Posts by antagonist_manifesto

Original Post by littlecalypso:

I think it's different for girls who are virgins than guys; there's really no stigma in your case.

Admittedly so, virginity is definitively an emasculating stigma in the world of men.  Even the most blasé feel some apprehension about sharing their rather undersexed status with other men.

Though I've mentioned it elsewhere, just to stay "on-topic:" I haven't even kissed a girl.  Yeah.  
An intimate female friend of mine helped me come to terms with it during the last two months of 2008.  I have a shirt proclaiming it now!  I am not proud as much as I am obnoxiously and provocatively self-ridiculingly humorous about the entire issue.

Dang, I expected...indeed, wanted the first reply to respond with "DP is an acronym for double penetration!"

B: Coffee, 3 eggs,  2 sl. ham, 1 sl. cheese

L: 2 bowls (~4 cups) Orange Chicken, 1 bowl assorted steamed veggies
(yum! -I LOVE "asian" food.)

D: 2 cups White Rice, 1 cup Black Beans

S: 2 cereal bars, 6 cups cereal, 1 cup milk

One day I will...
feel comfortable in the nude.
find a well-defined, lean physique reflected in the mirror.
find my Catherine Earnshaw (or Dagny Taggart).
have a diverse, rich and strong investment portfolio.
have made/saved enough money to treat my mother and her best friend to retirement abroad.
have ground-breaking work peer-reviewed and published in a reputable scientific journal.
have worked in an archive, a library, a mortuary, a museum, and a research firm.
learn to play the piano.
learn to play the violin.
own a hearse.
run a six minute mile!
sing in (cover)band.
take up Fencing.

I promise myself I will never again...
allow myself to wallow in self-pity for prolonged periods of time.
binge to "cope with" (evade) unresolved emotional baggage.
eat out of boredom.
go without food as a way of "making up" for a "bad" day.
think of myself as grotesque, morbidly obese, or unsightly.

I am somewhat embarrassed to admit...
I have yet to kiss a girl, be in a relationship, much less have sex.
I admire my body in the mirror for a couple of minutes while the shower warms up.

B: eggs, ham, bread
L: ham sammich, mandarin chicken
D: tuna, cod fillets, bread, 
S: protein shake, fiber one, bread

Can't wait to get back into the gym for serious training this month, exercising at home pales in comparison.

You'll do great tomorrow, kaybug.

Brunch: Oatmeal w/egg+cinnamon, 2 eggs w/salt+ketchup
D: tba, probably cod fillets
S: grapes, tba

B: Creamy, thick oatmeal made with Go Lean Truly Vanilla Instant Oatmeal (done on stovetop obviously), half cup of Fiber one, one scoop of Pure Protein Vanilla powder, and water
L: 4 cherry pepper'd, well-"seasoned" Tofu packed "burritos" sealed with a dab of sweet relish (I'll end up sharing the remaining one with my lunch table most likely)
D: 4 Italian style chicken breasts
S: TBA
Somehow, I will balance out my ratio during the latter half of the day. Can't wait for all the fiber I've taken in these two days to "take effect..." 

Original Post by cellulitedelite:

Original Post by antagonist_manifesto:

2nd day "on ratio."
I ate a crap ton of chicken today *and* two protein shakes...and still managed to only come to around 36% protein. I need to man up, cut the milk and sugared coffee, find more ways to add protein. <_<
B: coffee, waffles
L: orange chicken, breaded chicken
D: half cup brown rice, chicken breast fillets
S: protein powder, milk
total: 2237 kcal, 200/225g protein

Indulge, indulge, indulge, kaybug! =D

 just curious. where are your fruits and veggies?  if you're looking to eat a high protein diet, there are tons of veggies that are packed with protein like broccoli for instance...and you could get protein AND a serving of veggies, killing two birds with one stone.

 I got some veggies in today! :D  I'm in charge of groceries this week, so I plan on getting an assortment of protein-rich non-meat foods to diversify my sources. :)

3rd Day (update, got out of work early)
B: coffee w/out sugar, protein "shake," protein bar
L: tuna sammich w/cheese, teriyaki chicken with assorted veggies (carrots, broccoli, etc.), protein bar
D: braised pork chops with assorted veggies
S: protein shake, cheese stick, ham

2nd day "on ratio."
I ate a crap ton of chicken today *and* two protein shakes...and still managed to only come to around 36% protein. I need to man up, cut the milk and sugared coffee, find more ways to add protein. <_<
B: coffee, waffles
L: orange chicken, breaded chicken
D: half cup brown rice, chicken breast fillets
S: protein powder, milk
total: 2237 kcal, 200/225g protein

Indulge, indulge, indulge, kaybug! =D

I had another absurdly refined-carb heavy day. Yay!
B: poptarts, coffee
L: JJ Pepe Unwhich (ham, lettuce, tomato in a lettuce wrap)
D:poptarts, cookies, cereal w/milk
S:cereal w/milk, cookies
Caloric total:3250 kcal (that's around 1000 over my RMR!)

Just for fun, I'm switching my macronutrient ratio for some months starting tomorrow: 50% prot, 35-40% carb, 10-15% fat. So, it will be around 188g prot, 133g carb, and 25g fat daily.

And yes, I post only my ridiculous nutritionally failed days deliberately. The stark contrast should be humorous. :P

Links aren't working. =X

Edit: Didn't even notice the space there, sorry.  <_<  Anyway.

I think you could definitely do it!  I don't know anything about you, but I know all it takes to get in shape is discipline and drive.  The winter spanning '07 to early '08 I was somewhere around 275 lbs, and earlier in '07 I was definitely past 285 lbs.  I used to look at pictures of when I was skinny and dismiss the possibility of ever getting back to that.  Today, in '09, however, I am down to around 160 lbs having started CC at around 245 lbs toward late April, early May in '08.  I've made a lifestyle change, to an extent, but the results are well worth it.  I haven't taken any good pictures for contrast recently, but here are three from 2007: http://tinyurl.com/7asym4

Real milk, nut milk, or soymilk? Still prefer soymilk, although I've been having cow milk for about a month now.

Swiss or cheddar? Swiss.

Frozen yogurt or ice cream? Frozen yogurt.

Milk or dark chocolate? Dark.

Mustard or ketchup? Ketchup. Sweet & Sour sauce > all though!

Banana or apple? Banana.

Pepper strips or celery? Pepper strips.

Hummus or ranch dressing? Neither? I detest ranch dressing though.

Cake or pie? Cake.

Blueberry or chocolate muffins? Chocolate.

Spicy, mild, or medium? Mild?

White or whole wheat bread? Whole wheat.

Hot or cold cereal? Cold.

Almonds or peanuts? Neither? Probably almonds though.

Chocolate chip or chocolate kiss cookies? Kiss.

Sweet, sour, or salty? Sweet. Extra salty on chips, fries, etc. though!

Shrimp or crab? Can't have either.

Brown or white rice? Prefer brown, been havin' white though.

French fries or onion rings? Oh, this one is hard! Onion rings.

Peppermint or cinnamon? Cinnamon.

Flavored or plain water? Regular.

Pear or Orange? Pear.

Glaze or icing? Glazed.

Tofu or chicken? Tofu, although I hardly have it.

Fruit or vegetable salad? Fruit.

Honestly?
Wanting to wear skin-tight jeans. When my relaxed fit, size 42 black jeans started to look skin-tight, I knew I had to shed my nearly hundred pound husk. Needless to say, I looked like a ready-to-burst blood sausage. This was nowhere near the sexy, painted-on look I yearned.

Original Post by when_i_fly_and_look_down:

i don't think most people know what a calorie is, how many are in the foods they eat and how many they need to be consuming in a day.

i think that making restaurants post the calorie content of food would possibly strike up a curiosity in people and hopefully may want to make them learn more.

and what's so grand about a free market?

i'm all about boycotting a company that you feel does not have fair practices but if their were not laws regulating the food we eat we'd be far worse off. people will do anything to make a buck and don't usually care about product safety. when that product is something i put in my body than it had better be regulated.

though i suppose how much you can really trust federal regulation is fairly questionable itself.

Quite frankly, that is their problem. Resources, reading material and other informational aides are out there for those who care to educate themselves. If they don't care, or make unwise choices although informed, it's on their own head.

Unless the Media picked it up in a blitz, the newly revealed numbers would sit largely unperused, except by the caring, concerned, or curious few, much like food labels (and the bureaucratic regulations surrounding these are misleading at the least).

I don't think I care to turn this into a compare-and-contrast of economic systems. My reason for holding laissez-faire capitalism with high esteem? A free-market system exacerbates the consequences and rammifications of an individual's choices, and allows invidiuals to float or flounder as per their own merit.

Our current regulations are mediocre in how well they are enforced, at best, and corruption may occur at any level of the process, regardless of regulation or not. I am for an active citizenry: if we are worried about product safety, as consumers we can push for it through the media (or cause a public outcry for it, as many Muckrackers did during the Progressive era), we can create private organizations, which may work as well as current, government-sanctioned organizations, or better, use economic pressure tactics, etc. I'm all for anarcho-capitalism but, I concede that my idealism is a pipedream. I push for reductions in non-essential regulations first, as society needs to get off its lazy bum before the others may be lifted successfully.

A lot of food establishments have their foods' nutritional information accessible on their websites, so it is available to those who seek it. A regulation such as the mandate set in NYC is paternalistic. But, at any rate: if the people of NYC wanted the law in place, good for them. Better that local citizenry push for local legislations furthering their own interests than the national legislature trying to impose such laws on the national constituency.

Breakfast

• Coffee (3 cups, black, no sugar)
• Cereal Bar

Lunch

• Turkey w/some stuffin slathered on (3 units, exquisitely herbed and seasoned)
• Rice w/Pigeon Peas (1 cup, delicious)
• Bread (3 rolls, warm)
• Water

Dinner

• Turkey w/out stuffing (3 units, yum)
• Rice w/Pigeon Peas (1 cup, yum)
• Bread (2 rolls, yum!)
• Wine (1 glass)

Usual calorie consumption: 1500-1900
Total calories on Thanksgiving...er, Gluttony Day: 2786
Calories burned today: 2260
Post-feast comment: Totally worth it!