took me a while to figure out my passwords for here. woo!

my kids think im weird :)

its been awhile since i last posted here.

the family is doing great, all 4 boys are getting big, Jaiden got his black belt, in impressive fashion to be honest if i do say so myself.

i have once again , taken training off through the kids' baseball season, with only the occasional opportunity to train at ABD.... and i think thats fine.

i have had an AWESOME time watching my guys play ball, and that includes Sky chasing butterflies on the T ball field.

both Jaiden and Coop moved up to higher leagues this year, and did awesome, and i will always say that they owe ALOT to martial arts....
strength coodination, focus.... tell me they aren't having an advantage over the other kids, and i will tell you you're full of it.

the boys ( Coop and Jaiden ) have both taken the season off from the dojo, the juggling act is unreal on Rach and myself, baseball at least one place every day except for sunday for 2 1/2 months.

i use it as a good example of how martial arts is always going to be there for them, and how they can use it as a tool to excel in other areas of their lives....

a good lesson for such a young age.

as for me, i fell off on my eating habits a bit , and started gaining weight...i was talking to a parent at a game one day, and he told me how he went paleo for a month ( a challenge at his cross fit ) and had good results,,,, so i blindly jumped right in for my own 30 days.

the diet has given me good results as far as dropping a bunch of weight pretty quick (this is day 21, i dropped 24 lbs) so im happy with that.

the problem i had was headaches,, which have just finally stopped. i never get headaches , so daily headaches had me questioning myself on this diet, and became a real test mentally.i lost ALL my strength, ALL my cardio. this diet cuts out ALL dairy and ALL carbs, and switches your body from burning SUGAR to burning FAT. hence the quick weight drop.... and i was not drinking nearly enough water. i went and trained at ABD colchester on a saturday ( day 12 on this diet ) and i had nothing. nada.

zip. zilch. 

somewhere around day 17 i started to feel REAL good, and now ive been working out in the woods caveman style. mixing in the heavy bag, and im confident that when i get back in the dojo,im going to hit it hard.

after day 32 of this diet, i  am going to tweak the diet a bit but remain 90% paleo, with a reintroduction of certain things in very limited quantities,.( whole grain bread, and Raw milk from cows in my hometown).....i cannot recommend hitting farmers markets enough.

i bought some grass fed skirt steaks from a local farm that was most likely the best , most flavorful , tender cut of meat ive ever had, no bullshit. the cows are happy, not fed a bunch of chemically treated who knows what... and the quality of meat is UN REAL.

Haider Farm