It's My Party and I'll Eat if I Want To

I’m exactly one year away from being a quarter of a century old.  You are correct, it is my birthday.  Birthdays aren’t that special, really.  At least, I’ve never thought they were.  Everything about them is a coincidence.  By celebrating your birthday you are telling the world that approximately 37 weeks before this date, however many years ago, I was conceived.  They procreated and it worked.  Today is no more or less special than yesterday or tomorrow except that today I eat ice cream cake.  I have been fairly good about my eating lately with admittedly a couple of slips here and there when situations arose that did not lend itself to strict adherence to the rules, but always, when possible, making the correct decisions. 

But today, I’m eating ice cream cake.  I’ve had a couple of blondies that were made for me by work buddies and I’m ok with this.  It’s impossible to just go full force paleo all the time.  You will burn yourself out.  Besides, if you can stick to it, 95% of the time, you’re doing something right and better than most of the population.  Then again, to quote Howard Stern, with the “pussification of America” you’d better be better than most of the population.

The people below eat paleo

Music Sunday

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion

Scott Weiland seriously dealing

Pearl Jam - Alive

Kings of Leon before they got really famous

Dropkick Murphy's - Kiss  Me I'm Shitfaced

The Flaming Lips on Letterman

White Stripes - Jolene

The PowerBarner

I'm here, watching George of the Jungle, munching down on "the Power Barner" from Owen's and realizing that although the new change of pace in workouts has been a real treat my diet and food intake has been less than optimal.  There were days that I was pretty strict about my food and they felt great.  I had energy, my workouts felt good and I could focus.  However, on days like yesterday when I'm downing ice cream and vegan fo0d (damn you Carlee) I feel like crap throughout the day, perform like crap in my WOD's and feel even worse the next morning.  Time to get back on track.  After this sandwich.

Shiny Newness

The time has come for me to change it up a little bit.  For over a year I have had Olympic weight lifting as my main focus with the intentions on getting strong.  However, my training, although progressing, has gotten a little stale and a bit too stagnant for my liking.  Following Catalyst Athletics and then to Mikes Gym has been great in terms of getting stronger, but without the proper coaching I cannot see myself improving too much beyond this point (that’s actually untrue, I believe that I can get stronger, but gaining better technique would jump my #’s much quicker than just following the Mikes Gym template).  I have decided then, to finish out July using the Crossfit Football method.  August will be devoted to the main page and I will alternate as I see fit.  This could change, I don’t know, but this seems to me the right direction to follow, especially considering the goal, to be a complete athlete.