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Fat Chef Gets Fit.

June 14, 2006 on 8:06 am | In Fat Chef gets Fit | 2 Comments

I have been listening to a number of podcasts lately and I was going through some health related pod casts where I came across “Fat guy gets fit”. Chris from Fat guy gets fit created a 12 week challenge to get fit (or at least more fit then you are currently).  Though I found it a couple of days after it started, I think it is worth participating.  Since I have been overweight most of my life, and in the last few years I have been very unactive.  So I have decided to take the 12 week fitness challenge. 

I work as a software designer during the week and a personal chef on the weekends. I often prepare gourmet meals for my family or others, and they are not always low fat. I will be working to change what we eat at my house.  Also my son has started “working out”, and has shown more of an interest in healthier foods as well. Part of my issue is that I sit in front of a computer for 8 to 10 hours a day and then have 2 to 3 hours of commuting each day. Since I work as a chef, I thought it would be appropriate for me to develop or improvise some healthier menu items that I can share with the rest of the Challenge participants.Part of the challenge is to choose 5 areas that I need to work on. Since I have a busy schedule, I decided to work the following into my schedule.

1) Daily morning exercise which will start at 10 and add one each day until I can’t do any more. The exercises will include the following:

Push-ups  
Sit-ups
4 Count Jumping Jacks
Squats

2) Reduce My current waist size of 44 to 42, and perhaps 40.

3) Walk for 20 minutes 5 days per week.

4) Eat at least one salad per day, lots of fruit and vegies and in general eat better.

5) Keep a log or blog of everything that I eat each day, and include interesting recipes.

I want to put my own personal twist on it. Since I do personal chef work, I thought it would be interesting if I would blog some of the healthy eating ideas I use over the next 12 weeks.