Sometimes I feel like the dog in this video. Meaning, I do things that don’t make a lick of sense.
Like when I might, hypothetically speaking, peer into the refrigerator late at night at the fresh, delicious blueberries that are sitting beside the weeks-old fudge and think to myself, I choose fudge.
Take also Survival of the Fittest. I love it here (in no small part because of the highly entertaining and thought-provoking comments y’all leave for me), yet it’s been three weeks since I’ve blogged. I have, however, made plenty of time for bad Christmas movies.
Part of it’s the SAD season, part of it’s the hectic schedule, but part of it, I think, is that sometimes you just can’t trust yourself to make very good decisions.
So instead I’ll provide links to a few of the things I *considered* writing about during the past three weeks. Here ya go, Linkyloos for Y-O-U.
IN THE CASE OF TENDINOSIS, the old adage “no pain, no gain” holds up when it comes to eccentric exercises; here’s a good blog entry on the topic by Bill Hartman. (Yet more on the topic in the Experience Life article “Tendon Trouble.”)
LET JOHN BERARDI read you a “Bedtime Story” about nighttime catabolism (and how to fuel your muscles while you sleep). More on protein from Berardi here.
I THINK I’VE MENTIONED this Tony Gentilcore blog post about how to choose a high-quality fish oil, but it bears repeating. Because accidentally supplementing with heavy metals is really not the idea. (To read about heavy metal poisoning, check out “Weighing Heavy Metals.”)
DO YOU KNOW what your gallbladder does? I don’t have one anymore, and sometimes I miss it. You know, just because. Oh, Gary, we had some good times over goat cheese, didn’t we?
THORACIC SPINE MOBILITY. Yes, I’m harping on that topic again (see previous posts here and here), but it’s important. And because EL just published this article on the topic in the new Jan./Feb. issue.
I RECEIVED A PRESS RELEASE announcing a new Facebook app that “allows users to see what they would look like at their target weight. You upload a photo of yourself, specify how much weight you’d like to lose, and WeightView sends you back an image of yourself at your target weight.” No, I will not provide the link; something about it strikes me as a Very Bad Idea. (But if you want to become Facebook friends, I am down for that.)
What do you think about this app: harmless or potentially problematic? Got opinions on other topics in this post? And, whatcha doing for New Year’s Eve?
