Me, Her, the Boy and a Dog

Feb 09

Quinoa - My new favorite (and healthy) protein -

My wife made an amazing meal last night (even the Boy liked it)! It was chicken and rice, but way better. The rice wasn’t rice, it was quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah). And the sauce/gravy the chicken cooked in all day was incredible. The quinoa was delicious and I had the leftovers for lunch today.

Some will say that it’s too expensive - about $5 a box. But let’s be real. If you can spend $6-8 on a fast food meal, you can afford $5 for a box of healthy grains that’ll last you a few meals at least.

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Feb 08

RE: One Hundred Pushup Challenge

itsalwaysb replied to your link: One Hundred Pushup Challenge

How many can YOU do?

My max is 50, but that’s on a well-rested, maximum energy day. This morning I did 40, but only because my son picked the number and didn’t go higher. Though, tomorrow morning, he might. I’d say 45 is a good average for me.

One Hundred Pushup Challenge -

The topic of pushups came up today amidst all the gun showing off on Tumblr. So, I Googled “how many pushups should I do” and found this nifty little website. Give a read and if you’re up for a challenge, consider it on!

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banditanatalia: WELCOME TO THE GUN SHOW Chock full of WIN!

banditanatalia:

WELCOME TO THE GUN SHOW

Chock full of WIN!

In honor of caitydru’s quest to have “Gary Cope” like guns, here ya go! Between her being sick last week and me being sick over the weekend and this week, I haven’t been to the gym in more than a week and I’m getting antsy. I did manage to walk a lot last week and even got in a couple of runs.  Outside of that, the only thing I’ve been doing is pushups. This morning, the Boy and I did pushups after he woke up - it’s a new thing we’re doing. He’s up to seven, which is pretty good for him! When it was my turn, I asked him, “How many do you want daddy to do this morning.” He said, “40!” Boom… knocked out 40 proper pushups in less than a minute. He was in awe, though I know I can do better. I told him that when daddy started working out to get in better shape 18 months ago, I could barely do 10 without collapsing. On a good day, I can do 50. That being said, I haven’t been a complete slacker, but I do hope to get back in the gym tomorrow or Friday. Oh, and here’s a GPOYW post of me being a complete dork. It’s kinda my thing.

In honor of caitydru’s quest to have “Gary Cope” like guns, here ya go!

Between her being sick last week and me being sick over the weekend and this week, I haven’t been to the gym in more than a week and I’m getting antsy. I did manage to walk a lot last week and even got in a couple of runs. 

Outside of that, the only thing I’ve been doing is pushups. This morning, the Boy and I did pushups after he woke up - it’s a new thing we’re doing. He’s up to seven, which is pretty good for him! When it was my turn, I asked him, “How many do you want daddy to do this morning.” He said, “40!”

Boom… knocked out 40 proper pushups in less than a minute. He was in awe, though I know I can do better. I told him that when daddy started working out to get in better shape 18 months ago, I could barely do 10 without collapsing. On a good day, I can do 50.

That being said, I haven’t been a complete slacker, but I do hope to get back in the gym tomorrow or Friday. Oh, and here’s a GPOYW post of me being a complete dork. It’s kinda my thing.

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