Probably. Just check fatwallet for some deals.

Pad Thai is a mother****er to cook and get right.

http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/2008/11/pad-thai.html

Essential that you have all ingredients prepped and mis en place rocking. The above blog post has some great tips for it... also read the comments thread for some consolation with all the other people talking about what a hard time they've had cooking it in the past.

Yeah, it got out of hand pretty quick. I was trying to follow the directions of the recipe, but I will totally make sure everything is prepped before hand when I make it again.

This was also not a very good recipe. It was missing some pretty important components like egg, and ketchup. I didn't even think about it until it was done.

I'm determined to do this and do it right. It's one of my favorite foods, and I would just as soon eat it more than I do. At $10 a plate though, I'm going to have to learn how to make it myself if I want to eat it more than once a month.

silock on the deads is it fine to use a trap bar. or is a barbell necessary?

Barbell is better.

I've been doing this routine in between heavy lifting days for the past couple weeks, and I'm really loving it.

Warmup Circuit
Eight squats (body weight)
Eight back lunges (body weight)
Eight Push ups
Eight bent over rows (just the bar)
Eight diagonal lunges (body weight)
Repeat twice

Circuit 1 -- 5 rounds followed by 2 minutes rest
Sprint on treadmill at 10% gradient for 40 seconds
Dumbbell squat (in rounds 1, 3, and 5) -- 10 reps
Body weight squat (in rounds 2 and 4) -- 20 reps
Round 1: Front bridge 40 seconds
Round 2: Side bridge on left arm 40 seconds
Round 3: Side bridge on right arm 40 seconds
Round 4: Front bridge 40 seconds
Round 5: Hold bottom of pushup 40 seconds

Circuit 2 -- 3 rounds followed by 2 minutes rest
Run at top speed for 80 seconds
Rest for 20 seconds
Pushups for 30 seconds
Dumbbell bent-over row -- 10 reps

Circuit 3 -- 4 rounds followed by 2 minutes rest
Run at top speed for 60 seconds
Single leg rotation squats -- 5 reps per leg
Any ab exercise -- 60 seconds

Circuit 4 -- 3 rounds
Run at top speed -- 40 seconds
Rest -- 40 seconds
Hold bottom of pushup -- 40 seconds

TGUs with a 32kg kettlebell this morning. **** yeah.

Other than that, though, not much progress on my physique. Getting bigger instead of smaller. I was going no sweets for Lent. Once Easter hit, I went sort of nuts. I'm still fasting some, but I've lost my edge on my no-fast days. I'm back up to 194 lbs, after getting tantalizing close (187 lbs) to my goal of 185. I do look more muscular and bigger overall, but I've lost some of my lean rip that I had developed as I neared 185.

I'm probably going to continue maintaining for the next couple of weeks, then make another serious push to get down to 185.

I don;t see that. But you should lean more towards a quality fish such as wild salmon.

Oh, I can get there easily... if I just stop going on crazy food binges (I ate like 12 crackers last night while preparing my family's meal, then I ate the meal). I was super inspired and had my "edge" for about 6 weeks. Basically took note of everything that went into my mouth and felt good about it. Could tell that I was reducing my daily calories greatly from where I had been. Now, though, I'm just not into it. I'll get the edge back, but I tend to fluctuate quite a bit with my motivation (especially for watching my diet) depending on what's going on in my life. Right now, I just don't have the motivation and am just trying to maintain without gaining too much.

It's not anything I'm worried or stressed about, but I'm just reporting in that I've been a slacker. ;)

I love to eat. Love it. I'm totally going to yo yo in 10lb radius or so when I'm done with this. One of the things that keeps me going is the thought "Everything is still going to be there in six months."

I can't stand salmon unless it's smoked. The only sushi I eat are California and Crunchy tuna rolls.

Get some Lake Trout. They are high in Omega 3's