30 day Paleo challenge

The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet

Inspired by Robb Wolf’s new book and the training I’ve been receiving over the past 2 months at Crossfit Santa Clara and Crossfit Mountain View(By Alex Rollin and Jason Khalipa), I’ve decided to go for a 30 day paleo challenge. October is about to begin, so what better way to start the month than a start to healthier living. October has the World Series, 10/15, and Halloween. I couldn’t think of a better month to do this.

In truth, I’ve already begun mixing in paleo meals into my diet over the past few weeks. The trick now will be to eliminate the remaining meals and snacks that won’t be allowed. Milk, It’s It Ice Cream Sandwiches, peanut butter, beer, and everything else are all going to have to take the month off. A lot of these have good replacements within the Paleo world. I’ve taken a liking to both almond milk and almond butter, and ice cream and beer will just have to be gone without.

Two resources I will be taking advantage of to stay on track are The Whole 30 and Robb Wolf’s Quick Start Guide. Robb and Whole 9 have also cooperated on a Fish Oil calculator that I’ve been using recently.

So far I’ve done a good job of putting some meals together that you can see here and here.

So wish me luck. At the end of the month I have two events that I am looking forward to. One is the Silicon Valley 5K on October 31st, and the other is the Amazing Grace fundraiser on October 30th. If you would like to donate to a great cause, you can visit my fundraising page here.

New Tim Ferriss book – The Four Hour Body

Tim Ferris has just announced the details of his new book on his blog. For those not familiar with Tim, he wrote The Four Hour Workweek, a guide for taking your full-time job, convincing your employer to let you work part, and using that time to travel, see the world, and create a business with auto-generating revenue that will allow you to quit your original job all together, all while continuing to travel.

Sound to good to be true? I don’t blame you, but the plays are straight from Tim’s experience. The newest version is expanded with more examples of people doing just what Tim says.

Here is the back cover description of the book. I’ve already pre-ordered it.

THINNER, BIGGER, FASTER, STRONGER… which 150 pages will you read?

Is it possible to:
Reach your genetic potential in 6 months?
Sleep 2 hours per day and perform better than on 8 hours?
Lose more fat than a marathoner by bingeing?

Indeed, and much more. This is not just another diet and fitness book.

The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of MDs, and thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories, from Silicon Valley to South Africa, Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, fixated on one life-changing question:

For all things physical, what are the tiniest changes that produce the biggest results?

Thousands of tests later, this book contains the answers for both men and women.

From the gym to the bedroom, it’s all here, and it all works.

YOU WILL LEARN (in less than 30 minutes each):

- How to lose those last 5-10 pounds (or 100+ pounds) with odd combinations of food and safe chemical cocktails.
- How to prevent fat gain while bingeing (X-mas, holidays, weekends)
- How to increase fat-loss 300% using temperature manipulation
- How Tim gained 34 pounds of muscle in 28 days, without steroids, and in four hours of total gym time
- How to sleep 2 hours per day and feel fully rested
- How to produce 15-minute female orgasms
- How to triple testosterone, double sperm count, and (literally) have sex like a porn star
- How to go from running 5 kilometers to 50 kilometers in 12 weeks
- How to reverse permanent injuries
- How to add 150+ pounds to your lifts in 6 months
- How to pay for a beach vacation with one hospital visit

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There are more than 50 topics covered, all with real-world experiments, many including more than 200 test subjects.

You don’t need better genetics or more discipline. You need immediate results that compel you to continue.

That’s exactly what The 4-Hour Body delivers.

Summer business school grades are in!

Well it took long enough for San Jose State to get the summer session grades posted, but it seems it was worth the wait.

I got an A in my Business Communications class and an A- in my International Marketing class.

This fall semester is also off to a great start as well. The two classes I am taking right now are Global Leadership and Innovation and Strategic Thinking. Both of them have great professors and I am immensely enjoying them.

In the second session, the Strategic Thinking class continues and I will be adding Translating Strategy into Operations. And then I will be done! My MBA is in site, just a few months away. It’s been a lot of hard work, but I am excited to be almost finished.

Barbells for Boobs – Fundraiser

On October 30th I will be participating in a fundraiser called “Barbells for Boobs” to raise money for Mammograms in Action at my CrossFit gym.

Mammograms In Action‘s mission is to provide funding for qualified women who need screening and/or diagnostic procedures in the prevention of breast cancer. By supporting MIA you help low-income and uninsured women.

The fundraiser event itself is named Amazing Grace because the main workout is known as “Grace.” The workout is 30 clean and jerks for time. I’ve embedded a youtube video of one of the best performances I’ve seen of Grace performed.

If you are interested in sponsoring me in the fundraiser, get in touch. I don’t know what the easiest method of collecting donations would be, but I’m sure we can work something out.