Heroic Fitness' Transformation Station

Heroic Fitness' Transformation Station

Beginning of the 6-week Challenge

I have agreed to participate in a 6-week challenge, the purpose of which is to lose at least 20 lbs. My goal is to lose 65 eventually, but ultimately I just want to be able to perform tasks without feeling weak or getting winded. If I need to run, I want to be able to. If I need to lift something heavy, I want to be able to. I don't want my fat, lazy self to get in the way of daily physical requirements any longer!

I am currently the heaviest I have ever been, almost 250 lbs. I can attribute this to a number of factors: grad school stress, new job, sitting behind a desk instead of walking all day, yada yada yada. Ultimately it's because I was lazy. I chose not to exercise or give appropriate attention to what I was eating.

That all changes today. This 6-week challenge is the start of a complete lifestyle change, which I will be documenting here as I go. I make no promises that it will be clear, concise, or even make a great amount of sense some days. After the challenge, a new blog will be started to document my continued journey.

So, here's how it works...

Each Sunday I will plan and make the meals for the week. Each whole-food meal will consist of a protein (eggs or egg substitute, chicken breast, turkey breast, 1% ground turkey, etc), a carbohydrate (oatmeal, quinoa, brown rice, sweet potato, etc), and a vegetable (broccoli, asparagus, brussels sprouts, spinach, etc).

Weigh-ins will occur weekly, on Mondays.

Each weekday (that's right, Monday through Friday, everyday!) at 5:30am I will complete a High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) workout and a 30-minute low intensity workout (most likely a walk). I will be tracking these workouts with the use of 

Facebook: check-in and track workouts 1 through 30, 

this blog: daily goals, quotes, targets, and successes,

and my Garmin Vivosmart: heart rate and daily activity.

Thank you for following my journey. If I can inspire you to get off the couch, then all the better!