Play on Words of Enter The Dragon, one of my favourite movies. Back to basics though -
Went for copius amounts of snowshoeing over the last 8 days, which has been awesome, and enjoying the fact that winter's end is almost nigh. With the wonderful weather, I decided to take a jog yesterday, since it had been a while, and jogged 7km. An alright pace, I ended up back at my place after 45 minutes, so I would say that isn't too bad. Bracebridge is hilly, but I'm stubborn, so I don't let them get in the way. That 12 or 13 year asian old figure skater at the olympics yesterday during the figure skating session gave it his best, so me climbing up hills is minute. (Pronounced 'MY-newt', not to be confused with the measurement of time).
I made dinner last night, my biggest feat ever - cooking for a pile of people, creating a monstrous salad, frying fish all over the place, and making Whole Wheat pasta to go with it. Everything was a success, and the timing of the food worked yesterday! I've been eating healthy 99% of the time, minus my brothers birthday, where I indulged in a few slices of pizza and a coke. I figure, I am human, and I'm sure even the religious folk have to believe Jesus had some nasty thoughts, and the comic book fans know Superman used his X-ray vision to look past some garments every once in a while, and even the Jewish have to believe that the smell of Bacon frying is quite possibly the best thing in the world, whether or not they want to admit it. The good thing is, after that minor indulgence, I haven't actively sought out more pizza or coke. I have to go, I'm jogging to a friends house after I eat breakfast, and have some other things to do. Good-bye for now.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Good Day, been a while since I saw one of those.
Recipe for a good day.
- Workout this afternoon (feels great to workout)
- Blood Donation (My good deed for 56 days)
- Martial Arts - Sparring class (Just awesome)
- Whole wheat pasta /w feta for dinner (Simply irresistable)
- Avatar DVD RIP (42 inch TV + S-Video cable + laptop = Terrific)
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
I'll take Martial Arts & Blood Donation, without the cold please.
Ya, so in around 18 hours I am due to give blood at the clinic.. which I thoroughly enjoy doing. However, I have started getting a cold, and am not sure from what.. the weather has been mild, and I don't share toothbrushes with anyone... If all goes well tomorrow when I wake up, I'll give blood, and then attend a martial arts sparring class.. they always say to refrain from doing anything strenous after giving blood, but I figure I'm in good health (overall, not current), and I'm not 75, overweight, and sat in an office my entire life. We'll see how it goes, I'll know pretty fast when I get going in the class how far my body wants to go.
In other news, I made some more 'cereal', and it turned out pretty darn tasty this time around.. I lost the original recipe around a month ago, so I've been improvising ever since, with good results. This time I added some dried apricots after I cut them up, and it was a good change. The other day I felt like pasta, but knew I had to eat some fish also that night, so I combined the two, and felt like one of the Chef's on TV.. except in my TV segment I don't pre-measure anything in any glass bowls, or have other people do my work. I more/less dart around the kitchen like bees on crack trying to time everything to go off right, and not miss anything.. It was close when I couldn't find a cutting board to cut up the fish (as I logically thought I'm going to cut up this fish, so I need something to cut it on... ), however my Dad informed me that IT WAS FISH, and I should be able to pull it apart using a fork, with relative ease. So after accepting my Certificate of Common Sense, I continued preparing the meal. The result was good, the fish was done slightly before the pasta, (Whole Wheat), but not too quickly to be cold and vile. So the finished meal was Whole Wheat penne pasta /w tomato & mushroom sauce (go P.C. go!), with Talapia fish throughout. All in all, the 2 fillets worked well, and the pasta was a great amount too. I do need to invest in bigger bowls though, mine are too small for the amount I eat.
As far as exercising goes, things haven't been going wel with other stuff going on, on top of brutal snowshoeing weather and a random winter climate. February is my least favourite month.. Valentines Day I don't celebrate... it's a couples holiday, and is as over-commercialized as Xmas. Xmas does have the family get together, and great food, and good deals, so I can tolerate it over the shitty music.. but Valentines is just painful for us single people out there... You'd think by now I'd be used to it, considering I've been single chronically, but I don't know, it's just not a fun day. Part of me was thinking to get smashed, but I decided against it, although I did have a nice drink of Kahluha in Choc Soy Milk. Technically it's not milk, it's a 'Fortified Soy Beverage', but that's too long to type out, and it makes it sound like I have to cross enemy lines, weave my way through tall grass, and outsmart the bunkers in front of me before getting to my soy beverage to buy it. It's FORTIFIED, we'll need to bring in the artillery Colonel! Yesterday I decided to make the best of things, and searched for some comedy to cheer me up - I found Lewis black skits, and someone named Sarah Silverman to tide me over. Lewis black is great, Sarah Silverman I randomly found, and although her comedy is okay, it's very... I don't know... vulgar/offensive? I mean I don't get offended easily at all, but I could understand how other people might not enjoy it. The first skit I heard, I was thinking how she should burn slowly, but then I realized, if you take it for what it is - COMEDY, and look past all the strong vocabulary used, it's actually very funny - you just have to get in the right mood.
That's all for now,
In other news, I made some more 'cereal', and it turned out pretty darn tasty this time around.. I lost the original recipe around a month ago, so I've been improvising ever since, with good results. This time I added some dried apricots after I cut them up, and it was a good change. The other day I felt like pasta, but knew I had to eat some fish also that night, so I combined the two, and felt like one of the Chef's on TV.. except in my TV segment I don't pre-measure anything in any glass bowls, or have other people do my work. I more/less dart around the kitchen like bees on crack trying to time everything to go off right, and not miss anything.. It was close when I couldn't find a cutting board to cut up the fish (as I logically thought I'm going to cut up this fish, so I need something to cut it on... ), however my Dad informed me that IT WAS FISH, and I should be able to pull it apart using a fork, with relative ease. So after accepting my Certificate of Common Sense, I continued preparing the meal. The result was good, the fish was done slightly before the pasta, (Whole Wheat), but not too quickly to be cold and vile. So the finished meal was Whole Wheat penne pasta /w tomato & mushroom sauce (go P.C. go!), with Talapia fish throughout. All in all, the 2 fillets worked well, and the pasta was a great amount too. I do need to invest in bigger bowls though, mine are too small for the amount I eat.
As far as exercising goes, things haven't been going wel with other stuff going on, on top of brutal snowshoeing weather and a random winter climate. February is my least favourite month.. Valentines Day I don't celebrate... it's a couples holiday, and is as over-commercialized as Xmas. Xmas does have the family get together, and great food, and good deals, so I can tolerate it over the shitty music.. but Valentines is just painful for us single people out there... You'd think by now I'd be used to it, considering I've been single chronically, but I don't know, it's just not a fun day. Part of me was thinking to get smashed, but I decided against it, although I did have a nice drink of Kahluha in Choc Soy Milk. Technically it's not milk, it's a 'Fortified Soy Beverage', but that's too long to type out, and it makes it sound like I have to cross enemy lines, weave my way through tall grass, and outsmart the bunkers in front of me before getting to my soy beverage to buy it. It's FORTIFIED, we'll need to bring in the artillery Colonel! Yesterday I decided to make the best of things, and searched for some comedy to cheer me up - I found Lewis black skits, and someone named Sarah Silverman to tide me over. Lewis black is great, Sarah Silverman I randomly found, and although her comedy is okay, it's very... I don't know... vulgar/offensive? I mean I don't get offended easily at all, but I could understand how other people might not enjoy it. The first skit I heard, I was thinking how she should burn slowly, but then I realized, if you take it for what it is - COMEDY, and look past all the strong vocabulary used, it's actually very funny - you just have to get in the right mood.
That's all for now,
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Groceries - Pass. Debit Machine - Fail.
As you can gather, my trip to the grocery store went moderately well. I found some awesome deals on whole wheat pasta, chocolate soy milk, and bread. All in all it was pretty good, until I got to the checkout. I had everything rung through with a grand total of $26, but they informed me card did not work. Like a moron, I swiped 23069 extra times to make sure that I wasn't crazy, because I've never had a problem before with the card, and the swiping motion makes me feel like I'm accessing an account with much more money... kinda like "This swipe is connecting me to my offshore account in the Caymen Islands with a 7-figure balance" haha. Anyways, so I thought all of my deals, and arithmetic (I will compare deals notoriously and make sure I save an optimum amount whenever I enter a grocery store) was in vain. Then I remembered 'Wait a sec... this joint has an ATM doesn't it?' The checkout help which consisted of a teenager that was way too tall for their age, and a woman that had been there about 30 years longer than she had anticipated. Between the two of them, they didn't tell me there was an ATM 60ft from my location, they expected me to be like 'Oh, here's some cash'. I took the United States 'Pre-emptive strike' tactic, and broke the awkward silence with 'Ya, I don't carry cash, cya', before my ATM ephiphany. Then while returning from the ATM trek, some woman used the same line that I did... I was thankful she didn't have a monster truck worth of items to ring through, but the noteworthy piece of info is HER CARD DIDN'T WORK EITHER! There is the remote possibility of two cards both not working simultaneously. However, after she informed the clerk and his aid that the card was brand new, the logical train of thought would be play the 1-piece 'Blame Game' with the card reader! So all in all, I wasted 1.50 service charge on cash, when I went to the grocery store to save money.. However my savings were way more than 1.50, so I guess I can't complain.
I got home, and then realized the dog had urinated on the floor, which hasn't happened in 2 years, so I was very mystified. After consulting my sister on what product to use to clean up the mess, all was taken care of. However, I had water on the stove for pasta, and decided to make a salad to go with said pasta. But this cleaning delay led me to prepare my salad for consumption at the exact time that the pasta was done. It was a bit weird, but both were tasty.
I got home, and then realized the dog had urinated on the floor, which hasn't happened in 2 years, so I was very mystified. After consulting my sister on what product to use to clean up the mess, all was taken care of. However, I had water on the stove for pasta, and decided to make a salad to go with said pasta. But this cleaning delay led me to prepare my salad for consumption at the exact time that the pasta was done. It was a bit weird, but both were tasty.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Springter?
Alright, so in the midst of trying to decide what season it is, I have spent quite some time watching movies and working out. Among the movies, I watched a documentary called Bigger Stronger Faster, and it was excellent - exposed steroids, history, culture towards them, etc. Haven't seen a documentary as good as that one in a while, so it was refreshing. I entitled this blog "Springter" after I realized the english language already has 'Sprinter' as a completely different meaning haha. In other news, I've been on the hunt for some fish, on the reduced rack from Metro, but I have been unsuccessful in acquiring some. Although, I did walk through the hell that was rain/snow/strong wind to get to Metro the other day, so I couldn't leave there empty handed, picked up some dried cranberries as my stash is getting low.
Went back the Dentist, and I'll keep the time I was away hidden. Anyways, work needs to be done, and although it can be done imminently, the price rivals that of Bill Gates kitchen fixtures. Nevertheless, I figure with refined sugar out of my diet, and eating superbly healthy in all areas, this will be a one-shot deal, so I may as well suck it up.
Watched Sherlock Holmes - pretty good, Fearless (2006, but I love that movie), Ninja Assassin - good, bit of a weak plot, but then again ninja movies with plots are equivelant to finding Horror movies without boobs.
On the go today, I have to mail a cheque, and walk to metro again in search of fish. I found some Sole the other day, stuffed with something, but honestly it was the same portion as bacon is when it's wrapped around a fillet mignon... simply way too expensive. Other than that, I plan to get back on the workout train, it's been a couple days and I feel like a useless bastard.
Trainer informed me I can have Tostitos, so I'm pretty amped about that, considering no other chips are available for consumption. I made this kickass salad the other day with a heart of romaine lettuce, almonds, raisins, havarti, carrots and olive oil. Took me 45 minutes to eat the bloody thing, a full heart of romaine is an incredible amount of salad.. but nobody else wanted any so I decided I wouldn't let it go to waste.
Went back the Dentist, and I'll keep the time I was away hidden. Anyways, work needs to be done, and although it can be done imminently, the price rivals that of Bill Gates kitchen fixtures. Nevertheless, I figure with refined sugar out of my diet, and eating superbly healthy in all areas, this will be a one-shot deal, so I may as well suck it up.
Watched Sherlock Holmes - pretty good, Fearless (2006, but I love that movie), Ninja Assassin - good, bit of a weak plot, but then again ninja movies with plots are equivelant to finding Horror movies without boobs.
On the go today, I have to mail a cheque, and walk to metro again in search of fish. I found some Sole the other day, stuffed with something, but honestly it was the same portion as bacon is when it's wrapped around a fillet mignon... simply way too expensive. Other than that, I plan to get back on the workout train, it's been a couple days and I feel like a useless bastard.
Trainer informed me I can have Tostitos, so I'm pretty amped about that, considering no other chips are available for consumption. I made this kickass salad the other day with a heart of romaine lettuce, almonds, raisins, havarti, carrots and olive oil. Took me 45 minutes to eat the bloody thing, a full heart of romaine is an incredible amount of salad.. but nobody else wanted any so I decided I wouldn't let it go to waste.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
2010... so far so good
Hey,
So it's been a while, but for the most part things are picking up. Been active at least 6x/week during 2010, and have to say I'm impressed. Sleeping has changed.. I now sleep maximum 7 hours/night, and take a power nap in the afternoon.. under instruction from my trainer, not some 'Mens Health' crap. Nutrition wise, things have undertaken a major overhaul... and I'm optimistic I will get used to my new diet.. For the things that have been removed, we say hello to my 2 good friends "Refined Sugar" and "White Flour". Yep, they're gone, but I did screw up and bought a couple bottles of pop after Thursday's martial arts classes... and I consume them very very fast.. from now on I will travel with a couple bottles of water to quench the thirst. Speaking of martial arts, things are going good in class, and my 6x/week workout schedule out of class is a very nice change from previous years of my life. I bought a workout machine that constitutes as a full gym, and that combined with snowshoeing, martial arts, and walking everywhere has put me in a good mood 95% of the time. Also, I don't feel like a 500lb bastard wasting away the days anymore. For example.. today I needed soy milk, so I walked 20 minutes to the store, got some, walked back. (just over 2km one-way roughly). Every thursday I walk to martial arts class and back, and if need-be, I'll walk to my trainers place.. 5k one-way. Ya, so I'm drinking Chocolate Soy Milk now, eating a lot of raw almonds and dried raisins, whole wheat pasta, Havarti cheese (expensive as hell but very good), whole wheat kaisers, oats, salad, seeds (sunflower, flax, pumpkin, etc) and eating more yogurt. Breakfast sandwiches, Sidekicks, Hot Chocolate, Burgers, Pizza have all been removed from the diet.. which to those of you that don't know me... is comparable to removing ones' testicle with a rusty spoon... those aforementioned items were the cornerstone of my life... With combined workouts on the machine, and off, + martial arts and other stuff, I'll be 100% stronger in 6 months, so I'm looking very forward to that. While I have some spare time not working out or journaling about working out and eating, I'm catching up on some movies as I am not employed currently. Recently for my viewing pleasure I watched Halloween II, Pride & Glory, Quantum of Solace, Law Abiding Citizen, Defiance, Teminator Salvation, Universal Soldier : Regeneration, End of Days & Public Enemies. The detiorating mess that were my snowshoe trails have left me with a bit of a sour taste in my mouth, but on a good note, if temperatures increase a few more degrees and we get the rest of the sidewalks melted, JOGGING SEASON! WOOT! I plan to break my ~10k route, which I haven't done in a couple summers, so it will take a bit to get back into it. I'll be going snowshoeing on Wednesday out of town which will be fun, I really enjoy that recreational activity.. it's kind of calming almost... most of the time I don't listen to music, and I just think about stuff. One thing that I'm glad to report is the progress I've made in some areas already working out, most noteably my pushups on the 6x6. My goal over the next few months is to get my abs back, not that I need to be able to withstand great force in the midsection from martial arts or anything (although it does help), it's more that I know that it's a LOT of work to get them, and it will be a nice milestone to start this year off. Also, no steroids, no protein shakes full of steroids, for all the mma junkies.. I do things properly. It is almost 2am, and I haven't stayed up this late in a while so I should probably head to bed. Tomorrow is martial arts + non-machine workout, so I need to be in tip-top shape. Cya later,
Chris
So it's been a while, but for the most part things are picking up. Been active at least 6x/week during 2010, and have to say I'm impressed. Sleeping has changed.. I now sleep maximum 7 hours/night, and take a power nap in the afternoon.. under instruction from my trainer, not some 'Mens Health' crap. Nutrition wise, things have undertaken a major overhaul... and I'm optimistic I will get used to my new diet.. For the things that have been removed, we say hello to my 2 good friends "Refined Sugar" and "White Flour". Yep, they're gone, but I did screw up and bought a couple bottles of pop after Thursday's martial arts classes... and I consume them very very fast.. from now on I will travel with a couple bottles of water to quench the thirst. Speaking of martial arts, things are going good in class, and my 6x/week workout schedule out of class is a very nice change from previous years of my life. I bought a workout machine that constitutes as a full gym, and that combined with snowshoeing, martial arts, and walking everywhere has put me in a good mood 95% of the time. Also, I don't feel like a 500lb bastard wasting away the days anymore. For example.. today I needed soy milk, so I walked 20 minutes to the store, got some, walked back. (just over 2km one-way roughly). Every thursday I walk to martial arts class and back, and if need-be, I'll walk to my trainers place.. 5k one-way. Ya, so I'm drinking Chocolate Soy Milk now, eating a lot of raw almonds and dried raisins, whole wheat pasta, Havarti cheese (expensive as hell but very good), whole wheat kaisers, oats, salad, seeds (sunflower, flax, pumpkin, etc) and eating more yogurt. Breakfast sandwiches, Sidekicks, Hot Chocolate, Burgers, Pizza have all been removed from the diet.. which to those of you that don't know me... is comparable to removing ones' testicle with a rusty spoon... those aforementioned items were the cornerstone of my life... With combined workouts on the machine, and off, + martial arts and other stuff, I'll be 100% stronger in 6 months, so I'm looking very forward to that. While I have some spare time not working out or journaling about working out and eating, I'm catching up on some movies as I am not employed currently. Recently for my viewing pleasure I watched Halloween II, Pride & Glory, Quantum of Solace, Law Abiding Citizen, Defiance, Teminator Salvation, Universal Soldier : Regeneration, End of Days & Public Enemies. The detiorating mess that were my snowshoe trails have left me with a bit of a sour taste in my mouth, but on a good note, if temperatures increase a few more degrees and we get the rest of the sidewalks melted, JOGGING SEASON! WOOT! I plan to break my ~10k route, which I haven't done in a couple summers, so it will take a bit to get back into it. I'll be going snowshoeing on Wednesday out of town which will be fun, I really enjoy that recreational activity.. it's kind of calming almost... most of the time I don't listen to music, and I just think about stuff. One thing that I'm glad to report is the progress I've made in some areas already working out, most noteably my pushups on the 6x6. My goal over the next few months is to get my abs back, not that I need to be able to withstand great force in the midsection from martial arts or anything (although it does help), it's more that I know that it's a LOT of work to get them, and it will be a nice milestone to start this year off. Also, no steroids, no protein shakes full of steroids, for all the mma junkies.. I do things properly. It is almost 2am, and I haven't stayed up this late in a while so I should probably head to bed. Tomorrow is martial arts + non-machine workout, so I need to be in tip-top shape. Cya later,
Chris
Monday, January 4, 2010
10 in 2010...
So that's a Bad Religion song name, for you non BR fans. Anyways, I haven't been online much, one of the things that's going well this new year is my lack of time on the computer. Went snowboarding a couple nights ago - cold as hell. Before that I went for a trek to my Aunt & Uncle's place, it's 6.4km to their road, then 1.8km down her road (which I had to snowshoe through because the shoulders of the road weren't wide enough to walk on without getting struck by a vehicle.) It was a good visit. More recently I went for another hike that started 2.5km away from my house, a good warmup walk - to Covered Bridge Trail... which I kinda misplaced, and ended up near my old elementary school, then saw the trail through the bank, so made my way down a bank full of trees, sticks, and other things... if anyone was watching me, they probably thought I was in the witness protection program, and was eluding a mob party with the indirect route I was taking... it turns out I was following some random tracks, not a trail... then the voyage down the steep hill made things more interesting... I found the trail finally, went through it, then instead of finding a continuation of the trail as marked by the map I checked online, I ended up in Meadow Heights subdivision.. kinda pissed as I was off course, but it's not like I randomly made my own trail... I followed the trail exactly as it was laid out in front of me. So I decided to walk across Meadow Heights on the road in my snowshoes, and good thing it was -17 out or else people would have thought I'm the village idiot. I found a snowmobile trail that covered the course of the gas pipeline that runs through bracebridge, so I made my way down it, travelling parallel to the trail I used to get to meadow heights. So the round trip was around 5km on the trail, then 2.5k each way to/from said trail to my house... so 10km wasn't bad.. Today I went for a walk to my trainers house.. a 63 minute walk that included led to a 2.5 hour workout, then a 53 minute walk/jog back to my house. I'm tired, hell I'm ready to collapse.. but it was a great workout. The 10km trek (about 5k each way I'm guessing), was a good enougy adventure anyways, but the workout on top was killer. Beat my pushup record a few days ago, so I'm happy about that..
Christmas was kinda fucked, as was most of December, but I made the best of it, and am determined to get back on track with working out full throttle. Martial arts class tomorrow night, I'm pumped about that - after todays adventure I hope my muscles recover in a timely manner... I felt drained when I got home, so had some roast beef and gravy.. then made a plate of pasta... and actually now that I think about it, could go for some ice cream.. we have some Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough in the freezer I think that I might liberate and consume... Anyways, that's all for now.. Fitness wise things are going great so far in 2010, lets just say I'm glad 2009 is gone and done.
Christmas was kinda fucked, as was most of December, but I made the best of it, and am determined to get back on track with working out full throttle. Martial arts class tomorrow night, I'm pumped about that - after todays adventure I hope my muscles recover in a timely manner... I felt drained when I got home, so had some roast beef and gravy.. then made a plate of pasta... and actually now that I think about it, could go for some ice cream.. we have some Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough in the freezer I think that I might liberate and consume... Anyways, that's all for now.. Fitness wise things are going great so far in 2010, lets just say I'm glad 2009 is gone and done.
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