Getting Lean. Personal trainer style.

Well it's the new year and like most of us, I have been a little slack with the food, indulging a little too much. My body fat content has increased and I took a look in the mirror the other day to be shocked white. It wasn't helped by my friend who I hadn't seen for about 18 months saying to me, " wow you have let your self go " . So, after he was safely in the ambulance and on his way to casualty I decided to embark on my 2009 getting lean program. Truthfully though, there are a few things that have caused me to get a little pudgy over the past few months and, believe it or not, failing to eat enough is one of the big things. I calculated by BMR and discovered that I need over 2000 calories per day just to stay alive. With the help of a heart rate monitor I found out that an average 1 hour kickboxing class burns about 1000 calories. I do five of these a week. A grunt strength training session ( kettlebell, sandbag, ) burns about 450 calories. I do three of these a week. On a rough calculation this means I need about 3800 - 4000 per day to keep up with my energy output. After keeping a food journal it became painfully obvious that I was getting no-where near that. In fact most days I was consuming as little as 1600 calories. The result of this is that my body was in starvation mode, which means my metabolism was sluggish, my thyroid hormones were erratic and I was storing fat.
Today is the day that Begin my increasing food phase. For me this means 6 meals a day. Breakfast looked like this; ( 6am )
4 eggs
2 rye bread toast
4 tomatos
1 mushroom
3 fish oil caps
1 shot of barley grass.
I am just having my morning snack ( 9.48 ) 48 minutes late!!
1 can of tuna
1 protein ball
1 grunt shake.
The total calories so far is about 1200. Only another 2800 to go.
It's a good thing I like food
More soon
Daz.