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[quote=zk]You’ll hear lots of sales pitches about reducing your waist. But you can’t target fat. Crunches/etc. will tighten your abs, but they won’t do anything about the fat. All you can do is diet/exercise to lose fat, and, like Brian said, the stuff around your waist is usually the last to come off (especially if you’re of the body type that gains belly fat first and loses it last).

For your exercise, I highly recommend an elliptical. Better yet, interval training on an elliptical. A recent study showed that interval training is best for weight loss. And the elliptical has two big advantages over running: 1. It’s very easy on your joints. 2. It builds muscle much more than running. And muscle mass burns a lot of calories, even at rest, contributing further to your weight loss.

Exercise is key. I’ve known dozens of people who have lost more than 30 or 40 pounds. But I’ve known very few who have kept that much off, and they all exercise vigorously.

Good luck!![/quote]

Thanks zk… Ever since I joined my new company, I’m like 4 blocks away from the shoreline. So, I’ve been trying to run regularly along the beach during lunch. I’ll guess I’m run a longer distance.

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If I were you, I would do liposuction followed by good diet and exercise. It’s just good to get rid of midsection fat because it’s the source of life-shortening inflammation. Money well spent.
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Uh, that would be a definite no. Surgery was the thing that got me into this mess to begin with.

Ok, so looks like I’m going to be doing a lot more cardio than.

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Wouldn’t it be easier if she just requested to break her lease and find a more healthy place? i believe she could break her lease without any penalties….Not sure..

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[quote=scaredyclassic]i was kinda thinking id buy a vw diesel stationwagon as my next car. just looked cool. are used ones illegal now? can I get a screaming deal at a dealer?

is VW stock a buy?[/quote]

There will probably be an ecu reprogram that will fix the problem at the cost of lower gas mileage or lower HP/tq… So, the cars will be functionally fine and compliant…But I think there will be a lot of inventory, because I think there will be a lot of ticked of former owners demanding a refund….

Worse though, might be a decision from auto car companies to abandon diesel in the U.S.

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/volkswagen-pick-porsche-chief-next-145008519.html

Good. Maybe with the Porsche CEO at the helm of VAG, we can get some better cars out of VAG now outside of the Porsche division

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bmw-shares-slip-report-high-094815297.html

Shares of German auto maker BMW (XETRA: BMW-DE) dropped sharply in mid-morning trade Thursday as a German newspaper claimed its diesel engines were “significantly” exceeding regulatory limits.

Auto Bild – a publication owned by Axel Springer – said Thursday in an exclusive report that BMW engines were emitting nitrogen oxide levels that were 11 times more than the current limit set by the European Union.

Citing road tests by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), it said that a model of the BMW X3 was emitting more poisonous gases than the Volkswagen car that is currently at the center of the emissions scandal.

“All measured data suggest that this is not a VW-specific issue,” Peter Mock, the Europe Managing Director at the ICCT, told the publication.

BMW shares were 5 percent lower by a round 10:30 a.m. London time after the report was published. This came as other European auto makers were enjoying a bout of buying after several sessions of declines. Volkswagen shares were trading higher by 5.4 percent on Thursday morning.

A BMW spokesman told CNBC that there were “no specific activities or technical provisions which influence the emissions recorded during the test mode. Our exhaust treatment systems are active whether on the test bench or on the road.”

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[quote=ltsdd]Now we all know the secrets to the vaunted German engineering.[/quote]

Well, at least the cars stop when they are suppose to, unlike Toyotas…And don’t stop unexpectedly because of a cheap ignition switches, unlike some older GM cars….:)

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Looks like VW might have company soon…

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/09/23/german-automakers-us-diesel-emissions/

More German automakers may be afoul of US emission standards
BMW, Mercedes-Benz Deny That Scandal Applies To Them

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I’d find out about how much maintenance is before you do this. Also Starting in 2016, they are made in Brazil.

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Yes I understand it could be as simple as a blown capacitor. But again, this ac unit is installed on the roof of a two story building, and not on the ground. So its unlikely the capacitor is located inside the rental unit. And I don’t feel like climbing a roof. Don’t even know if I am allowed to.

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[quote=ltsdd]I recommend do a little due diligence first to determine what’s broken. “Broken” could very well mean a $10 fuse is blown.[/quote]

Except the unit is on the roof and I don’t want to climb on it to see.

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[quote=outtamojo]What if they employed similar software on their gasoline engines…nah they wouldn’t would they?[/quote]

Unlikely… Tuners have been tuning VW gasoline engines for some time. I would suspect some tuner would have already discovered that a long time ago.

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I think this may be the defining moment that VW/Audi are going to be setback for decades. It’s not a matter of how much pollution was really being emitted. It’s all about consumer trust…It’s really too bad, because for the longest time VAG was making pretty good progress coming back.

Porsche probably won’t be hit, since well, there’s enough loyalists to it, and plus there probably is at most one tiny percentage of the vehicles affected by this (Cayenne diesel)

Ironic that Audi’s marketing line is “truth in engineering”…lol

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So what.

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