mobileCategory: nutrition
04/23/06 01:10 - 50ºF - ID#29390
the whole acid alkaline thing
Bodybuilders who are already eating clean need to understand the importance of the acid-alkaline issue in nutrition. I believe it's important because I experienced the difference. My blood was acidic and everything was a struggle. I had to abuse caffeine to get through the day. After making a few minor changes in diet and lifestyle, my ph level was 7.36 and I was off of all stimulants and felt physical improvements in many areas. The bottom line is when your insides are healthier, you will be a better body-builder. Your body will assimilate and use more of the nutrition going in.
The quality of your life is based on the quality of your cells. To survive and prosper, cells have to have oxygen, water, nutrients - potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and zinc among others - and the ability to eliminate their own wastes. Without these four things, which are dramatically affected by the quality of your blood, which I call your "River of Life," your cells can't survive. When any one of these four things are compromised, your cells can't thrive.
When you break down your body's cells to the smallest particles; atoms, protons, and neutrons, you find that each particle has a measurable electrical energy that keeps the particles in motion. When your atoms have high electrical energy, your energy is high, your cells can functiom optimally and your red blood cells don't stick together. When your atom's energy is very low, your cells can't function optimally and your red blood cells stick together and move more slowly, and so do you. When your atoms have no electrical energy, neither do you, and you're dead.
To give your cells the best chance of being completely healthy, your blood must have a precise chemical balance. Alkalinity and acidity is measured on a scale of 1-14, with 1 being pure acid, 7 being neutral and 14 pure alkaline. Your blood must maintain a slightly alkaline pH of 7.365. When there's a disturbance to this balance, the red blood cells begin to clump together. When that happens, they can't travel efficiently through the capillaries and feed the cells throughout the body. The pH stands for potential for hydrogen. The pH of your blood is along the same lines as the pH of your pool or your hot tub. When the balance is out of whack the water gets polluted. Same thing with your blood.
Everyone's bodies are being pushed to their limits and are usually, to some extent, toxic and acidic. The fast paced modern "lifestyle" has brought so many things to the table that our bodies were not designed for. Our fight or flight stress hormones like cortisol are at an all time high. People are not slowing down to rest like they used to. With all the technology and the to-do lists, we're stressed out more than ever. Put on top of that the highly possessed convenient foods for the masses with all the chemicals and preservatives and you have a severe problem.
When given the correct internal environment, the human body is an incredible self healing machine. The more acidic that our blood becomes, the less ability our body has to fight of infection, disease, and premature aging. It's not difficult to lower acidity of the blood. I offer a three point checklist of areas to focus on if you find your blood ph is below 7.36.
(1) Emotions - Anger, fear, overwhelm, frustration, inadequacy, and low self-esteem are all acidic emotions. These emotions induce more negative hormones like cortisol. We've all heard it before, but believe me, the mind is much stronger than we ever know. Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. You absolutely will get what you focus on.
(2) Nutrition- Eliminate highly processed convenience foods that are full of chemicals and preservative, and replace them with foods that are fresh and organic. If it doesn't spoil, don't eat it. All food has an electrical energy. If you're constantly eating foods that don't give energy back, you become toxic and acidic. Some foods that have electrical energy include: most vegetable, cucumbers, most grasses (wheat), and almonds.
(3) Healthy life-style choices- Get plenty of rest, the right amount of exercise, and don't use acidic addictions such as coffee, tobacco, and alcohol.
Another related issue is Candida albicans, which is quickly being found by holistic medical practitioners to be "the disease behind the other diseases." Candida is a microbe known as yeast, and it's a normal inhabitant of the body. For a variety of reasons, it can become a pathogen, a disease causing fungus that feeds on the body and weakens the immune system, which the medical community often views as the source of allergies, AIDS, chronic fatigue (Epstein-Barr), herpes, and many other illnesses.
The naturally occurring yeast resides in the gastrointestinal tract. The primary diet of the yeast and fungi that live in our bodies is sugar for energy and protein for development and growth. These yeast and fungi and their mycotoxins greatly contribute to the over-acidification of our systems, and that produces all kids of symptoms and diseases.
I believe that body-builders, even ones who are eating clean, need to learn this concept even more that the average American who is eating highly processed garbage. As body-builders, we are pushing our systems to the limits. We are tearing our bodies, our muscles, as well as our nervous, hormonal, endocrine, elimination, and recovery systems down, daily. We are releasing incredible amounts of lactic acid into our systems, adding to the already acidic system.
I knew that from day one I was not going to take short cuts, drug-free for life body-building has turned me into a man that I am proud of. Little did I know that as I was sculpting my physical body, I was also sculpting traits like perseverance, fortitude, honesty, persistence, passion, that would allow me to take on any challenge: To start a new business, to end a relationship, to start a new one, to be incredibly happy and fulfilled.
Obviously to some extent having good genetics for bodybuilding at is important, but it pales in comparison to how important nutrition, training, and working smarter, not harder are. I have poor genetics for body-building, a thick waist, thick joints, and a higher body-fat % set point. This is where the mind plays a crucial role in our training.
After an intense work-out, our nervous systems are jacked up. We immediately dive head first into that to-do list that is ever-growing. We have families, businesses, clients, cell phones, e-mails, etc., that never go away. WE ARE STRESSED! In order to grow we need to rest and recover. The more we relax and decompress, the more we will grow from the intense work-out.
Lastly, as vain as it may sound, your waistline determines your attitude, your attitude determines your altitude. CHANGE YOUR WAISTLINE, CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
1. THE FOODS THAT YOU EAT - 10% of your time and focus
2. THE EXERCISE THAT YOU GET - 10 % of your time and focus
3. THE THOUGHTS THAT YOU THINK - 80% of your time and focus
To reach your true potential in bodybuilding, focus on these three areas with the right amount of time and focus, and 80% of your time should be focused on the mind.
Trust me when I tell you that "exercise is the drug of choice."
Sorry to bother you all with that. It is extremely relevent to living healthy non-body building lives. Try to take good care of your body, it's the greatest tool you'll ever own.
Love, MrDT
The quality of your life is based on the quality of your cells. To survive and prosper, cells have to have oxygen, water, nutrients - potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and zinc among others - and the ability to eliminate their own wastes. Without these four things, which are dramatically affected by the quality of your blood, which I call your "River of Life," your cells can't survive. When any one of these four things are compromised, your cells can't thrive.
When you break down your body's cells to the smallest particles; atoms, protons, and neutrons, you find that each particle has a measurable electrical energy that keeps the particles in motion. When your atoms have high electrical energy, your energy is high, your cells can functiom optimally and your red blood cells don't stick together. When your atom's energy is very low, your cells can't function optimally and your red blood cells stick together and move more slowly, and so do you. When your atoms have no electrical energy, neither do you, and you're dead.
To give your cells the best chance of being completely healthy, your blood must have a precise chemical balance. Alkalinity and acidity is measured on a scale of 1-14, with 1 being pure acid, 7 being neutral and 14 pure alkaline. Your blood must maintain a slightly alkaline pH of 7.365. When there's a disturbance to this balance, the red blood cells begin to clump together. When that happens, they can't travel efficiently through the capillaries and feed the cells throughout the body. The pH stands for potential for hydrogen. The pH of your blood is along the same lines as the pH of your pool or your hot tub. When the balance is out of whack the water gets polluted. Same thing with your blood.
Everyone's bodies are being pushed to their limits and are usually, to some extent, toxic and acidic. The fast paced modern "lifestyle" has brought so many things to the table that our bodies were not designed for. Our fight or flight stress hormones like cortisol are at an all time high. People are not slowing down to rest like they used to. With all the technology and the to-do lists, we're stressed out more than ever. Put on top of that the highly possessed convenient foods for the masses with all the chemicals and preservatives and you have a severe problem.
When given the correct internal environment, the human body is an incredible self healing machine. The more acidic that our blood becomes, the less ability our body has to fight of infection, disease, and premature aging. It's not difficult to lower acidity of the blood. I offer a three point checklist of areas to focus on if you find your blood ph is below 7.36.
(1) Emotions - Anger, fear, overwhelm, frustration, inadequacy, and low self-esteem are all acidic emotions. These emotions induce more negative hormones like cortisol. We've all heard it before, but believe me, the mind is much stronger than we ever know. Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. You absolutely will get what you focus on.
(2) Nutrition- Eliminate highly processed convenience foods that are full of chemicals and preservative, and replace them with foods that are fresh and organic. If it doesn't spoil, don't eat it. All food has an electrical energy. If you're constantly eating foods that don't give energy back, you become toxic and acidic. Some foods that have electrical energy include: most vegetable, cucumbers, most grasses (wheat), and almonds.
(3) Healthy life-style choices- Get plenty of rest, the right amount of exercise, and don't use acidic addictions such as coffee, tobacco, and alcohol.
Another related issue is Candida albicans, which is quickly being found by holistic medical practitioners to be "the disease behind the other diseases." Candida is a microbe known as yeast, and it's a normal inhabitant of the body. For a variety of reasons, it can become a pathogen, a disease causing fungus that feeds on the body and weakens the immune system, which the medical community often views as the source of allergies, AIDS, chronic fatigue (Epstein-Barr), herpes, and many other illnesses.
The naturally occurring yeast resides in the gastrointestinal tract. The primary diet of the yeast and fungi that live in our bodies is sugar for energy and protein for development and growth. These yeast and fungi and their mycotoxins greatly contribute to the over-acidification of our systems, and that produces all kids of symptoms and diseases.
I believe that body-builders, even ones who are eating clean, need to learn this concept even more that the average American who is eating highly processed garbage. As body-builders, we are pushing our systems to the limits. We are tearing our bodies, our muscles, as well as our nervous, hormonal, endocrine, elimination, and recovery systems down, daily. We are releasing incredible amounts of lactic acid into our systems, adding to the already acidic system.
I knew that from day one I was not going to take short cuts, drug-free for life body-building has turned me into a man that I am proud of. Little did I know that as I was sculpting my physical body, I was also sculpting traits like perseverance, fortitude, honesty, persistence, passion, that would allow me to take on any challenge: To start a new business, to end a relationship, to start a new one, to be incredibly happy and fulfilled.
Obviously to some extent having good genetics for bodybuilding at is important, but it pales in comparison to how important nutrition, training, and working smarter, not harder are. I have poor genetics for body-building, a thick waist, thick joints, and a higher body-fat % set point. This is where the mind plays a crucial role in our training.
After an intense work-out, our nervous systems are jacked up. We immediately dive head first into that to-do list that is ever-growing. We have families, businesses, clients, cell phones, e-mails, etc., that never go away. WE ARE STRESSED! In order to grow we need to rest and recover. The more we relax and decompress, the more we will grow from the intense work-out.
Lastly, as vain as it may sound, your waistline determines your attitude, your attitude determines your altitude. CHANGE YOUR WAISTLINE, CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
1. THE FOODS THAT YOU EAT - 10% of your time and focus
2. THE EXERCISE THAT YOU GET - 10 % of your time and focus
3. THE THOUGHTS THAT YOU THINK - 80% of your time and focus
To reach your true potential in bodybuilding, focus on these three areas with the right amount of time and focus, and 80% of your time should be focused on the mind.
Trust me when I tell you that "exercise is the drug of choice."
Sorry to bother you all with that. It is extremely relevent to living healthy non-body building lives. Try to take good care of your body, it's the greatest tool you'll ever own.
Love, MrDT
Permalink: the_whole_acid_alkaline_thing.html
Words: 1249
Location: Grand Island, NY
Category: depressed
04/22/06 01:24 - 56ºF - ID#29389
It's Gonna Be a Sad Day
It seems my current user sound stil fits my state of mind so continue to enjoy it.
UPDATE::: Actually I'm going to change it. This is a Deep Dish remix of an old Fleetwood Mac tune called "Dream." Don't forget Deep Dish will be at the Guverment on May 21st. We missed Oakenfold who was at Kool Haus on April 13th. Damn it.
Okay here we go:
Alot of my ol' friends from Hard Rock are getting together today to celebrate the marriage of one of the girls I used to work with and hang out with. at one point we were all pretty good friends spending lots of time together working, drinking after work, going on vacations together and making day trips to the park and stuff. Its been brought to my attention that a lot of thought went into inviting me but it was decided by the wedding party that i would only bring the moment down. I guess a lot of people thought I would make everyone uncomfortable because my "ex" and her friends are the wedding party and why ruin a good time? Not to mention the next to last time I saw my ex her new ogar boyfriend that she left me for started pushing me around telling me it wasn't to cool for me to do burnouts on front of his house in the middle of the night. WHat can I say I was extremely emotional and irrational?? My feelings overwhelmed me and I participated in behavior that was reckless and out of character. It was good expirience and I can say that I will never go down that road again.
But anyway as I was saying, this big guy starts pushing me around so I quickly brought one of my elbows up and hit him in the chin. I saw his head snap back and his arms go up but before had achance to recover I slammed him with a spinning elbow, putting all my body weight and momentum into the hardest part of my body. I knocked the son of a bithch out right in front of about 20 friends or so. I guess that's what he gets for fucking with a trained fighter and pssing on my lawn. The guy left his pregnante girlfirend to steal away mine when we were on the rocks. Brilliant strategy like this belongs on Jerry Springer but unfortunately they consider themselves middle class.
BUt anyway, again, I'm sittin here emotionally fucked up for the time being wishing my friends would call me so we could get together again like the good ol' days. before me and the ex broke up we were a tight group but she had to go and ruin that for me too. (I guess its my fault too). I miss working at the Hard Rock and I miss the friendships I developed there. I'm glad the two best friendships I made their weren't damaged and I can call my buddy Scotty in NYC anytime along with Greg at the CIA in Hyde Park.
I guess I feel like shit cause of the dream I woke up to. It resembles this situation to a T. only the wedding party was stationed at my cousin Mark's house and I was free to stop by for a bottle of water and see everybody.
Life sucks but I'm compelled to keep on livin it cause you never know what tomorrow will bring. I think that's so exciting about life, wondering where will the tide take you.
Love all, Serve all, MrDT
UPDATE::: Actually I'm going to change it. This is a Deep Dish remix of an old Fleetwood Mac tune called "Dream." Don't forget Deep Dish will be at the Guverment on May 21st. We missed Oakenfold who was at Kool Haus on April 13th. Damn it.
Okay here we go:
Alot of my ol' friends from Hard Rock are getting together today to celebrate the marriage of one of the girls I used to work with and hang out with. at one point we were all pretty good friends spending lots of time together working, drinking after work, going on vacations together and making day trips to the park and stuff. Its been brought to my attention that a lot of thought went into inviting me but it was decided by the wedding party that i would only bring the moment down. I guess a lot of people thought I would make everyone uncomfortable because my "ex" and her friends are the wedding party and why ruin a good time? Not to mention the next to last time I saw my ex her new ogar boyfriend that she left me for started pushing me around telling me it wasn't to cool for me to do burnouts on front of his house in the middle of the night. WHat can I say I was extremely emotional and irrational?? My feelings overwhelmed me and I participated in behavior that was reckless and out of character. It was good expirience and I can say that I will never go down that road again.
But anyway as I was saying, this big guy starts pushing me around so I quickly brought one of my elbows up and hit him in the chin. I saw his head snap back and his arms go up but before had achance to recover I slammed him with a spinning elbow, putting all my body weight and momentum into the hardest part of my body. I knocked the son of a bithch out right in front of about 20 friends or so. I guess that's what he gets for fucking with a trained fighter and pssing on my lawn. The guy left his pregnante girlfirend to steal away mine when we were on the rocks. Brilliant strategy like this belongs on Jerry Springer but unfortunately they consider themselves middle class.
BUt anyway, again, I'm sittin here emotionally fucked up for the time being wishing my friends would call me so we could get together again like the good ol' days. before me and the ex broke up we were a tight group but she had to go and ruin that for me too. (I guess its my fault too). I miss working at the Hard Rock and I miss the friendships I developed there. I'm glad the two best friendships I made their weren't damaged and I can call my buddy Scotty in NYC anytime along with Greg at the CIA in Hyde Park.
I guess I feel like shit cause of the dream I woke up to. It resembles this situation to a T. only the wedding party was stationed at my cousin Mark's house and I was free to stop by for a bottle of water and see everybody.
Life sucks but I'm compelled to keep on livin it cause you never know what tomorrow will bring. I think that's so exciting about life, wondering where will the tide take you.
Love all, Serve all, MrDT
Permalink: It_s_Gonna_Be_a_Sad_Day.html
Words: 594
Location: Grand Island, NY
Category: depressed
04/22/06 01:24 - 56ºF - ID#29388
It's Gonna Be a Sad Day
Alot of my ol' friends from Hard Rock are getting together today to celebrate the marriage of one of the girls I used to work with and hang out with. at one point we were all pretty good friends spending lots of time together working, drinking after work, going on vacations together and making day trips to the park and stuff. Its been brought to my attention that a lot of thought went into inviting me but it was decided by the wedding party that i would only bring the moment down. I guess a lot of people thought I would make everyone uncomfortable because my "ex" and her friends are the wedding party and why ruin a good time? Not to mention the next to last time I saw my ex her new ogar boyfriend that she left me for started pushing me around telling me it wasn't to cool for me to do burnouts on front of his house in the middle of the night. WHat can I say I was extremely emotional and irrational?? My feelings overwhelmed me and I participated in behavior that was reckless and out of character. It was good expirience and I can say that I will never go down that road again.
But anyway as I was saying, this big guy starts pushing me around so I quickly brought one of my elbows up and hit him in the chin. I saw his head snap back and his arms go up but before had achance to recover I slammed him with a spinning elbow, putting all my body weight and momentum into the hardest part of my body. I knocked the son of a bithch out right in front of about 20 friends or so. I guess that's what he gets for fucking with a trained fighter and pssing on my lawn. The guy left his pregnante girlfirend to steal away mine when we were on the rocks. Brilliant strategy like this belongs on Jerry Springer but unfortunately they consider themselves middle class.
BUt anyway, again, I'm sittin here emotionally fucked up for the time being wishing my friends would call me so we could get together again like the good ol' days. before me and the ex broke up we were a tight group but she had to go and ruin that for me too. (I guess its my fault too). I miss working at the Hard Rock and I miss the friendships I developed there. I'm glad when of the two best friendships I made their weren't damaged and I can call my buddy Scotty in NYC anytime along with Greg at the CIA in Hyde Park.
I guess I feel like shit cause of the dream I woke up to. It resembles this situation to a T. only the wedding party was stationed at my cousin Mark's house and I was free to stop by for a bottle of water and see everybody.
Life sucks but I'm compelled to keep on livin it cause you never know what tomorrow will bring. I think that's so exciting about life, wondering where will the tide take you.
Love all, Serve all, MrDT
But anyway as I was saying, this big guy starts pushing me around so I quickly brought one of my elbows up and hit him in the chin. I saw his head snap back and his arms go up but before had achance to recover I slammed him with a spinning elbow, putting all my body weight and momentum into the hardest part of my body. I knocked the son of a bithch out right in front of about 20 friends or so. I guess that's what he gets for fucking with a trained fighter and pssing on my lawn. The guy left his pregnante girlfirend to steal away mine when we were on the rocks. Brilliant strategy like this belongs on Jerry Springer but unfortunately they consider themselves middle class.
BUt anyway, again, I'm sittin here emotionally fucked up for the time being wishing my friends would call me so we could get together again like the good ol' days. before me and the ex broke up we were a tight group but she had to go and ruin that for me too. (I guess its my fault too). I miss working at the Hard Rock and I miss the friendships I developed there. I'm glad when of the two best friendships I made their weren't damaged and I can call my buddy Scotty in NYC anytime along with Greg at the CIA in Hyde Park.
I guess I feel like shit cause of the dream I woke up to. It resembles this situation to a T. only the wedding party was stationed at my cousin Mark's house and I was free to stop by for a bottle of water and see everybody.
Life sucks but I'm compelled to keep on livin it cause you never know what tomorrow will bring. I think that's so exciting about life, wondering where will the tide take you.
Love all, Serve all, MrDT
Permalink: It_s_Gonna_Be_a_Sad_Day.html
Words: 529
Location: Grand Island, NY
Category: 420
04/20/06 12:48 - 57ºF - ID#29387
Happy 4:20
I'm not happy to say that I won't be celebrating 4-20 this year. I quit about two weeks ago and when i tried to find some tonight my guy said he was out. how could you be out - this is a holiday for us?? well maybe thats why he's out.
So in honor of this special day I posted a new user sound. Its the beatles who we can be pretty sure of enjoyed their fair share of 4-20.
Here's a picture of my unit:
(no not that unit)
NOTE: NOT INTENDED FOR ILLEGAL PURPOSES
As you look at the picture and listen to the song I want you to change the lyrics in your head to "while my Bong gently weeps." K?
So anyway now that thats out of the way I have something to get off my chest. I am really tired of dealing with judgemental assholes who don't have any clue who I am or what I'm about. just today, for instance, I was sitting in class and the teacher asked a question, "does anybody know the dart theory that they refer to in the wall street journal." and I thought I had a pretty good idea what it was so I raised my hand and the teacher was like what is it, "well if you send darts to the stock page and pick about twenty five stocks then you should be diversified enough to generate a return typical to the yearly average that the stock market goes up - 12%." he was like no. and some dude across the class just starts laughing and I was like WTF?. what so damn funny atleast I participate and don't sit there like a bump on a log staring at the clock asshole.
I worked out my legs today and they are pretty shot. I had a hard tme walking out of the gym, which means I did it right. I gotta say, though that I hate working out my legs. there's just something about putting 225#'s on my back and trying to sit down with it then stand up with that scares me. I know runners develop hip and knee problems but I wonder what do heave squats do for the lower back, hip and knee joints. it can't be good. or how about strapping 5,6,7,8 45# (360#s) plates to a platform then lowering your knees to your chest for a leg press. what if I crush myself?? I'd have to wheel myself around with out any legs.
The people I work with and go to school with think I'm pretty funny. At some point in my life I learned to stand up for myself and always have a snappy comeback. this one guy last week started to fuck with me and I sent him home nearly crying. I guess when it comes down to it thats all there is to do in a greasy nasty kitchen - tell homoerotic jokes and laugh all night to pass the time. it also releives the stress of constantly being in the weeds and putting up orders.
My motto: fuck'em if they can't take a joke.
I wonder if when the ER gets slammed and triage is buried with more than they can handle are they in the weeds???
Don't forget big brother's always watching.
I love you, MrDT
So in honor of this special day I posted a new user sound. Its the beatles who we can be pretty sure of enjoyed their fair share of 4-20.
Here's a picture of my unit:
(no not that unit)
NOTE: NOT INTENDED FOR ILLEGAL PURPOSES
As you look at the picture and listen to the song I want you to change the lyrics in your head to "while my Bong gently weeps." K?
So anyway now that thats out of the way I have something to get off my chest. I am really tired of dealing with judgemental assholes who don't have any clue who I am or what I'm about. just today, for instance, I was sitting in class and the teacher asked a question, "does anybody know the dart theory that they refer to in the wall street journal." and I thought I had a pretty good idea what it was so I raised my hand and the teacher was like what is it, "well if you send darts to the stock page and pick about twenty five stocks then you should be diversified enough to generate a return typical to the yearly average that the stock market goes up - 12%." he was like no. and some dude across the class just starts laughing and I was like WTF?. what so damn funny atleast I participate and don't sit there like a bump on a log staring at the clock asshole.
I worked out my legs today and they are pretty shot. I had a hard tme walking out of the gym, which means I did it right. I gotta say, though that I hate working out my legs. there's just something about putting 225#'s on my back and trying to sit down with it then stand up with that scares me. I know runners develop hip and knee problems but I wonder what do heave squats do for the lower back, hip and knee joints. it can't be good. or how about strapping 5,6,7,8 45# (360#s) plates to a platform then lowering your knees to your chest for a leg press. what if I crush myself?? I'd have to wheel myself around with out any legs.
The people I work with and go to school with think I'm pretty funny. At some point in my life I learned to stand up for myself and always have a snappy comeback. this one guy last week started to fuck with me and I sent him home nearly crying. I guess when it comes down to it thats all there is to do in a greasy nasty kitchen - tell homoerotic jokes and laugh all night to pass the time. it also releives the stress of constantly being in the weeds and putting up orders.
My motto: fuck'em if they can't take a joke.
I wonder if when the ER gets slammed and triage is buried with more than they can handle are they in the weeds???
Don't forget big brother's always watching.
I love you, MrDT
Permalink: Happy_4_20.html
Words: 558
Location: Grand Island, NY
Category: wtf?
04/18/06 01:43 - 44ºF - ID#29386
Is This Some Sick Joke?
New user sound dedicated to members of (e:strip).
Easters over but for some reason there is candy all over my house. I try not to eat this stuff cause sugar cranks up my insulin levels and forces me to store extra fat. It is sooo good though but I only want to eat it a few times a year.
This is what my Kitchen table looks like:
Thank God for will power cause this is what I'm going to snack on for meal #5:
its 8 oz of fat free cottage cheese and 6 oz of fat free/sugar free blueberry yogurt mixed...delish
And a few of these cause I didn't have any yesterday (I like the red ones the best)
Its kinda funny that ya'll think I'm a fitness nut cause the people who know me the best keep sending me home with this stuff. Like I don't fill my fridge with good food.
Oh yeah, one more thing
Creatine Rules!!! (e:paul) I don't know if you use this stuff yet but I just loaded it last week (4 servings a day) and this week I've added 5-10 pounds on every movement plus added reps. 3 weeks on 1 week off reload. It bloats like a son of a bitch though.
I love you all, even those who ignore me or think I'm out of my gord, MrDT
Easters over but for some reason there is candy all over my house. I try not to eat this stuff cause sugar cranks up my insulin levels and forces me to store extra fat. It is sooo good though but I only want to eat it a few times a year.
This is what my Kitchen table looks like:
Thank God for will power cause this is what I'm going to snack on for meal #5:
its 8 oz of fat free cottage cheese and 6 oz of fat free/sugar free blueberry yogurt mixed...delish
And a few of these cause I didn't have any yesterday (I like the red ones the best)
Its kinda funny that ya'll think I'm a fitness nut cause the people who know me the best keep sending me home with this stuff. Like I don't fill my fridge with good food.
Oh yeah, one more thing
Creatine Rules!!! (e:paul) I don't know if you use this stuff yet but I just loaded it last week (4 servings a day) and this week I've added 5-10 pounds on every movement plus added reps. 3 weeks on 1 week off reload. It bloats like a son of a bitch though.
I love you all, even those who ignore me or think I'm out of my gord, MrDT
Permalink: Is_This_Some_Sick_Joke_.html
Words: 236
Location: Grand Island, NY
Category: easter sunday
04/17/06 01:17 - 48ºF - ID#29385
In a Nutshell
Lets try this again -- Just lost my post to the back button on my mouse which should be turned off.
New user sound will accompany post so stop (e:lurking), punch in and play.
SO ANYWAY as I was saying I got up today and headed toward the boarder to join my family for easter. as a tradition my father's family gets together at this hotel on clifton hill and rents the corner suite and a row of rooms alongside a very nice indoor pool/hot tub. we've done it for two decades atleast. I remember waking up and having to search the entire hotel for my easter eggs then having a monster water battle with my cousins. talk about fun...then you we had all that shit on clifton hill to do. it was the highlight of every year jumping in between the pools and at some point somebody turned 19 so we started getting fucked up with drinking games.
But anyway back to my story, this year I had a project to do with my dad's girlfriend, which i mentioned to him but he neglected to pass on. I wanted to take the thousands of pictures from over the years and put them in the photo albums I picked up a year ago. She's all about this and most importantly I didn't want to do this alone! Alot of my picutes are of the absolutely awsome adventures/vacations that my ex-Kim and I used to take. They are a representation of some of the best days/times of my life, we had so much fun and explored so much of this great country. I figured if I had somebody to talk to while going through them the memories wouldn't overwhelm and depress me. need less to say I sat indian style on the bed by myself for a few hours while I sorted and picked the best pictures for my albums. and holy shit am I depressed now. I miss those carefree days but man did I get fat.
I kinda want to go into what happened between Kim and I but I wont cause the last post I didn't (chat got interesting). But let me tell you every woman I meet I compare to her. what a brilliant combination of sense of humor (matched mine to a t), brains and a big ol ass. when we would walk through the hood the black guys would yell, "hey thickness." I miss getting high with you and quoting Billy Madison. I tried this from time to time at work but people look at me like I'm crazy. Well maybe I am but, "its too hot for a penguin to just be walkin' around." I miss you Kim everyday, we really had some good times even if things did get ugly once and a while.
Tonight when I sleep you will be in my dreams and tomorrow when I wake up I'll feel shitty. but thats okay Dan will kick my ass while we do chest & tri's and I'll forget all about it. But do you remember the time we road the tea cups at Disney World and I got the thing spinning really fast and we staggered about for like 20 minutes.
Well anyway thats me in a nutshell. I'm happy I finally got my pictures in an album. if you ask I'll show them to you. unfortunatley Kim is in a lot of them but thats okay. I told you no matter what happens I will love you forever.
That's how my love goes - 24/7 unconditional, MrDT
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SO ANYWAY as I was saying I got up today and headed toward the boarder to join my family for easter. as a tradition my father's family gets together at this hotel on clifton hill and rents the corner suite and a row of rooms alongside a very nice indoor pool/hot tub. we've done it for two decades atleast. I remember waking up and having to search the entire hotel for my easter eggs then having a monster water battle with my cousins. talk about fun...then you we had all that shit on clifton hill to do. it was the highlight of every year jumping in between the pools and at some point somebody turned 19 so we started getting fucked up with drinking games.
But anyway back to my story, this year I had a project to do with my dad's girlfriend, which i mentioned to him but he neglected to pass on. I wanted to take the thousands of pictures from over the years and put them in the photo albums I picked up a year ago. She's all about this and most importantly I didn't want to do this alone! Alot of my picutes are of the absolutely awsome adventures/vacations that my ex-Kim and I used to take. They are a representation of some of the best days/times of my life, we had so much fun and explored so much of this great country. I figured if I had somebody to talk to while going through them the memories wouldn't overwhelm and depress me. need less to say I sat indian style on the bed by myself for a few hours while I sorted and picked the best pictures for my albums. and holy shit am I depressed now. I miss those carefree days but man did I get fat.
I kinda want to go into what happened between Kim and I but I wont cause the last post I didn't (chat got interesting). But let me tell you every woman I meet I compare to her. what a brilliant combination of sense of humor (matched mine to a t), brains and a big ol ass. when we would walk through the hood the black guys would yell, "hey thickness." I miss getting high with you and quoting Billy Madison. I tried this from time to time at work but people look at me like I'm crazy. Well maybe I am but, "its too hot for a penguin to just be walkin' around." I miss you Kim everyday, we really had some good times even if things did get ugly once and a while.
Tonight when I sleep you will be in my dreams and tomorrow when I wake up I'll feel shitty. but thats okay Dan will kick my ass while we do chest & tri's and I'll forget all about it. But do you remember the time we road the tea cups at Disney World and I got the thing spinning really fast and we staggered about for like 20 minutes.
Well anyway thats me in a nutshell. I'm happy I finally got my pictures in an album. if you ask I'll show them to you. unfortunatley Kim is in a lot of them but thats okay. I told you no matter what happens I will love you forever.
That's how my love goes - 24/7 unconditional, MrDT
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04/14/06 03:04 - 50ºF - ID#29384
Its been way too long
Man, I need to get laid.
Love, Mrdt
Love, Mrdt
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04/13/06 12:53 - ID#29383
Bike Shopping
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Stopped by Berts Bikes yesterday to look at a few road bikes for the summer and some charity events. (See previous post). They seem really fucking expensive not to mention about 100-150 dollars cheaper online. Maybe I'll buy something used off of ebay cause when you crash on these bikes forget about. they fold like and bend like spoon jewelery. then your out the money. i have my tax refund coming soon and i just got a tuition refund check but this is money I sould invest in futures/ira's/stocks/mutuals or save for a rainy day. my mountain bike makes a fun ride but its slow and made for the extreme trails. Don't get me wrong, I'm doing this event no matter what but its the difference between easy/fast or hard/slow and 30 miles or 60 miles. top speed on the mountain bike is like 15-20mph but I could get the road bike up to 25-35mph which is a huge difference.
Here are the bikes they showed me:
'06 Trek 1500 for $1,100
'06Trek Pilot 1.2 for $950
I am leaning more towards the red one but I don't know it seems like an aweful amount of money to spend for something I'll only use about 20 times a year (till I move to warm weather). My buddy Steve who is considering the ride might not be able to get the day off and he could lone me his Cannondale Hybrid.
I want to clear something up for ya'll. My last post was not asking for pledges. I'll do most of that in school and at former jobs. I was/am looking to put together a team of riders, mechanics, drivers and cheering section for those who are interested. we could do this as a communtiy under the (e:strip) flag or I could do this by myself. either way I'm in and I've already printed the pages for pledges and such.
I believe in truth, beauty, freedom and above all love, MrDT
Stopped by Berts Bikes yesterday to look at a few road bikes for the summer and some charity events. (See previous post). They seem really fucking expensive not to mention about 100-150 dollars cheaper online. Maybe I'll buy something used off of ebay cause when you crash on these bikes forget about. they fold like and bend like spoon jewelery. then your out the money. i have my tax refund coming soon and i just got a tuition refund check but this is money I sould invest in futures/ira's/stocks/mutuals or save for a rainy day. my mountain bike makes a fun ride but its slow and made for the extreme trails. Don't get me wrong, I'm doing this event no matter what but its the difference between easy/fast or hard/slow and 30 miles or 60 miles. top speed on the mountain bike is like 15-20mph but I could get the road bike up to 25-35mph which is a huge difference.
Here are the bikes they showed me:
'06 Trek 1500 for $1,100
'06Trek Pilot 1.2 for $950
I am leaning more towards the red one but I don't know it seems like an aweful amount of money to spend for something I'll only use about 20 times a year (till I move to warm weather). My buddy Steve who is considering the ride might not be able to get the day off and he could lone me his Cannondale Hybrid.
I want to clear something up for ya'll. My last post was not asking for pledges. I'll do most of that in school and at former jobs. I was/am looking to put together a team of riders, mechanics, drivers and cheering section for those who are interested. we could do this as a communtiy under the (e:strip) flag or I could do this by myself. either way I'm in and I've already printed the pages for pledges and such.
I believe in truth, beauty, freedom and above all love, MrDT
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04/11/06 02:56 - ID#29382
Ridin' for Roswell
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I have decided its time for me to give back some of the athletic prowess I have developed over the past year in the form of charity.
I saw this flyer in the gym today for a fund raiser for Roswell Park Cancer Institute and decided this is my chance. What could be better than riding my bike for a cure for cancer??? http://www.ride4roswell.org/app/index.php?pid=1
Ofcourse I'll need to collect the minimum amount of pledges but I'm not sure if I'll ride the 33 miler or 62.5 miler. Over the next 2.5 months I'll be testing my endurance to see what I can handle then the day of I'll decide if I want to push the 62.5 miler. I don't have a road bike yet which would be the biggest spoiler on the 62.5 but I'd do the 33 no prob on my mountain bike.
By the end of the month I want to put together a team and maybe even fly under the (e:strip) flag. We'll need riders, someone to drive, a mechanic or two and some individuals to cheer us on and hand us gatorade. I'm as serious as a heart attack here so any of you who want to participate sould sign up. I'll probably have some friends that will accompany me but as my mama always says, "The more the merrier." and its for such a good cause.
By the end of May I'll have my pledge sheets finished and I'll make a decision of whether to buy a bike or not. I've never really covered this type of distance in this type of fashion so it will be a challenge for me.
Well, I guess that's it for today. you don't have to get back to me right away but if anyone is interested let me know.
With love and peace or else, MrDT
I have decided its time for me to give back some of the athletic prowess I have developed over the past year in the form of charity.
I saw this flyer in the gym today for a fund raiser for Roswell Park Cancer Institute and decided this is my chance. What could be better than riding my bike for a cure for cancer??? http://www.ride4roswell.org/app/index.php?pid=1
Ofcourse I'll need to collect the minimum amount of pledges but I'm not sure if I'll ride the 33 miler or 62.5 miler. Over the next 2.5 months I'll be testing my endurance to see what I can handle then the day of I'll decide if I want to push the 62.5 miler. I don't have a road bike yet which would be the biggest spoiler on the 62.5 but I'd do the 33 no prob on my mountain bike.
By the end of the month I want to put together a team and maybe even fly under the (e:strip) flag. We'll need riders, someone to drive, a mechanic or two and some individuals to cheer us on and hand us gatorade. I'm as serious as a heart attack here so any of you who want to participate sould sign up. I'll probably have some friends that will accompany me but as my mama always says, "The more the merrier." and its for such a good cause.
By the end of May I'll have my pledge sheets finished and I'll make a decision of whether to buy a bike or not. I've never really covered this type of distance in this type of fashion so it will be a challenge for me.
Well, I guess that's it for today. you don't have to get back to me right away but if anyone is interested let me know.
With love and peace or else, MrDT
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04/10/06 02:25 - ID#29381
Words for Contemplation
Just a quick post from finance.
I love quotes... I have set up my Google home page to always give me three new quotes per day.
Here is one of them:
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
- CP Snow
I love quotes... I have set up my Google home page to always give me three new quotes per day.
Here is one of them:
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
- CP Snow
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Ouch. As I re read this, it seems as though my "thoughts in general" were aimed at mrdt, while although it prompted my thought process, it was really a combination of all of the comments posted that got me thinking..and responding.
Also, it was late..should have waited for fully functioning brain cells... which hasn't happened yet ;)
Hopefully people will take all information that they read, anywhere, and use it as a guideline to do their own research.
(good point, (e:imk2) ) No matter the source, question everything..its a good habit. When we want something, its easy enough to find information that supports it. When we really want to learn about something, take it a step further and see what the opposition is, seek to understand various angles..with that, you've got some credibility-- atleast in the sense that you did your homework. If the sources you read from seem sketchy, they probably are.. regardless of the string of letters after someones name.
ok, so that was all general..
On to the health stuff..
(e:zobar) aka Tony Little :) summed it up nicely in his comment.
You just need to treat yourself well in all areas of your life. Nourish your body and mind. --btw, its disturbing that weight loss and body building is not synonomous with healthy eating..often there is nutrition manipulation involved that is not nourishing to the body/mind. Unfortunately, information that is readily available tends to be like this.. pop a pill, omit this food, drink this, try this miracle diet, blah. It will work, but at what costs? Ofcourse, healthy weightloss/body building should be done with health and wellness as the key tools for success. (e:Paul) is right on track with feeding his body to get results.
Its all about lifestyle and life choices...and making positive changes, yet keeping it real. Remember what begins with the mind.. the body will follow. Be GOOD to yourself as much as possible. Cant wait for someone else to do it for you..
mrdt, you are passionate about this topic, that much is obvious. I also know that you have good intentions and care about humanity and want to share your knowledge and experience. Part of reaching out to your audience is to offer "food for thought" and phrase it like so. Guide gently.. dont push.
But by all means.. keep on blogging and keep on firing us up over topics.
I'm gonna go check my PH now, haha ;)
If you would have checked your emotions at the door and actually read the post you may have realized something about yourself. yes, some of the science is theoretical and yes there are some gaps in my understanding but at the root of things I wanted to help people. I was hoping that you may think about what you put into your body everyday and how it affects the person you are. More importantly, I want to see my body building friends achieve more than they ever thought was possible by creating an efficient and healthy platform.
I love you all, really I do. But if this stuff isn't for you then ignore it. I understand where you are coming from and I'm sorry if I annoy you with my opinion but I'm free to be myself in this community and I love that.
I appreciate your responses. I won't hold any of it against you. and if you knew me on a more personal level you might see that I do what I do out of love for humanity.
Health and Wellness is my ultimate goal. And I'll continue to fight obesity whether you like it or not.
This is important stuff! Passion is in the air.
How we can effect our current and future well "being" has enormous implications/significance for an individual(s) and society as a whole (particularly as the baby boomers start their/"our" down hill "slide")-
Where do we get the "real deal"? You have to make a commitment somewhere. My hope is that folks continue to investigate and question to become more mindful in effecting - 'well "being"'.
The important point being: one will occasionally feel that day-to-day life is more difficult than it should be. When you realize this, it is important that you don't just compensate, but rather step back, figure out why your life is out of balance, and get to the root of the problem. The scientific basis for these recommendations may be questionable [fruit juice, eg, has a much lower pH than either coffee or booze], but the advice is still solid:
1/Emotions: You gotta chill.
2/Nutrition: Lay off the Twinkies.
3/Lifestyle: Take some you-time once in a while.
And now I'm starting to feel like Tony Little. :::link::: Holy shit I've even got the same hair.
- Z
stephan rechtschaffen, MD is an MD that means medical doctor.
And I don't think physians know everything there is to know about the processes in the body. just look at how many misdiagnosis happen everyday.
I fully admitted that I didn't really have a scientific leg to stand on. And anyway how much science is based on evidence/fact and how much is theory. perception and view point play a huge role in scientific discovery. there are viewpoints and counter viewpoints found everywhere.
Lastly, what's in your fridge?. While an irrelevent and retorical question, I would have liked this post to generate some self actualization that may lead to the better understanding of your own health and wellness.
that, in turn, leaves me somewhat skeptical as to where he gets his information from. what resources does he use in his book? what studies support his arguments? surely he has supporting info to back up his claims? and if this is his own research, he must describe what studies he's conducted that produced these results? most importantly, what protocol did he use in his studies. has it been peer reviewed? has it been duplicated in other independent studies?
i guess the moral of my story is don’t always believe everything you read, and more importantly, don’t ask us to, either.
I can't see the argument because of the screen that comments now go to but let me try to remember:
1. You may be right 7.36 is a number I took out of Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD and Marc Cohen, MA, Guide to Vitality And Wellness
2. Why is this impossible??? I think of my shower head, at certain times of the year minerals clump and clog it when the Ph of the water raises above 8 or 9.
3. By creating a healthier cell your chances of incresing your electrical energy are positive. This creates an environment more condusive to strenous activity.
4. If you can control the level of lactic acid that builds up through your system by creating healthier cells, whereby increasing the amount of oyxgen that travels in each cell and the way waste is removed through this process, you certainly can control your blood Ph. Nutrient intake plays a huge part in this, as before mentioned in text.
5. You may be correct here. I have no evidence or explination that Canidida is harmful only it's something I read in the before mentioned guide.
6. Chronic fatigue syndrome may not be epstein-barr but I have seen it's efects in two people. One very obese women and one very skinny teenager. It seemed very real (I have never seen anyone sleep more than these people). and the cause seemed to be attributed to the lack of adequate nutrition growing up from eating over processed foods that where deficient in the nutrients needed to support and maintain a healthy system.
I believe highly in education and feel that it's important to develop well rounded professionals. But I know most med schools do not require their students to take anymore than basic nutrition classes. This kind of scares me when truely a human being "becomes what they eat." As a business major, I don't have a leg to stand on but what I have stated in my post makes a lot of sense to the world of bodybuilding and everyday living. While some of it my be theoritical and void of any true scientific analysis how far can it be from the unknown processes of the body?
Lastly, jenks wanna make out???
First a disclaimer- do not take this the wrong way. I go on record as saying I think it's great that you are trying to be healthy and are putting time and effort and research into it. That said, I have to quote my dad (to my mom) "ummm, where did you go to med school?" no offense, that's a joke. I am not a nutritionist/exercise specialist. So these are just my opinions. But there is a good bit of schooling behind them, so a few points:
1: Normal pH is 7.4, but 7.35 to 7.42 or so is ok. Not sure where you got 7.365.
2: pH has nothing to do with blood flow and "red cells clumping together"
3: This "electrical energy" bit is crazy-talk. Yes the body is made of atoms which are made of charged particles but that does not fluctuate and has NOTHING to do with your energy level, blood flow, etc.
4: I agree that fresh non-processed foods are more healthy, but it's hard to alter the pH of your BLOOD with your diet. pH of your GI tract, yes. Not blood. main thing affecting blood pH (assuming you are not critically ill/injured etc) would be lactic acid, a byproduct of anaerobic metabolism (from exercise) as you know.
5: Candida is a common pathogen. It's generally harmless, and opportunistic- i.e. multiplies when the immune system is down, or the body's normal flora is altered (eg women getting yeast infections after antibiotics knock out the normal bacteria)
6: minor point- chronic fatigue is NOT the same as epstein-barr. (chronic fatigue is also bullshit in my mind. As is fibromyalgia, but that's a different story).
So much for short. Yes I am biased, and allopathic/osteopathic/holistic medicine don't always see eye-to-eye, and I clearly have my allegiances with the former.
If what you're doing is working for you- great! I'm not saying change. I just wanted to clear up what I see as some misinformation.
(stepping off soapbox)
-J