Lifting as a lifestyle you do it for yourself, not to be attractive or get laid. My long term GF likes my muscles, but she likes my beard a whole lot more. I lift for me. Keeps me out of the bars, too.

Looking good! Keep it up.

40 is evil, for all those reasons ☹

Christian Thibaudeau and T-Nation are awesome!

I’m 5’10” and at times I feel short. I swear the Millennials are taller.

Yes, probiotics. When I do research I go to medical journals. Gastrointestinal and infectious disease medical journals for this specific topic would be best.

As far as the diabetic diet, if he means low carb diet, I have and will always get behind a lower carb diet. I just got lazy and didn't edit that part out.

Aren't those things amazing?

I remember when guys at work were trying to lose weight by cutting all carbs, I think it was the Atkins Diet. Many of them lost weight quickly.

Within a year they put it all back and and looked sloppier and softer than ever. :(

I dropped 50lbs in the last two years, was starting to get into a steady routing of 5/3/1.

Winter came, (MN) so I stopped running, I then started an overnight project for 3 months working 2am-10am...killed my routine and now I'm trying to get back on track. Except now I'm working on selling a house, already bought a new McMansion. Life is getting in the way of gains.

Summer rolls around and I'll start killing the 5k times again and start in on some steady lifting.

5' 8"
170lbs
I'm built like a fire hydrant.

I drank a half gallon of whole milk yesterday.

I very much love the lifestyle and it's a lot easier now that I don't have a chronic disease. It's great to have a hobby which keeps me away from people who drink a lot (siblings kek).

Nice Deadlifting link. Those are my favorite powerlifts. But as I still have a small scar on the abdomen I'm focused more on rebuilding the core before getting into heavy freeweights. I don't want to herniate.

Patriam u really can calm down about the fast food thing, dude. I've probably eaten 5 fast food meals in the past decade. If you had to cook for yourself for 8 years while also working full time you may understand that it's nice to have a little treat finally! HOPE U FIND GREATER AWARENESS AND COMPASSION :)

As per Kombucha, it's basically probiotics and tea. Probiotics are really good for gut health, which in turn improves OVERALL health by a significant margin. There's a spare amt of alcohol which feels nice if you aren't a regular drinker. Plus, black tea has some good health effects.

Good to see you're supporting your brain health and getting plenty of the D!

You can basically eat utter garbage all day like once every two weeks i think it is? And then your body doesn't even react to it. I don't do cheat days that often yet because I'm still trying to lose the last 20-30 more stubborn water/fat pounds on me....and I don't want to risk overdoing it. Cheat days help you enjoy life though.

Basically its all a time game. It's all about getting where you want as long as you want. Indulging helps the long run game.

Keep in mind for cheat days though: Getting drunk is pretty bad for you. Not like 1-3 beer buzz thing, I mean DRUNK. It messes up your hormone balance and if your not in your early 20s your going have a fucked up next day. I don't know all the details on this -- but I think genetics is part of it too. Alcoholics sometimes have genetics that metabolize the alcohol much better than others. These are the guys that drink all night and never pass out and are still thin.

There are also a small number of people immune to nicotine addiction apparently.

So there are some weird things out there.

When you can find/afford it, this is the best Milk for health overall:

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I mean you can get small artisan farm milk that might be better, but its not commercially available everywhere. The key point: non-homogenized...meaning very minimal processing.