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🥛 Who won the Gallon Challenge:
On Tuesday I did the Raw Milk Gallon Challenge (along with some other crazy people on Twitter).
Here's the dairy diary so far (aka the raw milk experiment):
- Week 1: 1/2 gallon ✅
- Week 2: 1 gallon ✅
- Week 3: 1.5 gallon ✅
- Week 4: Gallon Challenge ✅
- Week 5: Conventional Milk Test...
The Gallon Challenge: 1 gallon of raw milk, nothing else.
Beyond the GI's ability to handle this much dairy, I was interested to see how satiety stacked up against beef-only. One reason people avoid dairy is because they find it easy to overdo. In general, I'd agree. You don't want to drink your calories if you're trying to lose weight. Dairy can also be addicting for people. There are other reasons to avoid dairy and you can find my general thoughts on dairy here.
Results: I felt great all day. Nothing too exciting to report except...
I found it extremely satiating. This surprised me because 1 gallon of whole milk is about 2400 calories, which is a bit less than my average daily calorie consumption. I expected to be a bit hungry by the end of the day. Not so. Perhaps it was the sheer volume of liquid that filled me up. Regardless, it wasn't as easy as I anticipated to drink a gallon of milk. While I don't think I'd use it as a "fat loss drink," I'm also not sure I'd be prone to "overdoing it" to the point of causing any
significant fat gain.
One last test to do (Week 5) with some conventional milk. Then I'm looking forward to getting back to mostly just beef!
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💪 This or That: Resistance Bands vs Weights:
Next weekend I'll be at KetoCon moderating the Fitness and Carnivore Panels. I'm looking forward to meeting (in person) many of the people who I've come to know over the years, like Dr. Anthony Chaffee. In anticipation of hanging out in Austin, Anthony and I had a wide-ranging discussion on all things' health and fitness.
Topics:
- How to Build Muscle (bands vs weights)
- Fat Loss Strategies
- Cooking and Restaurants
- What got Dr. Chaffee interested in medicine
- Dentistry and Diet
- Paleoanthropology and plant poisons
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🌗 Is the fool right or wrong:
Seneca said: "The fool is always getting ready to live."
In his continual preparations and striving, the fool misses the journey. Misses out on life. Sage advice from Seneca.
But Abraham Lincoln said: "If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend 6 of them sharpening my axe."
So, should we live in the moment or prepare for the future?
I've found most things are not right or wrong, black or white, rather balances to strike. Dichotomies to manage. Most advice is half true.
As Socrates said, "The unexamined life isn't worth living."
To which I would ask, "Is the unlived life worth examining?"
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🌅 When is it darkest:
I'm now 3.5 years into my " learn to draw challenge" which started in 2019 (learn to draw by practicing at least 5/minutes a day).
This year, as I went into my 4th year, I wanted to kick it up a notch, so I moved to 22X30 inch paper (all previous drawings were 8X12). Besides having to set up a new workstation (pic 3), I had to adjust to drawing on this scale.
Start to finish, this took 6 months.
It depicts the destruction of the purchasing power of 100 USD over the last 100 years, and how it is darkest before a new dawn.
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🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:
"When you buy something cheap and bad, the best you're going to feel about it is when you buy it. When you buy something expensive and good, the worst you're going to feel about it is when you buy it."
– Sasha Aickin
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This inflationary / debasing monetary policy forces everyone to make their money twice. First, you must earn it. Second, you must invest it with a return to at least offset inflation. Savers and non-savers alike are punished. To have a chance you must invest. Of course, the general public receives no education about investing, thus the ever-increasing wealth divide.
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✈️ Why I'm below average:
The average American has only been to 5 of these places. I've been to 4. I guess I'm going to spend the weekend updating my bucket list.
How many have you been to?
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As always, it's an absolute pleasure and an honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!
Kevin
P.S.
I went to a restaurant this week and I ordered a steak.
Waiter: "How do you like it cooked?"
Me: "Like winning an argument with my girlfriend."
Waiter: "Rare it is."
A Saturday morning roundup on health and wealth, art and science, creativity and innovation, laughs and life by Kevin Stock. |
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