GoalGetter

Man this journal is spiraling into the gutter and FAST. I love it. haha!

MaxMirkin

That tends to happen to journals that don't make a request for me to stay out.

The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

fantasma62

Yeah but what fun would they be without a dash of Max Mirkin in them? Have you seen a lamer journal than mine? No appearance from the Mirkin.

-Tony-

HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

GoalGetter

I concur with the dash of max mirkin part. I disagree about your journal being lame!

naturaltan

Alberta Canada

Dance with the lady ... hell no. In the hip hop world, I can hold more than my own, but the Salsa, that's a whole different ball game. Wife's blessing or not, couldn't do it.

just kick'in it in the ole Charger

dg806

Why can't most people understand this?

www.sbmuscle.com

fantasma62

I shouldn't have said lame, but without the Mirkin it's just not as fun...

-Tony-

HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

GoalGetter

It took me a while to see the light, too, though. I was convinced there was a "secret". A "special" combination of food. A "miracle" exercise or pill.

And then one day I realized what the big secret was behind it all:
THERE IS NO SECRET!

fantasma62

hey dg,

because a lot of fatties (me included) at some point were brainwashed to make the least amount of effort. I include me in the fatties section but not in the brainwashed part.
Some are just desperate to do anything (thyroid) and others are just lazy...
It does take a little work, but the payoff is their life. They just dont' get it....

-Tony-

HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

dg806

Yeah it does take WORK, which most aren't willing to do. And even with such as thyroid problems, a good diet is one of the best things they can do! I happen to have crappy family genetics. 3 of 4 grandparents died from heart attacks and my father has had bypass surgery and has diabetes. I know the importance of a good diet, but it's still hard to flollow it. Me and my middle brother still laugh to this day about when, after my father had bypass surgery in 1995, we stopped by Burger King on the way home and had Whoppers! We figured we were doomed anyway!

www.sbmuscle.com

GoalGetter

exactly. I was one of the brainwashed, though.

Even now, sometimes I still think there HAS to be a shortcut, though I know better. You'll see I've asked about ECA/ECY stacks, about lipderms, etc. But I'm hesitant to use any of it because I've already achieved enough without it to know that it's possible, even if it's slower, you know? Not that those who use them are wrong or crazy or anything. Some people prefer to, I'd rather not unless I have to.

But I still have that little part of my brain that refuses to believe this is all there is to it. I have to fight that constantly.

ponyboy

Wow, one day and 100 replies to your thread. You must either be popular or hot. Or both of course.

Today I can do what others will not so that tomorrow I will do what others cannot.

The difference between winners and losers is that winners do things that losers don't want to do.

GoalGetter

HOT of course! haha! I wish - Really though, more than half of those are easily me doing all the posting!

MaxMirkin

I think the popularity is do to the fact that your IM name can be pronounced: "Go Get her"

The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

GoalGetter

HAHAHAHA! Awesome.

fantasma62

-Tony-

HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

fantasma62

Hey dg, you are preaching to my choir. I am not the perfect picture of health right now, but I'll be soon enough. I am preaching to all my friends and family. How am I doing that? I am not approaching anyone. People are seeing little changes in me and that is motivating enough to continue.
I am not a big fan of grease, thank goodness and Dr. Atkins (did the diet, ate too much grease, got saturated...), so I am coming around....

-Tony-

HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

naturaltan

I think a lot has to do with advertising of fad diets and magical equipment along with people buying in that if the follow the diet and use the magic ab slimmer, that's all they need to do for a couple of days. Someone mentioned we live in a society they believes everything should happen quickly. Losing weight is no different.

just kick'in it in the ole Charger

MaxMirkin

Loosing weight's the easy part, now bulking...that just sucks ass.

The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

GoalGetter

I'll tell you something though - I did buy the Winsor Pilates package. And I followed it, the diet plan too (though not 100%). And I lost 25 pounds from September 28 to some time in February or March when I stopped doing it regularly. (It wasn't fat loss entirely, so I just looked like a smaller version of my flabby self for the most part.)

HOWEVER, as I said, I did follow the diet. In stark contrast a few friends saw my results and ordered their own Winsor Pilates packages. Sure they did the exercises, but they were still eating wendy's and mcdonald's every day and drinking a lot on weekends, etc. They didn't do the diet, and then after a month or two, one of them said, "What ELSE were you doing? What are you TAKING? I'm following the program, just like it says, and I look pretty much the same."

Upon closer inspection, it came out that they were NOT doing just like it says, because it states very clearly that the program consists of the exercises combined with a sensible diet like the one included in the package, which these girls were NOT following.

That's when I first started to believe that what you eat really does make a HUGE difference, no matter how much you exercise.

The three of us all did the dvd's, but I was the only one eating as instructed. My point? Yeah some of these "amazing" programs offered on infomercials do work. But the part you see on television is only a part of it. You DO have to eat right, and it says it right on the product literature. But people ignore what doesn't sound appealing to them and think they will defy the odds, and achieve their dream body by doing the Ab Scissor 6 minutes a day, even if they gorge themselves on bacon double cheeseburgers ten minutes later. You know, because this little piece of machinery, this MIRACLE CONTRAPTION will take care of everything.

ok rant over. haha

GoalGetter

I think I bulk very easily but cutting fat - OH MY GOD. HELL. Guys have it so easy. haha!

Sapphire

Hi there GoalGetter/Ivy!!

Sapphire
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GoalGetter

Hey pretty lady! Good "morning"! haha!

Saturday Fever

Hi Dreamy.

yay.

GoalGetter

oh boy... here we go.. haha! hey sf!

GoalGetter

Just for fun, I'm wondering how many of you have played Dance Dance Revolution?