March marks my second month in Singapore

pictures taken at IT Show 2011 (March 10-13) @ Suntec Convention Center, Singapore

This is my first time to witness an IT Show in Singapore. I had a great time checking out all the gadgets, electronics, computer stuffs and the booth babes. Too bad I still haven't received any salary since I just started work last February 21 so I only took some pictures and brochures.

Suntec Convention Center is really spacious and it took me almost four hours to check everything out from Level 3 to Level 6. My feet is aching from all the walking. I realized that being obese and overweight is a disadvantage when you are walking for more than 3 hours without even sitting down for a rest. 

Still, my only plan is to loose weight by merely jogging everyday until I received a call last March 11 while I was busy strolling at the IT show.  Sheila, a Fitness Consultant from True Fitness VivoCity called me up regarding 2 weeks free VIP pass which at first I hesitant to try but accepted the offer because it sounds like a good deal to me going to the gym for 2 weeks free.  Up until now I still don't have any idea who referred me to True Fitness. It might be my good friend Jan Copingco who happens to be a member of the club referred me since she got my handphone number. Details on how I enrolled in a fitness centre will be discussed on my next blog.

My first month in Singapore

I just signed a contract with my new company last February 11. My first day of work is dated February 21, 2011 and I still have a lot of time to stroll around Singapore with friends. 

These pix were taken at VivoCity and East Coast Park. I'm still obese and having a round shape body. 

New Year's Resolution for 2011

As I purchased my tickets to Singapore last August 2010, I promised to myself that I really have to loose weight by 2011. I was thinking positive that I will be getting a job abroad and luckily I did within the first 2 weeks of my stay. During that first two weeks I did some jogging with my fellow job seekers and Gherald, Jennifer Joy and their friend Kuja between 6-8pm everyday. We spend the rest of the day applying on online job portals and at the end of the day we tried to at least do some exercise by means of jogging. Sometimes we end up just walking around the city for one to two hours and going to some tourist spots. 

Here are some pix last during my first two weeks in Singapore (Jan 30 to Feb 15). Still fat and obese, what ever you want to describe. 

with Tin waiting for our flight in Singapore

 with Erna 

at City Square Mall

at MRT going to Orchard 

had a reunion with Joeboy at Somerset 

A mascot weighing in 248 pounds and with a 44 inch waistline

Let me share to you guys my photos taken between 2009 and 2010.


See how big I was then? 


This is the heaviest weight I had in my lifetime. At 248 lbs and a waistline of 44 inches, this is the worst shape of my life. 

Introduction

this is me when i was 6 or 7 years old (i think this photo was taken 1992). yeah im fat. btw, the person at the back and hugging me is my cousin Johann

Hello, my name is Michael and this is my weight loss story.

Let me start my blog by giving you an overview about myself.

I am a Filipino, currently I am based in Singapore and my home town is in Bacolod City, Philippines although I consider Cebu City to be my second home since I have been work there previously for the past 4 years.

I am 27 years old (to date year 2011), I weigh in at 108.65 kilos and my height is 5 ft, 7 inches or approx 1.68 meters tall.

I had worked in a call centre environment for the past 4 years as Technical Support Helpdesk. I'm working during the night for the majority of my stay during the 4-year stint at the call centre. I struggled with my weight for the past 4 years. Because of my abnormal schedule, I really have difficulties managing my time. Most of the time after my shift in the morning, I am so stressed with work that I am just thinking of going home and getting some sleep. I don't have the luxury of time to go to the gym or to do workouts.

year 1998 or 1999

2nd year high school at 133 lbs 

I had lost weight before twice. The first time when I was in second year high school and that was around year 1998-1999. It was during that time that I became an athlete and a varsity on my school. Due to some circumstances, my parents let me enrolled on TaeKwonDo classes starting 1st year high school and since then I have learned to love that sport. My weight during that time was 193 lbs when I started in TaeKwonDo. I managed to lose 60 lbs from 193 lbs to 133 lbs in less than 3 months. You may ask me why I did that. My answer to that question is that I want to enter in a TaeKwonDo competition as a varsity player in my school and there are no weight categories such as heavyweight or super heavyweight. The only weight category that is available in a TaeKwonDo competition during my high school days is until welterweight only, which is 131 - 134 lbs max weight limit. I had my share of wins and losses on those competitions. I stopped training in TaeKwonDo during 4th year high school as I focused more on my academics and at that time I ballooned back to to more than 200 lbs from the time I graduated high school.

I was not able to loose weight during college. I had a walking weight of around 215-220 lbs until I graduated.

The second time I lost a big amount of weight was during my 1st year of work after college. That was around the year 2007. During that time I was around 235 lbs and I had a 44inch waistline.  I managed to shed off 60 lbs from 235 lbs to 175 lbs. From size 44 waistline to size 34. You may not believe it but I shed off that 60 lbs in just 42 days. Anyway, I am going to create another blog entry later regarding the details of this weight loss. 

Well, what happened after loosing that amount of weight? I became lazy to exercise, I was eating a lot and as fast as I lost that weight, I went back to being obese within 8-10 months. 

I was not happy with my weight for the last 4 years I was working in a call centre. I constantly gained weight. I think my heaviest weight was at 248 lbs and I have size 44-46 waistline. I had to custom made my pants and shorts with my tailor.

After 4 years of working in a call center and a couple of promotions I finally called it quits. I am not getting any younger and my health was at the worst. I planned on working abroad because of bigger opportunities and compensation. 

Luckily I landed a job within 2 weeks of my stay in Singapore. I had a very nice day shift schedule with a relaxed environment. Within the first 2 weeks of adjusting to my work schedule, I was referred by my friend to join True Fitness at VivoCity. If you don't have an idea what is True Fitness, it is a fitness centre with state-of-the-art fitness facilities. I was offered a 2 weeks free pass to try out. I started my first workout at that gym last March 13, 2011 and so far I have lost more than 20 kilograms (details to be blogged later)

OK, so this is my third attempt in losing weight and I hope this would be the last attempt and I'm really serious in getting a toned body. I am looking at least 10 months - 2 years of training for this attempt. 

So welcome to my blog and I hope you follow me on my journey to weight loss and fighting my obesity. 

Cheers!