Alright, I'm off to gear up for my fishing trip.

Adios

have fun - or try to...

good luck w ith the bank too

Hey Steve,

I know your on a trip, but something for you to read perhaps when you get back. I know you've written above Steve Maxwell before and whatnot... but I found it interesting that he says NO cardio is better than doing cardio. Is this crazy talk to just not condusive to someone trying to loose weight. Do you think a dietary caloric deficeit is better than a physical caloric deficeit (I personally do a bit of both).

Anyways, I know I've read about you doing minimal cardio... I just want to know about cardio for weight loss and your views. Oh yeah, I know HIIT is the best type of cardio for weight loss too... and I think Maxwell mentions that anything over 20 minutes is a waste of time and even "cancer causing". I follow him up until that point... then I get a bit put off from his argument.

That is exactly it...that feeling of inadequacy...I know that by societal standards, I am a success but still, those voices keep coming in...

As I lose weight logic dictates that I would feel better but I still think 'fat' so my image of myself trails the reality. I requires LOTS of mental reprogramming...but I am trying to work on that, a little at a time...

Still, that fear remains. I am going to beat it one of these days. I refuse to let it own me forever...

Honestly, I don't know him, lol.

But he sounds like an idiot.

I think cardio is good. Not only for aiding the deficit, but also health.

There's a book you should check out. I think it's called Feeling Good. I have it on my shelf but I'm laying in bed and too lazy to get up since I have to wake up in a few hours to go fishing. It's a yellow book. It's written by David Burns if I remember correctly.

I've read more about this guy... he makes an argument (and a list of things that, including it causes cancer, which is what annoys me) that aerobic exercise is bad for you. He is all about the anerobics like HIIT. I'd like to link his blog but it's all about selling shit, the guy is impressive for 55 and has a client base that is impressive... you should google "Steve Maxwell top 10 reasons" or something like that. I felt angry reading this shit.

Steve- speaking as a new member here. Mal is 100% correct, it is because you have no issue telling people that they are wrong. A lot of people do not want to be told this. Also there is the 'epenis' to remember. You have a crap load of posts, giving you a very large 'emember'.

Also, so much advice is given in the posts that really if you search the stickies and your journal you usually find what you are looking for without having to ask a question- resulting in views.

Finally, some of the conversations that take place in here are generally interesting reading- especially to a new member. The curiosity of what is in a 500+ page thread draws people like a car crash.

Just thought you might like to observations from a new member.

If post count means anything (it's about as relevant as reputation my epenis is biger than steve's epenis

Waaay cool..
hey post count matters yup it does..

Hope it went great at the bank today.. and you and gordy wow'ed 'em...

and fishing ended up being some fun...

All I am saying is that is a reason why people could be intimidated. Male, female is irrelevant- it is a fact of forums from what I have seen.

It doesn't sound like it wouldn't even be worth my try. Anyone that says cardio is bad for you is a moron. Sounds like another retard who read a few of the studies on HIIT and used falty logic to believe it's the be all end all of training.

It's not.

In fact, there are many instances when it would be counter-productive to use HIIT.

[QUOTE=Bigguy;420056]Steve- speaking as a new member here. Mal is 100% correct, it is because you have no issue telling people that they are wrong. A lot of people do not want to be told this. Also there is the 'epenis' to remember. You have a crap load of posts, giving you a very large 'emember'.

I hope that's the case!

Sometimes I think of all the time and information I posted on here and I think about how it could fill a pretty good book at times.

Thanks for the perspective.

Haha... I didn't do a lick of work this w/e nor did I make it to the bank. I fished the entire weekend. Didn't get home until 9 last night and I just got home now, tonight. It turned out the one guy I really didn't feel like fishing with didn't go. It also turned out to be a very cool experience taking Jared's* little brother in his place. It was an emotional trip.

Jared = friend killed in car crash last year for those who don't know

I am definitely whooped though. I already called in sick tomorrow.

Tomorrow the diet starts. Hell day.

did you actually catch any fish? or were you ... as us cyclists call it ... carbo loading

Yea, I caught a bunch of fish actually. No big ones which was disappointing but quite a few average ones. It was butt cold this morning though. So cold in fact, my line was freezing and the 'eyes' of my rod were turning into ice, no allowing me to reel in.