I'm a 30 year old bachelor living in Massachusetts. I work in the software entertainment industry, performing quality assurance engineering for various backend systems that support our company as a whole. I'm on the computer for probably 60 - 70% of my waking hours. For good or for ill, is still to be determined.
I would consider myself to be fairly athletic but that may just be a desperate memory of things I used to do. I remember being very active growing up, whether I was biking around town aimlessly, playing basketball or hockey in the backyard or in high school parking lots, pretending to be a fish in the ocean or even some games of manhunt. At some point, those activities began to slowly fade, to the point where I can barely remember the last time I really did anything active outside of my normal 'gym' routine or playing hockey on the weekends.
Of course, I don't mean to discount those activities but they seem to be the exception. I suppose as we get older and people discover love, pursue careers or begin families (does love need to be mutually exclusive there?) things seem to change slowly enough without noticing until it's too late. I don't mean to be philosophical, but I blame my friends for my sedentary/lightly active state. Nobody wants to run around anymore. Wusses.
Which brings me to the reason I'm here. I intend to keep a record of getting back into shape and leading a healthier lifestyle in general. I should take advantage of my relatively young age while I still can, because as the cliche goes, I'm not getting any younger.
To summarize, I'm staring an IF (Intermittent Fasting) "diet" tomorrow. Basically, it's 16 hours of fasting, and 8 hours of eating. Okay, it's not 8 straight hours of eating - it's just the window to eat. I've been reading up on Lean Gains on reddit.com and leangains.com and starting tomorrow I plan to do a -30 / +10, which is effectively Recommended Daily Calories - 30% for one day (Rest Days) and Recommended Daily Calories + 10% for the next (Work Days).
My target caloric intake is 2400 on training days, and 1800 on rest days. I use an IF Calculator, that can be found here. http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
Here's a screenshot of my IF Calculations. Click on it for the full size. What is this, your first time on the internet?
That should do for now. I don't currently have a structure for this, and I can't guarantee one will emerge... but one needs to start somewhere, right?
Also, find me on Fitocracy at http://www.fitocracy.com/profile/amazinglarry/
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