Life Without Bacon.

Adventures and misadventures of a typically injured fitness and health junkie with a smattering of things I find interesting, inspiring and amusing... var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-39597410-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();

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(via Dad And His 8-Year-Old Son Are Creating A Pun-Fueled Food Map Of Every US State)

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(via Diets Around the World Are Getting Worse, Not Better)

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It’s consoling to think that, beneath all these distractions, we’ll discover our shining, authentic selves, or even achieve a state of “mindfulness.” But I doubt it. I’m starting to suspect that the joy of ditching all of our stuff is just as illusory as the joy of acquiring it all was. Less may be more, but it’s still not enough.

Pamela Druckerman

(via The Clutter Cure's Illusory Joy)

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So, this is happening.

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Hi.

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You’re not a better person for working out, or a worse person for not, no matter what magazines or gyms tell you.

Naomi Alderman (via There's No Morality in Exercise: I'm a Fat Person and Made a Successful Fitness App)

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Flavor is an illusion that you perceive in your brain from different stimuli.

Ling Lee

(via You have a second brain in your gut, and it can live without you)

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If the average American were swap his current diet for the menu recommended by the USDA, the country would produce 12% more greenhouse gases than it does now.

Gwynn Guilford

(via Americans' love of junk food is surprisingly good for the environment)

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What makes a female entrepreneur is a woman who is confident enough to be willing to take a risk in order to control her own career.

Carrie Kerpen

(via Entrepreneur Barbie: Hit for Mattel, Total Miss for Women)

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The truth is, what you do today matters. What you do every day matters. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking one brownie won’t hurt your weight-loss goal or a day without social media engagement won’t affect your site traffic. Successful people do the small things that seem to make no difference in the act of doing them. And they make the choice to keep doing them over and over and over. Because one brownie today, one ice cream cone tomorrow, and one chocolate bar on Friday all add up to significant deviation from your nutritional plan at the end of the week. If I could get you to make one change, it would be this vital shift in perspective: Your little choices add up to big results.

Jeff Olson

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Mmm society these days.

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The Best Thing to Come Out of the “Bikini Bridge” Hoax? These 5 Kick-Ass Women’s Responses

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Women determined to change the conversation around body image tell us what they wish someone had told them a long time ago.

Hate the hoax. Love the response.

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Find out how incredibly intelligent plants really are; not only can they smell, hear and touch - they even store memories! 

Sorry vegetarians!

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Some people will not be left with no choice but to eat rocks

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Mmmm rocks.

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Sergeant Sticky Shakti. Sounds about right.

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SUBMISSION: New year, clean desk. —Vignette Agency

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heart.

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Maybe the reason that money doesn’t make us happy is that we’re always spending it on the wrong things, and in particular, that we’re always spending it on ourselves. If you think money can’t buy happiness, you’re not spending it right. The implication is not, you should buy this product instead of that product and that’s the way to make yourself happier. It is, in fact, that you should stop thinking about which product to buy for yourself and try giving some of it to other people instead. Think less about, ‘How can I spend money on myself?’ and more about, ‘If I’ve got five dollars or 15 dollars, what can I do to benefit other people?’ Because ultimately, when you do that, you’ll find that you’ll benefit yourself much more.

Michael Norton talking about how to buy happiness