my stomach as I was walking back home, it felt even bulgier. What the? I remembered my mom telling me that a 'fortune teller' once said when I was young that I'd become fat after 30. Was that coming to fruition now?
I've also come to accept that I put a lot of shit in my mouth. So I'm really starting to make a conscious effort now about what I eat. Like last night when I was at the Australia vs New Zealand rugby game with Matt and Aaron, I bought a bottle of water with my food, even though I was tempted to get a bottle of Sprite.
I don't know what the hell I'm going to do now. Like, if I get asked to go for work drinks, I've always had a lemonade because I don't drink. Now I have to try to stay away from that. What the hell, am I going to ask for a glass of water each time??
Anyway, I've re-discovered the gym at Bond Street for after work sessions, which has a lot more room, so hopefully I can work this weight off.
However, since I started taking the creatine that Nick gave me, or maybe around the time of my bar exams, I noticed I started putting on a bit of weight. It really wasn't much at first - seeing 68kg on the scale at the gym just made me think it was a fluctuation. Then it seemed to fly past 69kg and now I'm at 70kg - heading towards 71kg.
It's gotten me quite worried. I really don't know what's up. My diet hasn't really changed that much. I caved and had KFC twice in the last fortnight, but I still had these lapses back when I was 67kg. Or even more.I just can't explain it, and that's what is troubling me. Is it playing once a week now instead of three? Maybe it has to do with all those gym sessions in the last two months where I went and only did the bike, because it was too packed to do anything else?
How can a guy who walks an hour to work each weekday, plays one hour of basketball on a Wednesday night and three hours on a Saturday morning, put on weight? Seriously?
I had come to accept that it was indeed a sign of getting old, and something to do with my metabolism. But still, surely there would be a way to fight against it? I went for a run and did a lap today, and feeling my stomach as I was walking back home, it felt even bulgier. What the? I remembered my mom telling me that a 'fortune teller' once said when I was young that I'd become fat after 30. Was that coming to fruition now?
I've also come to accept that I put a lot of shit in my mouth. So I'm really starting to make a conscious effort now about what I eat. Like last night when I was at the Australia vs New Zealand rugby game with Matt and Aaron, I bought a bottle of water with my food, even though I was tempted to get a bottle of Sprite.
I don't know what the hell I'm going to do now. Like, if I get asked to go for work drinks, I've always had a lemonade because I don't drink. Now I have to try to stay away from that. What the hell, am I going to ask for a glass of water each time??
Anyway, I've re-discovered the gym at Bond Street for after work sessions, which has a lot more room, so hopefully I can work this weight off.
posted by toey | 21:42
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