This is my first blog post under my new Lean Pipe Dream site. This blog is an experiment in many respects. The goal of this blog is to be centered around the promotion of health and fitness because this is a topic that is fascinating to me. And of course my goal is to get lean, which seems to be difficult when you have a busy life and massive sweet tooth. So I will try to entertain you all with my struggles to get fit and quit eating my weight in sugar. I plan to post about the challenges of eating clean, exercise programs, and general rants about health and fitness. The website is a work in progress and I plan to improve it as I go.

I am starting a new workout and eating program. The workout program is called Focus T25 from Beachbody. It is 5 days a week, 25 minutes a day, for 10 weeks. It includes a mix of intense exercises, cardio, plyometerics, abs, and total body work outs. This workout program is from the same developers of the Insanity workout. I will describe the workouts in more detail in future posts. I did the first one this morning and it was straight cardio.

I am also going to try to start eating better and as part of that, I am going to try a product called Shakeology. I will drink a “shake” every morning for breakfast. I’ll provide more information about this product in future posts, but it is advertised as the healthiest meal of the day. I had one today with blueberries and it was pretty good. My goal is to post what I am eating for accountability purposes.

So today is day one of the program. I plan to weigh in and do some measurements once per week and report the results here. When the 10 weeks are up I will post before and after pictures. So my starting stats are as follows:

Weight – 179 lbs
Waist – 34.5 in
Thighs – 21.75 in
Arms – 13.25 in

Lastly I recently just signed up to be a beachbody coach. More to come on that later as well.