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One of the keys to my weight loss has been a relatively low calories, protein and nutrient dense shake I make. I add frozen, or sometimes fresh fruit. I would highly recommend getting a real powerful blender like the one I use called Ninja. Regular blenders won’t get everything crushed up as nice If you […]

I was able to visit Yellowstone National Park in 2022. We went on a road trip to get there, I probably do road trips a little differently than most. I like to map out where I’m going and check for things I want to see along the route. Other than some stops to look at, I pretty much

When I was fat my primary concern was temporary comfort and this was coming at the cost of my future. Sometimes things are just good enough where you may not be happy but they’re not so bad that you are willing to make the effort to change. I think about that time in my life

I used to consume foods that had a lot of oil. Even when I would try to eat healthy salads, I always had oily salad dressing with it. Vegetable and other seed oils are a major part of the “Western” diet. Normally, you think oils may only mean fried foods, but even people who try

My absolute favorite food used to be pizza. I would crave it every day and on days that I didn’t eat it sometimes I would have dreams about eating it. I didn’t know this at the time but that was all being driven by a very unhealthy gut flora. The gut bacteria survive and grow

When starting to lose weight, I started tracking calories. I used to drink lots of pop, sweet tea, and always had sweet flavored creamers in my coffee. I was consuming hundreds of unnecessary calories per day. Drink just one can of pop can add 150-200 calories plus more refined sugar than should even be consumed

     Over the course of a little over two years I was able to lose and keep off 125 pounds. It was a struggle, especially getting the momentum going to lose the weight. Almost two years ago I started going to the gym DAILY. I believe that played a vital role, not only in