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shorthair:
PBJ: you're a two-hander, eh?  I like to switch off, myself.  {more} Seriously, though, what do you mean?

Ah, Ken, it's nothing. I enjoy presenting this kind of information. It's equally fascinating how people receive it. It doesn't ultimately matter what kind of evidence is presented to whomever it is. If their psycho-spirital state is against it, they won't let it in.

I was in the Corps, so know about hours and hours, literally of cardio. I've lifted three times, too. But always since getting out, I wanted something that would make me 'cock strong'. Then one day I was at the gym and this guy came up to me asking where I got my shirt, if I was in the military (I'd been out for 9 years), etc. We got to talking and he showed me the book Combat Conditioning. I thought, 'this is it'. I took it home and my girlfriend at the time said some of the exercises were similar to the yoga immortality exercises. I said, 'yep, this is it'. She's also the one who turned me onto Metabolic Typing. And when Furey's Gamma Fitness came out, my buddy turned me onto that, too. (As well as Mike Mahler and Kettlebells, and all kinds of other things, though I prefer not being tied down to gear.) All these things I didn't even look for. They just came to me.

By default, I NEVER watch tv or read the paper, let alone think they can provide me with any fitness information. The allopathic establishment's adversary, the homeopathic movement (of which things like CC and MT are a part), only when it finally infects mainstream culture, will you see things of it in every day experience of the average person.

Chris G:
Thanks for wearing pants.   :cheers:

patrickl:

--- Quote from: shorthair on May 05, 2007, 11:09:28 pm ---By default, I NEVER watch tv or read the paper, let alone think they can provide me with any fitness information. The allopathic establishment's adversary, the homeopathic movement (of which things like CC and MT are a part), only when it finally infects mainstream culture, will you see things of it in every day experience of the average person.

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Yeah, you are on the cutting edge of dieting and fitness exercises. Metabolic typing has been ignored (or let it in and vomited it out) by the dumb masses for what, 30 or 40 years? It's about time someone finally stood op and took it seriously.

shorthair:

--- Quote from: Chris G on May 06, 2007, 12:22:41 am ---Thanks for wearing pants.   :cheers:

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Ooooh, coom noo. Ah noo ya wanted ta see thi short n curlies...if ah had any.

patrickl: it's not even a matter of that.

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: Buddabing on May 02, 2007, 05:17:51 pm ---
But I'd rather drink that than the swill that passes for coffee at the office, and I don't know if I want to go through caffeine withdrawal at this time.


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Switch yourself to green tea.  Half the caffeine as coffee and far better for you.  I've done very little to get in shape other than switch from soda to green tea and I used to be a bigger fatass than I am now (about 25-30 lbs lost now since late October/November).  I probably took in twice as much caffeine as you did each day and the change to tea has not been difficult at all.

As for the rest, it appears you've picked up on the "work out and watch your food" for losing weight.  I'm looking at improving my diet and adding some weightlifting.  My father-in-law dumped this book on me and I was looking at this a while ago - here you can find some decent recipes and some ideas for eating during the day, some recipes for additional stuff to help you drop some weight AND assist you with your workout routine, as well as some fairly good info that jive with what you've already been given in this thread (use Firefox with Adblock!):

http://www.menshealth.com/cda/topicpage.do?site=MensHealth&channel=weight.loss&category=abs.diet

Some of the articles (Abs Diet articles, specifically) should also seem like familiar info to you - it's what your trainer has been telling you.  I count my abs as one of the saving graces for my back.  I'm not what you'd look at and say I'm all kinds of "in shape", but I've always done some ab work and my job works 'em out involuntarily, otherwise I fully believe I'd have serious back problems.  I'm looking to eliminate that, as well as the heart attack risk, and the wife is looking to partner up with me on this, so I've got a helper and a person to be "accountable" to.  Good luck to you, and I hope you find some of that info useful.

For anyone else looking at that, the Abs Diet isn't a diet, per se, it's changing what you eat, and adding a workout plan.  They also WANT you to "cheat" once a week, and if you decide to start it, the first two weeks of exercise are optional, if you wanna see what changing your diet for two weeks can do.  Small step, but it might change your mind.  If the book weren't given to me for free, I was still planning to give it a shot - E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G in the book is on the website, and you can pore through it online to see if it makes sense and what's all involved.

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