An attempt to educate Americans with limited knowledge of basic geography
I don't think I've met an American who knows the difference between England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
England is just that - England.
Great Britain is the island. It includes England, Scotland, and Wales
(technically it also includes surrounding islands such as Isle of Wight, Anglesey, the Isles of Scilly, the Hebrides, and the island groups of Orkney and Shetland)
The United Kingdom is Great Britain and Northern Ireland (in case you didn't read the last paragraph, that would mean England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
simple right?
Highlighted in white on the map is Exeter, where I grew up!
Raw egg drinking demonstration
Just in case you thought I was making up my last post, I thought I'd post some amusing proof.
if you don't see the video above, you'll have to go here.
new diet!
As most of you should know, the cheapest, purest source of protein is found in eggs. Unfortunately, people ignorantly cook them and destroy most of the amino acids.
Before assuming what most people assume, you should read this article
It's written by the well known Dr. Mercola. He basically states that what most people believe about eggs is a myth. Only 1 in 30,000 eggs has Salmonella (I like those odds!!) and (not mentioned in the article) Salmonella is only found on the egg shell, so cleaning the egg shell beforehand ensures I'll be ok.
1 egg contains the following:
75 calories
200mg of cholesterol (66% of RDA)
7g of protein
all essential amino acids and
vitamin A, riboflavin, folic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, choline, iron, calcium, phosphorus and potassium
I recently decided I want to bulk up a little (I lost about 4Kg {9lbs} after my bike wreck) so what better way to bulk up than to buy weights and eat pure protein. $110 got me a decent bench and another $110 got me an Olympic bar with 300lbs of weights (should be enough for the time being ;) )
So, how exactly do I plan on bulking up?
Easy really. I'll drink 4 raw eggs, and 2 hours later lift weights. The 2 hours after that eat more protein. Simple right?
Studies have shown that it's best to exercise 2 hours after consuming protein, and to consume some more protein 2 hours afterwards, so that's just what I'll do!
Right now I'm doing 10 sets of 10 @ 185lbs. I don't want to do much more than that, as they're free weights, and I don't have anyone spotting me. I'd hardly like to have 130% of my body weight fall on my neck!
