Where Work and Passions overlap

Recipes

Enchiladas for dinner. A cottage cheese and granola bowl for lunch, and some snacks. Crock pot chicken in fresh tortillas with enchilada sauce, cheese and spices, served with some rice and topped with sour cream and a few avocado slices. Lunch was a bowl of cottage cheese toped with @avi_foods_co granola Snacks were a hardboiled egg, quest bar and @simplekneads_gf cinnamon raisin bread with cottage cheese. Also a handful of @crisp.power protein pretzel Finally, let’s not lose sight of that sleep score. At least I have that nailed!

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A grilled chicken top salad and loaded baked potato, no snacks. Lunch was the @yourtaylorfarms salad topped with that same grilled chicken (I also used the chicken on my potato). The potato was rubbed lightly in olive oil and generously salted with @redmondrealsalt kosher salt. Then baked at 425 for about an hour. I topped it with some spinach parmesan dip and a diced chicken breast as well as two strips of bacon. The chicken for both dishes was meal prepped in a big batch and used all week. I’m not out of it; using the @bearmountainbbq oak pellets to meal prep chicken for the week in the Yoder makes all these meals so easy! I finished it off with some hot sauce for good measure. For my afternoon break, no snacks but I did have a dirty chai latte. I used the @nepalteacollective chai and brewed that per the instructions. I added that to a double shot of espresso and topped with a splash of half and half before icing it down. It’s 75+ degrees out here in San Diego, so iced was the way to go! I also did a huge push in steps to hit that @garmin monthly steps challenge. #foodforfitness #fitfoodie #whatieatinaday #garmin #bearmountainbbq #mealprep #dirtychai

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Loaded salad for dinner and a bit of a snack based lunch. Dinner was a romaine lettuce salad tossed in @litehousefoods ranch. Mixed in was Cabot cheddar, 3 hardboiled eggs, a tomato, 1/4 of an avocado and a grilled chicken breast. I also made some sourdough croutons with my homemade sourdough tossed in avocado oil and toasted then tossed in @spiceology truffle parmesan. The chicken was a Costco pre-merinated miso ginger chicken breast grilled with @bearmountainbbq oak wood. Lunch was a bowl of cottage cheese (no photo), this pack of beef sticks, a built bar and quest peanut butter cups. No gym yesterday but I did get a walk in. #stayfocused #bearmountainbbq #eathealty #walk #getstepsin #noexcuses

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Chopped salad, sore fry, and a two protein bar kind of day Lunch was a @yourtaylorfarms chipotle ranch salad with a grilled pork chop seasoned with @spiceology black and blue seasoning. Snacks for the day were @builtbar and @questnutrition protein bars. Dinner was stir fry with veggies over white rice with grilled chicken breast. The chicken and pork chop were both grilled with @bearmountainbbq oak pellets directly over the fire. That flame grilled meat gives so much added flavor and no added calories, a win! #healthymeals #bearmountainbbq #stirfry #loadedsalad #choppedsalad #grilledchicken #grilledpork

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Recovery day Started the day going out for breakfast, it was a loaded toast bowl. With tater tots. 2 eggs and 2 chicken strips with some cheese, green onions and a spicy mayo type sauce. I bought a box of these built puff bars are Costco and had no idea what I was getting into! Turns out puff is marshmallow! Also got a bag of sea salt popcorn and had a good portion of that bag as well as a chocolate chip cookie to clear it out of the pantry. Finally. Wrapped up the day with an @allagashbrewing foliage report, that was saved for a special occasion such as race completion and a burger. The burger was quickly grilled using @bearmountainbbq oak pellets and seasoned with @rainierfoods blackened rub. I topped the burger with some @grillospickles and lettuce, a touch of mustard and cheddar cheese. #recovery #bearmountainbbq #burgerday #protein

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Saturday Race Day and Volunteering! I started the day early volunteering at the @nxptfit Games. Before running to the car to remove some layers and drop off everything but the car key. I chugged down some electrolytes and then ran the course. It was hot, 75+ degrees and full sun. I was happy with my grind, finished the race, did every station at full spec and ran each lap. The burpee broad jumps were the biggest challenge, with the sandbag bear crawl being the other tough one. Having judged where I could see the bear crawl, I watched people struggle and crawl (vs bear crawl) that zone quite a bit. I was happy with my commitment that if I was moving it was a bear crawl. My most proud zone was farmers carry, only drop was at the turn. I came home and had a @questnutrition protein bar and some calabrese as well as lots of water and some more electrolytes. Then I went and picked up a Carne Asada burrito and some chips and salsa. I finished the burrito and put a good effort into the chips but didn’t finish those. For dessert and my post race treat I had my last @kingsburychocolates chocolate bar. I don’t love coming in towards the trail end of times in my age group for the race. Not last, but lower half. That said I know most people will see this list and would never even try. 30 Cal Assault Bike 400M Track Lap 60lbs sandbag lap through bleacher course(400M)  400M Track Lap 100M Burpee Broad Jump  100M Walking Lunge: 50lbs  100M Sled Push: Male: 135lbs 400M Track Lap 30 Burpee over 30″ Wall 1 Rope Climp @ 15′ 2x Tire Flips: Men: 300lbs 400M Track Lap 500m row  100m Farmer Carry 60lbs 20 Ram Burpees 44lbs 400M Track Lap 100lbs sandbag 5 walls ranging from 4′-5.5′ sandbag and body over the wall (note: I think there was actually 6 walls?) 400M Track Lap 100M bear crawl sandbag drag 40lb sandbag 400M Track Lap

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Friday was all about next games prep and planning I woke up with a sore knee, it band causing issues. I worked a half day, and spent the afternoon waking it off, getting in about 5 miles walking. When I got home I grilled up this sirloin steak. The steak was seasoned with @neilsarap original beef and grilled using @bearmountainbbq oak pellets. Afternoon snack is a @questnutrition bar and dinner was chicken parmesan with garlic Parmesan toast and sauteed zucchini. Throughout the day I enjoyed a few slices of homemade sourdough. #bearmountainbbq #steak #chickenparmesan #foodoftheday

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Loading up a bit for Saturday I broke my 36+ hour fast with a slice of sourdough and a @questnutrition bar. For lunch I had 3 eggs and a slice of sourdough topped with leftover bbq pulled chicken and some cheddar cheese. My afternoon snacks were @crisp.power protein pretzels and a think jerky stick. Dinner was @burgerlounge buffalo chicken sandwich and fries. Then we went to trivia with some friends and I had a taster of a stout beer. No workout yesterday as I am going to try and recover before tomorrow, but I did get my steps in. My weigh in today was up a lb vs my fully fasted weight the day before.

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What does a food to fitness person post for a daily log when they do a 36 hour fast? I suppose a progress update! Let me start by saying sharing a selfie is not high on my list, but I need to be proud of my progress and sharing feels like a good way to keep myself accountable and proud. I shared all the stats the body scan takes. If that’s your jam as well. This is a comparison from 1-9-2025 to 2-20-2025. You can see everything I have been eating, and know I have done a bit over 10k steps a day. With a daily workout Monday through Friday, and some extra workouts Sunday on occasion. I am most proud that in a caloric deficit I did not sacrifice lean muscle mass. I am doing the @nxptfit games as a volunteer and the open course Saturday. I’ll eat more than I have been in prep for that, and then go back to what I have been doing.

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Pushing through the finish line Lunch was two cans of @starkistcharlie tuna, mixed with a touch of @litehousefoods ranch, some onion and garlic powder. Celery seed and crushed red pepper flake. I had this with some (ok a lot) of fresh baked sourdough bread. Dinner was a burger. This time with bacon. Grilled with @bearmountainbbq Hickory, seasoned with @neilsarap original beef and grilled underneath the bacon. Soaking up that extra goodness. Afternoon snack was a @questnutrition peanut butter cup and a premier protein coffee shake. Got my morning walks and workout in and added an evening walk with my wife #freshbread #tunasalad #burger #bearmountainbbq #cheeseburger #dailyfood #fitnessfocus

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