So I have become fat. FAT, that means my body fat is no longer 13.5 but 20% which means I have put 25 to 30 lbs. It is very easy to accept that I look officially disgusting to my own eyes and the idea of throwing away the mirror has crossed my mind. The thing is I feel victim to a weird acquired incapacity of adhering to my own plan. Sure friends, the wife, and stress played an important part—or the fact I nearly destroyed my MCL on my right knee, there was of course my broken finger, muscle spasms in my quadriceps, left shoulder, and the pinched nerve on my neck and a few other injuries.

But I am the only one to blame for being fat, the injuries are part of life and so is stress. Moreover the injuries are part of my sport and therefore they are my decision if I didn’t want injuries I would have picked video gaming and not an actual contact sport.

The reason why one feels good being in shape is because we know we are in control. For some reason why we are in a zone of fitness we can eat half of a loaf of bread and we can see we’re going to add to our body about 1 gram of water per gram of carbohydrates. Our body is so in tune with what we eat that it’s going to work like a perfect machine.

1gr of Carbohydrate = (roughly) to 1gr of water,

This is why carbohydrates “hydrate” our muscles, they also replenish our glycogen (assuming we deplete it!) but glycogen regenerates on itself throughout the day.

But here is the magic formula, IF subject A is not in shape then we can assume that subject A does not wants to be in shape, that means the only person not allowing me to lose weight is ME.
No!!! No more self sabotaging.

With that in mind I am going to need a plan of action if I want to achieve my goal of not being a Fat porky guy (insert pig noise here).

Goal: To be in competitive shape at -90 kilograms for USA Judo Nationals (2011)

1) This involves being cardiovascular fit, maximal strength output has to increase, fat oxidation and glucose stability have to be perfect and all of that making sure my training still manages to take me to a peaking phase for tournaments.

Plan of Action

1) Diet has to have a caloric deficit enough to induce weight loss and high enough to keep energy to endure training.

2) Cardio training will be done 2x a day; morning on an empty stomach to eradicate free floating fatty acids, and at night to get rid of the sugar not used throughout the day.

3) Strength Training sessions will have to be kept at a minimum with a high volume to intensity value (that means shorter but painful). I will have 3 times a week strength training plus an extra 4th day to asses weaknesses.

4) Judo training will be 3 times a week for a total of 7 hrs a week, this is not counting morning Uchikomi training.

5) Lunesta, Nyquill, will be used accordingly to induce healthy hours of sleep, sometimes one is so tired and in pain that I cannot sleep.

6) Supplements: Caffeine-fat-burner blend (twice a day), Beta-Alanine (3 times a day), BCAAs (taking them like candy), MultiVitamin (once a day), Glutamine (like candy), my asthma medication Spirovent (clenbuterol) will further help me.

I will post my training routine, diet, and supplement guideline later on tonight as a brief discussion of the processes involve in losing fat and the supplements mechanics.