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Gameface said:
I wouldn't say this is super spicy chili but it is only for me for my lunches for the week. Five kinds of chilis. Dried California chilies, dried Guajillo chilies, fresh jalapenos, canned green chili and cayenne powder. Rehydrated the dried chilis and blended into a paste (replaces chili powder), blended the canned green chilies with cilantro and garlic salt. Chopped the jalapenos and combined with chopped onion on a griddle until slightly charred, added cumin and cayenne powder with black pepper and garlic salt to the meat before heavily browning the meat (93% lean ground beef), beef stock, black and red beans to the pot. Canned diced tomatoes. No thickener but pretty thick chili.
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This is essentially my recipe with a few tweaks and conveniences. Can you really notice a difference using fresh peppers, grilling the onion and jalapenos and seasoning the beef? Or is it more of a hobby where you enjoy the process?

My changes:

Kidney beans. Black beans seem weird for this type of chili.
I use canned jalapenos including the juice and think cooked ground beef soaks up plenty flavor so no seasoning there.
Louisiana hot sauce in place of cayenne pepper. I think the liquid version mixes better.
Red bell pepper. It changes up texture and adds an extra element.
Bottled minced garlic. I've found this every bit as good as fresh, if not better. And it's much easier and stores longer.
Whatever pepper was available at the local nursery that's now out of business.
I don't have beef stock but believe it or not I've found even bullion and water to be as good as low sodium beef broth.

My wife hates spicy food but loves my chili, especially a day or two old.

Chipotle in adobo is pretty damn good too but you need cubed steak instead of ground beef.
 
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Cunning Linguist said:
I've been very excited by my progress considering my weight is still hovering around 204 and my body fat is still around 23%. I've been eating better but these figures haven't come down much at all. If I can throw a really good month together of crazy good eating, I'm curious how much more I can improve with my running/rowing times.
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Losing weight is easy if you can train your body to not eat like farm animals being raised for slaughter. If dropping weight is your goal then axe the exercise regiment and stop eating. Exercising will only make you hungry. Then, when you get down to whatever weight you want start exercising again.
 
franklin said:
Losing weight is easy if you can train your body to not eat like farm animals being raised for slaughter. If dropping weight is your goal then axe the exercise regiment and stop eating. Exercising will only make you hungry. Then, when you get down to whatever weight you want start exercising again.
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lmao
 
franklin said:
Losing weight is easy if you can train your body to not eat like farm animals being raised for slaughter. If dropping weight is your goal then axe the exercise regiment and stop eating. Exercising will only make you hungry. Then, when you get down to whatever weight you want start exercising again.
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Your troll jobs are better when they're at least a little bit subtle.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
Your troll jobs are better when they're at least a little bit subtle.
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I was being sincere, but suit your fat *** self. Calories in - calories burned/excreted is a pretty simple equation. If I were overweight I would eat very little and when I hit my goal I would start up the exercise regiment if that was part of the goal. The problem is, many cannot train themselves to eat little and others have physical issues that won't allow them to.
 
franklin said:
I was being sincere, but suit your fat *** self. Calories in - calories burned/excreted is a pretty simple equation. If I were overweight I would eat very little and when I hit my goal I would start up the exercise regiment if that was part of the goal. The problem is, many cannot train themselves to eat little and others have physical issues that won't allow them to.
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The problem is that that is really bad advice. If you eat less than you need you will slow your metabolism, decrease muscle mass that burns calories, and eventually you will fail.

Lift stuff, run, eat healthy.
 
franklin said:
This is essentially my recipe with a few tweaks and conveniences. Can you really notice a difference using fresh peppers, grilling the onion and jalapenos and seasoning the beef? Or is it more of a hobby where you enjoy the process?

My changes:

Kidney beans. Black beans seem weird for this type of chili.
I use canned jalapenos including the juice and think cooked ground beef soaks up plenty flavor so no seasoning there.
Louisiana hot sauce in place of cayenne pepper. I think the liquid version mixes better.
Red bell pepper. It changes up texture and adds an extra element.
Bottled minced onion. I've found this every bit as good as fresh, if not better. And it's much easier and stores longer.
Whatever pepper was available at the local nursery that's now out of business.
I don't have beef stock but believe it or not I've found even bullion and water to be as good as low sodium beef broth.

My wife hates spicy food but loves my chili, especially a day or two old.

Chipotle in adobo is pretty damn good too but you need cubed steak instead of ground beef.
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This is the first time I've mixed the seasoning into the meat before cooking and I don't think it made much of any difference.

There is some texture difference using fresh jalapenos vs canned. But I just had extra jalapenos because i bought some to dice for sprinkling on top after I reheat.

I think there is something gained from getting that char on the onions and jalapenos, gives it more richness, a certain roasted quality.

Turns out this is not the best batch of chili ever though. But not bad.
 
This is how I picture game face and Frank right now.

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♪alt13 said:
The problem is that that is really bad advice. If you eat less than you need you will slow your metabolism, decrease muscle mass that burns calories, and eventually you will fail.

Lift stuff, run, eat healthy.
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Eating less than you need is the only way to lose weight. If you can do that and exercise then great. Some people cannot as we tend to overestimate calories burned and underestimating post-workout caloric intake. Working out stimulates our brain to tell us to eat. That's one reason why many people who think they are doing all the right things wonder why the weight isn't coming off.
 
franklin said:
Eating less than you need is the only way to lose weight. If you can do that and exercise then great. Some people cannot as we tend to overestimate calories burned and underestimating post-workout caloric intake. Working out stimulates our brain to tell us to eat. That's one reason why many people who think they are doing all the right things wonder why the weight isn't coming off.
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Dr. Franklin, reporting for duty.
 
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franklin said:
Eating less than you need is the only way to lose weight. If you can do that and exercise then great. Some people cannot as we tend to overestimate calories burned and underestimating post-workout caloric intake. Working out stimulates our brain to tell us to eat. That's one reason why many people who think they are doing all the right things wonder why the weight isn't coming off.
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Cunning Linguist said:
Dr. Franklin, reporting for duty.
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I supported my wife when she lost 75 pounds on weight watchers (I lost 45, which I have subsequently found again), and I am a born skeptic, so I tested their theory that if you follow the plan you will lose weight. For 2 weeks straight I ate nothing but ice cream bars (I prefer Haagen-Dazs chocolate-dark chocolate), and kept to my points total. I ate not one single vegetable, nor anything other than ice cream bars. I did take a vitamin and I had a glass of metamucil at night since I found that the ice cream bars set off my IBS pretty fiercely after a day or 2. The results? I lost 6 pounds the first week and 4 the second. I didn't exercise at all, I just stayed within my allowed points on their points plan. Calories consumed - calories used = weight loss. Doesn't necessarily = great health but weight loss for sure.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I supported my wife when she lost 75 pounds on weight watchers (I lost 45, which I have subsequently found again), and I am a born skeptic, so I tested their theory that if you follow the plan you will lose weight. For 2 weeks straight I ate nothing but ice cream bars (I prefer Haagen-Dazs chocolate-dark chocolate), and kept to my points total. I ate not one single vegetable, nor anything other than ice cream bars. I did take a vitamin and I had a glass of metamucil at night since I found that the ice cream bars set off my IBS pretty fiercely after a day or 2. The results? I lost 6 pounds the first week and 4 the second. I didn't exercise at all, I just stayed within my allowed points on their points plan. Calories consumed - calories used = weight loss. Doesn't necessarily = great health but weight loss for sure.
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The last sentence sums it all up.
 
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