This weekend I spent the Memorial day in the Jersey Shore… The beach and boardwalks were crowded with tan and toned bodies. In the mix was me, white as a fresh new white-board and that thirty-something belly which looks like someone pulled the red line on an airline Life-preserver. While I’m sure the girls want Brad Pitt us guys want his abs. So I’m on a thirty day mission to get in shape and get abs like Brad Pitt, Angela beware.

After researching the many ways to loose weight and get fit I declinded on the chemistry of the diet-industry. While Trimspa and those chemical influenced products are nicely advertised I think after Ana Nicole Smith accidentally overdosed people might want to reconsider. So I opt-out for the new trend of “The South Beach Diet”.

Now I am not obese, I’m a thirty-something guy who is completely out of shape- beer gut and all. I can touch my toes!!! I’m proud of that. I’m a couch potato, the garlic-mashed type. So today at the Gym I weighed myself… 175 and I’m 5′ 11″ and 3/4 – 6 foot if I have a quarter in my pocket.

I would like to shave off ten pounds, but more importantly I want more energy in this crazy world. I mean its nice to vegg-out on the couch and watch the Lindsay Lohan but today as she starts her re-hab I am too.

So here it is the Geeks guide to getting in shape, as I follow to my own editing rights of “The South Beach Diet”.

MORNING: Woke up and went to the gym – Stretched then ran 5.5 mph for 30 minutes – then 5 minute slow down. 370 calories. 2.8 miles.

Breakfast: V8, eggs and bacon. NO COFFEE… I’m already dying!!! No caffeine fix. I will blame all grammar issues of this post on LCE – Limited Caffeine Effect.

Here it goes…. Place your bets on how far this will actually take me. The good news is I saved 5 bucks not getting Star-bucked!!