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People get so hung up on one individual food and it just makes me want to roll my eyes.

Are bananas keeping you from losing the last 15 lbs? No. CALORIES are keeping you from losing the last 15 lbs. If you eat more calories than you burn, then you're not going to lose weight.

It's food. Period. If cutting back on bananas is the way you chose to eat fewer calories, then great. If you choose to continue eating bananas and cut back on something else, that's great too.

But don't blame bananas. That's just stupid.

All over - full body workouts with free weights or body weight. Skip the machines - they isolate muscles, which isn't optimal.

Check out a book called The New Rules of Lifting. I used to and it changed my entire way of thinking about weight lifting and exercise (I'm female, btw).

Squats, lunges, pushups, chinups/pullups, dips, presses ... those are the kinds of things you should be doing.

Make sure you give 48 hours to recover after each workout. You shouldn't be working every single day - you need recovery time.

Spenser may not be "imaginative" but I like the way Parker has him whipping things up from what's available w/out making a fuss about it. For Spenser, cooking isn't a production or a chore - it's something he does easily and with some enjoyment. Nice to have a "macho" male character who enjoys cooking.

I think women get way too serious about things way too fast these days.

One dinner out does not make a relationship. So to call this guy a "Player" and a "dog" just after one canceled (especially without finding out why he canceled or where he's been) is just so ridiculously over the top I can't even believe it.

And how do you know he was on a date with this other woman if you didn't ask? I have a lot of guy friends who I go out to dinner with on a regular basis. Anyone who didn't know us might think we were also "on a date". But really we're just friends having dinner together.

People need to lighten up.

@oregonpinot - I agree. In fact I had oatmeal with my dinner on Tuesday. A little feta cheese, and some sliced grilled chicken breast to round it out. Good stuff. It's really no different from serving mashed potatoes or polenta or anything like that.

I don't get the whole uproar about "savory oatmeal". Who on earth decreed that oats have to be eaten sweet with lashings of sugar or fruit? And why is the idea of something savory for breakfast getting everyone's panties knotted? No one bats an eye at the idea of omelets, eggs and bacon, biscuits and gravy, grits, migas, ... the list is a mile long. But talk about adding cheese or eggs or bacon or salt and pepper to your *gasp* oats and suddenly you're a weirdo. :) Seriously. Lots of people don't like sweet stuff in the mornings. Those of us who love savory foods have been eating oats w/out sweet additions for years. A sprinkle of salt and pepper and maybe some shredded cheese is so much better (and better for you) than a heap of brown sugar or syrup.