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As I pointed out here, you may find a resistance/weight training program also helps markedly. Dr. Bob Arnot's Guide to Turning Back the Clock is one of several fitness books aimed at the 30-70+ crowd which seems to do a really good job of laying out what works and how to do it. You might also want to start tracking your body fat percentage, caliper and tape-measure methods you can do yourself (just don't cheat the measurements).

Karsten M. Self (http://www.linuxmafia.com/~karsten

I'm down 35 pounds since Dec 2006 as a mix of diet and exercise.

Dump sugars and simple starches. Get plenty of fiber and moderate amounts of complex carbs. Fats are reasonably OK (and are insulin-neutral), but stick to poly- and mono-unsaturated where possible.

Add to that: significant protein. 0.7 - 0.9 gm per pound of lean body weight (the amount depends on your activity level, Google for references and some DIY body fat estimation methods).

As TFA indicates, cardio is good, and I've stepped up my workout with 2-3 additional days of long, moderately intense activity. The calorie burn is useful, but there are other benefits of cardio (also covered in TFA) which I appreciate (keeps me sane, much better general cardiovascular fitness).

Another key for me was weight/resistance training. In particular, if you want to get your ass into shape, get your ass into shape: glutes, hams, quads. Adding lean muscle mass both changes your body composition in general, and changes metabolism. Working major muscle groups, above plus the major back muscles (lats, traps, rhomboids, delts), and chest (pecs), as well as your core stabilizers (abs, spinal erectors (lower back) mostly as a guard against back pain/injury, will give you huge benefits. That's 4-5 strength exercises, 2-3 times a week (I'm doing more exercises, 2x week), which will make a dramatic change.

A book I'd highly recommend is Dr. Bob Arnot's Guide to Turning Back the Clock (1996). I actually ran across that after about five months on my routine, and found that the guidelines generally agreed with my own experiences, with some pointers which I've incorporated for better effect. There are numerous other good guides to specific aspects of the program (diet, exercise, cardio, weighs), as well as more recent materials than Arnot's, though his information appears to be aging quite well (as is Dr. Bob). Variants of the basic diet range from the full Atkins regime (carbs: bad, meats: good, fats: good) to Ornish (sugars: bad, meat: bad, protein: good, complex carbs: good). The truth is probably somewhere between. Gina Kolata (NY Times health reporter) has a bood out that seems to be an omnibus review of many of these methods, was reviewing it briefly yesterday.

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You might suggest looking at cooking as an entree. There are plenty of books like What Einstein Told His Cook or Cookwise that apply science to the every day. Watching Alton Brown's Good Eats probably won't bother them much.

You might suggest looking at cooking as an entree. There are plenty of books like What Einstein Told His Cook or Cookwise that apply science to the every day. Watching Alton Brown's Good Eats probably won't bother them much.

I was at Kepler's Bookstore in Menlo Park last night (seeing Louis de Bernieres read) and there was a big poster advertising Clarke reading there TONIGHT (Friday 24th). I think at 730PM - check here http://keplers.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp / Haven't read the book but I've read generally good reviews of it....too bad both the aforementioned de Bernieres has a thick new novel out, as does /. fave Neal Stephenson......

Booksense is an association of independent booksellers in the US. It publishes a monthly list called the "Booksense 76" which features the top 76 books recommended by its members.

It's a great source for finding new works and authors regardless of genre. I've never been dissapointed by their recommendations. If you want to branch out to new forms of literature you could do worse than grabbing a copy of the current #1 on the list, regardless of what it is or who it is by.

If you do want to focus just on Science Fiction & Fantasy they have a Top 10 list and a Rediscovered Authors list you should check out.

Booksense is an association of independent booksellers in the US. It publishes a monthly list called the "Booksense 76" which features the top 76 books recommended by its members.

It's a great source for finding new works and authors regardless of genre. I've never been dissapointed by their recommendations. If you want to branch out to new forms of literature you could do worse than grabbing a copy of the current #1 on the list, regardless of what it is or who it is by.

If you do want to focus just on Science Fiction & Fantasy they have a Top 10 list and a Rediscovered Authors list you should check out.

Booksense is an association of independent booksellers in the US. It publishes a monthly list called the "Booksense 76" which features the top 76 books recommended by its members.

It's a great source for finding new works and authors regardless of genre. I've never been dissapointed by their recommendations. If you want to branch out to new forms of literature you could do worse than grabbing a copy of the current #1 on the list, regardless of what it is or who it is by.

If you do want to focus just on Science Fiction & Fantasy they have a Top 10 list and a Rediscovered Authors list you should check out.

http://www.booksense.com/affiliate/

http://www.booksense.com/affiliate/

The URLs in the text (http://slashdot.org/Barnesandnoble.com and http://slashdot.org/BookSense.com) unfortunately fail to exist, since Slashdot has not yet bought those fine companies and incorporated their sites.

Maybe the poster meant Barnesandnoble.com and BookSense

If the "buy online, pickup at the store" model takes hold, this has all kinds of implications for the way distribution works, and what a retailer actually does.

Booksense (an association of independent bookstores) pioneered this over a year ago. (As well as a bunch of other cool features like gift certificates buyable online and redeemable online or inperson across the country.)

very bizarre that so many have taken the phrase "post-9/11" out of context from bedouin's comment to connote a straw man conspiracy. i believe this sort of "rational" canard was skewered pretty well over 20 years ago in bertram gross's friendly fascism .

in a 'public place' this past friday night, talking with new acquaintance about enron. overheard by young lady who interrupts, "my dad was in washington this week to see cheney and rumsfield." oh, what for? "they wanted to congratulate him on his new movie." huh, what's that? "blackhawk down."

yow.

Shopping at BookSense.com also supports local Independent bookstores (rather than the big chains). Though you don't have to buy anything to enter the contest it seems...

Shopping at BookSense.com also supports local Independent bookstores (rather than the big chains). Though you don't have to buy anything to enter the contest it seems...

No, I'll probably continue to frequent my local independent bookseller.

I know it's not an option for everybody, but, you know, I just like to flip through the pages of a book before I buy it. Heck, I like to flip through books I don't buy. I like being around books. When I go to Amazon I'm just on a web site.

Hey, I'd rather not bash Java. It looks like a nicely structured language with clean syntax that leads to good coding style. Now, can you point me to a site that performs well that uses JSP? Because all the ones I've seen so far are just dog slow.

I watch the sea.
I saw it on TV.

Go to www.booksense.com, and buy from your local bookstore.
Understanding Comics in hardcover and paperback.

Go to www.booksense.com, and buy from your local bookstore.
Understanding Comics in hardcover and paperback.

The internet is a great place to buy commodities. It's a great place to buy specialty items whose audience is way too small to support a store in your town. It is the worst place to buy books.

A bricks-and-mortar bookstore is more than just a place where you exchange money for dead trees. It is a place to browse, a place where you can get good recommendations, a place to meet people, a place that hosts book-signings and book groups and maybe other meetings. As Amazon and the soulless book chains (BN, borders, etc.) kill that off, we are losing a precious resource.

If you want to get some faraway friend a gift certificate for a book, go to booksense.com, the website for independent bookstores. (US site - sorry, I realize the world is bigger.)