After several reschedulings, the much-anticipated Sanjay Gupta CNN special “The Last Heart Attack” featuring President Bill Clinton, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, and Dr. Dean Ornish finally aired.
The message is a powerful one in favor of regular screenings and a plant-based diet. Clearly an important wake-up call to many that deserves to be shared with friends and family. I hope you’ll recommend they watch…
In a recent conversation in the Eat-2-Live Yahoo! group, someone was questioning whether it was possible to acquire an extremely defined, large, bodybuilder’s physique on a vegan diet.
The usual examples were proferred, including Brendan Brazier, of “Thrive Diet” fame, Robert Cheeke, and VeganBodyBuilding.com. Somehow, these amazing specimens were seen as either too thin, too small, or too “soft” (especially, the women). What?!
There was another, one Joe DeMarco, with whom I was not familiar. Definitely ripped!
I wondered aloud whether the comparison was apples to oranges, i.e., that is were the meat eating bodybuilders to which the vegans were being held up also (or should I say, otherwise?) “natural” bodybuilders, or were steroids involved?
Anyway, regardless, the whole thread reminded me I had this short clip queued up since last year.
What better time to share it with you all?
Impressive, eh? And healthy! 
I’m halfway through the Eat To Live Six Week Plan. As some have pointed out, it’s not really all that different from how I had been eating anyway. It’s just that I’d let some cravings take over and got sloppy about my calorie control.
I’m happy to say, this past week went very well…
An average calorie intake of 1850
Walking and working on the treadmill every day
No alcohol (3 weeks now)
Only 2 cups of coffee in the mornings
No grains (well, ok, a little corn on the cob)
No nut butters
And, lastly, lots and lots of beans/legumes!
The results of all this “effort?” (The quotes are because it’s not nearly as hard as you may think or as it may sound.)
The plan for further improvements this week is to 1) add in more lifting with the free weights or get back on the Bowflex and 2) continue decreasing the mid-meal snacking — I’ve made some progress in this department, but could do better.
So, how are YOU doing?!
My new SurfShelf finally arrived! (I got the shipment notice from the USPS about a week ago.) Anyway, if you can’t tell, I’m psyched.
On the very first outing, I easily spent an hour on it. I thought I’d have to set the treadmill speed at something like 1 MPH to get anything done, but found I could still type competently at 3 MPH, so that’s what I did. It’s not quite ergonomically correct though, and I could feel it immediately in the wrists.
On the other hand, if you only plan on watching videos (you’ll want to use headphones, if you’ve a loud treadmill), live chess, or reading emails or books online, you could easily walk faster as there’s no jiggle to the setup.
The instructions were confusing at first, but once you get the general idea, the exact configuration of straps seems quite forgiving.
For example, in these pictures, you can see I have the strap in the front coming over the magnetic on switch, so I ended up looping it under the bar. Also, they provide a second strap in case you don’t have a crossbar at all. In that case, you’d loop one around the left arm and one around the right. There’s also a velcro strap to secure the laptop on the shelf.
Definitely a good investment and a heck of a lot cheaper than the elaborate wooden treadmill desks! Now, I just need to make sure I don’t spend TOO much time on it or I’ll rack up the electric bill.
PS – Until the end of August, they’re offering a promotional coupon code, good for $5 off (basically S&H). Highlight between the brackets for your limited-time discount [surfshelfsummer5].
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