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Life is about sacrifice. You can't have everything you want, so you have to make choices and decisions that ultimately mean giving up something bad in order to receive something good. For a long time, I've chosen a highly active social lifestyle over good nutrition and health. 20 pounds extra and a noticeable lack of strength later, I've decided it's time to get back into shape.
I purchased the P90X workout system and began working on the diet plan provided, which preached the normal "Cut out the fats and empty calories, increase the good foods" and for about a week, I stopped drinking beer and enjoyed the workout system. I didn't like it. The workout was fine, but I missed the finer things in life such as beer pong and drinks while watching the games. Sipping on water while my friends taunted me with their icy beverages wasn't working for me. That's when I came to the conclusion that life isn't any fun if ALL I do is work out and diet. There has to be a compromise. That's why I've decided to do The Beer Diet.
In order to accomplish this, I reached out to the health and wellness experts at Max Muscle, a new health and wellness shop located in Fishers. When I first proposed my idea to them, they acknowledged that my request was unique, but said they had the solution for me. At Max Muscle, they don't just provided dietary supplements and protein powders, they actually provided full nutritional plans that are completely customized to meet the needs of the individual. In other words, they came up with a plan for me to reach my goals while keeping beer and my social life in mind. I'll have to sacrifice some carbs for lettuce wraps and low carb options during the day, but I'll be able to splurge a bit with the carbby (is that a word?) calories in beer during the night. I left Max Muscle with a grocery list, a small book of recipes, and a regimented diet plan that I intend to start this Monday.
(Full disclosure: I told the fine folks at Max Muscle I would be blogging about this experience, and they have given me the nutrition plan and supplements for free (a $250 value). I will, however, be honest in my assessment and the results will speak for themselves!)
So what's the goal? After the initial consultation, I found that I am 170 pounds and about 17% body fat. I'm in good health, but I do want to tone up and build strength even more, so my goal is to get to 12% body fat with the P90X workout system and my new nutritional plan.
Monday is the starting point and I'll detail more of the nutritional plan then. I guess all there is left to say is...
Cheers!
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haunted.flower
sat mar 13 2010
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So relieved that me and beer don't get along. On the rare occasions I do binge drink, I try to limit myself to liquor mixed with diet soda. Lame, but when you're drunk who cares?
I need to get back onto a healthier diet too, with Easter coming up I will be very prone to candy indulgence! |
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just_jen
sun mar 14 2010
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This is going to be an interesting experience. |
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(Also posted here for discussion)
Physiologically, sleep paralysis is closely related to the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which is known as REM atonia. Sleep paralysis occurs when the brain awakes from a REM state, but the body paralysis persists. This leaves the person fully conscious, but unable to move. The paralysis can last from several seconds to several minutes "after which the individual may experience panic symptoms and the realization that the distorted perceptions were false".[5] As the correlation with REM sleep suggests, the paralysis is not entirely complete; use of EOG traces shows that eye movement can be instigated during such episodes.[6] When there is an absence of narcolepsy, sleep paralysis is referred to as isolated sleep paralysis (ISP).[7]
Wiki wiki whack
The other night, I had a really funky nightmare. Like there's was nothing scary, per se. No monsters, no falling, no death... everything was just WEIRD. I can very vividly remember the thing that woke me up, and it was a picture of a piece of cake and it said "It's Waiting For You"
Video game nerds need only the attached picture to explain why cake was in my subconscious
Anyways, it's not weird that I woke up from something stupid I dreamt about. What's weird is that I woke up in a body I could not control
My eyes opened, and I was able to move them around the room, but I tried to life my arm and nothing happened. Every sensation in my body FELT as if I was moving my arm, but it didn't respond. It felt like it was asleep x 50, so I figured it was just really asleep. Then I tried to roll over, and I realized I couldn't move anything.
I even tried opening my mouth to call for Jen (she had left the bathroom light on, so I thought she was home still), nothing. For what I have to believe was a solid 60 seconds, it was probably the most terrifying sensation I've ever had.
So has anyone else had this happen to them?
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MsDawn
thu jan 21 2010
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Totally anxious to see if this has ever happened to anyone else. It's happened to me 4 or 5 times and just like you said...terrifying. |
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edgewerk
thu jan 21 2010
at 11:07 pm
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I have it happen now and then. I don't find it terrifying so much as curious. I'm deeply inquisitive and anything that separates my sensory perception and my motor control has my immediate interest. I actually deconstruct my thoughts and dreams in my head and try to figure out how I got myself all contorted and knotted up inside, and either get it worked out, or it wears off.
I think it's a weird and fun thing to experience, like when you're partially asleep, almost fully out, and you suddenly experience a falling sensation, snap fully awake, and the mattress is still bucking, and your heart is beating at a thousand miles a minute. |
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Taylor
fri jan 22 2010
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This has been happening to me on and off since I was about 12. It happened very frequently when I was in college and had an irregular sleep schedule. I can pretty much be guaranteed an episode if I take a nap on the couch with the lights on. You're right. It is terrifying. Most times you feel like you cant swallow or control your throat muscles causing fear of suffocation. On the upside, if you just give in and accept that you dont have control, you can let yourself go back to sleep and direct your dreams. I usually imagine I'm flying. It works most of the time. |
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Little Sarah
mon jan 25 2010
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weird. i opened the laptop to research nightmares and i clicked on the tab i already had open that had mojo up and this is the first thing i read...weird... but yeh same thing happened to me. totally terrifying. |
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Kenneth Allen
mon jan 25 2010
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This actually happened to me several times before, it can be terrifying if it has never happened before. It use to happen when i was super tired |
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In this recent ranking of the happiest US states, it seems that Indiana is ranked 47 overall. Only Michigan (no surprise), New Jersey (the armpit of america), Connecticut (where?) and New York (cabbies are surprisingly sad) ranked worse than we did.
Oddly, Louisiana is ranked the happiest state. Maybe it's because of all the new beach front property. Ouch... sorry
Here are the 50 U.S. states (and the District of Columbia) in order of their well-being:
1. Louisiana
2. Hawaii
3. Florida
4. Tennessee
5. Arizona
6. Mississippi
7. Montana
8. South Carolina
9. Alabama
10. Maine
11. Alaska
12. North Carolina
13. Wyoming
14. Idaho
15. South Dakota
16. Texas
17. Arkansas
18. Vermont
19. Georgia
20. Oklahoma
21. Colorado
22. Delaware
23. Utah
24. New Mexico
25. North Dakota
26. Minnesota
27. New Hampshire
28. Virginia
29. Wisconsin
30. Oregon
31. Iowa
32. Kansas
33. Nebraska
34. West Virginia
35. Kentucky
36. Washington
37. District of Columbia
38. Missouri
39. Nevada
40. Maryland
41. Pennsylvania
42. Rhode Island
43. Massachusetts
44. Ohio
45. Illinois
46. California
47. Indiana
48. Michigan
49. New Jersey
50. Connecticut
51. New York
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We're planning our New Year's Eve Platinum Party and one of the coolest things about it is that we're going to be giving out free 8" x 10" photos in front of this giant ornate clock centerpiece, kind of like prom photos. If anyone is like me, I took TERRIBLE prom photos back in the day. No, I won't be showing anyone those, but I did want to share some hilarious ones I found.
Hopefully ours don't turn out as bad as these. Thank you, internet.
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So, I'm going to try and begin to do this whole blogging thing. We'll see how it works out. I'll update with stories as they come to me, I have plenty!
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