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 Originally Posted by eberetta1
NFL players are in tremendous shape.
I like nutritional changes so I can keep my weight in check. A friend of mine in a wheelchair lost 50 pounds just changing his diet. He was unable to exercise, so it showed me what food can do to help us be in shape or at least not obese.
I have a sore back, so not much into weight lifting.
I need something to reduce my training regimen that takes 2 hours a day. My daughter does a silly half hour Jillian Michaels genre video and bam she looks in better shape than most aerobics instructors. I have a tough time doing indoor workouts, I like being outdoors to exercise.
My routine consists of 3 mile walk, 3 sets of 5 chin ups, 3 sets of 5 pull ups,
2 - 100 second planks, and 100 second right plank and 100 second left plank, stationary jumping jacks, 50 straight up, 50 leaning right, 50 leaning left. Balancing on each leg for 100 seconds.
The only other option remaining then is body changing drugs... which leads to steroids, or as in this thread , suggesting Adderall as a performance enhancing drug. I know I abuse caffeine, consuming 2 liters of Diet Mountain Dew a day. I attribute that to when I worked overnight shifts and just haven't wanted to break the habit. I simply tell myself it is an appetite suppressant. Just as coffee suppresses a persons appetite.
What is the goal of your exercise? None of the things you are doing are bad, but without increasing the duration or repetitions, you wont really improve. If you just want to maintain whatever level of fitness you currently have, I guess thats not horrible, but adding in more pullups and chinups cant hurt. Is your back just sore, or do you have an actual injury?
Originally Posted by spoonitnow
I drink between two and three liters of Mountain Dew (not diet) each day, and I have for the majority of the past 12 years. I mostly sit around doing nothing, and I eat a whole lot of crappy food. I've never worked out, and I probably couldn't jog half a mile without collapsing. I'm 5'9" and 160 lbs., and I've gained a total of about five pounds since high school. I'm not making any of this up.
If you are drinking 1k+ calories a day of soda, then you are eating a whole lot less junk than you think. Some people have faster or slower metabolisms than others, but almost all of the people that say "I can eat anything and stay thin as a rail" dont eat as much as they think [and say] they do, simply because it isnt possible.
Originally Posted by jyms
Diet mountain Dew is now a Weight loss aid. What the fuck is wrong with you Americans?
With all due respect, yes, it clearly is a weight loss aid. If somebody is drinking 20oz of full calorie soda a day and switches to diet soda, that alone will lead to weight loss of ~2lb/month. So it pretty clearly aids in weight loss. Is it "healthy" to drink tons of it? Honestly, Im not sure and dont think most nutritionists are that sure, either. However, to say that it doesnt help with weight loss is crazy. One product has >200 cal per 20oz, the other has like 10.
Moving beyond the semantic argument, diet is all about reasonable changes that you can sustain for a lifetime. There is so much low hanging fruit in the average person's diet that complaining about them drinking too much diet soda is insane. Is 2 liters a shit ton? Of course, and maybe they should cut it down, but honestly, Im sure there are a ton of other things they could do that are more important. Focus on weight loss first, then worry about the other things, imo.
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