Day 30: Zorin Unlimited

It's been tough these past few weeks.  Over this time I've had to overcome a  ton of mental  barriers in order to make it this far.  Now I'm 75% of the way done.  I can't even believe it.  It makes me think about how much more I could have done in my life if I would have just believed in myself more and put my mind towards accomplishing them.  


I had a long talk with my pastor this morning for a long time, much of which was about what I wrote in yesterday's blog post.  Sometimes I worry that my ability to reason and the way I think about things, which is completely different than most of my friends and family gets in the way of me having the ability of just accepting Christianity at face value.  I have to investigate.


Song of the Day: "My Body" by Young The Giant


Weight: 209lb (Down 30lbs)
Body Fat: 22.6 (Down 7%)
Waist: 39" (Down 2")
Chest: 41" (Down .5")
Biceps: 15" (Down .5")


Today I Consumed:

• 1 Naked Protein Zone Mango
• 3Tablespoons Coconut Oil
• Juice of:
• 1/2 Pineapple
• 3 Zucchini
• 7 Oz Spinach
• 1/2 pound Green Beans
• 2 Inches Ginger

Luke 14:27-30 AM
Whoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come after (follow) Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, wishing to build a farm building, does not first sit down and calculate the cost [to see] whether he has sufficient means to finish it? Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to complete [the building], all who see it will begin to mock and jeer at him, Saying, This man began to build and was not able (worth enough) to finish

Day 29: The OT

First off. Heat beat the Bulls! Yeah it wasn't that great of a victory beating them by 4 points without Deng but I find comfort in the fact that the bulls NEVER had the lead in that game.  What an awesome way to spend a Sunday.

So I also completely broke the TV thing... I just got a 60" Plasma... what do you expect?


I also have made it through the Old Testament and I haves come to the conclusion that I do not believe in the Old Testament as a whole.  I find that it is very rasist, sexist and though it does have some good principles, I simply can't believe that God just simply chose a group of people based on who they were born to and then put them in a situation where these societies would constantly at war with each other over love. God is Love, love does not envy, therefore God cannot be jealous.  The concept of a jealous angry vengeful God is something that I can't wrap my head around.


I'm not saying that there aren't good parts of the Old Testament aren't good, and I do believe in intelligent design, but I don't believe that the earth was created in seven days or there was a flood covering the entire earth and that two of every animal survived on a boat for months.  Don't get me wrong I do not think it is beyond the power of God to be able to do such things, I just think that such parts of the Bible are men trying to explain that which they could not explain.  In short I do not believe that a majority of the Old Testament is divinely inspired.


Song of the Day: "It's OK" by Cee Lo Green


Yesterday I Consumed:

• 1/2 a Large Acorn Squash Roasted and Pureed
• 1 Pound Grape Tomatoes Roasted and Pureed
• 6 Cloves Roasted Garlic Pureed
• 2 Cups Coconut Milk
• 1 Naked Reduced Calorie Tropical
• 1 FRS Healthy Protien Blueberry Acai
• Juice of:
• 1/2 Pinapple
• 2 Oranges
• 1/2lb Strawberries
• 3 Handfuls Spinach
• 2 inches Ginger

Matthew 15:2-5, 9, 17-20 NKJV
Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. He answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?  For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and your mother; and, He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.  But you say, Whoever says to his father or mother, Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God  And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.  Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.  These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.


I've kind of rationalized this passage as another instance of Jesus elimanting the traditions of man and placing more of an importance on a relationship with God than ritualistic behaviors, but at the same time He's telling people not to wash their hands before they eat... and that's nasty. I also find it interesting that He said: "Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man." Does anyone think that implicitly provides an endorsement towards things like say drug use and pornography ... among many other things.

Day 22-28: [Insert Title Here]

So it has been quite some time since I made a blog post so I decided to go ahead and make  a long one now.   This week started out on a huge low.  For some strange reason I started out this week massively depressed.  I couldn't tell you if it was a result of my new eating habits or the fact that I had worked so many days in a row by that time but it was just weird.  I usually get a lot more sleep when I work the night shift, but  for some reason or another I couldn't sleep.  One day because I had to make tons of random phone calls about getting my cell phone replaced that I lost, another day because I was woken up in the middle of my sleep time for them to deliver said phone.  Either way for quite some time I felt completely defeated.  It was like all of this (or anything I was doing for that matter)  didn't mean anything at all.


Fortunately those feelings were isolated to that day in particular and didn't continue on.  I did have the chance to go snowboarding and I am getting a lot better.  I think I'm going to get a helmet for next time because there is a lot of fear in my head right now for falling (although those instances are getting a little farther between each other).  It will also be the last time I go snowboarding directly after midnight shift.  I knew that I was too tired to be on that mountain when I almost fell asleep on the lift.  Pretty dangerous.  The odd thing was directly after that I  was so awake.  I drove home and was awake until 5 am the next morning.  That was like around 36 hours without sleep only to be awakened by my TV's delivery, and subsequently the mounts for my speakers.


While we're on the subject of home theater systems, I did indulge in some major spending (for the first time in forever this week too).  It was Wednesday night when I was getting ready to watch the State of the Union from the night before that I recorded.  When I turned on the TV,  all I got was this gray screen.  So I'm like maybe it's just the DirecTV box, so I changed the input to the Xbox to see if that would work and gray screen again.  Then I go to HH Gregg and spend $4400 on TVs, Surround Sound and Blu Ray players.  Impulse spending is still alive and well with me so I guess the economy isn't as bad as we thought.  The new stuff looks and sounds great though, but it also leaves me in kind of a conundrum for several reasons.  In order to watch Amazon Instant videos, I need the original TV remote, because I can't find the Viera Tools Option on my Harmony Remote.  Also the Harmony remote doesn't do a very good job with the inputs.  I also need the original remote for Google TV because of the keyboard.  DirecTV remote is still pretty useless, since almost every other remote I have controls DirecTV box pretty easy, but still I was at one remote and now I'm at 3 at a minimum.


There are only 13 Days remaining.


I decided to do a playlist since I was gone for so long, this is just a bunch of high energy songs that I listen to for workouts and was also what I was listening to while snowboarding.

Down With the Sickness Disturbed
Right In Two Tool
So Cold Breaking Benjamin
Spiders System Of A Down
The Package A Perfect Circle
Head Like A Hole Nine Inch Nails
No More Tears Ozzy Osbourne
Master Of Puppets Metallica
Wont Back Down Eminem
Ænema Tool
Man In the Box  Alice In Chains
Keep Your S*** the Hardest DMX
This Is The Hook Deadmau5
Weight of the World Evanescence
Neva Eva' Trillville
Killing In The Name Rage Against The Machine
Notorious Thugs The Notorious B.I.G.
No More Sorrow [Live] Linkin Park
Throw Some D's Rich Boy
Hitchin' a Ride Green Day
Candy Coated Shawnna Featuring Eightball & MJG
Inspector Gadget Chrispy
Hysteria Muse
Niggas in Paris Jay-Z and Kanye West
Cassie Flyleaf
Push that N****, Push that H** Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz
Thriller Fall Out Boy
Wipe Me Down FOXX
Heart In A Cage The Strokes

Over this time period I consumed:

• 2 Large Baked Sweet Potatoes Pureed
• 3 Handfuls Cilantro Pureed
• 3 Cups Almond Milk
• 1 Cup Coconut Milk
• 2 Handfuls Frozen Mixed Berries Pureed
• 1 Handful Mixed Greens Pureed
• 6 Portabella Mushrooms Pureed
• Half of a Large Roasted Acorn Squash Pureed
• 1 Celery Stalk Pureed
• 1 Pasilla Pepper Pureed
• 1 Onion Pureed
• 1 Naked Mango Protein Zone
• 1 Naked Peach Mango Oat Smoothie
• 1 Naked Blueberry Oat Smoothie
• 1 Naked Apple Cinnamon Oat Smoothie
• 2 Naked Berry Veggie
• 1 Naked Green Machine
• 1 Naked Mighty Mango
• Juice Of:
• 5 Parsnips
• 6 Carrots
• 6 Stalks of Celery
• 4 Bell Peppers
• 1 Zuchinni
• 2 Cucumbers
• 6 oz Blueberries
• 1 Grapefruit
• 3 Oranges
• 4 Tangerines
• 3 Handfuls of Kumquats
• 3 Handfuls Spinach
• 3 Handfuls Mixed Greens
• 3 Apples
• 2 Handfuls of Grapes

Daniel 1:8, 12-13, 15-16 NLT
But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods. “Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said. “At the end of the ten days, see how we look compared to the other young men who are eating the king’s food. Then make your decision in light of what you see.” At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king. So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.


These verses came at a good time and were rather inspiring considering that I'm currently fasting.

Day 21ish: Fumbled

Its bad enough that I have to watch along as Troy Aikman and Joe Buck, also known as the worst commentart crew in the history of the football universe comment on the game.  Its bad enough that they couldn't stop talking about how great Eli Manning is to say anything about the game.  But to have your backup return guy give the ball up twice and singlehandedly give the game away on two different occasions.  Ive never been so mad in my life.  I mean damn, if you're gonna do that you should at least gift wrap the game for them.  Its the polite thing to do.
Anyway I would also like to take a moment to endorse the New York Giants as champions for Super Bowl 46. Mostly on the basis that I hate the Patriots so much, and that goes twice as much for that douchebag overrated quarterback Tom Brady. At least the Super Bowl isn't on Fox so I don't have to worry about having a repeat of today's awful commentary.  The bad part is now that the Niners will be respected as a legit team next year, I will probably be hearing a lot more of that awful duo next year.


Football Gods:  a great Wideout at 29 or 30 please.


Got to say Jim Harbaugh proved that a good coach is everything to a successful season.
In other news.  Newt Gingrich... really? Kinda crazy for him to win SC right after his ex wife explains that he requested an open marriage.  Even more surprising that the Republicans at the debate cheered his complete deflection of the question.  For me personally, I think a person's private life should be just that.  He quite frankly did in that moment what Bill Clinton Anthony Wiener and others should have done in that instance.  I personally just think that its very hypocritical for someone like himself drinking on the basis of family values to take that stance.  I mean who ruins the sanctity of marriage more, Newt and his three wife open ended in health but not necessarily sickness, or a devoted Lesbian couple.  Absurd the way our country thinks.


Song of The Day: "I'm Not Calling You A Liar" by Florence + The Machine
Awesome voice and lyrics.


Today I Consumed:

• 1 Handful Mixed Berries
• 1 Cup Almond Milk
• 1 Handful Spinach
• Juice of:
• 1 Honeydew Melon
• 4 Oranges
• 1 Cucumber
• 3 Zuchinni
• 1 Lime
• 1 5" Piece of Ginger
• 1 Mango

Ezekiel 4:9, 12, 15 AMP
Also take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt and put them into one vessel and make bread of them. According to the number of the days that you shall lie upon your side, 390 days you shall eat of it.  And you shall eat your food as barley cakes and you shall bake it with human dung as fuel in the sight of the people.  Then He said to me, Behold, I will let you use cow’s dung instead of human dung, and you shall prepare your food with it. 

I selected this verse because I always eat that Ezekiel 4:9 bread.  Look out for it in your grocer's freezer. Funny how they omit the rest of the recipe.  The funny thing is in the next chapter God tells of the coming destruction.  God basically just told the Israelites to eat shit and die.

Day 20: Halfway Point

So I'm at the halfway point.  All I gotta say today is 40 Days is a long, long time.  Blog posts are off by a day since I'm working nights right now.


Weight 217lbs (Down 21lbs)
Body Fat: 21.2% (Down 8%)
Waist: 39.5" (Down 1.5")
Chest: 41.5" (No Change)
Biceps: 15" (No Change)


Song of the Day: "Living On A Prayer" by Bin Jovi
This song should be played when you're halfway through anything.
Today I consumed:

• 1 Naked Mighty Mango
• 1 Naked Green Machine
• Juice of:
• 1 Head of Broccoli
• 2 Zuchinni
• 1 Cucumber
• 2 Oranges
• 1 Apple
• 1 Pear
• 2 Kiwi
• 1 Red Bell Pepper

Jeremiah 27: 15-16 NLT
This is what the LORD says: ‘I have not sent these prophets! They are telling you lies in my name, so I will drive you from this land. You will all die—you and all these prophets, too.’”Then I spoke to the priests and the people and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not listen to your prophets who claim that soon the gold articles taken from my Temple will be returned from Babylon. It is all a lie!


So read through probably the most difficult book to read in my opinion, Jeremiah, only to get three chapters deep into Lamentations and find out it is written by Jeremiah.  Did this guy seriously need 52 Chapters to explain the eventual fufilled prophecy of Babylon taking over Israel and Judah as a punishment for worshiping other gods.... 52 Chapters... really... Almost as bad as Job.  Luckily Lamentations is only 5 chapters long.

Day 18&19: Acceptance

After about the 5 inches of snow we got today with the third consecutive day in the teens, I'm pretty sure that my dog is gone forever. I really miss the little guy.  I'm definitely not getting another dog though.  Bolt has his freedom and now I have mine.


I'm starting to catch a cold which is putting a damper on my workouts.  I did get the chance to go ahead a clean my house prettty good with my day and a half that I had off. I gathered all of Bolt's stuff together and I came to the realization that I spent a lot of money on him.


Also I lost my cellphone.  Awesome.


Song of the Day: "Everyday Struggle" by The Notorious B.I.G.
This was a song that I listened to a lot especially in the navy when I was having a bad day.  It was one of the low points of my life.  Its one thing to be completely unsatisfied with your job, but it is another thing to be unsatisfied wig your job and broke.


Song of the Yesterday: "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green
Evidently the president can sing.
Yesterday I consumed:

• 2 Tablespoons Coconut Oil
• Puree of:
• 6 Roma Tomatoes
• 8 Tomatillos
• 1/4 Onion
• 1 Handfull of Cilantro
• 1 Jalenpeno
• 1 Padilla
• 2 Handfuls of Arugula
• Juice of:
• 1 Bell Pepper
• 1 Apple
• 1 Orange
• 4 Handfuls of Arugula

Today I Consumed:

• 3 Tablespoons Coconut Oil
• Puree of:
• 2 Small Butternut Squash Roasted
• 1 Small Celery Root Roasted
• 1 Small Baked Sweet Potato
• 1/2 Onion calrmelized
• 1 Handful of Raw Almonds
• 1 Handful of Raw Sunflower Seeds
• 1 Handful of Parsley
• Juice of:
• 3 Apples
• 6 Oranges
• 2 Small Beets with greens
• 1 Head Romaine Lettuce+
• 1 2 inch piece of ginger

Jeremiah 39:18 KJV
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.

Day 17: Requiem For a Lost Dog

For the first time in a  long time I got up for work, didn't have to worry about feeding a dog or letting him outside. I went straight from work to the gym.  It was pretty much an awesome day.  If I could give all that up to have my dog back home again I would in a heartbeat.  I a certain sense I kind of admire Bolt.  He is willing to put his freedom ahead ahead of everything including warmth, security and food.  In the meantime, most of the nation sits idly by as laws that bring us closer and closer to a police state are passed.  Like the recent  bill that gives the president the power to detain someone indefinitely.  Now they're trying to take away the internet.  Might as well be China.


Today I Consumed:

• 1 Mango Pureed
•  Strawberries Pureed
• 8 Blackberries Pureed
• 1.5 cups Coconut Milk
• Juice of:
• 1 Beet
• 1/2 Bulb of Fennel
• 1 Large Sweet Potato
• 1 Orange
• 3 Carrots
• 2 Handfuls of Grapes
• 3 Handfuls of Kale
• 2 Cucumbers
• 1 Bell Pepper

Song of the Day: "Dream Brother" by Jeff Buckley

Every now and then I come across a song where I feel like the guitar is just played perfectly and this is one.

Jeremiah 2:19-21

Your wickedness will punish you;
your backsliding will rebuke you.
Consider then and realize
how evil and bitter it is for you
when you forsake the Lord your God
and have no awe of me,"
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

"Long ago you broke off your yoke
and tore off your bonds;
you said, 'I will not serve you!'
Indeed, on every high hill
and under every spreading tree
you lay down as a prostitute.

I had planted you like a choice vine
of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
into a corrupt, wild vine?