January, 2007

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Jan 07

The Velocity Diet: Planning 1

One of my goals for the year is to get lean, while at the same time gaining muscle – or at the very least, losing as little as possible. My weight has been pretty steady now for some time, varying only a couple of kilograms either direction of 86kg. The problem isn’t my weight – the problem is the flab on my belly. I need to get rid of it, and I’m an impatient man.

In my quest for leanness, I discovered an experimental diet called the Velocity Diet, or V-Diet for short. The whole idea is that rather than significantly alter your eating patterns forever, you follow an ultra-strict eating plan for 28 days, and then you’re off it, and back onto moderate eating. For the 28 days, you eat only one solid meal per week, with the day-to-day nutrition being entirely comprised of very specific protein shakes, some flax seed meal and fatty acid tablets, and a whole tank of appetite suppressant and muscle loss prevention supplements. It will probably end up a pretty expensive exercise, but if the results are worth it, I won’t mind in the least.

Based on my weight, I’ll be eating around 1400 calories a day on non-training days, and 1700 calories a day on training days. I plan to start it some time after my birthday.

The Velocity Diet is the brain-child of

The Velocity Diet, Part I

The Velocity Diet, Part II

The New V-Diet Test Drive

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Jan 07

What a year!

Well, I thought I’d give this blogging thing another shot after over a year of thinking-about-it, but not really doing anything to it. Why the hell not.

And what a year (and a bit) it has been.

Got married, worked on a huge IT infrastructure project in NZ as Technical Lead for the Citrix component, my grandmother died, moved to Brisbane, got a job as a Technical Consultant at Clariti (they ARE a great company, and great bunch of guys), had our first year anniversary, bought a house… and that’s about it. It has been a huge whirlwind of highs and lows. While some of those happened during the tail part of 2005, they’ve all happened since I last wrote here. So they count ;) .
2007 promises to be a less chaotic year, but still an important one nevertheless. Major goals for 2007 include:

  1. Get the fence at our house sorted, and then get some dogs. We do have a fence, but it isn’t tall enough and has more holes than a politician’s logic. The plan is to get a fence within the next couple of months, and then get a German Shepherd puppy (my preference) and a Weimaraner puppy (Bianca’s preference).
  2. For me, 2007 is the year I really get serious about my fitness. For a couple of years now I’ve been going to the gym, but I haven’t been eating well enough and have been scatter brained in my goals. 2007 is the year of lean bulk. This one will be the hardest plan to stick to.  Abs, Abs, Abs!
  3. Helping my sister move to Brisbane. New Zealand, the great Aussie-bound brain drain is still happening, and ain’t showing any signs of stopping soon.
  4. Find a church. I’m Christian, but haven’t been to church regularly for years.
  5. And I almost forgot – the year of the motorcycle. I went out and got my motorcycle learner’s license just before Christmas, and I’ve started saving a little bit of cash on the side for a first bike and the Q-RIDE motorcycle training course. This. Will. Be. Awesome.

Just in case it isn’t clear, these aren’t new year’s resolutions. I don’t “do” new year’s resolutions. They’re goals, and plans. I like to think I’m the kind of person that does what he’s talking about. We’ll see.