Health is not a race.
Four Years
I published my first post, Nutrition & Exercise 101, on December 15, 2007 - just over four years ago. For those of you who have and still visit this site, thanks for tuning in. The accountability I feel with you is encouraging and inspiring.
Thank you!
Usain Bolt, fastest man alive. Look at the way he floats through the air. His head doesn’t bob up and down at each step. His heel never touches the ground. Every bit of energy used to propel his body forward.
(via UnScared)
99% of supplements are bullshit - EXPENSIVE bullshit, the worst kind.
Read this article.
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I’m not there yet. But I want to be training 24 hours per day. Sleeping as training, producing as training, training always. Developing my mind, doing more, producing more. Trending upwards. Serve more, build more. Every action should be investigated – does this serve me? Does this let me actualize the highest level of myself?
This does not mean being stupid and running yourself into the ground. Going for a swim, going for a hike, snowboarding, scuba diving, crawling through some ruins, listening to nice music, getting a massage, taking a nap, eating healthy, laughing, joy – I do all these. But why? In a way, it’s still all training. Relaxing is training. Having a masseuse pound the lactic acid out of my muscles is training. Good training isn’t stupid, it’s sustainable.
Yes, I want to make every minute of my life into the best it could be, into doing the highest and most important things for that moment. But that doesn’t mean grinding nonstop until exhaustion, collapse, and breakdown. Relaxing is training, sleeping is training, eating is training.
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"Listen to your fear but don’t obey it."
— Seth Godin
"…meals embody the principles and the disposition of the person who eats them. Food means choices and choices mean a chance to fulfill our principles."
A Cheat Day after a Paleo Challenge, Part 2
Today, I throw everything I did for the last month out the window.
Let’s just say I feel like garbage at the end of this cheat day. I may eat like [the new] normal tomorrow and forget about the “celebrating.” It’s not authentic or worth it. I didn’t realize how great I felt until now.
Here’s what my cheat day looked like:
- Breakfast: 1 Venti Iced Vanilla Latte, 1 cinnamon swirl coffee cake
- Lunch: Pepperoni pizza (4 slices), Sugar Free Red Bull
- Snack: Leftover pizza (2 slices)
- Dinner: Buffalo Wild Wings - 8 boneless chicken wings, potato wedges, ranch dressing, 2 tall Blue Moon beers
- Snack: Popcorn, large Mr. Pibb (at a movie)
I wasn’t feeling too bad until after dinner, where things went downhill quickly. My digestive system/stomach is aching, churning and upset with me for eating this way.
