No cute pics this week , just dialog
I am reinforcing a couple of principles i have brought up earlier this week, because its good to do that occasionally
--- much like the guy who buys a new Honda motocross bike or a new LExus will buy up all the enthusiast magazines with articles about their new aquisitions , ---- then they can smugly slap themselves on the back and say "Nice job" as they look in the mirror and nod their head in approval of themselves ---
--- that is, until one lone writer/tester who does not depend on Honda or Lexus for their advertising dollars actually exposes some flaws in their new toy ------- then that guy must be off his rocker ! -- LOL . We can be dumb and predictable animals at times
Its September,
And right now in most parts of the country , it is hot still
There is a bright side though, and that is the days are still long - but they are getting shorter
You see, too many times , well meaning resolution setters put off till New Years what they should be attending to in the Spring, summer or fall -----
Lets see ---- Want to quit smoking or drinking too many adult libations? -- When your soul, psyche and spirit are weak, short days and long nights at home or out and about are likely not the best time to do this
Want to take up an exercise program to gain fitness or lose weight? --- Again , lots of pro athletes even go into hibernation mode in the deep dark recesses of winter --- its called the off season.
A lot of holidays are clustered around this time period -- days are short , --- temptation to drink is strong -- sometimes motivating yourself to bundle up and trudge to the gym can be problematic even
How about we start on those "New YEars Resolutions" before New Years? ---- slide into the holiday season lean and mean --- with a few months of hard training under your belt, --- you can look at the holiday training table now several ways
1) - you've packed in a little more self discipline by this point , and can more easily sidestep the pitfalls of gastrointestinal distress brought on by parties, buffets, and well meaning relatives
2) -- You're not going to be a weirdo standing around the Christmas table with nothing on your plate but 1 slice of turkey and a couple of asparagus stalks claiming to be God's gift to self discipline. --- You can have some food --- you have put in enough time under the weight pile or out on the mean streets to know how much effort its going to take to burn this stuff off
- So you have some mashed potatoes , and maybe a small slice of pie (just not the whole pie)
3) You'll be a little leaner , so your body can better handle a few "cheat meals"
Right now, this online blog venture of mine is hovering around 50 entries thus far -- and it has genuinely been a fun ride ---
I will go out on a limb and say we should have football season resolutions rather than New Year's resolutions ----
figure out what you want to do, point the RPG in the direction and pull the trigger -------- there is no sense in putting it off any longer ---
what do I suggest from a nutritional standpoint? if you've been slacking you think this is a weak point for you, do a full system reboot
this will be a pain in the butt, so devote 2 to 4 weeks to just cleaning up yourself
there may be a few people out there who can withstand some heavy training and have the disciplined undertake a serious "program " while overhauling their diet , but not everybody is so solid
.Do I recommend doing absolutely nothing except counting calories? NO
but I do recommend light aerobic work and maybe some light work with the weights at best until your body gets used to a slightly different program
try this please for a 2 to 3 weeks system reboot
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Purge (throw away – don’t give it to anyone, they don’t need it either!) your cabinets and refrigerator of the following:
- Breads, rolls, pasta, pancakes, cereal, muffins, chips, crackers and rice cakes
- Sweets and products that contain sugar such as ketchup, honey, etc. (read the labels to ensure there is no sugar)
- Fruit juice
- Processed meats that contain sugar
- Fat Free, Skim & 2% Milk, half and half
- Fat Free or Low Fat Yogurt & Ice Cream
- Energy Bars and Energy Drinks that contain fructose
- All soda, including diet
I mean, fill the dumpster ---- your fridge, your cabinets, all your wife's goodies -- anything that will tempt you
Clean the system by going 2 weeks of non starchy veggies and protein sources -- (no, this isn't Atkins, but we are testing your carbohydrate tolerance )
Eat every 2-3 hours , --- at first you may be eating too much but your appetite will go down to where you will have to start seriously amending your serving size to stay on a 2-3 hour program
Congratulations! --- You are now one of the weird ones !
You know who is normal? I dont know - i've never really been normal so i cant chime in
Lots of people were brought up on a 3 meal a day system --- --- Its easy and its not hard to plan around =-Breakfast, lunch, dinner - with snacks in between occasionally
Some take it a step further by getting it down to 2 meals a day , or even 1 --- the 'ol song and dance "I'm not hungry in the morning so I just have coffee, or a danish"
------ Then by noon, our subject is ravenous and beating down the door at a luncheteria for a solid helping of fat and grease to satiate him/herself
Well, Congratulations silly ! --- You just wolfed down 1800 calories of burgers and onion rings at a single meal ----- your stomach is in such a state of shock that it naturally doesn't want anything else for a while ----- then if you go to bed, --- your forcing your metabolic system into a fat storage survival mode that wants to hold onto everything like its the last meal for a month
Repeat the next day -- and again , and again ------- someone said the true definition of craziness is repeating abhorrent behavior and thinking its normal (or something like that)
I've said some of this before, but on occasion I pick up new readers who are not familiar with my whole bibliography ---- so we must continually refresh the basics
-------- Take a week (or two) and focus on your eating strategy --- keep up some light workouts and by the time your body has adjusted to eating better, you are ready to rock on the track, trail or in the gym
And lord willing, if any of my Cat adjuster bretheren are still reading this ---- it will give you more stamina to get through a long day -- then wake up and repeat - again.............and again........and again........and again --- as it is for you that i originally started this venture, using lessons i have learned and experienced myself out on the road for weeks at a time
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I cant re-write 9 months of fitness and eating tips , but i'll close by refreshing just one
Thats meal prep.
You may ask - "How the heck do i get time to prepare 4-5-6 meals a day? much less eat it? "
Take 2 hours on your designated rest day and make most of your meals ---- chicken sounds boring - but there are a lot of different ways to use it .--- cook up one of those 5 or 6 pound family packs boneless breasts, --- keep 2 or 3 butterflied sections out if you want and chop, dice, shred the rest for use in salads, rolled up in a wrap, sandwiches - who knows
- you can do the same with skirt steak or almost anything else -- even eggs , - scramble a dozen and partition out into 5 rubbermaid containers. Scrambled eggs are the only egg prep variation that seems to stand up to this with no ill effects -- you cant do this with a fried egg or a poached egg
You'll seemingly buy stock in rubbermaid , and you need a good cooler to bring on the road, but thats it - I like the Yeti products, but you dont need a $200 ice chest just to keep a few drinks and some sandwiches in
---------- It almost sounds easy, but its not --- it can truly be a pain to carve out a couple hours on a Sunday, and then again on a thursday, but as i have quoted before, which pain is worse, - the pain of discipline, or the pain of regret ?
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