tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56606214014864744922024-03-21T22:48:13.688-05:00Sardines for LunchBryan Rankinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438245248596030673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660621401486474492.post-49065163720577972812007-08-31T14:19:00.000-05:002007-08-31T14:27:13.552-05:00You're code is suboptimal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4sDUFvJyBxW2CsFgP3zIwwIktcTs__hNoJ-1gG3sVk4pQLZLg5Y7yfG1vSXYmmQLg2u0RpV_M5_eSrZJt78VNs6-EQXY-cV0opVUL-VnjLpYR5eMQ0Hsqu8ixkoJLFBYqWpyWcYYkcQ/s1600-h/YourCodeIsSuboptimalUpsideDown.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4sDUFvJyBxW2CsFgP3zIwwIktcTs__hNoJ-1gG3sVk4pQLZLg5Y7yfG1vSXYmmQLg2u0RpV_M5_eSrZJt78VNs6-EQXY-cV0opVUL-VnjLpYR5eMQ0Hsqu8ixkoJLFBYqWpyWcYYkcQ/s400/YourCodeIsSuboptimalUpsideDown.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104948399112791474" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Yes, I'm upside down. See more <a href="http://software.ericsink.com/">here</a>.Bryan Rankinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438245248596030673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660621401486474492.post-55557827934466628252007-08-21T21:49:00.000-05:002007-08-21T22:45:35.335-05:00Soda slaveOver the past nine months, I have managed to implement some positive lifestyle changes, all with relative ease.<br />I decided to quit drinking. Easy. I haven't had a sip in 9 months.<br />I decided to exercise regularly. Easy. I've worked out 2 - 4 times a week, every week, for 9 months.<br />I decided to eat a better diet. Pretty easy. Aside from the occasional scoop of ice cream, I eat no junk and 90% of my carbs come from fruit and veggies.<br />I decided to try Intermittent Fasting. Easy. I can go without food for 20 hours at any time without a problem.<br />I decided to stop drinking diet sodas. UH OH.<br /><br />This is NOT easy. I simply have not been able to shake them. I have attempted to gradually decrease my intake, by replacing it with water, or even coffee. I have attempted to decrease consumption by not entering the convenience store, so as to have less opportunity to purchase soda. I have quit cold turkey, twice. Both times I suffered bad headaches and was very irritable and tired for several days. Then, soon after those physical withdrawl symptoms were gone, and I was in the clear, I'd start up again.<br /><br />Let me give you an idea of how bad it is. I've usually had 4 liters of Diet Mountain Dew within 3 hours of waking up. Then between lunch and dinner I'll ingest anywhere from 90 - 135 ounces of diet coke or diet dew. Yes, I'm averaging about TWO GALLONS OF DIET SODA PER DAY.<br /><br />I'm really concerned more about the <a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/aspartame.html">dangers of aspartame</a> than I am about caffiene. And having failed while attempting to use coffee as a substitute, I'm thinking that aspartame is my real addiction. Maybe it's my <a href="http://conditioningresearch.blogspot.com/2007/08/artifical-sweeteners-sabotage-your-diet.html">stomach that has to have it</a>.<br /><br />At any rate, I hereby resolve to quit, this time for good. In fact, I'm going to throw out the rest of this Diet Dr. Pepper right now.Bryan Rankinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438245248596030673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660621401486474492.post-22255380724129365192007-06-08T12:23:00.000-05:002007-06-08T14:57:35.202-05:00Day 2Wednesday morning, before deciding to fast, I weighed 205 pounds.<br />Wednesday after eating my very large 3:00 meal, I weighed 213 pounds.<br />Thurday morning i weighed 204 pounds.<br /><br />I had 2 meals Thursday<br />11:00am: sardine/egg/cheese/powder meal<br />4:00pm: 2 raw eggs, some protien powder, some roast turkey, and about 1/2 cup of roasted macadamia nuts and raw almonds.<br />I estimate calories for the day at 1300-1500. I'm planning to average 2200 a day. So I've got some catching up to do.<br /><br />Friday morning I weighed 202 pounds.<br /><br />On Friday, after an 18 hour fast, I ate...<br />10:30am: half a Mojo chicken, an ounce of <a href="http://www.frencheese.co.uk/cheeses/detail-cheeses.php?id=48">Etorki</a>, and 1/4 cup macadamia nuts.<br />3:15pm: half a Mojo chicken, 10 almonds<br />Supper coming around 6Bryan Rankinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438245248596030673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660621401486474492.post-61300511154044795932007-06-06T14:44:00.000-05:002007-06-07T11:35:37.506-05:00Intermittent FastingYesterday, after reading <a href="http://p075.ezboard.com/fseriousstrengthfrm1.showMessageRange?topicID=1383.topic&start=44&stop=44">this post</a>, I decided to try Intermittent Fasting. I ate a <a href="http://kungfuonline.org/mt2000/2005/12/mojo_chicken_a_calorie_counter.html">most delicious chicken</a>. I had to stuff in the last fourth of it, which left me feeling a bit uncomfortable. This was at 3:00pm.<br /><br />I continued to drink large amounts of water all afternoon and into the evening.<br /><br />Around 8:30, after getting the kids to bed, I was starting to feel some hunger. Normally this is the time where I will snack on some <a href="http://www.seventypercent.com/chocop/bar_detail.asp?ID=195">chocolate</a> and chase it with some protein powder, or maybe even have some berries or grapefruit. And that's on a normal night, when I'm only 2 or 3 hours removed from supper. But alas, I'm fasting. So I went upstairs, read for an hour, and went to bed. The hunger was gone as soon as I decided not to eat and left the kitchen.<br /><br />Today is Kim's birthday, and the kids wanted to fix her breakfast in bed. We cooked up some omelets with cheddar and bacon, and cut up a generous portion of watermelon. Normally while cooking I will feel free to sample the wares, some grated cheese here, a few cubes of melon there. And I almost popped some food into my mouth a few times out of habit. But for the most part I wasn't hungry. I had one episode of intense hunger that lasted about 5 seconds, and that was it.<br /><br />Kim convinced me to have a bite of her omelet. This occured at 9:00am. At 9:45 I performed a <a href="http://seriousstrength.com/program.php">Slow Burn</a> upper body workout. The fast had no negative effect on my energy level during the workout. In fact, I seemed to experiecne less fatigue between exercises than normal.<br /><br />At 11:00, I wasn't even hugry. I tried to think of something that sounded good to eat, but nothing really seemed appealing. So I had a can of sardines, a couple ounces of gouda, and some protein powder mixed with an egg.Bryan Rankinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04438245248596030673noreply@blogger.com0