I watched one of those survival shows and this guy killed an animal and cut off all the fat to save it and secured the meat, and animals came and stole all the fat and left the meat. That told me all I needed to know about fat and have been enjoying it (in moderation) ever since.
When I cook bacon, my wife eats around the fat and discards it... I tend to eat the whole thing and sometimes even pick up what she's left and have that too. One of my favorite meats is beef brisket, and I like to saute it in butter, drop in chopped green onions, and two farm fresh eggs (I get them locally from a farmer friend), and top it with Havarti cheese. It's a rather rich breakfast, but I work out so much that any caloric overload is used up... and I stay a consistent 173 pounds on a 6-foot frame.
Several of my contemporaries ask me how I keep so trim, and I tell them about my gym workout activities and all the other things I do, and that's where I lose them... "Sounds like too much work," they often say. Well yeah... living a long healthy life is hard damned work.
I always eat the entire slice of bacon, it's too tasty not to! My dad would always eat around the fat and leave the fat. He was thin and wound up having a heart attack as soon as he retired. Not saying skipping the fat was the issue, just saying what's the point in being so careful lol.
Ahh that reminds me of my visits to the Carter Fold. I grew up in TN but we were super close to the VA border and Dad would pop over for the cheap cigarettes and the Carter Fold visits. I got to see Johnny Cash there!
Yeah that was the show! The guy was not fat to begin with and was losing weight - after a certain amount of loss they pull you out of the competition. He was really great at survival and wound up winning. It's a great show for learning survival tips! I only watched that one season but I'd love to go back and watch the rest.
One of my favorite shows. My family doesn’t understand why I like it so much, and it can be hard to explain. There’s a miniseries Alone Survival Skills where past contestants compete on a project you may like. Think it’s on Hulu.
I watched one of those survival shows and this guy killed an animal and cut off all the fat to save it and secured the meat, and animals came and stole all the fat and left the meat. That told me all I needed to know about fat and have been enjoying it (in moderation) ever since.
When I cook bacon, my wife eats around the fat and discards it... I tend to eat the whole thing and sometimes even pick up what she's left and have that too. One of my favorite meats is beef brisket, and I like to saute it in butter, drop in chopped green onions, and two farm fresh eggs (I get them locally from a farmer friend), and top it with Havarti cheese. It's a rather rich breakfast, but I work out so much that any caloric overload is used up... and I stay a consistent 173 pounds on a 6-foot frame.
Several of my contemporaries ask me how I keep so trim, and I tell them about my gym workout activities and all the other things I do, and that's where I lose them... "Sounds like too much work," they often say. Well yeah... living a long healthy life is hard damned work.
I always eat the entire slice of bacon, it's too tasty not to! My dad would always eat around the fat and leave the fat. He was thin and wound up having a heart attack as soon as he retired. Not saying skipping the fat was the issue, just saying what's the point in being so careful lol.
I'm an old time fiddler and via this conversation, it reminded me of an old time tune called "Streak o' Lean, Streak o' Fat".....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l1uN2WLKl0
Ahh that reminds me of my visits to the Carter Fold. I grew up in TN but we were super close to the VA border and Dad would pop over for the cheap cigarettes and the Carter Fold visits. I got to see Johnny Cash there!
Sacrilege! The fat's the best bit! I wish I had a wife who did this as that would be heaven lmao
I had no idea fat was that important until I started watching Alone.
Yeah that was the show! The guy was not fat to begin with and was losing weight - after a certain amount of loss they pull you out of the competition. He was really great at survival and wound up winning. It's a great show for learning survival tips! I only watched that one season but I'd love to go back and watch the rest.
One of my favorite shows. My family doesn’t understand why I like it so much, and it can be hard to explain. There’s a miniseries Alone Survival Skills where past contestants compete on a project you may like. Think it’s on Hulu.