The kids might be the ones in cute little costumes this Halloween, but I know it’s us Dads that do all the decorating and get everything ready. From cueing up the scary music on the Amazon Echo to changing the front porch light to a creepy blacklight, hanging skeletons on the door to building those mock tombstones for the yard, much of making a home ready for Halloween is a typically dad task. The bigger…Read More

I’m on week, uhmmm, eight with Nutrisystem and now I’m in a rhythm and don’t pay much attention to the program. I get up, prepare one of their breakfasts, supplement with a PowerFuel, grab something for my 10am snack (a PowerFuel and a SmartCarb, I like combos like a yogurt and apple, or cheese stick and banana, though sometimes I’ll plan ahead and allocate “milk” as a SmartCarb and then have it in my morning…Read More

I’m in my seventh week of Nutrisystem and am down 15 pounds on the program from my starting weight, which is good news. I haven’t been fantastic at sticking on the program because I meet friends for meals, I’m not always home, and sometimes I have an extra snack late at night because I’m a bit hungry. Still, lots of salads, lots of carrot sticks and red peppers and a whole lotta water. It’s going…Read More

With apologies to Jimmy Buffet, this is the first week I have actually noticed a reduction in waist size, which is reasonable given that I’ve lost about 14 pounds in the 5 1/2 weeks I’ve been on the Nutrisystem program. My goal is 25 pounds, but my real goal would be to lose more than that. I don’t have a desire to be skinny or scrawny, but it’d be nice to err on the side…Read More

This is my fifth week with Nutrisystem and so far it’s going pretty darn well. I’m down just about 12 pounds in that time and hoping I can keep the trend of 1-2 pounds/week. As with every change in eating, the first week on Nutrisystem tends to be a jump out of the starting line: I lost about 6 pounds in my first week, which was pretty nice! My goal is to lose 25 pounds…Read More

It didn’t take me long in my Nutrisystem journey to recognize that while the foods are healthy and easy to prepare, they don’t all taste fantastic. Fortunately, there are few meals that can’t be improved with some spices or hot sauce (depending on the food: French Toast is not a good candidate for Tabasco, though an omelette is always enhanced!) This week as I head into my fourth week of Nutrisystem, I thought I’d share…Read More

There’s lots to like about the Nutrisystem program; it’s simple, there’s very little prep time involved in eating, you get to enjoy snacks and lots of veggies, and the food ranges from good to surprisingly tasty. Where it’s a bit challenging is when you’re not at home and not near an oven, stove or microwave. Like, say, at a baseball game… Which is where I ended up last night when I was driving through Denver…Read More

I started my journey to drop some excess pounds with Nutrisystem last week and it went well. I didn’t feel particularly hungry, I cheated one night with birthday dinner with my girls, and I still managed to get a good jump start on my weight loss. The first week is the Turbo Takeoff and the program drops you down rather dramatically to a modest 1000 calories/day. I can tell you that’s a lot less than…Read More

I’ve tried dieting for a few years and can only say that my weight has continued to creep upwards. It’s hard for me to imagine, but two years ago I was 40 pounds lighter than I am now. I suppose I’m fortunate that I’m tall so I don’t immediately look morbidly obese, but adding that much weight not only impacts your wardrobe, but your health too. I know I’m not as healthy as I was…Read More

Note: This post was sponsored by Essilor as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. As usual. 🙂 Most people don’t realize just how tough bright sunlight is on your eyes. Yes, you can get a headache and your eyes can hurt after a bike ride, drive or hike on a bright, sunny day, but just like UV exposure isn’t good for your skin…Read More

As part of his promotional tour for the new blockbuster sci-fi comedy action film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, star Chris Pratt apparently said something outrageous in one of his Instagram videos and has to now adopt that all-too-familiar celebrity behavior of the public apology. But what he said really isn’t particularly offensive and the fact that there was a backlash and that it got loud enough that Pratt felt the need to respond speaks…Read More

There I was in my shower, about to grab a bottle of shampoo to wash my hair, and it hit me: men’s product packaging lacks colors. Not just lacking in pastels, which I can sort of understand as many people associate pastels with softer, more feminine sentiments, but lacking just about any colors at all. Don’t believe me? Check out this photo: It’s not a completely neutral color palette that they’re designed with, but it’s…Read More

Fair disclosure up front: I love Native Eyewear sunglasses. I’ve owned different pairs of them for many years and gone from neutral grey glass to blue and then to brown, trying to find the perfect glass color. You might not realize it, but there’s quite a bit of difference between the different glass colors you can get with top end sunglasses, and not only that, but the color of the front of the glass isn’t necessarily indicative…Read More

There are guys who have full beards and never trim them, and there are guys who shave their face clean every day or two. Both of those are a lot easier to deal with than what guys like I opt to do: have neatly groomed facial hair. Whether it’s a moustache, sideburns, a goatee, a soul patch or a full beard, turns out that managing facial hair is work. My poison of choice is a goatee,…Read More