Shirimp is great if you are trying to cut down on fat and cholestrol. It’s also reasonably priced and easy to prepare and cook. What a great way to slim down and enjoy some tasty food at the same time If you are avoiding carbs or aren’t into tortillas, try these as lettuce wraps. I cut some of the salt out of this on general principals, so taste and season to your liking.

Check out online sources such as foodtv.com for ideas. There’s literally thousands of recipes out there for you to try.
Shrimp:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pound medium shrimp (21-25 count), peeled and deveined
8 corn tortillas
cilantro for garnish
several lime wedges

Avocado Salsa:
1 small onion
1 jalapeno
1 garlic clove
4 medium tomatillos, (about 8 ounces) husked, rinsed, and coarsely chopped
1/2 Hass avocado, peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks
1 teaspoons kosher salt
1/4 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped

In a food processor, finely chop the onion, jalapeno, and garlic. Add the tomatillos, avocado, and salt and pulse until chopped but still chunky. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the cilantro. You can hand chop all the ingredients if you don’t have a food processor, so don’t worry. I hand chopped everything for years before I got lazy.
Heat grill to medium-high. Mix the olive oil, chili powder, and salt in a large bowl. Add the shrimp and toss to coat. Grill the shrimp until translucent, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes on each side.

Grill tortillas, until slightly charred and pliable, about 20 seconds per side. A damp towel wrapped around the tortillas and put in the microwave for 20 seconds works pretty good too. Spoon sauce on the tortilla, then top with about 2 or 3 shrimp and a dash of cilantro. You can squeeze the lime into the tacos for some extra kick.

Let me know what you think!

Lifehacker.com mentioned a new website called Traineo.com. Traineo is a weight loss and fitness tracker designed to keep you motivated to achieve your fitness goals. Traineo has a really interesting concept wherein you choose up to 4 motivators (friends, family - whomever) to receive weekly progress reports from Traineo. This website is very very very 2.0 style where the look and feel is nice and clean and the site uses ajax like its going out of style (Ajax is the new tag haven’t you heard?).

Anyhow, I signed up for the site and will be doing a bit of a review on it in an upcoming episode. Check out our stats: Jason & Steve.
-Jason

 

 GeekFit.com Podcast #8 - Sprockets and Expos [29:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A new GeekFit is in the can, thanks for showing your support on the website and on our sparkpeople.com team.

• Jason is moving and he has to use his headset since he packed up
• FatGuyRadio, Steve listens to Russ while he’s gaming.
  • Steve loves the pickleplayer and comments on Russ’ daily weigh in.
• Steve talks about his rss reader, FeedDemon which both Steve and Jason use.
• Jason thought he had audio problems, Steve’s dog tries to get in on the podcast action.
• Steve discusses the various options he had when buying his new bike.
  • Steve ended up buying a Hybrid bike - Trek 7.2 from the Bike Gallery in Portland
  • He threatens to post a picture of himself wearing his new bike shorts
  • Steve’s plan is to ride his bike to and from work as well as to the gym, we discuss the lack of energy after a good workout.
• Jason plugs the Podcast Media Expo going on September 29th and 30th in Ontario, CA.
  • The guys will be attending, Jason’s part of the OC Podcaster’s group and he will be manning the booth they will have there.
  • The guys plan to record a show at the booth, and it should be available in standard podcast mp3 format as well as a live stream.
  • Lots of companies will be there, weather your a podcaster or a listener it should be a good time for all.

 

 GeekFit.Com Podcast #7 [39:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Steve and Jason discuss the following finds on the web:

• Want to lose weight? Try sleeping more
• More Americans too fat for X-rays, scans
• Fat Attack! - Beware of these 10 high-fat fast-food concoctions.
• Restaurants pile on food as health advocates sound alarm
• AquaJogger - Increase Lung capacity

The guys also discussed (and bashed) these crazy products:

• KFC’s new chicken/potato/cheese/gravy concoction
• New KFC meal should be called ‘Cardiac Arrest Bowl’
• Velform Sauna Belt

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Steve and I here at GeekFit are always looking for ways for YOU to interact with us. We started out with giving out a phone number for people to call in and leave a voicemail. We received a few of those but not as many as we would have liked.

Starting today we have installed a new audio commenting system that has been developed by MyChingo and MightySeek. This will allow you folks the ability from your web browser to leave comments on any of the shows we post. You can also comment on any of the posts as well as the recipes that we put on the site.

I’ve included some simple instructions just in case some of you get stuck.
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Wraps are a quick and easy variation of a sandwich. They pack well, are highly adaptable to whatever you have on hand (I even make peanut butter wraps) and they can be a nutrcious substitute for those artery choking hamburgers. Check out this recipe that I found over a the Food Network. Note that I took out the jicama, just because I don’t care for jicama. You might, so if that’s the case, add some jicama and knock ourself out.

 

 GeekFit.com Podcast #6 [23:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What’s up GeekFitters? Yup, we’re back!
Show Notes:

• Intros
• New recepies on our GeekFit.com website, big thanks to Scott for submitting them.
• Steve talks about his family.
• Steve tells us about him hurting his back during the lying tricep extension.
• Steve’s getting a new computer, the computer guy calls while we’re recording.
• Jason talks about the famous “sickness” that Steve gets from time to time.
• Listener Voicemails: Twice The Man & Scott.
• Steve tells us about his old computer and how awesome his new one will be.
• Jason mentions the GeekFit voicemail line (360) 450-5026.
• We’re going to be at the Podcast Expo in Ontario with the OC Podcasters.
• Steve talks about a trick he does with SparkPeople, Jason comments about how well SparkPeople changes their code when something doesnt work right.
• Thanks for listening to us!
• Curbside Investigator promo

A couple months ago I posted on my livejournal blog complaining about needing gloves that provided better grip than the Harbingers I had. A friend of mine suggested I check out www.newgrip.com.

I poked around the site a little, read through all the quotes, and looked at the pictures. All good things, of course, but these are on the site that’s trying to sell the product. Off to google I went to see what other folks were saying about them. I came across an article over at LASplash.com entitled NewGrips: A Workout Glove that Fits. I couldn’t agree more.

At first I was a bit leery of ordering gloves online due to sizing. I wear 3x shirts but my gloves were only large (the leather ones stretch a bit after you use them a while). I figured I could always return them for a different size. I was pleasantly surprised that I was asked for my height and the size of my wrist in inches to determine the right size to order. I got my gloves a couple days later, attached the wrist straps to the pads and headed to the gym.

What a difference! It says it’ll take a few workouts to get them broken in but I could notice a considerable difference right away. I’d definitely recommend these if you’re in the market for some gloves. I’ll never go back.

~ Steven

Artichokes are part of the perfect food triangle. What is the food triangle you may ask? Well, it’s Artichokes, Avocados and Asparagus; three foods that not only taste great but are good for you too. They are full of vitamins, minerals and oils that will keep you healthy, so go on, eat em up yum!

Now, about the artichokes, most people I know eat artichokes with either butter or mayonnaise. Either way, that’s not too healthy. Here, we pair them with garlic and some Italian dressing and toss them into the fire. Oil and Fire. Could it get any better?

• 4 small to medium artichokes (actually, you can make as much as you want, they store well and continue to marinate)
• 1 cup of low fat Italian dressing. (I use olive oil and red vinegar with a dash of salt and pepper, so feel free to be creative)
• 3-4 cloves of garlic diced (go on, toss in another 2-3 cloves, we’re all friends here and I’m not going to kiss you anyways)

Here’s the most important part. Peel the outside leaves off the artichokes, right down to the bright green leaves. Cut the pointed leaf tips with scissors or a knife and trim the stem. Boil these bad boys for about 15 minutes. If you are familiar with artichokes, we want to cook them about  of the way through. If artichokes are new to you, don’t worry, you can over cook them and they will be fine. Artichokes take a little bit of practice, so go longer rather than shorter and adjust as you learn.

Let the artichokes cool. When you can handle them, cut them in half lengthwise. Use a spoon to scoop out the “hair” just above the hearts. You’ll create a nice little hollow that will hold in all the garlic and marinade. Place them in a Tupperware or other suitable marinating device. Toss in the Italian dressing and garlic and seal. Let marinate for a few hours to a few days. When you are ready to eat, place them on a BBQ for about 5 minutes to char the outside and warm the inside. Don’t let them burn! This is good stuff kids. Trust me.