Fighting fit fat (947 hits)
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Submitted by PAS (View user info) at 2004-07-27 18:58:52 EDT
Can you be overweight but healthy? Can you be fat but fit?
I went to the gym this morning, the same as yesterday, the day before that and the day before that. I was upset to find they didn't sell any shakes or fries. What is wrong with these people? What they need is a cafeteria. People are going to be hungry when they finish their workout. And then they might need to buy some clothes and perhaps some wine and flowers. It should all be available under one roof. And there should be an escalator that takes you up to the entrance.
Joking aside, I am actually trying to be more healthy. I've been cycling to work for the last month. I feel fitter but I'm not any less fat. And I'm eating less junk and have grown to like eating a salad everyday. Yet, am I hopping around a leafy garden like a bunny rabbit? Bah. I figure so long as I get the other rabbit attributes like good eyesight and being shagged senseless I can forgoe the increase in jumping ability.
And while I huff and puff on a cross trainer machine in a near empty gym, WHY does a girl decide to use the machine RIGHT NEXT TO ME? It's like sitting next to someone on an empty bus. An unwritten rule by which we all should abide. To do otherwise is to break a great taboo, far worse than fucking a horse or eating your own snot. We're solitary creatures unless crammed together by sheer force of numbers. It's so offputting to be that close to someone I don't know, who was making her own odd groans. The sweat, the tutting of lips, that underarm smell.
So I leave the gym feeling annoyed with being the heaviest one there. And having to be in the same room with all those sweaty people. But I arrive to work feeling pleased with myself.
I still feel pleased with myself.
I still please myself.
Fnar.
User Reviews
Submitted by Chief_Rugger (user info) at 2004-07-28 13:09:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I played rugby for a season and a half(school work kept me too busy to play during the second semester), and I still have a decent beer belly. Don't worry about the destination, you will get there eventually, just worry about the journy.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-07-28 12:39:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
oops I lied.
it was 15 lbs in two *months*
but my pants were fitting a little looser after two weeks!
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-07-28 12:14:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fucking a horse is taboo?
There are two types of carbs: good and bad.
Carrots and beans have good carbs. Yogurt has good carbs. You wanna lose weight? Lay off of wheat, flour and starches. Those carbs are fattening. Eat whole grain bread instead of bread made with wheat. Lay off of ice cream and potato chips. Definitely no pasta!!
You don't want to go the Atkins route and cut out ALL carbs. Just be smart about it.
I did that and drank more water and lost 15 pounds in two weeks.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-07-28 11:59:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Congratulations on being normal.
Submitted by NOWorNEVER (user info) at 2004-07-28 09:10:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
yes, it is possible to be fit and fat. it is the newest claim in all of my exercise physiology classes at least. i guess the idea is that you can start improving your heart while there is still fat on your body. but exercising also releases endorphins and increases your metabolism, which will make you feel better and more energetic. and dont forget about the psychological side- you were able to motivate yourelf to go out and do something, and you are happy and prouid of yourself. as you should be. now if only i could do the same...
Submitted by tammy (user info) at 2004-07-28 04:37:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Good for you, PAS.
Submitted by Nomad (user info) at 2004-07-27 23:13:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
First of all, I ate my own boogers when I was ten...
To continue, I have decided that the human race is far to complex to fathom, and fuck it, go get drunk.
Cause thats what I am.
=cD
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-27 22:21:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by Donitsu2002 (user info) at 2004-07-27 22:16:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Woo!
Submitted by yidele (user info) at 2004-07-27 21:13:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
sure they can.
Submitted by Timmah (user info) at 2004-07-27 20:04:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2004-07-27 19:48:31 (#)
Ranking: 2
fnar.
I want hear you say fnar in that sexy brittish accent you have.
What is it with you americans and our accent ? Have you heard someone from Newcastle speak ? Believe me it's anything but sexy. Luckily im a farmer boi from suffolk.
Submitted by UlfGabe (user info) at 2004-07-27 19:57:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
"Fatties can be fit, look at me. A good way to drop body fat is to cut some, but not all carbs from the diet. But if cutting carbs is done for an extended period of time, you will become lethargic"
cutting carbs kills your brain, your brain can only use glucose. That's it, that's all.
To increase your metabolism do this, gain muscle(active loss of fat then passive as body maintains the muscle using energy), do more activity(thus using energy), wear less clothing/take very cold showers(causing a thermoresponse, burns fat like a mother).
you can always eat less, but eat balanced, regardless of the "fad diets" they all rely on some form of starvation(Fat,protien,carb). With the exception of calorie counting, it just reduces total calorie intake or increases calorie usage. It may take a long time to lose LOTS of weight, but you will be better for it, a slow drop is better, your body can better handle the fat soluable toxins then. (as fat is burned what is stored in teh fat is released to the body)
have fun
Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2004-07-27 19:48:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
fnar.
I want hear you say fnar in that sexy brittish accent you have.
Submitted by JonnyBoy (user info) at 2004-07-27 19:21:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fatties can be fit, look at me. A good way to drop body fat is to cut some, but not all carbs from the diet. But if cutting carbs is done for an extended period of time, you will become lethargic...
Submitted by Scott_James (user info) at 2004-07-27 19:08:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Feel proud of a little excess, PAS.
Submitted by Sofa_Queen (user info) at 2004-07-27 19:05:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You ever notice that the fat people are the strongest? Ill be at the gym, doing my regular routine at the water fountain, and a fat motherfucker will come in, and start bench pressing 315 lbs to warm up. Fat fucking strong motherfuckers. I can run a treadmill with the best of them though ... for a coulple minutes ... if it's on slow ... Fuck it, who am I shitting, I'm not fit.
Submitted by ohlookasquirrel (user info) at 2004-07-27 19:03:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You...you....you said fnar.