You want a great body? Work HARD for it!

There is really no way around it. If you really want to get in shape, lose the extra weight and tone up there are no shortcuts: it needs hard work and dedication.
To eat well and healthy is the first step. Once you eat the right things and keep hydrated all day the next step is to work hard at the gym. Once or twice a week is not going to cut it! You need to work out at least every second day on a regular basis. If you manage it would be great to work out Monday to Friday and allow your body some time for recovery during the weekend.

I am seeing so many overweight girls at the gym that just train the wrong way. They jump for instance on the crosstrainer (which is a great fat burning machine!) and set it to an high level (like 7 or 10), they do 5 mins on the machine, with great effort and they quit all exausted with no strength left for other exercises.
This is definitely not helping to burn any fat...it just makes you exausted.
What I do is set the crosstrainer (or other cardio machines) to a very low level (normally level 2). That way I can train for about half an hour (sometimes more) and move very fast as the resistance is set to a minimum.
This allows me to prepare my body to maximise fat burning, the muscles have time to warm up properly and the exercise is gentle on them, so I can go faster and faster, sweat and burn those calories.
30 mins on the crosstrainer makes me burn about 300 kalories, which is really good!

I normally use this machine as the last part of my work out, after I have done my weights and other cardio exercises. I noticed that I have been burning really a lot of fat and my body is really getting in really good shape, more toned up and I am starting to build some nice muscles.

After my work out I relax for about 15 mins in the sauna to allow my body to sweat more, that way burning more extra fat and getting rid toxins.
There is no diet that can make you achieve the results that a gym could give you.
By exercising and eating healthy food, you keep yourself nourished and you do lose weight without having to starve and feel miserable! Not to mention you will start feeling great mentally as well!
I am always in a great mood when I come out of the gym.
Change your life style, allow yourself to reveal the best YOU!

Legs hurt!

Oh my God the pain the pain the pain!!
I had a squat session yesterday and today I have a serious pain in my thighs! I kind of walk like a robot.
I have been working out really hard everyday, 3 solid hours every evening. It is funny because many instructors got shocked that I work out so much every single day. But why?
My gym buddies that I train with do just the same, actually they train even harder as they are more trained than me and have some proper muscles! They are my inspiration and a huge motivation.
This applies to everything in life, one has to stick with people that know more in order to learn something and become better at whatever one does.
This pain is not going to stop me from training though, oh no. In fact I cannot wait for my session this evening. I think I am going to concentrate on my abs today and calves.
I used to have really tiny calves but they are getting bigger now. I am really happy about it.
This is me two days ago after a 3 hour session .

Sweet gym addiction!

That's it guys! I declare myself officially in love with my gym club! I got a severe gym addiction!
Today I actually had to FORCE myself to stay home in order to allow my body a day of recovery from the hard work out I had this whole week. I felt restless all day, my legs were like itching to go to the gym and I seriously had to use all  my will power to allow myself a day off.

Talking to my friends who regularly go to the gym everyday like myself, they seem to have the same kind of addiction...I feel really lazy and incomplete if I dont do my daily work out!

It helps so much both physically and mentally...and to be honest I cannot wait for tomorrow evening for my afterwork treat :)
I am seeing some great results, my tummy got a lot flatter (still much to work on though), my calves got bigger, my arms got toned and I am seeing some muscle curves on my shoulder and arms I didnt see before.
Exciting!

Also by looking at my wardrobe I noticed that I have more outfits for the gym than pretty clothes for going out in the evening! That says a lot about my new life style!
I went out shopping today trying to find some pretty top or something cute to wear for going out, went to a dozen shops but couldnt find anything that I really wanted to have!
Isnt that typical? When you have money and actually want to buy something you dont find anything, when you are broke you see things you want everywhere!
Ah, so it goes sometimes!
I am very very very excited about my gorgeous stepson moving in with us for a bit (big news!!), I cannot wait!! It is going to be sooo cool! Hopefully we will be able to celebrate Khaleel's 51st birthday together, that would be brilliant!

Even though it hurts I can't slow down

"Even though it hurts I cant slow down, walls are closing in and I hit the ground, with "there's no tomorrow" echo in my mind...just one LAST time"
This song has become the soundtrack of my life in this period! The lyrics are really strong.
They keep playing it at the gym, so everytime I work out this guy comes and sings this and it pushes me to my limits!

I actually am proud of my accomplishments, I am really getting in good shape, in fact I am in the best shape I have been in the past 10 years or so! I feel much stronger, I burned a lot of fat and I am building some muscles. Thanks to some friends of mine that have been acting a bit as my personal trainers I changed the way I work out and I am seeing some really good results!
My shape is chaging fast, it is like removing the veil (of fat!) that was covering something really beautiful.
I have got some compliments from one of the gym instructors yesterday for my dedication and results! It felt good. This whole week, after 9 hours work with no break, I went to work out at the gym for 3 solid hours every single evening! I feel more energized than ever!
I also beat my record on the crosstrainer...it used to be a pain only to do 15 mins, but thanks to a friend who believes in me, it made me push myself to half an hour. I never thought I could do that to be honest!
He believed in me more than I did!
When I saw I could actually do half an hour, I actually did it for the first 3 days, then the 4th day I did 40 mins and yesterday 45 mins!! I could have easily done one hour! It is incredible what the mind can do.
When you think you are all exhausted and cant take it no more, you can still say to yourself: 5 more mins and then when these 5 more mins are gone, you can still go 5 more... it is like some kind of sudden energy boost kicks in and keeps you going and going.
I love this!

Happy new year! Welcome 2014! :)

Wow! Can you believe we are in 2014?!
The future is here! I cannot even begin to realize how fast the past year went by, time seems to acelerate for every year that goes by. Incredibly fast!
2013 all in all was an ok year for me, it marked some changes and the beginning of a new life in a way.
I am very happy with many things and especially my fitness result, I am in the best shape I have been in the past 10 years!

Hopefully the new year will bring us peace, harmony, love, success and many good things, I want it to be a really nice and positive year! I shall try to mantain a positive attitude always through thick and thin and good things will come inshAllah.
I had a happy new year's eve, a nice dinner, stuffed myself but not too much, went to the Arcade a bit to play some games and tried this Zombie game in 4 D which totally freaked me out. Yes, you read it right, 4 D!

Which means, not only the visuals were in 3 D, everytime a zombie showed up (and of course you had to shoot him in the head), a windblast was coming to my face, the seat was shaking...OMG I never screamed so LOUD while playing a game! I managed to finish the first level without getting killed...heheeh cold blood, I guess watching the whole 4 Seasons of "The walking dead" really helped lol!

The fireworks display in London was something AMAZING! It was so spectacular I really don't think the world has ever seen such a thing before. At some point towards the end it seemed like the whole city was going to blow up!! The Big Ben disappeared, the light of the fireworks was so bright it was blinding and made the city disappear! Can you imagine being there? The blast from those thousands of explosions must have been something incredible! Watch ut for yourself on this video from the BBC.

Anyway, wish you all a really good new year! Much love to one and all!
Hayam