A year ago, a blender full of raw collard greens and bananas would have made me vomit. In fact, I still think the consumable I demonstrate above is pretty gross.
I don’t drink it because it’s tasty. I drink it because I have drunk it before and I like how it makes me feel. My body [...]
Archive | December, 2009
Shrek In A Blender – Eating For Results
Five At Five – A Seven Day Challenge From Primal Stride
My alarm clock will begin shrieking at 5am on Friday, January 1st, 2010. I will long to shut it off and continue sleeping away my life, but I won’t. I’ll get out of bed, slip into my running shoes, and stumble out the door into the pre-game light of the day.
I’ll be participating in Five [...]
How Does A Person Get To Be 100lbs Overweight?
How do people get to be tremendously fat? I don’t mean a little chunky, beefy, or heavyset. I’m talking prodigious, massive, positively huge.
I was one of those people (very recently, in fact).
I believe severe obesity is, for many people, the result of something I call (for lack of a better name) the obesity cycle:
The Obesity [...]
Emotional Eating – How To Break The Cycle
Are you an emotional eater?
::raises hand::
Well, I was. The only emotions I have about eating these days are joy and exultation. I really like eating. I had a problem though. I was eating whenever I felt stressed, frustrated, or anxious. Get this, I even ate when I was disgusted with myself for losing control over [...]
2 Confessions & Your New Year’s Resolution?
Confessions:
1. I’m terrified of making videos. I don’t have the software or know-how to tweak videos into delightful goodness… so I just talk into a cheap camera.
2. I laugh at fat jokes. Yeah, I’m a fat person. If anything, that should mean I get the jokes and find them more amusing than anybody else? I [...]
#357 Haydee
Dear Haydee,
Today is my birthday. The shortest day of the year. The first day of winter. The day Druids dragged pretty girls from castles and sacrificed them in the hope that the sun would return for an other summer.
Unfortunately for you, I’m not afraid of the cold and have good low-light vision. Early on this [...]
#358 Kari
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Dear Kari,
I’m not the crying type. I’m the resourceful guy everyone looks to for a solution when things fall apart. I didn’t expect to cry when I said goodbye to you.
Oh, but I did cry! I sobbed like a child. Nobody could tell I was crying though. It [...]
#359 On Public Exercise
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I was embarrassed to be seen exercising in public.
That was strange to me because the process of exercising was intended to help make me feel more comfortable with being seen in public. I was intent on increasing my fitness level and sculpting my body into something I could [...]
#360 Heather
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Nobody talks about the utter loneliness of weight loss. They talk about how difficult it is to avoid unhealthy food and couch potato behavior during the holidays, but never about the mental loneliness of physical reduction.
None of the books I’ve read ever mentioned the absolute solitude that arises from [...]
#361 Alexandra
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Dear Alexandra,
You had to know this was coming.
The last time we spoke was in 2002. It was summertime in Paris. I was visiting a friend. While she was at work I passed the time exploring Paris by foot. I lost my way and found it again time after time. I [...]
The Burger
What’s in it?
The Roll:
Whole wheat flour
Water
Yeast
Ground flax seeds
Salt
Gluten (I’m not allergic so it just adds protein & helps dough rise)
The Burger:
Kidney beans
Oats
Garlic
Onion
Cumin
Pepper
Salt
The Fixings:
Baby kale (from the patio!)
Pickle (crunch!)
Ketchup (Heaven forbid I use sugary store-bought ketchup… I did.)
What does it taste like? Substantial. There’s crunch, warmth, steamy spiciness, and a rich medley of flavors that come [...]
#362 Janet
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Dear Janet,
I’m sorry if I hurt you when we parted. I was still angry about what happened with Katherine and I needed distance. I know it’s not fair to group you with all the others. I’ve tried not to. I think you’ll agree that it was just us [...]
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