Jeremy's Fitness Revolution

½ Way home

I have completed 6 weeks! Just a month and a half I am taking stock at the half-way point, here is what I have accomplished - I am down 16.5 pounds. That is only 3 pounds from my 12 week goal –I am going to blow that goal away. I feel stronger, more energetic and just plain healthier. The transformation at the half way point is already amazing.

The Work

I have not gone over my target calories even once. Of course I pig out on my free day but that is included in the program by design. I have not missed a single workout and every workout has felt valuable.

Why This Works

Why is this working so much better than any previous attempt to get healthy and lose weight? The answer is simple - Strength Fitness. Brain designed a program that is almost impossible to cheat on. The brief workouts, 15 minutes each, always fit into your schedule and as Brian, predicted the daily workouts keep the program top of mind helping to keep you motivated on your diet. Also, I am accountable to someone other than myself. I literally feel obligated to succeed.

Brian is there for every strength workout and he varies the exercises and increases the weights making certain each and every session provides optimal benefit. I do my cardio at home so there is no excuse to miss a workout.

Brian does not micromanage my diet – he gave me a calorie target based on a metacheck analysis. He provided some basic portion size advice and recommended frequent small balanced meals. He likes the approach of Bill Phillips, Body For Life author and recommended his approach if I need additional diet information.

He broke it down to the basics and made it very simple. To loose a pound of fat you have to take in 3500 calories less than you burn. Figure out what you burn each day, determine your 12 week goal and it is easy to figure out what the calorie deficit needs to be to get you there.

At 6 weeks, this is the longest, I have ever stuck with a “diet”. Actually, this sounds cliché, but it is the truth - it isn’t a diet, it’s a lifestyle. After my 12 weeks are over, I will consume more daily calories but I will continue to apply these leanings to my diet. I will never go back to systematically over-eating. I will eat healthier forever and surprisingly, I enjoy it.

I cannot wait to see what the next 6 weeks brings and I will continue to post at least weekly to update the results.

posted by Jeremy @ 8:03 AM