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I started my first day of "pack training" to prep for my WY deer hunt in Sept. Starting off easy with just a two mile fast walk, and will add distance and pack weight as I go forward. I think that I burned about 100 calories on the walk, and about 200 swatting mosquitos.

That looks like a "Holmes on Homes" project. Fix it once and fix it right...Beautiful job!

The 5/2 diet is sustainable for me as I only use it to lose weight after creeping up a few pounds. I would do the protein diet for months in order to lose what I can in a week or two with the 5/2. The important part is to never binge, and to seriously make an attempt to eat healthy all the...

I used the protein diet (low carbs) for years to get some weight off. But for 30 years I was extremely active in addition to exercising 3+ hours per day. Try the so called 5/2 diet. Eat normally for 5, then keep it below 600 cal. for 2. Depending on how much you need to lose, it's not...

For some reason I was compelled to buy a MK1 Browning BAR 30-06 a while back. I finally spent some time at my range with it and found it to be a real shooter. So, the next issue was "how the heck do you break this thing down to clean it?" U-tube had the answer. Now it can assume its position...

I'm a lightweight at 188#, but I am in and am shooting for 178#. I've got a great six-pack hiding in there somewhere that I haven't seen for a while.

I've been suffering from a new mattress that was just too firm. So, after sleeping in my hammock for the last few weeks we broke down and bought a Sleep Number bed. That thing really works for me, but when the sales lady asked if we wanted the "sleep monitor app"????? That's where the record...

I had planned to be a career Marine, but ended that after 6 years. Then I was enrolled for electrician school in the fall, working as a smokechaser for the USFS during the spring. On a June afternoon I was reading the local paper and saw an ad for testing for a police officer position, to be...

Bill, you could lard up on craft beer and ice cream before the first so you can really participate in the challenge.

Will up my exercise routine and start "pack training" on July 1st. I got giardia once on a canoe trip and lost 8# in two days, 4# more in the next two days. Believe me, you don't want to follow that routine. Good luck all.

I donate when I apply. Have hunted in the access areas, but so far haven't needed the Search & Rescue. I have a snowmobile bud who was airlifted off a mt. in Montana last year, and as we all know, S@$! Happens.

Great challenge Scott, I'm in. I've been pretty good about not letting things go too far, so only have 10# or so to lose. At 5'10" I weighed in at 188# this morning. My Marine Corps weight 43 years ago was 175#, but I feel better at 180#. My compromise goal is 178#. Will post my "before"...

I used some smaller roasts to make Philly Grills (AKA Cheesesteak Sandwiches) for my wife last year, and it has become her favorite meal. I generally use backstrap or even tenderloin, but roasts work fine, just cut it into thin strips, season with Montreal Steak or similar, and fry in oil to...

You can out eat any exercise, and I proved it for over 40 years. Maybe we all could post "before" pictures in bikini underwear and be shamed into sticking to the diet plan. I'll do a weigh-in tomorrow AM and see if I can join the 15# challenge.

Good thing you were home during the last few months Marcus, or your kids wouldn't even know you.

I can't do what I used to do, but have kept up the basic daily exercise, and try to be physically active all day. This morning was able to do 22 pullups and 43 push-ups. Don't know many 20 year olds who can do that. Will be starting extensive pack training (rucking) in prep for my Sept...

Ya gotta love that random draw!

Drew the expected H deer tag. Boys, I'm a going hunting.

I was foot dragging on this as I am not very techy and don't want to be. But, will give it a try, & thanks to the sponsors for the great give-aways. One of these days I may actually get lucky.

I always try to keep up on my logbook during a trip, and have done so since I was 17. At the end of a trip, I make a list of "lessons learned", including clothing for the conditions encountered. It is easy to forget or mix up what you should have done. For instance, on my last WY cow elk...