The Zombieslayer

Yes, even yours truly gets sick sometimes.  I think right now everyone and their Grandma’s catching the same cold.

So, what does The Zombieslayer do? Make soup, of course.

You remember how I was mentioning I go to the Farmer’s Market religiously now? Here’s the soup.  I use the veggies that are left, throw them all in to some Organic chicken broth, add garlic, freshly ground black pepper, Vietnamese hot garlic sauce, leftover pasta, and stew it all together.

Hopefully it will turn out good.  I’ll cook it another ten minutes then grab a bowl.

Years ago, I used to do Blue Collar work.  I used to eat 2500 to 3000 calories a day because I had to.  We laughed at White Collar breakfasts, and knew that if we ate a breakfast like that, we’d collapse on the job.

Well, ironically, I became a White Collar worker and now have no reason to eat that much food.  No, I wasn’t overweight, but I had no reason to have that extra twenty pounds.  So this year, I decided to lose it.

It was easy.  I already exercise.  I walk everywhere when it’s not raining.  I have a pretty good foundation of healthy habits.  I really think that’s the secret to weighing what you want - having a foundation of healthy habits.

That doesn’t mean you have to be a Health Nazi.  I prefer real butter to margarine and I’ll eat real sugar cane sugar instead of that test tube crap sweetener.  That stuff causes cancer.  Unless you’re diabetic or never brush your teeth, you’re probably better off eating real sugar.

Losing the weight

Losing the weight was easy.  I simply dropped from 2500 calories a day to 1800-1900.  That’s it.  I still love a 16-ounce medium rare steak as much as the next guy, but I just don’t do that any more.  Instead, I’ll have four ounces of it and save the rest for other meals.

Meat is no longer what the meal revolves around.  Now, it’s a flavoring.  I eat a lot more veggies here, and found that this diet is not only healthier but it’s very cheap.  I just got back from the Farmer’s Market, something I go to religiously on Sunday now, and bought these fruits and veggies, and all of them are Certified Organic or at least pesticide free.

All this for under $20.  I’ll combine them with rice or pasta, olive oil, red sauce or curry, and a smaller serving of meat and not eat much more.  My breakfasts now consist of just cereal, coffee, and milk, because I no longer need those extra calories.  Lunch is my biggest meal of the day.  I still eat a huge lunch.  Then for dinner, it’s pretty small.  I’ll snack on an apple or carrots if I’m hungry during the day, and maybe even a candy bar, but that’s it.

Benefits to losing weight

There are more benefits than just looking better.  I have more energy now.  It’s cheaper too.  I can still do my twenty chin ups, so I didn’t lose any strength.  You don’t have to be skinny, but besides being good for your health, weighing less is really cheaper.  We used to spend $800 a month on food and now it’s probably $400 just because we eat less.  Well, Junior still eats a ton but he’s a growing boy (14 years old and already 6′ tall).  I still encourage him to eat as much as he wants until he stops growing.

The blanket was made by Tweety, by the way.  If you want some quality hand made blankets or throws, contact her.  Her stuff is excellent.

Folks,

Please welcome Neal, who got sick of Blogger and asked me about other hosting options.  I told him that I own zombie-slayer.com, and offered to host his blog and he accepted.

I’ve always liked Neal’s writing.  Even in the few cases we disagree, I appreciate that he thinks out everything he believes and doesn’t just get his ideas spoonfed by the media or some ass clown on the radio or television with a lot of charisma.

Anyways, his blog is at http://www.zombie-slayer.com/neal and so far it’s looking pretty good. Drop by and say hello.

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I still haven’t decided who I’ll vote for for President, but I guarantee you it won’t be Obama or McCain.  I strongly believe in our Constitution, and neither will do a fair job at defending it, so neither will get my vote.

Someone I really admire once said that you’re supposed to stand up for what’s right, not for what’s popular.  I’ve lived by that my whole life, and often got a lot of flack for it.  Unfortunately, I don’t remember who said it so I can’t give that person credit.

When I figure out who I’ll be endorsing, I’ll let you all know.

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One more thing, if you’re wondering why I keep disappearing from the blog world, this is why.  When you have this right outside your house, how can you expect me to stay inside on the computer? This is a picture I took before going on my uphill sprints.

I’ll be back next week.

Until then, I leave you Muse.  Pompous, overblown, and full of cheese.  I love these guys.  They have some elements of Queen but their singer sounds like the Radiohead guy.  Thank God the 90s are over.

The Supreme Court today did the right thing and reaffirmed that the Right to Bear Arms is a personal Right, not some collectivist group think crap that certain folks on the Left think it is. Finally. Now, let’s roll back some of these anti-gun laws.

Like always, uber-hypocrite Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said that because of the Supreme Court’s ruling, the country will be less safe. Keep in mind Feinstein has a California Concealed Weapons Permit, yes, a gun, that she keeps on her at all times because she said that if someone wanted to take her out, she’d take “that bastard” out with her.

Now, doesn’t that sound like something that I would say? Sure does. Amazing how someone could be that hypocritical. Well, what do you expect from the anti-gun crowd? They have no respect for our Constitution.

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We have a serious energy crisis, my friends. Now is not the time to point fingers but the time to take action. It’s time we started taking Solar Energy seriously. Get the ball rolling. Start putting out massive Solar Power projects.

It’s not just about the environment any more. It’s about slavery. Do we want to be slaves to foreign oil? No. $400 billion over 40 years is chump change. It’s less than we spend on farm subsidies and much less than we’d spend on foreign wars because of oil. If I had my fingers on the budget, I guarantee you I could cut $10 billion a year in pork, easily.

If you want to hear more about what I’m talking about, read the January 2008 issue of Scientific American. It has all the details, and shows that your energy bill will actually go down, not up. Plus, we won’t have to worry about foreign oil at all.

Imagine, telling the Middle East where they can stick their oil. Following the plan detailed in Scientific American, we can ditch foreign oil altogether.

Did you see the market today? The Dow dropped around 350 points. Why? Because of the price of oil. We need to kick this crack habit.

As for extra drilling here, no. Why not? Because there really isn’t that much. Certain lobbies would like you to believe it’s the greenie meanies who are holding us back but in reality, it’s the scientists. They know it’s not enough to be even worthwhile.

Solar on the other hand is limitless. Twenty years ago, I would have dismissed this concept as a bad joke but technology changes. Solar has grown leaps and bounds in the past decade and has become not only a lot more efficient, but much cheaper, and will continue to be more efficient and cheaper. Unlike oil, there’s an unlimited supply. Well, I take that back. We only have five billion years left of it.

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I’m proud of this last shot. No, I do not have a telephoto lens. I was really this close to the squirrel. By request, I’m going to start posting more pictures that I took.