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He loves to cook— “I find it relaxing”—and insists on food that’s not only healthful but delicious, using a lot of olive oil and favoring pan-searing and roasting. (“Any vegetable is better roasted.”) He’s a big fan of sheet-pan dinners, often with chicken or fish, since he eats less red meat than he used to. “Chicken thighs are probably my go-tos,” says Roker, who’s shared his recipes in three cookbooks, the latest, which he co-wrote with his daughter Courtney. One recent homecooked dinner featured duck, delicata squash, brown rice and zucchini. Even little Sky, he says, “polished it all off.”

Roker is the first to admit that staying on track isn’t always easy. When his mother was hospitalized in 2007 before she died, he gained 40 lbs. But he knew the drill. He got back to the regimens he’d relied on before and the weight came off.“There’s no magic bullet,” he says. Having gastric bypass, or taking GLP-1 weight-loss drugs is “a means,” he adds, “it’s not the end. You’re still going to have to put in the work.” For Roker, hitting the treadmill daily is non-negotiable, even when he doesn’t feel like it. “Sometimes you have to push yourself to do the things you need to do.”He weighs himself every day— “I think it keeps you more grounded” — and doesn’t panic if the number on the scale isn’t what he wants to see. “No one’s perfect—you’re going to screw up. Lord knows I have. But you just gotta say, ‘That was then. And now we’re here. What are we gonna do now?’ You have to have that chat with yourself.”

Roker’s determination has enabled him to reach the milestone his father just missed. He freely acknowledges that some things have changed a bit with age.“I do realize now that I need more sleep,” says Roker, who’s usually in bed by 9 p.m. and admits to enjoying naps during the day. “I used to poohpooh them, but now it’s like, that’s not so bad.” Having the energy to focus on the things he likes doing is more important than ever. “When you’re 70, you know you’re looking at the downslope,” he says. “I think you just try to enjoy yourself more.”

These days, that especially means spending time with his granddaughter.

“I want to be in shape for her,” says Roker. “I would consider it a major milestone if I can see her enter high school. And God, it would be unbelievable to see her graduate and go to college. I’m going to take what I can,” he adds. “But I want to make sure I stack the odds in my favor.”Nightly rates at Casa Dom start at $106 on

Read the original article onCarnival Cruise Line experiences more allegations of serious crimes committed at sea than any other cruise line sailing from North America, according to criminal activity data reported to the FBI in accordance with the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010.

The most common types of crimes reported aboard Carnival (and all cruise lines’) ships are assaults — both sexual and those involving serious bodily injury — and those numbers are rising across the industry.This spring, the troubling trend in cruise ship assaults was put on full display in a cruise terminal in Galveston, Texas, as a huge brawl broke out among 24 Carnival cruise passengers.