I have always had issues to lose weight (love my mom's food 🇵🇰). When 2022 started, I had my (then) biggest weight and not gonna lie, it felt terrible having to climb my house stairs (I live on a 3rd floor, no elevator). My heart was beating like crazy and couldn't even breath properly. My wife told me that it was moment for a change and I went from eating 4 times a day and not doing exercise, to: - Doing intermittent fasting (focusing on 2 major meals per day - lunch and dinner). - Started drinking protein shakes when my sweet tooth attacked (added some fruits and it was yummy enough) - Started exercising min. 4 times per week. I didn't have much gym knowledge, so I was focusing too much on cardio, which helped me a lot, but I think I should have focused more on weightlifting 💪🏼. Mistakes I made: - Not eating enough protein (which lead to muscle loss) - Running too much (I was running 7km per day + weight lifting some days) - Exhausting myself until I felt I couldn't walk. This mistakes then led me to a gym break (from Sept 2022 - Jan 2024 😅 - Is it a break anymore? 😂 ) In which I re-gained the weight and came back to a solid 212lb (96kg) - Max all time. (orange shirt pic - Won't lie, the smile fade away 🙂) Now, in 2024, I'm on a journey to lose it again, but without exhausting myself (being smart about it).

Who I am? Hi, my name is Abdur Malik. I'm a 24 years old muslim from Dominican Republic. Studies? I have a bachelor in Marketing and doing a MBA. Work? Currently working as a project manager in a software company (3 years as of today), but aspiring to do a change of my career (yes, at this point in my life) Dream? To become a Pilot. I have always loved aviation, but could never afford it (even today). Purpose of creating this community? 1. Grow as a muslim While I Connect with muslims around the world. 2. Learn from people and their journey, while I share mine. 3. Have a passive income source to afford my aviation studies and finally get started. Not gonna lie, feels risky creating a community, but desperation always leads to exploration (that sounds good, will use it as my new phrase). What we gonna do? Share our journey in life, what we do, who we are, where we want to go and we will all support each other and push the others to success in all aspects in life (religion, fitness, studies, etc). Feel free, this will be your space to share about you and be yourself. Let's start this Journey.