Eat Your Egg Yolks

I have a confession.

I've been discriminating against egg yolks for years.  Believing the egg white was the only healthy part of the egg, I've been dropping egg yolk after egg yolk down the drain.  I would cringe as my friends and family dipped their toast in the yellow goo spilling out of their eggs. 

I shudder to think how much time and nutrition I've wasted trying to pick every last speck of egg yolk out of my hard boiled eggs - when they would crumble and not separate from the whites nice and easy. 

I'm ashamed of my part in promoting these lies about egg yolks.

Turns out - egg yolks have been getting a bad wrap.  They aren't evil after all.

To all the yolks I've wronged - I'm sorry.  And now it's time to set the record straight.

Can You See It?
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The human mind has a lot of power that no one really knows about.  You will often hear people talk about how humans use 1-4% of their brains with Einstein peaking out at 10%.  Well, what about the other 96-99%?  Lately, there has been a lot of buzz about something called the Law of Attraction (LOA).  In very simple terms, it goes something like this:

Ask for Something ----->Believe it Will Happen-------->Receive it

Sounds literally stupid on the surface, but if you look into it a bit, there is some substance to what these personal development people are saying.  Whether I believe you can actually manifest something physical like money, cars, or situations, is still up for debate.  In terms of this LOA, this disbelief is keeping me from realizing huge dreams.

The Law of Attraction is the guiding principle for visualization and is used to manifest reality.  The term manifest simply means to make it happen or have it appear.  Imagine a cup and the cup magically appears - or has been manifested.

I like to think that How to Box is the best of the boxing websites on the internet, but of course that would just be arrogant. There are of course many boxing websites that are worthy of mention, so here's my top twenty favorite boxing websites on the internet.  It's a hodge podge of different categories, but I'm sure you'll get the jist.

A couple of days ago I tried to convince all the wannabe boxers out there that they really should go out and find a partner to learn to box with - not to become hermit boxers. This is part two of that two part series and is a guide for all you partners that were recently recruited.

Hopefully, you want to learn to box yourself, but even if you don't you can still help train that aspiring boxer who came to you looking for someone to train with. You do need to learn a few boxing basics and be willing to go through the motions, offering advice and motivation where you can.

Make Boxing a Social Event

It's hard to make a committment and do something by yourself for any length of time. You have no one to be accountable to except yourself and the result, unless you are extremely strong willed and disciplined, is to convince yourself not to train any harder.

Why Do You Need to Find a Friend to Learn Boxing With?

A partner is absolutely essential if you really want to learn boxing and here are the reasons why:

The term shadowboxing comes from a training method that boxers use where they pretend to box their shadow on a wall, although more commonly they use a mirror.  Shadowboxing is the most cost effective boxing training method you can use to improve your boxing skills. 

If you think about it, shadowboxing requires absolutely no equipment, and you can do it anywhere and nearly anytime.  I've routinely worked shadowboxing into my day, throwing punches as I walk up stairs or down a hallway.  (I generally try to make sure no one is watching :)).  Have to say, much to my embarrassment, that I've been caught more than once in my own little boxing world.  Try explaining to a co-worker why you are jumping around like a lunatic in a suit in a board room punching something nobody else can see...

Did you honestly think you could stick to your training plan or eat perfectly 100% of the time?

My Situation...

I'm currently sitting in a hotel as I write this. I started a new macrocycle just over three weeks ago and have diligently followed my meal plan for the same period of time. However, I am now in this hotel for a week on business. I have no access to cooking facilities or food preparation. I have a very limited fitness facility. I have to attend social functions and eat in restaurants and pubs. How hard do you think it is going to be for me to stick to my meal plan and training program?

Training wise, I have modified my program to suit what I have available - resistance bands I brought with me and the equipment the hotel does have. Although full boxing workouts are going to be on hold until I get back, I know I am going to be able to continue training.

Weekends are evil for boxers and their training plans.   Actually they are evil for anyone trying to control what they eat and train.  While they are just like any other day of the week, there is something mystical about a weekend that has us all partying hard Friday night, sleeping in late on Saturday only to repeat the cycle again Saturday night and Sunday morning.  It's a vicious war and the casualties are our training and nutrition.

The one bright spot, is that on occasion, you have a fight one of those nights which keeps you focused, but if you're not following the weekly routine on the weekend, you're going to end up cheating on your meal plan, skipping the gym, and overindulging in food, alcohol, and whatever else may be within reach. 

So how do you mitigate the damage, while still ensuring you have a little fun in the process?