The other benefit of splitting by hand...

And I can't have added salt! Even that is bad for me!

Food Rules

1. Eat less and mostly plants

2. Eat slowly and stop eating before you're full

3. Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored

4. Serve a small portion and don't go back for seconds- ever.

5. Don't eat anything your

great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food

6. Shop the peripheries of the supermarket and stay out of the middle

7. If it came from a plant, eat it, if it was made in a plant, don't

8. Don't get your fuel from the same place your car does

9. Do all your eating at a table

10. Break the rules once in a while

 

About 4 years ago, one of my nephews shows up for his annual vacation with his family. Always a great time. This year in particular, he had lost weight and hit the weights, so he was ripped! I told him he looked good and he raises his t-shirt and says, "Look at this-a six pack!" His wife was watching for my reaction, so I raised my T-shirt and said "Look at this-the whole keg!"

 

Anyone can carry a sixpack but not everyone can carry a keg.

 

alright fellas, im sorry. my original comment really didnt belong here at all. SWMBO had been giving me a hard time the night before about all the time i waste with firewood. yah know, all that time that saves us upwards of $4k/year...
congrats to shawn and anybody else shedding a few pounds the first half of keeping themselves warm splitting wood. dont shed too much tho!
http://www.yourtango.com/201085004/why-men-big-bellies-might-make-better-lovers

 

Great rules!

I was fat for most of my life, topped out at 250 about 10 years ago, I'm 5'8". My brother who is 4 years older had a heart attack...rang my bell, I lost 75lbs in about 6 months, been at 175 or less for ten years now.

Those rules are great advice, and pretty much what I do to maintain my weight, with the addition of absolutely regular, as in every day, at least 30 minutes of heart pounding, heavy breathing, sweaty exercise, no excuses. It doesn't really matter what the exercise is just something. There really is no secret, eat right and exercise, the same thing the doctors have said for decades.

 

We all let off a little steam or rant slightly. This place is like a sounding board sometimes, and allows us to do that in various ways. No worries......
My usual response when someone tells me their significant other makes a comment like that is to turn off the furnace and don't light a fire when it's cold.
See how fast they change their tune.
Another one would be to just run the furnace for a month in November ( when it's not too cold), then show 'em the bill.
Drastic times require drastic responses.
I'll stop with that, because I could go on a rant of my own about waste.

 

Ha! My girlfriend sent me this same link the other day. Though there have been no issues in that department. If anything, she's reaping the benefits of my enhanced athleticism. She says she wants to fatten me up - think she's worried that other ladies may be fawning over my new physique.

 

i think we need another section in the forums!
waste you say? dont get me started on lights, i am about to motion sensors in every room of the house...

 

I know, right? My wife says the same thing all the time...

 

Thanks for saying that, I can totally relate when you put it this way.