A Fit Geek

I have a weight problem…

So it has been well over a month since my last update on my calorie cycle progress. So here is your update! I feel great its been a total of about 6 weeks that I have been calorie cycling and my current numbers are: 8.8% Body Fat 195 pounds! which is great! 1 whole percentage of body fat lost in about a month and my weight has not gone down all that much which is a great sign. I can see the results in the mirror, and even got a comment from my Fiance that my abs are looking good! I am very excited for this summer because I feel I am finally doing everything right to get the body I want.
I thought it would be nice to also list some new tricks I have picked up across the way:

• Cut out Artificial sweeteners, the fact is this helped me control my cravings. I can honestly say there is a difference when your not using this stuff.
• Balanced Meals, All my meals(even snacks) include a Protein, Carb and Fat source.
• Healthy Pancakes! Stay tuned for a recipe and pictures of my fiance’s delicious healthy pancakes.
• Limited Alcohol/Cheat meals, Fact is I have had 1 cheat day in the last 6 weeks and 1 cheat meal both included drinking. It is no secret that drinking is detrimental to any fitness/training program so I decided to allow myself to have 1 drinking day every 3 to 4 weeks, limited to special occasions… like bachelor parties, weddings and easters.

So I have since given up on running everyday and started doing 30 minutes of pushup burpees instead… It really gets your heart rate going!
Also 3 friends and I are creating a team to participate in an ultra spartan race. So I am now on their email list, and they send me Work outs of the Day, and todays was burpee pull-ups! so I just through in the pushup for fun!

Today is a lower calorie day… Getting tired of making posts every day. Soon I am going to make these a weekly weigh in and post type of thing. Today for breakfast I ate some oatmeal with peanut butter chocolate protein and a banana. Lunch I ate my left over turkey chili. For snacks I ate some pistachios, and finally for Dinner I made a 2 egg omelet with some of the left over chicken and part skim mozzarella cheese with a side of steamed veggies.

So you want to start a fitness plan for the upcoming year? Great join the club! getting in shape is the top new years resolution and we are here to help you achieve it! The biggest mistake people make is starting to fast, they go from eating everything they can get their hands on to eating super restricted/only a group of foods(Grilled chicken and spinach diets).

This plan is not a diet, it is a reconstruction of your eating habits. People need to stop using the word diet, because you can go on and off a diet… Start a healthy habit because it is harder to change a habit!

The first step is to find your calorie goal, here are some guidelines to find it:

• Get a calorie tracker for your phone(Android, iPod) or use our web based tracker found on the right hand sit of our site(The orange button)!
• Day 1. Weigh yourself write it down, Track the calories you consume for a normal day of eating.
• Day 2. Consume 100 less calories you consumed on day 1
• Day 3. Consume 100 less calories you consumed on day 2
• Day 4-7. Consume same amount of calories that you consumed on day 3
• Day 8. Weigh yourself, if you are happy with your results… Say you lost 2+ pounds then keep using the same calorie goal as you did on days 3-7 for the following week if not then lower your calorie goal by another 100 for every day of the next consecutive week.
• Week 2->n. Weigh yourself every week, Follow the same rule but try to keep in mind how you are feeling. If you feel to tired, drowsy and fatigued all the time it could be a sign you are not consuming enough! Raise that calorie goal.

This approach is a lot more “realistic” in today’s world. You have to teach yourself how to eat good, but we can’t expect you to do that overnight it just doesn’t make any sense and is why many FAD diets do not succeed.

So this will be my last Blog post for the year 2011, I am looking froward to the new year and here is what i accomplished from last years bucket list:

•  Hang out with my Girlfriend more… Shes awesome!!!!
• Be more active on my blog!
• Release a web-app.
• Sell afitgeek.com t-shirts!
• Finish my gym page where I will list the lifts I enjoy and do as well as the equipment I currently own.
• Finish my nutrition page where I will list my normal eating plan.
• Play All Points Bulletin reloaded(It lives…again).
• Release a phone-app.
• Participate in some type of fitness challenge(Triathlon, half-marathon, marathon).
• Create a Before and After page!!
• Bench press 400 pounds. One can only dream… but hey I was maxing 200 in 2009 now I max 315 in 2010 so 85 pounds away!.

Here is the bucket list for 2012:

• Hang out with my Fiance more… Shes awesome!!!!
• Be more active on my blog!
• Sell afitgeek.com t-shirts!
• Finish my gym page.
• Finish my nutrition page where I will list my normal eating plan.
• Bench press 400 pounds… currently at 340.
• Release a gaming App.
• Post more recipes.
• Become more flexible.

Today I made some Major updates to the foods database… Everything should now be a relative serving amount.
After receiving Multiple complaints I felt this had to be done!
If you see any mistakes or out of the ordinary caloric values please let me know via email or this thread!

Run with an open soul, Train with an open mind, Love with an open heart, Code with… open source.

-AFitGeek

It has been 2 weeks since I went to Vegas and I am just starting to feel completely recovered. (Even after spending Memorial day weekend at LBI) I went with a group of about 20 people and we had a blast. 1 night at XS another at Pure and a day at Rehab… From what I remember we had an awesome time. Stay tuned for pictures! Time to train for the cruise next!

So this will be my last Blog post for the year 2010, I am looking froward to the new year and here is a short bucket list of what afitgeek would like to accomplish in 2011:

• Hang out with my Girlfriend more… Shes awesome!!!!
• Be more active on my blog!
• Release a web-app.
• Sell afitgeek.com t-shirts!
• Finish my gym page where I will list the lifts I enjoy and do as well as the equipment I currently own.
• Finish my nutrition page where I will list my normal eating plan.
• Play All Points Bulletin reloaded(It lives…again).
• Release a phone-app.
• Participate in some type of fitness challenge(Triathlon, half-marathon, marathon).
• Create a Before and After page!!
• Bench press 400 pounds. One can only dream… but hey I was maxing 200 in 2009 now I max 315 in 2010 so 85 pounds away!