ChangedMyWorld.com–Moroccan Beef and Broccoli and Golden Raisins

Thursday: Moroccan Beef and Broccoli and Golden Raisins

Ingredients: 2 pounds of boneless beef shoulder roast in 1-inch cubes, 6-8 stalks of broccoli florets chopped into bite-sized pieces, 1 chopped yellow onion, Extra virgin olive oil, Coconut oil, 1-2 cups of beef or chicken broth, 2 cloves of  minced garlic, Golden raisins, Ground cinnamon, Ground cumin, Black pepper, Paprika, Salt

Directions:

1. Add 1 or 2 tablespoons of olive oil to large pan over high heat.
2. Add beef cubes and brown on all sides, stirring frequently.
3. Reduce heat to medium. Add onion and cook 3-4 minutes.
4. Add garlic and cook another minute.
5. Add 1.5 teaspoons of salt, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, 2 teaspoons of cumin, 1.5 teaspoons of cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon of paprika. Stir ingredients well and let cook 1 or 2 minutes.
6. Add 1-2 cups of beef or chicken broth.
7. Cook for about 15 minutes.
8. While the beef is cooking, melt two tablespoons of coconut oil over medium heat in a wok.
9.  Add broccoli and stir until broccoli is coated with coconut oil.
10. Add a handful of golden raisins, cover, and let cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
11. Combine and Enjoy!

Andy&Jessika

**Recipe from http://www.Wholelifeeating.com

 

ChangedMyWorld.com–Green Chili Turkey Burgers

Wednesday: Green Chili Turkey Burgers

Ingredients: 2 (4 oz.) cans diced green chiles, 1 pound ground turkey, 1 cup cilantro ( finely chopped), ½ cup onion (finely chopped), 2 teaspoons cumin, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 teaspoon Celtic sea salt

Directions:

1. In a medium sized bowl mix diced chiles with turkey, cilantro, onion, cumin, chili powder and salt
2. Form into burgers and grill
3. Enjoy!

*Recipe from http://www.ElanasPantry.com

 

A couple dudes make High Fructose Corn Syrup

A shot from King Corn. It’s pretty disturbing how this stuff is everywhere!

 

Primal/Paleo Resources for Gluten-Free Gluttons

I really want this to site to be a resource to change lives for the better. As you dig deeper into this way of eating you’re going to desire more and more resources. Here are some awesome Primal/Paleo and therefore Gluten-Free sites that you are going to love!!! http://www.chowstalker.com/ http://www.thefoodee.com/ http://www.wholelifeeating.com/ http://www.paleo-recipes.com/ http://mypaleokitchen.blogspot.com/ http://liveprimal.com/LPrecipes.pdf http://paleodietlifestyle.com/paleo-diet-recipes/ http://paleogastronomy.com/ http://davespaleorecipes.blogspot.com/ http://paleoblocks.blogspot.com/ http://feastingonfitness.blogspot.com/ http://purelyprimal.com/ http://stevepaleo.blogspot.com/ http://everydaypaleo.com/ http://www.paleoplan.com/recipes/ http://nomnompaleo.com/recipeindex http://paleogirls.com/category/recipes http://www.crossfitintrepid.com/category/recipes/ http://www.marksdailyapple.com/primal-blueprint-recipes/ http://robbwolf.com/category/recipes/ http://girlgoneprimal.blogspot.com/p/show-me-recipes.html http://www.primal-palate.com/p/recipes.html http://spicypaleo.blogspot.com/ http://nuttykitchen.com/ http://www.joyfulabode.com/ http://thisprimallife.com/ http://www.health-bent.com/recipe-index http://www.cheeseslave.com/recipes/ http://www.deliciously-thin.com/low-carbohydrate-recipes-blog.html http://grainfreefoodie.blogspot.com/ http://stuffimakemyhusband.blogspot.com/ http://balancedbites.dreamhosters.com/ http://www.lifeasaplate.com/recipe-database/soupsstews/ http://www.cheeseslave.com/recipes/ http://followingmynose.blogspot.com/p/recipes.html http://www.deliciously-thin.com/low-carbohydrate-recipes-blog.html There are lots more and I will do my best to introduce you to them throughout time.

 

ChangedMyWorld.com–Prosciutto and Sage Roasted Chicken with Parmesan Green Beans

Thursday: Prosciutto and Sage Roasted Chicken with Parmesan Green Beans

Ingredients for Chicken: 3 chicken breasts, 6 wide and thin slices of prosciutto, several stems worth of fresh sage leaves, olive oil for brushing, salt and pepper to taste

Ingredients for green beans: 24oz frozen French green beans, 2 Tbsp butter, 1 Tbsp olive oil, 4 shallots thinly sliced, 2 cloves of minced garlic,  2/3 c dry white wine, 2/3 c heavy cream, ½ c water, 2 tsp finely chopped sage, ½ c grated Parmesan

1. Preheat oven to 425º.
2. Place one thin slice of prosciutto on a work surface.
3. Scatter torn pieces of the sage on top of the prosciutto.
4. Slice the chicken breasts in half and season with salt and pepper.
5. Roll the chicken breast in the prosciutto so that the prosciutto overlaps and completely surrounds the chicken.
6. Brush the entire prosciutto wrapped chicken breast with olive oil and place in a roasting pan or dish.
7. Repeat with the remaining chicken, prosciutto and sage.
8. Bake the chicken in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
9. Begin cooking green beans. Heat the butter and olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
10. Add the shallots, garlic, salt and pepper and sauté for a couple minutes until shallots are golden.
11. Add wine and boil until reduced by half.
12. Add cream, water, 1/4 tsp of salt, 1/8 tsp pepper, and sage. Bring to a boil.
13. Add the green beans and simmer, covered until beans are tender.
14. Remove liquid and continue to simmer until liquid is thickened.
15. Add Parmesan and stir into green beans.
16. Remove chicken from oven and serve. Spoon some of the pan juices over the chicken when serving if you desire.
17. Enjoy!

Andy&Jessika

 

INSANITY: THE ASYLUM™ Has Arrived

INSANITY: THE ASYLUM™ Has Arrived. Are you ready for game day? As Shaun T says, “You can’t practice all the time. You have to perform at some point.” Like spring training, THE ASYLUM is the program that will get you ready to perform at your peak.

Why THE ASYLUM?

If you’ve already completed INSANITY®, you might be wondering, why do I need THE ASYLUM? Here are 5 significant differences between the two programs:

1. Go From Insane to Elite
With INSANITY you focused on improving your cardiovascular endurance and on total body conditioning. So, what’s left? How about improving your balance, agility, power, strength, and coordination? Jump higher. Run faster. If you want to become an elite athlete or just improve your game, THE ASYLUM is your winning strategy.

2. Progression System
With INSANITY, we focused on Max Interval Training. With THE ASYLUM we’ve added to that with sports progression drills to really step it up. They’ll keep you engaged and help you dramatically improve your power, form, and focus from day 1 to day 30.

3. New Tools!
The Speed Rope will torch those calories and the Agility Ladder will help you to become quicker on your feet while also measuring your progress.

4. An All-New Meal Plan
To get you ready for game day, we developed a 14-day meal plan that’s very different from the one you saw in INSANITY. Stick with it for 2 weeks (or, even better, for the full 30 days) and we bet you’ll be pleased with your results! Hint: you can have carbs this time around!

5. Added Resistance
In INSANITY, you used only your body weight as resistance. In THE ASYLUM, Shaun T steps it up and asks you to Dig Deep in what he calls the hardest strength workout he’s ever done. Depending on your goals, you can add weights, resistance bands, and a chin-up bar to your moves.

What is Insanity the Asylum?  What comes with the program?  Who should try Asylum?  What workouts are in Asylum and how long is it?  Does it come with a Nutritional plan?

What is Insanity the Asylum?

Insanity Asylum is the first in home sports training system which focuses on building strength, balance, agility, power, and coordination. Insanity Asylum will be a 30 day program of progressive sports drills that will improve your skills, power, form, and focus, to help transform you into an elite athlete. The program will include a speed rope and agility ladder, to help you master the moves and improve athleticism. It also includes cross training with weights and resistance.  As you can see by the pictures, it is being called “Volume 1: Sports Performance”  This should be the first of several volumes that will transform your sports performance beyond anything you have done before.

The SCIENCE behind Insanity Asylum:

• Cross training with speed, agility, plyometrics, core, strength, and balance exercises.
• Series of progressions that take your results to the next level.
• MAX Interval Training in a sports specific application.

What do you get with Insanity Asylum:

Six DVD’s with 7 workouts plus an Athletic Performance Assessment (FIT Test).

Workouts Include:

1. Athletic Performance Assesment
2. Speed and Agility
3. Vertical Plyo + Relief
4. Strength
5. Game Day
6. Overtime
7. Back to Core

What Comes with Asylum:

1. Wall Calendars
2. Training Guide
3. Nutrition Guide
4. Speed Rope
5. Agility Ladder

Insanity Asylum also comes with Hybrid Calendars!

This program will ship with 3 different, complete 30 day workout calendars.

1. Asylum
2. Asylum / Insanity
3. Asylum / P90X

So even though this is a 30 day program, you can easily do all 3 calendars for a 90 day program, using the workout programs you LOVE!

Insanity Asylum Nutrition Guide:

In this “Get Shredded” nutrition guide, you will get a 14 day meal plan. Shaun T encourages you to follow the 14 day plan twice for a 30 day period. If you follow the program, he promises results! Of course, you have to follow the plan!

What are the Core Benefits:

1. All areas of fitness, agility ladder, and speed rope, weights, bands, and chin-up bar.
2. Nutrition plan, energy, stamina, and peak athletic performance.
3. Sports training tools, skills, speed, endurance, coordination, and focus.
4. Proper form, improve mental toughness, and focus

Who should do Insanity Asylum:

• Men and women in top physical shape
• Extreme athletes
• Graduates of Beachbody programs like P90X, Insanity, Turbo Fire, Chalean Extreme etc

Who should NOT do Insanity Asylum:

• Beginners, pregnant women, people who aren’t willing to work hard, people who don’t consistently do high impact exercises.

How much will Asylum cost?

There is a DELUXE option with more equipment included such as chin up bar, bands, etc. Shaun T also advised that people in the video are doing the workouts with and without equipment (demonstrating modified moves) so that even if you don’t have all of the equipment, you can still do this program.

Have any questions about Insanity the Asylum?  Feel free to comment and I will answer them as best I can!
Are you ready for THE ASYLUM experience? Let Me Know

 

City Rock Climbing Gym Downtown Colorado Springs

Insane! Absolutely Insane! This place was so unreal! Jessika and I stopped by this place last week with some friends to have a look! I was in awe of the beasts that were in this place. I hope to try this soon! I just wanted to say if you’re visiting the Springs you’ve got to check this place out!

City Rock features 43′ walls (vertical), the highest in the state, and a freestanding top out boulder with ~5,200 sq ft of bouldering surface area. Routes included, we have about 13,000 sq ft of climbable surface area with quality routes and boulder problems changed out frequently.

The gym showcases an overhanging arch, cracks, slabs, dry tool routes, and other unique features, including two slacklines, a highline, and a kids’ area for the little guys who may not be comfortable yet with heights. Some of the gym amenities include a coffee bar, good sound system and large relaxing area with tables and couches and both our men and women locker rooms are equipped with showers.

 

My Journey to Save My Life…and how P90X plays into that.

Being without a dad sucks! Being Overweight Sucks! Both are very true!! I don’t know if anyone reading this can relate, but here goes. In 2001, I lost my dad to cancer. I used to look back and wonder what could have been done differently, where there things that he may have put into place early in his life that set this cancer thing in motion. Maybe it was only God’s will…if so that’s fine. I can accept that. However, I can’t help believe that the way my dad would eat and being relatively sedentary was a huge cause. Growing up, we stocked the fridge with Cokes and the cabinet with Doritos. Fried this, Fried that–it was a big part of growing up in the South. I too had grown up and become a product of this lifestyle, something that may very well in the future take my life.

I wish I could say that I just had that revelation and turned and made the changes necessary, but that’s not how it happened at all. Here’s a picture of me and my oh so cute girlfriend(now wife) a couple weeks before an event happened that would change my life forever.

On Dec. 17th, 2007(my Birthday), my brother took me skiing. We were on our second run at Copper Mountain and I had the awesome idea that our skiing should take place “Out of Bounds.” As we moved down one hill in the woods to get back to the clearing we came into some thigh-deep powder. I turned left…well 90% of my fatness went left. My right leg from the knee down stayed perfectly still and let out a huge pop that sounded like someone opened one of those round can of biscuits. Boom! I went down then, my brother managed to help me back down and we left. Sorry Barry! I waited around about two months to go to have a surgeon look at it. I thought, well heck, if John Elway can play on a screwed up knee than I’m sure I will be fine. I forgot for a little bit, that Elway wasn’t a chubby monkey, as I was.

I had my surgery in early March ’08 and afterwards I remember laying around on the couch for the next week. I was so depressed with knowing that had I not been so heavy, that my knee probably wouldn’t have snapped so easy while skiing. After surgery, I was laying on the couch eating copious amounts of chocolate and drinking what I thought at the time was Nectar of the Gods(Coke) while watching TV. It was then that I had my “Aha” moment and pledged to get my life on track. There was an infomercial that came on that absolutely had me captivated. There was a room full of insane, sweat-drenched exercise mongers that were following a program called P90X. I knew that was going to be part of me getting in shape and not living the rest of my life so overweight and unhappy. I ordered it and began the program around the 1st of September in 2008. In the few months before I started the program, and while my knee began to heal, I started eating a cleaner diet and with the lack of the sodas, I lost about 20-25lbs over a couple months.

P90X was intense, for sure, but that program coupled with better nutrition helped me lose 85 lbs!!!

I made the promise that my daughter will not have to watch her dad die because of eating unhealthy or not exercising. My wife will enjoy a husband that has enough energy for work, play and to spend with her!

I am grateful for the awakening and my beautiful wife’s support(thank you for believing in me) and I definitely look forward to being able to help others experience the same joy! I’m definitely not to where I want to be yet, but I’ve got a goal and a focus that I will get there!

My Beautiful Daughter, Emma

The coolest God-Son, Dominic