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We are fucking Hunter Gatherers!
Our dietary history is based on meat.
We have evolved to hunt (Look at Persistence Hunt videos on YouTube, that shit is tight), we have evolved to eat meat, we have evolved to socialize around and idolize meat!

With that in mind, here’s last night’s dinner…

Did I mention yet – Intermittent Fasting ROCKS!!!
Two dinners in one, stuffed like a Turkey on T-Day, and stoked about the pics I took…

Start with bloody-red pastured, grass-fed beef

Season the crap out of it with my secret spice mix … hint, there’s Applewood Smoked Salt in there.

Forage for some fresh & crunchy Asparagus seasoned with garlic powder & pepper:

While you’re heating the broiler for the steak, enjoy the butter-fried burger you just pulled off the pan, along with tender Brussel Sprouts drizzled with olive oil:

The ground beef is bloody and juicy and laced with smoky spices and shredded Mozzarella cheese

Pull the Asparagus and Potatoes (Pepper, Garlic, Rosemary, Ground Red Peppers) out of the oven and inhale the intoxicating smells:

Tough choices. Which do you eat first?

LOTS of Olive oil never hurt anybody

The $$$ shot, Rib Eye is ready to be devoured

Eat Meat People!

Quick & hard workout this morning, very happy.

Long warm up on the flat bench with 45×5, 95×5, 135×5, 155×5, 185×3.
Working set consisted of super-setting a set of heavy bench (205×5, 205×5, 205×5) with a set of clap push-ups on thick mushy mats (8reps, 8reps, 8reps).

Squat workout: warm-up with 45×10, 135×8, 185×6, 225×4.
Working set consisted of super-setting a set of heavy squats (245×4, 245×3, 225×5) with a set of box jumps (8reps, 8, 8).

Doing a long slow run at noon today and ready to call it a day.

Lots of meat tonight for dinner. Makes me appreciate vegetarians – more meat for me!

Coming back from a heavy lifting session at the gym, there’s nothing better than finding your home infused with the smoky sweet smell of chicken, slow cooked in the oven, soaked in homemade barbecue sauce.

Made some sauteed mushrooms to go along with the main dish, and chopped some raw green cabbage up into thin stripes. Soak them in olive oil and drizzle some balsamic on top and you have a fresh, crunchy, delicious side for any hearty meat dish.

Voila, dinner is served!

It’s pot roast tonight for dinner! 4lbs of grass fed beef chuck slowly cooking away in my favorite green-stained copper pot, turning the entire house into a heavenly smelling childhood memory. I’m making the pot roast based on a recipe my mother used to make every few months, a very traditional recipe from Florence. But as ADD I am, I see and smell new spices & veggies, I instinctively mix & match and end up making my own unreproducible version. Do NOT ask me for a recipe!

Ok, I will give you a general idea of what’s in it. First, braise the salted & peppered beef in the pot at high heat until it’s a crispy brown on every side. Set the beef aside, pour a metric gallon of olive oil (not to be taken literally) in the pot and add diced onions, celery, and carrots. Once the soffritto is ready, add the meat back in, douse everything with a good and full-bodied red wine, add some chicken broth, peeled tomatoes, bay, peppercorns, and other tasty spices and let cook 3-5 hours.

Dinner is served

Nite

You might ask what the hell (pun intended?) does gluttony have to do with abs? My goal with this blog is two-fold. Maybe three-fold. First and foremost I want to use this blog to help me stay motivated and on track on my quest to reach very low body-fat levels (and concurrently get the hottest abs in town) while drastically increasing strength and maintaining muscle mass. In sync with this first goal I want to utilize this blog to show the world what losing body-fat is about. Over time, as I post my methods and opinions and pictures of amazingly decadent chocolate cakes and cheese-dripping pizzas, a picture of my overall fat-loss philosophy will form; for now I will only say one word: calories! The third idea behind this blog is to practice and show off my photo skills applied to food porn… enjoy!