[Jo_Culprit]

On the weight loss thing I recently came across a few interesting bits of info regarding metabolism and fat retention. I read them first in a book called "The 4-Hour Body" by Tim Ferriss. In the weight loss section Tim argues that a thermodynamic model of calorie usage is more useful than the calories in equals calories out model. He basically proposes taking cold showers and concentrating the cold between your lower neck and shoulder blades to enact a particular kind of 'fat burning fat' or something. Ferris covers a few other interesting things but one of reasons I like his book so much is that he split tests every theory and idea he can find.