Fat Bob Slim's Story

I flew to South Korea in September of 2006 to teach English and to learn martial arts during my free time. I was 103 kilograms and like most westerners, lifted weights for upperbody size and strength, but was still carrying too much fat. One day while I was jogging in Korea, having dropped to 94 kilograms for the first time in a long time, I fell--and my world fell down with me. Nothing broken, just torn tendons in my left ankle, which was even worse.With 18 more months left in my teaching contract, I coundn't jog or run or even stand for long periods of time. Fat, tired and depressed, I just unhappily went to work, came home and watched TV and ate crap, lots of it. Disabled and depressed, I shot up to an unhealthy 110 kilograms, surpassing more than 30% body fat, which only made my ankle worse. A mentor, Antonio Graceffo, recommended Thailand for weight loss. Thailand? We all know who goes to Thailand. But his was a different Thailand. Not girls and beers Thailand but boxing gloves and tears Thailand. In September of 2008 I enrolled at a Muay Thai camp in Phuket to lose weight. I arrived at 107 kilograms. Beginning with a five day all water detox, I lost a kilogram a day. Then I trained Muay Thai twice a day--longer and longer every week. I also power walked at night, sometimes went swimming in the afternoon, cycled and ate healthy and delicious Thai food. In 10 weeks, I lost a total of 14 kilograms, finishing at 93 kilograms! Then, I returned to my teaching job and continued to practice Muay Thai at a local gym and ran almost daily, and lost an additional 12 kilograms, a total of 26 kilograms in 8 months! And now I'm back, down more than 30 kilograms, for some more FITNESS, maybe some FIGHTING and perhaps a little FUN.

We have all been there: nursing a hangover with fried food and a can of cola while falling in and out of sleep to annoying infocommericals about rapid weight loss. "Lose 10 pounds in 10 days.....Shed 30 pounds in 30 days....Transform your body with our 3 month program". And we have all thought the same thing. Impossible, or at the very least, highly improbable. Well, the purpose of this blog is to inform you that under the right conditions---say training in tropical Thailand, impossibility is possible and improbability is not as problematic as one may think.This is my story; a story of detoxing and training Muay Thai Boxing on the island of Phuket; a story of losing 30 pounds in a little under 3 months and a total of 30 kilograms. And along the way, we'll meet many more people with similar stories, who have had similar success.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Ideas For Blog Topics



Here Are Some Topics I'll Be Writing and RESEARCHING about:

Fitness
1. My Detox at Atsumi here in Phuket
2. Losing 30 pounds in 10 weeks: Muay Thai, Cardio and Diet
3. Keeping Fit After Returning Home.
4. Dieting for Weight loss Vs. Dieting for Fight Training
5. Interviews with Students
6. Why Thailand for Weight Loss?
7. The Do's and Dont's of Weight Loss
8. Asians Are Right: We Are Fat--and They Are Getting Fat, too.
9. People with Mild Depression should be on an exercise and diet plan, not pills.
10. ADD and ADHD: Some kids are Huskies--they aren't meant to be sitting down all day.
11. Cardio Work Out that Incorporate Muay Thai
12. There is no such thing as the best gym: just the best gym for your needs.


Fighting
1. The Day and Life of a Muay Thai Fitness Student
2. The Day and Life of a Muay Thai Fighter: Farrang and Thai
3. MMA Conditioning VS. Muay Thai Conditioning
4. When is running too much running?
5. How to Weight Train while training Muay Thai
6. P90x vs. Body For Life
7. Rossboxing.com
8. Interviews with Fighters
9. Five Ways to Work The Bag: Fight Simulation, Practice Combos, Power, Speed, Cardio
10. What to do between working the bag and working with the trainer
11. Three Ways to Spar: Fight Simulation, Practice Combos, Practice Technique
12. Muay Thai for Self Defense Purposes
13. I'm Not a Fighter
14: Fun Drills for Everyone
15: THE IMPORTANCE OF SHADOW BOXING

Fun
1. Things To Do in Phuket
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1 comment:

  1. Michael McVerryDecember 18, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    Bob,

    This is awesome. It looks like one of websites that promise to get me ripped by giving them my credit card info, and hoping for some magic pills.
    So where do I put in my credit card information?

    Also...your writing is fantastic, however, what is a "kg"?

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