Fresh & Easy is the way I wanna luv u tonight~

Today, I discovered a bomb store called, "Fresh & Easy." It's an British chain of supermarket trying to do a rapid expansion in the US. You're missing out if you're not in California, Arizona, or Nevada. I'm sure they'll address the other states pretty soon. Not all items are cheap, but there are definitely some hidden bargains here. It's also cool for singles or couples with no children as they offer small portion of products. No need for people in this demographic to carry a Costco membership in my opinion. They stress that everybody should be able to afford quality and convinient, healthy food. I'll frequent this place on my road back to sexyness...


Coming to a hood near you!

Now, a update on how I'm doing. I've been eating lot of home-made Tuna Salad with Balsamic Vinagarette dressing. Sounds boring, right? It's not that bad! I guess tuna is curving my hunger?
Protein shakes usually accompany my salad dinner. Overload on protein has been great help in fighting hunger pangs. These are kind of things I'm finding out on daily basis. I always exercised and ate right most of the time. I may have been doing it all wrong. What I knew up till now was Nutrition 101, not Advanced Nutrition Course. I probably took in too many wrong carbs, fats, etc... I also failed to do enough combination of cardio & strength training. A classic case of, "if I knew back then what I know now!" Better late, than never though. I got to a point where I don't even wanna drink alcohol even for a social event. Haha, call me, "Born-Again Health Nut." I have nutritionally sinned!



Can I keep this up???

Best of Both Worlds?

Apologies to my fans for long hiatus. You groupies must be curious what I've been doing. Surprisingly, nobody has approached me for an autograph at local supermarkets. Maybe people in Irvine aren't too Youtube savvy.

I've been busy transforming myself lately. Except for few occasion, my diet's been good. My kryptonite would be Chicken Katsu meal. Other than that, I haven't laid my mouth on rice at all. Bread has gone from white to whole multi-grain. Yogurt(not Yogurtland or Pinkberry kind) has been incorporated into the diet to consume calcium, which can help prevent me from gaining additional weight.


Chicken Katsu is da Shiznit!!

I bought a armband for my Ipod Touch since I dropped the shuffle into 24 Hour Fitness Toilet. I didn't even bother to save it and flushed it. Smartest thing I've done in a long time. I look stylin' with that armband shiet~ The interface on the Touch is hard to navigate during a workout, however. It's alright though. I got my thousand songs to keep me going. So far I've gone from 195lbs to 188lbs in about 2 weeks. Got some friends together and also started playing football on weekends. It's been whole lotta fun, but soreness that accompany me for 3 days afterwards is a bitch! I'm trying to organize a Turkey Bowl this Thanksgiving. It'll be crazy! I have been reminded the joy of pick-up football.


Turkey & Football, Like Bread & Butter

You might've noticed I like to do things out of ordinary. So I've decided to do Nike Human Race next year. How cool would that be?? That would be total opposite of the Gyoza Eating Contest. Different kind of athletic feat to say the least. The race this year has just passed, but I can train for next year. 10K is not easy at all, especially for me right now. But being underdog is my forte.
I might suck like eating Gyoza, but I wasn't nor am I the worst eater on MLE circuit. So there's no way I will be the last place finisher in that event. People know I got heart. I know I got heart. I'll run 5Ks to prepare for the event. I'll drench the treadmill with my sweat like Niagara Falls. I will buy cool Nike or Underarmour shoes to look sexy. Whatever I gotta do, I will do. Why? Because I'm Hollywood, baby!


Finish 10K or pop my knee? Which comes first?



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Training Blues Part 2

This time, "training blues," means struggles of training to get back into shape. Try running with extra 30lbs of weight on your back. That's how exactly it feels right now. My ankles, knees, and feet hurts. A mile on treadmill used to be a breeze. Nowadays, I'm running out of breath. My situation reminds me of Super-Size Me.


A Must-See if you haven't already

As far as six-small meals a day methods go, it doesn't work too well for me. If I don't get full at end of each meal, it's just an temptation for me. I cannot wait for next "small" meal again. So it turns into six-square meals a day. My will power is tested daily by co-workers snacking on heavy buttered popcorn, McDonald's, KFC, Chinese take-out, etc. Is it possible to gain weight from inhaling trans fat?? It certainly feels possible.

Being an Asian man, it is hard to live without rice as staple of our diets. Eliminating them all together will help me cut out significant amount of carb intake. Yes, that's what I'm going to do. I'll keep whole-grain bread to eat sandwiches, but I can live without rice for a while. I do have little bit of gringo in me in that sense. This challenge is turning out to be a lot harder than training for competitive eating event. You know I look Porky. What you don't know is I'm about to do a biggest turn-around in history. Move over Boston Celtics!


From worst to first

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Experience of a lifetime

At the final tally, I ate 37 gyozas. Yes, I sucked, very hard. That places me somewhere around 11th out of 14 gurgitators. So I succeeded in not finishing last. Mission Accomplished! LOL Maybe it was the sun beating down on me where I was stationed, maybe it was pressure of the big crowd, maybe it was the presence of who's who in world of competitive eating. I don't know what it was, but I make no excuses. There are lots of eaters better than me. I might be better eater than half of these guys if it was an hour competition. Unfortunately, all MLE-sanctioned events are speed competitions.

I underestimated the gyoza. I thought of how small they were and thought it's going to be a piece of cake. As I found out during my training days, it'll gross you out with oily grease. I didn't suck because I got full, I sucked because I couldn't handle the grease anymore and didn't want to heave. As matter of fact, I had lunch with friends immediately after the contest. I wanted to eat good lunch, not gyoza stuffed down my throat.

As I watched the world record being set by Joey Chestnut, I couldn't help but be in awe and watch his disgusting chip-munking eating style. It was like if I was just an typical player on the same court watching Michael Jordan doing something special. Yes, Jordan was great, but the way Chestnut steamrolls through these tournaments remind me of what Tiger Woods does to PGA Tour. If he's not taking part, you can put an asterisk next to the winner. If he is participating, you're pretty much eating for second place unless Kobayashi is there.

My month of training made me a fatass. It's time to reverse the damage and be sexy again. I know I can contiunually get better at this, but my vanity is more important to me than this sport. I am a proud member of MLE. "I'm not the greatest, but definitely the proudest. " That's a quote taken from great late Yankees Manager Billy Martin. I can never say never, but this is just another chapter in my closed. I am relieved to tell you the truth. So this blog will be continued as way of tracking my road to chiseled, LL Cool J type of body. So be sure to check back in from time to time. I'm just making my life interesting for Hollywood's next big movie project, New York Times Best Seller, or Broadway Smash Hit.

I'm gonna leave you now with some pics from the competition:

Rich Lefevre, 64 years young

Miki Mia from 40-Year Old Virgin fame

With 2007 Nisei Court



Chestnut is Tiger of MLE

Judgment Day

Today is the day... I have to head out now to take care of registration and stuff. I will blog later to let you know how I did. Pray for me. Once again, thanks for all your support! I will do my best! :)

H2 the O!!

Okay, I've reached the crucial days leading up to the competition. Am I nervous? I would be lying if I said I wasn't, but anxiety hasn't struck me hard as I thought it would. I looked up online for any last minute strategy or motivation I can find. Found out two things: 1) That Gal Sone chick is nothing short of amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Q1Jeh8dxY. 2) Lot of competitie eaters stretch their stomach out by drinking large volumes of water. The latter is somewhat of a welcome news. See, I'm trying to work my gut off soon as competition is done. I've been making my gut look like the one mall santas struts off. Water has no calorie, and it won't make me feel like shit like some of these other foods I've been consuming. Appetite is no longer my focus, it's the hand-eye coordination, chewing, swallowing, speed, etc... Time to drink up!!



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On Disabled List

Sorry for the non-activity over the last few days. I'm barely recovering from training fatigue I suffered earlier today. This was a very vital and critical weekend to train for competition. I have totally hit the wall. Lack of fruits & veggies are starting to take a toll on me. I might not resume training till Wednesday. This is all about peaking at the right timing, so hopefully I can be in top shape come this Saturday morning. Retirement is definitely in order after this ordeal. There's so much one's body can take especially if you're not used to eating this much volume of junk. Pray for me that I don't collapse and make it out alive... I'm gonna get some z's right now.

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I can be found @ http://www.myspace.com/9998659
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I'll get back to ya asap. Thanx for being a fan!Peace...