Eating

A Few (too many) Words On Food

February 8, 2012

Pam and I have been talking A LOT, ad nauseum you might say, about food these days. We recently had a dinner party where we threw healthy nutrition off the Smith Family Bus and replaced it with a week (and a half) of the “high everything” diet. That is high calories, sugar, flour, grains, alcohol, [...]

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The Good, The Bad, and The Plan

January 31, 2012

the good… If you talked to me last week, you would have noticed I was on cloud 9. I was so happy with everything about my life—especially my fitness life. I was lean (down 6 pounds since Jan 3rd) and strong (PRs in every single max lift at CF since the 2nd week of January). [...]

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Cleaning My House And My Body

November 8, 2011
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OK, I admit it. I’m a failure. I’m a stay at home dad and I have a house cleaner. WTF, Macdaddy? You’re a lazy piece of S*it! You don’t have a job AND you do have a housekeeper? Yep…every two weeks I have someone come to my house and get it all shiny for me. [...]

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What’s Your Peanut Butter & Honey

October 27, 2011
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After a few days of good, hard training (and good nutrition) I feel like I’ve got myself under control. Blogging for accountability, running/crossfitting, and eating well is the perfect solution to keeping the number on the scale in the “green zone.” I know, I know…I’m more than a number. But the number still matters. My [...]

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6 Simple Steps

October 25, 2011

This is taken directly from the Welcome Letter to the 77th issue of Endurance News which is put out by Hammer Nutrition: Hydrate every day. Drink between half of your bodyweight in ounces and one gallon of water a day (i.e., if you weigh 120 lb, drink between 60-128 ounces every day). Massively lower your [...]

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