Posts by j-snyder

Aww.  While that sounds tasty, I totally came in here to say I think beer rocks too ;)

That pop-hiss noise is the sound of you opening a can of worms :P  You can get more advice here than you could ever have conceived existed.  A lot of good advice, though, so it's at least a start. 

I'm not a handy person, but pegged at the top of the fitness and the food forums are long posted topics on eating right and exercising, which are great places to start.  There are a fantastic set of tools just laying around here to help you out.

Of course, tools are only as good as the wielder - so good luck, and wave that weight-loss hammer proudly once you've figured out how to use it :)

Original Post by elfbane5:

Ya know, there are alot of people on here trying to give you GOOD advice. If your going to get all snippy over it, don't ask for it. Go to a REGISTERED Nutritionist who has one of those little degree thingies. If you still refuse to listen to advice about living healthy that's your choice. None of us are shortening our life-spans, causing permanent organ damage, and suffering from the crankies from low blood sugar.

 

Keep that crap up and your going to be able to gain 5 lbs by just licking a postage stamp, the rest of us can have a steak dinner with veggies and a soda and not have to worry about it.

 steak dinner with veggies *drool* man you just made my dinner daydream special XD

Here's a problem:  Most medical doctors are not especially well trained in nutrition.  Now, feel free to correct me, but I've been hearing that nutrition is covered briefly, if at all, and then left behind in favor of learning about diseases and such.  I'd recommend going to see a nutritionist instead, but I've known some absolutely bat-poo crazy nutritionists.  It'**** and miss sometimes, but the great thing is if one person says something that doesn't make any sense, you can always go get a second opinion.

Or come to CC, and get eight hundred second opinions XD

BEST POPCORN METHOD EVER!

Take a paper bag, like a lunch bag.  Put in 1 serving unpopped kernals.  Fold down top really well, or you can use staples (No they won't spark in the microwave, but I don't have a stapler at home, so I usually do a little tear-n-fold method to keep it shut).  Microwave on high, 1-2 minutes, until the popping slows down.  Careful, as it's really easy to burn popcorn this way, so it may take a few tries to figure out the timing.  Luckily popcorn is cheap, so experiment away :)

After, you can always shake it out, spray on some fake butter or salt or whatever it is you like on your popcorn.

Hope you have a microwave :P  Theoretically you  could do this on a stovetop, just pop the kernals in a pot with a lid and keep shaking so the kernals don't burn.  Again, requires one to pay close attention.

I have been having a good time admiring my "pipes" - since they're actually pipe-shaped instead of blobby wobbly bits :P  It's been about 3 weeks, and while they aren't rock-hard, it's nice to at least see some definition :)

Good jorb!

Original Post by misspriss316:

Original Post by susiecue:

Original Post by misspriss316:

well

naked people + ungroomed + bench (could)

 = PUBIC LICE

 Please tell me you're either kidding or I'm misinterpreting your use of the word "groomed"?  Because I'm understanding you to say that if a woman doesn't wax off all her pubic hair, you think she has lice?!?!  That's as ridiculous as me thinking that because you have hair on your head, you must have lice!  (And, yes, that's meant to sound ridiculous and I don't think that.)  Different cultures have different practices when it comes to body hair; it doesn't mean they're unclean.

 I meant it as a joke....but I'm pretty sure people who shave down there don't get crabs. Well at least there have been a lot less cases since shaving is now the norm.

 Is it?  Really?  Id've guessed less cases of pubic anything are because of generally improved hygiene (ah the wonders of soap, eh?).  I wouldn't have thought shaving is the norm...

This is completely fuzzy information, but I seem to recall some article saying basically all those "work at home stuffing envelopes" or whatever jobs are pretty pathetic.  General rule is, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Strange dreams last night.  Summed up by forgiving someone who had shot me to death (I got better).  I said to him, "It's ok.  I knew you weren't human.  I never expected you to act like one."

I have a good dog.  She sits with her face as close to the food as possible, but if I tell her to go away she does.  However, she also likes to sit under the dining room table, because I'm a clumsy eater and she knows it :P

The cats leave us be.  Although there was that one comical moment when kitty bit into the steak on my husband's salad... and watching hubby fight the cat for the meat.  Cat won, by the by ;)

This is too funny.  I had to explain to my husband the horrors of sitting down on a seat only to realize you didn't see the droplets and should have swiped it with toilet paper first.  That is the MOST uncomfortable feeling.  *shudder*  Even he was terrified ;)

If your video games feel neglected, I will happily give them a good home ;)

I saw a personal trainer for the first time yesterday.  The hour was so effective, I signed up for more.  But I told him, that I have to come straight after work, because if I go home I'm staying home.  Mass Effect isn't going to play itself.

Well, point is, it's ok to make time for video games.  It's only really worrisome when you can't put them down in favor of, say, going for a walk.  Or getting to bed.  Or going to work.  You and me, we can be gamer nerds who are also totally ripped (or at least not the stereotype of sweaty and fat anymore).

So to sum up:

1) Hide them from yourself/make it difficult to reach them.  I keep all of my chocolates from easter and halloween in a bucket on top of the cupboards.  The only way to get it down is to grab a long-handled spoon and smack it down, and usually my pride in not looking completely ridiculous wins over the need for chocolate.  Usually ;)

2) Don't keep any in the house at all - you can wean yourself off and pare down your cravings by making them wholly inaccesible.  I can't have jelly in the house, myself - there's usually a PB&J massacre within a day of bringing home a jar.

3) Buy only what you intend to consume.  I take a walk every day on my lunch, and usually stop into the store on the way back for a treat.  What I buy is what I get, so as long as I'm careful about what I buy, I get a treat without going overboard.

I contend that looking to celebrities for diet advice is never the best source for relevant information.  I can think of few celebrities I would hold up as a paragon of good nutrition and fitness...

Original Post by pgeorgian:

Original Post by btmills:

correct, when you first start to do any "new" activity, you will gain muscle needed to do it at first.  that being said, walking is hardly burning any more calories than cooking dinner.  if you want to lose weight, get your heart rate moving.  walking is borderline worthless.

this is absolute garbage.  the value of any exercise is relative to your level of fitness.  if you haven't been exercising, walking is a great place to start.  just make sure you're not out for a casual stroll; you want to walk as quickly as you can.

i've been walking & hiking a lot--probably an average of eight hours a week since february--and it's only in the last few weeks that i've started to feel like i'm not getting the benefits anymore (rather, that it takes up more time than i can reasonably give; if i don't get in a 2.5hr hike, it doesn't feel like work).  so i'm introducing--or reintroducing--running.

 Have to say I agree with Pgeorgian here.  Walking is a great place to start for people who otherwise have a hard time commiting to an activity.  It's easy, it's free, and people are generally born with the equipment built-in to do it.  Walking beats the crap out of sitting at my office chair, and standing up to cook is only marginally better than sitting down to do it.  For a person like me, for whom the lifestyle changes had to come gradually in order for them to stick, taking my lunch hour to go walking through the neighborhood has helped me lose 35 lbs so far.

To sum up:  thppt. (yes I recognize my terrific maturity)