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Pet Peeve Alert

Sameer — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:27:53 +0000

1 dimensional concepts represented in two dimensions with the goal of making the idea seem more intelligent but really just confusing things.

Two examples I have seen lately

The Whole9 Healthy/F-Off Scale, Version 2.0 | Whole9 | Paleo Nutrition, Paleo Diet Education, Paleo Nutrition Workshops, Nutrition for Health and Fitness Facilities, and the Original Whole30 Program.

and

The Primal Blueprint Carbohydrate Curve

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Which Would You Rather Melt: Your Ice Cream or the Planet | GOOD

Sameer — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:43:43 +0000

Last month, The Times of London reported that Unilever, the world’s largest producer of ice cream (of which Ben & Jerry’s is a division), wants to develop an ice cream that can be shipped and stored at room temperature, in an effort to curb transportation and refrigeration costs. The climate change-friendly ice cream would reduce the company’s overall carbon footprint.

via Which Would You Rather Melt: Your Ice Cream or the Planet | GOOD.

What the hell kind of crack-smoker would think that artificially meltless ice cream is a good thing? That sounds absolutely horrid.

Posted in CrossFit, Recipes

Meal photography

Sameer — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:24:27 +0000

This past weekend I decided to try again with the meal photography plan. So far I’ve been doing a fairly good job, although not a perfect one, of photographing my meals. You can see the meal photoblog on the right hand side column. My meals have been pretty bad lately, eating at my desk and takeout, etc., but that will give you the benefit of seeing how things can improve!

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Best Smoothie Yet

Sameer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:30:25 +0000

3 apricots
1/2 apple
1 peach
1/2 cup pineapple
1 1/3 cup Fage 0% greek Yogurt
1 square Baker’s Yogurt, finely chopped

Blend with ice. Makes four blocks.

This smoothie is quite a departure from previous ones, as I have broken from the strawberry/blueberry mold. Of course I’ve used peach and pineapple before, but this smoothie, lacking the berries, and dominated by peach and apricote, is more of a stone fruit smoothie than a berry smoothie.

I have discovered that I need to cut down on my fruit intake, however. When shifting to the Zone I didn’t have much trouble because it said fruit can be had as your carb blocks. Further refinement of the diet into the more crossfit-focused paleo zone leads me to note that fruit intake should be minimized, because although fruit is still better than refined sugar, high fructose corn syrup, grains, or starch, it is still highly sugary. More veggies, less fruit. This will be a challenge. Particularly now that I’ve discovered this best smoothie ever recipe.

“strawberry blueberry smoothies”

Sameer — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:54:59 +0000

In an effort to satisfy the hordes of people searching for items on this blog and not finding them, I will periodically (until I get my old blog data imported here) post items from the google cache of my blog that is relevant to various searches that land here.

Enjoy.

Smoothie v2.0

1 Peach
1/2 c Blueberries
1 c Strawberries
1 c Fage 0% Yogurt
1/2 oz dark (80%) chocolate

Blend with ice. Enjoy.

Makes three blocks. Depending on the amount of ice used, you’re looking at about 1 cup of smoothie per block. This smoothie is not quite as tart as the v1.0 smoothie.

Chicken Pineapple Delight

Sameer — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:24:58 +0000

OK, so the name could use some help. But here is a tasty recipe.

5 oz Tabla Tikka-Marinated Chicken Thighs (from FreshDirect)
1 1/2 c onion
2 c green and red bell peppers
2 tomatoes diced
1 cup pineapple, diced
1 2/3 tsp olive oil
curry powder
ginger powder
salt

In saute pan, heat oil, saute onion and peppers in spices. Add chicken, cook until done. lower heat. Add tomatoes, cook until mushy. Add pineapple, cook until warm. Add salt to taste.

Makes 5 blocks.

In related news, I was reminded upon seeing this video of Robb Wolf that I should be using an 0.7 multiplier for my block calculation. (My previous calculation was your typical goal-seeking excel-based approach. “I want to eat 15 blocks, so I will adjust the multiplier I use so that the answer comes out to 15!”) An 0.7 multiplier actually makes things pretty easy. You just divide your lean body mass by 10 to get your daily block prescription.

So I have as of yesterday dropped my block consumption down to 13 blocks from 15. That’s 3 3-block meals and 2 2-block snacks. This explains why the recipe is for 5 blocks (3 for me, 2 for girlfriend), compared with the previously-posted six block recipes.