I know, i know…i haven’t posted in quite some time, not that anyone reads this blog regardless.  i have had several things encompassing my world at once, many minuscule, many larger than what i can handle, but all caused a change in my actions and in my nature.  with that said i still have continued my weight loss plans, with a few snags along the way, i have placed my culinary desires on hold, i am pushing forth with my business-like attitude, enrolled in Jacksonville University to complete my pending MBA studies, and have decided to pursuade the world just how wholesome, hardworking, and worthy of success i really am.  the only downfall is that this needs to be acquired with baby steps, my own flaw, patience.  that was the major gist of the last two months of my life…specifics to come with times but for now i am feeling reflective, a thirst for dejavu, and full of theories….this should sum it up very well…

“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”
John Burroughs

Breakfast:

2 hard boiled egg white

4 slice turkey meat

Lunch:

2 cup romaine

4 oz chicken (grilled)

3 oz tuna (canned)

4 tbsp hard boiled egg

Dinner:

Snack:

apple

alright, so this has nothing to do with the blog but tomorrow is the beginning of my honeymoon!!! we are going to Cali, first time for me but my wife has been to LA before.  We are flying into San Diego, then driving to LA, then up to San Fran…all the while leaving our beaten trail behind us.  any suggestions???

Pre-w/o:

apple

Breakfast:

fruit cut…

1/2 slice pineapple

10 grape

20 blueberry

strawberry

banana

Lunch:

2 cup iceberg lettuce

4 oz tuna

4 oz chicken (grilled)

5 tbsp hard boiled egg

Dinner:

2 cup iceberg

can tuna

yea i know…very light dinner but i really wasnt hungry after my workout

Snack:

apple

alright so this was a Paleo cheat day…no i didn’t get off the diet but i did eat a lot of meat…mmmmmm, meat :)

Breakfast:

2 egg (fried)

8 oz beef steak

Lunch:

chicken breast (grilled)…just had the chicken cause i knew about dinner ;)

Dinner:

16 oz naked beef ribs (i think im exaggeratting the amount of meat but oh well)

i boiled the ribs in water and pressed garlic (adds some flavor and tenderizes the meat) then grilled them with a dry rub…

chili powder

garlic powder

adobo seasoning

red pepper flakes

cayenne pepper powder

Snack:

really?? i don’t think i needed a snack

even though he doesn’t read my blog i wanted to shout to my peep MIG, happy birthday you old fart!

Breakfast:

2 whole egg, egg white (scrambled)

10 lg shrimp (sauteed)

Lunch:

3 cup iceberg lettuce

1/4 cup tomato (im liking tomatoes less and less btw)

5 oz chicken breast (grilled)

6 tbsp fat-free ranch

cup french onion soup (omitted cheese and bread)

Dinner:

7 oz porterhouse (good cookin’ ale house!)

cup broccoli (it had no topping or seasoning but for some reason this broccoli was so soft and great tasting!)

Snack:

no snacks

so i know this has nothing to do with diets or nutrition or what have you but i’ve been feeling lost, lost in translation for about a yr now and it’s good to write these things down right? i know no one else reads this, besides Jen sometimes, so let’s get into the world that is Dave.  so i’ve been going back and forth and a few things in life.  i went to school and studied financial services, which i had and still have a great passion for, yet after a few years in the banking industry and being surrounded by experienced financiers i have noticed their trends.  they are mostly full of greed and have nothing in mind but the all mighty dollar.  i studied finance to better the average person’s knowledge of finance and how it can help them and to help whatever corporation i work for become fiscally and financially sound not a monopolistic empire.  i have no desire to become rich, i see it as an excess that is not necessary…with that said, i decided to look into another passion of mine, who’s industry seemed to be filled with ambition and truth, culinary arts.  i looked into a local university known for their culinary program and worked with my brother-in-law at his restaurant and enjoyed it.  i can’t work for someone else’s vision though.  i hate seeing something that is wrong or not useful yet have to keep donig it because the boss wants it done that way. SOOOO i decided to head back to finance for a few yrs, more like 10-15, to get some coin and open my own restaurant…that’s weird im lost now…

when i was growing up i couldn’t wait to finish school and have the whole world just a short plane ride away…i could go anywhere, do anything, become anyone i want to become.  i wish i was that kid again.  i don’t know where i want to live, where i want to work, what i want to do…i have tried to narrow down some areas, and im not limiting this to the U.S. because i think there are PLENTY of nations with the same or more opportunities than the golden-paved roads of the grand ‘ol U.S. of A.  i have a good contact in San Diego now but I don’t want to settle, as me and my wife have down many-a-time before, i want to apply EVERYWHERE.  i know that a lot of companies aren’t hiring but that isn’t going to stop me.  so this weekend i will work even more on my resume, make it shine from a distance, and send it out to everyone and their mother!  i guess that’s what i wanted to get off my chest, my excitement for the future, i just hope that the light at the end of the tunnel i see isn’t artificial but the true success that i’ve been busting my hump to gain…

more to come on the success of my diet, exercise, career, marriage, friendships…let’s change this blog up!

Breakfast:

5 oz beef (i think it was a sirloin, not sure)

2 whole egg, 2 egg white (scrambled)

Lunch:

4 oz tuna

4 tbsp hard boiled egg

1/2 cup mandarin oranges

2 cup romaine

Dinner:

slow cooked stew…

5 oz beef sirloin

green bell pepper

celery (chopped)

onion

seasonings

Snack:

apple