I am on vacation this week in Cocoa Beach, FL. We’re in an Airbnb right on the beach, the good kind that is. No sand wedge required.
So far today, we’ve walked about 3 miles on the beach and picked up a bunch of trash.
Why would we walk the beaches picking up trash on our vacation? I can’t stand to see task on the beach. The beer cans can be deadly to sea life too. It also gives me much needed exercise. I am also not thinking about servers or code.
I continued icing the knee upon which I had surgery for at least a week after I stopped feeling any pain. Maybe longer. Anytime I worked that knee as part of my recovery therapy it got iced afterwards.
FINALLY hit some balls this weekend.
I did a short range session Saturday. Hit only 20 balls. 10 with 8 Iron & 10 with Driver. Overall the foot felt good during the session but I did notice I was not fully turning and was rather flat footed on the last couple of shots. In the past that usually happened as the pain in my ankle kicked up but this time I did not feel pain...AT THAT TIME. About 30 minutes after the range session pain clearly kicked in and I had to ice that evening. I
While both of these are true, of the two I'd peg beer as the greater of two evils. It turns out the problem, maybe the greater problem with alcohol isn't just the empty calories, but alcohol also raises your cortisol level. Increased cortisol encourages your body to save/add fat.
Chocolate, conversely, particularly dark chocolate, can actually help lower cortisol.
I've all but given up alcoholic beverages. This coming from a man with an enviable stock in spirits (particularly Bourbon,