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Whiskerino 2009 is here.

Whiskerino 2009 is here. What, you may ask, is a Whiskerino? "Shave completely clean, post images regularly, interact, participate in themes, be nice. Grow a massive beard."

You are probably wondering what exactly this entails. Whiskerino is not for the faint of heart (or those with an anti-hirsute wife/girlfriend.) It's an agreement to go 120 days without shaving, post a picture at least once every 7 days, to try to follow theme days as best as possible. To quote Michael "Mackle" Eades, "The premise of the site is a misnomer as, overall, the growing of a beard is only a conduit to inspire creative photography and comradery amongst users on www.whiskerino.org

Here's day 1, and you can follow my progress here.

Imbibing:
The Myth of a Christian Religion (Greg Boyd)
Couscous Express (Brian Wood)

Constant Rotation:
Menomena - Friend And Foe

Some thoughts on bulking after being a fat guy

barbell by lcj11768

It's somewhat frightening, the thought of putting weight back on in an attempt to get stronger. I'd been the chubby guy in all my social circles since junior high, and from April '08 to July '09 I went from 210 to 153¹. And while in the later picture I'm not totally ripped-out lean, I was losing a lot of muscle from the caloric deficit I was on, and was eating a macro split of 60p/5c/35f; pretty much ketogenic, all lean protein and fat with my only carbs coming from green leafy veggies. I basically ate nothing but eggs, chicken, pork, beef, cheese, almonds, PB, olive oil, spinach and broccoli for the last 5 months of my cutting diet. While that sort of plan may work really well for a short time to shed fat, it's not great long-term. I'm pretty scared of "getting fat" again, even though I know deep down my lifestyle and mindset has been completely changed from before and I'm not going to let myself go down that road again.

(more after the jump)

Autumn Is Upon Us (OK I ADMIT IT)

Another Sunset, by dcmarch

New blog. I thought it was time to create something new, and I'm not going to promise how often I'll update but I'll try to keep up with it.

Autumn is upon us in the northern Midwest, and it seemed earlier this month the seasons decided to move right into winter, skipping the cool but not bitterly cold temperatures. I'm glad things have mellowed out, it definitely makes walking our dog; Artie, much easier. Lisa's been in school since late August, and that's going well, she has her nose buried in a textbook or her Macbook most of her waking hours (unless of course she's at work.) She's currently working on a liberal arts transfer to the University of Wisconsin and its nursing program.

(more after the jump)