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Liquid`Sheth
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States2095 Posts
January 21 2013 23:03 GMT
#1
Hello,

Just wanted to write a blog to talk about what's new with me and two points in particular.. Mostly hand pain and the fact that I need to lose weight. These two things would affect anyyone, in Starcraft and in life.

So to start with, I wanted to share what I've started to do in regards to my weight. A week ago I weighed 312 pounds (141.5kg). My height is around 6'2 or so, which means I'm very likely considered "really obese" or something similar. I've been this weight for a while now, and before when I tried to lose weight I couldn't get past certain problems. The first main problem was that in the evenings I'd get really bad headaches and just not be able to sleep from time to time. And I could fix these headaches by eating a bunch of sugary foods. So in order to sleep and get rid of my headache I would eat way too many sweets and then fall asleep.

The other problem is that losing weight while traveling around and training as much as I do when I'm home is extremely tough. Many things will always be messed up food-wise at SC2 events. (MLG Arenas being the happy exception that proves the rule.) I realize both of these are simply excuses however. It's my fault that I'm overweight, because not all people who have to travel and get headaches are as well. So even though these are excuses, I realize they're not good ones and they are able to be overcome.

So now to get to the actual important part the whole "what am I doing about it?" part. I've tried plenty of diets. I've read a ton of books on working out, books on specific exercise (running, yoga etc) and books on diets (4hour body, and one other). None of these have kept me doing them for a long period of time. I think I was on one diet for around 2 weeks before I fell off and that was really a painful diet to be on. Interestingly enough my new plan comes from StarCraft kind of. Rob Verspui an old BW friend of Nazgul from the Netherlands who used to play under the ID ToT)Strafe(. He was helping people with dietary problems in Thailand, which is where he lives now.

After talking with Victor a bit, I got to talk with Robbie. I'd been struggling with hand injuries (Went to two doctors, both said 'we've done all the tests we can and its nothing we know of') for a while now. We decided that it would be smart for me to take a little break and to focus on my health first. Nazgul even said it would be fine for me to keep being paid even though I won't be playing SC2 during this time. This is extremely nice and something he didn't need to do. Just wanted to say how awesome that was for me...

Anyway onto the diet. So I explained my headaches, my sweet cravings in evenings, and we talked a lot about diet in general. He knows a ton of things and it was amazing listening to him and his ideas. The meat of this blog will be me sharing what his advice was and how it has affected me since then.

To begin with the diet is called the Paleo Diet. Its main point is to eat things that humans ate at a much earlier time—think cave men. The main point of this diet is two-fold; both exercise and the way you eat. I'll start with the food/diet part of it. The main things I can eat are any meats that have no preservatives, no hormones added, and that the animal wasn't caged and preferably was grass fed. Fruits and vegetables have to be fully organic. I can't eat things like wheat, rice, corn, bread and things like that. And the right cooking oils are very important to the diet too, right now I use coconut oil and it is absolutely amazing. So when I started in on this diet I seriously expected this food to taste horrible and for me to hate it, but to just soldier on through it and maybe eventually get used to it.

I'd only eaten say fat free, or low fat or health bars before and so I assumed other "healthy" food would taste bad like that. However it turns out that organic fruits are waaay better then normal fruits. Organic pears are so far my favorite and are absolutely amazing. Also meat when it's not hormone fed and no preservatives and raised properly just tastes better. If you think bacon is good, you would kick yourself for not knowing about organic bacon because it's way better as well. My basic breakfast is usually 3 eggs and 3 pieces of bacon and maybe 5 blueberries. My lunch is maybe a piece of chicken, bacon, pieces of ham, sea salt, lettuce and vinegar or olive oil. And I can eat however much of any of it that I want to, in fact the goal is to get really full off of these foods so I'm not hungry for anything else that's worse for me.

So that's the basics for the food part now to get into the exercise part. I've tried plenty of different exercises. Jogging was always my favorite, but I have torn meniscus in my left knee and this combined with me being overweight basically means a lot of pain if I jog a lot. I discussed this with Robbie and this is the plan he came up with: walk an hour a day, preferably outside. Every time I've been at the computer for an hour, I need to force myself to get up and stretch for 2-5 minutes. Twice a week I need to sprint 100m five times with a small break in between, and I need to go as fast as I can on a bike for 20 seconds, rest for 10 and repeat that 8 times and then do that 3-4 times a week. Also, I need to set a normal time for me to go to sleep by (say 2am) and then let myself sleep as long as I need to from that point. And interestingly enough for the headaches, whenever I seem to eat blueberries and strawberries it seems to help a little. So that's been a huge help as well.

That's pretty much the whole diet. I started this last Thursday and was at 312 pounds (141.5kg) and just very inactive and unhealthy feeling. As of this Friday I was at 301.5 pounds (136.7kg) and feeling healthier then I'd felt in a long time. Basically I feel this is really working well for me. I don't hate this diet like I've hated plenty of other diets. I get to talk with Robbie whenever I need help with the diet. And honestly I'm actually enjoying this. I get to eat tastier foods, more of them, and not feel guilty for doing it. And the exercise isn't too difficult and kind of fun. The first time I did the sprints I ended up throwing up afterwards, but it felt good knowing that I was hopefully getting over the toughest part. And since then it's just given me more energy afterwards. I started doing four 15 minute walks a day. Today I did one 45 minute walk before writing this and I plan on doing the other 15 later on. Still its much easier than when I started and it's only been around 9 days. If you want to learn more about this diet that I would strongly recommend checking out Robbie's Facebook!

I'm going to keep up with this as it is extremely important for me to get healthier. I hope that when I get back to playing SC2 full time I'll be in better shape both for my hands and for me. If you have any questions for me, you're more then welcome to ask in the comments and I'll answer as many as I can. So thanks a lot for taking the time to read this, and I'll try and write another blog in about a week to catch you up on if I've gained weight or lost weight or what. And maybe tweet or add another comment here if I'm having problems early, or find some other amazing food like natural bacon. Again thanks a ton Team Liquid (Victor) for helping to set this up, and Robbie for helping me out!

****
Team LiquidUnderneath it all they were really quite nice. They just got screwed up. Mostly by stuff that wasn't entirely their fault.
Son of Gnome
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States777 Posts
January 21 2013 23:08 GMT
#2
U can do it sheth!
Whatever happens, happens
GhandiEAGLE
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States20754 Posts
January 21 2013 23:09 GMT
#3
Good luck Sheth! The sooner you come back to us, the better!
Oh, my achin' hands, from rakin' in grands, and breakin' in mic stands
Bagration
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States18282 Posts
January 21 2013 23:09 GMT
#4
So you're effectively on hiatus for health-issues? Sorry to hear that, and I do hope that you get better soon. You are easily my favorite Liquid player.
Team Slayers, Axiom-Acer and Vile forever
Scare-CroW
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada54 Posts
January 21 2013 23:11 GMT
#5
Love you dude <3
Protoss OP
Liquid`Sheth
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States2095 Posts
January 21 2013 23:13 GMT
#6
On January 22 2013 08:09 Bagration wrote:
So you're effectively on hiatus for health-issues? Sorry to hear that, and I do hope that you get better soon. You are easily my favorite Liquid player.


Thanks and the answer to that is yes. Each day my hands have felt better this week though and hopefully it won't be a very long one... I'd like to start doing short times of sc2 anytime now. Had like 2 weeks or more now of no sc2 and its insanely difficult for me.. I miss it.
Team LiquidUnderneath it all they were really quite nice. They just got screwed up. Mostly by stuff that wasn't entirely their fault.
shiroiusagi
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
SoCal, USA3955 Posts
January 21 2013 23:13 GMT
#7
Go go Sheth! :D You are doing pretty good so far.

You and me fight our fats away! (I need to lose weight too. TT)
Graphics@shiroiusagi_ | shiroiusagi.net
Birthwrong
Profile Joined December 2012
France1 Post
January 21 2013 23:14 GMT
#8
Keep it up Sheth, we love you !

Sports are really good, the best medicine ever. Endorphins are so good, you saw it yourself

It's important for the SC2 community to keep you in here, so : Sheth FIGHTING !
"Come, look into my eyes and gaze upon death itself"
Calexanich
Profile Joined September 2011
United States52 Posts
January 21 2013 23:15 GMT
#9
I have faith in you Sheth!!!! you got this
drones=lobsters...fuzzy fuzzy lobsters with wings
Valon
Profile Joined June 2011
United States329 Posts
January 21 2013 23:15 GMT
#10
Gogogog Sheth Keep up the good work! 
Linwelin
Profile Joined March 2011
Ireland7554 Posts
January 21 2013 23:15 GMT
#11
Good luck Sheth, you can do it!
Fuck Razor and Death Prophet
SeeDLiNg
Profile Joined January 2010
United States690 Posts
January 21 2013 23:15 GMT
#12
Being a competitor, I feel health/fitness is just as important to an esports "athlete" as it is to an actual athlete. Sheth being my favorite foreigner, I'm super excited to see what comes of this!!

SHETH FIGHTING
Grombidal
Profile Joined May 2011
Sweden49 Posts
January 21 2013 23:15 GMT
#13
I wish you all the luck with the diet and training
Flatout all the time
Poo
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada536 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-21 23:17:06
January 21 2013 23:15 GMT
#14
It's good you're taking care of your health Sheth =D

Tabata intervals (20s sprint, 10s rest x8) which you're doing are really awesome. I've had a lot of success with weight loss doing these myself. Good luck, hope you stick to your diet + fitness regime!
Try hard or don't try at all.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
January 21 2013 23:15 GMT
#15
Keep it up! It's great to see you following through with your diet and feeling great about it!

Nazgul is an incredible person to continue supporting you financially as well! Holy hell!
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
January 21 2013 23:16 GMT
#16
drink lots of water on paleo , and putting on muscle helps with weight loss more than just cardio. if you wanna go even further, cut out meats for more plants rich in protein. in general more variety of vegetables will boost your immune system, but ur welcome to research that.

push urself but know when to take it easy. and def dont make excuses or lie to yourself when things get tough.

gl! =]
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
Brindled
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States508 Posts
January 21 2013 23:16 GMT
#17
Good luck Sheth! You can do it!
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono @TL_Brindled11
NerVeLoN
Profile Joined February 2011
United Kingdom12 Posts
January 21 2013 23:17 GMT
#18
Lets go Sheth! Keep at it, you can do it <3
Bojingles
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Canada6 Posts
January 21 2013 23:18 GMT
#19
I wish you the best in this Sheth, keep up the good work!
Orphen
Profile Joined December 2010
United States101 Posts
January 21 2013 23:18 GMT
#20
You have my support Sheth! Keep it up! I'll be trying to do the same as you!
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