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Day 174 - Saturday January 11th


Info: Ahh nothing like getting to sleep in 3 hours, and then getting up and hitting the range for a shooting match. I didn't have to get up until 7:30am today which was glorious in itself, but also it was decent weather, somewhat sunny and mild temperature, and I went and shot with some good friends. That USPSA rust I talked about yesterday was evident, I placed 7th in my division, but it was a lot of fun to say the least! No pictures today, completely forgot to snap some through out the day...Sorry!!!


Food Log:



Breakfast: 2 cans of smoked oysters in olive oil, 1/2 banana, some left over romaine lettuce, and a few left over green beans (can you tell someone didn't really plan all that well? /points at himself)


Lunch: SF beef jerky, 1/2 banana, almond butter for fat. (Missed my veggie)


Dinner: Dill chicken breast salad with romaine lettuce, olive oil and balsamic dressing. Handful of almonds for fat.


Snack: none


Exercise Log: Ran around on the range all day, not structured excersize but was up and moving from 930-2pm.



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Day 175 - Sunday January 12th


Info: Today was the adventure in the non adventure sort of sense....What the hell does that mean? Well went on a supply run to Costco and about 100 feet in to the store, my youngest daughter spewed all over herself and the floor! Yay! Lol at least the Costco guy was cool about it, and let me abandon my cart (only had 2 things in it) so I could take her home and get her cleaned up...Oh the joys! But hey I went back later and finished my shopping without further incident. Also I again apologize for the delays in getting updates out to my readers, sometimes life gets in the way, and it has been crazy busy lately!


Food Log:



Breakfast: Smoked oysters in olive oil with chili sauce, romaine salad, and hot sauce (yeah I know, i know but hey it meets the meal template!
 

photo+3%284%29.JPG Dinner! Flavors were OUTSTANDING!

Lunch: Dill chicken breast, onions, kalamata olives, and sugar free marinara sauce all sauteed with kalamata olive brine. It was a healthy and very good hastily tossed together chicken marinara!


Dinner: Dill chicken breast sauteed in sun dried tomato infused olive oil (with sun dried tomatoes as well)  on a bed of spinach. About a TPS of organic toasted sesame oil for dressing.


(For those of you that know me at all...YES I ate tomatoes! For those of you that don't...I'd literally rather die that eat tomatoes! But sun dried tomato tastes so much different than regular tomatoes I actually love them!)
 
Snack: none



Exercise Log: none



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Day 176 - Monday January 13th


Info: Was feeling pretty good today, everything going well, had downed 9 liters of water, ready to hit the CrossFit WOD's again, got to my 2nd set of exercises, and pulled my back muscle again doing body weight air squats.  Two words come to mind.....well maybe 3 but I'll censor the 3rd.... the other two are Pissed, and LAME. I did get some fresh OOM and bulk Salmon cakes made today, so that helped ease the frustration a bit, but still....come on back, get your sh** together!
 

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Food Log:



Breakfast: 2 SF sausages, green beans, kalamata olives for fat.
 

Lunch: 2 SF sausages, mixed greens salad, hot sauce for dressing, kalamata olives for fat.

Dinner: Salmon cakes with a large mixed green salad, Dill/onion OOM and hot sauce dressing.

 
Snack: none



Exercise Log: Partial WOD - got 163 reps in before my back went sissy on me.
 

 

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Day 177 - Tuesday January 14th


Info: So I broke down and scheduled a doctors appt for my back. One of my friends suggested a sports medicine specialist, so I go and see him on Friday. I just need a solution so this stops happening. I hate nagging injuries. On a good point I finalyl was able to Pittsburgh a steak properly! (I didn't get distracted or pulled away from the stove so I was able to pay attention!) and it was AWESOME!
 

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Food Log:




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Breakfast: Salmon cakes with a large mixed green salad, Dill/onion OOM and hot sauce dressing.



 

Lunch: Salmon cakes with a large mixed green salad, Dill/onion OOM and hot sauce dressing.


Dinner: The most perfect Pittsburgh steak I lucked in to cooking, large salad with OOM/hot sauce dressing. Steak cooked with 1 TBS of clarified butter for fat.

 
 Snack: none



Exercise Log: none



 

 
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Day 178 - Wednesday January 15th


Info: I am the first to admit that throughout my life I would find ways to work smarter not harder, and while that is a good plan 99% of the time, I have found that being healthy is that 1% where you want to work harder AND smarter. What does that mean? Well workouts.....I want to work harder, push myself and not use a machine to make myself feel better about the amount of weights I can move around. Think you are a bad ass in the gym? Try a CrossFit workout with body weight only, and when you are about to or already have barfed all over, ask yourself.....are those barbell curls really helping you all that much? Is your muscle functional or just aesthetic? If all you want is muscles that look good but don't work, by all means stop reading now, but I prefer muscles that look good AND work......hell of a concept there eh? And now to the smarter part....I cook in bulk, pre-package lunches etc. etc. so it's ready to go for me, I don't have the option of 'buying" lunch daily because I go in with the pre-conceived notion that my breakfast, lunch, dinner is already set for me. Not only does this fall under smarter, it also falls under "I eat a lot healthier than most everyone, its tastier than the garbage you are eating, and it cost about 50% less" Let that sink in for a minute.....healthier and it cost less? BULLSH*T you say? See my post coming up where I break it down in numbers for you all. It's possible, and I'm living it!

 

 

 

Food Log:




 

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Breakfast: Salmon cakes with a large mixed green salad, Dill/onion OOM and hot sauce dressing.




 

Lunch: Salmon cakes with a large mixed green salad, Dill/onion OOM and hot sauce dressing.


Dinner: Salmon cakes with steamed cauliflower, hot sauce bath, and almonds for fat.



See a reoccurring theme here? These Salmon cakes are out of this world taste wise, and they are super portable, don't need to be reheated...etc I would eat them every day alllll day if I could!


Snack: none


Exercise Log: none

 

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Day 179 - Thursday January 16th


Info: Since I am getting more and more in to the Paleo way of eating I have been thinking of how I can get more immersed in it, well today I took the next step. I literally went full Paleo, and while I learned a lot, I would not recommend it. A quick summary for you: Shots were fired, teeth are sharp, and raptors do not make very good pets......

 

 

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Whole360 went full Paleo....and it was INTENSE!



Food Log:

 

 
 

Breakfast: Steak with a large mixed green salad, cauliflower, and Dill/onion OOM and hot sauce dressing.

 

 

Lunch: Salad with chicken breast, sausage, and Olive oil/Balsamic dressing.


Dinner: 3 egg Omelet with a ton of spinach, SF red pepper sausages, and sun dried tomatoes.


Snack: none



Exercise Log: none

 

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What have you done to ensure your long term survival lately? Try Paleo!

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Day 180 - Friday January 17th


Info: Got the back looked at today, found out that since I stopped playing hockey regularly and competitively (and stopped stretching) I was down to about 30% flexibility in my hamstrings and hip flexors. The issue with that is, is that your back then does all the work, nerves get inflamed and it becomes a viscous cycle. I also learned that doctor that knows what he's doing can inflict much pain very quickly....but then it feels so good later (deep tissue massage) I have to go back and get some follow ups, but I am now at least working towards a solution!

 

 

Food Log:

 

 
 

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Putting the "D" in delicious.....




Breakfast: 2 SF red pepper/spinach sausages, large mixed greens salad, OOM/hot sauce dressing

 

 

Lunch: 2 SF red pepper/spinach sausages, large mixed greens salad, OOM/hot sauce dressing


Dinner: 4 egg omelet with 1 SF red pepper/spinach sausage, spinach,  sun dried tomato, and a big pile of guacamole!



Snack: Frozen fruit


Exercise Log: none

 

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Day 181 - Saturday January 18th


Info: So I woke up this morning, sore as hell from deep tissue massage, a little chiro work, decompression of my spine, and a new stretching regiment I'm doing...stumbled around a bit, and then decided "I'm gonna step on the scale: The rest is a visual for you all to check out;




 

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O'Really????



Food Log:

 
 

Breakfast: Almonds, dried fruit, and no excuse for not having breakfast planned. I was so excited this AM that I completely blew my meal!

 

 

Lunch: Mixed greens salad with black olives, salami, and turkey, with oil, vinegar, herb dressing, and 6 baked chicken wings with paleo buffalo sauce

Dinner: 1 piece of baked cod, 1 piece of baked salmon, spinach salad with toasted sesame oil and balsamic vinegar for dressing, almond butter for fat.


Snack: Frozen fruit


Exercise Log: none

 
 
Info con't: So after I saw the scale I was so jazzed...because I could get rod of my beard finally!!!! So instead of eating breakfast I got out the clippers and got at removing my face rug!! Took a bit but hey I got it done!!! Now don't freak out, I know I look like an Alien.....I'm not good at selfies!!
 

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I just joined selfie land....crap I forgot duck mouth!    

 
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Day 182 - Sunday January 19th


Info: Well I went MIA again, sorry for that, had to take an unplanned forced break from life basically as a stomach bug ravaged myself and my family. I will get caught up here over the next day or so, but I warn you there isn't much to see. My sunday started out great, and then I hitched a ride on an Avalanche and damn near rode it off the mountain......

 

 

Food Log:

 

 
 

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Breakfast was goood!

 

Breakfast: 3 Egg, sausage, spinach, sun dried tomato scramble.

 

 
Lunch: Baked cod with spinach salad, olives, and hot sauce for dressing

 
Dinner: Salmon on a bed of spinach with sun dried tomatoes, and home cured bacon. This was the end to my rather enjoyable weekend, as an unwanted guest appeared shortly afterwards.......



Snack: none


Exercise Log: none


 
 
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Day 183 - Monday January 20th


Info: Today was a day of just "getting through" for sure, got really REALLY sick last night (Found out I got a wonderful GI bug thats going around) wasn't able to eat or do much other than walk from my bed to the bathroom and back.....yeah a LOAD of fun. I spared you all the pictures though. See what a nice host I am?

 

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Food Log:

 

 
 
Breakfast: none

 

Lunch: none


Dinner: none


Snack: none


Exercise Log: none

 
 
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Day 184 - Tuesday January 21st


Info: I'd like to say today was a little better, but then I would be a liar! Forced myself to finally eat a little bit towards dinner time, but it pretty much ended with the same results as yesterday. I think I am actually sore from laying around so much.....

 

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Food Log:

 

 
 
Breakfast: none

 

Lunch: none


Dinner: none to speak of.


Snack: none


Exercise Log: none
 

 
 
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Day 185 - Wednesday January 22nd


Info: Went back to work today, tried the food thing....ehhhhhh still not turning out so well, but at least I wasn't almost comatose today. I was able to eat some dinner, although not much of one. A lot of you have asked for update pics and I promised them at the half way point, I WILL get those up for you in the next few days, as soon as I am feeling a little more normal! I will start pictures again as well.
 

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Food Log:

 
 
Breakfast: none

Lunch: tried to take vitamins and that didn't really work all so well, so waiting to start taking those again. Ate some ground beef and lettuce, stomach still not feeling well.

Dinner: a little bit of stir fried broccoli and a few pieces of stir fried chicken. The cool thing is it stayed down!!!


Snack: none


Exercise Log: none

 
 
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Day 186 - Thursday January 23rd


Info: Still wasn't feeling hungry or like eating much. Skipped breakfast, and tried lunch, which lead to more queasy rumblins in my tumblin. Dinner though...at dinner it was on!

 

Food Log:

 

 
 
 

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Woohoo! I have my appetite back!

 
Breakfast: none

 

Lunch: taco (ish) type food - ground beef, lettuce, little salsa - no whammy unfortunately.


Dinner: Made a Thai peanut stir fry with steak, green beans, and broccoli. First thing that my appetite has come back for! (Thai Peanut sauce = 1/4 cup of coconut milk, 3 TBS of almond butter) 

 
Snack: none


Exercise Log: none
 

 
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Day 187 - Friday January 24th


Info: Man does it feel good to feel mostly normal again! Ever since the Thai Stir Fry (heh that rhymes) I have been hungry!!! For food!! Good thing I made a lot of the stir fry, I'm still scared to eat some other things (Last thing I ate before I got sick was Salmon, and it still makes me queasy thinking about it) The other thing I feel good about is tomorrow is Saturday, and its ECOIDPA time!!! Yep Shooting competition time. And from what I have read in some emails it's shaping up to be a decent sized match!


 

 

Food Log:

 

 
Breakfast: Made a Thai peanut stir fry with steak, green beans, and broccoli. First thing that my appetite has come back for! (Thai Peanut sauce = 1/4 cup of coconut milk, 3 TBS of almond butter) 

 

Lunch: Steak Thai Stir Fry (yes, again!)


Dinner: Ended up grazing off of bulk foods I was making, had some Chicken breast, sweet potato, celery, eggs, and frozen fruit. Hand full of cashews for fat.



Snack: none


Exercise Log: none
 

 
 
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Day 188 - Saturday January 25th


Info: Today is shooting match day which of course I am excited about in it's own right, but I am also excited, because it's also halfway update day! Some of you have been asking for updates and pictures......well wait no longer!!!

Also since it was range day all day, I made it easy on myself and ate the same thing all day. Not only is it delicious but its super portable too I call it Holland Breakfast Pie, and you guessed it, the recipe is coming at you soon!

*** Dang with all the excitement of update pictures going on I almost forgot to tell you about the shooting competition! I placed 2nd out of 66, and managed to fend off the Air Force Academy Shooting team as well! The only person that got me....my arch nemesis..... (not really) He's actually a buddy I shoot with all the time LOL. I made 1 mistake at the match, and it was enough for him to beat me......DANG IT!!!!

 

 

 

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Not sure why I did this backwards, but the newest pic is on the left......          

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Man, that pic on the right...../shudder

Progress+Back.png BACK FAT!!!!! BEGONE!


Food Log:
 

 
 
Breakfast: Holland breakfast pie - (Chicken, eggs, celery, onion, black olives, salsa version), almonds for fat and a dried fruit leather
 

Lunch: Holland breakfast pie - (Chicken, eggs, celery, onion, black olives, salsa version), almonds for fat and a dried fruit leather


Dinner: Holland breakfast pie - (Chicken, eggs, celery, onion, black olives, salsa version), raw cashews for fat and a dried fruit leather


Snack: Frozen fruit


Exercise Log: none
 

 
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Day 189 - Sunday January 26th


Info:  Well, not sure how I follow up yesterdays post, but I will try! By far the most viewed post of the Whole360's short existence. Just wanted to say thank you to all the readers, you guys have kept me honest, and motivated throughout this journey, and you make it all worthwhile!


 

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Today I did some more bulk cooking to get ready for the week, made another Holland pie with different ingredients this time, and got some veggies ready.

 

Food Log:

 

 
Breakfast: Holland breakfast pie - (Chicken, eggs, celery, onion, black olives, salsa version), almonds for fat and a dried fruit leather


Lunch: Spinach salad with chicken breast, OOM/hot sauce dressing, fr0zen fruit


Dinner: Holland breakfast pie - (Chicken, eggs, celery, onion, broccoli, tomatillo salsa version)


Snack: none


Exercise Log: none
 

 
 
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Day 190 - Monday January 27th


Info: Was at Albertson's today and found gluten, sugar, additive etc free sausages on sale, so I cleaned them out! Got some work ahead of me cooking it all, but I was excited to find some Paleo compliant sausage!
 

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Good quality sausage...$2.50 a pack!



Food Log:

 
 
 
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Dinner dog
 
Breakfast: Holland breakfast pie - only have 1 piece left /sad face!!! Almonds for fat.

 

 

Lunch: Chicken breast on a bed of spinach, OOM and  hot sauce for dressing.


Dinner: Sausage with mustard and kosher dill relish. Romaine side salad with OOM/hot sauce
dressing.


Snack: none


Exercise Log: none

 

 
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Day 191 - Tuesday January 28th


Info: Well it's a good thing I keep notes on what days are what, it's easy to get behind on the updates when you are running around crazy busy! School has started again, so this week has really been bogging me down. I will get caught up though and try to dedicate more time to this so I can get the posts out for you all, and I owe you guys some recipes!
 

 

Food Log:

 
 
 
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Dinner dog!

 

Breakfast: Holland breakfast pie



 

Lunch: Sausage with mustard and kosher dill relish. Romaine side salad with OOM/hot sauce
dressing.


Dinner: Sausages with mustard, Clausen pickles, and OOM. Spinach salad with OOM/ hot sauce dressing



Snack: none


Exercise Log: none

 

 

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Day 192 - Wednesday January 29th


Info: Baked another Holland pie, because since I had it I cannot go without it! The recipe will be posted soon, I got all the needed pictures and everything for it! Try it you guys, its very versatile and delicious!!!

 

 

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Holland Pie - Oh my god, that's the funky sh**! (Bonus points if you can name that song)

Food Log:
 

 
Breakfast: Holland pie (sausage, egg, celery, zucchini, yellow squash, broccoli)

 

 

Lunch: Holland Pie


Dinner: Sausages with romaine salad. OOM/hot sauce dressing.


Snack: none


Exercise Log: none

 
 

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Day 193 - Thursday January 30th


Info: So I'll be the first to admit to you, I am a "unique" person. I do things to make people laugh and to say the least they can make others stop and think "What the HELL is wrong with this guy" I do it to lighten the mood, change a bad day to a good one, and mostly because I can. So today I played a little trickery....on myself. I was craving Nachos. And I mean I WAS going to eat them no matter what. So what did I do? I made Faux-chos AND IT WORKED!!! So what did I do? I put the meat on a plate, buried it in lettuce, coated it in salsa and hot sauce, and dug in. I pretended it was really crunchy for the simulated "chips"......and it was glorious! See told you I was odd........ Oh yeah and half way through inhaling them, I realized I forgot to take pictures. So for that I get an:


 

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Food Log:
 

 
 
Breakfast: Holland pie (sausage, egg, celery, zucchini, yellow squash, broccoli)


 

Lunch: Sausages, pickles, black olives, carrots, and pepitas for some fat.


Dinner: Faux-chos



Snack: none


Exercise Log: Went for my second visit to the Chiro/Sports injury specialist today and got some exercises and more stretches to do to fix my super awesome back, and was cleared to do some more exercise as well! ABOUT TIME!!! Back is still sore, but I can feel improvements!

 

 

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Day 194 - Friday January 31st


Info: Man this school stuff is taking up a lot of my time and I keep getting behind on these posts! I'm working on it I promise guys...once I get used to being back to school it will get better.....1st and 2nd week of school is always a pain getting in to the swing of things!

 

 

Food Log:

 

 
 
 

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The Faux-chos in action...errr sitting there waiting to be inhaled..



Breakfast: Holland pie (sausage, egg, celery, zucchini, yellow squash, broccoli)



 

Lunch: Holland pie (sausage, egg, celery, zucchini, yellow squash, broccoli)


Dinner: Faux-chos. I made these again just so I could get a picture of them, and show you how silly it is to "pretend" that they are crunchy......whatever call me crazy, it worked for me! The mind is a powerful thing!



Snack: none


Exercise Log: Stretches and planks....strengthening that core!
 

 
 

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Day 195 - Saturday February 1st


Info: Speaking of the school thing yesterday, I am taking 2 nutrition classes this semester and one of them wants us to do an experiment with clean eating or fasting or something like that, but since I am already buried deep in the Whole360 I am not changing that. What I am going to do is eat fruit either at dinner or after dinner for a week or two and see if the burst of carbs/sugars effect how I look/feel/weigh. Should be fun to mess with, and we will see if the experts are right that fruit later in the day isn't optimal for you when you are trying to lose weight. I'll be starting this on Monday.



Food Log:
 

 
 

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Cavemen didn't have slow cookers......but they should have!

Breakfast: Holland pie (sausage, egg, celery, zucchini, yellow squash, broccoli)

 

 

Lunch: Scrambled eggs, onion, black olives, covered in salsa. Carrots on the side.

Dinner: Slow cooked pork ribs, Brussels sprouts sauteed with ghee, Paleo slaw and of course hot sauce



Snack: none


Exercise Log: Stretches and planks again!

 

 
 

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