Gods in heaven..

..and us below

Who is playing games, I don't know

Are the Gods bothered, do they give d.....
Hmm...Do I give a d... which skin cell I shed every moment of my existence.. Do I give a s...about the millions of microbes living in and on me .....No I don't.

If God is the sum total of all existence- energy, matter, and laws...we are infinitesimaly small, inconsequential even.

Neti-Neti (not this - not this) .........

How heavy is 20kg?

Quite a lot actually!

I finally gathered enough courage and forced myself to fool around with the 20kg Kettlebell gathering dust for the last one year. (My thoughts were far more eloquent when I was struggling with the k'bell)

F......the d..... thing was heavier than I thought it would be, it was far-2 heavier today than the last time I lifted it.

Ever the over-confident a..I decided to do the Deep 6 routine ie 5xComplex, where each complex is of following alternate hand exercises:-
5,5 swings,
5,5 snatches,
5, 5 squats
5,5 clean & presses,
Turkish get down- up to start a new complex.
(It is called deep 6 because it includes all primary k'bell exercises- swing, snatch, squat, clean, press
& TGU)

S...I should have started with a 8kg k'bell, the d.... thing didn't swing beyond my stomach, oh well I did push it up higher but it wasn't like last year when I could do Crossfit type swings with chutzpah. Snatches were even more f...ed up, f....you my stupid ego, I should have been doing free hand snatches....

I could clean (barely) but presses were a different animal altogether, a black demo. TGU(well TGD) - didn't have the guts to attempt these

Did not have the ....for round 2 leave alone completing the mandatory 5.

Guess what I did next- yes take it easy.  I decided to switch to RKC Bare minimum- a beginners program which consists of a 10 min warm-up with 10 counts each of wall squats, halos and mountain climbers. Followed by actual workout which is 20 swings followed by 1 minute of active rest (jumping jacks, mountain climbers etc) for a total of 12 minutes.

Sounds easy enough - I got the wind knocked out of me in the warm-up itself. Could do only 20 half swings, active rest what a joke - I could barely move.

Had to take a full days rest, God willing I will do the RKC Bare min today.

I love life

Life is beautiful!

My weight loss seems to have plateaued but strength loss continues unabated.
My arms which were 16.5" last year have shrunk to 13.5" this year. Last year I looked stout, this year I look wimpy. Gods forgive me, but if this the price for years of indulgence and neglect, I accept the price and will work towards betterment.

On analysing the background I realised that
1. I have cheated on my diet far more than I should have. Few days back I had rum and chicken, worst still the gravy was rich and had more calories than I should have consumed in the whole day. The day after I had 3 glasses of sweet lime- there goes the whole ketogenic diet in to the bin.
2. I am not working out, no weights, no calisthenics, no runs, no nothing.... The Kettlebell I bought lies untouched in a corner. To think I was planning to buy Olympic rod and bumper plates worth 50k. Totally f...up, got to work out.

The best exercise is the one which you actually do and not what you read/think about. It could be as simple as walking or as taxing as fighting a bear.

I tried walking, probably overdid,(2 hours in the sun-times I am still a sissy) slept away for the next 3 days.
I have been looking wistfully at my 20 kg Kettlebell for more than 3 weeks now, high time I dared swinging the famed piece of iron around. WTF!

Nike has it right even (if they make extremely overpriced garb).

Just do it....

Gods willing, I will...

Mirror lies....

And a watched kettle does not boil...

When you are gaining weight bit by bit, your brain is unable to discern the small difference on hourly or even day to day basis. So when you look at the mirror, you see a guy who's alright- a bit stocky but good looking, not thin but healthy...

When you take a photograph few months later, holy cow! Reality strikes like a baseball bat- you look like candidate for Biggest loser. Hey two people could hide behind me, in fact they just did

Moral of the rant, mirror is good for shaving- that's it.
If you want to know how you look, get a body shot and a group photograph taken regularly.

Use a measuring tape and a scale and the ease with which you can squeeze into your pants to assist you. If it is not a loose fit - you are gaining weight, if you need to squeeze  in - you are fat.