A test in honesty....

Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/06/30, 02:49 PM Ok, fess up....if it were possible to to be healthy and look good WITHOUT working out, would you still do it? I'm interested in knowing how many of you find simple pleasure in exercise. My honesty is that with the exception of average everyday activities, I would not.

hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/06/30, 02:53 PM I would play sports and never lift a heavy weight. -------------- Message deleted by moderator due to unsuitable content for this board.
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/06/30, 02:54 PM Hmmmm... good question... my answer... yes. That being said though, I like the activity of exercise too... go figure... guess it's a nice reward to know you've done it all yourself without the help... t -------------- Tim I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. - Aristotle You have the power to change a life right in your own hands. - Paul Brandt
fsdsk Posts: 959 Joined: 2003/11/30	2004/06/30, 02:58 PM I have a tought time doing things if there is no reward for doing them (in most cases). I probably would but then what would be the motivation? I'm with Hec - sports would stay, but the weights would be on e-bay.
	2004/06/30, 03:02 PM I like the mental part of lifting as much as the physical. -------------- Foolish consistancies are the hobgoblins of small minds. Charlie
dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/06/30, 03:12 PM I wish lifting weights with your mind was effective.
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/06/30, 03:42 PM I definitely miss the endorphins when I don't exercise. when I had my appendix out in January and couldn't workout for a month I was going berserk with boredom
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/06/30, 03:44 PM i honestly go into withdrawl when i can't lift, so yes, i'd keep lifting. i'm on a 3 day break right now and i'm going nuts. -------------- i wish you ill, ice-t.
dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/06/30, 03:46 PM Ahhhhh...princess, there you are! Now, only one left and the Beauty Brigade will be on patrol.
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2004/06/30, 03:53 PM I agree with princess, it's the endorphins kicking during the workout and the feel-good buzz afterwards that I have come to love. That being said, without the problems fitting into my clothes each morning, I probably wouldn't be as motivated to make the time for it.
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/06/30, 04:01 PM I'd lift heavy. After going away for a while for the shoulders thing i realized how much i needed lifting. Yes, needed. I literally am addicted to what it does for my confidence...size...etc Seriously the thought i just lifted that huge-arse bar with several 45's on it makes me quite happy... It also keeps me quite humble. Whilst i still make personal bests every once in a while i see guys twice as large as i am, and i know i have a way to go to where i wanna get. Oh, and the whole lookin' good thing...yeah i've got that down anyways ;) :cool: I would like to play sports again someday too though.
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/06/30, 04:20 PM you know tex, we should start a club for people who have the lookin' good thing down. i will be executive vp in charge of recruitment. -------------- i wish you ill, ice-t.
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/06/30, 04:41 PM y-y-y-y-yeah! We def. got it down...ok, we have a recruitment officer, everyone cool enter and see ms. kat in her room on the left. I will have my large corner room so i can review all applicants passed on to me by the vp. Now i just gotta go work on the wardrobe...i've got t-shirts and jeans. M'eh thats good enough for cool people...i dont' wanna be a goon
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/06/30, 04:43 PM I think that I would still at least take my morning walk. I really do enjoy watching the sunrise and being outdoors. The time to be alone in the company of others I think is rare. I use the time to think about all the good things in my life and how to make the bad things better. I also take time to thank whoever may be in charge that I live in the country so I don't have to use a treadmill. Treadmills must be like prison. I would stop lifting my little barbells absolutely. I accidently scruffed my knee the other day and it has marred an otherwise perfect tan. This is very distressing. -------------- Anni ******* Hard work must have killed somebody
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/06/30, 06:15 PM I am the the total package lack of good looks lack of muscle and lack of charm! Flock to me people. -------------- I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine now and forever.No one holds command over me. No man. No god. I am ANIMAL! and that is enough.
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2004/06/30, 06:18 PM No I wouldn't. Although I feel better while at the gym and afterward, I hate the time it takes out of my day. If I could look and feel great by osmosis I'd never step foot back in the gym except to 'visit'. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...Do not be discouraged; everyone who got where he is, started where he was.--anon ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
DeeTee Posts: 166 Joined: 2004/06/09	2004/06/30, 07:33 PM Ok, is looking good and feeling good mutually exclusive? Im perhaps gonna sit on the fence, I love the buzz after a workout. I love the way my legs wobble and my shoulders shake. If I could achieve that without a workout, hmmmm Gees this is hard. Dr. Phil told me the best indication to the future is the past. :big_smile: I was soooooo lazy in the past I would hate to think of going back to that. So, nope I would still workout! Donna
Vedakathryn Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2004/05/28	2004/06/30, 10:35 PM I would probably enjoy it as I would be already in shape rather than this fight to get into shape, you know, have the energy and everything to do what I enjoy in sports, tennis, skiing, hiking, etc. -------------- Veda MISERY IS OPTIONAL *When you are up to your ears in trouble, try using the part that is not submerged. *The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan. HAVE A GREAT DAY!
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2004/07/01, 12:51 AM Ron has told me over and over again, If you look like a large pear and you just lose weight with out exercise you just turn into a small pear, I did that for years, I gotta go to the gym, I like the results and I wouldn't have it any other way. :dumbbell: -------------- THE NATURAL WAY IS THE ONLY TRUE PATH TO SUCCESS, PRIDE, JOY, HAPPINESS, LONG TERM FULFILLMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM!
david_s81 Posts: 543 Joined: 2004/04/09	2004/07/01, 01:06 AM hell no. If I could look money without the work, I'd love it. I'd be the laziest man alive. I'd drink all the time and party, not caring, cuz I still look great. It sucks thinking about this. -------------- Tuesday nights in the 80s? I was always in bed by 8. ...and home by 10. Oh!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2004/07/01, 08:01 AM Lift heavy! Become strong Like Bull! That says it all for me -------------- LIFT HEAVY! BECOME STRONG, LIKE BULL! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/07/04, 08:54 PM Caught this on the news tonight: CTV.ca News Staff Updated: Sun. Jul. 4 2004 12:17 PM ET In the "too-good-to-be-true?" department, a Toronto doctor may have invented an anti-fat-cell treatment -- one that other doctors have some concerns about. "It's too good to be true. Possibly it's too good to be true. But it works," said Dr. Stan Gore of Lipidoctor Medical Slimming Clinic. His treatment is a mixture of creams that are rubbed over fatty areas plus an infusion of medications under the skin to help fat cells shrink. Patients like Monique are lining up for the non-surgical treatment. She has a flabby stomach area -- the residual effect of having two children -- that she can't seem to reduce even with strenuous exercise. She's not one for surgery or liposuction. "I want my stomach flattened. it doesn't even have to be drastically flat. It's just to lose that centre fat that's the hardest," she said, adding she was happy with her results. Gore, a cosmetic surgeon and anesthetist by training, terms his treatment infusion lipolysis. He says he's worked on it for three years. It involves injecting two drugs used to treat shock in emergency rooms to make fat cells smaller. He claims to have treated over 200 patients and that it works with few side effects. "I'd say our success in terms of visible measurable results is close to 100 per cent. In terms of patient happiness, contentment -- about 90 to 95 per cent," he said. But other doctors are concerned that he has never published the details of his treatment. "If we're going to be injecting anything into a person or patient we need to know what it is and what are the potential effects," said Dr. Mitchell Brown, a plastic surgeon. In fact, some doctors have said they have grave concerns about the medications Dr. Gore is injecting. Health Canda is investigating to see if these treatments contravenes federal regulations. Dr. Gore says he has put all the details of his treatment on his website. But Dr. Brown -- also a spokesperson for the Canadian Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, whom CTV News asked to look at the treatment -- says he couldn't find enough scientific details to satisfy his concerns. "We need studies that look at what the circulating levels of these medications are in the blood stream and how much of this gets absorbed, where does it go before we should be using it on a regular basis," Brown said. Still, the promise of fat loss without diets or surgery intrigued Sandra Coffey, who didn't mind the price tag of up to $1,800. "I lost two inches around my thighs and about two inches around my love handles and my stomach," she said. And that's why Gore says he's getting calls from doctors around the world eager to learn more -- even though there are many questions that still need to be answered. With a report from CTV's Avis Favaro -------------- Tim I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. - Aristotle You have the power to change a life right in your own hands. - Paul Brandt
	2004/07/06, 10:31 PM I'd have to take up kick boxing so I could release some energy. But if it were no excerise and looking great Id sit by the pool and drink margaritas :) all day...... :dumbbell:
Reddy Posts: 597 Joined: 2003/09/11	2004/07/07, 07:45 PM I need to go for my walks - my kids are too stressful - that is my time away that I really need - incase anyone doesn't know, both of my boys have autism, so breaks for the caregiver really is a must - they are trying me at this moment -------------- Reddy All people smile in the same language
FatsoLogic Posts: 28 Joined: 2002/07/14	2004/07/08, 12:58 AM The pleasure that I get in having EARNED something is much greater than just HAVING it. I wouldn't trade my workout for anything. I've never had the tendency to gain flab, nor do I aspire to become a professional bodybuilder. But I take special pride in 'creating' time for working out despite being an ordinary person with a multitude of daily commitments. This, for so many reasons, one of which, as Anni had said, is to find solitude and time for introspection, which is so rare and precious a thing these days. And what a stress-buster it is!
parmar007 Posts: 1 Joined: 2007/03/24	2007/03/24, 03:36 AM Message deleted by moderator due to unsuitable content for this board.
conan_0822 Posts: 441 Joined: 2006/11/23	2007/03/27, 08:26 AM I love putting my 220-lb brother-in-law (me at 170) in place in our workouts :) For example, yesterday we were doing sets of 6 on the bench. I put 50 more lbs on than he did and loved the look of disbelief when I did it!! :)
stevehwms Posts: 169 Joined: 2003/02/17	2007/03/28, 08:34 PM Whether we like it or not, we were designed to use up a certain amount of energy for every calorie that we consume. There's just no way around it. The problem is, that we don't have to do physical work to get those calories anymore, so we eat them without burning them. Physical exertion feels good because it's what we were naturally born to do. Diet & Exercise. There's no way around it.
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2007/03/30, 10:33 AM ok....well....I must be a lazy b***...if I didnt have to sweat for it...I wouldn"t lose sleep over it....:)
Emma05 Posts: 5 Joined: 2007/05/27	2007/05/29, 03:37 AM good question, when i was fit and doing the things i loved kept me fit,it was't an effort, now i am unfit i want to find fun in it again it is an effort, but like completing a challenge it makes you feel ontop of the world. so no i want to get healthy and look good the old fashion way.
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2007/05/29, 04:35 AM Fell off the wagon, stopped going to the gym. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE in the real world. I am living proof the a bad diet and no exercise will not give you the body you crave. Going to get back on that treadmill and try to catch the wagon. -------------- THE NATURAL WAY IS THE ONLY TRUE PATH TO SUCCESS, PRIDE, JOY, HAPPINESS, LONG TERM FULFILLMENT AND SELF-ESTEEM!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2007/05/29, 07:44 AM Hey sandy I know with Ron by your side and us here you can do it!!!!! Nice to see you back here again!:love: -------------- Curl Jockeys, get outta the squat rack! I wish everyone would get a partial amnesia and never use 'tone' ever again. (thanks Menance) 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
bullhusk Posts: 55 Joined: 2007/05/30	2007/06/13, 01:41 PM Heck no....I'd be lazy and lay by the pool for all the ladies to look at. Of course, they say that sex burnes calories...I'd probably be skinny then. :laugh::big_smile:
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2007/06/13, 04:17 PM :laugh:
amyksmith76 Posts: 601 Joined: 2005/07/26	2007/06/19, 01:48 PM I would still lift weights and do yoga, but I would NEVER get my lazy butt off the couch for cardio again! I can tell you that!