Weigh in

132.8kg cant complain, had a rough week! Need to focus

My will power let me down

Its been a terrible week, on Friday I was Santa claus and was given biscuits for a thank you gift, after going home I eat alot of them, I guess I was just in a bored mood, (boredom moods are the worst, I know.. I felt bad. Then makes things worst I eat 5 slices of raisin bread in one day, white raisin bread, bloody hell it tastes great but eating too much of it was another mistake, if i eat things in moderation I wont feel guilty.

Its been snowing also pretty heavy too. I think going to Gero Onsen tomorrow will be called off. Shame would have been great to been in the Onsen and have snow falling while ur in an outside bath.

Tomorrow is weigh in, not really looking forward to it, oh well I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Weights Ahoy!!

The 7th of Decemeber I was at 134.8kg Ive wrote it down on paper just not in here.

It's that time again, weigh in time, BOOM 133.2kg sweet!!!

I did work hard last week for it thou, went for a walk in the morning b4 work about a 40mins workout. Well I dont suppose u can call it a workout, just a walk really.
Also started back at the gym after a dodgy back left me out in the cold .
Abit worried about putting my back out again that I completely quit the gym until I have confidence that my back was feeling ok.

At the weekend I went to Yamachan. Its a chain restuarant and sell a famous Tebesaki chicken, I meet a guy from work at Kanayama.

I have to hide them

I have to stop weighing myself everyday, mid week I weighed meself and I was up 135.6kg. So I start thinking, how the heck have I added weight? Did I read correctly on Monday weigh in? All this unnessary bullshitting thinking is not needed. There is no need to weigh myself every bloody day. I never used to do it. I've now hidden the scales in the spare room away from my eyes. Hopefully my tempation not to scale myself will work.

Anyhow tomorrow will be weigh in again. Today is my rest day, I feel hopeless thou, I feel I should be doing some exercises. Just relax, chillout. I think I'm gonna make a big batch of chicken curry.

Last night I had buri fish (yellowtail back) I mariated in Soysause and mirin and then grilled it. God dam its bloody nice. So its 1 big spoon of soysauce and half a spoon of mirin, dry the fish first with a paper towel, add to the mariated sauce and then it infuse. About 30mins and its ready, u can leave it for longer if u want. Then just grill it. Perfect!!

Past the mark

November has been pretty hectic for me nearly every weekend I've been busy doing things with friends rather staying at home. Its been a great November. A November that I wont forget in a long time, I've been to a wedding in Tokyo, I've been to rememberance day of death of a friend, a bbq, a night sleeping in a tent, and the lastly the weekend I went away with the only the boys to Kusatsu Onsen.

I should have been more stronger willed, (is willed even a word) anyway with parties, I should have been but in truth I was careful, I eat but didnt over indugled myself,
So Ive been suck at 138-136.8kg that mark until today when every Monday is my weight in day.
Bingo!!! Beat it!! 135kg dead on!! Chuffed to bits, thou yet again confused I lost 3kg this week compared to last Monday when i was at 138.

The weekend just gone I knew that I did alot of exercises. Fri, Pool in afternoon, Kempo in Evening, which then I rode to their and back. Saturday; Pool, again rode there and back. Then played with my wifes son at the park for a few hours. Sunday was just rest day ;)
Maybe thats why I've lost 3kg in that week.

Monday I'm off work due to exams still going on at work. The wife is off too, so in the morning we went for a bicycle ride showed the normal route on where i go to do about 20km.
It feels like she never rode a mountain bike b4, I think im correct too, I know she has rode one of those Japanese bicycles with 3 gears. I guess 18 gears is abit different and with the gears being grip gears, could be hard getting used to.
I used to have a bike with erm on and I hate them!!
She had to stop her chain had come off the gears, fixed that and off we rode again. I told her to stop to do up her shoe laces. I place my hand on her arm to slow her down. BIG MISTAKE, she fell off her bike taking me with her lol. First time I've ever fallen off the bike. I told her I wont be touching u again lol

Too much..

This morning I went to work at Suinan Community Centre to work with Mitsuya, and kids under the age of 5 and their mothers.
In the afternoon, I went swimming with the motherinlaw, I had already gone swimming yesterday. >.<

Made dinner which was chicken drumsticks, cooked in vingear, soysauce and mirin and a little water just to simmer.

I had a crazy idea that I would ride my bike to training (Shorinji Kempo) getting there I went the back way on the quieter roads but it was pitch black. a few lights appeared where people lived.
Going there was only 7.2km. Already tired when I get to the dojo.
When training was over. I had to go back but I went a differnet way, on the main road, again, not well lighen aswell and the pathway was really narrow and occasional there wasnt a path at all. Its pretty scary on the roads....
It seemed longer to at the total of 17km I also rode all the way there and back and not stopping on any hills that i had to tackle.

I can feel my shoulders and my legs tired and Im sure they will ache tomorrow. My stomach is also hurting alittle. The bath is on and I'm just waiting for it to heat up

978!!

Lunch time I normally prepare my own lunches but today I was so busy in the morning I had no time. At 1 I went to buy lunch at the Lawson. With not many to choose from I bought one with rice, egg, mincemeat, mash potato, Tomato spaggetti and half a chicken breast. Price 498 yen, Kcals a big wooping 978kcal!!
After work I went to the shop, they restocked the shells. All of them have high calorie intake mostly over the 700 mark.

I think I will wake up early in future, or make my lunch the night before!!
Someone should invent making healthier lunch boxes for these convenience stores.

I think I will have a light dinner and go to work in the evening via walking and return to walk up the 15 flights of stairs.

17 and a half

LOL i wish, us men would all wish for that size. u know what I'm talking about....

Actually thou. I'm talking about my shirt size. My normal work shirts seems to be still in a the laundry basket. I thought i try on the smaller sizes. Hey presto!!! Fits!!!!
Pretty chuffed with meself that I can get into that.

I havent let on to no-one that I'm losing fat. No-one on facebook, just my family in Japan and the UK. I havent metioned it at work either, I want them to comment on my weight, but with the Japanese frame of mind I guess I might be waiting along time ;(
I might spill the beans when I hit the wedding weight lol. That will be sometime next year I guess.

Confused...

A weekend of madness has passed... mourned the death of our friend who died of the age of 44 last year the same weekend. Went to his home, to see his mini shrine and send our thoughts and respect to him and his family. After we drank and eat outside for a bbq and to drink his favorite drink of Japanese Rice wine.

Bloody hell it was cold, 3 of us camped outside the house that night too.

So why u ask, why are u confused?.... Im confused coz on Monday when I weighted myself I was down nearly 1.5kg from the previous Monday at 136.8kg.
Party was Saturday, Sunday was rest day....
I should be happy, just in shocked to see Im down....

Relaxing return

Travelling from Tokyo to Nagoya.. alone... on the same side to be able to see Mount fujiisan, to see the sunset, was just a perfect setting.
After a wedding that was held in Tokyo, Shibuya, friends that I meet in England, both whom are Japanese and now live in Chiba. Daisuke and Mai, even thou I been living in Japan for the last 6 years I have never meet Daisuke once, I have met Mai twice.

I should write down first the wedding and how it went, and the photos that went with it. But that journey back was something to saver. My little Mp3 player gentle humming, my fingers tapping to the beat of the music, and me chilling is something to saver for!!

Why blog

I guess I could write it down but im much faster typing on the keys then jotting down on a piece of paper.

Lets start with the title of my blog 'Big lad in Japan'

I'm big both ways, in height and in weight. My height is 6ft 6ins (197cm they use this system in Japan) and my weight is 333 pounds or nearly 24 stone (151kg again they use kg over here)

I thought I would share my weight problems here, my gains through training to lose weight, lose fat, try to slim down or whatever u want to call it.
Hmmm..... maybe my lifes up and down while living here.

I can't promise I'll keep updating here, but I can promise I be trying to live a healthier lifestyle...

Tester

My first ever blog. Many moon's ago when blogging was a craze, I didn't give a toss about it but with more free time on my hands I thought I would give it a try.

Hmm i just found out if u go to another option; Settings, then this information isnt saved. This is the 3rd time I've had to rewritten this >.<