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Workout Log 3 May 4

As I promised to myself that I try to workout as much as possible every week (5 times per week is the aim right now), I ran today earlier than my usual time. I usually run after 19:00 at night but did earlier today since I planned to visit a friend in the evening.

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Workout Log 2 may 3

I remember last time I mentioned that I will work out as much as possible and everyday possible. But after my workout on April 25, and April 26(didn’t Blog about it), I could not because my body went through such a pain that I had to take a break. Apparently suddenly working out heavily after a long time causes cramps and even my protein shake could not solve them.

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Workout Log 1 April 25

I’m starting again. From the scratch. I almost didn’t workout for 7 months and that’s sad but considering I was living in Airbnb and without my own house and then my travels in Spain Portugal and India caused this huge delay. Not to mention building furniture in my new house. Lots of Bs reason for many o guess. Nevertheless I’m back and I will continue again.

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Setting up a Home Gym

Now that I have my own apartment, my first big project/dream was to build a home gym. Even though my house is quite close to the centre and nearest gym is just 5 min by walk, I still wanted to have my own private gym in my new apartment for the one main reason

Flexibility: I wanted to be able to workout anytime I want, no matter how the weather is, how my mood is, what the time is,…

Life is worth living

April fool everyone?

It seems like suddenly I am writing out of the blue, which means it must be April fool s day right? It isn’t. it is just that finally I have my own apartment. So now I can do all the activities I used to do before I had to move out due to shitty circumstances.

What exactly happened

To say blatantly, my landlord was weird and creepy. He would enter anytime my house…

I met a girl. After almost 10 months of my breakup. Dunno but there was something sparkling about her. She’s half German and half Italian and somehow I met her, while searching for an apartment, and found her.

I have met a lot of woman during these months, never got physically engaged with them obviously, but not because they weren’t good looking. But because I wasn’t ready. I still don’t think…

Workout log Sep 18

I know I’m positing after a long time (almost 7 days gap). But I was traveling for the last few days in Stuttgart and naturally could neither without nor Blog. You can check my blog post about Hohenzollern castle and Stuttgart here. Anyway I’m now back both in Frankfurt and to my workout routine and here is what I did.

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I specifically wanted to visit Hohenzollern castle which is around 2 hours from Stuttgart with a train. This is how the whole trip turned out to be:

Night 1

After work, I took a train to Stuttgart from Frankfurt. It takes around 2 hours to reach Stuttgart. I started around 18:00 after work and was already at Stuttgart around 19:40 with an IC train (Intercity) which is as not fast as ICE (Intercity Express) but the tickets are much cheaper than ICE. The public transport and the train network in Germany is ridiculously good. I can sympathize with my fellow Americans where without a car you can’t usually travel to other places that easily. At least that’s what my sister tells me, who lives in Indianapolis.

I visited my friend in Stuttgart and went out to have our dinner. Even though I am trying for a low/no carb diet at night, I ended up having an amazing noodle broth in a Chinese restaurant nearby known as Sichuan.

  It tasted good and my guilt of eating carbs at night subdued.

Day 2 (Morning)

Today I wanted to visit Hohenzollern castle.  I took a Stuttgart Metropolis ticket which was the best and cheapest option to get to this castle along with my friend. This ticket costs 21 euros and addition persons need to pay only 6 euros. We took the train around 08:30, reached Tübingen around 09:30 am and then from there we changed to another train which took around 20 min to take us to Hechingen. This is the train station closest to the castle.

Now this is where things got a bit interesting. The bus which takes you to the castle starts around 09:25. If you miss this then the next one is around 2 hours later. We didn’t feel like waiting for the next bus since there was nothing to do in Hechingen. It is a very small village and all you can do is roam around the streets.

We found a subway restaurant not far from the bahnhof (Train Station). I was reluctant to eat in McDonalds or any other similar fast food restaurant. But since the subway was closed, I decided to eat something at the nearby Bäckerei (Backery). An amazing Schnitzel Brötchen (Bread Roll). Schnitzel for me is the best German invention ever. Better than the cars they make or the football players they produce. Ok maybe they have amazing football players too even though they got knocked out of world cup embarrassingly by S.Korea.

Anyway, I decided to spontaneously hike to this castle instead of waiting for the bus. It was around 6kms from the train station thus it was not even a long hike. And I would recommend this hike because you go through the beautiful country side of the Hessen region.

Outside the Castle

And the whole scenery is amazing along with the whole hike through the mountain. The path shown is the one which we took which went through gorgeous fields and through the mountain. We could already see the castle from this path.

As we got closer to the mountain the view was just getting better and better. It might not be as breathtaking as Neuschwanstein castle, but it had its own charm. From the top of the castle you can view the entire village.

Inside the Castle

After spending some time outside the castle, we had to wait for the entry inside. I am really not fond of architectural stuff, but my friend forced me to go inside with him.

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I just sat around listening to an old man talk about the entire castle while I was talking to a German kid who seemed to be fascinated by my skin color.

We came out and had some food in the restaurant which is part of the castle. The atmosphere was nice, and the weather was amazing. By the time we finished it was already 17:00 in the evening. In addition, I wanted to get back to Stuttgart earlier because I did not want to miss the PSG match against Saint-Etienne. I follow most of the PSG matches but also nowadays I am following Tottenham, Barcelona and Bayern matches. Champions League is starting soon, and I am quite excited for it.

DAY 3

I visited first the Grabkapelle auf dem Württemberg (Shrine on the Württemberg) or mausoleum in Württemberg. It was a bit away from the city and the location looked beautiful. The slanting fields in Hessen are famous for wine cultivation and I guess the pic might be actually that of a vineyard. We looked around this place and spend some time here.

Apparently, the memorial was built for wife of king William 1 (I think that’s what I remember. If I am wrong don’t jump on me).

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After that we had an ice cream in the good weather and returned to the center. Next, we took a bus and reached the place nearby the Neckar river. We walked around and reached the Mercedes Benz museum. Besides, I had already been there once so did not go inside. But I would recommend it. I still think the BMW museum in Munich is better than this one though. If you are in Stuttgart I would definitely recommend Ludwigsburg park and the surrounding since it is very beautiful and maybe a bit romantic.

The evening we spent drinking beer nearby a BierGarten (Beer Garden) and enjoying the last few days of summer sunshine. As they say, Winter is fast approaching and is here.

As it got colder we went to a bar nearby the center and had few drinks. We watched the Real Madrid match against Athletic club which was quite close and scary. Overall a great day and it was fun, and we called it a day.

Day 4 (Departure)

Sunday, we had a small barbeque. Later in the evening I returned back to Frankfurt. Learned guitar, some Portuguese and relaxed at home.

In two weeks I will be in Croatia for a longer vacation and hopefully until then burn all those calories I gained during this trip. I would recommend Hohenzollern castle for those who are planning to visit Stuttgart considering the city itself doesn’t offer much to see and visit.

Overall Rating

Here is my rating for Hohenzollern Castle and Stuttgart Region :

I must say I am surprised with my commitment. Believe me, this year I am probably the laziest person in the world. Lot of the credit must be given to the depression I had. Maybe even now I am not completely happy like I used to be. But overall I became the laziest animal in this entire planet this year. But nevertheless my motivation has never been higher in terms of working out. I got up and had…

Yesterday I could not workout. I really wanted to, but ended up feeling too lazy and feeling too much pain in my body. I guess every now and then, a rest day is essential for body heal. But today after a day of gap, I continued now in my journey towards weight loss. I had a bananna for breakfast, followed it up with a bread cheese and jogurt. I had all of these for breakfast. Thus, a heavy…

I created this draft yesterday when I was on the train, going to watch the movie “THE NUN”. I love horror movies. But before that I wanted to create a draft about my workout today. I will keep it short since I don’t have much time.

Day

Yesterday I had again a brunch. Rice but not much with lots of vegetables cooked together in a pan. I also had some pineapple. Since it was the weekend I decided…

The day started very slowly for me. I got up really late around 9:30 and by the time I had my breakfast and ready to leave for work, it was around 10:30 am. Crazy I know. The culprit? Me sleeping very late around 03:00 in the morning. So, on the things I should be working on besides drinking 4L of water every day, sleeping early is one of the most important. Why? Your body needs to repair its teared-up muscles after workout and besides protein, sleep is essential in doing this job. Anyway, I had a heavy breakfast today.

I could have had a light breakfast and then have lunch again at work. But I decided to have a big bowl of rice and skip my lunch instead. The rice was plain boiled but had yogurt and some pesto mixed in it along with some beans. Pesto and rice is not good for the body. But it is better to have my carbs now and enough fuel to run through the day. Remember, no carbs at night is quite important here. I also thought I can also skip my lunch if I have a big bowl of rice. But I already felt like it was a bad idea throughout the day. So, no lunch. Instead I had a chocolate milk and had my share of the fat for the day. Here is how my workout went in the evening.

Workout – Run (First 5k of my life)

I was feeling hungry and my stomach was burning but I was not going to give up. Like yesterday I had decided to run first before working out at home during weekdays. And on weekends I will try to switch it and workout first at home and then go for running. The reason is that it gets dark earlier now that winter is here and I am still not into running in the dark. But the winter here in Germany will force me to do it anyway in the future. It was cold today and thus I used my newly bought running suit.

Now the good news. I did it!!! First time in my life I ran for 5kms. 5.61kms to be precide. I have run in JP Morgan which is around 5.4 kms but guess what? I stopped 6 times. When I started back in Aug to run, I had started at 1.4kms. But today I am just proud of this feat and how far I have come. Feels great. But my legs are feeling quite sore today. Need to try out that oil I bought.

As you can see, my body as well as my arms are completely wet. Maybe I look fit to you guys in front view. But let me show you how my stomach is from the side view. It is huge. Not to mention the big deposits of fat in my chest and back now. I weigh around 100 Kilos guys and I need to reduce around 14/15 kilos.

Workout HOME

I followed it up by working out at home. Started with “Six pacs in 30 days”. Then after almost 3 days of gap I used the 7 app. This app is quite effective. But not because it has better exercises. But because there is only 10sec gap making it very intensive and fat burning. Today it was “PT’s Choice” program which had exercises like Arm haulers, Renegade Rows, Single Legged Deadlifts to name a few. I followed it up with “Dumbbells workout” app and did only single set of arms and shoulders exercise which lasted for around 8 min. Thus out of 7 days until yesterday, 5 days I have worked out. Kudos!!

Total Time – Approx 2 hours

Dinner

Had a protein shake. I went out, had some whiskey and wine. Avoided beer but don’t know how much it helps. And then I had a Döner Kebab which is high in calories . It was not my intention but my friend bought it upon me. And I was so furious with him that I was surprised with myself.

I guess this fire inside me to reduce weight is burning heavily. I have become really strict with my diet. To be honest, it is rather getting difficult to control my diet. It is getting really hard to fight myself and my inner soul and give up. And just bring home some cakes, chips, chocolates and cookies and munch up on them. But then I remind myself how it feels to have this much extra weight in body.

Not able to wear the clothes I used to wear or feel good when I walk down the street. Or do activities which I could do before. So, I say “NO” to these beautiful delicious things. I am stronger than these and I can do this. Looking forward to Day 6.

But on the other hand, I am proud of what I have started. I have relapsed but I will try again and this time I will go without it for 10 days. Sep 5 2018 I got sick with headache and could not workout. So overall I had two days of rest but today finally I got better. I am back on track and today was my official Day 4 of workout. Here is how it went!

Breakfast and Lunch

I had only a big banana today for breakfast and it felt great. I felt full and had my share of potassium for today. One mistake I am doing right now is not drinking enough water. Need to focus on it. I had around 2.5 to 3 L maybe today so overall better than what I usually drink which is much less. I have to target around 4 L everyday. On the other hand I had an amazing salad today again. But ended up pouring too much dressing again. Please comment below if you think it is very harmful to have too much of this dressing and any suggestions.

Workout

My plan was to workout heavily today and compensate for my two days of hibernation. I decided to run first. Because if I workout for 40 min and then start running then it gets late and I can run for maximum 1 time. I plan to run twice on the same day to make every outing count. So I ran around 3.82 km first and then again 3.86 kms, thus totally around 7.6 km approx. Which is quite good. Not to mention I also went to work today by walk which is around 2.7 km one way. That’s 5.5 km walk approximately for today.

My T shirt after that run was so wet that I had to change it before I wanted to workout at home. As you can see running took approximately, 47 min. Add 13 min more for resting before the next run. Totally an hour. And i ended up burning around 817 calories (according to runkeeper since it is synced to my zombies run app). Anyway at home then I did the “Six pacs in 30 days” Day 5 Workout. Apparently the Day 4 on this app was supposed to be for rest , which I did. And finally before I could start another exercise, my parents called me that my sister has given birth to a baby girl. I was happy and ended up spending 30 an hour talking to them. And already it was time for Germany vs France Football match today. For my american friends, there is UEFA Nations league happening here starting today and it is quite exciting.

Dinner

I ended up cheating not just on Sep 4, but on Sep 5 I had carbs at night before sleeping. It is a big No, No guys. Today I had protein shake again. I realized for my huge body it is not enough to have just protein shake. If I don’t fill my stomach smartly, I might end up cheating again. So I prepared a spinach-lentils food with some herbs and spices. Felt enough and I drank water enough. Right now I am feeling satisfied overall, but I just wish I could have worked out more.

Moving on, it took me 1 hour 20 min to workout and burn enough calories. I can bet that even if I do the things which I did today, I can lose my 14kg target within 6 months. Ofcourse not everyday, but even 4-5 times a week.

Now I am off to watch “How to get away with murder”. The match between Germany and France ended in Draw. Looking forward to Day 5.

Day 4. Getting ready for workout later in the evening. Had a salad for lunch and as promised showing the Pic. I feel like already having a cheat day 😂😂

Morning

Honestly when I got up today I was like “Today there is no way I can workout”. My body was aching. It was feeling the pain after two days of workout. Those sit-ups, lunges, planks, push-ups and few other exercises recommended to me by one of the dozen apps I am using, has teared up my body. I thought maybe it is time to rest today.

But then I decided against it. I knew that it is either…