THE RAGE TOPIC

#5061

I lost 55 pounds in 4 months. I simply started eating healthier by taking note of what I eat and how much I eat.

An average human being burns around 1800 calories a day by simply being awake and breathing (slightly less if you’re skinny, slightly more if you’re heavy). Once you know that, losing weight is incredibly easy.

In those 4 months I made sure I never ate more than 1400-1600 calories a day, usually slightly less than that. This means that without any additional exercise, I was burning 200-400 calories a day more than I was eating. If you then consider the fact that a pound of fat = 3500 calories, I was losing a pound every week and a half.

In theory, exercise is not a requirement to lose weight. I personally did start running when I started eating healthier, mainly because I wanted to get some stamina. I went from dropping dead after running for half a minute, to running for an hour straight (± 7 miles). It did help me lose weight a lot faster (At one point I was losing 3-4 pounds every week), but it’s not a requirement. Also note that muscles way more than fat and also burn more calories than an average human (if you do powertraining and have some musclemass, you’ll burn more than 1800 a day just by being alive).

Right now I’m on hold due to the winter and the holidays. I intend to stick to the weight I currently have until Spring, and then start running 3 times a week again as well as mind my calorie intake again. I would love to lose another 10-15 pounds in order to be in the “safe zone”.

All in all, don’t let all the dieting and exercise scare you. Losing weight is as easy as gaining it. I still eat fries, hamburgers, meat, pizzas etcetc (one thing I did completely drop, though, was soda).

#5062

In addition to what Bolteh said, Kenny, try some lifting too. You don’t need a whole lot of equipment to make it effective.

#5063

Wow! Thanks for all the great tips, dudes and dudettes! I’ll have to try some of this stuff. Thanks a million, everybody!

#5064

Thanking people is not rage, you must find something else to be angry about now.

#5065

Okay, there’s plenty else I can be angry about:

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU CANCELLING THE NEW PRIME SUSPECT, NBC?!?!?

#5066

even with a renegade shep i cant make kasumi destroy the greybox that whole scene is too emotional for me UGH > :frowning:

#5067

Be a man.

#5068

I couldn’t make her do it either. Then again I was playing Paragon…

#5069

I’ve made both choices, I think, but since I’m an emotionless bastard, I didn’t feel a thing for a barely fleshed out DLC character.

#5070

Go see movie with friends. Find out that the parking at the cinema is full and slightly overflowing. Start making your way to the nearest underground paid parking. Notice that the parking is blocked off by roadworks. Drive around for 15 minutes pointlessly trying to find a parking spot within walking distance of the cinema. Park at a “residents only” strip whilst hoping for a positive ending that doesn’t involve parking attendant. Pay €50 fine.

Fuck. And Mission Impossible 4 wasn’t even worth it.

#5071

So, my dad put a vehicle into the shop – the vehicle was hesitating and not getting enough power – and requested an estimate to fix. The mechanic said that he had to do some work to get an idea of how much it would cost to fix (after he fixed it was required to check out how much it would cost to fix and charged him). He said that he’d have a response in a couple days. My dad told him to give him a total cost for repairs before fixing the vehicle and the mechanic said he would.

Today is the end of that “couple days” and my dad got a call from the mechanic. No estimate given. Vehicle completely repaired (no estimate given). Now mechanic expects $1500 for the repairs.

:rage:

Looking up law regarding this now.

#5072

So because of some political stuff at work, I’m now in the business office and no longer in IT, but I still have IT duties, on top of business office stuff I have NFC how to do.

…I’d prefer not to be in either office right now…

#5073

I’m not qualified at all so this is just spitballing, but if american contract law is similar to the UK law then it depends on how the arrangement came about. If your dad only entered the deal to get the estimate, and made it clear that he did not want the repairs done until he had the estimate, then you should probably poke an actual lawyer and see what they think. The only issues that could arise might be unjust enrichment as the repairs have already been done. If it was UK law, then there could be a problem of detrimental reliance too, though I’m not sure if the American system has an equivalent to equity law.

tl;dr: Might be worth asking a lawyer.

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On topic: Exam revision is mind-crushingly dull :rage:

#5074

join the army they said
it’ll be fun they said

#5075

Well you ARE in funland…

#5076

Oh gods, I want to kill Joffrey! That little inbred cunt needs to be very much alive while having his skull slowly crushed by an elephant’s butthole while a wolf feasts on on his balls and intestines.

#5077

Vacation starts a week after my anniversary. Relationship ends out of the fucking blue at the start of said vacation. Gonna be a long lonely week. :frowning:

#5078

man, that’s worse than the blonde dragon brother dude’s end. i’m not sure which one is the most stunningly loathsome twat… that would please me.

i find that game of thrones is a lot more engaging in the second season.

#5079

For the past couple of days, a couple of hours after I finish my workout routine my right armpit starts to burn for some strange reason. It doesn’t hurt, and it’s very faint, but it’s annoying nonetheless

:fffuuu:

#5080

sounds like an infection

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