Fitness Challenge for 2011

We have posted on and off about this for a little while now. It normally comes up around the New Year. So I figured I'd get it going again.

My fitness goal for 2011 is to shed about 15 lbs of fat putting me in the 7% body fat range before Spring 2011. Since 2008 I have lost over 110 lbs of fat, and this is the last phase of my overall plan. I've had a few set backs this year (work, deaths in the family, etc), so I am hoping to really push this to the end and achieve my final goal.

It's so much harder once you get to the low percentage of body fat ("excellent" zone) for your age group to really push beyond it into the so-called "athlete" zone unless you really have the time to dedicate to it.

As some of you already know I follow the Paleo Diet, which means except for controlled cheats (i.e. a special occassion like Thanksgiving where I have to eat some of my Wife's chocolate pie) all of my food is veggies/fruits, followed by lean meats and then by seeds/nuts. So my main challenge is really to find a way to cut calories in my meals without sending myself into a starvation binge because my main source of calories is also my protien...

My exercise plan is three days of structured weight lifting, two days cardio (sprints one, walking the second) and then a 6th day of Olympic Lifting (lighter weight, higher intenisty). Sat - Mon (weight training), Tues (sprints), Wed (Olympic Lifts), Thurs (walking), Fri (off).

And I have been having great success with that since about July of this year, so I will be sticking with it.

So what are your fitness goals for the New Year? And how are you going about accomplishing them?

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TimTheEnchantor

I'm 24, weigh 146 (as of scale at the gym yesterday) and have been working out for about 2 weeks. My first day at the gym I was 141/142. I've noticed big improvements. I was always a skinny kid and growing these muscles in is a big confidence boost. As of right now my shoulder is killing me but I know they are just growing and ready to burst out. Can't wait for my rest days to be over to get back into it (Wednesdays -> Sundays, rest Monday/Tuesday). I'll get some progress pictures up soon.

I took my addiction of World of Warcraft, obsessing over stats and finishing my dailies - then converted it into the gym addiction I have now.

RobertKaucher

TimTheEnchantor wrote: »

I'm 24, weigh 146 (as of scale at the gym yesterday) and have been working out for about 2 weeks. My first day at the gym I was 141/142. I've noticed big improvements. I was always a skinny kid and growing these muscles in is a big confidence boost. As of right now my shoulder is killing me but I know they are just growing and ready to burst out. Can't wait for my rest days to be over to get back into it (Wednesdays -> Sundays, rest Monday/Tuesday). I'll get some progress pictures up soon.

While we are on the subject of pics. I think I'm the only one who posted fat pics... EX1, where are yours?