Healthy Mac - Healthy John?
Oh Hai Thur.
The MAC is back on track... it was crazy router issues... probably still aren't 100% sorted - as I may not have a WEP key currently. So hopefully bitches aren't stealing my internets. It was weird i got it fixed, and then my mom's laptop lost internet - same kind of issue, couldn't get an IP. It's like it didn't want more than one of us on at a time. KIND OF RIDICULOUS.
IN ANY EVENT... other news.
As some of you may or may not know. I work for a nutraceutical company - and have for a couple of years. Some of you may ask "what's a nutraceutical?" and I understand... spell check doesn't know either. And much as I fought back in the day about this, I was defeated, it IS a real word. The concept is very similar to "pharmaceutical" except nutrition based. FOOD-medicine? basically.
Our primary product was recently REFORMULATED!! and we have a new "plan" we recommend. Involving IT - freshly ground flax seed (buy whole organic brown flax and then throw it in a mr. coffee coffee grinder) - and Evening Primrose Oil (which offers you GLA - which works with the omega oils you get from the flax seed (flax > fish oil supplements)).
That's the back story - No intention of going too far into it here - but now the purpose of the post.
I'm ON our product/program I'm doing it - I down that first thing when I wake up - but beyond that the rest of my 'diet'. I always say that my diet is pretty good - I haven't regularly drank pop in AGES and I only don't use an absolute because I do RARELY use pop for mix with rum - that kind of thing. But I'm talking in the average month I have NO pop. I eat mostly pretty good foods. The reason I'm still fat? is simple an two fold. My physical activity levels are INCREDIBLY low. Which as you've noticed from the bike post etc, I'm working on. (a little? haha) But also - my quantity control. Eating an overabundance of GOOD calories is STILL too many goddamn calories. I refuse to turn into a "calorie counter".
My strategy which is now taking effect simultaneously with starting the new health program on my product. IS to DOCUMENT my health efforts - ie. everything i eat and any notable exercise activity. Presently I only have yesterday documented - and I used iCAL because of the goddamn internet issue. The plan is to transfer any data within - to a google calender. I will also make this calender public - and likely periodically post it within this journal.
This way I can look back and say "ha, maybe I don't eat QUITE as well as I thought." or perhaps "DAMN look how well I eat" or... whatever.
This is where suggestions may be of use...
CURRENTLY I'm documenting WHEN (well whatevers closest to the time in 15 minute increments as that's how ical works)
that I...
a. Wake up
b. Eat (and WHAT I eat)
c. Work out (random pushups? go for a run? whatever)
d. Weight
e. Blood Pressure
I haven't actually documented any of C/D/E so far *blush* but give me time!!! My blood pressure I already know is actually REALLY good, I'm shockingly healthy for a big guy. But we have a blood pressure cuff so I can check it whenever.
I don't want to be INCREDIBLY anal about this whole list - or I'll never keep it up, though last night I DID count TOSTITO's - (Jeff opened a bag and I am weak... i had like 12 organic corn tostito's)
I feel that when BEER gets involved - my ability to count individual random morsels of food (think at a party where theres random food around) will be inhibited.
((as a side note no matter how brown/wholewheat/organic/whatever? they make tostitos? check the bag they're ALL bad... ))
So as mentioned it's a good personal record for myself to see - but ALSOOOOOOOoooo it has a sneaky side benefit if I use a public Google calender. That being any of YOU will be able to see it. Which I can already feel affecting my consumption decisions. The public shame of having to list eating a bowl of ice cream at 2am - seems like a strong deterrent (again not something I'd actually DO but still). Now in theory you'll say "but you just might not list the bad stuff" and that's true. I could just omit the slip ups - or ENOUGH of the slip ups to make it look realistic but far better than reality. But I won't. For one - I'm too honest, I'm really a pretty honest guy, I'm not even very GOOD at lying - and usually don't see much benefit to it. ALSO - because what's the point in it? you guys don't give a rats ass what I eat REALLY. It's the psychology of having made it public and GIVING people access that is supposed to provide the motivation to make better choices.
This is not necessarily a "diet plan" so much as... documenting an experiment? haha.
I don't know..
I'm losing interest in writing this post - so I'm going to end transmission now.
Blogged with the Flock Browser
The MAC is back on track... it was crazy router issues... probably still aren't 100% sorted - as I may not have a WEP key currently. So hopefully bitches aren't stealing my internets. It was weird i got it fixed, and then my mom's laptop lost internet - same kind of issue, couldn't get an IP. It's like it didn't want more than one of us on at a time. KIND OF RIDICULOUS.
IN ANY EVENT... other news.
As some of you may or may not know. I work for a nutraceutical company - and have for a couple of years. Some of you may ask "what's a nutraceutical?" and I understand... spell check doesn't know either. And much as I fought back in the day about this, I was defeated, it IS a real word. The concept is very similar to "pharmaceutical" except nutrition based. FOOD-medicine? basically.
Our primary product was recently REFORMULATED!! and we have a new "plan" we recommend. Involving IT - freshly ground flax seed (buy whole organic brown flax and then throw it in a mr. coffee coffee grinder) - and Evening Primrose Oil (which offers you GLA - which works with the omega oils you get from the flax seed (flax > fish oil supplements)).
That's the back story - No intention of going too far into it here - but now the purpose of the post.
I'm ON our product/program I'm doing it - I down that first thing when I wake up - but beyond that the rest of my 'diet'. I always say that my diet is pretty good - I haven't regularly drank pop in AGES and I only don't use an absolute because I do RARELY use pop for mix with rum - that kind of thing. But I'm talking in the average month I have NO pop. I eat mostly pretty good foods. The reason I'm still fat? is simple an two fold. My physical activity levels are INCREDIBLY low. Which as you've noticed from the bike post etc, I'm working on. (a little? haha) But also - my quantity control. Eating an overabundance of GOOD calories is STILL too many goddamn calories. I refuse to turn into a "calorie counter".
My strategy which is now taking effect simultaneously with starting the new health program on my product. IS to DOCUMENT my health efforts - ie. everything i eat and any notable exercise activity. Presently I only have yesterday documented - and I used iCAL because of the goddamn internet issue. The plan is to transfer any data within - to a google calender. I will also make this calender public - and likely periodically post it within this journal.
This way I can look back and say "ha, maybe I don't eat QUITE as well as I thought." or perhaps "DAMN look how well I eat" or... whatever.
This is where suggestions may be of use...
CURRENTLY I'm documenting WHEN (well whatevers closest to the time in 15 minute increments as that's how ical works)
that I...
a. Wake up
b. Eat (and WHAT I eat)
c. Work out (random pushups? go for a run? whatever)
d. Weight
e. Blood Pressure
I haven't actually documented any of C/D/E so far *blush* but give me time!!! My blood pressure I already know is actually REALLY good, I'm shockingly healthy for a big guy. But we have a blood pressure cuff so I can check it whenever.
I don't want to be INCREDIBLY anal about this whole list - or I'll never keep it up, though last night I DID count TOSTITO's - (Jeff opened a bag and I am weak... i had like 12 organic corn tostito's)
I feel that when BEER gets involved - my ability to count individual random morsels of food (think at a party where theres random food around) will be inhibited.
((as a side note no matter how brown/wholewheat/organic/whatever? they make tostitos? check the bag they're ALL bad... ))
So as mentioned it's a good personal record for myself to see - but ALSOOOOOOOoooo it has a sneaky side benefit if I use a public Google calender. That being any of YOU will be able to see it. Which I can already feel affecting my consumption decisions. The public shame of having to list eating a bowl of ice cream at 2am - seems like a strong deterrent (again not something I'd actually DO but still). Now in theory you'll say "but you just might not list the bad stuff" and that's true. I could just omit the slip ups - or ENOUGH of the slip ups to make it look realistic but far better than reality. But I won't. For one - I'm too honest, I'm really a pretty honest guy, I'm not even very GOOD at lying - and usually don't see much benefit to it. ALSO - because what's the point in it? you guys don't give a rats ass what I eat REALLY. It's the psychology of having made it public and GIVING people access that is supposed to provide the motivation to make better choices.
This is not necessarily a "diet plan" so much as... documenting an experiment? haha.
I don't know..
I'm losing interest in writing this post - so I'm going to end transmission now.
Blogged with the Flock Browser