First off, Rod I absolutely love your line of soaps and AS splashes. Great performance and beyond wonderful scents! Looking forward to what unfolds in '19. Also, my experience with cutting carbs/sugars and transitioning to fats/protein mirrors @Latherin’ Luddite above. Dropped 50+ pounds in the last year and a half between diet and exercise. Feel like I'm 19 again!!
Congratulations on the weight loss success my friend! I currently eat Keto as well, but been eating more of a carnivore diet. It strange how we have all been lead to believe how mad fats are for us. The majority of my weight loss was done with the help of the book I recommended Rod to look into. It's called the slow-carb diet. This works REALLY well. It's not the funnest diet to follow but it is effective. The addition of kettlebell swings I think was the icing on the cake. I tried following this way of eating with my business travels but I always ended up putting weight on. Not much, but just enough to look for alternatives. I then found the keto diet and have never looked back! This WOE is the only thing I have found to really keep the weight off when I travel. I have been keto for almost 2 yrs now with the occasional cheats here and there (well, there was a month long cheat when I went to the Philippines last year lol). But honestly I feel so much better on keto and as crazy as it sounds, when I go zero carb I feel even better! Now, I know it's not for everyone and the transition from burning carbs to fats for fuel is not pleasant but it is totally worth it. Now, the hardest thing for me to give up was beer, lol! I love beer! There are some low carb beers, but they don't taste all that great so I have switched to dry red wines and spirits when I want to have a drink, which now is not very often. The other thing abut switching to keto, is salt! You really have to up your salt intake otherwise you feel like crap and will have headaches. Don't forget additional potassium and magnesium, NOT Mag oxide, that stuff is crap and will give you the craps lol (I recommend mag citrate or glycinate 400mg before bed). The other thing about keto is you need to be careful are what I like to call the "fat-pushers" Their answer to everything is add more fat. If you have a lot of bodyfat to lose, why would you want to eat so much fat. Don't be afraid of protein either, your body needs that. The more protein you eat, the fuller you will feel. You will here people mention gluconeogenesis. This is where the body breaks down protein into sugar for the body to use as fuel. This is a DEMAND driven process and it's "expensive" process for the body so really only does in starvation mode. Remember the keto ratios that most "guru's promote are those developed for children with epilepsy. i have TON's more info if you are interested. I'm a huge fan of the keto diet and now, the carnivore diet. Good luck to the both of you!!! You guys can do this -Leroy
SOTD December 10, 2018 Prep: Cold water and Stirling mentholated pre-shave soap Blade: Schick Razor: Schick G1 Brush: Ever Ready 100T restored badger Soap: Stirling Ozark Mountain Post: Witch hazel, Stirling Ozark Mountain aftershave Easy shave with Ozark Mountain this morning. Love this scent as I've remarked previously. Clean and fresh and crisp. Morning air in the pine woods. Great scent for the holiday season.
Another quality shave from the Barbershop soap. And this time I DID run the brush under hot water prior to loading. All this stuff I hear about using a hot-water towel over the face, prior to the shave-the popularity of that method-that's what I need to think about, as I get that brush soaked under the hot tap. . Everything must be HOT(or very warm, at least).
Yeah! My Stirling order is out for delivery. To top it all off, I had made two separate orders to my address and @ezlovan combined them and refunded one of the shipping costs! You won't get that great treatment from Amazon or Walmart. (Especially from all their 3rd party vendors.) This may not seem like a big deal, but I never told all of you that my wife was fired for taking time off during my last hospitalization. A real kick in the pants over Thanksgiving. Rod and Mandy's random act of kindness means the world especially during this time. I will forever champion this amazing company!
Maybe I should have brought out the Wintergreen to help "kill" MY "cold". I recall we talked about how those Glacials help in that regard.
SOTD DEcember 10th Stirling Mentholated Pre-Shave Soap Schick Krona Pol Silver SI (5) Paladin Winston Harlequin (26mm, Frigate Class) Stirling Deep Blue Sea soap and AS The scent of Deep Blue Sea is amazing, nice modern cologne scent with a bit of floral in the opening and a slight woodsiness in the base. Scent strength is on the stronger end I'd say 7-8/10. I hope this one comes back as a regular lineup offering, its that good! Have a great day my friends!
I've been trying to contact the Boondome(in Booneville, AK)to see if they're open for the 2019 Stoylin Tony Awards Presentation. Backup location-my computer table (chuk yuk yuk).
Thanks-I think I'm almost there. I've been to the gym a couple times recently, after missing about 4 sessions. Not at 100% with my workouts just yet, but at least I feel good enough trying.
How is that Paladin? Very pretty. I wanted the King Tut but got beaten to the punch. After reading your review, I wish that I had gotten my father Deep Blue Sea. I bought him Kaboom just guessing. He likes strong scents.
The Paladin is nice, I fell like what your really paying for is the handle. The knot is good, but it's not really any better then a Yaqi or Stirling two band.
Supa sweet! My delivery this afternoon has my living room smelling amazing. So grateful to be able to give these great products to family and friends. Plus I got Agar as a sample and it smells wonderful. I've had my eyes on it for a while. Does anyone else look forward to seeing what you get for the sample? Sometimes that's the most exciting part for me! In this case it is definitely going to get me to buy a new product in future. Lol
Yes, I always look forward to the samples. Unfortunately I didn't get one in my last order from Black Friday. But that's okay. I've been steered toward and away from scents from the samples. Electric Sheep is one example. I decided that was NOT a scent for me.
