Instant Ramen

Spotted this image via Neta. Since the image is incomplete, I don’t exactly understand what this means, except for the (supposedly) obvious part of a 17-year-old adding up 2 kilos of muscle ^^;

The reason I decided to write about this topic is because most Asians have small torsos and weak-looking physiques, me included being a Chinese half. Actually, I can’t spot many differences, only that his new self is smiling! The funny part is that for Western standards, this guy went from way too skinny to too skinny. The guy is 177 cm tall, a tad taller than me and weighs 62 kilos after adding up muscle with our unknown miracle muscle builder product ^^;

Anyway, my lowest weight since I was 18 was 55 kilos, I was really skinny by that time, but sudden changes in my life made me go up to 70 kilos when I went to Japan, my all-time new record. After that, I started weightlifting and my life took a drastic change. As you can imagine, at 70 kg I was quite chubby (at least compared to how I was before), but still, my friends usually told me that they preferred the new Hao rather than the old one — I really was way too skinny. So I decided to give up my weak-like looking figure and after lifting some heavy weights, one year later I maxed at 78 kg, most people who heard that I was going up thought I was really fat, but it was great seeing that OMG face and then telling me that I had bigger arms, wider shoulders, and so on ^^.

Anyway, that phase is known as bulking, though I’m not so hardcore. Basically you don’t give a flying F about losing the fat that you already have and go ahead and add as much muscle as you can, by becoming heavier and of course, stronger. After you’re tired of bulking (that’s me a couple of months ago), you start a cutting phase, where you lose weight slowly, losing fat and trying to maintain the muscle that you already have by eating very healthy (I know, my blog’s name is not ideal for that ^^). I am now 74 kg, and will probably go back to my original 70 kg just-arrived-in-Japan self :) This time though, I’m hoping there will be a huge difference in my physique. Strength and health-wise I already proved to myself that I made the impossible possible by lifting more than 250 pounds. And after that, probably will slowly gain weight and strength and go for the 80 kg mark — it’s really fun and exciting, especially since I’ve been training a few friends and they’re all rooting for me (and sometimes being skeptic, which is a great challenge and motivation).

I have tons of progress pics and most show a drastic change, however, it’s been a while since I’ve been lean (meaning low body fat percentage). I’m now on my road to becoming lean and maybe will post some pictures from the last three years, you’ll be amazed at how my weight has been loco loco. For now, it’s not ganbare, it’s gaman shite kure! :(

Any experiences regarding weight and exercise that you would like to share with us?

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