Real People, Real Voices: Q&A with Keith Dumpangol

Ladies and gentleman, I want you to meet my friend Keith Dumpangol from Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia. He’s the male recipient contestant of the Breeze Magazine CORE’s Get Fit Challenge 3, where he was voted to be put on a fitness program for 3 months to get healthy at Core Fitness. I managed to steal some of his time to ask a few questions about what he hopes to achieve on the programme. So let’s all cheer him on!

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1) How do you feel about being selected for the Core Fit Challenge?
A: I feel excited! I think I’m in a ‘moment’ now where I’m mentally and physically ready for this challenge.

2) What was your highest weight?
A: I was at my highest at 164kg! That was almost 4 years ago. Worst. Feeling. Ever.

3) How much do you weigh now?
A: As of yesterday I’m at 132.6kg

4) What did you do to lose weight before?
A: I signed up for a gym membership and just started eating healthy. My first trip to the gym lasted me 10 minutes. Literally. 1 minute walking from my car to the gym, 5 minutes walking on the threadmill ( before I thought I’d pass out), 3 minutes of rest and 1 minute walking back to my car..LOL. And at the same time I started eating my Mickey Mouse diet.. you know, where you picture Mickey’s face on a plate. Fill his face with veggies and fill his two round ears with equal amount of carbs and protein. That’s how I started.

5) What do you hope to achieve with Core Fit Challenge?
A: For this particular challenge, since it’s only for 3 months, I’m planning to push myself (without going overboard lah) to lose as much weight as I can. I’ve basically set a goal of how much I want to lose so I’m going to work on that. If I reach my target, great and if I don’t, it’s still progress At the same time I hope to inspire other people who are dealing with their own weight problem to take that first step and take control!

6) What’s your goal weight?
A: I have never set a golden number on that to be honest. In the future, I might but for now I just want to go through this journey with a sense of achieving something.

7) What is the most difficult thing to overcome personally?
A: I guess consistency is pretty much on top of the list. A friend said to me fitness is not just a goal, it’s a lifestyle. Needless to say, I’m still working on that.

8. What drives you to get healthy?
A: Besides looking and feeling good? Well unfortunately I have family who passed at a relatively young age. And I myself am a diabetic. So I’m trying my best to break that chain. That’s what motivates me not to just lose weight but to BE HEALTHY

9) Who do you look up to and why?
A: Too many to mention!!LOL. In terms of weight loss though, I’ve been following this guy Jon Calvo. He lost over 180 pounds on his own based on his own method and sheer determination.
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10) Favorite quote and why.
A: One of my favorites is simply “You cannot change what you refuse to confront” because it ain’t be any truer. If you don’t like it, change it!

About CORE’s Get Fit Challenge


Borneo’s premiere lifestyle magazine, Breeze together with Core Fitness have started the 3rd year of the CORE’s Get Fit Challenge during a launching ceremony at Core Fitness, City Mall. The challenge is an event that pits a chosen male and female to go through a complimentary 3 month intensive workout course at Core Fitness to get in shape with top-notch coaching and to gain a healthier, more active lifestyle.
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Beginning in June, starts the vigorous sessions to help two worthy contestants reach their goals. The number of entries were small but all the finalists were excellent candidates. After an intense voting process, followed by an interview session by a panel of 3 judges, Keith Dumpangol and Noor Amy Binti Ajak emerged as the chosen single male and female that will go through the challenge. Keith and Amy will be monitored by their assigned Core Fitness personal trainers and Breeze on a monthly basis to keep track of their progress and continue to give them support to carry on through the challenge. Updates of Keith and Amy’s progress will be available to the public via copies of the latest Breeze magazine and also at Breeze magazine’s facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/BreezeMagazine.

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