My Fytness Journal

I have followed a pretty strict eating regime in the past (minus the last 2-3 months amidst some personal turmoil) and plan on really cracking down on myself. It is easy to deviate and peer pressure can kill you.

Now, it is important to remember that you need to really know your goals before you start any workout or eating plan. You plan to fail if you fail to plan. As cliche as that is, it is true. I have seen so many people fail at this during my time in the gym.

My goal is to get a level of fitness that I am proud of and can maintain realistically and long term. It is kind of like a mission statement for a company I suppose. The things I am describing here are what works for a regular guy with a real and busy life. I don't want my life to completely revolve around bulking up like a bodybuilder and I don't want the stringy body of a jogger. I want a little bit of everything.

Here is the basic outline for my eating plan (I hate the word diet and it will never be used here):

• Eat every 2.5 to 3 hours for 6 meals a day.
  
• Breakfast is uber important.
  
• Each of my meals has between 30 to 40 g of protein, 10 to 20 g of carbs, and 10 to 20 g of good fats.
  
• I keep a bottle of water with me and am constantly sipping.
  
• 2 cups of double gunpowder green tea that I get from 99 Ranch Market. I love this stuff and swear by it...
  
• I eat a veggie or fruit with three meals a day.
  
• My vitamin regimen consists of calcium, B complex, C, E, magnesium, zinc, and a multi. I know it may be overkill and a wasts but every little bit helps.
  

Some of the different foods I eat are chicken breast, canned tuna, my homemade extra lean beef healthy chili, pork chops, raw and roasted edamame, whole grain (no butter people) toast, apples, bananas, pears, etc. You can pretty much go to any healthy food website and pick things from it. It is the portion size and the frequency that are important. It is important to remember that veggies and fruit count as carbs in my eating plan. If you eat a chicken breast you can have either an apple or some brown rice. Not both! Oh, and absolutely, positively no bleached food products. If I hear you are eating them, I will fight you, and that is no lie.

This plan has worked well for me in the past with doing very little cardio. When I get into detailing my workout I will go into my increased cardio ideas and what I actually do in the gym. Here is a hint: short, intense, and hard workouts. You are not there to socialize!

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