Stay Off The Trails!

That’s the message every Spring. You’ll do nothing but destroy a trail by riding it in a saturated state. It is tempting however. The sun, the dry streets and late evenings are tugging at me to get out. Just remember, it is still cold even if it feels warm. Dress appropriately; especially keep your head and legs covered, unless you just want to make yourself miserable.

The Bike-O Rama is in Madison this weekend and you have only two more days to register for The Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival. Of course with the trails closed and the weather marvelous everyone is biting at the bit for the Bike Expo; April 10-12. Women’s Day/Week End begins tomorrow in Milwaukee. The Bike Federation will be holding bicycle safety workshops this Spring.

So, …I suggested to my wife that, rather than have only our bulletproof coffee, then later a snack and then dinner on Saturdays (we get up late), that we have a regular breakfast with our coffee. We don’t really eat breakfast anymore with the bulletproof diet, though you can eat breakfast anytime really. Two meals for Saturday. I suggested bacon and eggs; protein for breakfast with our coffee. My wife made the biggest thickest pancakes I ever saw; wheat based carbohydrates. Then someone wanted to see “American Sniper” after Church Sunday. A large popcorn made with manufactured oil and soaked in a butter substitute and my diet was under severe assault. It was a good movie.

It just so happened, that stopping by to visit my brother Monday that we entered into a weight loss competition. We are both working the bulletproof diet. That three pound bump my wife caused quickly went away after my first weigh in; those pancakes may pay off. I have new found confidence that I will be dropping gobs of weight. I ain’t losing at anything to my little brother. Skipped lunch yesterday with enthusiasm. The competition ends the first week in June.

Here is a secret weapon you can all take advantage of, for health and weight loss. That would be kim-chi. I made my own. It needs to ferment for three days. The older it gets the better it tastes. Misao, my wife, says mine is better than hers. …Of course! You need to set aside about three hours to make your own kim-chi. One Napa cabbage (4-1/2 to 5 pounds) filled those three jars.

I like thin slices of carrot in with the kim-chi. We found the recipe(s) on our Roku on the “Korean Cooking” Channel/App. They have a variety of sources for their instructional videos. We went by the Squishy Monster’s recipe. Crazy Korean Cooking was nearly identical in the recipe, though the method was slightly more traditional. It is called Crazy Korean Cooking because the hosts, I believe sisters, are crazy. It is a mixture of cooking and comedy. Not sure if you would find it funny if you don’t know Koreans. They are having a kim-chi making workshop in New York next week. Squishy Monster includes fusion and more main stream recipes.

Fermented foods, especially kim-chi, are good sources of GABA. GABA stimulates your body’s natural production of human growth hormone. GABA is also a supplement for anxiety and sleep problems.

Milwaukee Recreation is holding several classes on fermented foods such as kim-chi, pickling, making jellies and syrups etc..

Now for the $88 question: What were my three most favorite WORS races? Still the same question. Check out the Charity Jackpot Page link in the sidebar to possibly triple the amount. Looks like I’ll be racing in at least one of those races this year.