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This is my favorite pulled pork recipe - In the third installment of the El Mariachi trilogy, Once Upon a Time In Mexico, Johnny Depp's character orders a pork dish, puerco pibil, in every restaurant he visits. Director Robert Rodriguez included a rough version of the recipe on the DVD. I have written it down and made a…

I'm 47, very overweight, but not depressed. I am, however, tired, frustrated, and resistant to going out and doing things because my size makes it difficult. It resembles the same behaviors of someone who is clinically depressed, but doesn't involve the same brain chemicals necessarily. Losing weight, for me, will make all…

A blonde goes to the doctor, and says "I hurt all over!" The doctor asks her to point out specifically where it hurts. She points to her nose and says "Ouch!" She points at her shoulder and says "Ouch!" She points at her knee and says "Ouch!" The doctor says, "I know whats wrong. Your finger's broken."

What did the snail say while riding on a turtle's back? WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!

What's brown and sticky? A stick.

My favorite TJ's item is their frozen seafood mix - shrimp, scallops and calimari. Each piece individually frozen, so you can use a little or a lot. A 1# bag is about $7-8 and no waste!

Granted - you have an exotic island, and you are its only inhabitant - apart from a volleyball, onto which you've painted a face. You've named the volleyball, talk to it at length, and argue with about the lack of anything resembling toilet paper. You find yourself developing romantic feelings for the volleyball, racked…

Granted: What it was is now what it is, and what it will be again... but darned if you can remember what it was in the first place... or where you left it. Wish I could dunk like Michael Jordan.

Granted: Your neighbor was dressed as a clown at the time. He left behind balloon animals as his signature. Wish: my coffee maker would deliver coffee to me rather than having to walk all the way across the kitchen to refill.

It will get easier with time - most of us tend to eat the same things on a regular basis, and as the program recognizes them, you'll be able to simply tick off a check box instead of having to search for everything.

Sinistrous - The web page includes banner ads on the forum pages. Sometimes they're... interesting... as noted above.

My wife found some quinoa chips from Simply 7 recently - she's tried the sea salt, cheddar and sour cream & onion. They're much less fat than potato chips, 8-9g of protein per serving, and they taste pretty good.

Congrats on 15 pounds! That's excellent! By my understanding (and if I'm wrong, I urge someone to correct me), targeted exercise will firm up muscles in a particular area, but fat is a whole body experience. Reducing body fat in your stomach also reduces fat in your butt, hips, chest, arms, etc. Anything that says it can…

You have value, and in moving toward being healthier, you are proving to yourself and everyone else that YOU know you have value, otherwise what would be the purpose for improving yourself? Self esteem and confidence come and go over time, and everyone struggles with them, but if you value yourself, momentary setbacks…

I try my best to stay under my goal every day, but I also look at it from a weekly perspective. I know that life is imperfect, and so am I, so if I do go a little over today, I can compensate tomorrow and still keep things moving forward. Don't worry about being perfect - it won't happen. Be healthy, be happy, and live…

Drink your Lager now, but remember tomorrow, you'll work your Bass off.

I'm an idiot Meant haiku in my last post typed limerick - doh!

I'm with you, Jason - Everyone has a different approach and finding what works for you is key. I know that if I don't keep it super simple, I'll get distracted, lose focus and skip a day, then two, then weeks. So for now I keep it to two goals - track food, keep under budget. My wife tends to focus more on details,…

Awesome news! Congrats!

Twenty-eight pages of humorous limericks; better than working.

I kept a box of Honey Nut Cheerios at my desk for snacks. It worked to satisfy my munchies, the crunchies, and my sweet-tooth for a while.

I can't help but laugh - it reminds me of the damage calculator spreadsheets done over at "Elitist Jerks" for World of Warcraft.

There was a diet pill a few years back, and may still be available, called the 24-hour diet. Essentially it said you can eat anything you want today, but tomorrow all you get is water and these weight loss supplements (fiber pills). So yeah, naturally, most people would lose weight on the plan - because they had cut their…

Granted - You no longer have to work. You now spend every day by the pool drinking cocktails and hanging out with your new best friends, Gilbert Gottfried, Kanye West and George W. Bush. I wish I had a superpower.

One trick I've found is to get a salad size plate rather than a dinner plate at the buffet... we tend to clear our plates, which is a visual and psychological cue that we're done eating. Smaller plate means smaller portions, which means fewer calories. Still hungry, get a little more, but you won't be as likely to have…

Welcome! I'm fairly new (again), just hit 20 days. I certainly understand the concerns about being carb-conscious, but as many others will tell you here, unless there's an underlying medical issue, it's less about controlling carbs, and more about controlling calories. Tracking what I eat has helped me realize how much…

For me, it's been a matter keeping my short, medium and long term views straight... Long view is my weight loss goal(s). Medium is something tangible, easily identified - Do my pants fit better, or is it easier to walk? Short term goals are like my daily calorie or activity goals. I get in trouble when I start looking at…

Just in case folks are wondering about jimfsfitnesspal's deleted post, his advice for me was to take more of an urgent view and reduce my goal to 2000 calories immediately. Not understanding my caloric needs at my size, his tough love approach cast him in an unflattering light, but it was sent out of genuine concern, for…

Welcome, I'm not the person to help motivate you in P90x, as I get winded watching the YouTube videos. I hope to do them one day, but for now, anything more than a short walk requires a day of recovery. But, I do wish you all the best at your efforts. You'll be someone to inspire me somewhere down the road.

Jim, thank you for caring. Apology accepted. Everyone's weight loss journey is different and there is no single way of doing it. Thank you to others for helping to provide valuable information for everyone I think. Thank you Alice for the link to CyberEd's blog - I'll certainly check it out. And thanks Gib for your…