Enter kettlebells!!

I’ve been wanting to get a nice set of kettlebells for some time now and I finally have a HUGE incentive! I’m addicted to fitness eBooks and my favorite author just created a kettlebell program I can do at home! Woo hoo! His stuff is AWESOME and I cannot wait to try these workouts. The best part is that I don’t even have to go to the gym! I think even Brad Pitt uses kettlebells… so they must work!

I am happy to promote Craig’s product because I know from experience that his workouts WORK and they are best for busy people short on time. Here’s the link to his program:

Kettlebell Revolution

I nabbed this right away and I highly recommend it if you have any interest in kettlebell training. He’s also offering the entire program plus bonuses for 50% off until September 11! Not too shabby!!

Kettlebell Revolution

1. Better digestion aka more pooping (I used to get constipated a lot – sorry if that’s TMI).

2. Factory farming grosses me out; I started looking at my food in a different light, actually thinking about exactly where it came from.

3. Protein is great, but our dietary needs are grossly exaggerated. I can get plenty of protein on a vegan diet.

So far, the only difficult part for me has been dining out. I find myself asking more questions about food prep and requesting food without cheese, butter, sour cream, etc. When cooking at home, there are endless options for dairy substitutes like soy cheese, veganaise (soy mayo), soy milk, etc., but I can’t ask the dude at Taco Mesa for soy cheese instead of jack cheese. So it’s no cheese at all. Good thing I like to cook!

Now some people have no desire to adopt a vegan or even vegetarian diet, but I encourage some of you carnivores to try out a vegetarian meal once in a while. You’d be surprised at how filling and hearty it can be, yet it doesn’t weigh you down and put you in a food coma (usually).

One cool meal plan I came across is Kardena Pauza’s “Easy Veggie Meal Plans.” I tried some of these meals and recipes out even when I was still eating meat. It’s nice to change things up once in a while. It keeps life interesting. Interesting is much better than boring.

You can get a free sample of Kardena’s meal plans here:

Easy Veggie Meal Plans

One great thing about Kardena’s gender-specific meal plans is that the recipes are SIMPLE and they taste great! They are nutritious, interesting, filling and ya just feel good following this diet. You can even tweak some of the recipes to be vegan if you so desire. Here’s the link again:

Easy Veggie Meal Plans

Stay tuned to read more about my adventures in veganism! I am really, truly enjoying it so far. Seriously.

Thankfully he didn’t do his stopping thing in the park again. He kept walking casually and even allowed some other dogs give him the old sniff sniff. The other dogs’ owner remembered Eddie from yesterday and yelled that “we’ll get Eddie out of his shell.” Yesterday he’d asked if we (Eddie or I) knew the other Boston terriers that frequent the park. Shamefully, I do not know them because I just started walking my dog. I’m a terrible mother.

TRAVELING WORKOUT PANTS

When I got to the gym yesterday, I strolled over to my usual locker (I must use the same one every time and have panic attacks when someone else is using it) and low and behold my workout pants are not in my bag. I look again, unpack everything, look again. No pants. Great. I packed up and went to the front desk and asked if they were in the lost and found. They were not. I checked my car. Not there. Since I don’t bring my stinky clothes in the house after I workout (except once a week when I wash them), this means I must have left them in the locker room after my last workout and either:

1. Someone found them and decided to keep them for herself. The dirty broad.

2. No one found them and they are sitting in some dirty corner all lonely and dirty.

I can’t afford new workout pants right now, so I guess I’ll be working out in my undies.

Well this morning I decided I needed to get him walking again. It’s cruel not to walk dogs and it’s not my fault his daddy doesn’t want to walk him! He’s a dog and needs to walked. So I got up 25 minutes early this morning and off we went.

The walk went OK at first. I kept my shoulders back and the leash tight, and I kept walking and did not allow him to stop. When we got to the park, I don’t know what happened but he did not want to move. He stopped in his tracks and gave me this “If I move from this spot I will DIE” look. So I let him hang out for a bit, then I tugged on his leash. He didn’t budge, so I tugged a little harder. I pulled so hard his damn collar came off. Luckily he still stood there like a frozen dog, so I just slipped it back on and tightened it a bit.

After a few more attempts, I said screw this and I picked him up and carried him out of the park. Once we were gone and back in the neighborhood, he seemed OK. He was walking a little slower so I guess he was just tired. Poor little thing is so out of shape. People used to think we didn’t feed him because he was so skinny. Now he’s a plump little thing. Kind of shameful really. Oh well, everyone (and every dog) has to start somewhere. We’ll try again tomorrow, but I’m going to stay away from that scary park.

Today’s headlines:

“Wildfire Somehow Rages Back Into Control“

“Sweater-Vest Worn As Well As Could Be Expected”

And the cartoons: