Day 342 - Saturday June 28th

Info:  Today is ECOIDPA day! I planned a pretty cool match for all the shooters today, we followed an AC/DC theme! While I wanted to have some music blaring while we shot, I couldn't find enough CD players to make it work how I would have envisioned so we just went without it. Lots of fun to be had, and a day on the range is about as good as you can get, well unless the range was next to the ocean in a 75-80 degree climate with a slight breeze, on the beach, next to a giant bbq grill....yeah anyways today was fun!

Fun stages to be had by all.....

Food Log:


Breakfast: Chicken thigh and a few carrot and celery sticks

Lunch: Grazed throughout the afternoon on chicken thigh, olives, apple chips and almond butter

Dinner: 2 avocados worth of guacamole mixed with diced chicken and hot sauce

Snack:  none

Exercise: 8 hours running and walking around the range - at least 4 miles.

DAY 342 COMPLETE

Day 341 - Friday June 27th

Info:  Had a lady come to my house for a physical and blood draw for life insurance today (exciting stuff I know) the best part about it was that she is a health professional and had never heard of a Paleo type diet. She was asking me what it was, and looked kinda lost as I explained it. I understand that meats, vegetables, fruits and nuts is sometimes confusing and all but sheesh! Then after I explained that I don't eat grains, breads or processed foods, she looks at me with a sort of shock and awe look on her face and asks "Well how do you get your carbohydrates then if you don't eat grains or bread?" Now I don't mean to insult anyone, but if you don't already know that carbohydrates come from fruits and vegetables.....Well let me tell you now, Carbs come from fruits and vegetables. There we are square on that now. I looked at her and I said "I get them from fruits and veggies." It looked like I kicked her in the hoo-ha. The FDA and everyone that preaches the grain grain grain diet has a lot of people in the dark on this one still! You can get plenty of "way better for you than processed food or grain" carbs from fruits and vegetables. in fact that's all you need! If you don't believe me, take a look at my before and after pictures and make the decision for yourself! Fix your diet and it will fix a lot of the issues you may be having.

You should NOT eat at least 6oz of grains, and you should not worry about if they are whole grains nor not! Eat fruits and veggies instead. You're welcome!

Food Log:


Breakfast: No breakfast, had to fast for my physical and blood draw

Lunch: Grilled Cajun chicken thigh, celery and carrot sticks, organic apple chips and almond butter

Dinner: Huge salad with Romaine, iceberg, onion, black olives, red cabbage, egg, carrots, broccoli, scallions, and bacon, oil and vinegar dressing. Also had french onion soup sans the crouton and cheese. Just beef broth and onions.

Snack:  none

Exercise:Went for a walk around a few lakes tonight scoping out some fishing spots. About an hour of semi vigorous walking. Helped loosen the back and got some good fat burnin in!

DAY 341 COMPLETE

Day 340 - Thursday June 26th

Info:  Rollin, rollin, rollin - Gotta keep this train rollin! Getting real close to the end, and while I am not where I wanted to be in the gym due to some setBACKs (see what i did there?) I will take what i have, if it was easy we would all be doing this stuff right?

Since I love the Chive, may as well use another one of these.....

Food Log:


Breakfast: Bomelette V2 - this time it was 4 eggs , steak and onions

Lunch: Wasn't too hungry for lunch so I had an organic coconut water and some almond butter

Dinner: Large chicken salad with iceberg, and about a cup of celery and carrot sticks. Finished it off with 1 cup of organic frozen dark sweet cherries

Snack:  none

Exercise: Stretching and walking. Walking seems to help loosen things up, so I guess I should do it more!

DAY 340 COMPLETE

Day 339 - Wednesday June 25th

Info:  Trying to make sure I get enough veggies and stuff in my meals, been skipping veggies and whole meals etc, want to try and limit that as much as possible so I can keep the machine fed so to speak!

I call this the "Bomelette" because it was a bomb omelette!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Bad ass omelette and I mean BAD ASS! 4 eggs, pulled pork and broccoli - so tasty!

Lunch: Pulled pork and broccoli drizzled with coconut aminos

Dinner: Mixture of pork and ground beef with Clausen pickles and hot sauce (like a hamburger scramble almost) pistachios and some organic apple chips

Snack:  none

Exercise: Did some strict form body weight squats and some no weight dead lift reps to test out the back. Few twinges here and there during the dead's, but nothing too terrible.

DAY 339 COMPLETE

Day 338 - Tuesday June 24th

Info:  Starting to get caught up! Few more days to go!!


On another note, I found an odd egg today, it was shaped all weird.I didn't want to eat it because mutated egg = likely not good things, so I cracked it open to check out what was inside

Duuuude its a double yolk egg!!! What does it meeean man? Double yolk egg oh my god......

Food Log:


Breakfast: Leftover meatsa with kalamata olives, chicken, basil, sun dried tomato and olive oil

Lunch: Chicken breast/Ground beef salad with romaine lettuce and hotsauce

Dinner: Taco salad with ground beef, romaine, and a bunch of carrot stick (hot sauce on the salad of course)

Snack:  none

Exercise: none

DAY 338 COMPLETE

Day 337 - Monday June 23rd

Info:  Starting to make a dent in getting caught up! Few more days to go!! Nothing too special today, just running all over and having fun!

Let's pretend this is a picture of my food or something interesting! (Sorry no pics today)

Food Log:


Breakfast: Ground beef, applesauce and almond butter (not all mixed together!)

Lunch: Steak salad with iceberg, black olives and salsa

Dinner: Meatsa with kalamata olives, chicken, basil, sun dried tomato and olive oil

Snack:  none

Exercise: none - waiting until the end of the week to start testing out the aback again

DAY 337 COMPLETE

Day 336 - Sunday June 22nd

Info:  Hit up the Bay which is a mini water park near my house, kids love it and I like to go and take my shirt off and get my tan on.....or something like that LOL. Back is still tender but it is getting better. This "old" that people speak of sure does suck! I remember when a sore back was like "Rub some dirt on it and get back out there" Now its like "Oh geeze do I need amputation? Crutches? Surgery?" LOL damn.

Easier said than done.....

Food Log:


Breakfast: 6oz of seasoned ground beef and a handful of almonds

Lunch: Organic apple chips, carrot sticks and a handful of almonds

Dinner: Fajita type salad with chicken thigh and steak. of course it was covered with hot sauce!

Snack:  none

Exercise: none - back is still improving though, less soreness today!

DAY 336 COMPLETE

Day 335 - Saturday June 21st

Info:  Found some glorious stuff called Battle Balm in Paleo magazine a few days ago - its a balm for MMA fighters and for people who play contact sports. it is supposed to help relieve pain and heal damaged tissue, so i figured I'd give it a try on my back. They have several different types, and I went with the strongest. It isn't a cure all, but it sure does soothe the ache, I will say that. It's pricey but so far worth it! If you are looking for something for sore muscles, check it out! Also back seems to be healing faster than in the past, the pain is going away quicker, so I am pretty sure I just pulled something slightly.

So much win right here in this little tin......

Food Log:


Breakfast: Steak and broccoli - because why not!?!?

Lunch: Big salad with iceberg, mushroom, onion, black olives, bacon, and boiled egg. Olive oil and vinegar for dressing


Dinner: Seasoned ground beef taco salad with hot sauce for dressing

Snack:  none

Exercise: none - massaging and applying Battle Balm to help ease the ache. Seems to be working, should be back in business soon!


DAY 335 COMPLETE

New Recipe Alert!!!

Paleo Pulled Pork!!! I had a bunch of pork loin roasts and needed something delectable to make with them. Decided some pulled pork sounded about right! Surprised myself with this one, it almost tastes like a slow roasted BBQ pulled pork. The kicker is that there is no BBQ sauce in it! Its quick to prep, easy to cook and will feed you for days!

Paleo Pulled Pork


As always you can click the link above, click the pic, or check out the sidebar under "proteins" for this and other delicious recipes!

Day 334 - Friday June 20th

Info:  Where does the time go? Holy heck! Seems like I just fell asleep and bam back up and at it. Sometimes not having solid employment is more work than a full time job! tasks for today included 4 loads of laundry, 2 loads of dishes, mowing my front and back lawn, grocery shopping, dusting, making 3 beds, and cooking dinner. I no longer will ever make fun of a women (jokingly of course) and tell her to get in the kitchen again!



I have to say I may have solidified a spot in the new magazine coming out next month.....(kidding of course!)

I can be found on page 71......... LOL

Food Log:


Breakfast: 6oz of ground beef. I inhaled it and ran out the door to errand land

Lunch: Pork tenderloin salad with iceberg lettuce and hot sauce for dressing

Dinner: Another meat stir fry, this time with steak, ground beef and sugar free sausage. Ample amounts of broccoli tossed in as well. 

Snack:  none

Exercise: none - back is getting a bit better, seems on track for my goal of early next week. been Shocking the crap out of it with my NEMS machine to get it to loosen up


DAY 334 COMPLETE

Day 333 - Thursday June 19th

Info:  Getting ready for some family to come in to town, which equates to running around like crazy and making sure the house is all nice and groomed. You know it has to be all pretty so they can show up and destroy it.....then its OK for the house to be messy haha. Oh I also painted one of our bedrooms in anticipation for a new family member that is scheduled to arrive later this year...

Custom pink with octopi, seahorse, dolphin and turtle stencils....

 
Food Log:


Breakfast: Steak and cantaloupe

Lunch: Pork tenderloin salad with iceberg lettuce and hot sauce for dressing

Dinner: Another meat stir fry, this time with steak, ground beef and sugar free sausage. Ample amounts of broccoli tossed in as well. 

Snack:  none

Exercise: none - the back re hurt is getting a little better, hope to be able to try and work through it the beginning of next week.


DAY 333 COMPLETE

Day 332 - Wednesday June 18th

Info: Good lord I am so behind on these posts! Sorry all I will get you caught up in the next few days! Family in town, kids needing teeth pulled, its been a crazy few days! My food has suffered (missing meals etc) but now that it has settled down gotta get you all updated and eat more veggies!

Food Log:


Breakfast: 4 egg scramble with mushrooms, broccoli and cauliflower

Lunch: SF sausage and some almond butter

Dinner: I made a meat stir fry with steak, ground beef and pork tenderloin all sauteed with copious amounts of mushrooms.
 
Snack:  none

Exercise: none


DAY 332 COMPLETE

Day 331 - Tuesday June 17th

Info: That back issue prediction came soo true. I am a hurting fella today. The good news is I can tell its a pull because I can feel where the muscle is sore in my lower back/butt. Its not the same issue I was having before for the longest time. I was going to snap a picture of the sore area, but I don't want the ladies to be going all crazy over seeing my bare arse so I refrained.....LOL

Dear back/butt pain....you can suck it!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Sausage link. That was it, not too hungry today

Lunch: Sausage link and almond butter. Yeah it's one of those days.

Dinner: Big salad with iceberg, pork loin, mushrooms, oliveoil mayo/salsa dressing and hot sauce. 2 TBS of almond butter
 
Snack:  none

Exercise: none - I stretched and used my NEMS machine to try and make my back stop hurting!


DAY 331 COMPLETE

Day 330 - Monday June 16th

Info: All excited to finally get back in the gym properly today. I am going to be following a strength and conditioning program along with some CrossFit type workouts. Have a month laid out to test this program and will continue from there!

Back in the gym, time to go #beastmode

Food Log:


Breakfast: Egg scramble with onions and broccoli, and some fresh strawberries

Lunch: hard boiled egg, guac and plantain chips, and carrots

Dinner: SF sausage, pork loin, cantaloupe and 2 TBS of almond butter
 
Snack:  none

Exercise: Warm up sets :  Squats - 45lbs x 5 reps
                                                        55lbs x 5 reps
                                                        65lbs x 5 reps
                                                        85lbs x 5 reps
                                                        105lbs x 5 reps
                 Working sets: Squats - 135lbs x 5 reps x 3 sets

                 Warm up sets: Presses - 45lbs x 5reps
                                                        55lbs x 5 reps
                                                        65lbs x 5 reps
                 Working sets: Presses - 75lbs x 5 reps x 3 sets

                 Warm up sets: Deadlifts - 45lbs x 5 reps
                                                           65lbs x 5 reps
                                                           75lbs x 5 reps
                                                           95lbs x 5 reps
                                                           115lbs x 5 reps
                 Working sets: Deadlifts - 135lbs x 5 reps x 3 sets

After doing this workout (it was light, but the program calls for you to start at the beginning) I can tell my sore back is going to be an issue. It was pain free for about 2 weeks and during deadlifts I felt it get a little sore. should be a fun next few days...
 
DAY 330 COMPLETE

Day 329 - Sunday June 15th

Info: Took the kids up to the pool today and got my tan on (hahah yeah right) more like I turned in to a lobster again! I ate a lot of meat and not enough veggies (or any) for dinner gotta make sure to balance that out.

CANNON BALL!!!!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Egg scramble with onions and broccoli, and some fresh strawberries

Lunch: hard boiled egg, guac and plantain chips, and carrots

Dinner: SF sausage, pork loin, cantaloupe and 2 TBS of almond butter
 
Snack:  none

Exercise: none

DAY 329 COMPLETE

Day 328 - Saturday June 14th

Info: Hit the Front Range IDPA today, terrible mistakes- silly stuff that bogged me way down. Was at least fun though! Put a video with times in this post for you to see this new app I'm usuing to analyze my shooting. You can see and hear some of my better ones (I'll give you one hint, you weren't allowed to drop your magazine until your knee was on the ground....yeah i dropped it too soon, and I kneeled on a large rock..yeouch!)

Food Log:


Breakfast: Pork tenderloin and pineapple chunks

Lunch: SF sausage, and an apple

Dinner: meatsa pizza with a gluten free crust and dairy free cheese. The meat was good, the cheese meh
 
Snack:  none

Exercise: none

DAY 328 COMPLETE

Day 327 - Friday June 13th

Info: Ahh the good old "I'm so sore" bug has come back to hit me, glad I got in the gym before starting to get serious. I could only imagine how sore I would be if I really got after it on my 1st workout. Taking the weekend off and then starting a strength training program on Monday, where I will be getting after it, and I will likely want to die from the soreness!

Guac and Chips...Paleo style

Food Log:


Breakfast: Chicken thigh meat, and fresh strawberries

Lunch: Canino's sausage, iceberg salad and fresh strawberries

Dinner: Canino's sausage, fresh guacamole and plantain chips
 
Snack:  none

Exercise: none

DAY 327 COMPLETE

Day 326 - Thursday June 12th

Info: Got all signed up at the gym the other day and went to check it out tonight. Just did some messing around with some standard exercises but I can tell already I'm going to be sore tomorrow! Body weight exercises are great for toning and helping, but I can feel how weak I am now compared to where I used to be when I was in the gym regularly. Oh well have to start somewhere! I got hooked up with a strength building program I am going to follow as well so I won't be doing standard stuff when I'm at the gym either (well not all standard gym stuff) and I am going to throw in some CrossFit style workouts as well to keep it interesting. All I can say is it's about time I am getting to this part of my journey!

Little of this and that for dinner tonight

Food Log:


Breakfast: Pulled pork, carrots and cauliflower with OOM/Dill/onion dip

Lunch: Pulled pork salad with iceberg and avocado. OOM/hot sauce dressing

Dinner: Pulled pork stuffed mushrooms with sides of fresh strawberries and clausen pickles
 
Snack:  none

Exercise: Chest work - Bench, barbell flies, Bi's - curls, Tri's - extensions, Traps - raises.

DAY 326 COMPLETE

Day 325 - Wednesday June 11th

Info: I wanted to make a bunch of bulk food, but I didn't want to be around to watch it so i busted out the slow cooker. What spawned out of this is nothing short than amazing! I cooked pork loin roasts, and it came out tasting like BBQ pork, but with no sugary BBQ sauce or honey! That being said, its been far too long since I have posted a recipe for you guys so look for that to be posted shortly.

The beginning of the journey. The end? MAH BELLY!!!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Pork loin and applesauce, carrot sticks

Lunch: Mix of Pork and chicken diced up on a salad with OOM/hot sauce dressing. Strawberries on the side

Dinner: Pork faux-chos with iceberg lettuce. Carrot and cauliflower with OOM dill dip on the side
 
Snack:  none

Exercise: none

DAY 325 COMPLETE

Day 324 - Tuesday June 10th

Info: Well I have officially outgrown what weights I have in my basement and went on a search to find a gym to join. I like CrossFit or at least most of CrossFit, but since I am balling on a budget (a very tiny budget) I can't afford to sign up at a box (CrossFit gym for those of you non CrossFitters) Found out there is an Anytime fitness near my house and went and checked it out. The manager is really cool, and said I could use the bumper plates they have there and do CrossFit type workouts as well so it's kind of a win-win! I can program my own stuff and go workout Anytime (See what they did there - Anytime fitness - anytime. Clever bastards) It's not that expensive at $30 a month and I can grunt and groan and throw stuff if I need to without getting yelled at. Plus I am cancelling cable as soon as the Stanley Cup Finals are over, so just rerouting my $$ into getting Swole! Excited to get started and really kick my transformation in to gear!


On another note, does anyone else still play with their food? The way I do it now is much more sophisticated than when I was say 9 years old, but still... I was chopping up carrots and immediately it reminded me of this:

Logging operation anyone? LOL

I'm not going to lie and tell you that I didn't pretend to be a giant wood chipper as I was eating the carrots ........

Food Log:


Breakfast: wasn't hungry so skipped it!

Lunch: Chicken salad again with iceberg and hot sauce. Also had some fresh strawberries and a handful of almonds

Dinner: Chicken salad and raw veggies - carrots, cauliflower and black olives
 
Snack:  Fresh strawberries

Exercise: none

DAY 324 COMPLETE

Day 323 - Monday June 9th

Info: Tried chicken salad for the first time ever today. it always looked gross to me, but I made my own version and loved it! Works really well with some hot sauce on a big salad too!

Chicken salad deliciousness!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Pork loin and some pineapple. Skipped the veggies after the meat and fruit I was full

Lunch: Chicken salad which I made with hard boiled egg, chicken and OOM on a bed of lettuce, and some organic dried apple chips

Dinner: Same as lunch and some fresh strawberries This stuff was delicious! Never had chicken or egg salad before until today! (added hot sauce this time though)
 
Snack: 1 oz of almonds

Exercise: none

DAY 323 COMPLETE

Day 322 - Sunday June 8th

Info: Good lord, I am finally able to log back in to my blog! Seems someone was trying to HAXXORZ (hack) it or something I was locked out!! But that doesn't mean you get rid of me that easy haha! Today I took my daughter to a USPSA match in Boulder so she could see what it was like as she has been showing an interest in competition. She loved it and was the "squad kiddo" as one guy said. My phone died on me so no pictures unfortunately.

Food Log:


Breakfast: 3 hard boiled eggs, carrot sticks

Lunch: Sausage, carrot sticks, cauliflower with home made Olive oil mayo ranch dip. 1 med sized apple

Dinner: Chicken salad with iceberg lettuce, Olive oil mayo/hot sauce dressing
 
Snack:  4oz of chicken, was still hungry later on in the night.

Exercise: Ran around on the range today, ~3 miles or so

DAY 322 COMPLETE

Day 321 - Saturday June 7th

Info: Got out to a local small shooting match today, took my daughter with me so she could learn the ropes as she is expressing interest in the shooting sports. By far the worst match I've shot in a long time. Weather was bad, squad was a rough one and my head wasn't in it. Still fun but not my favorite by any means.

I call it the BOSS salad (Big Ol Salad Son!)

Food Log:


Breakfast: Egge, cauliflower and onion scramble with hot sauce

Lunch: Sausages, carrot sticks, and cauliflower with home made olive oil mayo ranch dip

Dinner: Big salad with sausage, iceberg, black olives and olive oil mayo/salsa dressing.
 
Snack:  pistachios

Exercise: none

DAY 321 COMPLETE

Day 320 - Friday June 6th

Info: Man the weekends come and I get so busy I can't keep up with the blog posts! I'll try to set aside some time to keep the updates coming on a daily basis.

It's been a while on the progress pictures so since I have been slacking here is a quick (albeit lame) selfie!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Egg, cauliflower and onion scramble

Lunch: Chicken breast, sausage and an apple. Bit lacking on the veggie department

Dinner: Chicken, shrimp and broccoli skillet with salsa.
 

Snack:  none

Exercise: none

DAY 320 COMPLETE

Day 319 - Thursday June 5th

Info: Spent most of the day running around trying to get the lawn mowed before the storm rolled in. Exciting stuff there! Also got some Olive oil mayo made, and more bulk cooking done. Odd day to do it, but it happened to be the day I had time so BAM!!!

Cauliflower and eggs? Yep it's delicious too!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Scramble with 4 eggs, cauliflower, onion, topped with half an avocado and chili paste

Lunch: Went with the trusty sausage melee for lunch again. Added some hot sauce this time though

Dinner: Big salad with romaine, kalamata olives, red onion, artichokes, mushrooms and 4 boiled eggs
 

Snack:  none

Exercise: 50 pushups, 50 air squats, 50 military press. I gotta get back after this, so working the reps up and adding weight so I don't feel like a bus hit me when I get back after it. Plus who really wants to get hit by a bus? I know I don't!

DAY 319 COMPLETE

Day 318 - Wednesday June 4th

Info: Found the sledge hammer I'm getting for my tire workouts. Amazon ships it free and its under $100, so I'm stoked! Now I just need to start stringing together the workouts like I have the Paleo diet.

I went with the 16# because the 20# jumped up $20 overnight....WTF??

Food Log:


Breakfast: Spicy sausage mixed with red onion and lettuce...the "Sausage Melee" strikes again

Lunch: Chicken breast mixed with guacamole and hot sauce.

Dinner: Paleo tacos with plantain tortillas, chicken, lettuce black olives and hot sauce
 

Snack:  none

Exercise: none

DAY 318 COMPLETE

Day 317 - Tuesday June 3rd

Info: Getting back in to the swing of things this week, getting this all caught up and getting back to regular workouts. I have the big tire, now I just need the big sledge hammer and i can really get after it without having a ton of equipment. Oh yeah and I'm trying to to disturb my sunburn too much!

Food Log:


Breakfast: 4 egg, onion and broccoli omelet


Lunch: SF sausage with diced red onion, mustard and iceberg lettuce. I call it "The Sausage Melee"

Dinner:  Paleo chicken tacos with home made Paleo tortillas (plaintain based), lettuce, black olives and hot sauce

 

Snack:  none

 

Exercise: 50 pushups, 50 military press with 45# and 50 air squats

DAY 317 COMPLETE

Day 316 - Monday June 2nd

Info: Met up with a friend to take the kids to the local pool for some fun. First I'll say its nice to run around with your shirt off without being self conscious, I've never done that before. Second I will say 4 applications of sunscreen will not stop you from turning in to a complete lobster!!! YEOUCH!

Ever see this episode? This is what I felt like....

Food Log:


Breakfast: Chicken salad with iceberg lettuce and hot sauce


Lunch: Smoked oysters, handful of almonds and organic apple chips

Dinner:  went a little crazy at dinner, was starving! had steak, fish and broccoli and then had a big salad with ground beef, romaine, iceberg, onions, cilantro and salsa. Then I topped it all with a ton of hot sauce!

Snack:  none

 

Exercise: 50 pushups, 50 air squats, 50 crunches

DAY 316 COMPLETE

Day 315 - Sunday June 1st

Info:Got back to the range about 10am this morning in the middle of the head to head shoot offs and watched some people do battle. Winner ended up getting $400! Not too bad for a fun day at the range. Didn't get anything crazy cool from the prize table but did win my division! Now I just need USPSA to update their classifications so I am in the division where I belong. Yes I'll admit it, this trophy was a bit of sandbaggery, but there isn't anything I could do about it. Gotta follow the classification rules I guess. regardless, I'll take it!

2 years in a row!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Leftover gluten free meatsa and an apple


 
Lunch: Mongolian stir fry with chicken, beef, broccoli, sprouts, jalapenos, water chestnuts and mushrooms



Dinner:  Paleo faux-chos with chicken, lettuce, salsa and hot sauce

Snack:  none
 

Exercise: none

DAY 315 COMPLETE