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Exercise #11 – Vive La Resistance

Not long ago, I posted a piece about how I’d finally put aside my skepticism of gyms and started lifting weights. Once something I sneered at as the pastime of over muscled and under brained bros, I realized that this was a key part of getting myself back into shape. The fancy term for thisContinue reading “Exercise #11 – Vive La Resistance”

Bad Habits #10 – Cursed Carnal Confections of Corruption And Calamity

I think one reason I was able to continue losing weight during the time when the country was at the mercy of the Creeping Doom From Wuhan was because the temptations of the office were not available to me. I realize that seems like an incoherent thing to say. How could there be more temptationsContinue reading “Bad Habits #10 – Cursed Carnal Confections of Corruption And Calamity”

Good Habits #10 – These Are The Things That Try Ketovore’s Souls

In my efforts to expand my knowledge of all things dietary in my pursuit of godlike abs and immortal levels of immunity, I follow a lot of health nuts on social media. This includes the “normie” doctor types who do weird stuff like…tweet health information that’s backed up by years of empirical data. But IContinue reading “Good Habits #10 – These Are The Things That Try Ketovore’s Souls”

Exercise #10 – How To Burn Calories Acting Like A Lunatic

When I was younger, the family took a summer vacation to Canada. Of course it was summer. No native Georgians are going to brave the frozen wastes of Canada in the wintertime. We visited Quebec and saw the historic sites of the old walled city. We went to Toronto and went to the top ofContinue reading “Exercise #10 – How To Burn Calories Acting Like A Lunatic”

Bad Habits #9 – Why Are You Eating That Compost Pile?

I’m about to commit heresy against the kind and compassionate vegetable eaters of the world. The eaters of plants who insist that theirs is the One True Diet who endlessly shower the Internet with evidence of their latest #crueltyfree meal. By that I mean vegetarians. And their somewhat more orthodox and fundamentalist cousins, the vegans. Continue reading “Bad Habits #9 – Why Are You Eating That Compost Pile?”

Good Habits #9 – Risking Disaster in the Kitchen Can Help You Lose Weight

I mentioned a while back that when I was a bachelor, I ate crap. As a result, the five miles a day I was running was completely cancelled out by the garbage I was wolfing down. Sometimes it was a tendency to binge on potato chips and ice cream. Sometimes it was my tendency toContinue reading “Good Habits #9 – Risking Disaster in the Kitchen Can Help You Lose Weight”

Exercise #9 – Forgive Me Divine Spinoza, I Have Become a Meathead

The last time I regularly went to a gym (not counting the occasional two week trial to this or that gym which I cancelled before their rather exorbitant fees kicked in) was in grad school, where I had free access to the school’s gym. And by “free” I mean it was funded by a non-waivable,Continue reading “Exercise #9 – Forgive Me Divine Spinoza, I Have Become a Meathead”

Bad Habits #8 – Blobs On the Bayou: Why Louisiana is So Obese

When I wrote a piece on why my home state of Georgia is obese, I looked at a map of the country showing each state’s relative obesity. There’s a big blob of obesity (bad pun intended) in the South and Midwest. Including the state where some of my favorite cuisine is made, Louisiana. Louisianans areContinue reading “Bad Habits #8 – Blobs On the Bayou: Why Louisiana is So Obese”

Good Habits #8 – Wild Things And Things That Probably Shouldn’t Be Food Can Actually Be Good For You

Years ago, when my father was still in the army, we lived in Europe for three years. Occasionally, we’d have to travel around for him to go to this meeting or that meeting. This probably started me on my journey to becoming a hardcore foodie. We’d eat out in Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, the Netherlands,Continue reading “Good Habits #8 – Wild Things And Things That Probably Shouldn’t Be Food Can Actually Be Good For You”

The Details Behind The Diabolical Diabetes Conspiracy Being Orchestrated By The Girl Scouts Of America

It’s that time of year where young girls tempt the American public. Okay, that sounds weirdly pedo. I’m talking about the Girl Scouts tempting us. No, that still sounds pedo. I’m talking about Girl Scouts tempting us with sugar and spice and everything nice. Cookies, I mean. I’m not talking about anything salacious. Get yourContinue reading “The Details Behind The Diabolical Diabetes Conspiracy Being Orchestrated By The Girl Scouts Of America”