So, how'd your secret survey of your neighborhood shoppers go? (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, read back to a few posts ago).
Let's break down what observers find when they compare what people are buying in the supermarket to what level their fitness is.
✰Lets look at the first group of High Body Fat shoppers.
Not a lot of surprises here. This person will usually have a cart full of highly processed foods purchased in the larger sizes. They'll also have a large selection of beverages; especially colas or sweetened "juices". The freezer section will also have a big share of their cart,...
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This was a bad day. I did the workout, though I couldn't finish the planks and have a mortifying suspicion that it was lack of willpower, not lack of muscle strength. And I hit the grams, too. But I really wanted the cookies at the staff party. And the curry my boss heated up for lunch. And the cheese and crackers at the after-work happy hour. And the really fun buzz that everyone else had going on. Saw someone who was all, we have to do another dinner! And I had to say, sure--in November. I want to go out.... more
OK -- so there are some perks to being a graduate student. For starters, I am among the lucky few who get paid to go to school (via a USDA fellowship). How AWESOME is that? I'm still not over how blessed I've been. Secondly, you get to learn from and study alongside a lot of really fantastic people. And last, but certainly not least, you set your own schedule! So, as I transition from graduate student to "Master of Science" (hah!) and from the flexibility of summer to the schedule of the fall, i'm faced with the need to figure... more
This may be hard to believe but once upon a time, I didn't ALWAYS cope with stress by eating. In fact, sometimes I actually had zero appetite and would do other stuff like go for a run or pick up the phone and talk a friend's ear off. Emotional eating seems especially pronounced during the pcp. The more I'm told I can't have/do something, the more I go to the opposite extreme, often to my own detriment. A couple months ago, I had costochondritis - inflammation of a rib or the cartilage connecting a rib. It hurt to walk, sleep, everything.... more
Last night was the firs time in my PCP that I felt hungry, that feeling repeated itself today as well, strange, as I thought my body would adjust to the food level. the only thing that changed was adding Aikido practice...I hope I do not need to give up Aikido for last month of PCP or slow it down. I am gathering the needed day to apply for second degree lack belt test sometimes towards the end of the year, for that I need to do 3-4 practices a week, Need to make it work. Today I used some spare time... more
.......for the poor people around me on this flight when I whip open my Tupperware box of boiled egg delights........ Mwa hahahaha. Worst airline passenger ever. They have a liquid limit, but no rules on stinky stinky food. I shall soon arrive in the land of haggis and whiskey. Neither of which I like, so I should be ok. Och aye the noo, see youz later ma wee fruit scones .... more
eating spinach dip...tastes cheap. it's 2:25 and i'm watching gays dry hump each other out side my window, outside the gay bar accross the street. my desk is located in the REPUNZEL like top corner of my apartment. It is scattered with scetches, a wooden peice of draft wood I call my"CRAFTY GUN" , You pick it up and shoot yourself with it in the temple and it fires pure concentrated ideas into your brain, some drawings Mario drew....which look very fucking freaky, so I keep them and a Hemalyan salt crystal lamp.... Maria and I were too poor for... more
so with day 63 here, I am faced with some new stuff. My body is freaky, fer one thing. The back, the party I can't see, is apparently cut like a diamond, but my stomach, which I can see, is not cut at all. I fail at exercizes I used to excel at, and food that I used to be uninterested in is incredibly appealing (read: eggs). Biggest of all tho, is I seem to have kinda broken a barrier. Not in terms of physical stuff, but mental. There is no more "gotta keep pushing" to get myself to do... more
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The Peak Condition Project is a 90 day plan that gets participants into the best shape of their lives. Using the simplest of materials, adherence to diet, classic kung-fu training techniques, and the power of social networking, PCPers achieve the physiques they've always dreamed of, while gaining the knowledge to maintain their success long into the future.
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