Slander! Sacrilege! Poutine is 1200 calories of goodness!

Function of the Canadian Senate? There is a function? I thought it was just a bunch of unelected old white guys trading money and agreeing with eachother. Huh.

You are welcome to come to Canada any time. Wear a coat. Try the poutine!

I honestly did not understand a single word in the latter half of that sentence. I know it was a joke, but I just feel old...

I’m a guy. 5’9” and was 210lbs until recently (now down to 190lb and falling). My doctor says my BMI is 30.5, technically obese. Not ugly, but certainly overweight. My wife is simply the most beautiful women I’ve ever met. I know I’ll probably get flamed because anyone can just say that. She’s lovely, warm, kind and…

This whole thread is encouraging to me. I’m almost 29 years old. I was 95KG, mostly fat, some muscle. I’m now down to 86KG over last two months, all through diet adjustment and cardio. I’ve noticed I’m losing muscle mass in my arms, so i’m going to begin weight training.

Agreed, I just started using MyFitnessPro a few weeks ago and I’m already down from 90KG-86KG. (about 10lbs). I’m going to continue to use it to track my nutrition, exercise, etc. It is very encouraging when you ‘close’ a daily journal it gives you a 5-week weight estimate if you lived every day like that day. My goal…

Might be a bit easier with a North American made mobile crane like This one, or these ones from Canbuilt.

I’ve started a new one that has been helping in lots of ways: I hope on the stationary bike, put on an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air and burn 400 calories before dinner! Also seems to reduce my appetite and gives me more energy for the last few hours of my day. Ideally spent gittin’ jiggy wit it.

You’re probably right about getting at least a go-ahead from the government, maybe even more involvement. This whole month has been one big patriotic show after the next. My wife is currently in China visiting family. They’ve been having parades, air shows, family events, pardoning some non-violent prisoners (though…

Reasonable question.

Cost of labour in China has increased significantly since 1990. At that point the majority of the country was in poverty. Cars were only for government officials and super rich. Since then, close to one billion people have been lifted out of poverty by the economic success of the nation, due in large part to that…

There isn’t any real top-down objectification of Westerners in China. I lived in China for 5 years, I’m white, Canadian (virtually visually indistinguishable from a white American) and I found Chinese to be the most warm, welcoming, friendly people.