OK. Maybe I’m biased on this one. But really? A baby’s slightly lower IQ is the result of a drug the mother took during pregnancy?
REALLY?

Courtesy of turbulencetraining.com!
I’ve been following Craig Ballantyne, and his innovative Turbulence Training program since I first heard about it. I’ve been hooked ever since. Especially since I’m NO FAN of cardio. *wink*
Here are the latest winners of his latest Tranformation contest.
Congrats to Jonny and Robyn!

Courtesy of thefitblog.net
Ever heard of Crossfit?
How about a Crossfit Competition Challenge?
The ULTIMATE test.

It has been a long time. In fact I don’t remember the last time I ate like I did today at the holiday dinner table.

I have spent the past year training and disciplining myself on proper eating habits, in and out of my own household. I was a habitual ‘snacker’ for the longest time. I would mindlessly eat all of the WORST foods in front of the TV. Watching my favorite TV shows resulted in a lot of empty bags of chips (no, that is not an exaggeration).

It took some time, but I was able to break that habit. I no longer buy, nor do I ‘want’ that kind of food when I’m in front the TV. In fact, if and when I watch TV, I usually don’t snack at all, or just have a yogurt.. maybe a piece of cheese.

My other horrible eating habit was self-exploding gluttony. I would and could eat anything and everything placed in front of me until I couldn’t breathe properly. If it looked good, or smelled good, or if it looked like someone else was enjoying that particular food item.. I was eating it too. Most people have a bad habit of doing this during the infamous ‘Thanksgiving Dinner’, where we all un-button our pants after we’re finished.

I was doing this at every dinner. For some reason I just kept eating.

This past year was about learning to stop after the first serving. Training my brain to know when enough is enough. Whether at the dinner table at home, a restaurant, or visiting someone else’s home, I was ‘Mikey’ – He’ll eat it! ( Who doesn’t remember that TV commercial for LIFE cereal?)

Well I slipped up today.

Today I stuffed my face. Man was it ugly.

Everything from the pasta, ham, ham sandwiches, stuffed celery sticks, ice cream cake dessert, cookies on the side, 2 glasses of diet pepsi, etc….

BLEGH.

My body and my digestive system have kindly and curtly reminded my why eating like this is so BAD.

It’s amazing and embarrassingly shocking to think this way of eating was my norm.

After a year’s worth of control, eating like this has actually made me sick. I am sick to my stomach due to my over-eating. And as everyone reading this is my witness.

It will not happen again.

A very wise fitness professional once said, “ YOU CAN’T OUT-TRAIN A BAD DIET”

Amen to that brother.

Amen to that.

I hope everyone’s holiday dinner was enjoyable, and less grueling than mine.

Carpe Diem

Cynicism is a horrible thing sometimes. We all fall victim to this subconscious human reflex.
Every once in a while someone comes along and gives you that wake-up call we all need.
Beautiful

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Courtesy thefightgeek.com
A local middle weight boxer shows us that change is a great thing.