The Book of Lost Tales: Chapter 6 -The Take Over, the Breaks Over

After a week and a half or so, my body was fully healed from the horrible bug I caught. As a result, you better believe that I was ready to seriously punish my body. I got back into the swing of things with a fit test which kicked off my last month of Insanity. The Insanity Fit Test is a series of high intensity plyometric moves for about 25 minutes or so. Basically, the idea is to keep a log of all the moves every time this workout is performed and beat the number of reps on each move you did last time.

I absolutely crushed my numbers from the previous time. I think the main reason why that happened is because I felt so antsy to get back into working out the entire time I was sick. Strange as it sounds, it actually helped me get more explosive and mentally pumped. Believe me, whenever I started to warm up for workouts, it always use to feel like I had 5 pounds of sand in each of my shoes. It was getting pretty easy now it seemed though. I guess I built up some endurance. The energy drink kid was getting in shape! Who would've saw that coming?

My diet was advancing and I was getting a good blend of protein and carbs in my daily diet. Protein shakes were taken after every workout. They were pretty clutch as they got some pretty good nutrients in my body. My personal favorite protein shake is BSN's Syntha-6. It's pretty cheap if you order it on Amazon, the taste is pretty good for being whey protein, and two scoops will give you over 50 grams of protein. Some quality carbs I was eating daily included oatmeal in the morning, whole wheat pasta or whole grain brown rice for lunch in the afternoon, and the occasional whole wheat wrap or bread to go with some tuna at night. Tuna was by far my most used protein source during my Insanity diet. I stocked up on canned Tuna like I was preparing for a nuclear holucast. I'm being serious. No joke. At one point, I counted 24 mixed cans of tuna in my cupboard at home. Solid White Albacore, Chunk Light Tuna and Prime Filet Albacore were incorpated into my diet daily. Yes, I am aware that there is mercury found in fish, but I never set off any metal detector alarms with my body, so I'm not too concerned.

The first week of the second month of Insanity is pretty intense. The workouts get extended by about 20 minutes, and there are more training circuits to go through. This was a little tough to get use to at first, and my body did not like the first and second week of the second month. I loved it anyway though! After all, I was getting into the best shape of my life.

The Book of Lost Tales: Introduction

It's 4:00 in the afternoon and I have just stumbled out of bed. It's July 5th, 2010; the day after the fourth of July. While I am regaining consciousness and slowly coming back to life, I quickly recall the great fun I had the previous night. Watching fireworks, eating loads of hamburgers and hot dogs, drinking beverages, swimming in the pool at midnight with a whole bunch of close friends and all the laughs exchanged throughout the night. As I fumble around my desk looking for my glasses, I suddenly realize that there is no need to do so. I slept the night with my contacts in again. Darn. I am discouraged that my eyes feel terrible but I play it off as no big deal. While walking around during the morning, I feel particularly different. I can't seem to figure out what it is at first, but something definitely feels different. The difference is noted in a bad way. It's one of those things where you get a bad feeling in the gut of your stomach about. I am suddenly able to discover that I feel very sluggish and bloated. Could it have been all those hot dogs and hamburgers I had while watching fireworks? I am quickly intrigued by my own question and decide to take a walk to my bathroom. As I grab the scale out from behind the door, I wonder when the last time I weighed myself was. It had to be awhile. I just finished my senior year of college where pulling all-nighters was a thing of regularity for me. Energy drinks, wings, beef jerky, soda and other unhealthy beverages were the main points of my daily 'diet'. Suddenly, I am scared to see what my weight has become, but I am prepared for a slight change. I weighed about 155 pounds during my junior year, which was pretty consisent with the weight throughout most of teenage years. I step on the scale and my jaw dropped at the sight of 178 pounds. "Whoa!" I exclaimed. I really let myself go this year. I gained nearly 25 pounds in one year. At this rate, who knows what will happen next? Being in an extremely bad genetic situation with family heart problems, surgeries and high blood pressure can only add more importance to this issue. The weight I have gained is not characteristic of me. Not only am I beginning to feel unhealthy, I am starting to look unhealthy too. Things need to change.

Kurt K Retired? Think again

Tearjerker - Kurt K (aliases: Pistolkid, Kurtis, Champ, Quentin, Federer, Jesus) shown above, is distraught and broken up after making a challenging decision to retire from blogspot last year but is now back... again.

I'm back, baby! After a year of blogspot non-activity, I have happily decided to come out of retirement of blogging. Why, you may ask? There are probably a lot of questions on your mind as to why I would suddenly make a rapid return. It seems hasty, but I have been patiently waiting for the right time to return here. First, let's take a look at some updates over the last year or so.

UPDATES

• Graduated Wilkes University with a Computer Information Systems Bachelor's degree.
  
• Created a twitter account. See http://twitter.com/pistolkid
• Created a fantasy football podcast and released a total of nine episodes. See http://fbcfantasy.mypodcast.com/ or
• Play many games with the Wyoming Valley Wildcats on EA Sports NHL 10 on XBOX Live.
• Been watching a lot of movies with a new subscription of Netflix (give me any suggestions to watch)
• Reviewing movies on rottentomatoes. Check out my profile: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/member/pistolkid/
  
• Created a website for our fantasy football league that is still under heavy construction. See http://www.fbcfantasy.com/
• Have gotten smarter

OLD NEWS

• Scraping the Making of a Superstar on here along with the meals section
  
• Still working at Lowe's for the time being
• Still incredibly smart (ok, just being a wiseass here)
  

ON THE HORIZON

• Gambling blog bits including casino reviews
• Getting a real job
• Staying fit
• Eating healthy
• Sneak peek of a lame sci-fi book I'm writing

So there you have it. As you can see, I have been pretty busy this year. The hardest thing I did on that list of updates was get the degree. I had a few close calls with actually not getting that degree, but perhaps that is a tale to tell later. If you are looking for some randomness, feel free to stay tuned as I'll be posting new blogs regularly (again). In the meantime, check me out! Err... my stuff I mean.

Man Made Meals : Kook Omelette

Here's something new I will be updating. I will start a food recipe section every few posts with a new man made meal created by me. I would like to start the first meal out with a homemade egg omelette recipe. Eggs contain all the essential proteins, minerals and vitamins you need to make it through the day. So let's get creative and kick our morning off with power.

Materials needed to make the Kook Omelette:
-two eggs
-hint of butter
-two slices of American cheese
-salt and pepper
-ham
-bacon bits

1. Obtain a frying pan and pre-heat it on a stove for several seconds on a low temperature
2. Cut a small amount of hard butter and throw the slice in the pan. Spread it around using a knife or spatula. You just need enough butter to get the pan 'slippery' which helps later.
3. Heat up the temperature on the stove to a high temperature.
4. While waiting for the butter to completely melt, crack two eggs into a cup and beat for about 15 seconds.
5. Pour the eggs into the frying pan and wait for about a minute as the stove heats them up.
6. Put two slices of American cheese into the pan (cheddar works good too). For better results, break apart the slices into several smaller pieces and spread around in the pan when putting them in.
7. Throw a few chunks of ham into the frying pan.
8. Add some bacon bits for even more added flavor to the omelette.
9. Shake a few hints of salt and pepper in the omelette.
10. Wait for a minute or two and fold the omelette in half using a spatula. (It's usually best to flip the omelette as soon as the cheese clearly melts inside.)
11. Check underneath the omelette and on top to check how yellow it looks.
Hint: If it is starting to get brown on both sides, then you are finished. If it is brown on one side only, flip the omelette in the frying pan to have the yellow side on the bottom. If the omelette is yellow on both sides, cook until they are both brown.
12. Enjoy.

This meal usually goes best with some orange juice or milk in the morning for breakfast. But, I also like to use it as a nice midnight snack every so often.