I train for events...makes it easier when you have a ‘reason’

I heard that all the time “Well you’re not fat” “that’s how you’re built”. It’s like “Well, actually, I’m 230 lbs and 32% body fat(at the time). Then they say “well lose weight then”, and I didn’t. I’m 230 lbs, and 11% bodyfat now. Now they still say “you’re too big”. They’ll never be pleased. But I keep a shape…

It’s great for heartburn and tasty

5x5 stronglifts is a great way to get it back after getting the dadbod. It’s gradual, and you get stronger, build more muscle, and burn more calories. As long as you’re eating enough(I stress ENOUGH, as I figured out I was on the underside of enough YMMV) the weight doesn’t come off, but the fat does. I went from 230…

One can assume you have no kids yet? I do about the same thing as you, 5’10” 230lbs, but I’m not married and I have quite a bit more free time. The extra muscle does help with a 3500-4000 calorie diet though, but if you’re eating clean, dang that’s a lot of food. It’s also great help when you’re training for the…

I keep having to beat this into my roommates head. I installed my own high efficiency dishwasher a year ago, best thing ever. Only dishes I handwash aren’t dishwasher safe...but he feels the need to rinse, and I keep telling him not to...

Spot on,

Mayweather clinching had more to do with Pacquiao’s inability to throw a balanced punch without lunging at him on one leg and ending up belly to belly with Mayweather...I wanted Pacquiao to win, but it seems to me that the guaranteed payday was all that mattered. He thanked Mayweather for the hype, and the 9 figure…

Mayweather built up his rep with 28 knockouts. He’s almost 40...nobody’s even coming close. Pacquiao was the closest thing to competition Mayweather had I think. That didn’t go so well. The fact that he’s a shrewd as hell businessman, and a very efficient boxer, started with this:

MMM is a great resource, but there’s nothing wrong with living a little beyond the “I’m happy with playing outside and riding my bike everywhere”. The outdoors doesn’t turn all people on like that, and you gotta find your happy, and that’s what you put your energy toward.

I’m paying off a house, outta debt, but other…

As always, Home depot treats Alaska and Hawaii as a foreign country...for freaking light bulbs!

As always, Home depot treats Alaska and Hawaii as a foreign country...for freaking light bulbs!

Thankfully our tax code rewards you for saving as well. If you bump up your W4 exemptions alongside moving a significant chunk to your 401k or Traditional IRA, you can get started, and barely feel it in your takehome pay. I went from no saving, to 20%+ going into tax sheltered accounts, but I upped my exemptions by 4…

^^ this right here. MMM is probably one of the best resources out there IMHO. It not only tackles the money problem, but also makes you look at the material crap that makes money a problem in the first place.

I started working on saving for retirement...again...at 32. I had started in my early 20’s, but getting married, and divorced wiped that out. Now that I’m back on my feet financially, I realized that I am able to save a lot more than I would have expected. I bought a house while married, so there’s a huge tax…

I'm the exact opposite of this. I've spent most of my life living by myself. Spent a few years married, and back to a few years single. I've never liked roommates, but I do talk to the cat haha! Thankfully I have quite a full social life...the cat sort of acts like a dog when I come home, extra happy to see me,…

Hey look, the identical twin of the MPOW swift, but cheaper!

Hey look, the identical twin of the MPOW swift, but cheaper!

I love traveling solo. I've actually made it a point to go on cruises solo, gives me time to disconnect(internet and people from home), and just have a good time making new friends, and exploring however I want. I've done a few now and they've all been awesome.

Lots of LEDs do warm up for a second. It's not so much a 'warm up' as a 'fill up the diode' time, like less than half a second from switch on, to light actually coming on.

Lots of LEDs do warm up for a second. It's not so much a 'warm up' as a 'fill up the diode' time, like less than…

I was good till you got to cauterizing scalpel on tender bits...But if you can justify the pain or understand it in your head, it's never nearly as bad as the guy crying in the corner :P I've been through a few doctor mistakes myself. Had a broken arm where they sliced through my elbow cutting the vent in a cast,…

As an experienced veteran of physical therapy from various injuries, I've noticed that telling yourself to expect the pain, or at least justify why it's there, makes it hurt that much less. If you resign yourself to knowing it's going to be there, It's not a huge bother, more of an annoyance than a life stopper. …