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Tim's Crock Pot Latin Pork Stew Slow cook crock pot pork stew with lots of vegetables. Cooks a large batch that can then be split up and frozen. I make this because my wife doesn't eat pork and this makes it easy to cook two separate meals. The recipe is pretty loose, and I add apple, peppers, and pear for some natural…

Here's a tip: buy fruits and veggies that are on sale. They are usually on sale because there is an abundant supply and that means it is harvest time and they are likely at their peak in terms of freshness and nutrients. Then cook a large batch of something good with them and freeze what you don't eat.

I have never been obese, but was in denial about how overweight I was. I'm 5' 9" and had been been between 180 and 195 for perhaps the past ten years and over 170 for a lot longer than that. I'm reasonably athletic, belonged to a gym and worked out regularly, everything was cool, right? My doctor told me that I was…

I've always liked old school punk music for aerobics. The Ramones, The Clash, The Sex Pistols with some early Elvis Costello, The Jam, X, Buzzcocks, even some Blondie. The songs are short, the tempos are fast, and the energy is infectious. Gets the heart pumpin'!

If it doesn't work at first it will once you start to sweat.

I've done hundreds of interviews. Here's some simple, basic tips: listen carefully to the interviewer and interact with them (it's a dance); be honest and always positive; give specific accomplishments and quantified impacts whenever you can instead of listing vague attributes; towards the end of the interview summarize…

I'm in! No goal except to bike whenever I can and see what that totals.

March final numbers - March 1: 14 miles March 2: 6 miles (with my wife awwwww) March 3: 13 miles March 4: 14 miles March 5: 15 miles March 6: 0 miles (ridiculous wind) March 7: 0 miles (snow) March 8: 0 miles (snow) March 9: 13 miles March 10: 13 miles March 11: 14 miles March 12: 0 miles (ran) March 13: 0 miles (ran)…

I've never had this and it looks good. My wife and kids are lactose intolerant and they drink lots of soy, almond, and other milks, so this could be a good addition. I'll try it and let you know. Thanks!

We've been genetically modifying foods for a very long time. Recently, with advances in genetics we've found a more efficient way of doing it. I'm sure that there are potential dangers in these new methods, but I'm not convinced that they are inherently dangerous. So my question is what specific nutritional impacts have…

I have been taking glucosamine for years. Its effects are subtle--it's not a silver bullet that will heal you. It improves my flexibility and reduces joint stiffness, and when I run out or stop taking it for whatever reason, the difference is noticeable. But if your knees are really aching, there may be some structural…

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Brackish.

Your food journal looks good. A little more exercise that gets your heart rate up would help. Maybe a few calisthenics first thing in the morning to get your metabolism going. You've been getting real results so you know something about what you are doing. It becomes harder to lose the last few so keep at it and be…

It's flat and the lakefront is wonderful, so I always try to rent a bike or bring rollerblades when in Chicago. You can then cruise the lakefront stopping in different areas. Yelp can steer you to some nice places to eat. The weather needs to cooperate of course, but if it does, you can burn while you indulge.

If you are diabetic or in a high risk group for developing diabetes (a large and ever-growing part of western societies), limiting impacts to your blood sugar levels and the resulting insulin responses is a sound health management tactic. The glycemic index measures these impacts, and yams have a low glycemic index of…

I backpacked across Australia and New Zealand for six months. I sail and once got caught in a tropical storm a few hundred miles offshore. I own 15 guitars. I was at Kiss's first concert.

Nasty old Stones mix. Don't usually roll out the oldies, but love their let it bleed/exile stuff: "I hear the click clack of your feet on the stairs...."

Congrats! Here's a couple of tips: 1. Get some basic equipment like a helmet, padded shorts, and some bike gloves. Head injuries are forever and you don't want to associate your new bike with pain. High visibility clothing is also a good idea, as well as lights front and back. 2. Use your gears so you don't put undue…

Get a decent bike and put some miles in.

There are lots of specifics that have worked for me, but I think a general mindset is most important. Incorporate healthy eating and exercising into your busy life so that you can maintain what you do and can be happy (or at least not more unhappy ;). If you paddle upstream, sooner or later your arms will tire and you'll…

Girls. I don't think I'm their target demographic.

I hear you and I'm not saying that you can't use some basic building blocks daily. Just vary it a bit. For instance, I eat homemade yogurt most mornings but put in different fruits, typically ones that are peak in terms of taste and nutrition. And I have a huge salad most lunches with as many colors of veggies as I can…

Club soda with lime. People won't know you're not drinking alcohol. When you have limited calories, it's just not helpful to your fitness to waste them on things with no nutritional value like booze. So I try to limit my intake to one or two real ones and have lots of club sodas. And crack.

I get pretty close though I really just eat what I like. My diary is open if you want to see. But I caution you that eating the same thing every day has its own hazards and you should try to eat a wide variety of foods and change things up a bit for nutritional reasons if not for your sanity.

Heart rate monitors are excellent at measuring heart rate. In my experience, less so in calculating calories burned. It is interesting that some here think it overestimates and others the opposite. I have a Timex HRM that is pretty bad overall, and calculates calorie burn more than 60% higher than machines or even MFP…

It could happen very soon for me--I'm one pound away! Can't say I have any big plans. My weight loss success has been based on making positive food and exercise choices that I like rather than denying myself, so I don't have a lot of pent-up demand for things I've been missing. I will try to push past my goal by a few…

The Go! Team's entire "Rolling Thunder" CD. It's like a 60's girl group backed by a high school marching band. Horrible, right? But It is such happy music and makes me smile.

I thought that we all died when we reached a certain age. So when friend teased me about being a few months older, I replied that that meant he would die sooner than me. Shut him up.

Update: March 1: 14 miles March 2: 6 miles (with my wife awwwww) March 3: 13 miles March 4: 14 miles March 5: 15 miles March 6: 0 miles (ridiculous wind) March 7: 0 miles (snow) March 8: 0 miles (snow) March 9: 13 miles March 10: 13 miles March 11: 14 miles March 12: 0 miles (ran) March 13: 0 miles (ran) March 14: 14 miles…