My 2011 Journey Begins Now

The journey continues and this time I am tracking it. I have made half-assed attempts at tracking my progress in the past, but they were almost as unsuccessful as most of my fitness goals. This year will be different, mostly because I am going to update my progress no matter what. In the past, I would update until I fell off the wagon, then I would skip a few days and try to pick the updates back up, only to fall off again.

In 2011, I pledge to be more consistent with my updates. With my Android phone, and blogging apps, I really don’t have any excuse not to update on a regular basis.

I weighed in today at 292, which after the Holidays is a bit heavier than I was a few weeks ago. I was around 280 before Christmas, but after sitting around and stuffing my face with surplus calories, I am not surprised with the rapid weight gain. However, I am not worried. While my diet needs to stay consistent, I have been proud of my weight training progress over the past few months. Once I get my diet nailed down, I should be well on my way to improving my overall fitness in 2011.

My target weight is to be around 265-270 lbs. The long term goal would be to do so with my bodyfat being around 10-12 percent.

Diet

For my diet, I will target 3,000 calories including 300 g of protein in the beginning. I was doing the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet from September until Christmas, but I’m taking this new approach for 2011. I’ll call it the Knox Animal diet and it is comprised of 50% protein, 30% carbs and 20% fat.

I will be tracking my 2011 diet using the Calorie Counter Android Phone app. The affiliate website is Fat Secret and you will be able to follow my progress here.

Training

My training split right now is as follows:

Monday – Chest

Tuesday – Back

Wednesday – Legs

Thursday – Shoulders

Friday – Arms

Saturday – Off

Sunday – Off

I will be tracking my 2011 workouts on bodybuilding.com using the workout tracker.

I wish you all the best of luck with your fitness goals in 2011. Remember that everybody has to start somewhere, so the focus is on improving each and every day.

One Day At A Time