Hello GlibFitters, apologies for the crap article today! My laptop decided to corrupt the OS randomly, and I haven’t had time to fix it. This week, I’m phoning it in!
This week is the week of suck for those of you that have been dutifully improving your fitness since the start of the challenge. Week 2 is the low point of the whole process. Week 3 sucks less, and you should be over the hump by week 4.
Just remember that all this hard work will pay off in the near future, and the suck will subside.
Worst case, give yourself a break for ten minutes and grab a hamburger.
As for me, this has been an up and down week. I’ve had catered lunches to account for and Valentine’s day was a complete fitness failure, but I’m maintaining weight and have hopped right back on the horse. A bad meal or a bad day aren’t enough to kill my momentum anymore.
Had a down week for back pain, probably because I started re-incorporating leg presses back into my work out for the first time (at my PT’s urging). Up to 60 lb dumbbells for bench press though so that’s moving along. Gonna buy some ankle weights for pull ups, chin ups and dips. No change in weight or body composition.
I had pancakes for dinner last night and followed it up by making this cake. (But I made it look like this. ~600 calories/slice? I can make that fit.
Black Forest Cake – you are a cruel and evil woman.
I’ve never had or made one before, but I wanted to surprise Mr. Riven when he comes back tonight. 🙂 This was a suggestion from SP. It looks really good–I can only hope it tastes at least alright.
You still used the Kirschwasser, right?
The kirsch syrup? Oh yes. I hope I didn’t use too much… or too little!
Syrup? Kirschwasser is brandy, and traditionally used in the Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte).
Huh!
The recipe I followed had you make a simple syrup from sugar and water, to which you add a couple ounces of kirsch. Then you brush that mixture on the cake.
I did zero research–just grabbed the recipe from Epicurious and went with it.
Sounds like they tried to create a non-alcoholic version.
Down 2.0 pounds this week, for 30% of GlibFit goal and 21% of overall goal.
Feelin’ fine.
I recently started jogging whenever I get a chance. I looked at myself in the mirror and realized I had become a fat fuck.
Anyways I just noticed that this new article opened up and wanted all of your opinions on the news that just came out.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/16/russians-indicted-in-special-counsel-robert-muellers-probe.html
Special counsel Mueller: Russians conducted ‘information warfare’ against US during election to help Donald Trump win
The big charge seems to be conspiracy to defraud the USA. So I looked it up.
https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-923-18-usc-371-conspiracy-defraud-us
Wow that is one Orwellian and broad law that could mean just about anything but still I think it doesn’t cover what the Russians were doing. So lets say the Russians wanted Trump to win, so what? As far as I know ever Russian foriegn agents have the right to free speech in the US. Also if this is really the standard I would love it if Obama was charged with conspiracy to defraud Israel and the UK because of his efforts to interfere with their elections.
I think its clear this is all a political ploy and they have nothing serious.
IANAL but Mueller looks like he’s stretching that law pretty far. It usually involves money or property.
Apparently the conspiracy to defraud now is making memes on FB. You would have to believe that criticism of the most qualified candidate ever cannot be legitimate and must therefore be fraud.
Invoking this law in this manner is a greater threat to the republic than anything the accused have done.
Barack Obama defrauded America when he said, “If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor.”
I’m averaging a little above 4000 calories a day, and have gained 2 pounds.
You’re trying to gain? Perhaps we could organize a trade.
Yeah, I have a BMI of something like 16 right now. The Doctor told me at my last check up I needed to gain at least 10 pounds, 20 being a real goal.
How closely do you have to watch what you eat when you do this. Can eat junk food and take a few vitamins, or do you need to balance what you eat in some way?
In the past, I’ve been known to be able to eat tons of junk food and not gain anything.
The doc said eating better foods, especially more fatty stuff, would help.
Right now, I’m focusing on trying to make 4 full meals every day, with snacks in the afternoon as well.
I try to avoid sugar and high processed junk foods, but when I’m snaking, it’s pretty easy to have some oreos or something. Breakfast is 1 or 2 eggs, a bagel, avocado, salmon or sausage. lunch is a turkey sandwich, banana bread, yogurt. snacks have been candy and soda, apples, ice cream, pretty much anything. Dinner last night was 2 large steaks and a baked potato, with some green beans. Then beer and Cider.
Ice cream before bed.
I guess I’m trying to both eat better and just increase the overall amount.
Protein shakes – with bananas – would help.
Also mass loading shakes, though I never tried these myself since I like to run lean as I can.
Protein powder would help.
anyone have a suggestion for brand?
Isopure low-carb protein powder. Its got nothing in it but protein powder. Then, you need to add in whatever else you want in there.
For you, that probably means 6 oz of heavy cream, powdered cocoa, and sugar, plus enough water to make it 16 oz. Or cream, hershy’s syrup, and water. Maybe some other flavored syrups if you prefer some other flavor.
Get pure casein and/or whey. Just about all the flavored powders have crap like sucralose in them.
My go-to snack, and basically, my dessert when i want one is 12oz of 2% or whole milk with about 4 tbsp of casein and either a mashed banana or a few spoons of nesquick chocolate.
Yeah, the nesquick’s got sugar in it, but it’s later in the day so i’m no longer in keto.
Oh, I had a box of mac and cheese after the steak and before the ice cream that day, too.
It’s not always that much, but I’m trying to fit an extra meal.
More salads, too. a lot of avocado and walnuts.
I was like that until 24. It sucked. People hated me, but I didn’t love being 135 lbs eating whatever. I think your doc is right.
It’s really hard to get over 140.
eat meat, lift weights
Get old.
I was like that until 30. Although not that light. And never had any problem until 45.
I’m now 60 lbs over my ‘fighting’ weight
Guys tend to inflate after they leave the army.
***
As much as we may love or hate our time in the military, eventually our time ends. And for many of us, losing the military means gaining too many pounds. That’s not just perception or stereotyping — it’s a documented fact. A U.S. Army article released last year reported, “Approximately half of the Army retirees whose height and weight were measured at medical appointments in military treatment facilities last year had a body mass index that classified them as obese. Obesity rates for these retirees are significantly higher than the general population of the same age.”
Many of the same people who once called out others for being lazy “fatbodies” will become exactly that once they leave.
***
https://taskandpurpose.com/theres-no-excuse-for-getting-out-of-shape-after-the-military/
I agree with Bobarian. Hitting 26 or 28 will help.
Kept up on getting onto the damned trainer and putting in 40 minutes a day three times this week, with the fourth day being tomorrow morning.
I was hoping the 50 degree weather yesterday might mean I could get a real bike ride in, but climate happened, and we’re back in the low 30’s today.
I put on all the weight I lost while down with the flu, but had 4 good workouts this week. Girl scout cookies got delivered last friday, and I took a disciplined approach to them, sticking with each box until it was eaten before moving on to the next one.
It is important to have a plan.
These articles are on a bad day. I weigh myself every Satruday morning. As of last Saturday, I’m down 60 lbs.
And my goal of passing is long gone. My Adam’s Apple has made reappearance.
Nice! When did you start?
December 1. Heh, not two weeks ago.
But on the other hand, you’ve moved from Burlesque to Stripper sizes.
Not hardly. I’m still around 360. So about 3 strippers worth.
But I guess that means I have the cheerleader effect going on, so that’s nice.
60 lbs down? Great!
If the weather would co-operate I’d go skiing. I only ski when the sun is shining, because FYTW. I went up the other day, and it was cold and windy as shit. Two miserable chairlift rides and a cruise back to the car.
I really really miss those April and May days at A-basin.
If i did that here in VT, I’d never ski
I’m not bothering with the scale. Right now my goals are purely diet and exercise related. But I’m back up to lifting every other day at this point. I need to get more cardio in on the interstitial days. My diet is mostly under control with a low carb strategy, though I’m cheating a little here and there (french fries man, french fries), I’m avoiding sugar like it is anthrax. I need to start with the scale now.
Homey don’t play dat.
Barely on target. Should be better going forward.
Stay on target.
I’m headed here for lunch.
Diet starts tomorrow, I guess.
Wait wait wait wait wait..
Are you telling me you don’t actually live in Manhattan?
Manhattan, Kansas.
It’s a common mistake.
Makes sense – better Food Technology library.
But he keeps his bitches in line.
Never having been there and after only looking at the menu, I’d get the bacon Bleu deluxe.
See, I would have gone for the wings and a bunch of mules.
Wings, 2 tacos, fries, and corn.
I kept my drinking under my limit. No doughnut today (easy because I worked at home on doughnut day). I fell off the wagon with snacking and going to the gym. A bad week for that. My weight is the same as last week.
I should get in on this! Trying to lose ten pounds (would be nice to do so by end of June for wedding dress fittings, but that’s unlikely at this point). Counting calories best I can, stopping snacking and trying to eat home-cooked lunches has helped me lose 1-2 pounds in the last two weeks. But i need to start working out, which I stopped doing when I hurt my foot a few years back. Any advice on work outs for someone who hates workouts?
I would say tracking performance can help. Seeing actual progress is a real incentive to continue along on workouts.
Yeah. Relying on the scale doesn’t seem to work.
It’s one of the reasons I hate the trainer so much. It’s a dumb trainer, with my bike just sitting there. I can feel resistance, but unless I want to drop more then I did on my bike and the trainer, there’s no power meter. At least with road riding I can use apps to track average speed, distance, and climbs. I can also go back to hills that I wasn’t able to climb before and test myself against them.
Start small and don’t worry about the pace of your progress. Track your progress like Nephilium says, because it’s a good motivator, but if you don’t like working out you should try to find things you mind the least that don’t take too much time or effort to get to. You want to build the habit first, then you can work on the actual performance. For me, using kettelbells to do lifts and exercises that target large muscle groups was clutch, because I didn’t have to go anywhere, I didn’t have to spend much time doing it, and it was easy to track progress both on paper and just in my appearance. A friend of mine does Stronglifts and likes it because he can go to the gym, do a complete workout, and get back home in about an hour. Another friend just started taking brisk walks on his lunch breaks. The first and most important thing is to establish the habit.
Thanks! That’s good advice. I like the idea of home workouts.
Do you have a physically active hobby? The best workouts are the ones you’ll actually do, so if you can trick yourself into simply being more active by participating in something you already enjoy, that’s half the battle, right there.
Dog walking, hiking, taking a dance class, intramural sports are all decent examples.
That might be a good idea too. I live in NYC, so no shortage of activities to take advantage of (if I can find the time!). Thank you.
Cut carbs and run a 500 calorie/day deficit. Easiest possible way to lose weight fast.
Simplest. Objectively, very hard to do given the number of people that try and fail.
Fair cop. Simple =/= easy.
I think that sucks for some people. I was just having a discussion about how hard the measurement portion of the calories in/calories out is. Unless you’ve got really good data, its easy to miss by 10% or more when you’re trying hard and charting everything that goes in. Also, the more fat you have, the better the cutting carbs works (insulin and fat cell surface area/prevalence). Although 500 should be enough to keep you in calorie deficit in that situation. If you start feeling rundown, eat more fat and protein.
Interesting thanks!
FWIW, I focus on consistency instead of accuracy. Measure most food on a scale, track it in corometer, and trust the same database every time.
Its not important that the numbers be perfect. Whats important is making choices about food that get you to repeatable calorie/protein/carb numbers.
I can write up more about what I do if you are interested. But the short version is figure out macros goals, use a food logger, and select food to hit the macro goals.
That does sound interesting. Do you use any specific food logger app or do you keep track in a notebook?
I use https://cronometer.com/
I just signed up! Thanks. It looks a little intense but I will give it a try.
Nerd Fitness used to be free or have a shitton of free resources for people who just wanted to do something. They had all sorts of different activities. I think just going and doing something active for 20 minutes helps.
That site looks great. Thanks!
Just weighed in. 184.5. Definitely not going to see my abs this month.
Glad to see you and I had the same come-back from the flu.
After playing in a particularly challenging hockey tournament, I decided to add more cardio so I can trim down and increase my VO2 max. This takes the form of 30-40 minute sessions on the stationary bike, twice a day. Today was day 1.
Twice a week, not twice a day.
Too late; you said twice a day. I expect you to stick to it.
Max VO2 workouts SUCK to do, but they are the thing that will change your fitness level for actually doing stuff the most.
I agree. Not fun. Right now I am doing 3:00 hard, then 3:00 slow, x 5. I am working up to 4:00/4:00 x 5, and then 5:00/5:00 x 4. I have a tournament in 3 or 4 weeks so I can really see how well it works.
I know you are a sled hockey guy, so you’ve probably been spared 12x400m run as fast as you can. If you want to be a fast runner — that’s the only way to go. (unless you want to do 16 or 20). But that was basically Roger Bannister’s program for the 4:00 mile. And Jim Ryun (first HS sub 4:00 miler) did them with 10 reps of bench press during the interval.
Any “go hard for a middle distance” will change the way your lungs process oxygen, so good on ya. I promise you’ll see the recovery where you are ready to go faster or recover fully between periods. Swimmers do them, cyclists do them. I’ve been running at 7:30 mile pace as long as I can (about 2 mins) and trying to get several reps in. Then running flat out started last friday, today was day 3. Holy crap does it suck, but its the only way I know to change your pace to faster.
^^^Yes. We used to do this for soccer training. It was pure torture. By the fifth or sixth one I’d be getting tunnel vision from lack of oxygen.
My younger brother was on a statewide team from 12-15. He used to do a workout that was: sprint from touchline to 6 and back, to penalty spot, to 18, to midfield stripe. I think they called those “doggies”. That sucked. And will get you into the VO2 zone.
My standard training session once I’m in form (which will be in about five weeks – two more of offseason, then knocking the rust off) :
– 3 miles alternating
– 0.5 miles at 6:15-6:30/mile pace (roughly VO2 max for me)
– 0.25 miles at 9:30/ pace to recover
– then straight into 2.5 miles at 8:00/ pace (roughly 15K racing pace)
It’s a good solid workout, with lots of variety, but doesn’t leave me feeling too trashed when it’s over.
I haven’t posted in the glibfit yet because I have been on something of a general diet overhaul that is something of a slow weight loss project. I haven’t stepped on a scale in awhile but I did just a few minutes ago.
I’m 200 on the dot. That’s pretty good. I was all the way up to 225 last June when I started this. I’d like to get to 190 or maybe 185.
Nice! What does your diet overhaul include?
Fasting mostly. Since June or so I have been eating one meal a day. I have made efforts to make it somewhat more healthy, but really that’s all I have been doing dietwise. It seems to be working and seems to be sustainable.
I’ve stuck to the lifting schedule and am putting up better reps, which is nice. Yesterday was my “heavy” day and I’m one solid rep shy of stepping up a weight in clean & presses. I’ve decided to tack on a measurable goal besides “get stronger, stick to schedule, and look good naked”, so I’m aiming for hitting around 14% body fat. I’m not certain, but I’m probably somewhere around 20% right now. To that end I’ve started doing intermittent fasting, and this marks my fifth day. I’ve been sticking to it: only consuming calories between 4:00PM and 12:00AM, not sweating portions too much but not binging, hitting appropriate macros. Not low carb by any means, but just making sure I get enough protein tends to crowd out carbs anyway.
What’s interesting to me is that I have definitely noticed a lot more energy, better mood, and a little more effectiveness when I lift on an empty stomach. That could just be that it’s coinciding with my having gotten stronger, but regardless there seems to be some benefit even if it’s just psychological. Also, I’ve started to get used to not eating during the day pretty quickly. First couple of days I’d be damn near losing my mind around noon, then it would pass after an hour or so. The pangs have been less every day, and when I actually do tuck in to dinner I’m not ravenous. It makes me wonder how much of my eating schedule was a matter of habit rather than responding to real physical needs.
If you can see abs but they aren’t defined, you’re at 20%. If you have a hint of abs, but can’t see them, 25%.
I had a bad week depression wise and drank rather more than i should so no progress here
Skipped out on pushups last week but back on track.
Did over a hundred for the first time last night. Nearly double what I could do at the start.
The goal is 100 consecutive though so still a lot of work to do.
Are you doing the 100 pushup challenge deal?
Yes, for about the 5th time. Something always interrupts me.
This is my best attempt yet, though I expect it will ultimately take longer than the 6 week they schedule.
220 lbs, where I’ve hovered around for the past 10 years (with a pleasant stint at 205 before we had kids). I’m afraid this will probably be the weight I die in. I’d do myself a lot of favors if I’d give up post-dinner gluttony.
The kids bring home valentines day candy and will forget about their loot in a day. Am I supposed to *NOT* eat it?
I bought myself some nice new running shoes and have been breaking them in on the treadmill. Still keeping 10 minute miles. I’d like to work it down to 8 minutes over the course of the year (I hate treadmill running and would rather be outside thought).
I’m back at a regular schedule at my rock climbing gym and man building callouses up is a bitch. The kicker is watching people flash bouldering problems that I struggle with like they’re nothing because they’re carrying 60 pounds less weight.
Guess I’ll throw this out there – if anyone’s in Nashville and is interested in climbing, I could use an extra climbing buddy.
I temporarily quite drinking. Any weight I recently lost is probably water.
Its a shame, because I become more personable when I drink.
*shudders*
The fittest I’ve probably ever been was after I got over my C diff, I couldn’t tolerate alcohol period. I didn’t have a drop for 6 months; my abs have never been that defined. Alcohol still doesn’t really agree with me so I only drink once a week (if that). The abs have mostly stuck around.
Sorry to interrupt all the talk about salads and such.
OT: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/964582011359789058
“The concept of two sexes is a Western invention”. Intriguingly stupid
Well, I’m in the West, so… we good?
“”biological sex” has nothing to do with biology; it’s rather based off of pre-convinced notions of binarist gender.”
Wait if this is true how were wiiminz opressed by the patriarchy ?
Mind-bogglingly stupid. Why are we paying for these schools?
Authentic Frontier Gibberish. I particularly enjoyed her citing a quote from the Tao te Ching as an example of colonialism. That’s up there with “the central tenet of Buddhism is not every man for himself”.
We are entering a fun new age of anti-intellectualism and iconoclasm, what’s not to love?
I look forward to the upcoming Inquisitions!
Yesterday I did a pyramid routine of push-ups and pull-ups: 10 pull-ups then 2 push ups, then 9 and 4, all the way down to 1 and 20. So 55 pull-ups and 110 push ups. Then I did a bunch of long jumps and lunges. This morning I ran for an hour- 6 miles maybe.
As for diet, a few slice of rye or pumpernickel bread, a Few Laughing cow cheeses, and V8. All the nutrients for minimal cost and calories. I did eat at Popeye’s twice this week though.
I’d like to get down to 150 but at 156, I feel pretty good.
That’s hardcore.
I make diamonds look like jello. Last Saturday night I ran for 90 minutes. I felt guilty for overindulging in beer.
Everyday this week, I did 100 push-ups and 100 sit-ups along with 30-45 min walking uphill on a treadmill.
During my weight loss ordeal 3 years ago, I walked about 15 miles a day uphill on a treadmill. I walked over 1,000 miles on that treadmill.
Since my lifting has been permanently curtailed due to injury, I’m forced to keep fit by calorie restriction. I’m only eating about 1200 per day (if that). I don’t miss it; eating is overrated.
That sucks. So far, I’ve avoided any serious injury. “A man’s gotta know his limitations.”
In my case it was a genetic abnormality that I didn’t know about until I got into heavy Olympic lifting. Played all the way through college soccer with no issue, then BAM. My neuro says it happens a lot that people don’t know… until they know.
https://www.spine-health.com/glossary/anterolisthesis
I ran my 3 miles today… and I can tell I’m getting better at keeping up the pace. I only stopped once – to fix my Yak Trax – and I walked the last 1/4mi to cool down.
As the weather warms up I can finally hit my garage gym again. Looking forward to the pull up / dip station and the free weights.
going for a run now. maybe 3 miles in 30 minutes. working down the 1000 calories of cookies i had earlier would require about 6 miles in 60 minutes. really putting on the lbs this winter. beer > exercise/diet
Out-exercising a bad diet requires absurd amounts of exercise. It takes 5 minutes to eat a 1,000 calorie burrito but at least an hour to burn it off.
Last night was beer club night. So I ate a massive pub burger and drank lots of alcohol. Who cares what the scale says.
I’m still shopping around for lifting equipment. Is there any reason I shouldn’t go for a $130 Titan barbell over the $300 Rogue? I’m also looking at 5lb technique plates to start deadlifting. Probably pull the trigger on those next month. If all goes well the power rack will be picked up this summer.
Oh ya, I’ve also read most of starting strength. I started skipping over some of the parts detailing the muscle groups and such. Just too much info for now. I’ll probably revisit when I can actually put my hands on a bar.
How much do you plan to drop it? Serious question. If you aren’t going to drop it from at least waist high while weighted, you can probably go cheap. If you’re going to drop 200 lbs from a power clean, the better bar is probably slightly stiffer and better for that.
No plans to drop at all just yet. I haven’t put together a program but I have mostly been lookin at squats, deadlift, overhead press, bench press, maybe rows.
Stronglifts 5×5 is a great program. I heartily recommend. I think that’s the whole program.
It is. I’ve been doing it for the last two weeks, and it’s great.
Tonight is squat/overhead press/deadlift day. I’ve been looking
forward to it all day.
You probably really want the power rack though. I bought the
Titan T2 short rack so I could put it upstairs. Having the rack
right close by has been a great help in keeping up (developing really)
the habit.
There is no $130 bar on the market that’s not garbage. Buy the Rogue.
To elaborate: it’ll be garbage steel so you’ll be able to bend it easily, it will have a garbage chrome finish that will flake off, the sleeves won’t spin well, and the bar will be 32mm instead of 28. Don’t waste your money.
Bummer. Unfortunately that means I will probably put the purchase off for another month.
Meh. I bought a $140 bar. It’s been fine. It might be garbage,
but I’m not lifting much yet anyway. I started the stronglifts
program at the bottom, so just the bar weight (20 kg) to start.
Today will be 37.5 kg on the bar, so I don’t think the bar matters
yet. Perhaps once I get to higher weights I’ll get another bar,
but I’d say that (good bar) > (bad bar) > (no bar).
So, I’m happy with my garbage bar. If it got to where I’d “be
able to bend it easily”, I’d be ecstatically happy, and wouldn’t
mind the purchase of another. I’d probably brag about it.
“Bro, I like totally had to buy another bar, cause I’m lifting
so much I bent my old one.”
I should have such problems.
The semi-spartan family changed our whole diet and are one week in. The main goal is to cut out a lot of the carb heavy foods with a focus on meat, dairy, vegetables, and fruit. It’s been going really well so far.
The kids and I switched from pop-tarts/doughnuts for breakfast to eggs and bacon. Instead of chips for snack, they get apple slices or bananas, and cheese. No complaints so far and their consumption of protein for lunch has already doubled (the son went from 6 chicken nuggets to 12). Various steak/chicken/roast dishes for dinner.
Does anyone have any premade seasonings or sauces they prefer on grilled chicken or any kind of beef cut? I’m looking for really easy to add things just to vary the taste besides the basic one note spices. I’ve already got the Minor’s au jus (hat tip Playa), assorted sauces from Lee Kum Kee (again hat tip Playa), and some decent balsamic glaze from Trader Joes.
Moore’s Marinades:
http://www.mooresmarinade.com/
Looks good, I’ll be sure to try some, thanks.
My go-to MSG/flavor drop is Cavender’s Greek Seasoning. You can put that on anything and it makes it better.
I second the Cavenders. That’s good stuff on a lot of different things.
I’m going to try to track that down, it looks really good from the description.
Get some mole sauce for grilled chicken. Dona Maria is ok. The hardest part is cooking Mexican food without rice and beans though.
Didn’t think of mole sauce, good call. We’re sparingly eating beans, but rice did get the ax along with bread and pasta. I’ve never been able to make good Mexican rice though so that’s not a huge loss.
My wife and I have been making nopales with a little bit of tomato and onion instead of rice and beans. Not for everybody, but worth a try.
Yeah, Dona Maria Mole is the way to go. Buy that and make your own and compare and you’ll probably conclude that the difference isn’t worth the effort.
If you are willing to put 15 minutes of work into it, I’d suggest making your own spice mix. For a general meat spice mix that will work on chicken, pork, or beef, mix the following in a shaker, or in a bowl so you can pinch-and-sprinkle.
3 parts salt
1 part onion powder
1 part garlic powder
1 part savory (it should be in the spice isle at most supermarkets)
1 part ground rosemary
1 part MSG
If you can get it in your area, I rather like WeWilly’s “dry marinade.” Its a middle of the road barbeque rub that works on anything grilled.
A little more work is Roxy’s mustard sauce. It’s a little more work, but so, so worth it. Good on anything. Make a bunch and it will last in the fridge for a good long while.
Thanks, I’ll check these out.
This is not low carb, but it is delicious on most proteins. https://www.jovianpantry.com/product/caramel-braising-sauce/
Disclosure: Jovian Pantry is a company of which I am part owner.
Nice, thanks!
Didn’t think of mole sauce, good call. We’re sparingly eating beans, but rice did get the ax along with bread and pasta. I’ve never been able to cook good Mexican rice though so it’s not a huge loss.
damn squirrels
“The concept of two sexes is a Western invention”.
Yes, of course. Differences between men and women are purely imaginary social constructs.
This delusion can easily be dispelled by spending an afternoon in the company of small children. If you’re not an unobservant cretin, anyway.
“If you’re not an unobservant cretin, anyway.”
Yeah, I have a clip for that. The prog lady’s reaction to boy *monkeys* preferring trucks and girl *monkeys* preferring dolls is hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTEPr4n_skI
Monkey part at end.
My two year old has 7 boys and 2 girls in his class. I had to go see him today because he got gashed next to his eye by a toy. I’m betting on a boy having done it (although I was not told and didn’t ask). I took him to CVS, bought some butterfly bandages, taped him up, gave him some soda, and sent him back to school. I guess I’m perpetuating the stereotype.
Aww, you’re raising a little Mayhem.
Soon he’ll be doing AllState commercials.
Does anyone have any premade seasonings or sauces they prefer on grilled chicken or any kind of beef cut?
Plum sauce and hoisin sauce are good on just about anything.
I’ve got some of Lee ones but maybe not these. I’ll take a look, thanks.
Better week this week. Lifted three times, played hockey yesterday and pared my carbs down in preparation for hardcore keto. Going to drop down below 20g for 5 weeks leading up to vacation.
Down about 8.LA and a belt notch.
The hell?
8lbs.
Let myself go for the last week eating food and being sick. Drinking lots of beer. Up to 195lbs now. Not too worried, I’ll be down to 185 after a week of Ramadan-style fasting next week. Might get back on my Waterrower.
Didn’t start until today – got the flu last week of January and have had a lingering cough, but mainly blew it off ’til today because that’s when the office “Bigger Loser” contest started. Just did 30 minutes on the treadmill at 2 mph. Hope to be more motivated now because there’s money involved: $10 buy-in for chance at $200 first prize or $60 second prize.
Not the wins I wanted this week, but could’ve been worse.
– I’m back to being 100% vegan.
– Three days this week I walked over a mile, which is a lot for me as I have a heart/nervous system problem.
– My attempts at getting back into yoga have failed.
– As have my attempts at getting back into meditation. About 30 seconds in I just go, “Fuck this…”
On Sunday I am taking possession of an elliptical, so I shall suck a little bit less next week (provided this head wooziness doesn’t turn into the flu).
Kudos on the veganism. Serious question, have you talked with your doctor about exercise with your heart/nervous system problem?