HOW TO LOSE 100 lbs IN A YEAR (SERIOUSLY)

100 lbs is a pretty significant amount of weight. 

Allow me to put it in perspective by creating a list of things that weigh 100 lb:

• a large goat
• a large dog
• a miniature horse
• a seal
• a large pumpkin
• a chair
• a small table
• a large flowerpot.

This list could literally go on forever but there is no need.

 imagine though carrying any one of those things around with you day in and day out... 

Well that my good readers was me until I decided enough was enough.

 

For years I played football and my weight was always looked at as a good thing. I can say that I was in better shape than most at 300 however after football to carry that much weight around doesn't serve any purpose besides being detrimental to ones health. Years after playing football competitively I was still eating the same and I believe I maxed out (weight wise) at 320lbs this however didn't make me want to lose weight. What did motivate was the fact that all the clothes I liked never made anything in my size! (lol petty I know). One day I said, "you know what I'm going to fit into those jeans" (what brand *shrugs* i don't really remember). So I decided to get active.

 I wasn't a couch potato by any means but I wasn't exercising consistently nor was I in a caloric deficit by any means. I pretty much ate and drank what I wanted.

 

So how did I lose 100 lbs?

• I stopped drinking Juices and Sodas they are loaded with calories and sugars it is better to stick with water... If you want 0 calories drinks could probably work but this is my story!!!

• I cut out red meat completely. This may be bro science but I'm pretty sure Red Meat stays in your system longer than white meat.

• Lastly I jumped rope every day. For me I would get up early like 6 am (always been a early guy) and just go at it. I invented my own routine which takes 30 minutes total which means yes you do have the time!

Routine:

• Step 1 - jump rope for 1 minute as many repetitions as possible.

• Step 2 - 1 minute Rest

•  repeat this for 15 sets (30 minutes)

When you finish I promise your shirt will be soaked!!! you will feel better, more alert, and excited that you are closer to your fitness goal and a healthier life. Do this daily... if you want take one day off a week (rest is healthy) and you will notice weight loss quickly. 

If you are heavier you will see results faster but it works for every one.

 

Diet is important! You should know how many calories it takes to be your ideal weight and you should not exceed that amount. Lean meats, vegetables, and fruits are ideal but if you are within your calories you can eat pretty much whatever you like (I did).

 The secret to losing weight if you can call it a secret is exercising consistently and eating right nothing more.

I challenge you guys to try the TATTOOED GENIUS Workout Plan for a month then come back and share your results with me!

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READ THIS POST FOLLOW THE LINK AND ADD 10 YEARS TO YOUR LIFE!!! (FOR REAL)

Today after my Gym date I had the opportunity (thanks to Netflix.com) to begin watching TEDTalks: Life Hack - Season 1. 

Now I know some of you are asking... "what is TEDTalks" -- "who is TED" -- and -- "why does he say it like we should be familiar with it/him?".

All very understandable and I totally agree.

WHAT IS TEDTALKS?

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, under the slogan "ideas worth spreading".

TED was founded in 1984 as a one-off event.^[1] The annual conference began in 1990, in Monterey, California.^[4] TED's early emphasis was technology and design, consistent with its origins in the Silicon Valley.

The TED main conference is held annually in Long Beach, and its companion TEDActive is held in Palm Springs. Both conferences will move from Long Beach and Palm Springs to Vancouver and Whistler, respectively, in 2014.^[5] TED events are also held throughout North America and in Europe and Asia, offering live streaming of the talks. They address a wide range of topics within the research and practice of science and culture, often through storytelling.^[6] The speakers are given a maximum of 18 minutes to present their ideas in the most innovative and engaging ways they can. Past presenters include Bill Clinton, Jane Goodall, Malcolm Gladwell, Al Gore, Gordon Brown, Richard Dawkins, Bill Gates, Bono, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and many Nobel Prize winners.^[7] TED's current curator is the British former computer journalist and magazine publisher Chris Anderson.

Since June 2006,^[1] the talks have been offered for free viewing online, under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Creative Commons license, through TED.com.^[8] As of January 2014, over 1,600 talks are available free online.^[9] By January 2009 they had been viewed 50 million times. In June 2011, the viewing figure stood at more than 500 million,^[10] and on Tuesday November 13, 2012, TED Talks had been watched one billion times worldwide, reflecting a still growing global audience.^[11]

^{(Thank you Wikipedia)}

^{Now that you hopefully have a understanding of TEDTalks now let me define "Life Hacks"}

life·hack

/ˈlīfˌhak/

noun

informal

plural noun: lifehacks

1. a strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one's time and daily activities in a more efficient way.

   Now if you could manage your time and daily activities in a more efficient way wouldn't you want to? The answer should be yes of course!

   BOOM two definitions down none to go but you still don't know how to live 10 years longer... here is how I found out.

   
   

   While watching TEDTalks: Life Hack - Season 1 Episode 2 I was introduced to Jane McGonigal, PhD. 

   Jane is an unusually attractive
   

   

   (no offense) world-renowned designer of alternate reality games.   

    When Jane found herself bedridden and suicidal following a concussion which did not heal properly, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter.

   
   

   SuperBetter helps you achieve your health goals — or recover from an illness or injury — by increasing your personal resilience. Resilience means staying curious, optimistic and motivated even in the face of the toughest challenges.  

    (www.superbettter.com)

   
   

   If you have Netflix.com watch Episode 2 of TEDTalks: Life Hack - S1 and play your demo to add 7 minutes to your life!

   Otherwise type in the website above ^^ or click here and follow the directions to add 10 years.

   
   

   PLEASE let me know what you think!!!

   
   

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PROFANITY... IS IT REALLY NECESSARY?

I remember one of my teachers in middle school telling me, "curse words are for those with a limited vocabulary"... That is truly about all I remember from middle school but that is neither here nor there. So is profanity necessary? Let me begin with a definition of Profanity.

Profanity is define as the quality or state of being profane. Not enough? The definition of Profane the adjective: characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious. Deep right? 

My mother would always tell me not to curse... I also remember explaining to her that I felt they were the ultimate adjectives (No disrespect to God).

EX: If I say, "It is Extremely Hot" you have a picture in your head right? Okay now I say, "it is Extraordinarily Hot" the temp just cranked up did it not? Finally I say, "It is Hot as Hell". Which one paints the hottest picture???

While you decide here is the history of 6 of the most popular curse words in the US compliments of BusinessInsider.com.

The "F" Bomb

The oldest theories trace the expletive-to-end-all-expletives back to Norwegian fukka and Swedish focka, both meaning "to copulate."

Unfortunately, we don't have much evidence of use in English, partly because the original Oxford English Dictionary's creators reportedly considered it taboo. The OED's second edition, however, cites "fukkit" in 1503, but the earliest current spelling appears as "Bischops ... may f*** thair fill and be vnmaryit" from poet Sir David Lyndesay in 1535.

Another 16th century poem, titled "Flen flyys," written in a combination of Latin and Middle English, also hints at the word. The relevant line reads, "Non sunt in celi quia fuccant uuiuys of heli." Translation: They [the monks] are not in heaven because they f*** the wives of [the town of] Ely.

The ideas that f*** is an acronym meaning "for unlawful carnal knowledge" or "fornication under consent of the king" are both false. The phrases do turn up in some court documents but not until the late 19th century, way too late for a true etymology.

The "S" Word

Here, we actually have two words and two separate origins to consider: the noun and the verb.

The noun nods to Old English scitte, meaning "purging, diarrhea." And just the basic form of excrement stems from Old English scytel. The action, however, has a much more widespread history — Dutch schijten and German scheissen. The Proto-Indo-European base skie conveys the idea of separation, in this case, from the body.

From there, we've perfected sh**-faced, sh**head, sh**ing bricks, not giving a sh**, when the sh** hits the fan, etc.

Just to set the record straight, "sh**" isn't an acronym. There's a story floating around the Internet that when crates of manure on freight ships got wet, they started to ferment, releasing methane. The gas then built up below deck. If someone descended with a lit lantern — BOOM.

As a precaution against potential explosions, transporters apparently started placing the letters S-H-I-T —"ship high in transit" — on top of the crates. Storing them above deck decreased their chances of dampness, and if they did get wet, the methane wouldn't stay trapped below deck.

As clever as the story sounds, the word "sh**" has a much older and richer history than an anecdote from European sea-trade. Not to mention sailors usually kept cargo below deck to keep it dry.

Piss

Again, English includes two forms of this word, a noun and verb. The verb appeared in the 1300s from French pissier, "to urinate," and vulgar Latin, "pissiare." The noun came later, in the 1400s, and eventually morphed into an intesifying adjective — piss-poor, piss-ugly, etc. — around World War II.

Goddamn

Obviously a compound word of "God" and "damn." "Damn" comes from Latin damnare which means "to condemn." And God originated with Norse goth. But when and how did we put the two together as a blasphemy?

Let's thank the French for that. They started referring to the English as "les goddems" during the Hundred Years War because of their frequent profanity, according to Geoffrey Hughes' book, "A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English."

Hell

Our word for the worst possible place (religious or not) comes from Proto-Germanic haljo, "the underworld." Some relationship also exists between "cell" and "hell" through the Proto-Indo-European word for "to cover" or "conceal" — kel.

Interestingly enough, the Biblical use of hell may stem from Old Norse Hel, the name of Loki's daughter in Norse mythology. She rules over the evil dead much like Hades does in Greek tales.

Bitch

Almost everyone knows a bitch is a female dog, probably from Old Norse bikkjuna. Its use as a term of contempt to women, though, began in the 1400s.

The word is first seen used this way in the Chester Plays of the 1400s. "Who callest thou queine, skabde bitch?" Basically, "Who are you calling a whore, you miserable bitch?”

"The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," published in 1811, calls bitch "the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English woman, even more provoking than that of whore."

The verb, meaning "to complain," evolved as late at the 1930s.

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TO WATCH OR NOT TO WATCH: A 300 RISE OF AN EMPIRE REVIEW

Let me start by saying I know this post is a little overdue but if you are reading this then it was right on time!

To all you MC squared motherfuckers there will be no Spoiler Alert so if you want to drop $20 bucks be my guest.

Now to the review... As I somewhat alluded to above 300 Rise of an Empire in any dimension SUCKS!!!

I mean the trailer sort of gave it away right? But after the first movie I had to find out for sure.

PLOT (courtesy of Wikipedia):

Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) tells her men about the Battle of Marathon, in which King Darius I (Yigal Naor) of Persia was killed by General Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) of Athens. Darius' son, [Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]] (Rodrigo Santoro), witnesses his father's death, and is advised to not continue the far, since "only the gods could defeat the Greeks". Darius' naval commander, Artemisia (Eva Green), claims that Darius' last words where in fact a challenge and sends Xerxes on a journey through the desert. Xerxes finally reaches a cave and bathes in a otherworldly liquid, emerging as the "God-King". He returns to Persia and declares war on Greece.

As Xerxes' forces advance towards Thermopylae, Themistocles meets with the council and convinces them to provide him with a fleet to engage the Persians at sea. Themistocles then travels to Sparta to ask King Leonidas for help, but is informed by Dilios (David Wenham) that Leonidas and the 300 have already departed, and Gorgo is reluctant to side with the Greeks. Themistocles later reunites with his old friend Scyllas (Callan Mulvey), who infiltrated the Persian troops and learned Artemisia was born Greek, but defected to Persia after Greek soldiers killed her parents and raped her when she was a child. She earned her place as a naval commander by brutally killing several of Darius' enemies.

Themistocles leads his men, which include Scyllas, Scyllas' son Calisto (Jack O'Connell) and Themistocles' right-hand man Aesyklos (Hans Matheson) to the Agean Sea. They ram their ships into the Persian ships and charge them, slaughtering several soldiers before retreating. The following day, the Greeks force one of the Persian ships into a crevice, where it becomes struck, and charge the other ships, killing more Persians. Impressed with Themistocles' skills, Artemisia has him brought onto her ship, where they have sex. She offers him a place in her army, but he refuses, causing her to swear revenge.

The Persians spill tar into the sea and send soldiers with bombs to infiltrate the Greek ships. Artemisia and her men fire flaming arrows and torches to ignite the tar, but Themistocles manages to kill one of the soldiers, who falls into the tar carrying a torch, causing ships from both sides to explode. Themistocles is thrown into the sea by an explosion and nearly drowns before being rescued by Calisto, and stands by Scyllas' side as he succumbs to his injuries. Believing Themistocles to be dead, Artemisia and her forces retreat.

Themistocles learns that Leonidas and the 300 have been killed by Xerxes and returns to Sparta to confront Ephialtes (Andrew Tiernan), the Spartan traitor, who reveals that Xerxes plans to attack Athens, and is regretful of his actions, welcoming death. Themistocles spares him instead, so he can warn Xerxes that the Greeks will fight him, and then visits Gorgo while she is mourning Leonidas to ask for her help, but she is too overcome with grief.

In Athens, Xerxes' army is laying waste when Ephialtes arrives to deliver Themistocles' message. Upon learning he is alive, Artemisia leaves to ready her troops for battle. The Greek ships crash into the Persians ships, and the two armies battle. Themistocles and Artemisia fight, and Themistocles overpowers her.

Gorgo had been narrating the tale to her army, and leads them to assist in the battle alongside other allied armies, outnumbering the Persians. Themistocles urges Artemisia to surrender, but she tries to kill him and is stabbed through the stomach. With her dying breath, she sees Xerxes turning his back on her as he retreats. Themistocles and Gorgo vow to follow him into the final battle.

Okay now that you somewhat understand the story (hopefully) I will tell you why this movie is capital T TRASH. 

If you saw the first 300 you remember how dope the fight scenes were. Rise of an Empire upped the gore but the graphics are TV quality, the acting is trash, the dialogue is poor, and you still have the gay god king Xerxes starting trouble.

For all you freaks the sex scene has upgraded but ultimately its just a smoke screen for the horrible movie.

But you don't have to take my word for it... Go watch it!

COMMENT below and let me know what you think and what numerical grade (1-10) you would give it.

Time For Some Action!!!

Redman could not have said it better it is Time For Some Action!!!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said and I quote:

 " Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world."

I partially agree with the late Mr. Goethe but not completely. YES thinking is Easy we all do it whether it is clouded or not is another matter but our minds are constantly working. It is one of the valuable traits us humans have. However to put one thoughts into action is not hard at all... in fact I dare to say it is almost as easy as thinking. Now as I stated earlier there are different types of thinking:

• Clouded Thinking - What most of us experience on the daily basis. You may or may not realize it but on an average day our brains are being constantly bombarded by stimuli thanks to technology. Whether we are in the car listening to music or using a Apple or Android device how often do our minds get a break and how well do we manage and use that time?

• Clear Thinking - When you take time to shut off all stimuli sit and let your brain work the way God intended for it to - Free of Distraction. You would be amazed at what 30 minutes of clear thinking can do. Don't believe me? try it!

EXPERIMENT: Take 30 minutes go somewhere quiet and take a problem or idea you previously attempted to address in a clouded state of thinking. If you don't have a revelation then you most likely fell asleep.

But I digress this post is called Time For Some Action right? Often we have great thoughts and ideas and often the largest barrier is finances which we feel prevent us from making our move. well that is simply not true. have you ever heard the quote: "Rome wasn't built in a day."? Well besides the patience lesson that it teaches it also teaches you that from nothing great things are built. Okay so you don't have the money to start your company but what you can do is write down the plans. That my friends is action. Yes I know that may not be as exciting as walking in the door but it takes Bricks to make a Wall.

So go lay some Bricks!!!