NATUPAD na ang pangarap ng part time model-actor na si Edward Mendez na i-launch ang librong sinulat niya 10 taon na ang nakararaan na may titulong “Your Dream Body Come True”.
Si Edward ang official Sexy Solutions fitness consultant ng Belo na pag-aari ni Dra. Vicki Belo na siya ring publisher at sponsor ng kanyang libro, isa nga kami sa naimbitahan sa launch/autograph signing nito sa National Book Store Glorietta 1, sa Makati City.
Kuwento nga ni Edward, “Super (happy), I’ve written this book ten years ago and it was my dream to become an author and to have this book out and finally, it happened (now).
“Dreams come happen (talaga) that’s why I called it Dream Body Come True. And a lot of people mayroon silang pangarap na gumanda ‘yung katawan nila at itong book na ito is the answer,” sabi ng binata.
Natuklasan daw ito ni Edward ng mag-aral siya sa Amerika, “I was studying science of nutrition and training. So, nu’ng nakita ko yung mga transformation nila maliban sa sarili ko, gusto kong i-level up yung passion na yun.
So, I decided to write a book from scratch and then ten years later, ‘eto na. Ipinost ni Edward ang mga lumang litrato niya sa libro noong mataba at malaki pa ang tiyan niya (September, 2009) at lumiit na pagkalipas ng tatlong buwan, sa madaling salita, siya na ang perfect example ng “the biggest loser.”
Natawa si Edward sabay paliwanag, “Well, yeah, also from my book kasi it’s a biggest game sa program ko, hindi ka lang maglo-lose ng weight, maggi-gain ka rin at the same time kasi ‘yung muscles, ire-replace ‘yung fats ng magandang shape.
Kasi sa science rito, ‘yung muscles nagbibigay ng shape sa ‘yo at nagpapabata sa ‘yo.” “First of all, working out too much for two to three hours, actually if you work out for more than an hour, hindi na maganda sa katawan ‘yun, kasi tataas masyado ‘yung stress level mo saka magbe-burn ‘yung muscles mo, lalo kang tataba after that.
“One pound of muscle can burn 50-70 calories per day without doing anything, so sa madaling salita, ‘yung muscle, nagpapa-burn ng fat.
Sunod, pag hindi ka kumakain masyado, low-calories restriction diet, nase-sense ng body mo na walang masyadong pumapasok na pagkain, ang mangyayari, ‘yung thyroid mo, ibaba ‘yung metabolism mo, then mare-regain back mo ‘yung na-lose mo, babawian ka ng katawan mo, kasi ‘yung katawan mo is program against you,” paliwanag pa nito.
Tungkol naman sa mga tinatamad mag-work out at idinadaan sa diet pills/slimming pills ay may paliwanag din si Edward dito, “Sa mga diet pills naman they worked, pero mas maganda ‘yung mga diet pills na healthy like fish oils ng mga anti-oxidants nakakatulong sila sa pag-burn ng fat.
‘Yung mga diet pills na nagpapabanyo sa iyo all the time, they’re really not good kasi dini-drain nila ‘yung nutrients sa katawan mo at saka nade-dehydrate ka at hindi napi-fix ‘yung main cause why you gain fat.”
At hindi raw gumamit ng steroids si Edward kaya lumaki ang katawan niya at may six pack pa, “I don’t need it and if I go, I’ll be get too big and it’s hard to look too big in the screen especially plus ten pounds na.
Luckily, the knowledge of the science that I have, madaling palakihin ang katawan, basta discipline ng patient and proper knowledge.”
Samantala, may mga personalidad ng natulungan si Edward at binabasa ang libro niya tulad nina, “Ces Drillon is training with me, Pinky Webb, Lui Villaruiz, and some people I help prepare for their concert like Martin Nievera.
Natutuwa ako kasi nagamay nila ‘yung principle and start to believe the program.” Samantala, natanong ang tungkol sa pagkaka-link dati nina Edward at ni Dra. Vicki Belo, “Matagal na ‘yan.
I mean, as soon as I entered showbiz naman, like you know, nandun na ‘yan, e. But you know, almost every one knows naman na I’ve been close to her since I was a kid. I was with Belo Group matagal na and Cristalle is like my sister.
“I mean, that’s an issue that probably won’t go away. But I’m never bothered by it and hindi maiiba yung pakikisama ko sa kanya just because of that issue.
You know, we have a healthy and happy friendship and collaboration with this project,” aniya pa. For the record ay may non-showbiz girlfriend si Edward na mahigit isang taon na at dumalo pa sa nasabing book launching kasama sina Dra. Belo, Cristalle at iba pang celebrity guest.