A new lease

Hello and welcome to the Fit and Tasty blog.

It was only a year ago that my girlfriend purchased me a gym membership for my birthday. Knowing this was a hint as to the fact that I had gained a significant amount of weight, I realized I wanted to make a change. Since I started working in an office and commuting 70 miles a day I had gained over 40lbs and transitioned a large percentage of my body weight to fat.

I weighed in a 235lbs at 25 years old with over 20% body fat. Now at 26 I weigh in at 207lbs with 9% body fat. I work out 3-4 days a week at the gym and I ride bmx. Nowadays I work out for two big reasons.

1. Reaching and maintaining my fitness goals
2. Injury prevention

The other big thing about me is that I love to cook and experiment with flavors. I created this blog to display not only fun work outs but to show my recipes along with some of my friends' recipes.

Their are three total contributors to this blog.
1. Myself: Patrick
2. My good friend: Tony
3. My Sister: Gretchen

Tony is a great friend and constant inspiration to push my workouts harder and my runs farther. I will let him tell you more about himself in his introduction post.

Gretchen is my sister who was the person who inspired me to cook clean and healthy and is a constant source of support in my life. She can also tell you more about herself in her introduction.

Please take your time to read this. Blog and try these recipes. I wouldn't post something I wouldn't eat.