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June. I lose 5 lbs. It’s the lettuce.

Every June. I lose five pounds. I don't try to. It's all the amazingly flavorful greens we get from our CSA farm share. There's not much room left on the plate for anything else. So you eat a lot less of the high-calorie stuff. And you get inventive with lettuce.
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To Train in Spain, Climb Above the Plain

I found myself in Spain during the final two weeks of training for my ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro. So I found a nice little mountain to practice on. Right in the middle of wine country, near the border of La Rioja and the Basque Country. You want to know about this place.
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80 Ways: Lettuce. Size Matters.

80 recipes from traditional healthy cuisines around the world. From places and times that never heard of diabetes, overweight/obesity and cardiovascular disease epidemics. Like the time of the Great Depression.Hunger. Scarcity. Or just anxiety about scarcity. Something that's very right now for a lot of people, don't you think? Time for this big, fat sandwich that's a light, refreshing, crunchy and luscious Way to get more leafy greens into your diet.
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80 Ways: To Cook A Wolf

80 recipes from traditional healthy cuisines around the world. From places and times that never heard of diabetes, overweight/obesity and cardiovascular disease epidemics. Like the time of the Great Depression. The wolf at the door was hunger. Or scarcity. Or anxiety about scarcity. Something that's very right now for a lot of people, don't you think? Time for this cool, flavorful lettuce soup.
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Summer Stretch: butt up, hamstrings out

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Now, on the floor. On your back. To improve the flexibility of your hamstrings and the strength of the surrounding core muscles that support them and your lower back.
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80 Ways: The Spanish Tortilla

80 recipes based on traditional healthy cuisines around the globe. They all have two things in common: no highly processed foods and very low daily glycemic loads. Like this flavorful and satisfying egg-and-potato preparation, a cool frittata-like dish. Perfect for today: National Egg Day.
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One Day. Three Summits.

From the Crawford Notch trailhead to the peaks of Mount Pierce, Mount Jackson and Mount Webster. A lot of walking. A lot of sightseeing. From three mountaintops in the Presidential Range of White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, USA.
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