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!