Monthly Archives: January 2015

“Stay Out of the Belly of The Beast”

In a 2012 Talk entitled Fitness, Health, and Liberty at the 21Convention, Doug McGuff, an Emergency Room MD from South Carolina explains exactly what is already irrevocably around your neck and only going to tighten by giving a history of … Continue reading

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Why do we have to get healthy RIGHT NOW? It’s not about looks.

Why do I blather on so? I didn’t have to share my weight loss journal with you. I do these weight drops routinely.  It’s very trendy these days to cry “narcissism” at anyone sharing anything personal on social media, but … Continue reading

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The Definitive Photographic Guide to Making Souse

updated 03Mar17 Many of you know it as head cheese or Brawn if you’re British. Some confuse it with Scrapple (Head cheese + corn meal) which is similar to Goetta (with oats) if you live in Cincinatti. It can be … Continue reading

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On Buying Meat for Food

 As opposed to for art & entertainment. This was originally an introduction to another post I’m writing called “The Definitive Photographic Guide to Making Souse“. But it got a little big and I want to be able to share this … Continue reading

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2015 Weight-loss Journal

Instead of multiple posts, I’ll just edit this one daily, all Morgan Spurlock-style. Like most people, I tend to start “diets” or implement lifestyle changes around the first of the year. I have no philosophical “new year/new me” feelings. It … Continue reading

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In which Doug explains, ‘Cardio’ Does Not Exist

…and High Intensity Training overview. Weight training is the hardest thing in the world for me. I hate it. I’m not motivated. It takes me away form my creative hobbies and even at my personal peak fitness and long-held routine, … Continue reading

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We’re from the Gub’mint and we’re here to help (ourselves)…

The sixth meeting of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has recently drawn to a close. The Gub’mint is about to re-discover that you should not eat what you ate for the last 2.5 million years, and will suggest that … Continue reading

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We’re fat. We F’ing LOVE science.

So why is everyone’s diet & exercise knowledge stuck in 1977? This is the time of year we all try to get fit, right? I’m still trying to lose 1/2 of the weight I gained in NOLA last year, so … Continue reading

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