Captain Caveman

Where do you play? I'm in Hudson County and have been thinking about getting back into it now that both kids are (usually) sleeping through the night.

I haven't been around much lately but have had some recent success and thought I'd share in case there's anyone else who might find this useful. My weight has been between 245 - 255 for most of the past 10 years or so. My ideal weight is probably around 180 (high school) and I was 220 when I graduated college. Alcohol probably got me to 220, and sugar (which I overused when I stopped drinking) probably got me the rest of the way to 250+. For about 5 years, I've been feeling old. Aching joints, muscles, poor sleep, etc... I'm in my late thirties, too young to feel this old. Carrying around and chasing 2 young kids kept me active, sore, and exhausted. About a year ago, I bought a book called "The Easy Way to Lose Weight" by Allen Carr. I'm not one to believe in easy solutions to difficult problems, but a few friends had used one of his stop smoking books (he uses suggestion / hypnosis to treat lots of different lifestyle issues) and swore by them. I figured for 10 bucks it's worth a shot. The book then sat on my shelf gathering dust for a long time (because c'mon easy? hypnosis?) until I finally dug it out in February. I read the whole book in a weekend (Friday - Sunday) mostly during kids naps and before bed myself. I listened to the audio portion (hypnosis) on Sunday evening before bed. The book and the audio focus on eating mostly fruits and vegetables, and explains why things like meat and sugar aren't good for you - it's not rocket science. I think a lot of people get hung up on the meat part, it wasn't that hard for me because I've always been on the fence about eating meat for ethical reasons. In any case, there's nothing in the book to prohibit meat (or anything else for that matter), he just explains what happens when we eat it and why other foods are better options. (I do still eat meat 1-2 times per week.) Ok, so getting on to the important part - the success I was telling you about earlier. I've gone from ~255 at the beginning of February to 210 when I weighed myself this morning. The first 30 lbs were lost with no added activity / exercise, but in the last 2-3 weeks I began jogging, training for a race I am planning to run next month with a group from work. Running is not something I was ever really interested in, but it also didn't even seem like an option. When this opportunity popped up I thought, hell, why not? My rate of losing has definitely slowed (which is probably a good thing) but my attitude / diet hasn't changed, and I'm optimistic (for the first time in a very long time) about my long term health. If anyone is struggling with their weight, has an open mind and wants to change how they eat (and feel) then this book is definitely worth a try for ~10$.

It doesn't say a lot for your friend, but it really doesn't say a lot for his emergency brake. ba dum dum

Taking my son to his first game tonight, hoping we can manage some goals to keep the kid awake.

With people living longer and rising cost of health care the old model was not sustainable. That said, I'm all for companies paying more into 401K and other retirement plans. I'm very fortunate that I've been able to save just about the max allowed for about 10 years now and my company also has matched 100% of first 3, then 6, and now 9%. I am hoping to retire by 50 (if not before), my wife loves her job and will probably work into her 60s.

The general rule is that in order to make sure you don't run out of $ you want to spend about 4% of what you have in savings each year (with the idea that most year if that money is invested on average you should come out at or above 4% in earnings.) Following this, whatever you start with will probably be left over when you die, depending on your investments.

So is anyone getting ready to cash in?

So they're punishing us for trying to lose, by making it harder for us to win? Those devils.

Agreed, we've been on the losing end of too many of these types of calls. It shouldn't happen that frequently, hopefully.

wildcard indeed

I'm with you. If I didn't have a very expensive home renovation underway I would almost certainly be digging into this.

Just as a reference, last year only Buffalo, Edmonton and Phoenix had under 30 wins.

If you think they will make the playoffs, parlaying the over for wins plus having them make the playoffs results in a very nice payoff. Which is stupid, because if they make the playoffs they will definitely have the over for wins. Betting the over for 5000 and the parlay for 3300 comes out even as long as they win 29 games and pays 17000+ if they make the playoffs.

Toronto will not win a season series against us for the next 8 years.

BOOOOOOOOOOO

I just want to say that I came here for the IIHF thread, but saw this and went out and bought some wings to make tonight.

those rabbits (mascots?) in the stands are creepy.

I can't wait for this guy to be on our team, but he does look like a human troll doll.

How about iced coffee and gummy bears?

I heard somewhere it will be on NBC Sports tomorrow.

You know I asked them that very same question once and you know what they told me? Don't ask.

we're doing it wrong

Good advice. We have a wireless system, I think we pay around ~6$ extra per month for it (we don't have a land line.) We use Frontpoint and have been very happy with it, the customer service has been excellent any time we've needed it.

How about this: