So, I'm back on my computer. How cool is that! That means that I have access to all my files again. Huzzah!
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First, though, let me get this off my mind.
I rarely venture into the news stories anymore since most of the articles are either propaganda or complete bullshit put forward by incompetent news "journalists".
"Gee, SW, don't sugarcoat it. How do you really feel?"
So, I have no idea why I ventured into the news stories yesterday. Completely lost my brain. I should know better and just stick with the blogs and newsletters that I trust, but I thought, "What the hell? Let's see what's new," and then I came across this gem, which reminded me why I don't venture into the news realm.
Adding Fish Oil to Low Fat/High Carb Diet May Improve Cholesterol
The title was a dead give-away but I thought I would just go check it out in case my assumption was wrong. It wasn't. I'm not going to bore you with the whole article but I'm going to just cut right to this beautiful nugget:
"At the study's start, all participants had similar post-meal blood fat responses. But by the end of the three-month trial, those on the high-fat/monounsaturated fat-rich diet or the low-fat, high complex carbohydrate diet with fish oil had better responses."
So, you could eat a healthy diet, which includes fats and no grains and be fine or you can eat the shitty diet that the doctors recommend which will actually make you sick and then to fix that, you can supplement said shitty diet with fat to make up for the low fat part that the ass-hat doctors have you on.
Do you think that with all the PHDs scattered amongst the researchers that they even remotely get the irony of adding fat to a low fat diet so that people can be healthier?
If they ever figure that part out and then take their patients off of grain, they are going to be absolutely amazed. Here's the headline for the miracle that will happen when these people no longer have Type II Diabetes:
Adding Fish Oil and Eliminating Grains from a Low Fat/High Carb Diet May Reverse Diabetes
Jeezus!
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Alrighty then, let's do a quick recap.
I'm changing lots of things over the next 11 weeks as far as my fitness goes and decided to take a before picture just out of curiosity.
How quick was that? Look back a couple of posts if you want the long version.
Here's the pic (Sorry about the full-frontal nudity):
Have you ever noticed how pale people are in their before pictures? Then in the after picture, they are tanned, shaved, have their hair combed, their teeth brushed, and new shorts on. It really makes for a striking before/after scene. I can't promise the same results.
I'm already tan, my teeth are brushed, and I'm not going to shave my chest for an after photo. It's true that I haven't combed my hair for this before photo and that I will likely have to comb my hair for the after.
I really don't know what's going to happen over the next couple of months and I suppose that it's quite possible that my after picture will look very much like this one. If that's the case, I'll wear different shorts to show that they are different.
I did another fairly easy workout today. I'm still on Recovery Month so I haven't been pushing hard. I am going to start the loping part of the plan on Wednesday and I'm going to play disk golf on Thursday (both in my VFFs, of course).
I'm still doing the low carb thing until Friday night when I'll switch to a Paleo + Dairy type of diet. I don't really do much dairy but I throw cheese on some things. I read an interesting article today (that I have lost or I would share it with you) that stated that Paleo diet is probably best for health but Paleo + Dairy is probably better for strength training. I still don't think I'm adding enough dairy to make it worthwhile. How much cheese is on a taco?
By "taco," I mean, "Mexican Lettuce Wrap."
That's what I'm having for dinner tonight, as a matter of fact.
I read a blog post (and this one I could find to share with you) about beginning a new fitness program. Tara is a been there, done that, bought a smaller t-shirt person who has so much compassion for people starting out that it is palpable. If you are just starting a fitness program or are thinking about starting a fitness program, read that blog post then head over to her blog to see how someone loses 80 pounds (and counting). Right now, my favorites posts that she has done are "I am an athlete" and the one about the hoodies. Great reading.
I can't tell you how much I'm ready to get started on my 10 week plan. In reality, I suppose I have started an 11 week plan but I won't feel like I have really started until I'm following the resistance part of the program. One week from today though so it's getting close.
Next week, I am starting an extra karate session too. Sheesh!
It should be an interesting 10 weeks.
Stay tuned.
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