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Brother William Valle of the Institute of the Incarnate Word in Chillum, Md., loads potatoes onto his cart at the Capitol Area Food Bank, in Washington, D.C. A new government initiative seeks to engage faith-based groups on food waste — for instance, by using their existing relationships with food banks to redirect excess food to the hungry.

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Separation of church and state? When it comes to fighting food waste, the U.S. government is looking to partner up with the fa…

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While virtually all activity, from yoga to sleeping, requires energy, studies suggest vigorous exercise is especially effective at burning calories. Seems obvious, right? The harder you work, the more you burn. But it’s not just during exercise, it’s for hours after it’s concluded. And that’s where things get interesting.

The Need-to-Know

The so-called “afterburn effect” is more officially known as excess post-exercise oxygen consumption or simply, EPOC. And it isn’t new in the world of fitness. Several studies suggest there’s a strong correlation between the number of calories burned post exercise and the activity’s intensity.1
Simply put: The more intense the exercise, the more oxygen your body consumes afterward.

In one study, participants who cycled vigorously for 45 minutes burned roughly 190 calories more in the 14 hours after exercise than on days when they didn’t work out at all.1
In another study conducted with those who had metabolic syndrome, EPOC also had significant positive effects—meaning this type of training could be especially useful in combating certain health issues, like obesity and diabetes.2

And while one study showed that your afterburn will increase significantly with duration (i.e. the longer and more inte…

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Walk into any boot camp-style class, and you’re likely to be hit with rounds of high-intensity interval training. And while there can be lots of variation, the principle is always the same: all-out effort followed by recovery.

But there’s one classic style worth adding to your repertoire if you haven’t tried it already: Tabata. The high-intensity interval training style was developed by Japanese professor Dr. Izumi Tabata to train Olympic speed skaters in the late 1990s. Today, the training style is applied to just about any move.

The system is easy to remember: 20 seconds of work, followed by 10 seconds of rest, and repeat. The short rest intervals force the body to keep moving before it actually recovers from the previous set—and that’s part of the reason why Tabata leads to significant aerobic and anaerobic gains.1 But there’s a catch: You have to push yourself—really push yourself all out.2 You won’t reap the strength and cardio benefits from leisurely going through the movements. But when performed correctly, there’s another benefit: the afterburn effect. That means you keep burning calories for hours after your quick workout has ended.3

With that in mind, Tabata typically isn’t a good idea for workout novices. Because you will be trying to squeeze in as many reps as possible, you’ll be moving fast—which can be an easy way to get injured if you’re not careful.

Your Action Plan

Because this exercise strategy is more of a for…

Source: http://www.sonima.com/fitness/lean-body-workout/

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Follow this fast-moving 14-minute workout that engages both your small and big muscles groups, from your calves and hip flexors to your glutes and back, to get that strong and lean body that you want. Start with a series of step ups, which you can do on a park bench or your house steps. Be sure to go at your own pace here. Speed means nothing if you break good form. From there, do 30 seconds of running in place to spike your heart rate. Without taking a break, move onto 10 up-downs (aka burpees). Repeat running in place and up downs. Wrap up the workout with floor work, including mountain climbers, roller coasters, donkey kicks, and flutter kicks.

Related: A Simple Solution to Heal Plantar Fasciitis

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Hi friends! Matt and I are still in Charleston right now (you can see our adventures over on Instagram), so I thought today would be a good day to share a round up of some of my best recipes and health/nutrition tips all in one post. For those of you looking to get healthier this year, I hope you find this round up of my best content from over the years helpful! And see also: Simple Tweaks for a Healthier Life, Tips for a Healthy New Year and How to Set a Successful New Year’s Resolution.

My Absolute Favorite Easy, Healthy Recipes to try:

Perfect Microwave Banana Oatmeal
5-Minute No Bake Peanut Butter Granola Bars (vegan, gluten free if you use GF certified oats)
Almond Butter Banana Breakfast Bars (vegan)
Almond Encrusted Tilapia
Chunky Turkey & Vegetable Soup
Corn Flake Encrusted Chicken Fingers (gluten free)
Creamy Mexican Chicken Chili Soup (gluten free)
Dark Chocolate Quinoa Bars (gluten free)
Greek Lamb Burgers (gluten free without bun – can be made with turkey too)
Healthy Tuna Salad
High Protein & Flour-Free Breakfast Pancake (gluten free)
Mexican Las…

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Matthew Secich’s wife, Crystal, behind the sausage counter at the deli they opened in Unity, Me.

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There’s a new deli in rural Maine with a hotshot chef behind the counter. Foodies may know Matthew Secich’s name from stints and stars earned at Charlie Trotter’s, The Oval Room in Washington D.C., and The Alpenhof Lodge in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

Recently, Secich joined an Amish community and moved his family and his kitchen off the grid.

His new spot, Charcuterie, is a converted cabin tucked away in a pine forest in Unity, Maine, population 2,000. You have to drive down a long, snowy track to get there and you can smell the smokehouse before you can see it.

If you’ve followed your nose this far, inside, you…

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Standing in front of the fridge, starving, wondering how to make dinner out of the random smattering of ingredients in front of us. We’ve all been there, but it’s not just us ordinary cooks that get stuck trying to make a quick dinner after a long day. Even our favorite food bloggers have played refrigerator roulette on an empty stomach. The difference is they’re so much better at it!

We asked several to share what they whip up when they’re short on time and energy. And the results are faster (all take 20 minutes or less), prettier, and tastier than we could have dreamed up. That’s why they’re the pros.

1. Pasta With Garlicky Broccoli Rabe

“This is my new favorite lightning-quick, lazy, and completely satisfying dinner. All you need is pasta, broccoli, garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper. It’s dinner, salad, and a vegetable dish all in one. And it could be dinner this evening, 20 minutes after you bring home the groceries.” — Deb Perelman, Smitten Kitchen

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“Happiness is a direction, not a place.” ~Sydney J. Harris

Cars played a big part in my life growing up in Southern California. As a kid, there was a succession of crappy old station wagons that routinely broke down on the highway because we couldn’t afford anything better.

I remember Dad standing helplessly outside in traffic as drivers slowed down to gawk at us, then sped up as they drove on into their lives.

And the rusted green ’42 Chevy pickup truck my grandfather taught me to drive years before it was legal to do so, gears grinding when I missed the shift. My legs weren’t quite long enough to get the pedal all the way to the floor.

“Lookin’ for the Heart of Saturday Night”

In high school, I was enamored with the low-riders cruising up and down the boulevards, “lookin’ for the heart of Saturday night,” as Tom Waits so poignantly wrote in his song.

You know, lots of hairspray holding up very big hair? Black eyeliner with perfectly executed tails? Carefully cultivated coolness? Like that.

Then there was the older boy, already out of high school and working … a grown-up. He drove a ’67 Chevy Impala SuperSport, with baby blue metallic paint that matched my eyes. I ended up marrying him.

Before l…

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“Most folks are as happy as they make their minds up to be.” ~Abraham Lincoln

Have you ever wondered, “How is that guy always so laid back and freaking happy all the time, no matter what is going on around him?”

It might be a co-worker, a friend, or a family member, but almost everyone has somebody whose baseline level of happiness is just higher than almost everyone else.

I certainly do. Although I have known a few people that fall into this category, the one that stands out most is a friend I met my freshman year in college in my dorm. I’ll call him Andy.

Andy smiled all the time. A huge smile. Raining outside, smiling. Test didn’t go that well, smiling. From the moment I met him, he gave a big handshake with an equally big and goofy smile. When I picture Andy, I always picture him smiling.

It was certainly annoying at times. When I wanted to brood over a test gone bad or a girl I couldn’t get to notice me, smiling Andy made it nearly impossible. But I mostly just wanted to know why he was always so happy so I could be annoyingly cheery too.

Is Andy and the rest of his ilk just delusional?

No, (at least not exactly), they actually know something you don’t, and I’m going to let you in on it. But first, let’s talk about you….

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By Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus · Follow: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

In this episode of The Minimalists Podcast, Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus discuss minimalism with children, and they answer the following listener questions:

How do you battle the clutter that comes with kids?
How do you convince loved ones to stop giving you physical gifts?
How do you help family members adopt minimalism?
How do you determine which items to keep “just in case”?
What advice do you have for buying a new, clutterfree home?
How do you declutter when your partner enjoys material possessions?
How can minimalism aid in the recovery from addictions?
How do you determine which books to keep and which to give away?
How do you keep minimalism from becoming an obsessive lifestyle?

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Book: Clutterfree with Kids
Book: Essential
Book: Everything That Remains
Book: Minimalism
Contribution: The Hope Effect
Essay: A Rich Life with Less Stuff
Essay: A Simpler Family Life
Essay: Just-in-Case Items
Essay: Letting Go of Physical Gifts
Essay: Minimalism with Kids
Essay: Packing Party
Essay: Reading More
Essay: Start with Yourself
Event: 3 Caffeinated Days with The Mi…