Welcome to Revamp Your Physique

Welcome to Revamp Your Physique! This is pretty much my first blog ever, disregarding a few failed and undirected attempts. Here I intend to detail my progress during 12 weeks of following the Body For Life program, and what happens with my fitness afterwards.

I am just finishing the 2nd week of the Body For Life program right now. For those unfamiliar with it, I'll give a short outline of what the exercise component consists of:

• 3 weight training sessions per week, 45 mins long (Mon/Weds/Fri)
• 3 cardio HIIT (high intensity interval training) sessions per week, 20 mins long (Tues/Thurs/Sat)
• 1 day off

I'm mostly following the plan, but have made a few modifications:

1. On weight training days, I'm going to start incorporating a 20 minute cardio session either before or after
2. On cardio days, I have already started augmenting the 20 minutes of HIIT with 20 minutes of what I would call moderate intensity cardio - the kind you might be able to keep up for an hour straight

For the nutrition portion of the Body For Life program, it consists of:

• 6 small meals spaced throughout the day
• each meal consists of a portion (about the size of your palm or clenched fist) of protein and a portion of carbohydrates
• add veggies to at least 2 of the 6 meals

So far, the nutrition part of the plan is giving me a hard time. If I don't have time/don't remember to prepare a lunch/snacks in advance to take with me to work, I pretty much end up with 1 larger meal throughout my work day rather than the 3 small meals I should be having in this time period. It's hard to find food that meets the nutritional requirements when I haven't brought it myself. It's even harder to resist the temptation of the sweets that are constantly surrounding me at work. People seem to bring in cake, donuts, or cookies to share nearly on a daily basis. I'm doing my best so far, but feel a bit discouraged in this area.

JD from Get Fit Slowly inspired me to try the Body For Life program. He outlines the program in greater detail in his post here.

My current stats are:

• Age: 23
  
• Height: 5'8"
• Weight: 179.6 lbs
• Body Fat: 32%

I will update these stats in the sidebar, once I've figured out how to use it, on a weekly basis. Progress photos will be posted soon!