tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75840105000344230422024-03-05T03:34:08.163-05:00Every Day A New AdventureA blog dedicated to my adventures in Weight Loss, Health, Fitness, Real Food, Music, and living the good life with my little family.<br><br>
I am a man in the New Renaissance.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-88984614084129508092012-07-31T15:12:00.000-04:002012-07-31T15:12:13.247-04:00Sweet Tooth Infographic<a href="http://www.onlinenursingprograms.com/nursing-your-sweet-tooth/"><img src="http://images.onlinenursingprograms.com.s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-your-sweet-tooth.jpg" alt="Nursing Your Sweet Tooth" width="500" border="0" /></a><br />Created by: <a href="http://www.onlinenursingprograms.com/">www.OnlineNursingPrograms.com</a>
Sugar is so prevalent now, that things touted as healthy still make a large portion of total sugar consumption. This is especially important for parents with small children, and You HAVE TO read the nutrition facts on fruit juices and dairy products marketed to children. Parents generally know that giving kids a hand full of M&M's will turn them into cranky little energy monsters prone to bouts of hate and discontent, but most parents don't realize an organic strawberry milk from a prominent Organic "health food" company like Horizon has <a href="http://www.horizondairy.com/products/milk-boxes/lowfat-strawberry-milk-box/">23g of sugar</a> in it! How many M&M's are in a box? One gram of sugar is about the size of an M&M. Fruit juices are the same way. They are marketed to kids for parents, put on the bottom shelves of grocery stores so little hands can grab them and plead their parents to buy them. A whole natural food is stripped of all it's basic parts and refined down to the juice, concentrated, mixed, stabilized, held in a tank, and then mixed with preservatives, <a href="http://www.foodrenegade.com/secret-ingredient-your-orange-juice/">non-artificial artificial flavoring</a>, water, and sugar to be packaged into small kid-sized containers to be shoved into a lunchbox next to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a bag of Doritos. If it's a health conscious parent, the kid may get some pre-packaged apple slices with a caramel pack. This is assuming there isn't a soda in there instead!
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Read your labels folks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-41817021723183006622012-06-28T16:52:00.000-04:002012-06-28T17:09:27.412-04:00Goldie<i>Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name<br>-The Avett Brothers</i>
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Ladies and Gentleman, Introducing: Goldie Cleopatra Fout<br>
6Lbs 11oz, 19 1/4" long
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It was a long, stressful couple of days, and with Tropical Storm Debby dropping shite-loads of rain on north Florida, luckily we didn't have to kayak to the hospital! The weather is back to beautiful now, Baby and Momma are doing very well, and Goldie is adjusting nicely to being a part of the world. Momma did such a great job, and we're all so proud of her. She took great care of herself during the pregnancy, and it really shows.
The doctor, at one point even said: "Momma has been feeding her well!" She is so happy, pleasant, and healthy. She's such a blessing.
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If you were wondering how DB is doing with being a big sister, all I can say is she's super excited. She loves her little sister, and I can't wait for us to get home so we can get everyone settled in. I will be doing my damnedest to keep providing, nurturing, teaching, and looking forward so these girls will want for nothing. Dixie is already a hurricane, so these two together will change the world. Smart, sassy, and beautiful is a lethal combination. Look out World.<br><br>
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I haven't been too active on the blog front lately, and what I have been has been minimal. I haven't really felt like contributing to the noise; and have instead been in favor of reading, watching, improving my fitness, and taking care of my family. I never announced on here we were expecting another baby, but here she is. Please welcome the next little adventurer to the fold. <br><br>She favors her momma. Like her momma, she's absolutely beautiful. <br><br>She's perfect.
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Synopsis: Paleo is backed by science, rather than dietary dogmas/
Beware: Contains Science
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Happy Birthday DB.
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<b>Vibram update</b><br />
For those of my followers wondering "Hey, I wonder if Mike is still wearing those <a href="http://armchairadventure.blogspot.com/2011/08/daddys-silly-shoes.html">funny shoes</a>?"<br />
Yes. I am wearing my funny shoes, and I have accidentally increased my weekly mileage quite a bit, sue to the pure awesome feeling of running them. The calf soreness and pinky toe cramping has gone away, and I feel good on the go. <br />
Today, <a href="http://armchairadventure.blogspot.com/2011/09/fasted-training.html">fueled on nothing but black coffee</a> and a coffee mug of homemade beef broth, I set off on a run with no real plan as to what the final distance would be. I new it would be at least 3 miles, but I had no intention of setting a limit. The weather has been beautiful yesterday and today, with the humidity of the summer finally dropping off and a nice north wind blowing through gently. It was 84F when I started (29C for pretty much the rest of the known world), and sunny. To facilitate my daily dose of Vitamin D, I was clad in nothing but a pair of baggies with my communication device (page/cell/2way comm phone affectionately known as "the bat phone") in my wax pocket, my VFF's, a reflective belt (you know, for safety ::facepalm::), and my Simple Hydration Bottle; which we'll get to later. It felt great. I can't remember the most comfortable I have been on a run in a long time. I took it slow, never got winded, and just enjoyed it. I walked some, but it was more a run than a walk. The sun was brutal, and I wanted to keep running to see how far I could go. After the first 5 miles or so I decided to refill my bottle, get some water and a sip of broth, and I picked up my fishing shirt to cover me up. visual reference <a href="http://armchairadventure.blogspot.com/2010/10/published-with-blogger-droid-v1.html">here</a><br />
I ended up with a combined total, according to google maps, a 9.7mi Run/Walk fasted, in VFF's, and in a fishing shirt. This is pretty much the longest run I've completed that I know of. I'm not a distance runner by any means, and actively avoid chronic distance. I just wanted to see how far I could go. I definitely ran more than I walked, and it took about 2 hours to complete it all, but I will still put it up there on the accomplishments. I'm not training for any races.<br />
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<b>Simple Hydration</b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://205.186.148.220/wp-content/themes/simplehydration/images/bottle300h.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="108" src="http://205.186.148.220/wp-content/themes/simplehydration/images/bottle300h.png" /></a></div>I found out about the <a href="http://www.simplehydration.com/">Simple Hydration</a> bottle when one of my searches for the end of the internet led me to <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1708318461/simple-hydration-water-bottle-for-runners-active-i">Kickstarter.com</a>. This is a site that lets people give small sums of money to fund projects that would otherwise not get off the ground. It works similarly to a PBS fund drive, where you pledge you support, and various levels of support equal different gifts in return. However, you only get charged if the project meets it's funding goal. I loved the idea fr the bottle founder Brian Hock came up with, and saw the potential so I pledged my support, and have a bottle now to test and evaluate. Verdict: I love the little thing. It gets hot enough for the crawfish to crawl out pre-boiled here in the summer, so the idea of a bottle I can take with me on my half naked runs was spot-on. Truth be told I use it more as a basting brush than it's intended purpose, but keeping my skin cool and my bandanna wet gives me more endurance on those searing days. It works best with a strong waist band or a belt (more reason for my reflective belt, you know, for safety ::facepalm::), as I've had a hard time keeping it in place with lightweight running shorts, but it's small enough and designed so well that it fits in the palm of your hand and you don't even realize you are carrying a bottle at all. I have run with bottles before in the past carrying like a football tucked in your arm, but it's difficult staying relaxed carrying it that way. Camelbaks are sufficient, but I don't need that much water on short runs, and I prefer to not run with straps on my shoulders. The Simple Hydration bottle works great. It also fits in my weight vest, when I'm wearing that. I can say with confidence this bottle would work great in any active situation. I wish I had one of these in my military training days. I plan on purchasing a couple more. <br />
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<b>Running in a Fishing Shirt</b><br />
I honestly don't know why I've never tried this before. With the heat and the sun in the south, I just can't completely give-up using sunscreen. I put it on my tattoos to help keep the color lasting through the ages, and pretty much go without on the rest of my body, but I feel a tad guilty about it. Humans evolved many different ways to tackle the problem of sun exposure, or lack of as in the case of my European ancestry, and the modern chemicals in "SPF T-shirt" probably aren't doing me any good as they absorb into my skin. Even when I have a nice summer tan; I'm loaded up on <a href="http://www.marksdailyapple.com/8-natural-ways-to-prevent-a-sunburn-and-sunscreens-not-one-of-them/">bacon, butter, coconut oil, and tomatoes</a>; this blond haired blue-eyed kid still gets a sunburn. Plus, tattoos have the unfortunate effect of heating up hotter and earlier than the rest of your skin, which I suspect has something to do with the Ink being made out of metal (probably not the healthiest choice, come to think of it). Sunscreen helps a little. The obvious recommendation is to get out of the sun or put on clothes. This hampers the running process.<br />
Traditional cultures in hot environments wear loose fitting lightweight clothing that covers up exposed skin. Arab dessert cultures wear robes, Indians and Pakistanis wear loose pants and shirts, and the Tarahumara from the Copper Canyons of Mexico wear traditional blouses and loincloths when they run their great distance races though the mountains in extreme heat - just to think of a few. The Tarahumara are the inspiration for my fishing shirt run.<br />
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This led me to wonder why the popularity of sun shirts aren't higher in the Ancestral heath and fitness circles. Vibrams, moccasins, running sandals are all picked up from the idea that our ancestors were right, and old ideas were merely improved (VFF's being the "improvement" to the human foot) why not traditional apparel? Runners are always making sure to have the newest technical gear to run in, but go out of the way to be minimal on their feet. Is traditional apparel the next untapped market? Time will tell. Maybe I will see more folks running in fishing shirts.<br />
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<b>The Rugged Beauty of Swampy South Louisiana</b> <br />
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Louisiana has a strange charm. It's downright sultry in the summer, with heat and humidity that would choke a ghecko; Reptiles, Arachnids, and Insects that live off your suffering and can certainly ruin your day abound; and the area has to deal with the occasional Category 5 hurricane that rolls through and knocks all the trailers off their pilings (they will put a double wide anywhere down here). However, over the course of the last two years I've grown very fond of life here, and the scenery is very beautiful when it wants to be. The sunrises and sunsets are spectactular, beside the heat, the weather is pretty awesome most of the year, and the fish and wildlife are pretty awesome. The people are the friendliest you'll ever meet, and the food culture is one of a kind. <br />
I love getting off the road here and just running or hiking. I work very near the locations on Swamp People, and I can decipher the coon-ass dialect so well I don't need the subtitles on the show. Gators, Snakes, Spiders be damned. I still run trails. I do wait for the grass to be cut, and I have regular run-ins with fire ants, but so far I'm still higher on the food chain. I don't plan on changing my habits anytime soon.<br />
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<a href="http://naturallyengineered.com/blog/perfecting-the-art-of-fasting-before-running/">Perfecting the Art of Fasting Before Running</a><br />
The article deals with fasted-state running, and actively challenges the old adage that you need to carb load prior and during a run to perform well. If you are training for a race or race season Intermittent Fasting lets you work in a way to train your body to metabolize and store glucose in your muscles more efficiently. This definitely a must-read article.<br />
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In my own experience, I have switched almost entirely to fasted runs. I have not been putting in as many miles as a competitive runner, but rather supplementing my training, and maximizing the mind-clearing benefits of runs. I was starting to ratchet up my mileage before I started running in VFF's, but dialed it back down when I was breaking them in. I made up for the shorter distances with more frequent runs. It is very cathartic to just float along nearly barefoot, and I have to say it is mildly addictive when you are already into fitness. My already minimal (9mm heel drop) NB100's feel like cowboy boots compared to the KSO's. The only reason I am putting them on is I want to run on a gravel road, and gravel has been my arch nemesis lately. I really just want to run my old 5k on gravel just to get away.<br />
I have not eaten a traditional breakfast in nearly a year, and now if I run with anything more than half a banana in my stomach I feel nauseated the entire run. Running with the fuel low light on has been nothing but a blessing to my runs. I get a nice little pulse of energy after the first mile that catapults me through the rest of the run. The only exception being on very high heat and humidity days where I'm just getting beat down by the elements. Most of the time fasting helps cool your body down as well, so the summers are a lot more bearable here in the deep south. <br />
I have also completed many military fitness tests while fasted with my Navy PRT scores getting better, and my Search and Rescue Fitness Tests and Evals getting better. Swimming with anything in my stomach has generally been a bad idea anyway, due to the nausea and cramping associated. The Conventional Wisdom would be that an individual needs a large number of calories before during and after to fuel these workouts, but the opposite is true. I now perform better on an empty stomach than I do with even a light breakfast. Light breakfast being a powerbar or a piece of fruit. Now I fuel myself with a good cup (usually more) of French Pressed coffee, and at most a tiny piece of very dark chocolate to counteract the acid. Coffee and Chicory seems to provide the best results, as the chicory takes away the acid, and is high in magnesium.<br />
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The added benefits of increased insulin sensitivity, lower caloric load over time, and better fat metabolism, have all helped push me through plateaus in fitness and weight loss; and the "second wind" sometimes achieved gives the benefit of pushing through some grueling workouts leading to my better over-all conditioning. I am unsure as to this effect is from the release of liver glucose after gluconeogenesis from the previous night's protein, or if it is simply keto adaptation and the point at which the mitochondria switch over to burning ketone bodies (fat) as fuel. Either way, it has been intuitive to me to eat and work this way, so I will not be switching back.<br />
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If you are interested in learning more about Intermittent Fasting as a method, here are some very helpful links that I still follow on a regular basis:<br />
Martin Berkhan at <a href="http://www.leangains.com">Lean Gains</a><br />
Johnny at <a href="http://theleansaloon.com/">The Lean Saloon</a><br />
Brad Pillon at <a href="http://www.eatstopeat.com">Eat Stop Eat</a><br />
Mike O'Donell at <a href="http://www.theiflife.com/">The IF Life</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fast-5.com/">The Fast-5 Corporation</a><br />
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***I do want to state, that unless you have your diet really dialed in, and all the crap removed this will be a very difficult transition if this is something you are wanting to try out. A lifetime of poor dietary choices perpetuated by our consumerist society will not provide enough of the necessary nutrients for your body to run efficiently. Start with making REAL FOOD your primary source of fuel, so the need to snack on junk all day is eliminated. This is imperative. Fasting is intuitive once you can eat well enough to be able to skip a meal. Garbage in Garbage out. If you get light headed by dinner time after snacking all day, then it's time to reevaluate your food choices.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-76994858115949362332011-08-26T11:16:00.000-04:002011-08-26T11:16:01.359-04:00Not Everything in the South is Fried<a href="http://player.warpradio.com/player.asp?id=4275&streamType=&streamRate=0"><b>Before reading this post, I recommend you click this link for some audio ambiance</b></a><br />
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There is a huge benefit to living near the water - SEAFOOD! <br />
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The biggest problem you run into in the South (capitol "S") is the heavy breading, and short cooking times in hot "trans-fat free" industrial oils ruining otherwise delicious fresh fare. I love oysters on the half shell, but for some reason, I can only find them battered, fried, and stuck on a po' boy bun around <a href="http://www.louisiana-map.org/images/map-louisiana_04.jpg">here</a>, and shrimp tends to meet the same fate. Luckily, there is a culture of food down hyeah that isn't all about fried fried fried. Almost any seafood restaurant you go to, outside of a po' boy shop on the side of the road will have boiled seafood. Crabs, shrimp, <a href="http://armchairadventure.blogspot.com/2011/03/louisiana-saturday-night.html">crawfish</a> are all still snappin' when they throw them in the pot, with a healthy portion of spices, corn, sometimes sausage, and red potatoes. it's only a few minutes, and you have a beautiful pot of spicy fish candy ready to be cracked open and shoved in your face!<br />
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If you've never had blue crab, then you are truly missing out on one of the best edible creatures on the planet. People think of crabs, and they think of crab legs imported from a cold and dangerous location somewhere near the arctic circle only to break open the shells and dip the meat in clarified butter. While all this is fine and dandy, since it gives us entertaining reality television on the discovery channel, it definitely isn't the most tasty crustacean swimming and crawling across the bottom of the Ocean. As anyone along the East and Gulf Coast knows, blue crab is fish candy! It's like swimming bacon!<br />
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Now you can buy peeled and de-veined shrimp already cooked, and you can buy jumbo lump crabmeat for $30/Lb, but why mess with all that, when you can peel or pick it yourself? The locals just grab and go start picking. It really is a lot better when you pick the meat off the shell instead of worrying about all the bread in a crab cake or devilled crab. It is such a nice change-up from the usual fried nasty, or the greasy burgers on most people's plates. <br />
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Shrimping has just started again here, and word has it the boats are doing really well this season. I'm going to go look for a good deal on the side of the bayou. I love this stuff!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-55225932561350117062011-08-20T18:46:00.000-04:002011-08-20T18:46:07.400-04:00Daddy's Silly Shoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxRKbYGrmTk1cZu0erwUV7emPc-3Nas_OapNxS04u1s6rXYd1LXEBTJd5-lXeFSenkKMYs2XZxNDH-8WO0uk51xCCTvyXbe7Xc7CKvj9EuBshwTjHfAGarZ1F7x8KbnzGRodZV0JvJoc/s1600/IMG_20110820_123820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGxRKbYGrmTk1cZu0erwUV7emPc-3Nas_OapNxS04u1s6rXYd1LXEBTJd5-lXeFSenkKMYs2XZxNDH-8WO0uk51xCCTvyXbe7Xc7CKvj9EuBshwTjHfAGarZ1F7x8KbnzGRodZV0JvJoc/s400/IMG_20110820_123820.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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I finally joined the <a href="http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/index.htm">Vibram Five Fingers</a> shoe club Sunday. I was putting off the inevitable, I suppose, as my running around barefoot eventually resulted in torn callouses on the bottom of my feet that I was unaware that I had. Apparently, years of wearing steel toed flight boots had left a few manageable callouses on my big toes and inside of the balls of my feet. My barefoot run on the road after a rain a few weeks ago resulted in tears on said callouses similar to tearing a callous whilst kipping pull-ups at a CrossFit gym. I guess I was just so in the moment on my little run, that i didn't realize I was toeing off too much. I had been sprinting in the grass for a while, and wanted to top off the workout with an extra mile mostly to test my feet on the road. It felt amazing to get out and run without my shoes. Such a freeing experience, and my form was effortless. I felt like I was floating.<br />
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I switched to the New Balance 100 almost 2 years ago, and still have the same pair. They are just now starting to show signs of wear after 2 years! The follow-up, the NB101 will be a purchase soon, but I may look into getting the 8mm drop cobbled out to a zero drop, or start cutting and filing the rubber down, Anton Krupicka style:<br />
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Well here I am now. I Finally purchased a pair of the VFF's. Call me a late adopter. I am so late on the scene of barefoot footwear. Forgive me shoe hipsters. VFF's are sooo 2009. I just couldn't justify paying so much for something so ugly. They are so stupid looking, in fact, that my 18 month old little girl laughs and giggles at "Daddy's Silly Shoes." She doesn't have the verbal agility to make her words sound like mine, yet, but she sure has the tone down. She bushes and giggles as if to say: "Dada! those aren't shoes. They make your feet look like monkey feet!" Leave it to a toddler to bring things into perspective.<br />
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However, they have a very functional purpose. I have been trying to break these in slow, but it's difficult to not just take off on a jog everywhere. The standard recommendation is to cut your running volume to 10-20% of your normal distance for the first week, with a 10% increase each consecutive week. I spend as much time as possible barefoot, including on my workouts already, and I run in a fairly minimal shoe as it is. I've been focussing on my running form for over a year now on every run. I make sure to kick my shoes off and do barefoot sprints when i can, and i run barefoot on the beach quite a bit. I didn't think this wold be a painful transition. HOWEVER, the calf pain this first week has been painful. I cut my distance and speed down a lot, since it's impossible to go to a full 10% of 20 miles a week without riding in a wheelchair. I tested it out with my normal 5K on the road with the intent being to stop as soon as I felt any fatigue, and walk. I made it to the 2 mile mark lighter and faster than any other run I have had. I didn't even feel like I needed to stop at the 1.5 mile turn around. No lung cramps, extremely relaxed, It was hot and humid, but I just kept running. I stopped at 2 miles only because I was concerned about the break-in period. It hit all at once. One minute I was running free, feeling like Prefontaine (moustache and all), and then full stop the next. I walked back the next mile, and by the time i was back at my crew trailer I was feeling the tightness. I skipped the run the next day in favor of a bodyweight workout to push my weightloss protege through, and capped it off with a short jog to work on form. I was sore, but not to the point of barely being able to walk. The next day was a lifting day, and at one point I had to remove the shoes due to the cramping from wearing the shoes. Simply being barefoot was brutal, but it was worse with the shoes on.<br />
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Here is a video from <a href="http://www.runblogger.com">RunBlogger</a> showing the calf muscle contraction during a run with VFF's<br />
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This leads me to a conclusion: The VFF Break-in period isn't necessarily from the muscles in your feet being atrophied from years and years of being shod, but in my case at least, from the unatural position of the toes being held in more of a splayed position. While running unshod, your toes splay out and spread looking for ground. The big toe is the driver, and the little toes are the stabilizers. The VFF's facilitate the splaying out, but when you relax and try to grip the ground, there is a resistance. This puts the pinky toe in an awkward position, and the small muscles incorporated in the movement get worn out from having to hold the toes in a splayed position. The break in period is to acclimate your legs to this new dynamic.<br />
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Now it may be the case, that as the sole breaks in, my toes will be able to relax on the upstride. I haven't got that far yet,as this pair of KSO's only have about 4-5mi on them with some weight training and some tree climbing. It has to be said that so far, I am not unhappy with the purchase, and the shoes live up to the hype. I would like to give the ZEM360's a try as well, but that will have to be in the near future. I did get out today and run a "follow-the-leader" style circuit around the camp today, and afterward worked on my MovNat skills in the liveoak tree out in front of the crew trailer. After a rest day yesterday, my legs feel fresh and ready to go. So far, so good. I can say I will be wearing the shoes a lot in the future. <br />
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ALSO: I can say 2 more things slightly related. 1. I conquered a branch in the tree that I dubbed my "MovNat" branch. I have been using this branch to try and work on my natural movement sklls. I today, for the first time, went from a dead-hang in to the tree via a muscle-up, and then down over another branch. 2. I am definitely NOT too old to climb trees.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-21510110268582366462011-07-31T16:31:00.002-04:002011-07-31T16:32:40.930-04:00Summer in Ohio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DLJ8wcrWhk-03u3CXZXaVp69D0TtNTRj0iwdQ51FAmHPsQlBeu3fMu7hFsCo6VEA5qsOJVnVgh3-DwzF1f77_3JyoGvZqvzj0Bi_zqqNZz5lCpK4ou3zARzCA_C7dzNzlOfmf7Y5YPA/s1600/OHFlag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="282" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DLJ8wcrWhk-03u3CXZXaVp69D0TtNTRj0iwdQ51FAmHPsQlBeu3fMu7hFsCo6VEA5qsOJVnVgh3-DwzF1f77_3JyoGvZqvzj0Bi_zqqNZz5lCpK4ou3zARzCA_C7dzNzlOfmf7Y5YPA/s320/OHFlag.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Summer adventures are mostly over now, and it's back to the status quo. My little family unit traveled many many miles, braved storms, traffic, puke, poop, tantrums, random crack-heads, sleep deprivation, "heat", power outages, and still managed to be where we needed to be, and see who we were supposed to see. We traveled far and wide, but we returned safely, and have some great experiences to live with for a long time to come. I have to put up some links and some recommendations for places to visit if you are ever in Columbus, OH.<br />
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1. For the best cup of coffee you will ever have, you have to visit <a href="http://www.luckbroscoffeehouse.com/">Luck Bros' Coffee House</a> in Grandview. These guys really know their stuff, and my wife and I make a concerted effort to stop in there whenever we pass through. They do it all in the realms of coffee. There are tons of places Columbus has to offer, but I can't speak for them all since I haven't had a chance to see much of my old stomping grounds in the last ten years. But this place is the real deal. Also, there is a cute little park across the street, so if you have youngsters, you can get your coffee, and walk over to play.<br />
2. For the most aamzing Ice Cream I have ever had, check out <a href="http://www.jenisicecreams.com/">Jeni's Ice Cream</a>. We bought a pint at the second stop in at Luck Bros' and I can only describe it as out-of-this-world good. I have had some decadent desserts, but nothing compared to this ice cream. To quote the master:<br />
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"We create ice creams we fall madly in love with, that we want to bathe in, that make us see million-year-old stars. We devour it out of Mason jars, coffee mugs—whatever we can get our hands on. Handmade American ice cream = Bliss with a big B. Every single thing we put in our ice cream is legit. Generic chemist-built ice cream bases and powdered astronaut-friendly gelato mixes? No, ma’am. We build every recipe from the ground up with luscious, Snowville milk and cream from cows that eat grass. With that exquisite base, we explore pure flavor in whatever direction moves us at any moment, every day, all year."</blockquote><br />
Local Produce from my home state, hand-made artisanal products, grass-fed cows... Yeah. I'm in. And, they deliver!<br />
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3. I try to stop in Amish country whenever I can, and if you find yourself driving though Ohio, a small detour off the beaten path may be worth your while. There is a small country store just outside of Bellefontaine near theAmish settlement of Belle Center called the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=country+variety+store+belle+center&hl=en&ll=40.454393,-83.722343&spn=0.070666,0.169086&sll=40.490957,-83.679943&sspn=0.067364,0.169086&t=h&fll=40.465397,-83.707752&fspn=0.017664,0.042272&z=13&iwloc=lyrftr:h,6381083027066880124,40.448221,-83.729424">Country Variety Store and Bakery</a>. When i was just a young pup, my grandmother would take me in there on the way home from Camp Wesley in the summer. Back then the refrigerators operated off of natural gas, and there were no lights. It's a little different now, but it's still the quaint country store it always was. I picked up a cute little hand-made rocking chair for my daughter, and some egg-noodles. <br />
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4. On a recommendation from family, we stopped in at <a href="http://www.mariescandies.com/">Marie's Candies</a>(!). I know this doesn't fit in with most of my principles, but they hand make all the chocolate in the basement of a converted train station, and the story behind the place is pretty cool. The chocolate was awesome, It was a special treat, and it even came with a warning at purchase "now this doens't have any preservatives or stabilizers in it, so keep it out of the sun or it will met in your car." They follow the same recipes that Marie herself made when she opened the shop when her husband came down with polio in 1941. The business started as a way to provide a living for the family. They have been in business since 1956, and you can take tours of the little old Train Depot where they make the chocolates today. This place is definitely worth a detour.<br />
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We stopped in Asheville, NC on the way back home to our little cottage by the sea. We made a point to go to <a href="http://www.tupelohoneycafe.com/">Tupelo Honey Cafe</a> for breakfast the next morning. This place is one of my favorite restaurants in the world. I'll let them speak for themselves. If you are ever in Asheville, stop in.<br />
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I did get to get a run in while there, and i have to say I underestimated the hills. I see more bridge runs in my future to compensate for the flatness of Florida and Louisiana. I saw enough of my old spots to miss them terribly, but Not enough to remember why I moved the hell away in the first place. Ohio in the summer and fall is one of the best places to be. It's the other parts of the year that can suck. What i miss most is the open spaces. I'm definitely a country boy at heart looking for a simpler life. I feel a strong connection to my family land that will never be broken. A little bit of the Blanchard River will always run through my veins, and I will always long for the clear skies and clean air of my childhood. I guess it must be a shift from my twenties to my thirties. <br />
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I would have posted more pictures, however we were so busy chasing a lightening fast toddler around, there weren't many pics actually taken; neither were videos. I suppose this is why family albums always seem to hit a lull when the babies get bigger. Once kids get mobile, they surely don't sit still for pictures. Especially when they are little adventurers like their daddy!<br />
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I have a lot of Summertime Daddy things to accomplish in the next couple of weeks, so I will not be writing anything. I will instead be grilling meat, enjoying time with my family, chasing my little girl around like a bear, and getting into some regular old neighborhood adventures. I'll be back in a few weeks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-22420625855351462272011-06-28T15:34:00.000-04:002011-06-28T15:34:11.278-04:00n=1; The Paleo-Libertarian Connection<blockquote><b><i>"Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs."</b></i></blockquote><blockquote><b><i>"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist."</b></i></blockquote>Ralph Waldo Emerson - "<a href="http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Essays:_First_Series/Self-Reliance">Self Reliance</a>"<br />
<blockquote><b><i>"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it."</b></i></blockquote>Henry David Thoreau<br />
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There is a deep seated vein of Libertarianism within the greater Paleo community. For a long time, I have been searching for the connection between the two. Paleo is about using an evolutionary approach to diet, health and wellness, and fitness. It has been around as a published diet in one form or another for over 40 years, but the most recent form has been more of a movement than one set of rules and guidelines that constitute a "diet" that one can start and stop at anytime. Paleo, while not being considered mainstream, is comprised of a network of bloggers, scientists, health professionals, and authors that all lend a unique voice to the greater "Paleo-sphere." The principles and guidelines are fluid, so as new information comes to light, studies published, and talking heads are refuted; the idealogy adapts to reflect the findings. This is a true grass-roots movement moving at the speed of the internet in the information age. The information is available to provide a solid framework for health and well-being as our peers and relatives are dying of the Diseases of Civilization or Syndrome X.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.google.com/trends?q=Paleo+Diet&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0">Paleo Crowd</a> is growing. It's doubling every year, as evidenced by the <a href="http://naturallyengineered.com/blog/paleo-community-survey-2011-results-meta-information/">2011 Paleo Community Survey</a>. This is nearly a movement considered "<a href="http://www.gnolls.org/2199/you-are-a-radical-and-so-am-i-paleo-reaches-the-ominous-stage-3/">radical</a>" by some in the mainstream. When people start to do their own research into this way of living, eyes begin to open to a history of deception, bad business, legal roadblocks, and government SNAFU's all mired around the pseudoscience released shortly after WWII, and perpetuated by Large Media Outlets and US Government Bureaucracies. I liken it to falling down the rabbit hole, waking up in Oz, or taking the red pill; it's waking up to a painful reality. The Conventional Wisdom of the day, spread like manure by Big Pharma, Big Cola, Yum Foods, McDonalds, Disney, ConAgra, ADM, Monsanto, and the bureaucratic arms of the government (which are simply mercantilist policy makers that have revolving doors to the industries they govern. Conflict of interest, much?) are precisely why the US is getting fatter, less healthy, and has a lower life expectancy than previous generations. Medical care is supposedly better, but it really just keeps you in a perpetual state of sick and miserable, so you have to keep taking the drugs to treat symptoms while ignoring the cause. The same Conventional Wisdom is taught briefly in med school and flawed studies funded by the industries most benefiting are pushed as fact (pseudoscience). Our country gets sicker, and as we start to figure out how to fix it, the regulations are passed to stop it. The key is to look in ourselves. <br />
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One of the major tenets of the paleo paradigm is to "see what works" or "listen to your body" and adapt your personal plan around this. This is what is referred to as an experiment of one or n=1. n=1 is the ultimate expression of self-reliance. It makes no difference what others are doing. It makes no difference what the mandated government sponsored info-graphic of the day is, you will eat according to your biological make-up (this is exactly what the giant food producers are afraid of, and have been keen to react to because it pulls you away from the independence of subsidized grain; but that's another post). This is freedom. This is Liberty. When the shady practices of the mercantile government bureaucracies, reactionary politics, and the helplessness of the healthcare industry get your feathers all ruffled up, you start to see the logic behind Libertarianism. The government has no right to tell you what can and can't go in your mouth, what you need to do for exercise, or what you can do with your own private property. The Information Age has provided the opportunity for the little guy to actually see the bigger picture. This is a Renaissance, and all the information is at your fingertips. You can see the error of picking one of two sides. They are both wrong, and hamper the liberties of every individual in this nation. Laws are made, policies follow, and generally never go away. People complain and want to gubment to help them, but the road to the dark side of capitalism is paved with good intentions. Follow the money. The well being of the citizenry is not high on the priority list.<br />
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Maybe as time goes on, the tidal wave of sea change will influence the political landscape of this country. Right now we are seeing the result of the hippies and veterans of the Vietnam war all grown up, and in positions of power. The next generation (this one) can see the errors of the past and will strive to fix it. It is up to us to preserve the ideals laid out for us by our founding fathers. If the wake-up call for most people is through the food they eat, then so be it. I hope more people wake up. Do we need to have a brand name? To some extent, in this day and age, yes. You can only fight buzz words with more buzz words, soudbites with more soundbites, tweets with tweets and Facebook messages. Spread it around.<br />
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Then they laugh at you.<br />
Then they fight you.<br />
Then you win.”</blockquote>Mahatma GhandiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-51180581436458187882011-06-12T12:00:00.001-04:002011-06-12T12:02:14.910-04:00The Paleo Diet InfographicFor the Paleo crowd, I'm late on this, but I am posting this up for the people who are not associated with the Paleo community... Yet.<br />
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From Patrik, who brought the world <a href="http://www.paleohacks.com">PaleoHacks</a> and <a href="http://paleolithicdiet.com/">PaleolithicDiet.com</a><br />
Here is the Paleo Diet Infographic:<br />
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Learn more about the <a href="http://paleolithicdiet.com">Paleo Diet</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-88226271791667807882011-06-05T17:49:00.000-04:002011-06-05T17:49:03.922-04:00Sunday Afternoon Music VideosNon Diet Related Happy Sunday Music Video Funtime!<br />
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I found this little gem on Twitter today, posted by <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/us">Lonely Planet</a> from <a href="http://www.emikodavies.com/about/">Emiko Davies</a> a Citizen-of-the-World type travel and food blogger in Florence, Italy. The Artists Table details a few days in the life of the Italian artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontormo">Jacapo Pontormo</a> in the spring of 1554, late in his life. <br />
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<blockquote>On the 11th of March 1554, on Sunday morning, I ate lunch with Bronzino—chicken and veal—and felt well (it is true that I was in bed when he came for me at home. It was quite late and upon getting up I felt swollen and full. It was a very beautiful day). In the evening I ate a bit of roasted dry meat which made me thirsty.<br />
Monday evening I ate a cabbage and an omelet.<br />
Tuesday evening I ate one half of the head of a kid and soup.<br />
Wednesday evening I had the other half, fried, and a pretty big helping of zibibbo grapes, and 5 quattrini of bread, and capers in salad.<br />
Thursday evening, a soup of good mutton and salad of goat’s beard.<br />
Friday evening, salad of goat’s beard and two eggs in an omelet.<br />
Saturday, fasted. Sunday evening, which was the evening of Palm Sunday, I ate a little boiled mutton and salad, and had to eat three quattrini of bread.<br />
Monday evening after dinner I felt very lively and agreeable. I ate a salad of lettuce, a thin soup of good mutton and 4 quattrini of bread.<br />
Tuesday evening I ate a salad of lettuce and an omelet.<br />
Holy Wednesday: evening, 2 quattrini of almonds, and an omelet and some walnuts. And I did the figure that is above the head [of another figure]. The Duchess came to San Lorenzo; the Duke came, too.<br />
Thursday evening, a salad of lettuce and some caviar, and one egg.<br />
Friday evening an omelet with fava beans, and a bit of caviar and 4 quattrini of bread. Saturday I ate two eggs.<br />
Sunday, which was Easter morning and the Feast of the Annunciation, I went to eat lunch with Bronzino. And I ate dinner there, too.<br />
Monday evening I ate a salad that was of borage and a half-lemon, and 2 eggs in an omelet.<br />
Tuesday evening I was all hoarse and ate a rosemary bread and an omelet and a salad and some dry figs.<br />
Wednesday, fasted.<br />
Thursday evening, a rosemary bread, an omelet of one egg and a salad and 4 quattrini of bread, in all.</blockquote><br />
The blog post touches on the foibles of Pontormo and his food log, interestingly enough considered neurotic and obsessive (hmmm). and some of the other interesting things of Florentine Renaissance life, but the most interesting thing I noticed, beside the minuscule amount of bread on his menu, was the fasting. He generally ate one modest meal a day with just enough to keep him going through until the next except for the occasion of a religious feast! This was a painter who spent his days painting into wet plaster, and staying active.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-55476632608589149302011-06-01T23:30:00.001-04:002011-06-02T09:17:33.290-04:00Karen Pendergrass: Vegetarian Chicken RantKaren Pendergrass is behind the <a href="http://paleoapproved.com">Paleo Approved</a> Label. Share this, forward it on, and maybe people will stop believing in all the Vegan propaganda. <br />
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Humans are omnivores too.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-29283021506818385852011-05-24T11:10:00.001-04:002011-05-24T11:10:23.369-04:00Burning Rubber<p><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifubeLQMNXSprSm78nUDaz2fsqeVgUbJjKf_aQ8r8a1JUFm55gaX3nL-1K-4YSxMP3UT0qSz77hlJZ1w96EDOW-bQDo4dDBu4c55RwRT3lCkK6R8dNwSzt_RQhsKA8IN0weFhP_ThjXQE/'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifubeLQMNXSprSm78nUDaz2fsqeVgUbJjKf_aQ8r8a1JUFm55gaX3nL-1K-4YSxMP3UT0qSz77hlJZ1w96EDOW-bQDo4dDBu4c55RwRT3lCkK6R8dNwSzt_RQhsKA8IN0weFhP_ThjXQE/s400/IMG_20110524_095819.jpg' /></a></p>You got tires? I got tires. <br/> <br/> 15yd tractor tire flip <br/> 15 push-ups with feet on tire <br/> 15yd tire flip <br/> 10 back extensions <br/> 10 GHD sit-ups <br/> 10 Chest to Bar pull-ups <br/> 20 sledgehammer tire slams (10 each side <br/> <br/> 5 rounds AFAP w/20# vest <br/> <br/> <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.9</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-69403556574689790162011-05-11T12:38:00.001-04:002011-05-11T12:45:58.414-04:00My Day JobThis is a video of the Crew of Cougar 61 training at the BP West Sirius. The crew did a great job with the video. This is an awesome view of us getting it done. If we can't land on a rig, and there is medical emergency, this is how you get picked up to go to the hospital. This is why we train.<br />
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I was asked once why I train. I want to be conditioned for the rigors of the job. It is also fun. Functional fitness keeps me ready for anything life can throw at me.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-66757317441970601652011-05-08T18:44:00.002-04:002011-05-08T18:46:07.885-04:00Happy Mother's Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/images/doves-nesting-on-moms-porch-21288478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="328" width="400" src="http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/images/doves-nesting-on-moms-porch-21288478.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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I speak a lot about family here on Every Day a New Adventure. Fatherhood is truly the greatest adventure I have ever been on, and it just keeps getting more exciting everyday. However, I couldn't do this without the support of my beautiful wife, the mother of my beautiful daughter. She is truly amazing, and I can't be more happy she is the Mother of my child. While daddy is out trying to make a living, she is there making sure little one grows up healthy, happy, strong, well-rounded, beautiful little girl. She does the hard work with little in return. She's changed diapers, kissed booboos, nursed and cared for, protected, and guided little one through everything this life has shown her; and will be there for the rest. Today is just a way to show the world honors you for all the hard work, tears, and joy you have put in it. I love you, and look forward to all the adventures we will have in the years to come.<br />
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I know now how hard my mother worked to keep myself and my brothers well. She was there for the bumps, bruises, breaks, grass stains, muddy footprints, bloody noses, tears, and laughter. She was there when things were tough, and never let us know about it. She was there keeping us safe, or bailing us out of trouble. She was there cheering us on around the turns of the track, rounding the bases, kicking soccer balls, drumming in band competitions; and she gasped in fright every time a pole vault attempt went the wrong direction and missed the pit. She with my dad were responsible for my brothers and I even when we didn't know it, or were trying so desperately to grow up. Thank you, Mom, for keeping me from hurting myself, others, from getting into too much trouble, and for just being my Mom. You have taught me so much, and I have everything in the world to thank you for. I love you.<br />
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Just before Christmas, I re-sprained my ankle. This tendency to happen is going to be with me for the rest of my life, and i have to be prepared to not only know my limits, but to be able to strengthen it back up if it happens. It caught me by surprise, and I thought I was strong enough for it not to happen. I was wrong. <br />
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But, 4 months and some change later, I am back to normal. Hell, I am past <i>normal</i>. I set a new Personal Record on the deadlift at 424Lbs. (silly metric weights). Last month I scored the highest I scored on the Navy Physical Readiness test since I was 20 and there was a Marine adding extra push-ups to my score. All of these fasted, for the record. I would venture to say I am <i>better</i>. <br />
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I set goals of self improvement. I still have a long way to go with the gymnastics and bodyweight training, but I notice a difference the more I train, and the more fat I lose. I set a goal weight at 190 Lbs back when my hungover bloated ass decided i was getting too fat. I have since passed that original goal only to see that I have farther to go. I am not wasting away. I am not losing muscle. I am simply losing fat. I bought new jeans only to find that two weeks later, they don't fit. I went down a jacket size, and my suits don't fit. These were all things that fit great when I was at what I thought was a good weight at 200, but now i look at pics of me at 200, and I can see the difference. I know this isn't a lot of weight, but the differences in my face and waistline show the truth! I thought i was genetically predispositioned for corpulence, but I figured it out. Genetics be damned!<br />
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In other news, Osama Bin Laden is Dead. Nothing has changed. We are still fighting wars all over creation, bleeding ourselves dry with poor economic and foreign policy, living and dying under a bureaucracy that subscribes to no one's politics while watching the yellow journalism on cable blaming the president. I hated that piece of shit as much as anyone out there, and that bastard is directly responsible for the most heinous acts of our time, but doe sit matter whether he is dead or alive? No.<br />
I found this piece the other day. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/bin-ladens-war-against-the-us-economy/2011/04/27/AFDOPjfF_blog.html">/www.washingtonpost.com</a> Between war, stifling economic poliy, natural disasters, and the 24/7 sensationalism of it all, Are we winning?<br />
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I am currently devouring <i>Guns, Germs, and Steel</i> by Jared Diamond. This book is a real eye opener in terms of the rise of civilizations and the uneven distribution of the world's power. There are so many questions that spin off of it, I won't go into until after I read the book. It's very amazing in it's scope and thoughtfulness. I suppose that's why it won a Pulitzer.<br />
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I hope to recover from my slump on the blogging. I have been torn lately with all the cognitive dissonance within the Paleo movement lately. I almost want to stop using the term. It's really just a brand after all, and I suppose a brand is necessary in today's world. <br />
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Anyway, Here is some awesome music.<br />
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19651796" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/19651796">Local Natives | Who Knows Who Cares | A Take Away Show</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/blogotheque">La Blogotheque</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-71969229524854525162011-04-29T20:27:00.000-04:002011-04-29T20:27:22.413-04:00Robb Wolf: Sh*t Fox News SaysAs is usual, Robb Wolf says what I'm thinking much more eloquently. I usually agree with Stossel on a lot of issues, but this just shows you have to trust but verify.<br /><a href="http://robbwolf.com/2011/04/27/sht-fox-news-says/">Sh*t Fox News Says</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-90113337864396407572011-03-26T10:54:00.002-04:002011-03-26T11:03:11.799-04:00Updates Coming SoonUpdates are coming soon. I have been too busy to put together a good post.<br /><br />The weather has been nearly perfect, and a nice little visit from family have made the idea of a blog far from my thoughts. I get to play Navy quite a bit coming up, so it may be a week before i can get all these thoughts lined up together. Family, beaches, fishing, weddings, the Reserves, springtime, and Beaches (did I already mention the beach?) make for great reasons to get out of the house and away from the blog. I will return when I can.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghivR1wM24DMlMYHqHjh0rbv4EaNeWNAxz5mDytDPZuih5AQEzfGJ-5paJFeP5rH273P5VDVGRmVVjkwA4sY6ty5NarSOrXFesihEEjs_kwLTx-sG35AVYpA3TuHLhrpn-Ei2YxvHsAEg/s1600/shot_1298846305116.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghivR1wM24DMlMYHqHjh0rbv4EaNeWNAxz5mDytDPZuih5AQEzfGJ-5paJFeP5rH273P5VDVGRmVVjkwA4sY6ty5NarSOrXFesihEEjs_kwLTx-sG35AVYpA3TuHLhrpn-Ei2YxvHsAEg/s320/shot_1298846305116.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588404272354434242" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584010500034423042.post-6789081991444066532011-03-12T15:09:00.004-05:002011-03-14T23:34:04.011-04:00Louisiana Saturday Night<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXyjMlTZovbIm58twWIS-8IOEWyBSKk7_04HdBi-rI3gBfX2aK7F0tU7P_zVLhSnKk_9JV0DdeKgo8YOC-mMcGaXNQ9Y4D0Yc1V07iLSdJBncniv7M3mfqnXL9SQHdDRzamj28qKqsao/s1600/IMG_20110312_132201.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXyjMlTZovbIm58twWIS-8IOEWyBSKk7_04HdBi-rI3gBfX2aK7F0tU7P_zVLhSnKk_9JV0DdeKgo8YOC-mMcGaXNQ9Y4D0Yc1V07iLSdJBncniv7M3mfqnXL9SQHdDRzamj28qKqsao/s320/IMG_20110312_132201.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584143441976707634" /></a><br /><br />Twist the tail, peel the tail, pinch the head and suck the fat, eat the tail meat. Sip frosty cold adult beverage. Repeat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbN4B2p3V6A9ED_VGv_hRMkw92OdYMOQrpI4SKnF69fnqFCD6ndu5Ap3REQy_6rru3HEP3yak2lFRRMmi9MYPG_jE_uli1Xdx4XwCICu65se6g6MFC5P4kebTGqNcVeqxyfaUVgArGyo/s1600/IMG_20110312_153633.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbN4B2p3V6A9ED_VGv_hRMkw92OdYMOQrpI4SKnF69fnqFCD6ndu5Ap3REQy_6rru3HEP3yak2lFRRMmi9MYPG_jE_uli1Xdx4XwCICu65se6g6MFC5P4kebTGqNcVeqxyfaUVgArGyo/s320/IMG_20110312_153633.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584106915564957026" />this was about 5 pounds for round 1</a><br /><br />The best part about the Louisiana Cajun culture is most definitely the Crawfish. Every spring the mudbugs start getting big, and the rice ponds are filled with the suckers. It blows me away how many are in a sack, and we boiled two sacks or 72 pounds worth of crustaceans. I don't know the chef's personal recipe, and he wouldn't tell me if I asked, but I know it was awesome. The smell of a pot of boiling crawfish is like nothing else, and once you smell it, you will say the same. The closest thing i can think of is lobster. Crawfish, however, are more tender and there is the "fat" in the <a href="http://www.crawfish.com/sucking-the-head/">head</a>. The real cajuns and folks in the know will suck the head, and maybe even give a little pinch to extract the flavor. If they are big enough you may even be able to get some meat out of the claws. Down here people don't look at you sideways if you shove your pinky finger into the head and pull out the fat, either.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNApvwz5FlwzHe4SV4j4uw7NecDeLYuqYqxBPtYv0VjS5D9EwxKth71g26dW9iM_dD3wNnIY2NtDL2E-gI1_KXWj9uN_OaZLVXiF22oYXPSbaDM_ddLygfcLF3wSHR6PitT0PIpO55IQk/s1600/IMG_20110312_152112.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNApvwz5FlwzHe4SV4j4uw7NecDeLYuqYqxBPtYv0VjS5D9EwxKth71g26dW9iM_dD3wNnIY2NtDL2E-gI1_KXWj9uN_OaZLVXiF22oYXPSbaDM_ddLygfcLF3wSHR6PitT0PIpO55IQk/s320/IMG_20110312_152112.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584106912499806130" /></a><br />Round 1. We could only boil so many at a time!<br /><br />I am spreading the word about the Paleo movement one belly at a time. I know the seasonings that go into a boil may be considered off limits, and some of the paleo reenacting purists could get on my case about this, but honestly this is one of the most traditional and most primal meals in Cajun culture. Crawfish were a meal handed down by the Attakapa and Chitimacha Natives to the first Acadian settlers when they immigrated to the area in the middle part of the 18th century after the French and Indian War. These little guys are mostly shell, and what meat is there is delicious and nutritious. It takes about 5 or 6 pounds of crawfish to make a pound of tail meat, and each ounce of that meat according to <a href="http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/finfish-and-shellfish-products/4265/2">nutritiondata.self.com</a>, leaves you with 15g of protein and plenty of zinc to keep your pirogue in the water. A pirogue is a boat not a potato dumpling in case you were curious. <br /><br />Either you hate 'em or you love 'em, but I know I love dem bugs.<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EK4_U-nmXyc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10509305061945870434noreply@blogger.com2