Cycling and ZRunning

My friend asked me to start training for a triathlon with him. I didn't have a bike and I haven't swam in years but yet the thought of doing something so out the norm got me excited. I quickly bought a road bike and I have been riding it to the gym almost every morning. I have also began running every other day. I found an app that keeps track of cycling and running by GPS. It also has training plans for certain events. I am now following the 10K training plan. I'll keep you posted.

Fighter Diet Update

I have officially been on the fighter diet for 2 weeks and 3 days. I have cheated a few times, but I try my best to stay on course. It is an extremely hard diet to follow while traveling. My wife and I found that out when we went to the beach. There is not quick stop meals for this diet. We ended up going to the grocery story and buying a rotisserie chicken and a couple bags of pre-made salad. The one thing I do like about the diet is that by having to eat so many vegetables, I actually can tolerate them more now. I have lost 12 lbs and 3% body fat. 

Fighter Diet

My wife and I have been doing a new diet that she wanted to try called the fighter diet. It involves eating a lot of vegetables and cutting grains and sugar from your meals except for one or two days per week. Today happens to be day 7 of us being on the first stage of this diet. The first stage last 6 weeks and it is actually called the Fighter Diet Extreme. You are only supposed to do it 6 weeks max. It entails eating a reduced calorie diet revolving around proteins, vegetables and healthy fats such as fish oil and flax. During this stage 6 days per week you cannot eat grains, fruits and oils (other than fish oil and flax). On day 7, you can eat any grains and healthy oils you want. You still must choose healthy foods on day 7; limit the "white" foods like sugar and white flour. Today is my day 7 and I'm kind of excited. This morning I had a piece of multigrain toast and it tasted wonderful!! It's funny I know. I also made a green smoothie consisting of 4 oz spinach, 6 oz broccoli, 2 oz blueberries, 3.5 oz bananas, 1 medium naval orange, 1 scoop vanilla whey protein and 1 tbsp flax seed. It was quite good. Later today I will be eating some whole wheat pasta along with lean ground beef. Its been a long time since I have ate spaghetti. If you would like more info into what diet I am talking about go to fight diet, there is a blog there and more info about the diet.