Monday, February 28, 2011

"Baby I Know Whatcha Want...

... AND I GOT WHATCHA NEED!"

(For all my sugar deprived warriors ... I got a little somethin' for ya-- 
a little reward for being oh, sooo goood....)



"Listen hear, gurl.
I know what's on ya mind....
You want a little SHUGAA'. 


And DADDY'S here 
to give it ya.
Give it to ya REAL GOOD!!!


Naughty, little gurl.
You want what you cant have!!!
But Ahma give it to you anyway...
In PICTURES!!"

Here it is baybeee...

OPEN WIDE!!!!! 




      
Sugar Ray Leonard









"MMMMmmmm tastes good 
don't it?"











                                                 Sugar Ray Robinson
  








     "Big Daddy Roy will proviiiiide..."












Sugar Ray








"I know it's CRAP! and bad for ya but ooooh...just this once!"





"Who loves you more than me, baybeee?"


Love,
Yo Big Daddy Roy
aka "Sexual Choc-late!"
aka "Suga-Free"

PIC OF THE DAY!

Todays pic of the day comes from our beloved TAY-TAY! His son Cole is pretty much all sorts of adorable, here he is protecting his dad from drinking a Pepsi! Don't let him do it Cole!


I'm sure you are thinking "Tyler, his hands look pretty good in there... Are you nervous?"... Yes, yes I am. Young Cole is a natural, his confidence at such a young age is astounding. Notice his gentle embrace, balanced with a sturdiness of thumb and forefinger. He has, what we call in the hand modeling business, "It"... I'm glad my agent doesn't read this blog.

Farmers Market goes "Sugar Free!"

What happens when you have writers block... TAKE PICTURES!!!!

Ash and I went down to the Santa Monica Farmers Market to see what kind of trouble we could get into, we found that pretty much everything (besides something called "strawberry drink") is refined sugar free and wonderful! Here are some pictures we took.. because, like I said... I am having some writers block! 

Good sugar, Ash give a "thumbs up"!

Way to go Orange Pomegranate juice! Who needs added sugar!?

Valencia oranges, no added sugar!
Ash has great melons! A handful is perfect!

Notice, sugar is NOT in the ingredients!

NO SUGAR ADDED!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

It's the freakin weekend baby! I'm about to have me some fun!

R Kelly said it best, it IS the freakin weekend baby!

News time!!!!!

First off, damn you, Girl Scouts for making such delicious cookies!!! Everyone everywhere is eating them and they look GREAT! Winters' roommate ordered some Tagalongs and for punishment she had to describe in detail for over 30 minutes what it felt like to eat such a treat! That's harsh. Poor Winters!

If you want to have an amazing meal in Venice go to "Sauce On Hampton". Then afterwards when you get the check there are free warm cookies... FREE WARM COOKIES!!!! OMFG free is one thing, but to add warm into the mix... Ash and I both almost had a seizure, but held fast! After Reggie and Matthew ate the cookies we traded off open mouth french kissing them for 45 minutes... It got real awkward real fast, but its as close to eating a cookie we are going to get for the next 88 days!

Dom is an asshole, that's right people you heard it here first on 100SFD's news feed. Mike Kerner has a roommate named Dominic De Douche who is keeping cupcakes in their shared refrigerator just to tempt our "Future-Former-Fattie". (Yes I coined that, and yes its a double negative, AND YES if you think about it for a second it makes sense)

Dthom and Emily were enjoying DC yesterday when they found out Georgetown cupcakes was giving away free cupcakes! Neither of them caved... Stay strong, you two! You are pillars of strength!

Speaking of Pillars of Strength, DO NOT put Jessica on your list of pillars! I got this text from her this weekend...
"I may have gotten really drunk last night and had one bite of birthday cake"
She "may" have eaten birthday cake... Imagine if all things in life were like that..

"Sorry Babe, I "may" have contracted genital warts at my bachelor party."

"Judge, I "may" have known she was underage."

Am I going overboard on comparing eating sugar to cheating on your spouse or having sex with a minor?... I "may" be!

PFFFFTTT!!!! (Seriously though, I bet that cake she "may" have eaten was AMAZING! But was the flavor of sugary defeat worth it, NO! ... I think?)

Denlin says she has discovered some awesome sugar alternatives! Unsweetened chocolate almond milk is D$'s new jam jam! Direct Quote - "Not any brown rice sugar bullshit or wheat sugar... nuthin! Almond breeze unsweetened choco. Choco satisfaction with out the sweet!"




Vanessa said "No No No" to sugar this weekend at "Blue Jam Cafe" in Hollywood! She likes her coffee like she likes her men! Strong, dark, and with no sugar in their tank! GO V!


Speaking of V's Man, Mitch is driving his Green Truck cross country (he wont be putting sugar in the tank), it's going to be tough stopping at all those little trucker joints and not having some ketchup with the fries. Hang strong M-Dawg, we got your back!


Baby Kate is up north just handling business! Here is a snippet from an email i received from her "I really miss eating chocolate - I can put away a LOT of chocolate and not really be satisfied. I ate chocolate most days before starting 100 SFD." - Baby Kate, I'm with you! I too can eat chocolate till the cows come home and not feel full! But stay strong, and whatever you do, don't be a JESSICA!

PIC OF THE DAY!

Our of bed, straight to shred!

Saturday, February 26, 2011

EFF THE FLU!!


The Flu is a real bitch.  Last year The Flu tried to get all up in my shit and I had to get in a fist fight with it so the Flu knew its place.

This year is going to be different! If The Flu even gets mouthy, things are going to get real nasty at my house. I'm basically going to start doing enemas of Echinacea and chugging orange juice! YOU GOT NOTHIN ON ME DUDE!

Ash and I have been feeling under the weather, so Kenny has taken it easy on the shredding.  Yesterday was basically a super stretch day. We did foam rollers and ball rolling all over and around the hips, calves, quads, traps, and glutes. Then I went home and drank water till my bladder almost exploded.. not kidding!

So today we had an interesting warm up, and if a picture is worth 1000 words then a video is worth like.. a whole lot more! Do the following 5 times with a 6 pound ball, without dropping the ball! If you drop the ball it doesn't count! Or you can count it, and consider yourself a slacker.


DO NOT confuse this warm up for "BALL SWEAT"... We are warming up! Not doing "BALL SWEAT"!


Next its on to the treadmill!


Start at a 12% incline and do 10 rounds of the following -

30 second sprint at a speed of 8.5
60 seconds rest

This kind of sucks at such a high incline. I could have gone quite a bit faster, but remember.. I'm scheduled to beat the shit out of The Flu this week.

Do the following just once - Unless you feel like not listening to me and doing whatever you want.

Rest 3 minutes

Run 800 Meters at a speed of 10.5, no incline!

This was pretty tough, my shoes came untied at the beginning and I decided to push through and not be such a baby about shoe laces.  I felt great and set a PR!

"Dude, you are gonna totally beat the shit out of The Flu when you seem him!"



Kenny gave Ash a different workout, since she is feeling a little more sick than me and also rehab-ing a shoulder issue from a few weeks ago.


She did 3 rounds of the following:  1/2 mile run on the treadmill followed by a 500 meter row. After three rounds of this, she was actually feeling better.  Kenny's theory was right, sometimes you just need to get your blood pumping in order to flush out some of the junk in your system.  



PIC OF THE DAY!

Mitch and Vanessa get some morning yoga done in the backyard!

Molly and Tyler's BIG DAY OUT!





















Ashley and I have been doing something the past few months, we give months a theme, and then act accordingly!

For example, we had "Sports January", where we went to as many sporting activities as possible.  "Live Performance February", we got in a ton of live music and theatre. And now we are gearing up for "New Digs March"! We plan on checking out new places for everything including restaurants, hikes, and SHREDDING!!!

Well Ashley was working yesterday, so Molly and I decided to get a jump on "New Digs March" and check out a new shred spot!

FYI, Molly is pretty much going crazy on the shred tip! She is shredding all over town! I saw her in Whole Foods last night holding 2 milk jugs doing bicep curls!

We hit up YAS in Venice for a one hour class split up into 30 minutes of spinning and 30 minutes of yoga. All in all i think the spot was pretty cool! The class was a little bit more mellow than I'm used to, with only 30 minutes of spinning and 30 of yoga its tough to get too deep into either one. I was feeling under the weather so it actually was nice to just get a light sweat going and not go 100% into a work out, but I'm not sure $17 is worth it for the experience. ($14 with a student ID)

"New Digs March" should bring plenty of fun new spots to check out in LA!

This is Molly's "How I got Roy" pose! It starts off like this and ends like a Venus Fly Trap!

Friday, February 25, 2011

"THE RADIOHEAD SHRED"

So... we just wanted to let you all in our newest work out. 
The work out that is going to keep our spirits up and our asses 
firm through the last 90% of this sugar free adventure. 


We figured that it would be a crime to keep all of you from the innovations, 
inspired by the Venice Chapter of this 100 day shred, so here ya go! 
Don't be intimidated by his spastic-gypsy-ghost dancing...
make it your own! 


Watch the calories and the blues melt away...





"THE RADIOHEAD SHRED"
#1- Hit play, and stand away from the computer.
            (Be sure there is enough room for you to thrash about and release your inner Yorke)
#2- "Do What He Do"
#3- Keep doing "What He Do"
#4-  Hit Replay, baby! 


*Repeat 10x's. 


Roy and I did this last night until we passed out...
whether it was due to over-exertion or sleep deprivation or wine consumption, 
it doesn't really matter.... does it?? 
Enjoy!!


Happy Friday!!


Molly Sue :)

PIC OF THE DAY!


Girls Night in a quiet moment before her yoga class! 

Goals, harder than a before pic? YES!!

What does "100 Healthiest Days Of Your Life" mean to you?

Really marinate on that for a second.

For me, I'm trying to be healthy not only with my diet but with other aspects of my life too, and it seemed to be spreading into interesting behaviors. I find myself trying to be more patient, after all that's a healthy way to live. Yesterday I was late to work because of wreck on the freeway (surprise LA) and I just had to take a few deep breaths and realize that this was out of my control.  Things like that, they seem small but are part of the fabric of who we are.

Raine at work with her goal board behind her!
I went into Lululemon the other day (yes their work out clothes are pretty much the best ever!) and was struck by a very interesting thing their employees do. Everyone that works there writes their 1, 5, and 10 year goals down and then hangs them up in the store on a huge chalk board! It was strange to see something so personal hung up for everyone to see. I could see right into these peoples lives that wrote these goals, I knew their hopes, dreams and desires. I knew what they think about at night when they go to sleep. I read EVERYONES goals, twice! It was out of place for a retail store but made the experience not so sterile and impersonal.  Big props to Lulu for doing something so progressive! I started talking to a really rad girl who works there named Raine about her goals. I wanted to know how it felt to have hundreds of strangers everyday asking you about your life goals! Raine was totally cool with it, she even seemed excited about sharing them! She ironically dates a guy I know and think is also extremely rad, Blue (see pic below) who I met when I first moved to LA and lived in my truck. He let me stay at his house quite a few nights, such a small world! She challenged me to write out my goals for 1, 5, and 10 years!

So I went home and I did just that. I wrote them In a small notebook, for my own personal viewing, so when i went to bed at night I could just take a peek at them as a reminder to myself. When I was done I shot her a Facebook message saying I was done with my goals and thanks for the inspiration! To which she replied "Yay for fun badass goals. Don't forget to share them with people to hold you accountable!" 


WAIT, WHAT?! I HAVE TO SHARE THESE WITH PEOPLE TOO?!


Wow, she put me on the spot! I have to share these with everyone?! Wouldn't it be easier to just put up a before pic where I look a little sloppy and call it a day? And it got me to thinking, this is part of it... The "100 Healthiest Days Of MY Life"... what a better way to start! Yeah its scary to put this stuff out there, but I stopped making decisions based on fear a long time ago!

So here it is people... Take a peek into my hopes dreams and desires... and on top of that, as my friends.. keep me accountable!

FYI - I really wanted to change some things because I knew this was going to be seen by my friends and family, but this is EXACTLY what I wrote down on the paper word for word.

(DEEP BREATH)

ONE YEAR GOALS -

  1. Make more "Funny Or Die" shorts, at least one.
  2. Be in the best shape of my life on my 30th birthday
  3. Be more patient, optimistic, and tolerant
  4. Get a new computer with Final Cut Pro
  5. Maintain the 100SFD's and keep the blog going
  6. Go on a hiking/camping trip with Ash and Lazer
FIVE YEAR GOALS -

  1. Star in a feature film
  2. Have a radio show with Schwartz, or some kind of alternative creative endeavour
  3. Maintain less than 13% body fat (basically stay super healthy and physically fit)
  4. Buy a home
  5. Get lasik surgery
  6. Take a trip to the Greek islands with Ash
  7. Work with the Cohen Brothers, and Wes Anderson
TEN YEAR GOALS -

  1. Start a family
  2. Own a production company
  3. Have homes on both coasts and abroad
  4. Be able to say I'm as in shape as I was on the day I got married
  5. Do films that aren't just comedy
  6. Still make Ash smile and laugh everyday
WOW!!!!!! That was nerve racking and SCARY to say the least!!!!! I pretty much would have rather put up a picture of me naked with make-up on!!!

Now here is a challenge for you... What are your goals? And are you willing to put them up somewhere where people can keep you accountable?! Maybe on this blog?! The reccomndation is to write down your short and long term goals four times a year. Two personal, two business, and two health goals for the next 1, 5, and 10 years.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!


"So ice cream is cool right Tyler?"
Stephanie is baaaaack ... She emailed me today to let me know that she didn't quit. She only "quit" when she thought that there was NO sugar, like fruit and stuff was off limits. Well she finally got around to looking at the rules and still wants in. Welcome back Stephanie! We missed you and welcome you back as a serious 100SFD competitor.


Baby Kate had a 1 hour weight lifting class! She is turning into the MVP of this competition! Keep it real up there Baby Kate! We are hella proud of you!!


Brenna knocked out some cross fit... Hang in there B! It will get better! 

Girls Night is sick people! Get better GNG!

Molly and I both knocked out a spinning/yoga class at YAS in Venice! I plan on blogging about that more this weekend!

Ryan and Paul (Ryan was on yesterdays LABOR PAINS blog and Paul owns the gym we shred in) signed up for the Tough Mudder and Ash and I are seriously pumped to run with them! Lets kick ass boys!!!!! 
"Nothing can stop me! NOT even PIE!"

Mini Mandy AKA Polly Pocket sent me a wonderful email today, here is a clip describing just what she is enduring!

"I have been tempted on multiple occasions. College is FULL of sugar! In the last week I have turned down offers of: brownies,carrot cake, homemade banana ice cream, vt apple pie, chocolate chip cookies (multiple times) , banana bread, dark chocolate ( a present from someone who doesn't know im not eating sugar...good intentions though), fudge, chocolate truffles, ben and jerry's (twice) and coconut chocolate squares.. ALL of it fo' FREE!... its only been a week."

I wouldn't wish that temptation on my worst enemy.. hang in there Polly Pocket!:)


Pretty big smile for a QUITTER! Pffft

Winters played frisbee for 30 minutes and then made her class sprint up stairs! She also made her class do a 2 mile walk. She said that they slept like... well.. children afterwards! She had 5 kids commit to the 100SFD's and only has 2 left! We salute you strong children! As for the quitters... Is this our nations future?! A bunch of QUITTERS?! Well congrats random kid with navy blue sweatshirt in Winters class! You made it on the 100SFD BURN BOARD!!!! I hope that the shame of being on our BURN BOARD drives you to early onset insanity!!!

OK that was probably just a bit too much...

(DEEP BREATH)

Ryan and Lindsey go through "LABOR PAINS"

No, Ryan and Lindsey aren't on the 100SFD but they do however work at the gym Ash and I are shredding at, and they are training for the Tough Mudder. So if you plan on running that with us, this is an informal introduction. They witnessed the chaos of "LABOR PAINS" the day prior and decided that they wanted a taste.

Lindsey quit half way through... Well, I take that back, because its not entirely true... She didn't start till half way through and then didn't finish either. BOOYAH!!! That's right Linds, you are on 100SFD BLAST!!!! To be fair she had a busy schedule and was on her lunch break, but here at 100SFD we do not make excuses. We just kick ass!

If you look closely you can see her sitting down in the picture of Ryan doing standing sit ups!

Ryan however KILLED it! I helped coach him through the work, and he looked pretty much bummed the entire time. His form was FLAWLESS the whole time even when it got ugly at the end, so big bonus points for that!



In the end he was a good sport about going through labor without the help of his friend Lindsey. Now he just has to figure out how he is going to raise this workout as a single father since Linds left him high and dry;)

I told him to ask for some support. He is looking into it.

On another note, Ryan is pretty shredded and athletic, so i thought for sure he could beat Ashley's time... He came nowhere near it! Ash is still the champ! She even used the same weight as Ryan and I! I cant get near her time either! She is B-A-D! Great work Ash!

PIC OF THE DAY!

And, 5-6-7-8!


For the people that don't know Kenny Kane, If you are EVER in a dark alley and happen to get challenged to a dance fight, you want him on your side! His moves are disgusting! He is also an awesome dude who teaches hip-hop (and fitness stuff) to kids. He is the best. I caught him here post work out just randomly breaking out some sweet 8 counts!

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Can YOU blow out all YOUR air? Give it a try!

Greetings fellow 100 SFDers! I don’t know most of you; I just met Tyler and Ashley while visiting my brothers in Santa Monica this past summer. So, thanks Tyler for inviting me to join this exclusive club. It has been a great motivator for me to finally take control of my eating habits and really work on getting super-fit. I KNOW I can get super-fit, I just have to work at it (I’m feeling a bit like Stuart Smalley right now).

Already a week into our challenge, and I finally found a place up here in Washington state that does hydrostatic weighing. So, I drove an hour and a half last night to Central Washington University to have a fitness test and get a body composition analysis. It started out with the skin fold body fat % - they took measurements on my tricep, hip, and thigh (quadriceps). Results – 22.4% body fat, which is average for a woman. Then I took a ride on a stationary bike where they calculated my VO2 max. This was not a difficult ride but about 5 minutes into it, I started sweating. I really want to believe that you sweat more the more in shape you are…am I kidding myself? Some day I’ll show you a picture after a Bikram class. I’m already sweating during the first breathing exercise! But alas, no “ball sweat”. So anyway, I’m in the 30-40th percentile for VO2. Shitty! I always felt I had crappy lung capacity, now it is confirmed. I scored excellent on the push up, partial curl up (sit up), and flexibility (thanks Bikram) tests. Last test was the hydrostatic weighing, which I was a tad worried about doing. I’m not a swimmer and have a difficult time, breathing/not breathing/holding my breath/not holding my breath under water. So expelling all of the air from my lungs and staying under water was a challenge! I tried three times. The last time, they got a reading, but I had not gotten all of the air out of my lungs. Results – 26.4%. If I had gotten more air out, they said this value would have been lower. So, my starting BF% is likely somewhere between 22 and 26%. That’s way better than what my body composition scale has been telling me (33-34%). So, if any of you are just relying on a bioelectrical impedance device to tell you your BF%, I highly recommend getting either the skin fold or the hydrostatic weighing test. I was fully ready to have the guys doing the test take a picture of me in the tank (bikini and all), but after my perceived failure getting an accurate reading, I felt defeated and went without. Tyler, sorry for letting you down! I promise to get you some pictures to post on the blog. Anyone else want to put up some “before” pictures now? I’ll do it if you do! As an added reminder of my sugar-free/shred challenge, I’ve changed my laptop wallpaper to one of my before pictures. Good luck to you all and thanks for the motivation! Tyler and Ashley, next time I’m in Cali, I want to get on the Kane Train. Those workouts look KILLER!

Here's a different kind of before and after photos:
Before: Hard at work tagging fish
After: Following a 2-hour cardio workout (no, this isn't after a shower).

TODAYS NEWS - Feb 23rd

Mike Schwartz is running so hard we might change his nick name to Forrest! He did 8.5 miles with 30 minutes of weights after! Get it MIKE!!!!

Ash and I made lasagna last night and it called for 1 tablespoon of sugar... FUCK THAT! We used agave nectar instead!

Baby Kate did a Zumba dance class (Latin Style) for 2 hours!!!! she is quickly turning into the 100SFD's MVP!!!! So proud of you Baby Kate!!!!!!

Molly did a "Molly Loop" and free weights!

Dthom and Emily are P90X'ing like madmen! Arms today and plyometrics yesterday! 

I don't think Beezus is enjoying her work out routine, she went this morning but wasn't too pleased. Hang in there B! Everyone here at 100SFD's is hella proud of you! 

Winters is keeping her kids in the DC school district healthy and sugar free! Thanks W for making this world a better place! Here is a picture of her dry erase board in school! Winters had a 14 hour work day and still managed to come home and knock out plyometrics P90X!


Stephanie P just told me she quit, she couldn't deal with eating NO sugar and that she just wanted to quit refined sugar... When I asked her if she had taken the time to read the rules yet she said that she didn't...

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

WEDNESDAY'S PIC OF THE DAY!


Oh Dear God... This isn't happening to me...

I can just see it now,  I quit eating sugar to get healthier and NOW I'm going to become a muther effing ALCOHOLIC! I will end up losing my job and drinking 40's of MGD in an alley behind a drug store in Fresno because of this 100SFD's! 

Chill out T-Man... Its just one beer, relax. Beer isn't even on the DO NOT list... put it to your lips and enjoy;)

NO! NO! I CANT!.... OK just one sip... to remember the good times.

[SIP]

...OK I'm going to finish this beer and then that's is!

[GULP]

Well... I did buy a 36 pack, why did I think I needed 36 of these.. I should probably just drink them all tonight so they aren't there to tempt me... YEAH that's a GREAT idea!!!!

(Yeah, that whole "moderation" thing was never my cup of tea)

Girls-Night tries "BALL SWEAT"

For everyone that doesn't know, our very best friend Casey is nick-named "Girls-Night" (long story)

Kenny Kane trains Ash and I, but he also trains Girls-Night! She not only kicks sugars ass, but kicks the workouts that Kenny gives her in the ass too! She's about to kick "BALL SWEAT" in the tushie!

I popped in and got to watch her get after a workout this morning! It basically involves sprinting (causes sweat) and a medicine ball... with those powers combine... you get...

BALL SWEAT!!!!!!

Warm Up - Rope Climbs - this is a warm up, so don't get your balls sweaty just yet, that's coming later!


Still Warming Up - Ball Work - 2 minutes total 
1 minute of plank position (NO REST)
30 seconds of knees to elbows (NO REST)
30 seconds of pelvic tilts (NO REST)

You shouldn't be sweating yet, cause BALL SWEAT hasn't started yet;)


Now you can rest. For about 2 minutes...

Good, now you are rested.. get your mind right... cause its...

"BALL SWEAT" TIME MUTHA EFFER!!!!!!

Do the following 4 times!

1- Get on a treadmill and do 1/4 mile sprints! Get sweaty, run hella hard! If you're not sweaty, its just "BALL" and whats the point of BALL without the SWEAT? Keep those 2 words together because they are kindred spirits who love each other!


2 - Do this with a 6 pound medicine ball, This is the BALL part of "BALL SWEAT" 
Chest pass, side toss left, side toss right, underhand toss, over head (soccer) toss, behind the back toss, ball slam! Do this 7 times! That means 7 rounds every time you finish a run so (7 x 4) total. 

Kind of like this...







Repeat so you do 4 times total!


Have you done 4 rounds? Are you sweaty? Did you do 7 rounds of ball handling after each 1/4 mile sprint? If you did... congrats to you friend.. you just did "BALL SWEAT!"

Now... Sit on the floor and be exhausted! 

GREAT WORK GIRLS NIGHT!!!!