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United States2095 Posts
Hello again,
I’m sorry that it’s been a little over a week since my last blog. This is essentially a blog after 2 weeks instead of the 1 that I'd planned. I guess I understand a little bit more about writers and their deadlines now! Anyway, this is another blog to talk about what I've been up to lately.
To start with, I've been on a new diet. I'd started out at 312 pounds, and at the time of my last blog I was down to 301.5. The idea of the diet is based on the Paleo Diet and if you want to know more about it please check out my last Blog
So as I'm sure most of you know from your own life there are always ups and downs to life. Nothing ever stays the same (except I guess war) so the first week was a great "up" in my life. I was losing weight and feeling great. And the second week... well the second week.. I was feeling even better and losing even more weight!
I've started to play tennis in addition to sprinting and even starting doing some exercises like weight lifting that Robbie had recommended that I do. This was all really exciting and fun to get back into. I was starting to feel like I used to feel back in high school, when I had energy to do whatever I wanted to do in regards to sports. However sometimes we can get ahead of ourselves. Sometimes we think we are capable of more than we really are.
After my second week I managed to get down to 296.5 pounds which was another positive week for me for sure and I was feeling good. I do realize that weight in itself isn't a always a good measurement for how a diet is doing, but it is a measurement that I am tracking. Anyway I had plans for the Super Bowl and my favorite team—the Ravens—were going to be playing in it. First time for me to have my team in a Super Bowl so I was insanely happy and ready for that! It was around this time that I ended up hurting my left knee a bit. I don't know how it happened or when. I know that the 3 days before I'd played tennis, sprinted and worked out my legs. One day after that when I woke up my knee was really sore and hurt when I'd even walk a little.
I'd already went from being able to play and type on the computer all day to not being able to do that barely at all and now I was having to go from finally getting back into walking and running and sports to not walking at all! So now unable to walk or use my hands I was rather sad for a little while. My leg has since improved a ton, but it lasted for around a week where I didn't want to sprint or play sports on it at all. I still slowly walked and tried to bring it back to where it was that way. However during this time I didn't end up exercising as much as I should have or really much at all. If you've ever been happy on a diet it’s very easy to keep doing it. When something is a sad time in your life it's generally much more difficult to keep doing what you’re doing.
Anyway I ended up eating chips and dip I'd had for the Super Bowl and plenty of cookies as well. So coupled with my exercise routine being very limited for a week or so and messing up on my diet really drastically that day I've gained weight back a bit again. So right now I'm at around 298 pounds or so. I've still managed to lose weight from the 301.5 that I was at 2 weeks ago, but maybe not as much as you expected or as much as I expected. However I think knowing that I'm back on the diet and getting back to where I can do more exercise (although hopefully not over doing it this time!) is really helping me get happier. And as I mentioned staying on a diet is much easier when you’re happy rather than sad.
A big motivating part of this is Victor and Robbie who are always willing to talk and provide support whenever I'm having problems or questions. Having a group to talk with and motivate you can be very helpful if you’re on a diet and start to feel it slipping out from under you. Also I've received many awesome messages from readers of my last blog who've given me advice tips and just good thoughts. For those of you who did that, I really hope I responded to you individually and thanked you, but if I didn't, thanks a lot!.
So right now I'm as motivated as ever writing about this and telling you about how I've been of late. Sorry it’s not a picture perfect blog where I'm losing tons of weight and always feeling great while doing it, but I honestly doubt many diets are like that. I still feel like the Paleo diet has been only amazing though. I still strongly recommend it and will continue on it!
That’s it for now, I'll try my best to have another one up and running next week. My favorite piece of advice from this diet so far has been "If you are inactive in your work or even while watching TV, please after 1 hour always, always take 2-3 minutes away from whatever you were doing to stretch and walk". Have a good week guys and thanks for reading!
 
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Canada13389 Posts
Glad its going reasonably well! Most people dont even make it a week on a new diet so good for you Sheth. Hope all your recoveries go well and you can be back to playing sc2, getting some fresh and continuing to lose weight all while being happy :D
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go sheth go. keep up the positive attitude :D
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Russian Federation126 Posts
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Great to see you are doing awesome sheth  . Tennis is a great sport, but it is incredibly frustrating when you first get into it if you ever want to get competitive  . It's actually very fun to play against another person when you get ok at it haha.
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Well, you gaining some weight back isnt really your fault. After all, your knee was hurt. Trying to exercise on it would have been a bad idea
Plus, your team was in the Super Bowl! And they won!! YOU DESERVE A PARTY DAY!!!
Overall, glad to hear you're still doing well :D
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United States2095 Posts
Thanks for the nice comments you guys. And yea I love tennis docvoc, I used to play in high school all the time. Anyway just thanks again for the nice comments.
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Like you said, there's going to be ups and downs, and all though disappointing it wasn't the biggest "setback". The fact that you are able to get back on track and stay motivated, even after injuries is awesome. Shows that you are dedicated to this. Wish you the best of luck, keep going strong! Sheth fighting!
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Katowice25012 Posts
Awesome to hear your progress Sheth! Keep it up we all believe in you. :D
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I know exactly what you mean re: injuries. I recently started getting into the gym on a regular basis after not having gone regularly for ~3 years, and it felt so good! But lately the weather here has been very icy, and last week I took a bad fall on a sidewalk and bruised up my knee pretty badly, took ~4 days before I could walk normally again, and it was still a bit sore so I couldn't do a lot of my planned exercises, which made me get really lazy....and unmotivated! But since it's been better everything's been on the up, and it sounds like it should be the same for you
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I'm glad to see you are sticking with it. Now that you've got the routine it would be hard to quit now.
Sheth fighting!
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Go Sheth!!! Keep up the good work!! :D
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Best of luck. I've struggled with keto sometimes and falling off the wagon is a bummer but as long as you continue the journey and don't give it up that's all that matters. Really loving these blogs btw, plan on doing paleo once I get to around 300~ Right now I'm sticking to Keto because I want to lose weight as soon as possible Btw shawn if you ever have questions about keto or need anything feel free to msg me on skype !
Edit: Falling not getting French canadian noob over here :D
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Consider going to the swimming pool instead of jogging/sprinting. Swimming puts much less strain on your legs, especially when you weight more.
Sprinting is actually pretty bad for the legs because they need to resist a lot of weight/pressure. So if you weight more, you put more pressure on your legs (which are probably not more muscular than the legs of a skinnier person) and hurt them even faster.
Maybe swimming will help you prevent having leg/knee pain.
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Great job Sheth! Keep it up
Also as ScoutWBF said consider swimming.. Probably the best sport in the world and leads to very little injuries
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You're doing great Sheth. Remember, you're not in it for the short term - it's okay to have a few off days here and there, and even to fluctuate a little bit up or down. It's about lifestyle and habit changing, and you're trending down in a good fashion. Little stumbling blocks are always around, but you just have to get back up and keep moving forward. (I think there's about a thousand other cliches that could be inserted here, but they have some truth.)
Also, have you considered a knee brace? If your knee started hurting after the tennis, it's probably to do with the rapid changes in direction from the game, rather than the straightforward motions of running. It might help to have a little additional support for your knee during side to side motions. (It's always helped me, at least, and my knees seem pretty effed up for a number of reasons.)
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Really awesome that you do these blogs to keep everyone updated - I think doing something like this, a blog, is actually really helpful in itself because that if you commit to doing them every once in a while, you're really motivated to tell people good news! - Just a thought
Like the person above me, I really recommend swimming - It's such good excersise and really good for your joints compared to running. When swimming, you use so many different muscles in your body and by that burn alot of calories. If you've never swam (swum? swimmed? Grr) before, it can be abit daunting but its super rewarding - Also, the mentality is sort of like how I percieve some parts of the Starcraft community; If you see a new guy that maybe doesn't know what he's doing, you don't laugh or call him a noob behind his back, but instead you try and be helpful and encouraging because you just automatically think it's awesome that he's into the same 'nieche' sport as you are.. Don't know if that makes sense but that's how I see it.
Also, I ordered a pair of custom made TEAMLIQUID jammers the other day with the sexy horse logo - Can't wait till I get them and do some lanes in them
Best of luck with your diet man, I'll be cheering you on from here
Fighting!
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sheth fighting! get better dude we need you on the team !!!
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A good diet is really all about habits from what I can see. It's bad habits that get you in trouble and good habits that get you out. That you broke the diet on the super bowl is one thing, but that you didn't continue to stay off the diet is really the key. So I wouldn't be too hard on yourself about it.
Since you put that blog up I've tried to cut back on my snack consumption, which is really my big problem. I can control what I eat real well during meals but tend to splurge outside them. After having gotten that under control and starting up some martial arts training I've started to feel a ton better.
So thanks for the inspiration again and good luck in your efforts! Hopefully we both reach our goals!
Edit: Also...Tennis is awesome! :D
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