The 28-Day Offal Challenge

February 4, 2011

A month ago, I threw down the gauntlet. After spending my entire life terrified of any animal foods other than muscle meat, eggs, and dairy, I decided to spend four weeks straight forcing myself to try offal of some sort each and every day. Why would I do such a thing? Well, as a long-time […]

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A Kickass (and Bachelor-Friendly) Pot Roast Recipe

January 30, 2011

If there’s one thing all you bachelors need to know how to cook, it’s pot roast. There are few better ways to get a healthy meal on your plate cheaply and effortlessly than by making this mighty dish. Don’t know how to cook, you say? Have you ever even tried? That’s what I thought. Cooking […]

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The Only “Grocery List” You’ll Ever Need

January 25, 2011

Pizza… mac and cheese… frosted flakes… When we guys do actually get to the grocery store, we aren’t exactly adept at maneuvering the aisles, filling up the cart with good stuff, and doing it cheaply. Those of us trying to lose weight attempt to just eat a little less of the same junk, and those […]

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Sleeping Your Way to Better Health

January 16, 2011

Could sleep deprivation be keeping you from achieving your health and fitness goals? If you’re like most people, the answer is probably “yes.” Although lack of sleep is treated as a badge of honor in our culture, the evidence is piling up that it will cause your body to pack on fat, make you unattractive, […]

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Join the LMVM Community!

January 13, 2011

Hey you’se! Yeah, YOU’SE! Did you know that LMVM is taking over the interwebs? Okay, okay, not really. (Steve Zuckerberg already beat us to that.) But I wanted to take a minute to invite you to join the LMVM Community everywhere we are! I plan on doing more with Twitter and Facebook, and wanted to […]

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Eating Snout to Tail–Pâté Anyone?

January 11, 2011

And so my first week eating snout to tail comes to an end. Was I able to keep it all down? Am I now a brain-craving zombie? Did I convert to vegetarianism? Well, it hasn’t been easy. But I’m still kickin’. And it’s getting easier. It’s All In My Mind This week consisted primarily of […]

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Radical Transparency–Me, Quantified

January 9, 2011

One of the keys to creating a lasting change in your health and fitness is by making slow and steady progress. Without a way to directly quantify your progress and results, you’ll never get concrete evidence as to what works and what doesn’t. In the spirit of radical transparency (and since I’m planning on trying […]

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