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danke said:
Where are you in Florida? I have a group of buddies (we're all business owners) that work out hard if you really want to get in shape.

We do shit like century rides, half mile swims, 5 mile running races some mornings, wind surfing, mudruns, and we're going to be one of the many teams doing the Spartan race later this year (having just done the Warrior Dash).

FWIW: I'm 5'11", 175lbs. Ecto/Mesomorphic all day, everyday so I doubt I'll ever look like a Spartan who'll eat a Persian for breakfast. More like GSP, but not as famous or rich as GSP. lol
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Hey, I'm in the Tampa area.

All sounds like loads of fun, I'm going to focus on getting myself able to do physical activity for more then 15 min and then I'll deff hit you up. :P
 


megatabbers said:
No offense dude but those numbers are BS. In fact, all of these BMR & TDDE #'s you can compute online are BS. There is no way to know exactly how many calories you burn unless you lock yourself in a metabolic chamber.

Calorie counting is stupid and pointless. If you overshoot by 20 calories for for 20 years you'll end up 40 pounds heavier. Nobody can maintain that precise caloric balance. Eat one bite more of food and you're over. Walk 100 steps less and you're over.

I don't remember who it was on this forum that pointed me to this guy (see video below) but I can't thank him enough. Changed my life.

Enough with the 6-7 meals/day, whole grain only BS. There's never a shortage of nutritional advice. Everyone's a fucking expert! And yet the world is fucking fatter and more diseased than ever.

Guess what? Our ancestors didn't eat 6-7 meals/day nor did they consume grains until 10,000 years ago. They ate "artery-clogging" animal fat and fasted when they had nothing to eat. Coincidentally, they had NONE of the diseases that plague modern man today.

Enlighten yourselves...

Why We Get Fat - Gary Taubes at OSUMC - YouTube
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I stopped at your first paragraph just for the simply fact you never actually read what I said. If you think 1,200 calories is enough for someone who weighs 250lbs. and is going to be subjecting themselves to a rigorous workout, then you sir are retarded.
 
jeffrey said:
I stopped at your first paragraph just for the simply fact you never actually read what I said. If you think 1,200 calories is enough for someone who weighs 250lbs. and is going to be subjecting themselves to a rigorous workout, then you sir are retarded.
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Where did I ever say, or imply that?

All I said is that attempting to control your calories on a conscious level isn't the best approach because you can never know how much you actually expend.

Furthermore, you stopped at my first paragraph because *I* never read what you said? Don't you see the irony in that?

In any case, I don't really give a shit. If you or anyone else wants to count calories and spend the rest of their lives weighing food, all the power to you. As for me, I'll never again have a weight problem in my life because I follow a simple principle: I let my hunger decide how many calories I should consume.

What a concept, eh?

The human body is the most complex organism in existence. We have multiple redundant systems to ensure survival (e.g. increase in heart rate when exercising, thirst response when dehydrated, etc., etc..) - yet somehow people believe that eating (i.e. the most critical activity needed for survival) should be an intellectual process, not an instinctual one.

Take a moment to digest that last sentence...
 
megatabbers said:
Where did I ever say, or imply that?

All I said is that attempting to control your calories on a conscious level isn't the best approach because you can never know how much you actually expend.

Furthermore, you stopped at my first paragraph because *I* never read what you said? Don't you see the irony in that?

In any case, I don't really give a shit. If you or anyone else wants to count calories and spend the rest of their lives weighing food, all the power to you. As for me, I'll never again have a weight problem in my life because I follow a simple principle: I let my hunger decide how many calories I should consume.

What a concept, eh?

The human body is the most complex organism in existence. We have multiple redundant systems to ensure survival (e.g. increase in heart rate when exercising, thirst response when dehydrated, etc., etc..) - yet somehow people believe that eating (i.e. the most critical activity needed for survival) should be an intellectual process, not an instinctual one.

Take a moment to digest that last sentence...
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Yeah dipshit, you didn't read what I said. I never once told him that he should count his calories, did I? I gave him a rough idea of what would be safe for him to consume, provided he CHOSE HIMSELF to count calories. Here's the kicker, I don't count my calories either. I actually agree with you for the most part, but you completely missed my point.
 
jeffrey said:
Yeah dipshit, you didn't read what I said. I never once told him that he should count his calories, did I? I gave him a rough idea of what would be safe for him to consume, provided he CHOSE HIMSELF to count calories. Here's the kicker, I don't count my calories either. I actually agree with you for the most part, but you completely missed my point.
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And calling me a retard and a dipshit is a surefire way to get your point across. Well done!
 
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