Everyday Systems

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I'm up to page 60+ in In Defense of Food. Michael Pollan is quite entertaining, and accurate. I just worked my way through the small section where he equates our not enjoying our food with our Puritan roots. (Has a bit to say about Dr. Kellog as well...which reminded me a bit of "The Road to Wellsvi...

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Batter up, I'm giving this another star. I haven't gained anyweight, and my body shape is changing after 3 months of riding the Airdyne, but I haven't lost weight either. So far today, one breakfast and one lunch and a glass of milk. We'll see how this works out. Also a 40 minute Airdyne ride at 3.0...

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That is what is so great about being human, we can waffle on just about anyting. :lol: I gave all of my "diet books" away, all of them. Last week I was on Amazon and rebought "The No S Diet" book...again. It is what we do. No other species can afford attention deficit issues due to extermination. Bu...

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Last night my work place had a birthday celebration for one of our co-workers. All evening I was able to ignore the cookies and treats by saying, "We're going to have all kinds of goodies on Sunday for Easter." But when our lunch break came someone thrust a piece of molten lava Chocolate cake into ...

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For you children of the 80's who remember "The Goonies" you could never forget Jeff Cohen as "Chunk". ("I pushed my sister down the stairs and blamed it on the dog...") Yahoo did an update article on him today. You (as they said) would never realize he was the kid doing the "Truffle Shuffle". Someti...

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Size 0 is sexy. Who gets the dates, a healthy overweight Rosy O'Donnell, or Jennifer Anniston? (I am being facecious...(sp)) In the middle ages "plump" was healthy, it meant disease free and prospering. Now people can't get good paying jobs unless they are "uber" fit. The bikini changed the world, o...

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I am shooting for August 1st, but apparently I need a tonsillectomy and nose rceonstruction inside and out. The "specialist" says I can look forward to at least 10 days of protein shakes. He also said with this procedure they don't skimp on the pain pills. :lol: So, maybe I can break that magical 170.

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I beg to differ. I am a garbage disposal!

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Driving back home today, almost a week in Jackson Hole. Stopping at a local deli to pick up some Kobe beef hot dogs. :lol: Have walked a lot while I have been here. For the last week and a half I have had trouble breathing, particularly while trying to sleep. I don't know if it is altitude, sleep ap...

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I am just finishing a week vacation in Jackson, Wyoming. The ski resorts closed (although since closing they have added another 3 feet of snow...), the community center closed for rennovations, and it has snowed everday. So...my wife and I have been sampling the fine restaurants this mecca of the ri...

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Three more movies for 2011. One on Direct TV, two at the theatres. I enjoyed all three. The Tourist: Didn't get a lot of love, but I liked it. Won't go into too much detail for those who haven't seen it, but it was suspenseful with just the right amount of humor. The Lincoln Lawyer: This has been th...

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Success! Breakfast: hash browns, eggs (2), two slices of bacon Lunch: chicken salad sandwich, a serving of chips, an apple Dinner: chicken alfredo, left over macaroni and cheese, salad, chocolate milk Workout: 6 rounds on the heavy bag, 450 skips w/ the jump rope, medicine ball work. Baseball seaso...

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I hate challenges, I always beep them up. I will try again though. I can get better at S, N and Red days, basically fewer red days, and more N days (Green Days)... I want also want the exercise to continue to increase on a per wrokout level, i.e. not increase the time, but the intensity. 1. 2. :lol:...

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I think the BMI is an insurance scam to charge us more for health and life insurance. My life insurance agent told me I was overweight many years ago according to the BMI. I challenged him to a foot race "to the stop sign and back." He refused. I started this thread thinking that we are told daily w...

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Breakfast: hash browns, two eggs, 3 sauage links

Lunch: serving of chips, chicken salad sandwich, apple

Dinner: burger patty, mac and cheese, carrots, apricot

Airdyne 5:00 AM, 9 miles, 11.6 Cooper Points

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If you have ever watched an episode of Bizzarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern you see that pig's ears, feet, glands, wieners, etc. are a delicacy in some parts of our World. Along with bats, grubs, brains, testes, etc.

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Not literally that is...I weigh 186 on my scale (5' 9"), but theoretically. One of the allusions Tom Naughton made in Fat Head is that government "ideals" don't necessarily fit. He gave an example of a 6' 2" bodybuilder who weighed 225 lbs., and according to the BMI would be considered "obese". That...

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Driving back today, S Day.

Great game last evening. Beckham didn't score, but Salt Lake won 4-1. My wife snapped a photo of Beckham's duff.

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I have been a bit out of my routine the last few days. Today is a 4 hour car ride, an MLS soccer game, and then another ride home tomorrow. Should be fun though.

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Say no to guilt Randy. IF it fits on one plate, it fits on one plate.

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S Day I am switching my Saturday S Day to Monday because I am taking a school law class in the evening and it's just easier this way. I think, we'll see how it works out. Didn't go to far overboard anyway. An island in the Caribbean sent me an application to teach school down there. I couldn't even...

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I knew I would hunt this down Brent.

https://www.supreme90dayworkout.com/

This appears to be very similar to P90X and the Insanity workout, but at a "fraction" of the cost.

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S Day I few more kc than yesterday, but not bad for an S Day, and that is why we have S Days. :lol: Just booked my 24th Anniversary. Three days in Jackson Hole. There is something to be said for living in the middle of nowhere. 10th Anniversary was San Francisco, 15th the Caribbean, 20th Sun Valley...

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If you watch the infomercials, there is a similar workout being advertised that is $19.95, not $144.00. Forget the name though, I'll try to hunt it down.

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S Day

Nice day today, didn't overdo it...

85 miles riding the Airdyne so far, 35 to go for 120 miles for March.

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Hello Andie!

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Breaksat: Aunt Jemima eggs and bacon breakfast, yougurt, milk

Lunch: General Tsao's Chicken w/rice

Dinner: New York steak, red beans w/ rice, salad

Possible exercycle tonight, if not will ride tomorrow.

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Battle LA last Friday. Not bad, kind of an Independence Day remake, but entertaining. A popcorn movie if you will.

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In the old days, when we were young, Dr. Kenneth Cooper wanted a system which would track a person's fitness level, and how much fitness "they" were getting a week. So he developed "Aerobic Points". Certain activities carry a certain number of points with them depending on the duration and intensity...

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On a more serious note, I think sugar does affect me in certain ways, not diabolically, or anything like that, but I know after a doughnut, or to much soda I feel different. Nothing I can quantify, but certainly I feel like I'm running with a parachute behind me.

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Ah, thank you for that. So if a person is doing No S, and nothing else, he or she is doing Vanilla No S? Which actually means...they are doing No S?

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Hello Hootski, Nice to see you here. May I ask, what are the differences between Nutritarian eating and Calorie Restriction/Optimal Nutrition? I tried CRON once, and wondered if Nutritarian eating is more workable? Edit: I went to this website: http://nutritarian.com/ Pretty self-explanatory. Glad t...

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I still haven't figured out what Vanilla No S is?

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Corned beef this evening. Cooked it in 50 minutes. (Electric pressure cookers don't have quite the umpf that stove top cookers have...) It was good!

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Breakfast: bacon, eggs, toast

Lunch: left over dinner from two nights previous

Dinner: corned beef, carrots, potatoes, some cabbage, french bread

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I like my No S Coffee mug. I think No S plates would be cool, 9"?

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Hello Cricket, at first I thought this thread was relating to that English sport that I like to watch, but don't understand.

Glad you found us.

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I have used the Montel Williams' Pressure Cooker two nights in a row. The first evening was noddles, chicken and a red sauce. Fantastic. Last night was short ribs, and vegetables. Another thumbs up. (Although has anyone seen the price of short ribs lately? :shock:) Tonight is corned beef, cabbage, c...

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Well Welcome Back! I find that low carb dieting works very well for me on a weight loss level. However I struggle in other areas with them: intestinal issues mainly, and I notice I get pain in my sternum area, possibly gall bladder? If a person can swing low carb I am happy for them. Because I know ...

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Breakfast: Egg McMuffin, hash brown, 1/2 yogurt, 1/2 an orange juice

Lunch: Marie Calanders Rigatonni lunch, yogurt

Dinner: short ribs, salad, potatoes and carrots

Rode the Airdyne 40 minutes, 475 calories burned, 15.6+ Cooper Aerobic points.

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Strawberry Roan wrote:
Over43 wrote:My mother in law has done HgC. She's lost a bit of weight. But it would still take her a bit of time to starve to death on 500 kc a day.

That made me laugh No fear of her wasting away in the near future, huh?

Not the far future either. She's a Tiger Tank.

Over43 · 03.15.11 S Day An early St. Patrick's Day. I'm not even Irish.

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An early St. Patrick's Day. I'm not even Irish.

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Hi Jumbotights, I would like to add to some of the posts, at least agree with them. If I eat cereal, oatmeal, etc. for breakfast I'm chewing on the carpet by 10:00. If I eat some sausage (or bacon), eggs, and a slice of toast, then I am more satiated until lunch. Even Saturday, which I planned as an...

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Yes thank you KCCC for posting that link to summertomato.com. I think I'm in love.

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Success! Breakfast: McDonald's Breakfast burritos w/ a hashbrown Lunch: School lunch Taco Salad, canned peaches, peas... Dinner: corned beef, potatoes w/carrots, salad Rode the Airdyne 40 minutes at a level 3 which is 15.6 Cooper Aerobic points. I am losing size, and not necessarily weight, and my ...

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Very good!

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Have you seen the comments on the end? Tapeworms! :roll: Tapeworms are nothing new, I remember people joking about this in the 80's and there is usually some truth in any joke or it's just not funny. Rediculous weight loss strategies have been around a long long time. This one is unjustifiably stup...

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My mother in law has done HgC. She's lost a bit of weight. But it would still take her a bit of time to starve to death on 500 kc a day.

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S Day

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I imagine, someday, Dr. Mehmet Oz will come across No S and ask Reinhard to be on his show. I'll watch.

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Breakfast: oatmeal, saussage, slice of bread, juiee

Lunch: chef salad, slice of bread

Dinner: chuck roast, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, sliced tomatoes, slice of bread

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Over 43.......Good Point! Although, of course it would be very difficult to eat 5000 calories of watermelon... There are many "real" unproccessed foods that can quickly and easily add up to 5000 calories. Oh yea, 5000 calories of watermelon would be stretching it, but hyperbole goes a long way. :wi...

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Probably a bit cycnical of me, but here is another link:

http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRel ... /acai.html

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I think more and more people, especially diet gurus, are realizing how easy it is to jam so much food into the day with a lifestyle of unlimited snacking. Even if that is healthy snacking (healthy food is still food, still has calories, and can still make you fat). That is one of the premises of Fa...

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Breakfast: sausage, eggs, sourdough toast, orange juice

Lunch: ham sandwich, bag of chips, banana

Dinner: piece of french bread, bowl of rice and chicken

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Failure Yes, you all read that right. I shorted myself at breakfast, and found an empty hand with doughnut crumbs dropping out of it a few hours later. Starting shoveling $#!+ in my mouth the rest of the day. I did ride the Airdyne for 40 minutes and popped off 11.6 Cooper Aerobic points, which was...

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Welcome and congratulations! 1. Food bill was down a bit since I wasn't buying things like Balance Bars or nuts for those requisite afternoon snacks. I think I'm going to start selling "No-bars" so people start taking this diet seriously. It'll look just like a dietcandy bar except when you unwrap ...

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I started snacking yesterday, without realizing it, and the whole day got shot to poo, there is more truth to "once you pop you can't stop" than we really know.

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At lunch I was perusing the Google groups and it lead me to a link at 3 Fat Ckicks on a Diet forum, where someone had posted the link to No S. I was amused (again) by the seeming need to have snacks (healthy though) and the vehemency shown toward No S because of the No Snack rule. "Snacking is good ...

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Keep at it...

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I was sitting in the sauna last evening and reading a copy of The New Atkins for a New You when on page 67 I came across the following (paraphrase): "(it is suggested) That you eat 3 meals a day...with 1-2 snacks...however, if you are not feeling hungry, and have energy there is no need to snack..."...

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This is not to promote low carb eating, but to comment on the changes that seem to be occuring within the parameters Atkins Dieting. Some years ago it was OK to eat indiscriminantly while on Atkins if the foods were low carb. Last night while sitting in the sauna I picked up a copy of The New Atkins...

Over43 · 03.06.11 S Day Pleasant day...

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Pleasant day...

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S Day

Nice day. Had a Twinkie and a Cupcake.

Rode the heck out of the Airdyne for 20 minutes, 10 Cooper Points.

Hands are getting smaller and am starting to see the scale needle go to the left.

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Somewhere inside of me the smart mouth wants to pop off with something witty. But, in reality, this is heart breaking for many, and in many ways. I remember the movie "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" and the woman who plays Johnny Depp's and Leonardo DiCapprio's mother in the show dies. The coroner te...

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It that easy...

The tips: No Snacks, No Sweets, No Seconds, except for days that start with S. (And Special Days)

One more tip: Milk is your friend.

Good luck.

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By the way, I have e-mailed Mr. Naughton and suggested he add The No S Diet to his reading list.

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storm fox wrote:I love your sig line! Army of Darkness is such a fun movie.

Bruce Campbell...

The list of great actors/actresses goes: Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Gillian Anderson, Tom Selleck and Bruce Campbell...

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I try to limit pizza to one plate when we eat it. Unfortunately where I live Dominoes is the only "parlor" that will deliver where I live, and I'm to lazy to drive to Pizza Hut. And since I think Dominoes is awful (my thought on the matter) I eat pizza about every other month. On a bit of a side not...

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I think his original purpose was to reveal that humans are omnivores (my wording) and we can eat just about anything, in moderation, and remain pretty healthy. Again, in the video, Dr. Oliver was very adamant about our snacking and 3 44 oz. Pepsis a day are what is turning us into corpulant Titans. ...

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Spent the evening watching Tom Naughton's Fat Head.

Naughton, being a stand up comedian is a hoot.

Eric Oliver was amazing. His take on obesity? We snack, snack, snack...

http://www.fathead-movie.com

Enjoy

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I think that this is the thing I don't get: (Why the French don't get Fat? an idea) "which has baffled the world's best scientific brains for a decade"? Why should it stump anyone? They eat better food than most of us. Even the croussants with chocolate chips I had a few years back when a bonifide F...

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Success!

Breakfast: Aunt Jemima bacon and egg microwave breakfast, yogurt

Lunch: Two fish tacos, some rice and refried beans

Dinner: Cincinnati Chili, two slices of sourdough, Diet 7-Up

Exercise tomorrow.

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I was sitting on the couch the other day watching who knows what and started flipping through the channels. I came across Montel William's pressure cooker. Normally I very seldom use my credit card. Next thing I know I was on-line buying one. I got the 4.8 litre capacity model, but not the 6 litre. ...

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I think I did eat more, in part because I did up the exercise, using the Airdyne 35 minutes 3 days a week, which by my Cooper Aerobic Point calculations gives me 30+ points a week. Which in his original 1967 book Aerobics was considered to be plenty for a grown up to do. I like using the Airdyne bec...

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Success Breakfast: Two slices of ham, two fried eggs, two slices of sourdough, 1/2 glass of cranberry/pomegranete juice. Lunch: 4" pulled pork sandwich, some cheese potatoes, Diet Coke Dinner: two shrimp tacos, Mexican rice, Ranch Beans... No workout today. My hands, after three days of No S (again...

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I spent the month of February wandering day after day shoving whatever I could digest into my mouth. At least it wasn't 40 years, but for awhile it didn't seem as though it would stop. I have relearned a number of things, i.e. as much as I love Coke, I just can't drink it. I can tolerate the Diet Co...

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Breakfast: Yogurt, Aunt Jemima bacon and egg platter.

Lunch: 4" steak and cheese sandwich, bag of chips, Diet Coke.

Dinner: "French" hamburger, mashed potatoes/burgundy sauce, tomatoes and avacado, slice of Franch bread.

35 minutes on Airdyne, 10 miles rode (ridden?), 12.2 Cooper Points

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I'm in. Staright No S and 120+ miles on the Airdyne.

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I just exercise. I haven't stretched in years. As my exercise session increases, I get warmer and the exercise becomes more "vigorous."

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Success!

Good day today. First good day in a long time.

March goal is to work the No S the way it is supposed to work. And, ride the Airdyne 120 miles in the month of March. Got 107 miles in in February.

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I think the weather (winter) and lack of sunlight (SAD) induces me to eat more. I have noticed in the past I eat more in the winter months (Dec- April) than I do in the Spring and Summer...I always assumed that Holiday overeating is do to the...holidays. After having thought this through, I wonder n...

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I just got around to reading this thread. Very good link, thank you. In "Born to Run" the author and the people he interviews state that people should "eat like they are poor", i.e. peasant food if you will.

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Last night I watched all of the "Spartacus Gods of the Arena" series and started in and "Blood and Sand". It is one of the better series I have seen in quite awhile. I guess the lead character, Andy Whitefield, is quite ill (non-Hodgkins lymphoma) and will be taking this year off, but they have repl...

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"You should see my blood work, it's pristine!" I love that. I like MB's comment, which was already shared here concerning "First Worlders." Only in Western Europe and North america do we have the luxury of worrying about these issues. My daughter was a vegan for awhile and I kept trying to tell her ...

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So far, so good.

Breakfast was half an egg sandwich with a Slimfast shake/ w banana.

35 minute ride on the Airdyne.

Man. United v. Crawley coming up un the FA Cup.

I'll be back later to tatle on myself if need be.

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I hate tuna... Great article. I watched "Pretty Woman" once with the director's comments over the top. In the scene where Julia Roberts is driving Richard Gere to the hotel in his swish car (which he can't drive) and the director is reminiscing (I can't remember the exact words, but it was something...

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What a day. Didn't even get on the exercycle...

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Dr. Cooper did not go into detail on the formulation of his formula. I won't even try to guess. However, his background besides medicine was a high school and college miler. Apparently he doesn't understand not everyone runs (or ran) a mile in 4:38 seconds, nor is built to do that. I think his overa...

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OK ladies,

The formula for the fairer gender is multiply your height in inches by 3.5 and then subtract 108. I am still trying to wrap my head around 148.

(I am really learning to love emoticons...)

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Going to end my experiment: Exercise with no portion control. Have gotten in better shape, but am not losing. So time to "rededicate."

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I came across this today. Interesting.

http://www.realage.com/shape-up-slim-do ... g-benefits

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The title of this topic is one of my favorite quotes from the incredible talent Dean Martin. (Dean Martin at the Sands) I thought it would be appropriate for this thread, and the topic I "came across" last evening. I was reading Dr. Kenneth Cooper's "The Aerobics Program for Total Well Being". He st...

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Good luck to you. It is an on again, off again journey for most of us.

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Peanut M&M's......the equivalent of a chocolate IV to me.....just no way to resist..... At least you exercised afterward....that cancels it out, right? Like it never happened..... :wink: I was watching Dr. Oz last week. (I am becoming my father...) They had a health/diet guru on (The 4 Hour Body: T...

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My MD told me sometime ago that sea salt and table salt are both the same: Na I found this at the Mayo Clinic website: "Sea salt vs. table salt: Which is healthier?Is sea salt better for your health than table salt? Answer from Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D. Sea salt and table salt have the same bas...

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There is a lot of snow on the ground. But, Spring is coming. Picthers and catchers report this coming week.

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I very seldom eat out, money being the first reason, we had a $25 coupon from Christmas. The ribs were good.

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