Monthly Archives: September 2011

The French Quarter Cajun Seafood Grill

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On Tuesday night after a ROUGH speed workout I loaded the husband into the car to go in search of iron supplements. After I successfully acquired said pills, we drove across the parking lot to try out a restaurant I’ve been wanting to try since we bought our house (that was in 2009). Tuesday was the night my friends and it did not disappoint.

We went to The French Quarter Cajun Seafood Grill and it was awesome. On their website they say that they specialize in authentic South Louisiana Cajun and Creole cuisine, which I can’t verify because I’ve never been (and if I have then I don’t remember it). I can verify that their seafood gumbo was delicious and I am very picky about gumbo.

I digress, though.

The restaurant itself is in a strip center and doesn’t look like much from the outside, but the inside is SO cute er, sets a good tone.

This picture was sneakily taken from our booth. We were halfway through our meal before I realized that I hadn’t taken any pictures, which I mentioned to Sean. His response was, “I’m sure you’re about to fix that”. Darn right.

The whole restaurant was dimly lit and they had these painted sections (as seen in the above photo) that had brick peeking through and vines and such. Normally, I don’t like that kind of stuff, but here it fit well and I (clearly) was a fan.

I skipped the garlic bread but Sean said it was good. I imagine it was like every loaf of buttered garlic bread, but I wasn’t in the mood. We ended up ordering 2 dozen raw oysters (one of Sean’s favorite food) and I ordered a bowl of gumbo and Sean ordered a cup.

I mentioned it above, but I am REALLY picky about gumbo. I like it to be spicy, I don’t like when the rice is pre-mixed in, and I like there to be lots of seafood. Pros about French Quarter:

1. The rice comes on the side. I always feel like they put WAY too much rice in and I like to add it in myself or skip it all together.

2. There was tons of fresh seafood in it. Delicious.

3. I have no idea if it was spicy or not because I doused it with hot sauce immediately.

As you can see, I was about halfway through it before I realized I had zero pictures. Oops. It was good.

Sean is a BIG fan of raw oysters. I am too, but the boy REALLY loves them. So when I said I was going to order a half dozen, he said we should just order two dozen and he’d eat the rest of mine. I switched this to I’d have nine and he could have 15 and we called it even.

I know oysters are hit or miss for people, but these were pretty good if you like them. They were a tad on the salty side, but what can you really expect? If you hate spicy food you would HATE eating with Sean and I because we like everything as spicy as we can get it. When they bring out oysters and give you the side of cocktail sauce and the side of horse radish, we both typically use all of the horseradish and then add in some hot sauce. I add hot sauce to just about everything, actually. It’s delicious.

Yep. We ate everything. And it was awesome. SO if you live in the Cypress/Houston area and you like cajun food, go here. Their menu was huge but Sean and I are notorious for sticking to oysters and gumbo at these kind of places. All in all, we were definitely impressed and will definitely be back.

Fan of cajun food? Seafood? I am a fan of all food. There is no discrimination here.

Holy cat.

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I have another post that I was going to put up today, but it’s going to have to wait because this is infinitely more important.

Did you see this cat?!

His name is Frank and Louie and he has two faces, two mouths and three eyes!

Apparently, 12 years ago Marty Stevens rescued this little mystery because they were going to kill him off (I guess because he wasn’t “normal”?). Suffice it to say, that was 12 years ago and the little furball is still kickin’. He just made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest cat with this kind of birth defect.

“Every day is kind of a blessing; being 12 and normal life expectancy when they have this condition is one to four days,” Stevens said, stroking Frank and Louie’s soft fur as he sat on her lap purring. “So, he’s ahead of the game; every day I just thank God I still have him.”

With this kind of defect he’s known as a “Janus cat”, which came from a Roman god with two faces. “The condition is the result of a genetic defect that triggers excessive production of a certain kind of protein.”

You can read the whole article from the Associated Press here. (all info and the pic came from the AP article, I just summarized some of it)

Gah! What do you think of this?!? Personally, I think it’s pretty cool that she saved him from being killed just because he has extra features. And I think he’s kinda cute in a weird way. 

Feeling rundown = Not enough iron?

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Today’s workout: Arms and abs @ the gym; 30 min bike ride with the little brother

I’m not really sure how long it’s been going on – I’d venture to say it’s probably been a couple months now – but I’ve been progressively feeling more and more rundown. It started where I was just tired sometimes. Then I was tired all the time. Slowly that transitioned into every.single.run being a massive struggle + being tired all the time. And that amounts to not ever wanting to run. When every step is a struggle and every thought going through your head is “I can’t do this”, it gets discouraging.

I thought it was stress from switching jobs. I thought it was burning out on running. Then I thought that I was missing something. Because who gets discouraged when you’re running in this:

And the truth is, switching jobs wasn’t that stressful. I mean, leaving my old job was stressful, sure. But my new job is not stressful.

And the truth is, I love running. I love training. I love knowing what I have to do every day so I don’t really have to think about it. What I was (and sort of am) burned out on is the fact that my legs don’t seem to want to do anything anymore.

So what gives?

After having one of those moments where I was pretty sure I had read about this recently and racking my brain incessantly to figure out where I read about it, I remembered that Melissa had talked about being anemic and taking iron supplements to get back in the groove.

Hmmmm…

So I googled it. And I found the article Low Iron May Have You Feeling Fatigued on running.net. And after every key point they made I went, “ah geeze, I can relate to that”. Some highlights…

Let’s start with the opening sentence:

“You are ready for your run but right from the start your legs are heavy and you have no energy. After slogging for several minutes you give up and walk home. What’s wrong? You have had enough sleep, you are hydrated, and fueled. Yet you feel blah!” Yep. Know that feeling ALL TOO WELL.

And then there’s this:

“Distance runners do most of their training aerobically, i.e. at a pace where the oxygen they breathe in is sufficient to permit the metabolic energy release for their running. Anything that decreases blood hemoglobin, such as inadequate iron absorption through the diet, or excessive blood loss through the menses, can predispose you to anemia — the end result being fatigue and the inability to train easily at previously easy paces.” My easy paces have definitely not been so easy lately.

And this was nice:

“Runners and especially females tend to have lower iron due to many reasons… High mileage runners training in hot, humid conditions may lose much more [iron].” Awesome. I knew I was pre-disposed to low iron before because I’m female, but it’s nice to know running in the humidness that is Houston just intensifies that.

And if that wasn’t enough:

“How do you know if low iron is a problem and what can be done? You will be dragging most of the time. All of us have those bad days but this is a continual worn out feeling. Your performances slide. Your pulse rate may be elevated and your enthusiasm for running is just not present.” Enough. I am pretty sure this is 150% how I feel.

When I got home from work yesterday I sucked down some shotbloks (yeah, yeah, not SBP1, I’m not perfect and sometimes I need something to get going) and hopped on the treadmill for 5 miles of speedwork.

The first mile my legs were in a serious revolt. They were yelling that they were not running. The next three miles was spent convincing them that they could in fact get through all five miles and that they didn’t really have a choice. I also spent a good deal of time explaining to them that it was just low iron levels, not the fact that they couldn’t do it, that was making them so tired. The last mile was one of the slowest miles I’ve run in a long time, but those little feet of mine didn’t stop moving til it was done.

That run pretty much sealed the deal. I loaded Sean up into the car and went on a mission to find this:

Recognize that Melissa? (That’s because I stole it from your page because I didn’t take a picture of my bottle. I definitely got the same kind) ;-)

So now I’m conducting a little experiment to see if low iron is in fact what’s ruining my life right now causing me to feel so rundown all the time.

I thought it was interesting that something like low iron can have such an affect on your body. I guess it just goes to show that your body really works in complex and mysterious ways.

What interesting and little known running facts do you know about? I had NO IDEA that taking iron was so crucial to running.

(Girls) Do you take iron supplements?

Hungry Eating or Bored Eating?

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Today’s workout: 20 min Pilates before work; 5 miles speedwork after work

First: my arms are TIRED from yesterday’s drum class.

Second: this post is rather wordy, so I’m supplementing it with pictures of my cats.

One thing that I’ve really been struggling with over the past couple months is eating when I’m hungry vs. eating when I’m bored. There’s (obviously) a significant difference in the two, but I think it’s sometimes easy to confuse them.

I first noticed this phenomenon when I was working at my old job because I ate all the time. At first, I didn’t think much of it because hello I’m knee deep in marathon training, but as time goes on I’ve realized more and more that eating (when I’m not actually hungry) has become a habit. And not just eating, but eating way more than I need to… eating to the point of being stuffed, not just full and satisfied.

So what?

I’ve mentioned a couple times that I’ve been unhappy with my eating habits and my current weight. I claimed to hop back on the “healthy” bandwagon and then conveniently left those revelations here in blogland, forgoing implementing them into my life. Til now. Quite honestly, I’m just sick of stepping on the scale and seeing numbers I’m not happy with and then soothing them with – you guessed it – food.

Clearly regular “I’m just going to cut back on this” tactics weren’t working for me because I never did. So I did something drastic. I decided I’d do South Beach Phase 1 for a week where you basically cut out a whole lot of foods and focus on vegetables and proteins. I wanted to see if I could maintain Phase 1 for a week and then shift into Phase 2 because (when I’m actually paying attention to what I’m eating), Phase 2 closely resembles my normal life.

I’m three days in and while I was sitting at my desk this morning when I usually would be having my first morning snack (yes, I had two) I had this revelation - I’m not hungry. Huh. That’s weird, but I always eat two morning snacks. So maybe I don’t need two. Maybe I just need one. But I got into such a habit at my old job of eating two snacks… essentially to break up my morning before I left for lunch. Essentially because I was unhappy. Not because I was hungry.

On BistroMD they give the following scenario: “How many times have you wandered idly over to the refrigerator, pulled it open and stood gazing vaguely into the bright interior, waiting for some moment of inspiration? That’s boredom eating. If you were actually experiencing hunger, your physical need would bring you to a quick decision.”

Well I do that all the time.

I’m not really sure right now if I’m actually going to keep up South Beach Phase 1 all week. But I think the first couple days pinpointed what I’ve been missing this whole time. I think eating became such a mindless activity over the past few months that I needed something to snap me out of it and realize how important it is to identify when you’re actually hungry or when you’re using food to take up time and space.

WikiHow has some great tips for distinguishing when you’re actually hungry or not. A few of them really stuck out to  me when I was reading over them:

#3 – are you hungry or thirsty? I drink a lot of water as it is, but I drink the bulk of it in the morning for whatever weird reason. Keeping a water bottle with me in the afternoons is probably a good idea too…

#4 – are you hungry or bored? duh, that’s what this whole ridiculous post is about :)

#5 – are you hungry or tired? um, I’m pretty sure I’m always tired. I don’t even remember the last time I wasn’t vaguely tired. I have been trying to get to bed earlier, but it’s always a work in progress with that.

Do you mistake boredom with actual hunger?

Random question: what’s your favorite color? That has nothing to do with this post, I’ve just recently shifted favorite colors from green to teal :)

Drum/Cardio Gym Class

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Last week my mom called me and asked if I wanted to attend a drum/cardio class with her at the gym her and my dad go to – NewLife Fitness. She went to the class last year and RAVED about it, so I was thrilled when she invited me to join her. I’m actually a huge fan of NewLife Fitness, and was a member of the gym while I lived at home for a few months after college – the gym is small but furnished with all kinds of equipment and has a very non-intimidating atmosphere with staff that is always friendly and welcoming.

Anyway, the drum/cardio class is a class that’s only offered once a year as a “kick-off to Fall” class, and I was pretty amped up to go to it this year since I couldn’t last year.

My mom had told me about it beforehand, but I was still a little unsure what to expect. I fit right in, though, seeing as I was the awkward one that didn’t attend the gym regularly that was taking random photographs… don’t mind me…

The “yo” works because I’m totally white. Right? Right.

You get your drum sticks when you come in and then you find a medicine ball to use as your “drum”.

My mom put us in the second to last row, which was smart on her part because I have no moves at all. I figured I may be OK at this class because 7 years of band should have given me some sense of rythym. And that’s exactly what I was – OK. I can’t handle too complicated of moves because I get confused and out of sync. Remember Fight Fit?

The class was pretty packed, which my mom had warned me about. It gets so full that you have to sign up ahead of time to guarantee yourself a spot. For something that is so popular, I’m surprised they don’t offer it year-round. It seems like it’d be a favorite class for people to attend.

Holy cow that class was fun! The instructor took us through a series of moves per song that ranged from drumming on our own medicine ball to tapping on our neighbors to jumping around like a crazy person – seriously fun, I haven’t enjoyed a group class that much in a LONG time (other than BodyPump, of course, which is on hold right now because it wears my legs out too much for my liking with marathon training in full swing).

I was jumping around like mad trying to keep up and keep the beat, but I wasn’t super self-conscious about it like Fight Fit because everyone was having such a good time – smiling, laughing and drumming.

I went into the class figuring that it would be pretty arm-intensive (which it was), but I wasn’t prepared for all the squats and lunges that happened too – I feel like I got a pretty decent full-body workout in during the hour long class!

Thanks for taking me Mom!!

I love doing things with my Mom… she is the BEST role model when it comes to maintaining an active lifestyle… I can’t think of a time when she hasn’t been a regular gym-goer, morning walker, etc. She is a huge reason that I stay as motivated as I do to keep fit. She also is a health nut, like me (or should I say I am like her?), when it comes to eating balanced meals and keeping an extremely level-headed view on health and fitness… all in all she’s a fantastic inspiration. :)

What’s something out of the norm that you’ve done lately? This was so outside my normal exercise routine, but I LOVED it.

Busy Weekends = No Blogging

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Today’s workout: 2 mile walk before work, cardio-drum class tonight with mi madre

Ohhh heyyyyy there guys…

This weekend was pretty nonstop, which makes for little time to blog. And even if and when I had time, it was the farthest thing from my mind. Except for last night, when I sat down and opened up a new post and then immediately closed it out, because sometimes curling up on the couch with the husband is WAY more important than blabbing out all my thoughts.

Friday I only worked half a day at the office and then we were off to Austin (well, Georgetown actually) to celebrate some friends of ours wedding. It was a beautiful wedding, and a lot of fun to see a lot of faces we haven’t seen much as of late. I took a total of 2 pictures, none of which turned out well, so I’ll share these two with you which I stole from Facebook… thanks Emily :)

Saturday I was mega-hungover for reasons unbeknownst to me (I suppose it was that I mixed wine and beer, but honestly none of it equaled up to the unparalleled hangover I experienced on Saturday). My solution to any hangover is food, so I spent the entire day eating junk food (because let’s be honest, a salad never makes a headache go away, but french fries magically do). We drove back to Houston Saturday which, much as it sucked, was needed. Lots of Boston Legal happened after that and then lots of sleep.

I woke up Sunday ready to tackle a few things. One of which was 9 miles which went fairly well considering that it was 99% humidity out when I first checked Weatherbug on my phone. 99% is stupid, by the way. I held the same 8:58 average pace as the 8 miles from last week, even though a couple of those miles were a little rough and a couple were a little fast. After my run we cleaned up and went over to celebrate Sean’s grandmother’s birthday… HAPPY BIRTHDAY! before heading back home to do all the “adult” tasks in life… you know, grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry… all that REALLY fun stuff.

I also decided that I’m doing a little experiment with my diet right now after last weeks “I’m feeling bad about my body” post, but that will have to wait until later to expand on. I can tell you that for now I’m focusing on eating tons of vegetables and protein and mega cutting back on sweets, alcohol, and carbs. So far, so good. I started Sunday and am feeling better (and healthier) than I have in a while. Amazing what two days of healthy eating will do for you.

So how was everybody’s weekend?

Any races? I am itching for a 5 or 10k PR, so one of those little races may be in my very near future. :)

I (almost) bonked last night.

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I almost bonked last night but I managed to push through. However, it’s official. Leg strength training is out for me for now.

No more til after the marathon.

Why, you ask? It’s killing my runs and I’m sick of trying to run on exhausted legs.

Yesterday called for a 6 mile tempo run. My legs were really tired. So I didn’t run in the morning. No big deal, I’ll just do it in the afternoon after work, I figured. Sean was out golfing so it worked out perfectly, really.

I got home, sucked down some shotbloks to quiet down my stomach (I was HUNGRY), laced up my shoes and hit the ground running, albeit a little unhappily.

The first mile was torture. It took every ounce of my willpower to not turn around. But I forged on and made it through mile 2, thus starting tempo pace. Remember last week when I had a speedy tempo run? Not so much this time. I was STRUGGLING to maintain an 8:45 pace. I clocked mile 3 around 8:36 and at mile 3.33 I died. I stopped my watch and walked and seriously contemplated calling Sean to come pick me up rather than walk the 1.5 miles back to my house. About a minute in I sucked it up and finished out the mile at about an 8:23 pace and then ran two excruciatingly slow miles home (seriously, I’m pretty sure I could walk faster than I was running).

I spent 15 minutes lying in a hot sweaty mess on the floor before I peeled myself up off the ground into the shower. By the end of the shower I was feeling better, but not great.

A glass of wine cleared all that right up.

I had debated putting off the run until this morning and going to hot yoga last night but pushed myself to do it last night anyway – I should have waited. When I got up this morning my legs felt great and totally ready to tackle a run.

One of these days I’m going to learn to listen to myself. ;-) At least it should make for a solid 9 miles tomorrow!

When I’m having off runs like yesterday I go through a lot of positive thinking (and a lot of negative thinking too). I spend a lot of time arguing with myself. It goes a lot like this:

Good grief just stop running already and go home.

NO! You do not stop. You are strong. You are powerful. You will get through this.

I hate this sport so much.

False my friend, you love it. You are just having an off day.

Call Sean and have him come get you.

You didn’t bring your cell phone.

Stop that guy running and ask for his.

You are a ROCKSTAR. You are running a MARATHON. This is one bad run and does not define you or your running career. If you want to run well you have to go through good runs and bad runs. You have to train harder, you have to train faster. You are AWEEEESOME!

And on and on and on. I’m pretty talkative in my head :)

How do you stay motivated during crappy runs? Do you call it quits or force yourself to finish?

3 Things Thursday

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Well, I had another post in the works but this seemed more appropriate once I did #1:

1. I just signed onto Facebook after explaining to my blogging BFF that I never do and got the biggest headache. As I explained to her, I don’t ever log on Facebook anymore unless I’m updating my status with a new blog post. I’ll save the WTF’s and rants because it really doesn’t matter if I’m mad over all their continuing changes or not and it’s likely it will evolve into something else again soon anyway, so why waste any time complaining? I can only assume I’m either really dumb or really out of the loop because I have no idea what’s happening on there anymore. I shall stick to blogging and twitter.

2. I am mildly (majorly) obsessed with spaghetti squash, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin smoothies right now. And by mildly I mean that I had a pumpkin smoothie for breakfast yesterday, a sweet potato for lunch, and spaghetti squash for dinner, then spaghetti squash for lunch today and I fully intend on having either a smoothie or sweet potato for dinner.

3. I really wish that filtered water tasted like bottled water. I reuse water bottles all the time (I know, I know, BPA and all that nonsense) but every now and then a fresh bottled water will make its way into the rotation (I take an average of three 16.9 oz bottles of water with me to work) and I’ll get so sad when the next one is a recycled bottle of water.

Tell me three things, you know you want to.

Kinda pulling on Melissa’s post – do I need Google+?

Actually, can I just get rid of everything but my blog and Twitter? Everything else gives me a headache and even though I signed up for Klout a few weeks ago I still have no idea what to do with it.

 

Dealing with the inevitable

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If you’re a guy, you probably have no interest in this post. Just sayin’.

This is probably going to be a touchy post for some, and I’m sorry if that’s the case. I also am not looking for any sympathy or trying to get any compliments. I just want to talk about how I’ve personally been feeling.

I’ve woken up for ohhh about a week now feeling fat. Lucky for me Lauren just wrote a great post on fat days. I happened to read it as I was wallowing on the couch in undeserved self pity eating my second heaping bowl of soup and contemplating what I was going to eat after it (cinnamon raisin bagelthin, by the way, followed by a Sprite and then gummy bears and then goldfish, and then… you get the point).

So as I was chomping away and reading her post, I got to thinking… why am I having fat days? No… really and truly, why am I having fat days? I asked myself the same things Lauren asked – am I just bloated or have I been too liberal with what I’m eating?

Well, realistically, it’s because I’ve gained about 5lbs. Before ANYONE jumps down my throat about me saying that I gained 5lbs let me go ahead and put it out there that I know I’m not overweight and I know a lot of people gain weight during marathon training, I know.

Because the honest truth is, I am not comfortable for me. I haven’t been eating the things that make my body feel its best, and my training and my weight are suffering because of it.

Do I need dessert every night? Nope.

Do we need to be eating out as much as we have been? Nope.

Do I need to treat every dining out experience as though it were my last? Nope.

Do I need four servings of soft pillowy bread followed by fried artichokes followed by pizza followed by frozen yogurt? No… well, maybe. ;-)

And it’s been affecting me wholly. I’ve been irritated, I haven’t been sleeping well, my runs have felt off, I’ve been reluctant to go exercise (<— which, can someone explain that one to me? why is it that when we’re feeling good we want to continue to work out and eat well, but as soon as we fall off the bandwagon we don’t want to work out or eat right?) and all around I’ve just been feeling sorry for myself but I’ve been unwilling to change anything about it.

As Lauren said, “Obviously, if I determine that the issue at hand is me, then I need to evaluate what I’m doing. Have I fallen off the path? Have I allowed myself to overeat or eat high calories, high sugar, high fat items? I totally believe in moderation and be able to enjoy things like Mexican food, cake, pizza. But I believe that if I have it every single day and have too much of it, I’m going to gain weight. Its just how my body is wired. Some people have a blessed metabolism and can do that, more power to you. Me, I need to watch my calorie intake and be aware of how much I’m eating and exactly what I’m eating. So if I’m having a Fat Day, I like to look back at my food journal and reflect on my consumption. It definitely has been the key to my success in losing weight and maintaining my weight loss.”

Yep.

The truth is, I’ve been stressed. Switching jobs is stressful, even if the switch is a good one. I’m still trying to find a good schedule to get into and I’m dealing with all of these goals that I want to accomplish but am unsure as to how. I’m also having a HUGE internal debate about some things that I’m not sure how to approach. And I’ve just been flat out lazy.

Time to change things up a bit and get back to moving a lot and eating well.

Luckily, even though I skipped my speed work yesterday morning I did drag my sorry self onto the treadmill as soon as I got home and knocked it out with 5 pretty gratifying miles. We also went out for mexican food after that with Sean’s family for his birthday and I managed to leave without feeling like I did too much damage (which rarely happens).

You have those kind of days, weeks, months too… right? I envy you if not. 

Any tricks or tips for getting back on the bandwagon?

Resomation: Just Liquefy Your Dead

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1. I know this is supposed to be a fitness blog, not a news blog, so just bear with me.

2. I try to stay away from controversial topics, but lately I’m kind of wondering why, because there’s so much good controversy out there

3. I’m conflicted on the “go green” campaign… I think some things are good, and some things are just flat out ridiculous

Glad that’s out of the way

I should also probably point out that this is NOT the article that I wrote for work, these are my own personal opinions. 

I don’t know if you’ve heard about resomation yet or not, but I first heard about it on my way to work this morning on the radio. I about gagged when they were talking about it, but didn’t give it much thought after that until I got to work. I do a lot of news research at my job, so when I stumbled across it again I read in depth about it and then wrote about it for work. But honestly, I can’t really stop thinking about it which is why I’m here now.

Picture courtesy of Google images

Resomation, if you didn’t know, is an alkaline-hydrolysis process that dissolves your remains. Dissolves them. As in, your body is put into this huge machine called The Resomator (currently available only at the Anderson-McQueen funeral home in Florida – shout out to Paula!) that has a solution in it that liquefies your body down to a brown syrupy substance and bones. The bones can then be ground down to a substance that largely looks like the ashes from cremation, put in an urn or something similar, and given to the family members.

The brown syrupy substance – which they have assured everyone is sterile, non-toxic, and eco-friendly – is put into the water system. And, as if being reduced to a brown “syrupy” substance isn’t enough, there I gag. THE WATER SYSTEM. Nothing like drinking your loved ones, right?

Sandy Sullivan, who founded Resomation Ltd., was quoted by BBC as saying, ““Resomation was developed in response to the public’s increasing environmental concerns. It gives them that working third choice, which allows them to express those concerns in a very positive and I think personal way.”

Are that many people upset about the standard cremation and burial process? I really had no idea.

Apparently, cremation is bad for the environment (cremation is always how I wanted to go) and releases a lot of toxins when done. I personally don’t care to be buried in a box and left to decompose, but I don’t want to be dissolved either and I certainly don’t want Paula drinking me!

If you’re interested in reading further about it, you can check out some of the news sites here:

Choose Liquidation Over Cremation

Want a Green Funeral? Liquefy Your Body with the ‘Resomator’!

Green Alternative to Cremation

So you tell me, what are your feelings on being liquefied?

Am I the only one that is completely grossed out by this option?