The Road To Lean-Dom

Alright, as we can all attest to, it has been a long while since I’ve last posted, and donut entrepreneurs across the land have celebrated my post wedding indulgences. The time has come for Bengali Prime to reappear. Careful reflection as to what goals would optimize my desires to procure additional ladies for my HH (Hindu Harem), optimize strength to combat Lesnar in the Octagon, and fit into a pair of 32” Hugo Boss Slacks (more about this one later) made me ponder..

As a result, my primary goal over the next several months is to get lean while maintaining strength. I am not focusing on building muscle, but to simply maintain it, while striving to achieve 8% body fat, a 32” HB waist, and six-pack. Place your bets gentleman- As the lady would say, I am about 1 million in the whole, so who cares at this point? In regards to the Hugo Boss Slacks:

Last Thursday post GMAT, my fat ass walks into Nordstrom to buy a pair of nice slacks for a wedding that Anusha & I were to attend the following day in Thousand Oaks (So Cal). This wedding was with one of Anusha’s closest college friends, who was somewhat hesitant in inviting us as although we were two guests, we were due to my burgeoning belly, truly a party of five (no offence to the show, I loved JLH). So, in the past (distant past such as when dinosaurs existed), I could fit into a pair of 32” slim fit slacks. Last Thursday however, the sales lady politely remarked, upon watching me struggle to even fit into the dressing room, that I may be better suited to a pair of “big” slacks- I immediately became hungry, and I have no idea why.

Fast Forward Past the Fitting & Fast Food Meal:
I walk out of the store feeling like a walrus, with a pair of $175 38” Santorini pants, slobmeister fall Antartic fashion line, all the while wondering if I can return them. I am making the initial attempt on Tuesday after I get the slacks back from the drycleaner- Note To Self: If you’re big enough, drycleaners charge you a loading fee to move your wal-normous clothes to the offsite cleaning facility).

I digress, but it is a huge priority for me to reach these 3 goals in a fashion that is SUSTAINABLE. This means that I will not do this via any crash dieting, but will choose to employ moderate means that can be utilized as per a lifestyle-based template. Although I will largely utilize a 5-6 daily meal eating plan during the week, I will also employ intermittent fasting 2-3 times per week. This is a methodology described in Brad Pilon’s terrific ebook- “Eat Stop Eat”.

By the way, pardon my terrible grammar and rambling- I’m already hungry and my blood sugar is crashing- bring on the cup cakes (kidding!).

Morning Weigh In = 220.0 lbs

Although I am about 14.0 pounds over my wedding fight weight of 206.0 lbs, I was as heavy as 226 lbs just a few weeks back. I have been pretty strict the past several weeks by lowering my carbohydrate intake, decreasing my daily caloric load, and engaging in a bit more exercise.

I have made an excel spreadsheet outlining my 40 week plan to achieve my goal weight of 180 lbs. When I reach it, as anticipated in early July of 2010, I will be at my lowest bodyweight since late 1996/early 1997. At that point, I will reassess my goals, depending on if I have achieved my aforementioned 3 primary objectives.
I will attach this spreadsheet to my blog within the next week or so, as soon as I figure out how to use this application and attach an excel doc.

Nutrition Plan:
A Body For Life/Burn The Fat Plan will be in place for my nutrition plan, eating 5-6 daily meals, while consuming approximately 1,800 – 2,000 calories per day. This protocol will be in place 4-5 days during the week. In addition, 2-3 days during the week, I will intermittently fast by not eating during the day until dinnertime, where I will consume a dinner meal of about 800 – 1,000 calories.

Training Plan:
I will be training a simple split program training on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, & Fridays. I will alternate my cycle weekly.

WEEK A:
Monday: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, HIIT w/30 Min Steady State Cardio
Tuesday: Back, Biceps, HIIT w/30 Min Steady State Cardio
Wednesday: Legs, Lower Back, 45 Minutes Steady State Cardio
Friday: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, HIIT w/30 Min Steady State Cardio

WEEK B:
Monday: Back, Biceps, HIIT w/30 Min Steady State Cardio
Tuesday: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, HIIT w/30 Min Steady State Cardio
Wednesday: Legs, Lower Back, Calves, 45 Minutes Steady State Cardio
Friday: Back, Biceps, HIIT w/30 Min Steady State Cardio

In regards to sets & reps:
1. I will pick 2-3 exercises per body part (3 for larger body parts, 2 for smaller)
2. 3-5 sets of 3-5 reps per exercise
3. I will NOT training to failure (Due to CNS fatigue)

As this is the 1st week, and I am sore off past weekend training, I will only train Wed & Friday of this week, and adopt the schedule below from next week.

Updates:
I will update my blog 2-3 times per week with short postings as to my weigh-ins, training, and food log. In addition, I will have 1 long post every week with reflecton as to my progress and observations through the transformation. Stay Tuned- Same Bengali Time, Same Bengali Channel…