Paleo fail. :(

We had a good friend over last night and I dropped my self-imposed Paleo restrictions so I could eat some fresh, hand-crafted brats off the grill. They were so delicious! Granted, these brats were hand-crafted by a German butcher and did not have any nasty processed crap in them, but I had bread and beer.

This morning when I woke up I just felt so nasty and my body just felt weak. I did my workout anyway and it was so difficult. Tonight, I'm feeling infinitely better and am looking forward to being back on track. I am not feeling depressed or that I let myself down as I did make a conscious decision to go off Paleo so I could enjoy time with a good buddy I'd not seen in five or six years. We had a wonderful visit and it was cool to introduce my wife and family to him.

I am not doing Paleo solely to lose weight. I want to make that crystal clear. I am doing it to be healthy, live the way we were meant, to cleanse my body, and to gain the natural physique our bodies were meant to have, and to make sure I'm around a long time for my children. Yes, I will lose weight (and have in just a few days) and that's wonderful, but I am not obsessed with my body as much as I am concerned about my health and well-being. Here's to great times ahead!

Holy Yummy Paleo, Batman!

Paleo at Penn mentioned in her 19 April, 2010 post titled Whole30 Finished! that she began cooking her eggs in coconut oil and began sprinkling coconut flakes on them. Now, I love eggs and coconut, but never imagined pairing the two. I decided to try the sprinkling thing last night and...well.. DANG! Yummy! I don't have coconut oil in the house at the moment, but will soon be buying some. My meal last night was at two egg omelette with fresh organic blueberries with coconut flakes. Not that there's already monotony, but I decided to make this for breakfast this morning and use a bit of nutmeg and black pepper as well.

I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to continuing with this lifestyle. Good food that happens to be good for you is just a winner in my book. I, personally, think of it as more, "Food that's good for me and happens to taste GREAT!"

Paleo Kickstart

I stopped posting here because just too much was going on in my life and I was somewhat disenchanted with everything. Well, I'm around once more. I found new work (with my old company under new ownership), my personal issues have been addressed, my back is much stronger than it was, etc. Life is as good as can be hoped for right now. Now that my back is stronger, I've been able to become a lot more active. The depression one can face not being able to be active for fear of severe pain is not to be trifled with-- nor can someone who has not been through it fully grasp the deepness of heartache. It really sucks. I'm able to workout in a real way again, I'm able to run (albeit I feel as though waddling is a more apt term due to my size now), I'm able to play with the kiddos and so much more. Soccer was always my love and I'm able to play once again. I also need to kick up my healthy eating a notch...or ten. I have always thoroughly enjoyed eating healthy. Now, thanks to a few friends, I've been lead to eat the healthiest, and intended, way one can! Enter Paleo! My friends Abe and Sara have mentioned a few times that they fairly recently began a new lifestyle. No, not a diet, folks. A lifestyle. I was somewhat hesitant, but I asked about it. I must admit that when I heard "Paleo" come out of Abe's mouth, I instantly started mulling over all my old history lessons in my mind. He figured as much and shared a little about the Paleolithic lifestyle. To be honest, it's not too terribly far from how I've preferred to eat most of my athletic life as pretty much every good athlete knows that natural food is best. Paleo, however, takes it a few steps further and teaches that just because it's natural, does not mean you should eat it. This is the part that most intrigues and interests me. I'm very much looking forward to this journey. I see the transition being quite easy for me. Paleo At Penn has a wonderful blog that has really inspired and informed me. I suggest a read...

Saudi Arabia needs to be sent a clear message!

Read this ridiculous crap here: Saudi girl, 13, sentenced to 90 lashes for taking mobile phone to school.


Saudi Arabia and multiple other "allies" of the United States need to be sent a clear message regarding abuse and women's rights! The above article makes me sick. The government of Saudi Arabia is going to lash a 13-year-old schoolgirl 90 times and send her to jail for two months for having a concealed mobile phone. Sure, if it's against the rules then she should be punished, but not by being physically assaulted and abused in front of her classmates as the action is currently planned. If a country is to be our ally it is my firm belief that their human rights record and justice system should be above reproach-- as you can see from my previous post on China. Is the world really going to continue to sit by and watch as these tyrannous governments continue to abuse their citizens physically, spiritually, and emotionally? Come on, people! Wake up! I, for one, will continue reporting these atrocities and pressure our lawmakers and elected puppets (as that's all most are-- puppets) to address these issues. I am saddened that our current and previous presidents did nothing to address human rights and abuse of citizens with our so-called allies. If they want to be our ally they need to put an immediate and final stop to genocide (Chinese killing monks, Tibetans, and Christians), Muslim countries need to stop lashing and beheading people at the blink of an eye, etc. I seriously doubt that our current POTUS has the bollocks to even say a word.


From: Daily Mail

How screwed up is my city?

Gardner claims to be out of cash and is making their City Hall workers cut back on hours and take mandatory unpaid vacations. Okay, I get it-- the economy is somehow hurting them. Wait! What was that I just saw pass me? WOW, it's a new Public Safety car... Hang on, there's another one...and another. Hmmm... did the city purchase new cars with all the money they say they don't have?

Really? Nothing gets me more fired up right now than the misuse of city, state, and federal funds. I don't believe that new police patrol cars are more important than paying your employees. The ones we had were just fine. Instead of helping those they have a responsibility to in way of a living they go and purchase new cars! Seriously, that's just plain crap. Pure and simple. I don't care if they got some stupid federal grant or whatever. The Feds should be giving money to the state and local governments so they can continue paying their employees instead of the tens of millions they allocate and give out for new equipment and vehicles. What's really more important? Basic logic and common sense says that they should keep paying employees so they can pay their own bills and put food on the table instead of helping make economic times harder. /rant

President, TV Personality, or Hollywood Elite?

What is our President? Is he supposed to be the elected leader of our country who is supposed to make the tough decisions and protect our people and their rights? Or is he supposed to be a TV personality and Hollywood elite? I am so sick and tired of seeing our President playing the role of TV personality and Hollywood elite. He has yet to show me that he CAN be the POTUS. Even though I did not vote for him I would at least like to see him prove me wrong and fill his shoes. So far, all he's done is party, make TV appearances, make choices not other President ever would or should. He needs to stop doing this crap and be the man he was elected to be- President of the United States.

No more TV specials, no more moving the media into the White House, no more commenting on news and bringing people over for an apology fest all because you went and said something stupid. Be our President, please! Protect our borders-- close them off! Bring our boys home from Bush's needless and useless war. Prove me wrong, I beg you.

Guantanamo Bay Detainees to get laptops.

When I read I was shocked to the core. Personally, I could not believe that those who have been held as terror suspects are now being doted upon by the very government that they once purportedly conspired against. Many true, patriotic citizens of our country (which they are NOT) cannot afford even a simple computer let alone a laptop. I do not agree with the existence of Gitmo at all, but I do believe these people were detained for some good reason. The only thing that we should do with them when they are to be released is kick them back to wherever they were picked up. They have already cost the taxpayers of the United States untold millions. Enough is enough...send them on their merry way.

I find it suspicious that our new President wants to give these people great big bear hugs and help them rebuild lives here in America. Great, now we can help raise the enemy from the inside. Gee, who needs national security. Heck, we can just give sleeper agents jobs, houses, computers, etc. Let's just save Al Qaeda the job of bankrolling that. We'll do it for them. I'm not opposed to at least covering the plane ticket back to Sandville and maybe reintegrate them into their own society, but screw giving them a life in our country where they might start their alleged activities under the cover of a new life in the country they were allegedly plotting against, not to mention that they were held without rights for years-upon-years. I can't say I would blame them too much for being a wee sore against the U.S. at this point-- which is another reason not to place them in our society-- for fear of backlash and retribution.

Well, there's my two cents.