Any kind of cheese cake sounds good. LOL I didn't do so well last night at least food wise. Me and the wife had a date night and ended up getting pizza and watching the sunset. We had an awesome sky last night!

Tinder, that sounds like a great hike!

Mark, I feel ya. One of my dogs leaped into some tall grass yanked my arm, then came out with with a dead squirrel in her mouth. I shrieked, that startled her to dropped the squirrel. There were times when I pull stuff from her mouth that I don't want to know what that was.

The tomato sauce came out good and we had meatballs and zucchini with the sauce.

Howie, awwww date nights are the best.

My boyfriend and I just had our first consultation with Jef Fry, it was very informative and he is just what we need! so we've decided use his services. My boyfriend was laughing in the other room when I was trying to explain to him that I do like to drink without sounding like a lush :laugh: He said its fine for me to drink twice a month.
He also said that he thinks that my metabolism is suppress because of my increase in activities. I do Muay Thai 4-6X a week, 60-90min per session. Plus I walk my dogs 45min-90min a day. On top of that I spend a good amount of time gardening every week. He wants me to start off by doing 2 small carb nites a week instead of one big carb nite a week to start and maybe in the future carb backloading. I am VERY excited to see progress since Ive been stuck (again) for a month now.

Tinder - Body Weight movements and walking is deload week for me. Squats,, planks, pushups, leglifts dynamic warmup and static cool downs. probably a couple of total rest days in there too. Saturday have a 15 mile ruck walks Probably won;t have a lot in it since I haven't done more than 5 or 6 miles in quite a while. Its to raise awareness for Carry the Fallen a non profit committed to reduce veteran and military suicides. We lose 22 a DAY to this, thats over 8,000 a year and we think its actually UNDER reported. (My guess is probably half again as much). Found out today it has been moved back to This Saturday. So gonna roll with it. Not the elevation you're doing but hey gotta go with what you got. Have fun with it lad.

Heron the tomato sauce and meatballs sounds great. Have fun with the Jeff Frye stuff. I've heard nothing but good stuff about him.

Howie - Have no regrets, Date Nite with your Huney is always a winner. You are a fortunate man to have someone to share the sunsets with.

Get plenty of rest for the pulled muscles, only time and rest can heal em lad.

I know I've missed some folks but I've got a quick turn around tonight and have to toddle off to bed, C ya tomorrow night and keep on Jammin'!

Hmrjmr1 out.

Tuesday. 1st day of school here...which means I officially have a high schooler. Kiddo just left for his freshman year. Damn time flies.

Kim - Believe it or not you're only just starting to feel the acceleration of time flies.... Strap life on like a seat belt cause time is about to take off....! Enjoy the ride.

Happy Wednesday Everybody.

Wednesday morning folks! They were talking snow again for today, but I don't think it will quite reach us. Bummer!! Dogs were moving a bit slow this morning. I think I wore them out a bit yesterday with the longer hike. High energy dogs my keester

Yes A/C unit nowadays are way more efficient. And many states will give rebates. So Kevin are if your state is offering that

Wow Mark you guys have a short warm season.

I had a great session today. Small class but way more intense. Learned new moves. Yeah!
However I kicked my partner (a nice young man maybe 17-18?) In the balls. I didn't even kick that hard but man he dropped like a ton of bricks. I felt awful!!:sad: He eventually recovered and was a good sport about it. The instructor then taught him how to hold his blocks to protect his ahem family jewels. It was my fault I was tired and my form was slipping hence the low kick. But after that, all my kicks were above the waist.
Also an NSV today. When my instructor was kicking me on the stomach he said " Damn your stomach is flat, great job!" That felt great and it sure took the small pain of him kicking me away lol

No AC...That's no bueno.

Howie...Wow yes! Chance of snow in September that's crazy! We're looking at 95 degree days still here in sunny New Mexico... Soon enough though it will be super windy so I guess I shouldn't complain.

Here's to Wednesday!

Happy Thursday Folks. PODcast was fun. Enjoyed meeting all of you. Have a great day.

Thursday. Early early day at work. So sad I missed the podcast but I just had to go to bed earlier. Can't wait to listen!

Unnerstan' Kim you were missed. Have a great day.

Howie, I am down with that idea. I am not sure how well my link did last night, and I know there are delays due to the long haul link that I use.

I was going to PM this, then thought maybe a group hug... uhh... share would be more appropriate. One of the things that has saved us as a family in getting all the carbs/sugars out of our diet has been the book "Against all Grain" by Danielle Walker. I LOVE to make breads (grinding my own wheat and flours), so getting that out of my diet has been very difficult. My wife likes to make all manner of sweets. This book really helped us kick the habit, and give my wife confidence to branch out into healthier eating. The Banana Bread is a family favorite; we use it for breakfast

Thank ya'll for last night.

Perhaps next time I can try it with my phone, as that should reduce the lag. I can always drive 10 miles down the road to get the link a little bit better too What can I say, we live 55 miles from town.

One thing I will add when traveling. If I do end up at an eatery, I will ask about the Bleu Cheese dressing, but generally go with just using Frank's Red Hot. A lot of the oils at the tables for salads are not Olive Oil believe it or not, I have asked. Also, a lot of times it is not Virgin Olive Oil, which is what you want. There is also that whole sugar thing in dressings that Mark was talking about.

Another one of those things that works great is the "As Seen on TV" Vegetti. We used to use a flat slicer, but that works much better. Getting used to Zucchini as a pasta took some getting used to though.

A very Happy Friday Folks. Epic fail for me yesterday. Tested new rep scheme for Seated Overhead press developed by one of my co workers. Work out went well but was supposed to deload this week. Oh well.

Like the hangout idea but 1000 at night Central Time would be problematic for me on any day but Saturday. I know that's probably not the best time for folks with a huney or any kind of social life so work out what;s best for the group and I'll try to join in when I can.

Howie, in the evenings I can pretty much work in any day.

Thanks to Mr Hammer's suggestion, I figured it was time to get with the program. Put on my ruck yesterday, at 42 pounds, and went for my normal 2.5 mile hike. Wow, did that up the burn a bit. I was able to keep an average of 3.5mph, which surprised me. I may do it again tonight.. I have to be careful since I have a USPSA match on Saturday..

Oh, it looks like maybe my weight is moving down again... I am almost afraid to step on the scale..

Howie, over the years I have figured out that eating carbs, particularly processed carbs, to be detrimental to my health. Particularly the last few years, I was eating Tum's like they were breath mints, 6 at a shot. As soon as I eliminated the processed carbs that went away. Also, with my wife being a diabetic, carbs and processed sugars are not her friend either. While we made a lot of our own food (including growing/raising it), all the breads and pasta we were eating was not good.

We had done Atkins several times, and had good results. What really derailed us was the free meal days.. we would pine for those meals, and go NUTS. Then it became a free day... and then you can guess what next. So, we decided to go Paleo, and keep it that way. We do have a free meal (if we want it), but try and keep it to at least once every 6 weeks. It is more psychological than anything. Overall this has worked the best for us. My carb intake is about 60g per day, and almost all of that is veg. Oh, it was also learning how to cook, all over again. We have now reached the point where that free processed carb meal does not make us feel good, so we are not over doing it.

Another reason we are so deeply into this now is to teach our boys how to eat properly. With both my wife and I having the history of Colon Cancer, eating better will do a lot for them. So far, my 15yo has lost 40 pounds, and the 13yo has lost about 25. They are better mentally (focus), and we have less behavior issues (they are teenagers after all).