So blogging is not happening again.

Grand plans, no time.

Texas State Fair trip prep. Friday, 9/27/13

The Texas State Fair opens today and we are planning to go this weekend, a good 4-5 hour drive from us.  At the State Fair the unwritten rule is that food must be either deep fried or put on a stick, both if possible.  My plan is to break out or the Primal Challenge and eat total crap until I puke. Literally. It usually makes it easier to turn down crap food for a while after that.  Each item bought is shared by 3 people.  I have been reviewing the flyer and have identified a slew of crap to eat, to include (listed in no particular order):

Fried banana pudding

bbq brisket crunchy tacos

bbq brisket egg rolls

fried jalapenos - actually pretty normal in Texas, I mean you can get these on fast food burgers at more than one chain so we may pass on these.

fried pies, not at all unusual but oh please have apricot

avocado krispy fries - yes, fried slices of avocado

Krispy Kreme burger, I might have to beg off on this one as I do not mix sweet with meat, yeah no sweet & sour for me either.

deep fried red velvet cupcake

deep fried shrimp & grits

deep fried spaghetti & meatballs

deep fried chicken & waffle - if there is syrup involved it is an issue

Fried bacon cinnamon roll - I will be expected to try and will but I already freak out if my bacon touches anything sweet. Won most creative last year.

Pig poppers 

Deep fried Cuban roll - this year's best taste winner, I am skeptical.  And if the line is too crazy i will skip.

Fried Thanksgiving dinner - this year's most creative winner. Only if the lines are not bad.

Awesome deep fried Nutella - a finalist this year

Fernie's deep fried King Ranch casserole  - a finalist this year

Golden fried Millionaire pie - a finalist this year - oh yeah

Southern style deep fried meatloaf - a finalist this year

Spinach dip bites - a finalist this year

Texas fried fireball - a finalist this year

Bacon dog on a stick

Fried banana on a stick

Deep fried chocolate chip burrito

deep fried elote  - if you need tracers for your system

pig toes on a stick

spicy spam empanadas

deep fried creole boulette - not as weird as it sounds, basically fried tilapia that has been seasoned blackened before being deep fried. so spicy fried fish.

fried shrimp & cheese jalapeno

deep fried BBQ wontons - they say these are new this year but I had the beef version these in 2009 but they were called boomerangs.  and they were really good. will try the pulled pork version as well.

fried collard greens

What, no fried butter!?! Fried butter is my favorite!  I plan on coming back here to comment on this list after I recover but that might take a while.  I am planning on tweeting during the extravaganza at @HeyDianneHey .  I am hoping that no one backs out as I have hotel rooms booked already.

Awesome fall results

On Thursday I demonstrated the most awesome grace with a spectacular fall.  Running across a level, smooth surface in a business suit carrying a 5" stack of papers (in a accordion file) in my left arm with my backpack containing my work laptop slung over my right shoulder.  Fly, fly, fly, I am pretty well sure that I dropped an F-bomb.  Three guards (all of whom I speak to regularly) ran over to see if I was OK.  I of course said yes.  The result?  Laptop is OK as I extended my right arm to block the backpack as it flew forward over my head.  My body on the other hand? from top to bottom: the metatarso-phalangeal joint of my big toe on the right foot hurts; both knees bruised with the right knee sporting something the diameter of a dime and ~1/8" thickness floating on top of the cap; both elbows slightly brused; my ribcage under the left breast hurts when I breathe deeply, when I raise my arm, and when doing a burpee; left shoulder is feeling uncomfortable both in the joint and on the muscle cap. Face & head obviously did not touch the ground which is a major plus.  This is a great demonstration why I was jokingly called Grace when I was growing up.  Having broken both femurs (on different occasions) and spent nights in hospitals with concussions I am accustomed to injuries.  With that being said, I am A-OK in this incident as well! Taking it all in stride.

6/5/13 Where I am posting

I am not posting any thought or goals, generally.  But I am using Twitter as an accountability tool by taking pictures of what I am eating before eating it.  At times it does help with some self policing.  Sometimes not though.  @HeyDianneHey 'cause some little girl in the Philippines has HeyDianne.  All the post are typically boring and on the level of the stuff that I have always made fun of FaceBook people of, as in posting the mundane. 

May 7,13. Itch, Itch, Itch.

As if to prove that no good deed goes unpunished (again)...
Out on a paddleboard @ Ka'anapali last week, at the same spot where we saw the shark last year, and responded to people screaming "Help, help" stuck on a rock at BlackRock.  Managed to get the stranded woman on my board and get her paddled in to shore, BUT... I also managed to increase my chances for melanoma.  Now I am itchy and peeling in a nasty, nasty way on my back and shoulders.  So NICE.

No Time

Still working on PB challenge but I obviously have no time to blog.  Seriously, I have not even been to MDA in at least a week.  Life needs to settle down.  Well actually, I like being this busy and it is just that writing any thoughts down outside of my daily plans is just too much.

PB Challenge - Day 2

OK, Obviously I started one day after the official launch since I did not go to MDA until 9 PM on Monday.

Day 2 focus: Law 2: Avoid Poisonous Things
For me that is sugar and grains.  My tendency to seek out that which is detrimental to my desires is kicking in and pointing me towards eating some crappy sweet junk.  On a non-challenge day I would find a way to justify doing just that but I am determined to make it through today with minimal, no, without shooting myself in the foot.

Day 1 review, it was a successful day.  Well, mostly.
For WOE (way of eating), I stuck to eating plants and animals with only one french fry sneaking in there.  My daily intake consisted of:
2 cups Bulletproof Coffee , well, sans the MCT oil this morning.
2 slices of bacon
1 bag of Brussels sprouts (steamed in my new steamer for the office)
1/3 bar salted Kerrygold butter (on the sprouts)
3 large pork ribs (from Pappa's BBQ)
1 french fry
part of tossed salad, dry.
1/16th bar 85% dark chocolate
1 tsp of raw, local honey at bedtime.
 For WOM (way of moving, to include play), I took Bella to walk early a.m. and at halftime of the US Soccer televised match; and went to hockey class (1 hour long session) for play.  We were a couple of minutes late (~3) hitting the ice for the opening drills (and warmup) and the closing 4x4 scrimmage was a 22 minute affair of HIIT.  Thought I might puke after a couple of my shifts on the ice.  Playing 4x4, full ice with only 7 each per side means that you are out on the ice A LOT even while you are trying to limit your shifts to 1 minute each.  I did manage to miss the "superman" drill that I so dislike at the beginning though.  Since I dislike it I probably need to make sure that I get there in time to DO it.  Generally an individual will avoid what they suck at which prevents them from ever moving on to not sucking at what they are avoiding.  Or at least that applies to me...
For WOL (way of life, sleep and sun)
OK, this is where I was not so successful. With the "play" happening from 9:30pm to 10:30pm that means that we did not get home from the rink until after 11pm.  Then showers mean not hitting the bed until after 11:30, feeling wired with no hope of falling to sleep for a long while.  With the alarm set for 4:45 which would have us getting to work late (but we have late meetings this afternoon so we will be at work late anyway) that means way to little sleep.  I also did not make it out into the sunlight at all.  I hope to improve this segment of "way" in the coming days.