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The Stevo, circa 2005.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019ve been spending a lot of time in the gym: Like two hours a day (morning and evening). I don’t have much else to do, with Mrs. Stevo being thousands of miles away<\/a>. Leaving my essence as a puddle on the floor has had a tangible benefit. I have lost weight.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an ago old story\u2026\u00a0 The Stevo was a chubby child. Luckily, from his teenage years into his 20s he was a lean drink of water, lusted after by a bevy of (imaginary) babes. When thirty hit, combined with his predilection for laziness, he ballooned. When he came to China in 2005, he looked like, as his students said, a pig.<\/p>\n

I lost weight, 20 pounds my first year. After that it see-sawed. The battle of the bulge was a constant skirmish with no victor. A one month holiday in January usually lead to binge eating. Sitting in front of a computer most of the day doesn\u2019t help.\u00a0 Eating bushels of potatoes isn\u2019t helpful either.<\/p>\n

I bought a gym membership in September 2007, half-price with my school discount. I didn\u2019t actually go until May of 2008, my reason being lack of proper shoes, and the laziness which preventing me from buying the proper shoes. (I have claimed to be the laziest man in Shenzhen. A colleague told me he once walked around all day with a rock in his shoe because he was too lazy to take it out. I handed him my crown. The king is dead, long live the king.)<\/p>\n

Since acquiring footwear my workout life is one of stops and starts. I go hard for a month and then find myself too busy at work to make it to the gym (except for August, when on holiday. My reason: My gym gear was at school and I was too lazy to walk the half-mile to pick it up). Since I started this half-assed regime it’s been one step forward, half a step back. Progress, of a sort.<\/p>\n

\"Stevo<\/a>
The Stevo, circa 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The gym I go to (spelled Jim<\/strong> on the door) is a wonderful place. There are few people ever using the weight room. The free exercise machines outside the building have a line up from dawn till dusk. Like most things in China, the gym is a strange experience. You can be running on the elliptical trainer like a man possessed, while a trio watches TV and smokes cigarettes 5 yards away. There is one man that arrives each day with his lunch, and eats it while sitting on a stationary bike, watching the wall-mounted TV. He never rides the bike. I imagine the gym is an escape from domestic responsibilities.<\/p>\n

I have been going hard for almost two months now. Weights in the morning, cardio at night (I really need to get a heart rate monitor watch<\/a>). It\u2019s amazing how changing your diet helps. Not consuming beer as your primary beverage can lead to rapid weight loss.<\/p>\n

A Jin<\/strong><\/em> is a Chinese pound. Two Jin equal a kilogram. I\u2019ve given up using feet, inches, and pounds. I know my height in centimeters (a common question: How tall are you? Response: 179 centimeters.)<\/p>\n

Long story short: Today, a milestone. I broke the 80 kilo barrier I have been good friends with for some time. Now, I weight 79.7 kilograms (175 pounds). Not quite the 160 of my youth, but respectable. Only 3.3 more kilograms and I\u2019ll reach my goal (picked because it was a hair under 170 pounds. Okay, I still use pounds).<\/p>\n

Christmas, with a buffet dinner and Jell-o shooters,\u00a0 will hinder my progress. I\u2019ll cross that bridge when I come to it. Or pole vault across with my new muscular physique.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Stevo is in for quite a shock. Hehe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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