Bad Information
While doing some cardio this morning I briefly watched the Today show with Kathy Lee Gifford and some named Hoda, isn’t that the name of an energy supplement? I think that’s about as likely to be her actual first name as I am going to be a ballerina.
Maybe I have this visceral response because I think Kathy Lee Gifford is the antichrist, I actually revel in watching that yenta age, note to Kathy Lee you have a turkey neck now and shouldn’t wear outfits that expose your neck and chest line. I was fixated by her neck, I think what drives me insane about her was the holier than thou attitude she used to have when she was partnered with Regis Philbin.
I think Kelly Ripa is obnoxious yet I enjoyed the fact that when she replaced KLG that the show’s ratings increased, good job skinny hot lady with large Asian head.
Perhaps I shouldn’t have surprised that Kathy Lee and Her new partner Hoda would have a nutritionist on who was about as bright as my dog after drinking the leftover beer in my recycling bin. Before I get into my rant here, I think nutritionist should tell everyone that what they do isn’t scientific and is basically shit that was made up by other nutritionist. They also somehow believe that the food pyramid is a healthy way to eat food. Thanks George McGovern.
In any case I think if any of you out there have a very attractive daughter who may be a crayon or two short of a full box, yet has a fantastic disposition, you should steer her towards becoming a certified nutritionist. This entire field seems to be run by “nice attractive people” who continue to preach principles which are based on shoddy theoretical principles somehow these fake scientist apparently tell us what to eat, and how to eat it.
I know I’ve defamed an entire profession and like my own business I’m sure there are some really good nutritionist who don’t fit the profile I’ve defined and that some individuals take what they do serious enough that they study their discipline critically and don’t regurgitate shit.
Going back to this bobble head on the today show, Hoda asked this nutritionist about certain foods and the cost of foods. Ms. Bobble started to talk about eggs, and how that white eggs and brown eggs have the exact same nutritional value, and that brown eggs just cost more, and the reason they cost more is because the grains they feed the hens which lay the brown eggs more grain so that additional cost is passed onto the consumer…
While the above statements maybe true when solely talking about factory farmed white or brown eggs.
I wanted to become Don the Magic Juan and lay my strong pimp hand across this woman’s dumb mouth. What the fuck is the difference? Being a nutritional bobble head of course she just regurgitates what the American Egg Board spouts out.
What a real professional would have said was that the color of the egg is insignificant to the nutritional value of what you eat that the question consumers should ask how were the hens reared which laid the eggs?
The reality of egg color is apparently purely a matter of the types of hens that lay them, the most common hen which is used is a White Leghorn which lays white eggs, and the brown eggs are laid by New England Red Hens. The color of the egg is about as important to its nutritional value as is the color of your car to performance.
When comparing the mass produced industrialized eggs and those of pasture raised free range eggs the nutritional difference is significant. According to a study published in the Animal feed Science and Technology journal the eggs that come from hens that are deprived of greens, and spend their entire lives indoor are deficient of Omega-3’s, in fact pasture raised hens lay eggs which have 10 times more Omega-3’s than those produced in factory farms.
Further pasture raised eggs have 4-6 times the Vitamin, contain 1/3 less cholesterol, ¼ less saturated fat, 2/3 more vitamin A, and 7 times more beta carotene than eggs from factory raised farms.
Knowing all of this information above do you still care about the color of your eggs? Would you be willing to pay an extra couple of dollars for a dozen eggs that are pasture raised regardless of the color knowing that each egg packs anywhere from 2-3x the nutritional value of the cheap factory eggs?
Most things in this world are “cheap” for a reason.
It’s no wonder that we are sicker, fatter, and going to have the first generation of children which are expected to have a lower life expectancy than their parents; it’s the first time in 200 years. With all the crap that is sold to us, and all the bad information preached as gospel by the nutritionist, and at times even our own doctors is it any wonder that today being fat is normal?
So I guess my ultimate point is the next time a pretty, nice lady starts talking to you about nutrition and tells you that she’s a nutritionist run like, or use your best Don the Magic Juan pimp hand and set her straight.
Daily Recap
I worked out at Crossfit this morning, it was my last session with Liz for a couple of weeks, she’s going away to get hitched, so congratulations Liz I hope you guys have lots of “fun”, with lots of “bonus” activities, and feel “great” the entire time.
Out of all things I expected this morning the workout she had planned wasn’t what I anticipated. The warm-up involved volume training which involves doing a set number of reps at the beginning of each minute for a series of minutes prescribed by the coach. If you finish early you prepare for the next minute, in today’s case I had to do 4 ring rows then finish the minute doing jump rope. We did this for 8 minutes.
The warm-up wasn’t what was unexpected, but the resistance training today involved bench pressing, which I didn’t realize is part of the Crossfit model. It seems to be too much isolation work to truly be part of Crossfit, or maybe I’ve misunderstood the philosophy, in any case I was happy to oblige. Doing chest work for me is something that I truly hope for, as I am desperately trying to reshape the man boobs.
Being obese sucks in every way possible, but being a male who is obese who packs pounds on in the chest is like having to dig your own grave, it’s difficult and humiliating. Not that anyone has ever made a pass at me, or tried to snap my bra in the back, but it is emasculating to be a guy and have a chest that doesn’t sit up but sags outward like saddles on a horse, putting on any shirt over the last 8 years was like having my balls cut off each and every day, if I could imagine a hell in Dante’s world it would be to have these man boobs forever and having to take my shirt off at a pool or the beach with a crowd full of women over and over, this particular hell would be silent just looks glances, double takes, and the internal thoughts that would run through my head.
Yes everyone I have better cleavage than any woman I know.
The only remotely fun part of man boobs is being able to pull a Peter Griffin from Family Guy and pick up the entire mass of meat and lick my own nipple…not that I’ve ever done that…
Doing the bench press Liz planned 3 sets of 3 reps. We ended up doing a few warm up sets with the bar and light weights. I started my work sets at 165 lbs, and then moved up to 175 lbs for the second and 185 lbs for final set. It felt good; the last time I benched over 175 lbs I was in college.
Following the bench press we worked on the overhead squat. We didn’t use weight but spent more time reviewing the overhead squat technique, doing them with just the bar. After the first warm up set I needed to stretch and was put through a few positions which made me want to cry. The only reason I didn’t cry was that every instance of my “ow” turned into an on button for Liz’s laughter. She’s the best!
The session ended with something called Tabata. Until today I was reading that word as Tabatha, and thought to myself what did this woman do to someone to have a workout named after her, she must really be a bitch, not realizing it’s actually Tabata the last name of a doctor who came up with this type of training. I guess the theory behind the work is that doing 20 seconds of intense work followed by 10 seconds of rest followed by 20 seconds more of the intense work is the most efficient way of burning fat. You can read more about it here.
My workout involved doing push-ups, squats, and push presses. I had to do each exercise for 4 minutes, following the Tabata pattern of 20 seconds on 10 seconds off, and didn’t take any extra time between exercises. It doesn’t seem like much but it’s an ass kicker.
With the push-ups I was able to do about 3.5 rounds doing regular push-ups; the final 4.5 rounds were done on my knees, by the end of the final round I could barely get my chest off the ground from my knees. I found that over the 4 minutes I was able to complete 50 push-ups. The squats followed immediately after the push-ups. In 4 minutes I did 81 squats. The last thing I did was 78 push-presses.
Its incredible how much shorter those 10 second breaks get as the workout continues. I think by the last set of push-presses it felt as if I didn’t’ take a break at all. It was a nice way to start the week, and I wouldn’t have expected anything less than Liz to burn her laugh in my mind for two weeks with Tabata, a nice parting shot.
When I walked home I felt like I had a good workout but I wanted to go back and try today’s prescribed workout at Potomac Crossfit, I chickened out partially because I didn’t want to be told I’m stupid for over training, but I know I could have done the squats today, and the Metcon at the end but chose not to and do some extra cardio.
With this extra drive left in me I did some cardio in the gym in my building. I did a treading session on the Elliptical trainer, following the treading I did 5 sprints on the treadmill to make sure I got 50 full minutes of cardio. The sprints felt great, I was doing 1 minute sprints on, and 1 minute of walking. I did most of the sprints at 7 mph, and did the final one at 8 mph. It feels good to be able to run, as much as I dislike it, I appreciate the fact that I can do it.
End of business day.