I have lost, at this moment, almost 38% of my starting body weight in a year. I might get to 40% by the time the year is up 8 weeks or so from now. This means an average of two and a half to 3 lb of weight loss, but mostly fat, per week, for a year. The general recommended guideline is one to two pounds per week. This means that I have reliably almost doubled that for a year. Well, almost a year. October 3rd will be the year. It was so much easier with you all supporting me. Whether it was @Alex Kilpatrick, @Allan Chiang, or @Darren Poesel cheering me on, or @Brian McGuire trying to talk me into pleats, you all make a difference. Whatever it is you're trying to do, you can do it! Ask not that the boulder be light. Demand that your legs remember who's in charge. Grab life by the neck and say "kneel or be knelt". You're incredible people. Celebrate yourselves. You deserve it.

Did you know that taking your clothes to the dry cleaner is not only expensive but also damaging to your clothes? That's correct. You only get so many cleanings before a garment becomes unwearable. That also means you only get so many wearings before that happens, as well. What if you could wear your dry-clean-only garments more often than you do now, yet take them to the dry cleaners half as often? You only need six things: - Distilled Water - Distilled White Vinegar - Plain Vodka - A Fine-Mist Spray Bottle - A Clothing Steamer - And a little time... Step 1: Prep - Mix one part plain vodka, one part distilled white vinegar, and two parts distilled water. Put that into a spray bottle. - Dedicate a space to work, where the clothing will be in moving air for a few hours. - Dedicate a space to store the clothing for 48-72 hours after cleaning, where the clothing will be in open air and not touching other clothing (so not a closet). - Fill the garment steamer with distilled water. - Brush the clothing thoroughly to remove any dirt and debris that you might not see. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP. - Turn the clothing inside out and hang in the work area. - NOTE: It's best for clothing to be unfolded, so you might want to use wide clip hangers or clothes-line hangers for trousers. Step 2: Sanitize, Deodorize, and Disinfect - Spray a fine mist of the vinegar-vodka mixture over the clothing, focusing on high-odor & high-bacteria areas like the neck, underarms, wrists, and crotch. The garment should be lightly damp, slightly more so in the high-odor areas, but it should not be soaked. - Let the garment hang in the moving air for about 15 minutes (anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes should be fine). - Turn the garment right-side out and give it a thorough, proper steaming. (Google the correct technique for the fabric type.) - Leave it hanging in the work area, under moving air, for at least 120 minutes. - Inspect the high-odor areas of the garment. If you smell anything malodorous - basically anything but the vodka-vinegar mixture - repeat this entire step.

Our fav Mexican resteraunt opened a new location 3 minutes from the house and on Tuesday evenings they have $5 tacos so my wife said Tuesday’s are taco date night. I get the phahita burrito