The Death of Deliciousness: Day 21!!!

Sorry, for the long break between posts.

I spent the long weekend at my uncle's cottage away from the interwebs.

Wow! Day 21. Only 10 more days to go. I strayed from the plan a bit this weekend, but there was so much food there I didn't really have a choice in the matter. So I plan on really focusing on doing everything right for the next 10 days.

My dad and I decided to bring the ATV up to the cottage for a little fun and I think I made the most use out of it. I was driving around the roads near the cottage just exploring when my Aunt suggested I try out a snowmobile trail.

Upon first entering the trial it looked very promising, it was 2 or 3 times as wide as the ATV so there was plenty of room for myself. It was hard packed with few rocks or branches in the way. UNTIL...

Ok, so that's a little exaggerated. The mud hole I attempted to cross was a much darker, thicker mud and I was on a larger ATV:

Something more like that. I do not have an actual picture of our ATV but that is pretty much the same thing only with camouflage.

So where was I? Oh right. Stuck. Hella stuck. And not the sexy kind of stuck.

The sexy kind of stuck.

So there I was, in a foot of the darkest thickest mud I have ever been stuck in on ANY ATV(note: this is my first time being stuck, coincidence? I think not.)

I try to go forward, the mud sprays out behind me, I try going backwards, the mud shoots 10 feet into the air in front of me. I am close enough to some hard land to jump off, I take off my helmet and survey the damage..."Shit..." Without phone, and too far away to walk back for help I must use my own knowledge and ingenuity to escape this dastardly mud trap!

I grab a thick stick, my plan: to give myself some traction by having not mud under the tires. Status: Utter failure.

So obviously the next best thing to do is to get back onto the ATV like so:

Only imagine the whole thing stuck in a foot of mud. Then: JUMP while flooring it! Oh hey, it was in forward not reverse...

So now I have gotten myself a little deeper into the mud, and after attempting reverse in the same position I feel like the front end of the ATV should have more weight on it. So naturally one would stand like so:

Amazing, artist's depiction

Annnndddddd then jump up and down whilst flooring it. This time I was in reverse. After a few moments of jumping I was able to free myself from the mud hole of dooom.

All in all...it was AWESOME! I just wish I had someone there to laugh with me. Not at me like the girls who were jogging while I was returning to the cottage...

All in all it was a good weekend, and back to hardcore Isagrossix (compliments of my brother in law) tomorrow!

Cheers,
Me.

Day 16 Isagenix Adventure

It's about that time again. Time to write another blog post.

Huh what? Shake day? That's cool I guess...Now that the boring stuff is out of the way.

Wow! Day 16. Over the hill! Half way to victory! No longer heading into the forest! I am on my way out!

I don't know what you guys think but this is starting to feel like a real accomplishment. (The diet not the blog, the blog is starting to feel like a place where I can put my thoughts and other stuff I think I want to write about. Huh...I guess the blog is starting to feel like a diary.) I may try to get reader participation up. Feel free to write in the comment section. It was kinda made for that exact reason.

So tomorrow is going to be another cleanse day. (Already...ah man...) Wish me luck.

My picks:

This looks funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCmCveWATHg

This is funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggOdTarlYWY

Short post today.

See you all later.

Hey where have you been! Day 13?

First things first, I want to explain to you why I made this blog.

I wanted to use this to describe my experience while on Isagenix but I also want this to be entertaining to read. This isn't a diary this is a place for me to write whatever I feel like down. And what I feel like writing are interesting things. Writing (nearly) everyday like I was I started having troubles thinking about what to write. Sometimes spending an hour or more on a single post.

So ultimately I want to keep people reading this blog, and I didn't think that would happen if I was writing boring posts.

Ok that's all just bull honkey I was lazing and playing video games instead. But I do want this to be entertaining/funny.

The weekend as seen by me: I did some things this weekend.

Friday/Saturday/Sunday and Today were all shake days and as exciting as those are they don't give a lot of sustenance to a post. And otherwise I had a very boring weekend with not much to write about.

I went to my Aunt and Uncles 25th wedding aniversary. There I invented a new game.

Picture Air Hockey...2 players...2 paddles each...3 pucks! Yeah, it was sweet.

The weather has been shitay again and not giving me much insentive to go out there in the rain and bike so I haven't been doing much of that. I played some soccer on the weekend with cousins. It was fun I guess.

Really not much going on for me at this time. If something interesting comes up that I think I can make a post about I will do that for you guys. (Don't say I never do anything for you!)

17 days left until my girlfriend comes home! I am excited for that. Also this weekend I will be going up to my uncles cottage so maybe I can bring back some interesting stories.



Finally to all the people bugging me to make some posts...Shut up, you go make a funny blog then :D

Cheers,
Me.

Day 10. 1/3rd finito

And so comes a close to Day 10. I have now reached the 2/6th point of my diet.

As anyone who has read yesterdays post should know: Today was a cleanse day, as well as a measurement day.

Cleanse drinks have not gotten better since last week, I was hoping it would get better with age like cheese, or the Symphony.

As for the measurement! Since I have started the diet 10 days ago I have now lost a total of 10 pounds and ~15 inches. Yay me!

If the weather were to get better I would be able to get more biking in but it has been pretty crappy out the last few days. Hopefully it gets better or I will just have to suck it up and bike anyways.

I am thinking I am also going to start doing more exercises like some weights, sit ups, etc. Not that you internet people care about this stuff right? You just want to hear about humorous anecdotes or how I get hurt.

Fine be that way.

So at work this morning I was unloading a tractor trailer with my boss and as I was setting a bundle of 4' x 8' product off my head it twanged. My neck, not the product. The product was fine. But now I have issues bending my neck to the left more than ~40 degrees.

In an attempt to relieve my pain my Dad/Boss said that you must apply pressure to the spot that hurts. So he proceeds to in what can only be described as shoving his thumb into the side of my neck until I fall to my knees in pain. It hurt, ALOT. And my neck still hurts afterwards...atleast he tried right? It's the thought that counts...maybe next time I will try a professional. He is more of a hobbyist.


With the end of Day 10 and 1/3rd of the way done the diet it is back to another 6 days of "Shakes & Sensible Meals!"

Did I tell you guys how much I like chewing real food?

Captains Log: Stardate -313444

That is actually the real Stardate for today apparently. I am not a Star Trek fan but I found a Stardate Calculator on the internet just for you guys. So appreciate the effort!

Shake Day! Shake Day on Day #9! Day #9 the Day before Day #10 (a measurement Day) a day before a Cleanse day!

But...I like to chew food! Alas, it cannot be so!

Today was a pretty normal Shake day. Shake - Meal - Shake.

I got home from work around 6 and after a shower I went for a bike ride! Woohoo! I really do like my new bike. (Aside: I will probably refer to it as my new bike for like a month, so bear with me.) I had plans to meet up with a bunch of friends at a driving range and since it is only ~10 km away from my house I decided I would bike it!

I am not very good at golfing. I also had no intention of actually practising on getting a better swing or how to correct my slices/hooks. So I did what most Kids/Teenagers/Jerks do when they go out to the driving range. I tried to hit the guy that collects the balls.

Unfortunately for someone with as bad aim as myself I did not succeed in hitting the ball collector. Shucks! On the bright side though I did win the Longest Drive competition between 2 friends and I! It wasn't hard to beat their pitiful ~20 feet hits! MUAHAHAHA

Yeah, they really wasted their last ball. Both of them barely knocked it off the roof (we were on the upper floor of a driving range) and had it fall a few feet away. Even with one of my friends attempting to distract me by yelling obscenities towards me (Don't worry there were no other people nearby to be offended...potentially because they left early do to being offended.) I was able to drive the ball ATLEAST 50 feet. Yeah I fanned on my shot too...but not as much as they did!

I was able to convince my biker friend to come out as well, however he didn't want to leave his bike unattended ($1k+ bike so I can't blame him, I hid mine on the property as well). Now I don't want to make him feel good or anything but he would probably kick my ass in a race at this time! But not for long! That's right! In 1 years time I will challenge you for Bike riding supremecy! For pinks baby!

I am looking forward to seeing how the diet has been going so far. As I have mentioned before Tomorrow will be day 10 of the diet and also a measurement day. The next measurement day is not til the 30th day but maybe I will do my own on the 20th day or something, just to make sure I am on track still.

Day 8

I'm sick...got a cold. And sniffles.

No big update today.

The D of D: Day 7!!!!!

Wow! 7 days done now. Only 23 more to go!

At the official end of week 1: I feel super, BECAUSE that means there are only a few more weeks to go!

Har har, aren't I funny.

Food schedule: Shake in the morning, shake in the evening, sensible lunch!
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I had an interesting conversation with my Mom as we were going to lunch. Chewing rocks!

No, no not chewing stones. I mean that actually "eating" food is much better than drinking food. We were talking about when we would be done this diet, when she said "I miss chewing".

And, I completely agree with her! So my mom and I are talking about the merits and joy of actually eating food (with my sister in the backseat laughing at us). But she really doesn't understand. In the last 7 days, we have only had 6 "meals", and that means we have had 12 shakes.

I kind of feel like giving a pro and con list for these shakes though. After flipping my magic coin *flip* I will start with the cons of the shakes.

Cons:

• Very little variety: Meaning, there (at this time) are only a maximum of 3 flavours one can choose from in the shake. Vanilla, Chocolate, and Mixed. Since Day 2 I have been taking the Mixed approach to the shakes. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't want to try more flavours. (My sister who is also doing the Isagenix has put fruit in hers, but my Mom says we are actually not allowed to, I will research this because Sis says Banana makes it nummy.) So if there were more variety to the shakes it would make for a more enjoyable diet.

• Taste: Meaning, it just doesn't taste all that great. Compared to a nice bowl of cereal, or eggs, or toast in the morning. The shakes really can't compare at this point. Now, (from above) if one can actually add fruit to the mix it may improve the taste but can it really make it taste better than say: Waffles? Bacon? Eggs Benedict...mmmmmmmmm...*FOCUS* Sorry about that, I will be right back, I have to get a napkip to clean up this drool.
  

Pros:

• Fast: This is a VERY quick "meal" to prepare. There is no heating of a pan, no waiting for toast to pop from the toaster. It's just three easy steps. 1. Get 8 ounces of water into a cup. 2. Add 2 scoops of mix. 3. Blend. That is it, then you have your shake prepared. The whole process takes like a minute. (Note: Cereal is probably faster but these shakes are very fast. Note 2: This is just comparing it as a breakfast substitute, imagine the time you save by having it for dinner as well. Note 3: I use the Magic Bullet blender so my cup acts as the blending cup)

• Fast #2: Not only is it a fast meal to prepare. It is also a fast meal to "eat". It really is just a meal in a cup. How fast can you drink a glass of water? Boom, in that time you can be done your breakfast, or dinner and be ready to go to work/school/whatever.

• Cleaning: Dishes? You wish! I use only a cup and a measuring glass. (Which could be negated if I just put a mark onto my cup.) After I finish the shake? Give it a rinse and a wipe and you are ready to reuse the glass later.

Another note about the shake.
"each shake contains 350-400 Calories(depending on your body’s absorption)"

As a meal replacement, the shake is more pro than con I think. If it is supplying me with the right nutrients and stuff that I need, I actually prefer to eat it really quick, maybe just for breakfast though. Eating a real dinner is just super.

Bike Tale: Rain + Late = no biking today. So I went for a Jog/walk/run around the old hometown instead.

STORY OVER!