Rorion Gracie, training a baby to drink coconut juice. A nutritious drink if you follow the Gracie Diet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkkB146qTgI&feature=player_profilepage

Rorion Gracie "training" a baby to drink watermelon juice and banana smoothies

I got a big kick out of this video. Rorion Gracie responds to the question "How do you "train" a baby to like watermelon juice and a banana smoothie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqdmoxouNYI&feature=player_profilepage

Chia Seeds

My good friend Jeanie put up a video about how to prepare Chia Seeds. Chia Seeds are a great source of nutrition, and great for weight loss. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-nkKl3NQ1Y

P90X Exercise Calendar

Still a work in progress, but check out my Exercise Calendar Widget. Pick either P90x or Insanity, set your start date, the day in the program to offset from, and click Copy. It will create an entire Outlook or Google Calendar with your entire program mapped out for you.

http://exercisecalendar.appspot.com/

Started Shakeology

It actually a lot tastier than I expected. I like the green berry more than the chocolate, and have been using the recipes provided. I'll talk more on it when I have spent more time with it.

Getting Ready to Fast

I fast pretty regularly. I would say, about once a month or so. Now, by fasting, I mean a juice fast, which is to abstain from eating solid foods, and only have fresh fruit and vegetable juices and water. With the Gracie diet, I know there are plenty of juice combinations I can follow. If I'm not being too strict with the fast, I can follow the recipes from the Juicing Bible. If your curious about the proper way to do a fast, and how to come off of a fast, then i recommend reading Juice Fasting and Detoxification. Keep in mind that this book does not contain any recipes, it is strictly a guideline book.

So, to kick off the fast I have planned for this week, I intend to do something a little different. I will use Shakeology for my fast. So, for one of the juice concoctions I will follow the Shakeology recipes. I will also kick it off with a salt water flush. The mixture I use for this is 1 quart (thats 4 cups), and 1 teaspoon of sea salt (not table salt, as this contains iodide). The site linked said use 2 teaspoons, so try both and see which ones work for you.

From experience, I already know that the first day I won't feel a thing. By Day 2 I get "hyper-focus" as everything gets really clear, and by the end of Day 2 I get really bad headaches, and by Day 3 all I can think about is food. After Day 3, its easy sailing. But those are my results, and your mileage may vary.

Interview with Ryron Gracie about the Gracie Diet

We recently had Ryron Gracie do a seminar for us at our Jiu-Jitsu academy. Since I am a big proponent about the Gracie Diet, I used that as an opportunity to ask him about its history, what its central ideas area, and what was it like being a kid growing up with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dRdKdVMiNw

More information about the Gracie Diet, including the book written by Rorion Gracie that can get you started with the theories behind it, some recipes, and whats safe to order when your out and about at restaurants, can be found on the Gracie Diet website.