That’s a lot of positive things (attitude)! Great stuff man.
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Much appreciated dude! Things have been tough while the world has caught on fire, but it’s been good finding a way out.
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AKA CrossFit.
Where do I find these?
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Actually, while we’re talking cauilflower stuff @Frank_C, let me spread the good word about General Tso’s Cauilflower
This stuff is significantly more legit as far as being a good decision. Coconut aminos instead of soy sauce, 50 calories a serving. I’ve been making asian style bowls with this as a base, along with some broccoli, mushrooms, and then whatever leftover meat I wanna throw in it. Also pairs well with “Healthy Noodles”
Man, I remember trying to diet in the late 90s/early 2000s and how limited everything was back then. Helluva an era we live in now.
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I’ve been slacking! I just recently bought riced cauliflower and it’s great. I make my burrito bowls with them and I don’t notice a difference in flavor. I’ll have to give the freezer aisle another chance.
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I gotta try to find those cauliflower tots…so far all i have been using for “rice” is cauliflower rice. I do like it but other options would be nice.
@bigdaddi @Frank_C there is also cauliflower pizza crust. I’ve had it a few times and it was pretty good.
Gents, I feel something may have been lost in translation there: I was saying that this was all junk food I had convinced myself was good for me, haha. I did a similar trick back in the day with these bad boys
Try as one might, a pop tart is always going to be a pop tart, haha.
PM WORKOUT (1500)
Axle Grace
3:36
Notes: Last thing I wanted to do, but it went really well. Only 1 second above my previous PR, and given the circumstances, that’s awesome. I had to shovel some heavy wet snow for about 30-45 minutes before this, and I’m all sleep borked from my 12 hour night shift. Got the daily work in too.
Nutritionally, I’m happy with what happened today. I had a pot roast for a big midday meal, which is a semi-tradition we’re starting to implement (the big meal, not necessarily a pot roast) on a weekend day. It was piedmontese beef, not grassfed, but still high quality. It had more saturated fats than what I usually eat, so I cut out my eggs, grassfed beef and butter today to compensate. With that, my psyche was at peace, and I made sure to still get in my monounsaturated fats from my macadamia nuts and avocado. It’s still that weird blend of eating for health and eating for performance, which is what is appealing to me about Mountain Dog. The dieter in me would think “you got enough fats: you don’t need to eat the avocado and nuts”, but I remember that I’m eating them for the specific fats: not just for calories from fat. And then I also have to keep my eyes on the fact that putting on weight is the goal. I’m pleased with the decisions I’m making.
The pot roast itself turned out AMAZING. Piedmonstese is weird because it’s so lean yet ALSO so tender. Breaks all the rules. Even my wife, who isn’t a big pot roast fan, liked it, and my kid, who is VERY much a meat snob, enjoyed it when we mixed it in some mac n cheese, which I think is just awesome. Lotta places around here do “brisket mac n cheese”, which is a great invention.
Training wise, I’m excited about BBB Beefcake, and being excited about something is something I haven’t had in a while, so that’s awesome. Still liking the idea of axle on 5s week, power bar on 3s and deadlift bar on 1s for the deadlift, buffalo bar for 5s and 3s with SSB for 1s on the squat, and axle and log playing around on the press. Also considering cleaning each set during the press, and possibly even cleaning each rep depending on how easy the weeks are. Still going to aim for the 20 minute cap though.
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That was my thought about the pizza crust. I’m not going to try to replace pizza. Riced cauliflower seems like a decent product. I still might try the tater tots. I just like tater tots.
Riced cauliflower is legit: it’s just taking cauliflower and chopping it up small. Mashed is awesome too. The tots are just plain yummy, haha. They’re lower net carbs, good for breakfast burritos or casseroles.
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Excuse me, but what?? I need to try this.
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I can think of fewer things more anabolic than that, haha. It’s what’s so mindblowing about people that “can’t gain weight”. “Did you try mixing together brisket with mac n cheese?”
Kids in general have all the anabolic foods. Yeah yeah, “they’re growing”: well aren’t we all? Haha.
why brisket and not some really nice pulled pork?
I genuinely don’t understand your intent when you ask these questions Anna. Why can’t it be both? Or any of the other varieties of meat available?
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just throwing out options- Thought you might have a specific reason for brisket
You sometimes have reasoning
We were discussing what local restaurants around here provide
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ah… misread that bit… my bad
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No worries. Glad we sorted it out. I was getting pretty confused.
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Why not hot dogs???
Oh, right… They’re estrogenic… or something like that. 
The only reason I say that is because I just pictured a mid 20s fat guy with no muscle and moobs… and probably skinny jeans.
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