Fitzness Fiend: Atul Patel

Fitzness Fiends is a section devoted to you, the reader! We all have learned so much on our path to becoming more fit, and now it's time to learn from and inspire each other! Fitzness Fiends are constantly working to better themselves. Some are perfect, some are not. All have health on the mind. Please send Fitz your answers to these questions with a photo of yourself. Time for you to be the motivator!

Name: Atul Patel

Age: 36

Occupation: Marketing Professional, Blogger (www.thingsivenoticed.com )

How often do you exercise? Two to four times a week

What type of exercise do you do? Soccer, volleyball, road and mountain bicycling, weights, elliptical machine, and occasional running.

What gets you to workout, even when you're feeling lazy? Seeing pictures of myself in which I look like I've gained weight.

What's on your MP3 player? Everything from Alternative to Hard Rock to 80's Music to Jazz to Hindi to Electronic to Classical.

Favorite healthy food? Salsa

Favorite not-so-healthy food? The nacho chips that go so well with salsa.

Greatest fitness accomplishment? Losing 11 lbs after knee surgery and resuming soccer and volleyball just like before. I'm planning on doing a 100 mile bike ride in June.

Best fitness advice? Keep periodically checking, (and even track), your weight so that you never let it get too far out of control.

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