Fit not Fat

it's become my new logo/words to live by for the new year. I have the goal of dropping 10% bodyfat by June 1, and I'm doing my best to meet that goal. It means that for right now, there's no ice cream, chocolate, not a lot of sugar...all things I like. I want to get to a good weight/bodyfat level that I can actually maintain without looking anorexic. I want to be around. I am sick of fighting my genes, and while I'm doing a better job than others...I want to kind of do a body reset by getting down the bodyfat and re-train my taste buds. It's not going to be easy and there will be a bunch that I am giving up, but I think it's worth it for my overall health.

I just watched a great video today, put together by a doctor, and the sole premise was please keep your sleeping and sitting to only 23 1/2 hours a day and use that extra 30 minutes to do something physical. When you put it that way...there really are no excuses to not work out regularly for at least 30 minutes a day. All makes sense!

Fit not Fat

That's what my motto for 2012 is going to be. I talked a bit yesterday about my resolutions, one of which is to drop 10% bodyfat by June 1. That's 5 full months. That's 2% per month. That's .5% a week. That's a lot of work. I'm sick of feeling fat though. Even if it is only gay fat/straight skinny, I'm sick of sitting down and feeling like I have a gut. I don't like that. I have wanted the bit of belly gone for a while now, but this is taking that to a whole new level. I've taken some before pictures, and I'll take a new picture on the 1st of every month to track my progress. I am assuming that I will be able to feel my progress more than see it at first, but in the end, it will all pay off. It means that my eating will be a bit restricted. Lots of protein, not a lot of fat. Not a lot of sugar and I'm not sure how I feel about unsweetened coffee...but if I'm going to make this work, I might have to get used to it. I really don't want to pull too much from my diet, as I don't feel like that is realistic. When I get to where I want to go and start eating what I like again, it's all going to come back. This has to be about a lifestyle change. This has to be about small indulgences and not huge ones. This has to be about calories in versus calories out. This is going to kick my ass...but hopefully, some of it will disappear!  =)