chimpa64's Profile

My husband and I have each lost 20-30 lbs and kept it off for several years. It took a few years to lose it gradually, but this is what we did. First I started with small changes: eliminating anything with hydrogenated oil or High fructose corn syrup in it. I think that just really made us aware of what we were actually eating. Learned to cook. Writing down everything you eat (not counting calories, just logging it in) made us aware of how much we were actually eating. Daily moderate exercise, and sticking to one or two drinks a day. The thing that really gave it a kickstart was working weightlifting in a few days a week. Nothing magical, and it was really gradual, but permanent.

Legal, smegal. Live dangerously.

I live in the Southern Tier of New York and there is about to be a free-for-all for land rights in this region from the natural gas companies trying to get to the natural gas in the Marcellus Shale. There are serious concerns with the hydraulic fracking process that they use to get at the gas. This will involve using millions of gallons of potable water mixed with chemicals (some cancer causing and toxic) forced underground to break the shale and access the gas. Some operations just South of us in PA were shut down (temporarily) and fined for spills and water contamination. The process also releases methane in some cases. There are several cases of drinking wells becoming contaminated and yes, becoming flammable.