:: Day 66- 3/10/09 - Summary ::

Activities: Not much. I'm now paying the price for running low on sleep over the weekend. I averaged 4 hours per night of "bad" sleep. My body didn't like it. I started to cough a little bit and yesterday night I decided I need to repay my debt big time. I'm taking the day off to pay off 9 hours of sleep debt, with interest. I thought it fitting that son of a grok actually blogged about rest today. Don't underestimate the importance of SLEEP!!!


7am: Cup of lemon and honey drink to soothe the throat.

8am: Morning blend made by mikee
blueberries, banana, kale, carrot, 1/2 apple

Random snacks at home: Not much.

Main meal @ home with Sampson and Mikee
I've had beef two days in a row so wanna stay off for awhile.
Turkey Vege Meatloaf (own recipe)

Primal Cabbage Rolls

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:: Cow Face-Off ::

Last night, at approximately 7pm, the organic corn-fed ground beef faced off against the grass-fed ground beef. Here are the results...


Color:
Corn-fed beef was definitely darker in color. Grass-fed was much lighter, almost like turkey color.

Texture:
The corn-fed beef had more texture and was "harder" while the grass-fed beef was much much softer.

Taste:
I actually liked the taste of grass-fed better because it was just so tender and the juices seemed to squish out. I will say that one other tester preferred the organic corn-fed ground beef.

Price:
Organic-certified corn-fed ground beef $4.99/lb (costco price)
Organic-practicising grass-fed, pasture roaming ground beef $3.57/lb (Wholesale price)

Overall:
I honestly could've eaten either and would have been fine with it but overall, I have to pick grass-fed. I do have to cook it at lower temperatures but I enjoy the beef more knowing that they were once extremely happy cows living in happy surroundings and being taken care of by Kim and Dan.
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:: Day 65- 3/9/09 - Summary ::

Guys, I am severely sleep deprived. I currently owe the National Bank of Sleep 8 hours of sleep - which I intend to fully pay back with interest. This church retreat was supposed to be re-energizing :P but I feel more exhausted than I've felt in a long time. Mostly cause I can't keep up with the young guns running on 4 hours of sleep. Sigh....

Activities:
6am Bootcamp, 459 cal

Breakfast:
Usual juice blend

Random snacks:
1/2 papaya, carrot sticks, 7 almonds, 3 apricots, 1 apple


Main meal @ home
Going to make the same beef stir fry dish as yesterday so we can do a direct comparison.

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:: We did it!!! :::

I wasn't home when Dan arrived with the delivery but when I got home, I felt like I was a 5 year-old on Christmas morning. Yay!!! :) We did it!!! Here's a pic of all the lean beef we got from 1/4 of a grass-fed pasture-roaming cow!


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:: Day 64- 3/8/09 - Summary ::

Our first delivery of grass-fed beef direct from the farmer arrives tmrw at 7am! We are soo excited! :)

Activities:
4pm Mission Peak Hike with Mikee and Dyl
Summit, 1:05:31 776 cal, HRa 165, HRm 176 I'm proud to announce that is my PB time ever!
Descent, 1:11:23, 458 cal, HRa 118, HRm 138

8am: Carrot apple juice blend, fruit salad, carrot sticks, scrambled eggs, sausages @ church retreat


6pm: Random dried fruit and nuts on the mission peak trail

8pm: Dinner with Mikee and Dyl
Papaya and Avocado Salad


Sauteed organic beef with mirepoix base. Yum. Served on bed of soba or 4grain rice

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:: Day 63- 3/7/09 - Summary ::

I kept my goal very simple this weekend - No chocolate and snackies. It worked - everyone helped keep me accountable. I still ate more than I usually do but I was successful at my goal. :)

Activities: 7am Santa Cruz Beach run, 45 mins

9am: random fruit, juice blend

1pm: 2 small bowls of chilli, some corn bread


Random snacks: Dried fruits and nuts, apple

7pm: Pesto Pasta, Fruit Salad, Carrot Fries

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:: victorious! ::

What I was up against...


Thank you to EVERYONE who kept me accountable... either in-person, via text messages or just thinking of me. :) By God's grace, this place had a blender! YIPPEEEE! I also made it a point to get up earlier than everyone else to prepare fruit salad for the day. I think it worked, I got the kids to eat a hecka lot more veges. With the leftover carrots, I baked carrot fries every day that were a big hit!

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