Giving it a shot

So I've been doing the greatest workout system I have ever found and lately it's been all I can talk about. No matter the situation I find my self in, I find a way to squeak Crossfit in to the conversation. I have already seen huge improvements in my overall fitness. Although until a recent stay in El Paso as shown me that I need to be full time in a dedicated Crossfit gym, surronded by fellow CFers. In the past I had been making due with my Global Gym atmosphere and spent time when available at a gym back in my home town. So I found a local box gym that will be more than beneficial in my quest for optimal performance. I will use this medium to start posting my times and weights. I have just recently read Robb Wolf's article that are published on www.perfomancemenu.com and are available for download for a nominal fee. This has promted me to embark on a journey of puttin' on some serious weight and doing it fast. I have been crossfitting since about July, when I started I was about 140 pounds and had little muscle mass. Today I am 160lb and definetly more muscle mass. I would like to see 175-180lbs but it's going to take some work. So today I will be starting the mass gain. I have already been zoning for the past few months and have just started to increase the fat block in my diet. For information regarding the Zone diet, pick up the books "Entering the Zone" & "Mastering the Zone" by Dr. Barry Sears. This is how the diet goes; use your Lean body my to find your "zone". How do you do that?, you ask. There are many different ways to come about this, you can find some resources online. A good one is in the back of the "Mastering the Zone" book, just be sure what ever you use be consistent.

My Values:
Weight: 160lb
Body Fat%: 10.5
Body Fat: 17lbs
Lean Body Mass: 143lb
Protein Prescription: 143lb x activity factor => 143 x 0.8 = 115grams
Blocks needed: 115/(grams of protein per block = 7) = 16.4 --> 17 blocks since I want weight gain.

This would be my normal days amount of food

17 blocks of protein
17 blocks of carbs
17 blocks of fats

Broken down into 3 meals 5 block meals, and two one block snacks

For my weight gain I am going to start consuming

19 blocks of protein
19 blocks of carbs
95 blocks of fats!!!! that's a whopping 143grams of fats (olive oil, nuts, avacodo, etc)

Since I have started I have cut out all forms of Sugar (only cheating very rarely, and absolutley no soda), and have cut out most forms of processed grains (breads, pastas, rice, cakes, cookies, etc).

On top of my regular 3 on 1 off WODs I'm going to start a wieght lifting program that focuses on mostly O-lifting.

I know this was a long post. I will try to keep it up to date as much as possible. I am looking forward to posting so times and wieghts, and grocery bills. This may not be the best timing to be doing this since I am just getting over a cold, but we shall see.