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February update

After stepping on the scale, I’m over the moon right now. I’ve had such a complicated relationship with the scale, as it rarely brings me good news. The ups and downs impact my mood, likely too much. As evidenced by this update, I’m pretty happy with the results lol.Since the first of the year, I’m […]

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Slippery slope

Oftentimes this phrase is used to indicate a negative thing but I am thinking positively about dieting and exercise. Roughly a year and a half ago I stopped strict keto for a few reasons, one of those being my fatigue levels in my workouts were high. Fast forward to now, I am hitting a groove […]

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Low carb fajitas

The Ingredients: The Method: Fajitas are easy but a lot of prep, easy to convert into low carb. Enjoy -nathan

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Revisiting intermittent fasting

What a goofy ass title, it was cumbersome to type but why change it? Is it not accurate? Am I not quaint? I digress… AS the title suggests, I am back on intermittent fasting, this is in addition to my post about keto here Well do you want pros and cons? Pros: awesome at shedding […]

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Mental health updates

Oooh, what a cryptic headline! What could he mean? Who is he now? What has changed? Not much, I’m just happy. I have the Lord to thank, my son, my friends, ashwaganda vitamins, a consistent gym routine, a supportive group chat where I can vent my mental health frustrations to, proper diet. I don’t have […]

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Back to keto, with some tweaks

I don’t care how much muscle I put on due to adding carbs to my diet but I am tired of not losing weight. So a couple weeks ago I went back to keto eating and I have since dropped SEVEN POUNDS of (i’m assuming water) weight. Now the cons… My workouts are EXHAUSTING and […]

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What now?

This may come as a shock considering my lengthy history with keto, but I have switched to macro tracking and using a fitness app to better my strength training. Yes, i’ve heard the yells, “How dare he!?” I’ve heard the laments of the keto community, “He has abandoned us!” I benefit from having strong counsel […]

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My 2022 fitness summary

Much like Sp0tify Wr@pped (no free promo here bitches!) where it summarizes your music at year’s end, I dug into my 2022 fitness stats. I found a lot to celebrate: 86+ gym workouts, monthly averages of 1100+ calories burned, good sustainable heart rate numbers, etc. So it got me thinking, wouldn’t it be cool if […]

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My weird turkey brine

I’ll be honest with ya, I don’t want to go to the store so I’m being stubborn! The Ingredients: The Method: I am using what is available from my home! This is true bargain stuff hope you enjoy!

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Cast iron jumbo scallops

The Ingredients: The Method: Very simple, very fast, very yum, the butter adds a nice charring effect. These were on the high side of my budget so I made sure to not overcook them. I feel I cooked them perfectly, they had chew but not overly and were very sweet. I posted a pic on […]