You know those moments
where you feel like you're at your absolute low
and even when you pick yourself up to workout, you just feel like you're still gaining weight
yep that's me over the last two months
I'm bloated all the fricking time,
and all I want to do is just binge eat
and I'm craving for everything but I can't even do that
because even drinking water gives me cramps
I guess I've been a little bit depressed lately because of my health.
So over the last month, I've decided that
I would stop working out completely.
But I still wanted to do some sort of activity that wasn't as intense,
something that wasn't going to strain my body while I’m trying to heal,
so I didn't want to do weights or intense cardio
so I decided I'm just going to walk.
Now, an average human being walks about 3000 to 4000 steps a day
and that's about two miles(~3.2km).
I decided I'm going to triple that and aim for 15,000 steps a day and see how it goes.
1) I was curious how realistic it was to walk 15000 steps a day and
2) How many calories it would burn?
3) If I could maintain my weight, and
4) What about my legs?
Am I going to get skinnier thighs?
And what about my calves, are they going to get bigger?
So, yeah I thought it would be an interesting challenge.
So here's my starting weight
I was 48 kg day 1.
So, let's talk about day 1
I tried to do 15,000 steps. It was really tough.
I did 14,000 which I think was pretty good.
It took me about two hours
The surprising thing was that my shins and my calves were quite sore,
especially my shins.
My legs were feeling a little bit wobbly
from walking 14,000 steps
My HIIT workouts or my leg workouts don't do that to me
but walking does??
Like, really?
So, it was a new experience,
so on day 2 I took it easy because i literally couldn't really walk.
So I did like 1,700 steps
which I think was pretty ok.
*laughs in pain*
It was really bad *ok*
So, on day three onwards
I strategized better
I did two sessions
I split it into two sessions,
so for each session I did about 7000 steps,
and for the rest of the day I was hoping that
I could just satisfy the thousand steps
from just like, grocery runs or just chores at home.
So yeah I did that.
And on day 3
I think I did about 16000 steps which was really amazing
but my shins were killing me
like my shins were so sore, like shin over here
not the calves like my shin was super sore
from walking maybe because I don't use my shin muscles that much at all
That went on for a week like
the first week was really tough on my legs
like my calves and my shins.
My thighs, not so much.
Like my thighs were not really feeling sore.
It was a little bit tiring, but not too bad
Now, I soon realized that
it got really boring walking the same trail every day.
So I basically explored every single park around my home
and on some days I just went to the gym
because it was either very hot or just rainy
so it was better for me to just go to the gym to walk
but I don't really like walking on the treadmill
because it just - doesn't give me that full range of motion for my legs.
Like I just feel restricted with that movement
Other than that,
I would go to the mall if I was just not feeling it, if I was just feeling like ugh
I don't want to walk, don't want to go to the gym
I would just go to the mall and walk for two hours,
mostly window shopping because
I mean, seriously if I were to shop every time I go to the mall I would be broke.
So now for food.
Should I eat, y'know, clean,
based on what's good for my gut health?
Or should I just eat whatever I want?
So I was waiting for my test results to come back
,and everything I ate bloated me anyways,
So I decided, to hell with it!
I had my pizzas, my Korean food, Japanese food,
but I had a lot of Mac's
a lot of ice creams, a lot of chocolate,
just tons of food that I was craving for
because I couldn't eat them when I was on a gut protocol.
So I was really curious
whether I was going to lose weight
or gain weight, or maintain my weight
because I was walking at the same time.
So I was burning calories,
but I was also ingesting a lot more calories than I burned.
I also took some time off from YouTube,
social media in general.
If you noticed that on my channel
like I stopped posting as frequently.
I still tried my best to post,
but y'know, mental health comes first.
I just, I was really trying to take the time to heal myself.
Sometimes taking a step back is good for anyone,
and I really needed that at that point
so,
off social media!
So yeah, 30 days flew by pretty quickly,
actually not really because I was so bored of it by the end of the challenge
like the 30 days.
But yeah, I couldn't give up. I needed to finish this challenge,
so on the last week I actually did pretty well.
My average steps were definitely 15,000 steps
But I know on week 2 and week 3
it was not like exactly great.
Like on week 2 it was maybe 10,000 steps.
But the point is, I tried okay!
I tried and on week 4 I did really well so I'm proud of myself.
So let me summarize how it went and the results.
So overall it was actually really difficult to hit 15,000 steps a day.
You need to dedicate yourself like two hours a day of walking
So if you don't have time for that,
then, just y'know, cut it down to maybe 10,000 steps
or 7000 to 8000, steps.
Now, let's talk about calories burned
so 15000 steps a day burned about 400 calories for me sometimes a little bit more
depending on how fast I walk
If I walk a little bit faster then I'll burn a little bit more
so some of you guys might burn like
heaps more like double the calories
or some a little bit less
so 400 calories for me is actually a lot
because if I were to go for a late session
or just a short HIIT workout it could be just
200 calories so realistically
400 calories is definitely going to be able
to help me lose weight or maintain weight
BUT I was eating like crap everyday for two weeks
so two weeks in I decided to weigh myself
and I gained 2 kilos like I was like damn
I knew I gained a little bit of weight because I felt some fat rolls behind
that makes sense because although I burned 400 calories a day
I was eating a lot more; I was eating pizza so frequently and so much Chinese food
and i was getting so much water retention from all these food as well so
that made a lot of sense so i decided to
eat a little bit cleaner, i did not stop my chocolates and my ice-creams i'm still having them but i'm just having less
so for the next 2 weeks i tried to eat a little bit cleaner
no surprises here, i lost the weight back to 47.6 kilos
which is my current weight
so i guess the conclusion is that nutrition plays
a very important role when it comes to losing weight
you cant just workout and expect to lose weight if you eat like crap
like if you are having pizzas everyday and you tried to like do like lots of workouts
and it does not work? i mean unless you are eating less than you burn
you are still gonna gain weight
so basically
If your calories in
Is a lot more than your calories out
You are still gonna gain weight
Regardless of what you are doing
I feel like I could do better, but I really needed to take some time off
And just enjoy my life
And not worry about every little thing
And now let’s talk about my legs because I was really curious about
what would happen to my calves because I’ve never walked that much
In my life before. So
My measurement of my calves before I started my walk
Was 12 inches - I’m gonna measure my calves . Let’s just measure them right now.
Okay let’s check the measurement on my
On.. my..
my tHigHh. When I
Started it was 20 inches and now it’s
19 and a half so I lost
So I lost a little bit on my ThiGhS
The other side is also 19 and a half
Inches
So I guess like, you know there’s a lot
Of ideals of how you can lose your
thighs by walking, so I guess
that’s kinda true.. NOW lets measure my calves because
I kinda feel like my calves have gotten bigger
Like it’s ROCK solid right now
So my calves is like
12.3 inches
Or it is 12.4 inches now so
My calves have grown, DAMN so
Walking definitely grows the calves guys
Like because I guess
15,000 steps is a lot soo
And this thigh is 12 and a half inches
Wow.. Damn I’ve grown half a inch on my calves from walking
But you know what
These muscles are not gonna stay if you stop working them so
I’m pretty sure that my calf muscles will shrink
If I stop walking as much
To wrap this off I guess I just really wanna say
It is totally fine to give yourself a break
That’s what I did and I am glad
I did because I feel better now
I think I feel better now
100% like the break from social media
The break from working out
Um really helped me to recover
To recover a little bit better when it comes to my mental health
And also my physical help, I think, I hope
I mean I’m still bloated all the time but
It’s getting better, it will get better
Also you aren’t going to lose everything
Just because you start working out, you’re gonna gain back your strength
Once you get into it, you’re gonna get back in shape once you get into it
Sooo I seriously can’t wait to get back
Into working out again because I know..
I know working out - doing
HIT workouts is my only way to get back into shape
So yeah, right now
I’m working on my new program which is coming out on the first of January
So if you wanna get back in shape with me, the first
Episode will be coming out on the first of Jan
The second episode will be out on the second of Jan sooo
Mark your calander because we are gonna be working out together
So that’s all for today’s video, I hoped you enjoyed it
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
If I don’t post before then
And I’ll see you in the next video
BYEEEEEE *blows kiss*