KetoProof Coffee: First Try; Review

Let’s talk about what’s brewing…

Usually when I decide to do something, I dive all in. I immerse myself in the subject and research everything I can find as fast as possible. I usually put on hold anything around me…like finishing the deck, cutting the grass, taking the dog outside, and…well…anything really.

My wife doesn’t like it when I decide to “try” something.

However, this is a little different. I am joining her in changing how we eat.

We have gone Keto.

And for the past few days I have been reading and researching everything Keto. I have come across an awesome website that is a blog, forum, and community started by Craig Clarke. The website is called ruled.me, and I highly recommend you check it out if you are thinking about Keto.

Okay, back to the coffee.

This type of coffee goes totally against what I think of coffee and in some cases I have vowed to never drink things like this. Look…coffee is coffee when you pour it straight from the pot and into a cup and then sip/drink/guzzle it down without anything added to it. Everything else to me is just a variation of coffee, but not coffee.

I know. It’s weird. Just how I am sometimes. #coffeesnob

With all that being said, I have decided to change my ways with eating and one of the ways is intermittent fasting. This coffee is one way to help you with that. It gives you the calories and fat you need to function while not eating for most of the day. Of course, I am only trying this for the first time. And I’m sure I won’t make it the whole day. But I will try and make it as far as I can.

Before the review, here is the link with this particular recipe. There is also a nice write up about the benefits of this coffee and how Clarke uses it in his weekly routine. I suggest going to check it out real quick and then pop back over here and read what I thought.

It’s perfectly okay. I don’t mind waiting. I’ll just make me a cup of coffee!

Welcome back! I see that you might have scrolled around that site for a bit. It’s a good one.

Okay…now for the review!!

I actually liked it. It has a nice silky feel, and rich coconut taste. It will take a bit to get used it. However, I do recommend it. I didn’t struggle one bit drinking it. And I thought I would because of feel and taste. I love the taste of just coffee, and this by no means will replace how I feel about that. But it will be something that I incorporate into this new eating lifestyle.

I will give it 3 out 4 bearded beans!!

Yes I did just make up that rating system. And I might have created them.

I guess that’s my review. Not much I know, but if you went to the site and read through it then you’d have seen all the benefits and calorie content that’s in this drink. I didn’t want to rewrite what was already out there. If you didn’t go there, then I suggest heading now and check it out.

I hope you all have a wonderful day as I know I will, but first…more coffee!!

It’s not a Diet, wifey inspiration

Let’s talk about what’s brewing…

So my wife has been on a keto diet for about two months now, and I’ll have to admit she’s killing it.

And by that, I mean she’s down about 15 lbs. and hasn’t once worked out. Well…she may have started T25 for about a day or two, but that’s it.

Seriously!! Not a single mile walked, dumbbell lifted, heart rate monitored…and down 15 LBS!!!!! Disappeared!!! Gone!!!

I am proud of her. She usually isn’t that good at sticking to things that she says she wants to try. For example, waking up early. Bahahahahahaha!!!! Never. She has to go to work everyday and leave the house by 6am. She’s never out by 6…it’s usually about 6:30am. And usually because I’ve annoyed her to the point of divorce just to get her out of bed. Haha!

Sticking to punishments with the kids. She’s so soft-hearted and the kids know which strings to pull. I usually end up being the bad guy, but I’m cool with it.

Or cleaning up my favorite pan after using it to burn butter in and set off the smoke alarms…Okay, okay…I’ll stop. The point is, she has stuck to this. And it hasn’t been easy for her to not have any or many carbs while watching me and the kids scarf down my birthday cake, ice cream, chips, potatoes, and mac n cheese. She just eats a piece of bitter 80% dark chocolate.

Although, it’s not like she’s been deprived of good food. Steak, hamburgers, eggs, bacon, sausage, tuna, butter, butter, butter, and even butter!! She’s made it just fine for the most part. And every week when she weighs in at her work, she’s sees more weight gone. Motivation!!!

Yes…that is bacon onion rings!!!———–>>

 

One of my goals this year is to be healthier. I have not done a good job of that so far. If anything I have neglected it entirely. However, after seeing my wife’s transformation, I have decided to jump on the bandwagon. Keto seems to be getting a lot of love lately. I like that it helps with regulating the glucose levels in your body. And being that I am probably in early stages of type II diabetes, that intrigues me. Plus, you did see those bacon onion rings right??

Of course, I love coffee and that’s no surprise to anyone. There is a type of drink that has coffee with butter in it that I am going to try. I read about this a few years back actually, I think it may have been called bulletproof coffee. It had a lot of benefits. With this one, you can add heavy whipping cream and vanilla extract to it. It’s usually used when intermittent fasting. Something I think I may try as well. Kind of excited about it. I mean it’s coffee!!!!

So I will be joining her starting today. However, I am not calling it a diet. I think I am just going to say that I am changing/transforming the way I eat. Yea, that sounds better. Dieting, to me at least, implies that I will eventually not be dieting. I want this to be a change. Like someone quitting smoking, or drinking alcohol. It has to be a lifestyle. Something that you believe in and want to continue indefinitely.

I will keep up with my progress and more than likely give some kind of update here. If I run across any good food, or drinks, or whatever, I’ll put it here as well.

 

 

I hope you all have a wonderful day as I know I will, but first…more coffee!!

Found a gem, a model for teaching, and something else to research

Saturday, Nov. 10^th my wife and I, along with the kids, went walking downtown. Downtown Dickson still has its small town charm and vintage look. And for those who have never walked through an old downtown square or in Dickson’s case a main street, I suggest you do so. It’s very inviting. Now that I’ve set the scene, let me continue.

We entered a store that has not been there long, and one that we’ve never gone into. It has very old and vintage merchandise, second and even third hand products. All of which are very affordable. It took me about ten or so minutes to get to the back of the store because of the VHS and DVD collection in the front. The store also had a huge selection of old hand-dial TV sets. That’s right, no remote available. My eleven year old son was amazed that TV’s were made without remotes. I also spent five or so minutes explaining to him how awesome the original Nintendo game system was. He couldn’t imagine it.

Well, finally at the back wall of the store was an extensive stock of books. All paperbacks were just 50 cents or you could buy three for $1. The books ranged from all kinds of fiction across many decades to academic anthologies and writing manuals. Being a current student and future teacher (not to mention nerd and a weird obsession over books on writing), I scanned through the anthologies and manuals. I found three books, which I bought for a dollar that I couldn’t walk away from without taking. And as soon as I got a chance I started reading.

I found one of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays in A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. The essay: “On Education.” I have hardly read any Emerson in my life, but after reading this essay and some research of other scholarly writings on it, I will definitely be reading more. The essay was originally a speech which Emerson delivered to graduating classes primarily in the 1860’s. It was eventually published after his death. I am not going to write about the entire speech, but rather only one paragraph. Emerson gives an incredible example for teachers to think about when teaching. He says “to import into Education the wisdom of life” and to “adopt the pace of Nature,” which is “patience” (256). I know that time is always a factor in schools now-a-days and that teachers have so many kids to instruct and patience is one of the last things on their minds, but thinking about it over a longer period may be beneficial.

Emerson, in this one paragraph, talks about a “naturalist” and how he goes into the forest knowing he will scare away those animals he wants to see, yet sits quietly and with “patience” allows the wildlife to become comfortable with his presence. “They lose their fear” and are even curious as to what he is, or why he’s there (257). As teachers give their lessons sometimes knowing that not all students will catch on to what’s being taught, with patience and repetition the student will eventually come around and “volunteer some degree of advances towards fellowship and good understanding” (257). I really like this metaphor. Emerson asks “can we not wait for him as Nature [does]?” (257). He explains that if we were to instill patience in our teachings than we could see the potential within the student gradually appear. The best part of the paragraph, which I have to quote in full, is: “He has a secret; wonderful methods in him; he is—every child—a new style of man; give him time and opportunity” (257). Each of us was once in the shoes of those we teach. Maybe we were farther along than our students or, in my case, not nearly as advanced. We must slow down the process sometimes and let sink in what is imperative to understand. Plus, let them teach us. As we teach we are also learning how our students learn. We can take this learning and apply it to future lessons and future learning.

Needless to say, I loved the essay and look forward to doing further research on Emerson (as time permits) and the value of patience in teaching.

As always, any comments or suggestions are welcomed!

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Emerson, Ralph W. “On Education.” A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College

Writers. 7^th Edition. Lee A. Jacobus. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins. 2006. 251-

258. Print.