• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 16:42
CEST 22:42
KST 05:42
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
TL.net Map Contest #21: Voting3[ASL20] Ro4 Preview: Descent6Team TLMC #5: Winners Announced!3[ASL20] Ro8 Preview Pt2: Holding On9Maestros of the Game: Live Finals Preview (RO4)5
Community News
Weekly Cups (Oct 6-12): Four star herO65.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8)71Weekly Cups (Sept 29-Oct 5): MaxPax triples up3PartinG joins SteamerZone, returns to SC2 competition325.0.15 Balance Patch Notes (Live version)119
StarCraft 2
General
Ladder Impersonation (only maybe) 5.0.15 Patch Balance Hotfix (2025-10-8) The New Patch Killed Mech! TL.net Map Contest #21: Voting Weekly Cups (Oct 6-12): Four star herO
Tourneys
Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) Tenacious Turtle Tussle WardiTV Mondays SC2's Safe House 2 - October 18 & 19 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 495 Rest In Peace Mutation # 494 Unstable Environment Mutation # 493 Quick Killers Mutation # 492 Get Out More
Brood War
General
ASL20 General Discussion BSL Season 21 BW caster Sayle BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Brood War web app to calculate unit interactions
Tourneys
[ASL20] Semifinal B [ASL20] Semifinal A [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL20] Ro8 Day 4
Strategy
Current Meta BW - ajfirecracker Strategy & Training Siegecraft - a new perspective TvZ Theorycraft - Improving on State of the Art
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread ZeroSpace Megathread Dawn of War IV Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion LiquidDota to reintegrate into TL.net
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
SPIRED by.ASL Mafia {211640} TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Men's Fashion Thread Sex and weight loss
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The Happy Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion!
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
SC2 Client Relocalization [Change SC2 Language] Linksys AE2500 USB WIFI keeps disconnecting Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List Recent Gifted Posts
Blogs
Inbreeding: Why Do We Do It…
Peanutsc
From Tilt to Ragequit:The Ps…
TrAiDoS
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1201 users

Prelude

Blogs > NB
Post a Reply
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
September 06 2014 22:59 GMT
#1
Soon a brand new chapter in my life will start
And I am trying my best to equip myself for what to come.

*****

Big Head

I have been trying to lose weight since the beginning of this summer. That marks the end for my years long of playing no sport and doing no physical exercise.

Though the last time i did anything significantly to my body was back when i played basketball in grade 9 and some volunteer works in grade 10-11th, I did have a pretty solid fundamental due to some Vietnamese traditional martial arts training that i never forget. Plus i have always been watching what i eat so i was not in such terrible shape to begin with.

I went through several methods. First starting out with GOOGLING the methods... jezz this fitness industry is ludacris. So many magical pills, protein powders, fantastic diet... fuck them. I started out pretty simple, walking more to test out my leg bones, doing some abs crunches, bridge, plank, or whatever i recognized as I watched my mom did yoga as a kid. I also find some meta bar, around twice as heavy as a folding chair that i used to recover my hand strength.

I think i lost like 5lbs throughout the first 3 months and then proceed to gain back 15lbs by the end of the summer. I would like to think they are muscle weight as i definitely looks better but i know i have been slipping a bit during my diet. But not until a few days ago i found out the real problem...

My head is too damn big. It is damn big. I got it from my father side, him and his brothers and my grand father all have BIG heads. Now this wouldnt be so much of a trouble except im a fucking anti social person and dont go out much. Whenever i look into a mirror, i see an average size guy, decently shape but in reality, IM A BIG HEADED guy with a big body. As a result, whenever i start losing weight, I look like I was fucking starving. The sight of my ribcage make me subconsciously want to eat more to counteract.

And no, my diet is completely healthy as i used to live with a gym rat and asked advices from 2 Applied Health Science major. My roommate even left me a giant box with all sort of beans >.>. It just that when you see yourself look thin, you suddenly want a donut or a icecap. "Oh hey tonight is TI4 final, better buy all these chips and crackers". >.>

As of right now, Im not so sure what to do. Bought a pair of 15lbs dumbbell a few days ago so i guess i will keep on exercising. A girl i lived with during summer also left me a bike as she leaves the city so more cardiac options. Current goal right now is to lose ~20lbs... Motivation: boredom.

[image loading]

*****

Tree

Gaming wise i have been doing fantastic. With the lack of gold or money to open all the wings on hearthstone, I decided to run a budget Druid deck where i just put all the taunts in. Got to rank 8 before the season end, feel good.

With the Druid inspiration, I decided to switch my DotA2 pick into treant protector and... HOLA.

[image loading]

Bitches be jelly.... But now im on 5200 mmr and Volvo started giving me noobs... I really wana pick core but im still in the final process of moving to a new house thus i cant. The struggle is real.

Probably gona start using a smurf soon to check where would they calibrate me. Meanwhile i do enjoy playing around with the silver CS:GO bracket :D. I really suck when it comes to precision games in general x(.

*****

Peace.
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
Yurie
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
11904 Posts
September 07 2014 07:59 GMT
#2
I also wondered where I will be calibrated. So I took the opportunity now that techies is out.[image loading]

Going to take a while to get level 13 though since I keep ending up in LPQ when somebody else picks it faster than me.


I have never had weight problems, mostly since I don't' like any of the snacks that usually cause it. I do have elbow/shoulder problems from gaming though. So trying to increase the overall strength in that area. Started doing push ups recently (seems I was at 20 at the start, think I'll increase it to 3x20) on top of some dumbbell suff for the elbows.
Demand2k
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Norway875 Posts
September 07 2014 11:28 GMT
#3
Denial alert. You want to lose weigh because you're bored. Losing weight with visible rib cage? Your diet is fine yet your weight isn't? Those two are mutually exclusive. As useless as it is to say to people before they've matured: Deal with your real issues instead of distracting yourself from them. Google these things instead: Boredom (purpose), Anti social (confidence/self worth).
RolleMcKnolle
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany1054 Posts
September 07 2014 13:29 GMT
#4
On September 07 2014 20:28 Demand2k wrote:
Denial alert. You want to lose weigh because you're bored. Losing weight with visible rib cage? Your diet is fine yet your weight isn't? Those two are mutually exclusive. As useless as it is to say to people before they've matured: Deal with your real issues instead of distracting yourself from them. Google these things instead: Boredom (purpose), Anti social (confidence/self worth).



wow. Lucky we have a real psychologist/philosopher/all-around genius here who can tell by this little piece of text all about the REAL problems someone has. Thanks for sharing your great insight.
So fine diet and not-fine weight are mutually exclusive. I guess we are lucky to have a doctor in you as well. So cool, I'm really hyped!
TechSc2
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Netherlands554 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-07 16:23:56
September 07 2014 16:15 GMT
#5
On September 07 2014 22:29 RolleMcKnolle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 07 2014 20:28 Demand2k wrote:
Denial alert. You want to lose weigh because you're bored. Losing weight with visible rib cage? Your diet is fine yet your weight isn't? Those two are mutually exclusive. As useless as it is to say to people before they've matured: Deal with your real issues instead of distracting yourself from them. Google these things instead: Boredom (purpose), Anti social (confidence/self worth).



wow. Lucky we have a real psychologist/philosopher/all-around genius here who can tell by this little piece of text all about the REAL problems someone has. Thanks for sharing your great insight.
So fine diet and not-fine weight are mutually exclusive. I guess we are lucky to have a doctor in you as well. So cool, I'm really hyped!



So, what is your IQ? 20 or so?

fine diet and not losing weight IS mutal exclusive. It's a simple math equation. Calorie intake vs calorie burning. If you have a diet of 1700 calories, and you burn 2000 then you lose weight. It's as simple as that. So if you have a diet of 1700 and you only burn 1600, then you don't have a "fine diet".

And it's not hard to see in that small bit of text that OP is struggling with self esteem issues. So instead of focusing only a thing that OP doesn't see as working, working on social aspects and self esteem will result in a better life
Twitch.tv/TechGTV / Twitter.com/TechGTV
RolleMcKnolle
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany1054 Posts
September 07 2014 17:19 GMT
#6
"Fine diet" and not losing weight is indeed possible. I don't know what this has to do with my IQ, but getting personal is always easy, I guess.
There are drugs/tumors that make you gain health. you could eat less but that wouldn't reduce ur fat but other more important parts of your body, like degrade proteins for generating energy. There are diseases/genetic disorders that force you into a diet, that doesn't allow you to loose weight. It's not like these people can just eat less and loose weight. They will have severe problems when doing that.
And since you don't know the OP, you can't just assume that he is not affected by anything interfering with his metabolism in any way.
And as I said I am really thankful that we have good ol' armchair psychologists who can tell a persons personality (and IQ) by reading a single small text.
Erasme
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Bahamas15899 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-08 12:43:48
September 08 2014 12:41 GMT
#7
What are your goals NB ? Do you want to lose weight while gaining muscles?
If it's that, you should go to a gym and ask a trainer 'what do'.
Good luck on your journey, but I can assure you if you find yourself more attractive you'll lose some social awkwardness
if boredom is your sole motivation, just find yourself a sport or a martial art, funnier and you'll get the same results
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI “‘Drain the swamp’? Stupid saying, means nothing, but you guys loved it so I kept saying it.”
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-08 20:46:49
September 08 2014 20:31 GMT
#8
edit: changed my mind.... shit could bite me in the future
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
OSC
18:30
Mid Season Playoffs
Ryung vs MojaLIVE!
Nice vs NightPhoenix
Cham vs TBD
MaNa vs TriGGeR
SteadfastSC233
IndyStarCraft 187
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
SteadfastSC 233
IndyStarCraft 187
ZombieGrub98
Railgan 33
StarCraft: Brood War
Calm 2715
Larva 568
Mini 292
firebathero 131
Dewaltoss 80
Counter-Strike
fl0m1332
Stewie2K423
allub189
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu548
Other Games
Grubby3275
FrodaN2139
Skadoodle283
Pyrionflax211
C9.Mang0151
Sick121
QueenE67
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 17 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• poizon28 95
• StrangeGG 50
• davetesta23
• Kozan
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• sooper7s
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• HerbMon 10
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV559
Other Games
• imaqtpie1551
• Shiphtur348
Upcoming Events
PiGosaur Monday
3h 18m
OSC
1d 2h
The PondCast
1d 13h
OSC
1d 15h
Wardi Open
2 days
CranKy Ducklings
3 days
Safe House 2
3 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
4 days
Safe House 2
4 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Acropolis #4 - TS2
WardiTV TLMC #15
HCC Europe

Ongoing

BSL 21 Points
ASL Season 20
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
EC S1
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025

Upcoming

SC4ALL: Brood War
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Offline Finals
RSL Revival: Season 3
Stellar Fest
SC4ALL: StarCraft II
eXTREMESLAND 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
SL Budapest Major 2025
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.