<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:13:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@marksheppard/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: December 8 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stella T. Dog and I went for a pretty long walk today. That was definitely the bulk of my steps today. We wanted to get out of the house for a while and let Ida T. Dog rest at home. Unfortunately, Ida]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20191209t024643535z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20191209t024643535z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2019 02:46:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvXSNcyT4tXW3w6Kin6p4AwW7es3C4S4iZsvp2RXfHSwsHfpeaE6PqBHeqvCcuHzkeagf6zE6jNmXp1ynjDSaDvfqaoggkWZotGP82Lf?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Currently doing an extended post-Thanksgiving fast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because I'm still part of the Carnivore 75 Hard community in the Life app, I know that a lot of people seem to be fasting this week. It's not surprising. If you're like me, you may have eaten a few things]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/currentlydoinganextendedpost-thanksgivingfast-0afb1jxc3h</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/currentlydoinganextendedpost-thanksgivingfast-0afb1jxc3h</guid><category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:27:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkESqYz3mrj4thpDzg3U7GZw4YwEJ5VQt8ZUaN8MhHyGPsS8ib1h4hP3r9ezeRB7EstFBCCGsWZ5KXCUuiuxxLQSaomH6SnCUnyGEUvhgLvDMvaLJB5mpT34maQ3Mzqm8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[never mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[y'all were right]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@marksheppard/camillesteemer-needs-to-be-erased-from-the-planet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@marksheppard/camillesteemer-needs-to-be-erased-from-the-planet</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 14:16:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9RTqgzgfVW71fTRU48bhjs6RAqJ3Prs4h1f3Wvqnibqh8WccXTgQjXRemZ4oABL3vfr4DDmgxM?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Started playing Splinterlands again... made it to Gold I league]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gold I league... that's pretty good, considering most of my cards are still unavailable to me. I'm pretty with just a couple of summoners, and most of them are 2 mana summoners. Another one is Archmage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@marksheppard/started-playing-splinterlands-again-made-it-to-gold-i-league</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/splinterlands/@marksheppard/started-playing-splinterlands-again-made-it-to-gold-i-league</guid><category><![CDATA[splinterlands]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:29:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkHkCzefrGq9JoUWb212Fy2Y1hX31LFZde6qRt3Buzz5gNnqEq3rvsPiCZnKn5RXcCZmLCmxJTqaV5YVbF6H6izM9FUa181DQ5cNQCWfXiR3GSMDN8M9MG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Protein Energy Ratio And Why Is It Important? - Dr. Ted Naiman]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another great clip taken from a full episode of the Human Performance Outliers Podcast. I've always loved hearing from Dr. Ted Naiman on all of the different podcasts I listen to, and he's recently written]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/whatisproteinenergyratioandwhyisitimportant-drtednaiman-9krqpw990b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/whatisproteinenergyratioandwhyisitimportant-drtednaiman-9krqpw990b</guid><category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:20:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9RyT8nF6kh9v4cEujgNyFsXzSwLGoJEKWmC18Jsgar33W1Bcgn7WFTnxNEdU1QFrwMkF6L9dxqwXTN94sq3H9jmmjnQGmTyZktyyHSA6buxztaRVhMMFWKHR6AVx7XKGAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can cows feed the world? (Bobby Gill from the Savory Institute)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a clip taken from an episode of Human Performance Outliers. I'd certainly suggest watching the entire episode, but I also really appreciate it when longform shows break things out into clips which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/cancowsfeedtheworldbobbygillfromthesavoryinstitute-hh6uc45a3z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/cancowsfeedtheworldbobbygillfromthesavoryinstitute-hh6uc45a3z</guid><category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2019 13:19:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkESqYz3mrj4thpDzg3U7GZw4YwEJ5VQt8ZUaN8MhHyGPsS8ib1h4hP3r9ezeRB7Est8qnNEAqECtSJgRoUTvRugym3ysxpCfoTjadKBA5s6pqyMtASUQKr9eKseudXCr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancestral Supplements Grass Fed Beef Liver]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pictured with some mineral water just because I've been thinking more and more lately about all the nose to tail eating that people in the Carnivore community are known to discuss. To be honest, I'm intrigued]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/ancestralsupplementsgrassfedbeefliver-okjnope353</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/ancestralsupplementsgrassfedbeefliver-okjnope353</guid><category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:16:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1fSsTtjHf1Ax2WR1mtWgD8xjqqny9Jujfo37XY29UWYygzPt4TK48dwsVCiYhro8njnDuQHqbV1Lrao7sUJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bone Broth and Health: A Look at the Science — Kaayla Daniel, Ph.D., CCN (AHS14)]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are skeptical that bone broth is interesting enough to justify a 45-minute-long video about it, you're not alone. When YouTube suggested this to me, I was skeptical myself. It gets really good really]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/bonebrothandhealthalookatthesciencekaayladanielphdccnahs14-rpmq15gwxs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lifestyle/@marksheppard/bonebrothandhealthalookatthesciencekaayladanielphdccnahs14-rpmq15gwxs</guid><category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 15:34:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3pM3JAoEzUgBD9SMZKtefiMcfxMgNpQQgNLiGFULquLwwbw4Z83qKEKZwChS9hcYFahcnYkdRuawE4Wc445hck51igXhgbF9YN22ZotdHHDSGoTTwBvKhXenLBKfUB7EW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: November 15 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was much nicer today than it has been for the past week or so, so Stella T. Dog and I went on a nice long walk. That’s probably the majority of my steps for the day, but I did also go to Costco and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20191115t233531119z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20191115t233531119z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2019 23:35:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eCGwd1dEkAtrfHTxKdC6puJyyxximfAUyLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: June 13 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Work was pretty busy today. I put over 15,000 steps just there. My actual steps are over 20,000 today but Actifit doesn’t register all of them. I’ve tried messing with the settings with no luck. I have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20190614t012005863z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20190614t012005863z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:20:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: May 23 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[I definitely took more steps than this today, but I think it’s only counting some of them for some reason. My Withings thing said it took more than twice this many. Which makes sense. I went on a walk]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20190524t021803953z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20190524t021803953z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 02:18:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: April 21 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a mostly lazy day, but we did go on a walk with both of the dogs today to get out of the house and enjoy the weather. I also went grocery shopping, which involves a lot of walking if you’re me, because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20190422t012451027z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20190422t012451027z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 01:24:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: April 17 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[I barely did any activities today. I don’t feel very well, plus it’s raining and shitty outside. At least it isn’t snowing, though. It did just a couple of days ago. Spring in the midwestern United States]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20190417t211538840z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20190417t211538840z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:15:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's in your head, zom-bay, blah, blah, etc. THE FINAL POST]]></title><description><![CDATA[That's right. This is the very last post of this series. For a host of reasons, actually. One of them is that I've been kind of planning on slowing retiring this account, but not until I created and started]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@marksheppard/it-s-in-your-head-zom-bay-blah-blah-etc-the-final-post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@marksheppard/it-s-in-your-head-zom-bay-blah-blah-etc-the-final-post</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 13:32:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBBQkN3tCkhE2EjPPNPEEY7rZsT4k8E4aPBLjjU4T3hN4b4jQMgvcQy7eWS7HenmMRVVdSpGwTkAWmmE6eTDBwTfYkbMp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went camping in winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[S U B U R B A N   C A M P I N GJUST KIDDING. IT'S JUST A BAR IN THE BURBS. ANYWAY... I went to a bar with my wife and some friends the other night. It's called CAMP. There's totally a stuffed bear on the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photo/@marksheppard/i-went-camping-in-winter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photo/@marksheppard/i-went-camping-in-winter</guid><category><![CDATA[photo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZfUPS5YUZfFMnkGUYnPiyG1fbfmeXRSkT3qnjdB8udgKJ285oQgewBHL21cPgj1PZC1dQ55bT5MY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coinbase must really hate STEEM or something. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hopefully just a glitch, but I noticed Steem wasn't at the top of my "followed assets" anymore, so I tried to fix it and it seems like Steem isn't even an option anymore. WTF, Coinbase?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@marksheppard/coinbase-must-really-hate-steem-or-something</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@marksheppard/coinbase-must-really-hate-steem-or-something</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 15:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHSNcw6hFFP2bouKcknhaTBtB81rYV3v1sLGmULU99EjJWPUcyaVbq2B9MaeKiS2BmYVnPzfbemBUSgi173tvJ6VfoRn3jawuBgsYSRdgboLt9uvaMSWx1S2xuxurQjjL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's a funny story. I started working this morning because I thought it was Monday.]]></title><description><![CDATA[That's right. I woke up around 6 AM, and I thought to myself "oh, time to login to the FileMaker app and make sure payroll gets exported correctly so it can be sent it to the accountants. Got it sent,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@marksheppard/here-s-a-funny-story-i-started-working-this-morning-because-i-thought-it-was-monday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@marksheppard/here-s-a-funny-story-i-started-working-this-morning-because-i-thought-it-was-monday</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 13:24:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNgM3qHKGxq8wdcWAiFpcm29FF1vQ7VZHkTuxDPnSSNpCQKB7gYPNNTFCKDfiGFq8kZyF?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: December 6 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lazy day today, but I still got in a few thousand steps without leaving the house. I set up our Christmas tree today to surprise my wife. She wasn’t planning on us setting it up this year. Things have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20181207t034747877z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20181207t034747877z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 03:47:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: December 5 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, despite the chilly temperatures, Stella and I went on a very, very long walk. I let her stop and sniff basically anything she wanted, too, which is supposedly good mental exercise and can tire them]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20181206t032634465z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@marksheppard/actifit-marksheppard-20181206t032634465z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[marksheppard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 03:26:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying shorter stints on the elliptical]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe I’ll just see how far I can go in relative miles in 4 minutes and 20 seconds. It’s like when I do some pull-ups when I go to the basement for any reason. 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