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Get a video of a production of "Stomp," buy a long handled broom, some boots, and some various trash cans, buckets, wooden dowels, and try to keep up with what the performers are doing. Or just the boots and copy the rhythms. (I've always wanted to do that, but I don't own a DVD player!)
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Yeah it really "bombed." (As in: bomb calorimiter... you know, the thing you use to measure the change in water temperature by selective destruction and incineration of various substances thereby determining it's caloric value? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorimeter#Bomb_calorimeters ?) *crickets chirping* Man, tough…
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Oo, I have! I saw them when they toured the Meteora album, and they were just phenomenal. Then they dropped everything about their sound that I liked, and found unique, and haven't heard a thing since that spoke to me like their earlier work. I looked in me workout music, looks like I have Hybrid Theory I'm its entirety.…
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Heck yeah, good point! And good riddance. Just shows you weren't with the right person anyway. So long, superficial!
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Thppth. While 50% of the males they asked said that, that also represents 50% of males who read Huffington Post. Out here in the real world, most men love for love, and love someone's insides, and aren't so superficial that they would leave a woman for gaining weight. I'm sure there are some, sure, but 50%?? Naah. Maybe…
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It is completely, totally awesome, and she most certainly is. I make no joke about the fact that I feel like the luckiest guy in the world. Plus she's a great cook! Bonus! ;-)
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Let me ask you this: any moshing involved? Can't remember the source, but someone a time ago estimated between 200-400 calories for every ten minutes of time in the pit. I would go conservative, numerically, if you just jump in and head out, less so if you dominate the pit. I always felt it would be a great HIIT. Better…
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Make a map, like a Marauder's Map, of designated places around your route wherein you have hidden cough drops. Kind of like treasure hunting, but you know where the treasure is already. Go for like 100 or more places. That way, there's always one there.
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Yes, I most certainly am. And I rarely go a day without letting her know that, too.
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You've lost a TON of weight!!!! "No, you just remember me fatter than I am. Thanks. No, really." What, did you start smoking crack? "Oh yeah, right about the time you got that face lift." Did you padlock your fridge? "Can you padlock your mouth?" You must have lost TONS because you were REALLY big! "You must not have lost…
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Intelligence, honesty, warmth, and a quick wit. Sexy is a state of mind before being a state of body: don't be afraid to be sexy. Being delightfully kooky and even weird is way up there too, I totally love wierd. And don't just roll over and agree with me, speak your heart, and speak it with honesty, and with passion,…
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I always hear that breakfast should be your biggest meal of the day, as food = fuel, and it starts your day off fueled appropriately. Then you top off the tank as you go along. I tested this, recently, but without really knowing it. The great thing about being a wee complusive about logging, you can go back and see trends.…
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Quick pickles, aka bread and butter pickle**. Cider vinegar, onion, fresh garlic, and a wee pinch of sugar. Black pepper, bay leaves, basil, etc., can also be added if you're adventureous; and if the cider vinegar is too harsh, I tend to cut it a bit with water, probably not more than 50:50. Just throw sliced cucumbers in…
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Eat fruit. You have excellent reasons to continue eating them, including proven weight loss. I believe the worst thing you can do is to limit yourself from entire food groups. So-called "diets" that cut out important groups also cut out the important nutritional benefits they provide. That said, if you have issues with…
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Have you tried PB2? It's actually dried peanut butter, and you just add drops of water to it to make a galoopy consistency. 1.5g fat per 2T serving. While it's not as sticky and mouth-satisfying as regular peanut butter, it's much less fat and it has 5g protein per serving. I like the flavor, it's very, well, peanutty.…
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Man, y'all are some insightful folks, and you've given me some things to think about. Which I will be doing tonight when I get home, over some carrot sticks. ;-) So far, words from responses are resonating, such as "watching, trapped, doomed to fail, expectations, critique." And especially "set fitness and health goals"…
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One man's perspective: Moms are beautiful. I love a mom of two, my girlfriend. She's a curvy goddess. She complains about her tummy, and has mentioned her stretchmarks. Even as she finds fault, I find beauty. I love her curves, love her body. Stretch marks and all. Don't let such things get you down, honest beauty has so…
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"Uh, I'm losing weight. Didn't you just say that?" Then I look like I may be slightly confused by their comment.
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Back when I ran, I did the Couch to 5K thing too, and found it an enormous success. I started running when I weighed about 300, got down to about 245, still a Clydesdale since I'm 6'1". It's an excellent and forgiving program, and I was slow, but able to do 5K every day of the week. History wise, I had knee surgery (ACL +…
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Sweat is gooood! Sweat means you're working, and working hard. Don't fight it, embrace the sweaty goodness! As a society we're rather conditioned to think that being sweaty is bad, particularly if you're overweight. I was once referred to "The sweaty fat guy over there," by someone. Considering that I was working on the…
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10 for Semper Fi! And I wanna grow up to be a bull mastiff... :-)
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Look at those eyes... total 10... ++melt++
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That ain't right... I'd have to wonder about your veggie source. I'm a good Southern boy and have for years eaten veggies right out of the ground, during the humid buggy summer, in perhaps the second most bug loved place in the world, next to the Amazonian rain forest. I've found wormies in corn a few times, and…
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Exactly what Eliza and Istnlondry said. It does happen to the best of us, and I would daresay that it happens to most everyone here, at least occasionally. If it is happening several days in the month, or one day after another, or for several days on end, then no, that's not good. It's not what we do on one day that makes…
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Man, I'm astounded at the wealth of information that is available on this site! And you all give it so freely! I was curious about the protein question myself, and thought it seemed a bit low, and I'm glad to know I thought that through correctly. Oh, just so you know, only for some people, excessive protein can be…
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I'm a SERIOUS fish lover, I eat it several times a week, and it's a wonderful source of protein and Omega 3s. And tasty, oo! If you're not a big fan of a heavily fishy flavor, try looking for fresh trout fillets, or whole trout. It's a very light and delicately flavored fish that grills up like a dream. If you end up…
