Posts by cabaret_

cereal. How bizarre is that? But it's seriously the food I always end up bingeing on.

I've had facebook for about 4 years now. I've always used it primarily as a way to share pictures with friends. I never got a myspace because all the gaudiness pissed me off. Facebook's started to lose its original charm though. The pages used to be clean and simple and now they're way too busy. AND I keep getting friend requested by my aunts and uncles. Not okay...

Original Post by ncxcrnnr:

Took a quick look at your profile and felt I had to chime in. I am currently dating a 20 year old dance major at NYU (and have been for over 2 years now), so I have a bit of additional insight into this particular question. My girlfriend has dozens of very attractive friends and was in fact hanging out with a few of them on the night I met her. Now I'm not going to say my girlfriend isn't as attractive as her friends (because I'd like to not get the **** smacked out of me), but she doesn't stand out from the group as the most attractive. Nevertheless, after minutes of talking to her and her friends I found myself exponentially more attracted to her than to any of the friends. Personality is so key to genuine attraction that it can far outweigh any marginal physical differences. 

In short, if it's a serious connection with a guy that you're looking for, don't worry about not being the first to be hit on in a bar. Speaking as a college male with many, many single male friends, I can assure you that nine times out of ten, if a guy is hitting on you in a bar, he doesn't intend to pursue a real relationship. The main thing is to not get frustrated before you meet that tenth guy; and when he does roll around, trust me, he won't be distracted by your friends.

Eric

wow. thank you. that is exactly what I wanted to read.

I think calorie counting can backfire in instances such as these. I've done the same thing as you more than I'd care to admit and know that the next day I'm never very hungry (and why should you be hungry when you have all those calories stored up from last night). So I'd say focus less on counting and more on listening to your body. If you're hungry eat, if not, don't.

I've read all the Twilight books. They're...alright. The first one's pretty good, then they just get kind of repetative. The romance is annoying and all the main character does is whine. I'm not saying it's a bad series, but I've read so many better books that haven't recieved this kind of attention.

I've heard the movie's worse, so I'm steering clear of it for sure.

I think when you factor in mixers and all that, champagne's your best bet. I've determined that an entire bottle (750 ml) of the stuff is 550 cals (not that I would ever drink an entire bottle myself *cough cough*). So calorie wise, it's the equivalent of 5 shots but I think it's more alcohol. Plus it tastes better so...

I had the chocolate banana one. It's really good, but whenever I drink calories I still want to eat solid food, so for me it's not the best choice. Plus it's a ridiculous amount of $$. But what isn't at Starbucks right?

ohhh all of the luna sunrise are delicious. I especially like the strawberry one.

I agree that regular luna bars can sometimes taste kind of funny. I do like the chocolate peppermint stick one--it tastes like candy :)

I think it's also important to note that there are HUGE differences in what are and what should be considered Pilates. You will not get the results that Joseph Pilates intended by watching a tape or even taking class at a gym. It is a very intricate method and requires that you learn with a knowledgable teacher in an intimate setting. You'll still get results, it's just different...

I agree with previous posters, you aren't going to lose weight or get drastic muscle gains. But it will help with posture and flexibility.

Yeah I agree but if you tried to tell me that when i was a teenager i would've laughed in your face.

I can remember when I was young it wasn't so much the being really thin that was important but just the fact that you THOUGHT you were fat. Extra kudos to you if you were actually really thin but grabbed your stomach skin and complained about your rolls. How's that for messed up?

Also, is there some way to program this into the ellipticals at the gym?

I think you're fine with the 10 lbs for now. I would suggest, especially for the squat track focusing on form over weight. A proper squat should really go so your thighs are at least parallel to the floor. Granted, you don't have time to do this on the single count squats but really work for it on the others. Otherwise, you are training your muscles to not work full range of motion. And in real life (as in when you squat down to pick something up) you're going to go all the way down or risk throwing out your back. Just my opinion, but something to think about :)

As far as triceps, I say just keep plugging along. I have the same problem with biceps and I'm begining to think it's a metal thing as well. I hope someone has some good tips for that...

I LOVE bodypump! I rave about it to all of my friends who, when they finally try it, hate it because it has a lot of upper body work and they're scared about bulking up. So not true. The women in class who've been at it for months look amazing.

I like to go once a week and do free-weights two other times in the week. I think it's a good way to mix up low weight-high reps with high weight-low reps.

I just wanted to share something interesting I learned this past year in my kinesiology class. People with narrow hips/pelvis tend to have larger butts than people with wider pelvises. This is because on a wide pelvis, the muscle tissue has more space to spread out than on a narrow one. African americans tend to have narrow pelvises-hence the booties.

I know that's no help, I just found it super interesting as it explained why I have no butt.

As for exercises, I second the squats and lunges.

I think what they might have told you is that when your heart rate is lower, after a certain period of time you will burn a higher percentage of calories from fat than if you were doing intense cardio. However, the fallacy of this is that when you do harder cardio you're burning more calories all around so even if a smaller percent of these are from fat stores, you would probably end up burning more overall.