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Mid way through part 5 I switched from paleo-ish to Keto. I like the keto diet and will continue it this challenge. Crossfit will also follow me to part 6...but who could quit CF. Also, I have a 5K on July 15th. I don't anticipate being able to run the whole thing, but my goal is to run as much as possible. Goals: 1) Eat Keto keep nuts and nut butter to single servings don't over do dairy remember to eat veggies with dinner using MFP is optional, it can be useful but using it daily can be a drag. So maybe try to use it on weekends when sticking to plan is hardest. but again this is optional 2) CrossFit and Run at least 2 WODs per week at least 2 running days per week 3) Allowances for non-Keto foods 1 meals per week Days in which allowances are used will count as passing for goal 1. EDIT: I just officially canceled my Weight Watchers subscription. I was technically a free life time member, but have been struggling for almost a year to stay at my set goal weight. I am getting leaner but building muscle so my weight is staying a little high. WW only cares about the number on the scale. They also sort of criminalize all fats...which doesn't fit in with the Keto diet. I have toyed with the idea of canceling for some time now but felt committed. Well no more. I AM FREE!

I've been trying to figure out the right macro fit for me. I have PCOS and people everywhere are recommending a ketogenic diet. I've done a bit of research and I'm a bit confused. The low carb part: how low are people going? The numbers I'm pulling seem unrealistically low! Also, the foods they recommend to fill the diet are fatty meats and dairy...two things that make my body very upset! D: Anyone else trying or have tried the keto diet? Your experience? Do you think just reducing my carb intake would be enough, since I don't think I can do a true keto diet. It doesn't seem sustainable either. Thoughts? Advice? Opinions?

Placeholder / Draft If Christian Bale and Sean Bean can use Gun Kata, then I can have a challenge using Keto Kata ... flying meat, destroying bread... who knows - but "it has been broughten!" GOALZZZZZZZZZZ: FAT LOSS (would like to lose it and never find it again) 1) 4 Weeks of Calorie Restricted KETO: shooting for <50g carbs per day, over 150g protein, and control fat to stay under total 1,750 cals (increasing if I find myself more active than normal - I exist primarily behind a desk or the wheel of a car 2) 3-4 strength workouts per week doing NF Academy - bodyweight level 3 workouts 3) Daily - Get at least 30 minutes walking (bonus points for exceeding 10,000 steps) LIFE GOAL: Get through 3 investment books (beneficial to both work and personal goals That's it - and whatever images / GIFs I can conjure that illustrate Keto Kata - the art of blocking carbs and getting a SICK body (pronounced "sih-eh-ick" I think) by shedding fat GOALS DONE - draft done - here we go

I really miss you nerds! I created this "placeholder" challenge WEEKS ago - and then allowed work to keep me away. Well, here is what I'm going to do for the final week. 1) Prep for the next challenge 2) Eat a high-protein-low-calorie-Keto diet; for workouts do lots of walking and do bodyweight workouts from NF academy in the evenings (after work); increase sleep to 7 hours per night (that's 3 fitness things, right? Keep it simple, Bacon!) Rangers rule!

The story until now... In my youthful days I loved martial arts and stayed in great shape. After losing my way and my twenties I was over 300 lbs and 40% body fat. I worked really hard at it and got down to 202 lbs and 18% body fat. I stopped doing martial arts and got into Power Lifting. I am currently 240 lbs and 20% Body Fat. My warrior days are behind me now. For the last two years I've really gone all in on Obstacle Course Racing. I completed my Spartan Trifecta last year and will be running ten races this year ending with the Spartan Beast (one of the hardest OCR races out there). However, in the Next Four Weeks The How 1) Keep on the new ketogenic diet 2) Crossfit 2 x a week 3) Running 1 X a week 4) MMA training 1 x a week 5) Meditate every night/yoga Challenges and Milestones 1) Get better at climbing a rope and monkey bars 2) Run a full marathon Mar 11 (No obstacles, just a race. Only done half marathons so far) Goals 1) Lose five Lbs 2) Lose 2% Body Fat 3) Complete the Marathon

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask this - my apologies if it's not, but I sadly couldn't find a keto board per se. I've been on a ketogenic diet for two and a half years now - not for weight loss, but for diabetes control. I've got liver diabetes which is particularly tricky, and the diet keeps me off insulin. So worth it, even though I often go through days of hating it and wanting carbs desperately. (Yes, I have tried glutamine, several other supplements, and time. Didn't touch the cravings. So I just deal, and use willpower.) I also have a ton of allergies on top of the keto, which restricts me even further. On top of that, I have an autoimmune disease (which caused the liver diabetes) and one of its side effects is that if I eat the same food too often, I'll become allergic and lose it, which is not a good thing on a very limited diet. So my challenge is to keep things varied enough within the tiny range of food that I've got. So ... if there are other ketogenic people out there, what are your favorite recipes? I can eat dairy (and do eat lots of it, my body doesn't have a problem with it) and I eat stevia, but I'm allergic to Splenda and aspartame and sugar alcohols make my gut ache, so stevia is it. (Can't do honey or maple syrup - blood sugar spike.) But I'm doing no grains, no starches (including all root veggies except for a little carrot now and then for Vitamin A), and almost no fruit (blood sugar spikes, I can have maybe a tiny handful of berries every couple of days). If I could get back anything it would be fruit, sigh, but it is what it is. So, recipes you love, ketogenic folks? And if there are any ketogenic diabetics out there who are using this to help control their blood sugar, speak up! All the online keto shit is about weight loss, and the assumption that one will do it, get thin, and eventually quit. It seems like almost all ketogenic nutritionists are what we call "diabetic dodgers" - they don't want to deal with us as a population, they all say "see your doctor" as if your local doctors are likely to have any clue about ketogenic diets. (In my experience, they don't.) Using a ketogenic diet instead of insulin seems to make everyone freak out - surely there are people besides me who are doing this? How are you doing adapting to permanent keto, and keeping your nutrition OK? Anyway, I'll post a recipe here that is one of my favorites. I'll continue to post recipes on this thread. I won't police what recipes others post here, but I'm specifically looking for stuff with no grains, no starches, no fruit, no natural sugars, no artificial sweeteners except stevia; all animal products are OK, and shit like xanthan gum and whey protein is OK. Looking for super low carb but still tasty, not Paleo. But really, post your faves whatever they are. Anyway, crackers because I totally missed crunchy stuff. These are not structurally sound enough to stab into dip and scrape without crumbling, but they are good enough for spreading, and for gently scooping very soft dip. Even my friends who eat normal food liked these. The only person who can't eat them is, ironically, my wife who has diverticulosis and can't have tiny seeds. But the celiac friends, the Paleo friends, the vegan friends, and even the ordinary eaters jumped on them. I can hardly keep the gluten-free third partner from devouring my whole supply. Awesome Seed Crackers This recipe is done with ratios, not amounts, so it’s adjustable for however much you want to make. That said, when I make them, “one part” is about ¼ cup. That makes 3-4 sheets of cracker. Suitable for low carb, paleo, vegan, gluten-free, and nut allergy people. 2 parts roasted sunflower seeds 2 parts roasted pumpkin seeds 1 part sesame seeds 1 part poppy seeds 1 part chia seeds 4 parts water (chia is the key in this recipe, it glues everything together, and chia to water is always 1:4 parts) Salt to taste (I use a generous sprinkle) Lots of herbs (I will sometimes do up to a half-part mixed dried herbs, which makes for a lot of flavor; these can be basil, oregano, rosemary, savory, dill, etc.) Baking parchment (very important, the cracker mix will stick badly to anything else, including tinfoil and pans) Mix all ingredients in a bowl and let them sit for about an hour, stirring every 10 minutes or so to make sure that the chia has turned to goo and gotten all over everything. Put baking parchment in the bottom of a baking pan and spread the mix in a very, very thin layer – as thin as possible while still having full coverage. Bake at around 350 for a half hour to 45 minutes, depending on your oven’s strength. Check after half an hour. The edges should be starting to brown, and it shouldn’t be soft and rubbery. If you pull it out too soon and find, as it cools, that it is rubbery, it’s OK to put it back in for 5 or 10 minutes – keep checking it. The sheet should be firm and stiff. Break it into pieces and eat with cheese dip or hummus or guacamole or what you will. I use the "crumbs" on salads like croutons afterwards.

Life has been quite a mess the past few months. Its time to clean shit up! Here's a quick recap: Earlier this year I started having problems with depression which derailed my entire life from home to work to the gym. I got some good help (therapy and meds), and now I'm getting back on track. I was able to complete the last challenge and get back into several of my old habits. I've also started on the 20 lbs. PvP weight loss challenge. Main Goal: Maintain and refine the habits gained from the last challenge and lose body fat. This challenge I'll be focussed on cutting and fat loss, maintaining strength, and fixing areas of life that are broken to add more support to my efforts. Yesterday, I read three articles on Lyle MacDonald's blog (one, two, and three) that I found very helpful, and that are guiding my efforts this challenge. These are guiding all three of my goals in one way or another. Grading: Rather than counting points and doing letter grades, I'm going to go Pass/Fail with a penalty system. If I screw up, I do "X" additional minutes of HIIT to compensate. If I have any penalties remaining at the end from a goal, I fail that goal. Also, I'll be gone at a conference for a week, June 19-26. Plans will be modified appropriately. Goal 1: Clean Eating To lose weight without losing too much muscle and strength, I need to follow a good clean, ketogenic diet. I started eating keto last challenge. The only difference is now I'll be tracking, and to keep calories lower for cutting, I'll be removing the skin from several of my chicken quarters. Daily ketogenic macro goals: eat at least 165g PRO, but no more than 50g in a single meal eat less than 58g CHO stay under 2500 cals daily eat around 161g Fat No alcoholic beverages -- also helps goal 3 I will: Eat for hunger only. Eat one piece of meat at each meal. Eat a moderate to small amount of fat with each meal If feelin' hangry... snack on lean meat/protein Eat a serving or two of non-starchy veggies (broccoli, leafy greens, and the like) at each meal Avoid Fruit, Grains, legumes, and starchy veggies (potatoes, other tubers, etc.) And of course avoid sugars, and alcohol. I will write down what I eat. I will record when I notice the signs of being in ketosis. I will weigh myself once a week. I will adjust intakes (more v. less) based on progress. Penalty: For each day I exceed 2500 cal or 58g CHO per day, or 50g protein/meal, or for each alcoholic beverage consumed, Note: If I'm short on protein, I have to make it up, which may cause me to exceed calories for the day so the penalty applies indirectly. Anytime I break one of these rules I owe the Universe 3 additional minutes of HIIT added to my workouts. Goal 2: Clean and Press I'm going to change up my workout routine based on the weightlifting for fat loss articles linked to above. Also, I want to learn the clean and press, and in the future incorporate more Oly lifts in my workouts from time to time. I've been doing a hybrid of Stronglifts 3x5 and IceCream 5x5. Now I'll be alternating heavy days (SL)IceCream 3x5, with lighter weight days of Clean and Press training, plus lightweight accessory lifts and HIIT to burn more calories. For accessory training, I'm shooting for the 8-12 rep range and I'll be supersetting and circuiting to reduce rest times. I'm going to alternate between upper body and lower accessory work. Also, my heavy workouts will replace front squats with low bar back squats and increase the number of deadlifts I do. I increase my lifts when I get 3 full sets of 5, and in every workout, I try 5 sets to get this before giving up. Deadlifts will advance for 1x5, and I will do 3 sets of 5 or less. I will be working out 4 times a week as such: Monday: Tuesday: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: 3x5: Clean and Press HIIT 3x5: Clean and Press Low Bar Back Squat Upper Accessory Lifts Stretching Front Squat Lower Accessory Lifts Bench Press Press Pendlay Row Deadlift I want to reforge the habit of going to the gym every morning M-F. Wednesday will just be a kind of, show up, do some stuff and leave. I'll do a dedicated session of HIIT then. I'll only do HIIT on other workout days if I need to make up for penalties. Penalty: If I miss a workout I owe the Universe 10 minutes of HIIT. Goal 3: Clean Mind I want to incorporate some things to help deal with my anxiety/depression, maintain better focus and remove stress. Get up early - no snooze Meditate daily 1 Lakeside morning commutes/walks per week If I get up early I can easily get the first three. Penalty: 1 min. of HIIT for each missed clean mind goal, or 1 yoga class removes all penalty points. Life Goal: Clean Priorities Sub-Goal 1: Make a to-do list. -- I need to manage my time better both in work and life, stop procrastinating, and just get things done. So I'm making a to do list. I'll just add things to it as I go, and cross them off as I finish them. I'm gonna aim to get three things off the list per day. Here's the to-do list if you want to check my progress. Reward: Every time I cross something off, I get some internetz time. I can read one article/page, or spend 10 min. on NF, FB, etc. If I cross off five things, or reach the end of my list, I can take all the time I want. I'm not doing a penalty here just because there may be some things that wind up on the list that may take more time than anticipated. I just wanted to make some effort to spend less work and home time screwing around on the internet. Sub-Goal 2: Clean Apartment While depressed this winter, I didn't clean anything. And still I come home to a mess and haven't yet found the motivation to tackle the accumulated clutter and mess. Don't get me wrong, I've kept things (mostly) sanitary, but everything is cluttered and disorganized and messy. So I want to really get things cleaned up and start making a habit of keeping up with cleaning. Spend 10 min a day tidying up -- penalty = 1 min HIIT Clean the kitchen or bathroom each weekend -- penalty = 5 min HIIT Motivation: My motivation is all about getting back in control of my life. Between grad school and depression, I've felt like I've let my own priorities get set by other people or past events or even a warped view of what is and what should be important to me. I want to have a better work/life balance, to be healthy, strong, and have a functioning brain.

The past few months have absolutely devastated all my healthy routines. Its time to get back on track. This winter I was completely levelled by a vitamin D deficiency and my ongoing depression and anxiety problems. This also explains why my last two challenges have tanked, and I haven't been able to follow a fitness plan for more than two weeks without getting derailed. I've been to the doctor about both of these, and am seeing a counsellor regularly about the depression. I've also got some meds now to help me out. I am feeling much, much better and am ready to take on this challenge. My main emphasis this challenge is to lose weight. I have made a great deal of strength gains in the past nine months, despite my problems, but I am still quite overweight and want to be able to show off some of the muscle beneath. Unfortunately, I do have a number of bad habits to break in order to proceed in getting awesomer at lifting heavy shit and getting in shape. I am currently reading the book The Power of Habit: Why We do What We do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg. I still have to read the last 100 pp. but I highly recommend it. Some of my strategies for reinventing my habits will be based on insights from that book. These are the key guidelines: 1. Habits follow a simple cycle: Stimulus --> Response (the habit behavior) --> Result ( another stimulus that signifies completion of and justifies the Response ) (this is almost Pavlovian) 2. Building a new habit or breaking an old one can be achieved by altering the response or the stimulus 3. Keystone habits: these are habits that when established or altered create sweeping changes in other habits Goal 1: Get up when the alarm goes off. early M-F and go to the gym. exercise at home Sleeping too late is my keystone habit. Too often I hit the snooze button and let my morning drag on. With the depression this winter it was exponentially worse. Then I'd be late to work, fall behind, get extra stressed out, and have to work late leaving little time to get a workout and a good meal in in the evening. Old Habit Cycle: Alarm --> Snooze Button (zzzzz) --> stressful day I am going to change the stimulus, and response, which will fix the result to something more rewarding. New habit Cycle: Alarm (with different ringtone) + coffee pot noise and smell --> Exercise and good breakfast --> productive day, done by 5pm (ideally) I'll be getting up a 6:00. 4:30. The gym opens and five and if I get there by then I usually have all the weight equipment to myself. Not all days will be SL 3x5, all I have to do is show up and do something. I'm switching this one up already because I can already feel that 4:30 am is going to be too early, it will save me time in the morning and not make me wiped out too early. If I stick to light exercise at home, I can get it done while breakfast and/or lunch is cooking. I'll probably stick to light kettlebell practice, pilates, body weight, and stretching exercises. Just to get the heart pumping first thing in the morning. I also don't want to short my strength training in order to get to work at a respectable time. I can also read a paper or two during breakfast. I did that this morning and it worked out really well. I'll add that below. The important thing is that I get back on a schedule, and quit wasting time in the morning. Not how early I get up or whatever. I think my natural circadian rhythm is sleeping somewhere from 11 pm - 7 am-- later, since I prefer to lift in the evenings. Grading: Percentage of the 30 opportunities to do this during the six weeks. Goal 2: SL 3x5 at least 3 days per week. If I'm successful in goal 1, I'll have plenty of opportunity to do this. I might limit it to two during the week, then sneak the third in on Saturday or Sunday though. Lifting before breakfast can be brutal. I'll just stick with doing this in the evenings. Also, I'll be adding the Ice Cream 5x5 accessory work to my SL 3x5. Grading: percentage of 18 total required SL 3x5 workouts Goal 3: Poverty Paleo Eat healthy -- support the gainz -- but economically. So my financial troubles have forced me to go paleo-ish and ketogenic. Essentially, I have to cut back drastically for a while on how much I can spend on food. However, I REFUSE TO GIVE UP MY PROTEIN! So I'll be living primarily on chicken leg quarters and eggs on the challenge. I did the math. I can hit ~2500 cals per day (maintenance = 3000) and ~150g protein (my lean body weight is somewhere just above this). If I eat lots of chicken, without being picky about the leanness of the meat, on my budget I still have room for a good dose of veggies everyday. So I'm going paleo/keto. I've figured out that I can splurge on some other stuff to break the monotony (I've been doing this the past two weeks, its boring for sure). So I'm going to stick to eating this way 6 days a week. Going keto and having the deficit will promote weight loss. Getting gains is going to be tough. I will have some carbs for recovery after my SL 3x5 workouts, that ought to help. Okay, so I'm not really paleo or keto. My goal is to just eat economically (and therefore monotonously) and avoid splurging on anything extra except for maybe one thing a week. In other words, don't buy and eat an entire frozen pizza and a can of Pringles cuz I'm drunk, emotionally, and/or bored. And yeah, avoid drinking. Grading: Number of days out of 36 that I stick to this plan. don't splurge on a more expensive/less healthy meal. Goal 4: Exercise at least 5 evenings after work a week. I want to build a habit of exercising at the end of my day. Life gets busy, and there will be days when I can't exercise afterwork, but if I make a habit of doing something every day when I get home, and not put off working, I decrease the number of workouts I'll miss. 3 of these will be my (SL)Ice Cream 3x5 workouts. The other two will be lighter stuff like pilates, playing with the kettle bells, stretching/recovery work, or body weight exercise. Grading: Percentage of 30 points Life Goal: Be more productive, and increase rate of progress toward finishing my PhD. Gonna try to hack my work habits here: Sub-goal: Spend 1 hour in the morning a day writing: As soon as I get to work, spend one hour writing my thesis or papers. I've been lagging a great deal on this front. Habit cycle: sit down at desk --> write --> check progress (word count, review/edit) Sub-goal: Read at least one article directly related to my thesis M-F: At the end of the day (when reading is best) whenever, but I'll try to do this during breakfast to just get it done. Habit cycle: ??? Food + Coffee --> Read --> Check this one off the list for the day. Sub-goal: Go to work at least one day on the weekend: Focus on catching up (things will be missed). Habit cycle: ??? Not sure how to hack the habit cycle on all these. Maybe add alarms on my phone, look for other cues. We'll see. The first one will be easy, as its just sitting down at my desk. Grading: Percentage of the 66 total points.

Aaaand I'm back. Well, I was always around, lurking/creepin' on the forums and dutifully reading my biweekly NF emails, so let's say I'm back and actively participating. So, let's get down to business, shall we? Main Quest: To lose 10 pounds and/or 5% bodyfat. Bikini season is soon upon us, ya'll. SUMMER IS COMING! Current stats: 142 lbs, 28% body fat, 5'5", single white female (j/k j/k). How to do it? 1) Ketosis. Can I get an "Amen"? I'm pretty much in love with the ketogenic diet. After going full paleo since the beginning of the year, I started playing with ketosis for a month now and love my results. I've been following a "paleo" version of it, so no dairy but lots of coconut and olive oil, fish, fatty grass-fed goodness (I'm salivating), etc. I'll follow a paleo-ketogenic diet 97%. By 97% I mean, one "off" meal a week that will probably throw me out of ketosis, but it better be so worth it. I've tried having "weekends off" or even one "off" day a week, but have found that my weight jumps up 5 pounds, then takes all week to get back to my pre-cheat-day weight. Yes, I do weigh myself everyday. Yes, I know doing that doesn't give me the most accurate information about true weight loss. But I like to start my day off knowing I'm making progress, cos usually it's a good number. So anyway, paleo-keto 97% of the time. I'll be tracking my macros and calories on myfitnesspal, aiming for 1400 calories a day (this is surprisingly hard for me to hit. I find myself eating coconut oil off a spoon sometimes to get that high). 2) Drink a gallon of water a day. A ketogenic diet is naturally diuretic, so keeping a close eye on hydration is key. I know I don't drink enough water daily. After I left my water bottle at a doctor's office a few weeks ago, I've haven't been putting effort into my water intake. 3) Follow Barbell Battalion Lvl 1 Started this last week and am OBSESSED with the barbell! So basically for this challenge I'll be at the gym 3x/week following the workout plan. Gotta get dem stallion legs. Motivation: Again, SUMMER IS COMING! More specifically, I'm taking a river trip down in Austin in June with a huge group of folks. I want to look hella good in that new bikini I'm going to get myself when this challenge is complete. #epicloot

I want this 6 week Challenge to be centered on building good habits and consistency. My main quest is still on-going weight loss, but how I approach my overall health and well-being needs to change slightly. I was able to meet my first Challenge 2 weeks early, but my side-quests were left to waste. I feel I should have worked out more, walked more, etc... This Challenge will bring about a few new things for me. First of all, this will be my first Challenge as a Ranger. :wave: And, I'm super excited to get started with a real guild and maybe make some new traveling companions. This will also be my first attempt at earning real attribute points. I hope I'm doing it right. I'm tying specific points to my quests, and then at the end of the challenge I will grade each one and award the points accordingly. Main Quest: Lose 20 pounds Continue to eat Paleo-Ketogenic with no cheats [worth 5 CON] Walk, bike, or get active everyday [worth 5 STA] Workout 3 days a week [worth 3 STR] Personal Care [worth 2 CHA] Breakdown of quests: Diet My ultimate goal is to use only natural, organic veggies and meats, but if I miss a meal or two I'm not going to lose any sleep. As long as I keep my carbs under 20 and I get enough fat to stay full, I'll be happy and consider this quest a success. Activity I'd like to say 10,000 steps a day is my goal, but not this challenge. As long as I get out and get moving I'll count it. I average 3 miles a day right now. I'll be content to just maintain that amount, and build consistency of doing it every day. Workout This may be my biggest challenge! All I'm really looking for here is consistency. I'll settle for minimal gain as long as I'm at least going through the motions 3 times a week. Body weight is still too hard, but I'll find a way to get a full body workout routine down. Maybe by the end I'll have a set routine and something to build on for the next challenge. Personal I'd like to get into a better habit of taking care of myself in general. Adding some morning yoga, improving hygiene practices, dress to impress, etc. Even though I'm doing so much for my health over the last few months, I still tend to just not take care of myself, or not care how I look. I want to change that, but I feel it is the least important of my quests, so I'm giving it the least attention and points. Each week I will try to make a larger post outlining the finer details of the previous week and the week to come. I'd like to record my measurements along with my weight weekly so I can track my progress in more than one way. Sometimes the scale just won't move but you lose in other ways, like around the waist. This past week I lost 2 pounds, but in previous weeks I've lost as much as 10. It just depends on what my body is willing to let go of that week. Plus, the more I lose, the less I will lose each week. That's just science, and I can accept that. Anywho, here are my official starting stats for this 6-Week Challenge: Weight: 300 lb Waist: 51 ¼ inches (Size 44 jeans. Not sure how that works.) Chest: 52 ½ inches (2XL shirts) Thighs: 28 inches Neck: 18 ½ inches Final Notes About Me: Because I'm new to this guild, and fairly new to the site in general, I thought I'd share some lesser details about me... Home Life: I am 26, Married, and a father of 3 young girls, ages 2, 5, and 8. I own my own home (payed for) that I am constantly working on remodeling or improving in some way. While I am a stay-at-home Dad, that doesn't mean that I don't work. I am constantly busy with running and chores and more than most people do in their day jobs! I'm lucky to have a wife that is both willing and able to support our financial endeavors. Body & Diet: I'm 6'6†and a large frame. Many people don't guess me to be 300, and are shocked to know that I (was) 350. I eat Paleo-Ketogenic, which means that I eat less than 20 grams of carbs a day. No grains, sugar, or fructose. And I only eat a moderate (read: adequate) amount of protein. In addition to those parameters, I try to eat within Paleo standards: avoiding dairy, legumes, etc. Only eating natural whole foods. Organic stuffs, etc. Interests: I am an active musician, recently (temporarily) retired from the stage and working on another project. Publicly I am a drummer, and proud to show off my monster kit and my skills. But, I also play guitar, bass, keyboard, and pretty much anything that makes noise. My favorite genre to play is metalcore (melodic metal, post grunge era). I also enjoy watching sports, my favorite being American Football (go Colts!). But I also enjoy Tennis, Basketball, Hockey, and Soccer. I play games as often as I can. Xbox is my current fix, but I used to be big into PC gaming before switching to a laptop. Game in my console right now: FFXIII So that's me, my goals, and more than you ever planned on reading (assuming anyone made it this far). I can't wait to get started and get another 6-weeks closer to the perfect me!