I’ve passed the 30 day mark and I have lost a total of 13 pounds. It’s not as much as I was hoping to but I didn’t push myself as hard as I could have and I my eating habits still need a lot of improvement. So far I have been given pledges totaling $105.50 for every pound I lose which means I raised $1371.50 last month for EMERGENCY USA. For those of you who have pledged I’ll be sending an email detailing how to donate. Thank you so much for your support and pledges.

On this day I did 30 minutes on an elliptical machine at the house I’m watching. I also went on a 20 minute hike and with dumb bells I did 3 sets of 20 curls at 25 lbs each arm plus 3 sets of 20 shoulder press at 25 lbs each arm.

3.3.10 FOOD LOG

10:00 AM
1 egg on a piece of rye toast

2:30 PM
Green leaf and spinach salad with onion, cucumber, tomato, banana peppers, and red wine vinegar.

5:15 PM
a plate of various Indian dishes from a buffet at Yak & Yeti restaraunt

10:00 PM
a handful of tortilla chips and some salsa

Here’s the last video from Chris and I’s visit with Brigitte Mars.

Again I didn’t keep track but I know my eating and exercise on this day was probably about 70% to what I’d been doing throughout the past month and what I’ve been doing this  past month is at best 70% of what I could be doing.

One thing about putting yourself out there like I have with this Fitness for EMERGENCY USA thing is you really feel like a supreme douchebag when you’re not doing everything you’ve committed to. Please don’t give up on me.

In this video Brigitte Mars talks about how to make incredibly tasting raw vegan tacos.

Again I don’t have a “Food Log” because I didn’t write it down but I remember eating a Green leaf salad with onion, peppers, cucumber, tomato, carrots, and balsamic vinegar around 1PM and I can’t remember what else. I know it wasn’t anything terrible but I’m definitely not eating enough and regular enough:(

I haven’t been able to get down to the gym in Denver because I’m watching a friends house/dog in the mountains but got another 30 minute mountain hike in and did about 20 minutes of weight lifting.

Here’s a video of Brigitte Mars showing us how to make raw vegan spaghetti.

So was between homes today and the next couple days so I didn’t really keep good records of what I did and I’m just now posting my blogs. It’s no excuse but that’s just what happened. I’m going off of memory here. On day 28 I know I ate some homemade pizza at a friends house, which was soooo tasty but not optimal for getting in fit. Did I mention how tasty it was? I think I also ate a salad.

I did get a 30 minute hike in the mountains in but I should have done more.

Here’s another video of our visit with Brigitte Mars. In this one she talks about Chia seeds. Yes like Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Pets:) Again, sorry about the lousy video quality. I’ll upload these again in better quality once I get my new computer.

Here’s another video with herbalist and raw food chef Brigitte Mars. Here she talks about how you can make vegan milk with nuts.

I was too busy today to make it to the gym:(

2.24.10 FOOD LOG

11:00 AM
Apple w/ peanut butter and fresh squeezed oj.

3:30 PM
Burrito with black beans, taco seasoned morning start meal starters (meat substitute), in a Mission “life balance” whole wheat tortilla and topped with some homemade green chili.

7:00 PM
SAME Cafe: a small amount of spaghetti with red sauce and a cup of minestrone soup.

10:30 PM
Green leaf salad with onion, peppers, mushroom, cucumber, tomato, celery, carrots, and balsamic vinegar.

Last Friday Chris and I visited my friend Brigitte Mars in Boulder to talk about food and nutrition. Brigitte is an herbalist and raw food chef. Here the first video of many from our afternoon visit. In it she talks about growing sunflower sprouts at home as a fun way to have fresh greens year round. I know the quality on these videos is terrible. I’ve tried rendering the video many different ways and it looks bad no matter what I do. My computer sucks. I will be getting a new computer soon and will redo all these  videos then.

For exercise today I did 45 minutes on the bike, 2000 meters on the row machine (damn this thing kicks my ass), and about 20 minutes of upper body. I forgot to write down what I did.

2.23.10 FOOD LOG

10:00 AM
Banana and a glass of fresh squeezed oj.

11:30 AM
I had lunch at SAME Cafe: small salad and a cup of vegetable soup.

3:00 PM
An apple with some peanut butter

8:30 PM
I had dinner at Watercourse: Greek salad and some Buffalo Seitan. 1 glass of wine and 1 light beer.

Last summer I filmed my friend Brigitte Mars at her home in Boulder talking about her wild lawn. Brigitte is an herbalist and author of 12 books on natural medicine. Instead of growing grass she grows a beautifully diverse lawn of food and medicine. I hope more people begin to take her example.

Note: The audio is out of sync towards the end. This is a problem I’ve been having with my videos uploaded to Vimeo. I’m still looking for a solution.