Jb00ri

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Saturday, January, 22, 2017 Today was a great day, i woke up around 9 am with a plan in mind, i had to go pick up my my camera ! So i did my morning prayer and meditation then i hed straight out to train , the workout was great and i felt very alive ,. After the workout i went back home for a quick shower then i headed out with my "hermano" 😂 brother to go pick up the camera. I got a GoPro Hero 5 today ! I'm really happy with it i was shooting all day small vids and time lapses , even as i am writing this i am recovering a time lapse 😂 My sister and mother are visiting us these days and i had not seen them in a while so i spent a lot of time with my hermano and hermana ( brother and sister) joking around, laughing and talking shit about people 😂 I didn't blog properly or study spanish until late at night after every one went to sleep, when they slept i studied what i intended for the day and i am just writing this now ! 😉☺️ Its not a special blog, but it was a very special day ! Intend to make a lot of cool stuff using the GoPro! You will see soon 🔜 🎥🌙 All great except cuttiii is unreachable today. 🙁💔 Thank u for reading ❤️

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Thursday, January, 19, 2017 Yesterday i did not blog, i woke up after 12pm because i was sick and i allowed myself to stay in bed, i had slept late the night before. Since i woke up i felt that things were not right, my mood was swinging all over the place and i couldn't focus on any task. This was a familiar feeling but I had not felt like this in a long while . Why now !? Thinking about it now, i think i noticed a pattern, for the past 2-3 weeks i have been waking up by 9 am MAX , mostly i was waking up around 7 am. I was sleeping before mid night also , around 11-12am MAX . That day i stayed up late, i slept between 3-4 am and woke up between 12-1 pm . And its as if everything was a mess ! Just today i stumbled upon a video by Elliott Hullse ( https://youtu.be/b0H-FJNjdOI ) he was talking of how the human body is designed to sleep with sun set and wake up with sun rise . There is a relationship between what time of the day it is and what kind of hormones are released in the body, for example Anabolic hormones are released in the body after sun set when it gets dark, if you are sleeping at that time you will get the benifits of this hormones and your body will work at its full potential. However if you are UP when Night time hormones are released and ASLEEP when Morning hormones are released, meaning your sleep cycles are not matching your hormonal cycles , this might cause some problems . Mood swings, inability to foucus, low energy, higher stress levels and even weight gain or loss in extream cases ! All these symptoms could be linked to bad sleeping patterns and can be corrected if one only takes care of their sleep/wake cycles . The rule of thumb is to try and sleep as soon as possible after the sun sets, definitely before midnight! . And waking up as soon as possible after the sun rises ! . Farmers actually follow this, they sleep once it starts to get dark and rise with dusk ! This is related to their physical and mental health. I know that it is hard to be that exact with sleeping especially if your circumstances does not help! , however if your sleeping patterns are chaotic, and you tend to feel Mood swings, inability to foucus, low energy, and high stress levels, know that these two things could be related and you might want to try working on getting to bed early and waking up early also . I don't know about you but I definitely feel the difference myself . When i sleep early and wake up the next day early, after getting like 7-8 hours of sleep, i feel sharp , foucused, on point, and my mood is generally at a far better and more positive place . And vice versa . I thought to share this with you to poin your attention to this subject, if you made it till here thann you for reading. ❤️

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Tuesday, January, 17,2017

When it comes to #fat loss you can not relay only on the scale, your #weight is just a number and its not an accurate way to know your body composition.

In fitness, the term body composition is used to describe the percentages of fat, bone, water and muscle in human bodies.

The body fat percentage is a measure of fitness level, since it is the only body measurement which directly calculates a person's relative body composition without regard to height or weight.

(there are many ways to calculate BF%, there are online calculators to help you with that)

this means if we have 2 people that are the same height and weight ! it does not mean that they both have the same body composition .

lets take an example:

When my weight was 80 kg i was around 16% body fat , at the same time there were other guys who were exactly my height and exactly my weight who looked so different, these guys were 80 kg also but they were around 8% body fat !

80 kg does not look the same on all people !  

here are 2 cases, person (A) and person (B) :

Both A and B are the same height, weight, body fat %, and have identical physiques  .

person (A)  Drops 10 kg of FAT and Gains 4 kg of MUSCLE.

the scale will show that (A) lost only 6 kg ! 

person (B)  Drops 6 kg of FAT and ALSO Drops 4 kg of MUSCLE with it.

the scale will show that (B)  doped 10 kg !  

Who will look better !?

If you are judging by the scale only person (B) is the one that dropped more weight on the scale so he should be the one that looks better, however this is not the case .

person (A) is the one who will look better in the mirror and in clothes ! 

(A) now has lower body fat %  , smaller waste , and more muscle than (B).

Knowing this will help you avoid a mistake that i made were i relied on the scale only to measure my progress, all i wanted was to get the number on the scale lower as fast as possible , which is a big mistake that will give you unsatisfying results !.

So Remember: 

1- Do NOT be fooled by the scale , it does not tell you what your body composition is !

2- Use body fat % and Waste measurements  to track fat loss progress .

to be continued... thank you for reading .

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Sunday, January, 15, 2017

with getting better after being sick, i’m continuing with my fat loss tips.. 

This is a famous picture online, its to show the body of a sprinter vs the body of a marathon runner . 

Marathon Runners run for 26+ miles ! ... that is a very long distance , so they can not go all out and have to run at a moderate pace for achieving long distances, this is known as STEADY STATE CARDIO .

On the other hand you have Sprinters who run as fast as possible but only run for a 100 meters , all out in a short distance, this is known as HIGH INTENSITY CARDIO. 

From the photo you can see that even both are runners, they are very different type of athletes, Sprinters look LEAN & MUSCULAR while while Runners look SKINNY & WEAK . Right !?

Well the first thing i want to clear is that Running (Steady State Cardio) does not make you lose muscle.

This is the most popular myth that a lot of fitness pros love to spread. Their argument is that due to the long distance nature of running, you’re burning your muscles for fuel. But there’s really no proof to back this up. When asked for proof, all anyone says is blah blah blah look at the pic above. This is a Myth. 

Reason Sprinters  look more muscular is cause they WEIGHT TRAIN, they weight train because strength and explosiveness is important for there sport, plus their legs muscles starts growing bigger from all the high intensity sprinting, so they have to start training their upper body to keep the balance . which results in a stronger and more muscular physique than Runners .

The reason a Runner is so skinny and doesn’t have any muscle is because they’re not trying to build any muscle and they don’t have much muscle in the first place, his focus is on running only .  Marathon runners can gain muscle…if they want to . all they got to do is Weight Train . 

 Now why do i tell you all this stuff about steady state and high intensity cardio if you just want to lose fat !? well, i tell you so you don’t repeat my mistake .

“Cardio to lose fat” is one of the most common mistakes i see people do, especially women, and what’s worse is that most people do Steady State Cardio (runners style) only to lose fat, unless you want to look like a skinny runner,  steady state cardio will eventually give you unwanted results.  ... 

Even if you do sprinting, you will not look like a sprinter if you don’t weight train like one.

 i explained about Runners & Sprinters to point your attention to the importance of weight training , and to give you an idea of the results you should expect if you do cardio alone. especially  steady state cardio. 

This was the biggest mistake that i made, i did a lot of steady state cardio and became Skinny-Fat. 

If you are over weight and you do a lot of steady state cardio you will move from being FAT to being SKINNY-FAT !, you will lose a lot of your muscle mass while you will still hold a lot of fat around you waste, you will look unhealthy and people might ask if you are sick, being skinny-fat is worse than being fat ! so be careful with that and remember that loosing weight is not about cardio at all ! 

so key points to take are :

#Fact: You can lose Fat without ever doing Cardio .

#Fact: You Can do Cardio without loosing Muscle .

#Tip/Fact : Doing Cardio ALONE for fat loss will end up giving you a Skinny-Fat look.

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Thursday, January, 12, 2017

8- #Motivation, and Will Power are finite resources, you can’t relay on them to achieve results, only sustained HABITS ca achieve results, you need motivation to spark up you fire, to get you going the first few steps, but you should know that with motivation only you will not go far, you need to make it a habit ! you do not brush your teeth when you are motivated! its a habit, you do it regardless of your circumstances, same approach must be taken with having a healthy lifestyle were you eat right and train on regular basis, make it a habit that you will do till the end of your days . being fit and healthy is not something you DO ,  being fit and healthy is something you ARE,  this must become part of your IDENTITY .

#TIP : Motivation is Bullshit . Habits is what brings results .

9- Another thing i learned that it is not a good idea to put all your energy in fitness (Lifting and Dieting) only, do not make the gym your whole life .  while you are loosing weight, be active . get some sort of an Active HOBBY, what is a sport that you like to play!? do you like to play basketball ? football(soccer) ? maybe its Jungle Tracking or Badminton.... what is the activity that you like to do ? i was into Martial Arts ! it felt great cause i was able to take my aggression out in a healthy way. i highly recommend you do something that you like with a group of people that are into the same thing ! if your current friends are not into what you are into, make new friendships with people who like the same activities that you like.  you can at least once a week find the time to go have fun and do practice your hobby . this will make your life more enjoyable and will aid in your weight loss journey . 2 birds with 1 stone .

#TIP : Practice a Hobby that you enjoy .

10- The last thing i want to tell you has nothing to do with weight loss or fitness , doing this or not will not effect your weight loss results directly in any way, but i highly recommend you do ,  find the TIME to EDUCATE YOURSELF ! Find the time to invest in yourself, you can be busy as a full time student, or you are working long hours at a job . i know that it could be hard to find TIME, However you still need to manage your time in a way so you are able to have time for yourself, i also want to emphasis is that you should not make your life revolve around fitness ONLY ! there are other things you should do even though it has nothing  to do with losing weigh . You should READ books about stuff that interests you, you should Listen to Audio Books when you are walking on your off days and when you are sitting around waiting , you should learn something that interests you, like a SKILL, a LANGUAGE, or a SOFTWARE. it does not have to take much time ! i’m learning Spanish on a free phone app called Duo-lingo for 30 minutes a day . on the long run this pays off, nurture your self in all ways, expand your horizons with new knowledge, become better spiritually, physically and mentally ! this will raise your self esteem and will make you believe in yourself that you can change to the better ! live as the STRONGEST VERSION OF YOURSELF.

#FACT : Formal Education will get you a job, Self Education will make you a fortune .

#TIP : Improve yourself in all aspects of life, Physically, Mentally, and Spiritually .

#TIP : Invest in yourself, Educate Yourself .

Thank You for reading .

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Wednesday, January, 11, 2017

So get a program that suites your goals and stick to it, Know that you have to change your eating habits and life style in order to lose weight for good, and accept yourself in whichever way you are now and enjoy the journey of making yourself better everyday !

these were the main 3 things . building on that ...

4- When it comes to weight loss, The Diet is 70-80% of the work ! seriously . to lose fat you need to be in a caloric deficit ! that is how your body starts using the fat stores , its as simple as that , if your calories are too much you cannot compensate by exercising.

FACT: Running a mile burns around 100 calories for the average person.

FACT: 1 normal size banana is around 100 calories .

so if you run for 1 mile, then eat a banana then its like you didn’t do anything, that is why i say your diet is the key and its 70-80% of the work .

TIP & FACT: You can NOT out-train a bad diet .

5- When it comes to training, the most necessary form of training when you are eating low calories  is weight lifting, weight lifting will allow you to retain your muscle mass and that every kg/ib you drop is Fat . mixing in some brisk walking (30 minuets - 1 hour of walking )  with weigh lifting is a perfect exercise routine for weigh loss in my opinion .

TIP : All the exercise you need is 3 days of weight lifting MAX ! and some walking on the other days of the week .  

6- Take your time , loosing weight is a slow process that requires patience, do NOT try to rush things, when you first start, (especially if you have a lot of weight to loose) you will drop weight fast, maybe 4-6 kg (8- 13ib) in the first month maybe, however this rate of loosing weight is simply unsustainable, your weigh drop will become slower , the slimmer you become the slower your body will lose fat , if you try to rush the process in a unnatural way you will have a UNHEALTHY fat loss , you want to take the process at its natural rate and LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. do not become obsessed with the scale and do not have expectations that are TOO  high . let things take there course.

TIP: A realistic rate that you should aim for and BE HAPPY with is is between 1.5-3 kg (3.5-7 ib) per month.

TIP: the slower you loose the weigh, the more likely you are to keep it off in the future, the faster you drop the weight the more likely you are to put is back eventually .

7- Do not relay on the scale ONLY to measure your progress, the scale can be tricky. if you are weight training , your body will most likely gain some extra muscle even if you are on low calories, this happens especially if you never lifted before and you are just starting . but the scale can’t differentiate between lean mass and fat, it just gives you your total weight.  So if you are judging by the scale only you will be confused  . measure the circumference of your waste, and use this as a more reliable way to measure progress . 

TIP: Do not relay on the scale ONLY, use a measuring tape  to track your waste at the belly button level .

to be continued, thank you for reading .

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Tuesday, January, 10, 2017

That was the story, that was the journey of how I lost weight, I shared that with you because I hope to help eliminate some of the mistakes that I made, I’m going to sum up the insights I got through my experience , here is what I learned compressed into key points :

 1-     The number 1 mistake that I made was that I DID NOT RESEARCH the proper way to lose weight before I start, I did not follow a DEDICATED PROGRAM, I just freestyled it, and this made me approach weight loss in a WRONG way.  I assumed that I knew! I had heard from somewhere that to lose fat I have to do lots of cardio, I thought that weight lifting is not for me and will make me more fat , I had these wrong assumptions when I first started. I’m actually still surprised to how many people still have these wrong assumptions, mainly I think because main stream media is with the “cardio to lose fat” approach !  

FACT! : You don’t need cardio to lose weight!

TIP! : Don’t freestyle it, Invest in a program that suites your goal, there is a ton of great ones online! I used KINOBODY eventually and it made my life much simpler.

 2-     The second most important thing I learned is that you can’t lose weight through CONVENTIONAL DIETING, if you are in the wrong LIFE STYLE , it doesn’t matter how much you diet, eventually you will go off the diet into your old habits and put the weight back, you see I was overweight for nearly a decade of my life, I tried to lose the weight many times throughout that time by going on numerous diets, I would lose some weight  and then put it back after a while, I was stuck in that cycle because I thought that I can go on a strict diet for few months , lose the weight, then go back and be free and eat normally, (by normally I mean the same way of eating that got you fat in the first place) . This is a very WRONG ASSUMPTION.

FACT! : The only way to lose fat for good is through changing you lifestyle and eating habits!

 3-     Thirdly, if you don’t love and accept yourself the way you are NOW, you will not love or accept yourself even when you get your dream body, you will still be the same on the inside.  I did not believe this all my life when I heard it before, I learned this from experience, you will get that sense of achievement that comes with the body transformation, and people will compliment you, but after a month it gets old, believe me, you will feel the same way eventually, your level of happiness will not be affected, so you might as well accept the way you are now! (easier said than done of course)

  To help you with that, here is a quote from Eckhart Tolle:

“Set yourself a goal and work towards it. Be aware of where you want to go, but honor and give your fullest attention to the step that you are taking at this present moment. If you become obsessively focused on the goal, perhaps because you are seeking happiness, fulfilment, or a more complete sense of self in it, the NOW is no longer honored . It becomes reduced to a mere stepping stone to the future with no intrinsic value. Your life’s journey is no longer an adventure. Just an obsessive need to arrive, to attain, to make it. You no longer see or smell the flowers by the way side either. Nor are you aware of the beauty or the miracle of life that unfolds around you when you are present in the NOW” from – Practicing the Power of Now (which I haighly recommend you listen to for mindfulness)

 TIP! : Do not stress, enjoy every step of the weight loss journey, later you will remember it as one of the most exciting times of your life.

  To be continued …. Thank you for reading.

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Monday, January, 9, 2017

I did enjoy my best physique ever for a while, #but !

One main thing that surprised me is that i was not a bit happier now than when i was over weight, my level of happiness, and self esteem was just about the same when i was overweight ! how could this be !?

i heard the saying “6 packs won’t make you happy” before, i just did not believe it at the time, “of course it makes you happy i thought” . it was a big disappointment , after a while i got used to my new look , things were good until my body started to become an obsession, I STRESSED ! STRESSED A LOT .

At that time i no longer cared about my major and uni, i wanted to be a fitness trainer, i wanted to help people make the same kind of transformations that i made, unknowingly i was putting more pressure upon myself, now i had to look like a fitness trainer !  

I stressed over food and training way too much, my mood was tied to weather i ate right or performed well at the gym, some days when i would go over my calories i would start feeling bad and turn a few extra calories into a binge eating disorder where i just eat too much, i stressed about food a lot, i had a notebook were i logged every single calorie that i ate, i stressed over the fact that i had only 4 packs visible and not 6 , i was training 8 sessions in 6 days, between lifting and a martial arts class .. i was looking for perfection , i was turning my life into living hell. my body was struggling and i started getting small niggling pains and aches , but i kept going.

I remember one time i was on a trip with my class to Melaka, Malaysia , it was part of the graduation requirements , i was there with my friends and a very dear person , and for the first 2 days i was unable to enjoy because my mood was so bad because i over ate and binged on caramel popcorn . it was getting that bad . the stress was too much , i was no longer happy in the moment, the moment was just a means for me to reach the future were i can be really happy .

This went on for a while (1-2 monthes) until i noticed this, Shaqira (the dear person) helped me opened my eye to this fact, i was finally able to relax and i just LET GO , it was the last month for me in Malaysia, the place that grew on me slowly, my first year with all the trouble i faced was the hardest, but now i loved the place, i had so many friends and loved ones, “its gonna be hard to say goodbye i thought” .

I stopped training all that much, i left the martial arts class and i only lifted 3 days per week, i was flexible with my diet and ate everything but kept my calories around maintenance level, things started to change for me, instead of forcing myself to do all that training before, i started looking forward to my training days, i loved going to the gym to lift  , healthy eating was no longer something i needed to do , it was part of who i am .Unknowingly tracking macros in such detail had made it harder for me to stick to my goal,  i stopped logging every single calorie i eat, i just guessed the number and tried to stay around maintenance . life was much easier, and the reduced training sessions came with a reduction in my cravings .

I have actually learned how to live a HEALTHY LIFE STYLE, physically, mentally and spiritually i was in my best shape ever .

i was eating right, training right, i fully accepted myself, i was happy and no longer stressed about training or dieting , “i wish i had been this way the whole time” i thought.

My last month is Malaysia was my most enjoyable one through my whole 4 years, time came to say goodbye, on 31/7/2016 i had to say goodbye . i was leaving a different person than the one that arrived . it was very hard to say goodbye, i had graduated and had to listen to my heart’s calling, i felt it is time to go somewhere new and start a new chapter . the Architecture Degree was just a piece of paper . the real value was somewhere else.

if i would take 1 thing that i learned from my whole 4 years in Malaysia , it would be how to live a healthier lifestyle . how to make training and healthy eating and positive thinking part of who you are , that is the main difference between the me that arrived in 2012, and the me that left in 2016, i was stronger, healthier, and positive towards life.

My goal from sharing this is simply to HELP , EDUCATE, and MOTIVATE .

i know there are those who struggle with the same kind of problems that i had. and those that don’t !

for those who resonate,   i hope to inspire POSITIVE CHANGE  in YOU !

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Sunday, January 8, 2017

I was still unsatisfied , The #transformation was Huge, its so clear, i lost all the weight, in fact i lost too much weight, people were asking me if i am sick or something, i didn’t look healthy, i went from being FAT, to being SKINNY-FAT !!!

You see all i cared about was the scale, all i wanted is to make the numbers on the scale to drop, i had little knowledge at that time that this weight could be MUSCLE. i thought all the weight i was losing was FAT , the fact is i doped lean mass (muscles) also . i didn’t look healthy, and i was still chubby around the waste, i wasn’t slim, and i wasn’t fat , Skinny-Fat !! i hated it !

That time was just around my semester break, i had just finished Semester 5 and i went back to Baghdad to stay with my family for a couple of months, of course they were amazed , they couldn’t believe how much weight i lost, there was a difference of 20 KG (44 ib) since they last seen me, all my relatives were surprised also, each person had his own opinion, some said i was too skinny now, others said i’m trying to follow the young people’s trend (whatever that means) my father thought my face looked “prettier”  when it was fat and that now it is too tall, opinions about my body varied, i tried my best not to care .

While staying there with my family, i started researching , i researched about how to lose weight, and how to get out of the skinny fat look, and eventually i came to the realization and understood that its not enough to lose weight only, one must have muscle underneath to look good and healthy ! Now i know that this is common sense and i should have known this all along, i know now !! back then , i didn’t know better .

What was the solution, i researched and looked, and eventually it was clear and simple, i need to LIFT ! i need to LIFT HEAVY SHIT . i need to build muscle cause i was like a skeleton with fat stuck to it . it was just around new year, and on 1/1/2016 i went and got a gym membership and started lifting !

I would then go back to Malaysia to finish my last semester, and continue training in more correct fashion, i lifted 3-4 days a week, i was still didn’t eat a lot cause i was so scared of becoming fat again, i stayed in a caloric deficit while lifting,  i wanted to lose fat and build muscle at the same time, not too sure that that was a correct thing to do at the time cause i could have built more muscle if i ate more,  however i’m satisfied with the results and i would have done it the same all over, the results were still noticeable and astounding to me and to everyone who knew me also, i looked healthy, slim, tall, and even dare say Sexy !    by June that year (5-6 months after i started lifting) my weight was 74 KG and i was in my best Physique ever .

to be continued , thanks for reading.

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Saturday, January, 7, 2017

Between the #stress of life and university i found the #excuse not to work out and diet, i kept on #postponing . life was good, i was no longer depressed, i finished 3 semesters and had 3 more to go , i was 50% done with my studies, i had new good friends whom i felt comfortable with, my relationship with my family was better, everything seemed to be going well, infact loosing weight was no longer on my mind even, i rememer one of my best friends whom i met in Malaysia , his name is Kareem, Kareem was into the healthy lifesyle, he trained and ate right, i used to argue with him why he bothered and he should just eat whatever he wants, i no longer cared about loosing weight, its like i have given up, until...

My 3rd year (sem 4) in Malaysia, i got into a relationship with a girl, it didn’t last long, i broke it off after 2 months only because she was too crazy to handle, however even though it didn’t last long, i still felt devastated and sad , i went through a mini depression that time and i got sick, i have caught a flue from somewhere and i was too lazy and broke at the time to buy medicine, i thought its just a flue and it will pass. the flue kept on getting stronger, i was unable to sleep for a couple of nights cause every time i would pass out i would wake up cause i’m coughing so much, it was so painful, the sound of my cough was so scary, even my housemates were worried about me and they brought me medicine , i was coughing so badly that my through got scratched and i tasted blood, i’m telling you all this because that time was another turning point in my life .

After the 10 sick days passed , i started feeling better , i was able to leave my room, i went out with some friends to a restaurant , after we ate one of them offered me a cigarette, i hesitated , but i took it , its a habit, i light it up and took a couple of puffs, i can still feel my throat soar from the coughing before, i somked it , then i felt so bad, i coughed a bit, and i thought to my self, IF I AM ONLY 21 AND MY HEALTH IS THIS BAD, HOW WILL IT BE WHEN I’M OLD !?  , the thought struck fear in me , i didn’t want to grow old and be weak and unhealthy, that was the moment i decided to quit .

That time was just around the semester break , i had around 2 and a half months of holiday, i decided to be healthy, i had just given up smoking, and i decided to lose weight .   i knew very little about the subject of weight loss at the time, all i knew is that to lose wight i had to STARVE my self do lots of CARDIO !! . that was literally my whole knowledge about weight loss at that time.

for the next 4 months, every single day , i woke up , i put my shorts on and i headed to the Club House, the club house had  a free small gym for the residents . i went there every morning , i sat on the cycling machine and i peddled away for 60 minutes . every fucking day i peddled for 60 minutes no matter i felt like it or not, i forced myself .

There was Shahbaz,  a Pakistani guy who delivered food for us, every day he brought for me a small dish of meat or chicken with 1 chapati (bread) for dinner,  and i would go eat a sandwich (6′ inch Subway Tuna double meat) after cycling , that was all i ate at the time .

During these 4 months, i lost 22 kg (49 ib) my weight became 76 kg (167 ib) , everyone who who knew me was stunt !

To be continued , thanks for reading.

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Friday, January, 6 , 2017

Why be #Fit ? why be #Healthy ?

These were the questions my mind would ask , excuses starts rising up  , “take it easy” , “you can stay home today, you feel tiered, you’ve earned it” , or “your friends invited you for Pizza you cant say no” ... and on and on ... all theses excuses my brain forms and starts telling me ... i usually gave in , i ate that junk food and i didn’t go train , cause why take life so seriously, i should enjoy right !?

Since a the young age of 11 , i started putting weight  and becoming chubby , i started getting FAT ! i always told myself that one day i will loose it though , however until age 18, i went from diet to diet, were i would lose a bunch of weight, then go back into old habits and gain it again, then loose the weight again , and then gain it again ... this cycle repeated many times . my mother has had the same issue for the past 20 years, she just went from diet to diet also , she was dieting all year , she would lose and gain weight and end up in the same place .

In high school 10th grade (16 years old) , i remember my weight reached 100 kg (220 ib) for the first time ... i said to myself WTF !! i felt terrible, i felt fat ! i had to loose weight !! i went on a good diet for 3-4 months and in the end i lost a ton of weight , my weight doped to 86 kg (190 ib)  , i was really happy ! everyone who knew me was stunt by the transformation , i was feeling that sense of achievement, i was feeling great,  hell ya ! i did it ... within 5-6 months i put that same weight back . i was 98 kg (215 ib) again .

This kept on until i finished high school , i was living in Aleppo, Syria back then with my family, after i finished high school , my family decided to move back to Baghdad, Iraq , where i am borne and originally from  , the political situation in Syria was not showing hope, and Iraq’s situation seemed to be better off , so we went back . i stayed in Baghdad with my family for 5 months only, then i packed my bags and went to Malaysia with one of my high school friends to study Architecture .

All these changes happened so fast, these were big changes in my life, i left all the life i had before and all my friends in Aleppo, i was away from my family for the first time in my life and alone in a new country that i knew nothing about, to make things worse, my personal relationships were not good also , i had issues with my father at the time, we did not speak , other issues between me and my high school friend caused us to stopped talking and each went his separate way , some of my belongings were stolen at that time, my new iPhone, Laptop, iPad and quite a sum of cash were stolen, i couldn’t stay at my room any longer, it wasn’t safe, i was homeless for a short while, i slept at mosques .

I did eventually manage to pull my life together, i got a new room, and a cheap phone, however i was in a strong depression, i felt alone in the world, i had no one to even talk to, my only friend was food. My weight became 108 kg (238 ib) . not only did i gain weight, i also started smoking . i was smoking 10-12 cigerates on average . this went on for 2 years .

to be continued , thank you for reading <3

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Thursday, January, 5, 2017 Im sleepy as fuck writing this with eyes that can barely open ! I kinda slagged off today 😅😂 lol My energy was off , i was more in my head , i didn't start the day right ... Still it was a great day , i mean hey i didn't masterbate today , my diet was on point, i walked around 5 Miles , it is a great productive day but beaing who i am, i know that i could have made it even better . First mistake was that i skipped the meditation session in the morning, from now on i dont want to turn on the internet in my phone and check social media before meditating, after the session i can be online. Takeing the time to be with myself before i through myself into the chaose is tge idea.! I also wasted some time today here and there , there were minutes were i am spaced out ! Just starring into the wall , i want to bring this time down into half at least . I want to write my blog tomorrow in the morning, as a test , to see if it will change the setup and progress of my day , i feel way sharper in early morning . After i get cofee, i'll meditate, then i will write something for the blog , then i can spend time online . I will not open my eyes and reach for my phone straight away . No setbacks, only lessons. Thesevare todays lessons that i will implement tomorrow 🙂

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Wednesday, January, 4, 2017 Give ! When you give , you open the gates of receiving. Instead of being self centered and thinking about me , me , me ! And little old me ! I want to have compassion with people and see how i can give them from my gifts to make their lives better ! Give a smile, a good word, resources, money, an advice (if asked😅) , give energy, and most valuable of all ! Give time. What value do i have to offer the world!? Thats how i should think . Before i used to think i have no real Value to offer, i was negative, and had a lower self esteem, it sounds so stupid now when i remember... Of course i have value , i have massive value! Everone does! You also have this within you ! You also can make an impact on people's lives . Your story, your struggles, your strengths, the things you had to overcome, and the things you learned along the journey... All this is value that other people can benifit from ... This brought me to my Decision, im gonna write a small PDF book , about my journey with weight loss , the things i learned, and the mistakes i made... I will write this because this is one thing that i overcame, and i want to help as many others that have the same problem to overcome it ! God works through people, and this is the mission that god gave to me ! My mission is to become the strongest version of my self ! And to help whom i can to do the same ! I learned a lot from people who are ahead of me (and still learning) , Mentors , Elliott, Tyler, Gregory, Julien, Tai, .... There are so many others that helped me !! And i owe who i am today to their advice and guidance. These people are authentic, courageous, freeflowing, and dedicated to their cause, i admire them alot. Each one of them is special because he listened to his heart calling, and worked hard to make it reality , each in his own way ! I will live to my full potential, I will be a Physiotherapist, i will have my own camp where people train to become stronger and healthier, physically, mentally and spiritually , i will help thousandths of people become who they want to become, i will be a self development-motivational speaker ! I will be a mentor to another generation of people, and show them they way in tge same way i was shown 🙂 inshalla i will turn all the previous into reality ! This is my goal in life . Lets enjoy the journey. ❤️ thank you for reading.

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Tuesday, January, 3, 2016 I have finally finished reading #Catch-22 , it took me 6 years of procrastination and 3 days of reading!😅😂 This book was something im supposed to read for my English class in highschool, of course i never read it that time . However now that i made a resolution to read a lot this year, i had to cross tgis book of my list, i had been traveling with me and sitting on the shelves without being opened , but that all changed 3 days ago . I said to myself now or never! And i went at it , my gosh was it great ! It was hilarious, the humor in it is something else ! I was actually reading and laughing. The hero of the Novel is called Yossarian , Yossarian is a bombardier for the U.S Army in world war 2 , he is scared because thousand of people he doesn't know keep on trying to kill him ! His fellow men think that he is crazy, because the enemy is not trying to kill him , the enemy is trying to kill everyone! Yossarian think's that they are crazy because what difference does that make 😂😂 see the catch !? Actually every character in this novel is crazy in a way ! There is of course Milo ! Milo is the mes hall officer, he buys eggs from Malta for 7 cents a peice and sells it to the mes halls for 5 cents a peice 😂 nobody knew how he did it !!! Later in the novel his method is cleared , but it is so complicated that it is impossible for me to explain here 😂 Yossarian wants to leave the war and go back home , he has aready done his 50 missions , but colonel Cathcart keeps on raising the number of missions ! 55 then 60 then 70 then 80 !! Eveytime Yossarian finished his missions he would pack his back and wait for the order to be sent home, but then the number of Missions whould be raised ! Yossarian did not care who won or lost the war , he just wanted to stay alive , he went to the doctor to renounce that he is crazy and should be grounded. Because the law says if one of the men is crazy then he can be sent home ! But there is a Catch ! "Catch-22", the doctor told him , if a man is flying these near death mission then he must be crazy, all he has to do is ask to be grounded and we will sent him home , "im crazy, im crazy ! Qsk everybody, they'll tell you" said Yossarian, "but if you admit that you are crazy, then you are not really crazy" said the doctor! "Every man that is flying these missions must be crazy cause these missions are so dangerous! If he asks to be sent home we will send him because he is crazy, but the second he ask us to send him home, it means he doesn't want to fly these Missions, which means that he is not crazy" 😂😂 the doctor explained! "That is the catch, Catch-22" Yossarian was stuck , and through out the novel he is trying to find a ways to escape death and stay alive !. It was a hilarious read and i loved it ! Im glad that i am finally through with this book also. 😅 so ya ! I highly recommend reading it for fun and a witty sense of humor. Im certainly gonna use there sense of humor in my jokes 😏 Thanks for reading

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Monday, January, 2, 2017 The way a person views #setbacks will largly determine the level of #success you have in your life . I had to learn this the hard way actually, before i would get anxiety attacks and stress so much if i fuck up on something! I would start talking shit to myself and say all kind of mean things to myself! That got me no where of course. With the new year at its start, and with the resolutions that i decided for the year ... I already had a couple of setbacks just 2 days into the year. 😂👌🏻 , one of the setbacks is that i did not pray 🙏 or meditate 🙌🏻 today ! The day has endes and i did not do it . That is a setback, how am i gonna handle it ? An older version of me would start the self agonizing shit talk , "u stupid usless fuck! Its just the second day of the year and u couldn't stick to the shit" i would say ti myself ... However i learned the hard way that this won't get me anywhere. As a matter of fact this will make it harder to stick to my goal the next day because that negative self talk made me have a lower self esteem and have begun a downwards spiral !. So this time i treat it differently. Another one of my resolutions is to cut anxiety and negativity as much as possible, if i get negative , anxious or angry about missing my prayer and meditation resolution , i would be breaking my other resolution of not getting negative, anxious, or angry .😂 i cornered my self in this way ... So ... Thia time i decided to change my perspective all together ! there is no setbacks ! Only lessons. What happened is not a bad thing, it is a lesson for tomorrow, i know now that if i put my meditation time into later I'm more likely to proctastinate on it ! I should cross that off my lost first thing in the morning. That is today's lesson . Now my self esteem is higher , because instead of feeling like i failed today , i feel like i learned from what happened. Instead of the downwards spiral, i am in an UPLOOP !!! Instead of feeling i have to start over tomorrow, i feel i have to continue with what i learned today . Now i look forward to tomorrow to implement what i have learned 😛 Its a small shift in perspective, however it proves to be vital in the long run ! This is a technique that i encourage you to use on your journey of achieving your 2017 goals . If you made it this far thank you for reading 🙂❤️

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Saturday, December, 31, 2016 New Year's eve ! Today is a nice and memorable day ! It was full from morning till late after midnight. I started the day with some cofee! Then i head out to train , on the way there i find some kids playing football in the street ! I stopped and played with them for an hour ! Then i went to training. After that i was back home ! I did some reading, i studied Spanish! And then i watched some premier league action (Liverpool vs ManchesterCity) then my brother's friends came to spend the night at our place, we did Karaoke and played fifa, it was a lot of fun . This went on until 4 am .. 🙂 it was a great day ! I fasted until 7 o'clock but from then till now i ate a lot of good food and home made deserts made by my grandma ❤️ life is good ! I go to sleep satisfied. Alhamdulelah 🙌🏻 Now 2016 is gone ! Fresh start with 2017 , lets see what we can achieve this year 🙂 im looking forward! Are you?

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Friday, December, 30 , 2016

1 more day and #2017 begins, did you prepare your #NewYearsResolutions ? I have 10 ! I want to share my personal resolutions with you … With god’s will i will manifest them to reality inshalla. I will not waste time this year ! I will make every minute count .

1- in the fitness realm , im already in the right track, it was in my 2016 resolutions so i just need to keep going, main thing is to make this year about fixing BODY POSTURE and improving it . I will have a better posture and i will be more flexibility.

2- i will start reading and listening to books on daily basis! All types of 📖 books, anything that interests me , i will to consume as much knowledge as possible, i will talk less, i will read more. !

3- wether i go to spain or not is yet to be seen, however i will learn Spanish language this year .

4- keep Blogging daily as i am doing right now, by the end of 2017 i will have 365 blogs !.

5- i will not masterbate this year . Like never ! 👍 yup ! 365 days of no masturbation. #NoFap

6- i will not let anxiety control me. 2017 is they year wear i will be far less anxious, angry, and negative . I will be relaxed, calm, and positive as much of the time as possible.! This will be one of the toughest resolutions for me , i acknowledge that .. But , I WILL SMILE AND BE HAPPY this year .

7- i will Pray 🙏 and Meditate 🙌🏻 , i will get more and more in touch with my spiritual side, i will strengthen the connection i have with God and the Universe.

8- i will take more cool photos and videos of me and others doing fun activities and be more active on social media .

9- i will start a new Degree in the field of Physiotherapy

10- i will improuve the quality of my relationships with Family, Friends, and Loved Ones ! I will give my gifts to those people and to the world .

These are my 10 resolutions for 2017, i will keep you updated with the ups and downs of the progress . What are your new year’s resolutions!? Share some with me 🙂 lets encourage each other …

Tomorrow i will write about a technique i learned , it explains the stages of change .. When a people set a goals for them selves .. They go through 4 stages of change (Inception, Deception, Transformation, Identity) i will write about this in detail tomorrow . So stay tuned ! Prepare your resolutions list ! Write them in your notes app ! And stay tuned for tomorrow.

If you made it till here, Thank you for reading ❤️