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Zzippy · 28-03-2017 10:51PM

stephen_n wrote: »

That would only burn about a Big Mac

Lot of calories in a big mac. As long as you're not eating a big mac every day to compensate, burning that many extra calories a day will soon help lose weight.

mfceiling · 28-03-2017 11:38PM

Is there not an app that can make you fitter, leaner and stronger? Or just like a drink or a tablet of some kind?

I'm not really interested in exercise and diet.

I jest...bullet has been bitten and it's probably a miserable existence trying to not get fat.

Stheno · 28-03-2017 11:40PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Is there not an app that can make you fitter, leaner and stronger? Or just like a drink or a tablet of some kind?

I'm not really interested in exercise and diet.

I jest...bullet has been bitten and it's probably a miserable existence trying to not get fat.

Sailing.

If you are a bit of a gorilla a few days of manning the mainsail will tone you up.

Neil3030 · 29-03-2017 01:36AM

Zzippy wrote: »

Lot of calories in a big mac. As long as you're not eating a big mac every day to compensate, burning that many extra calories a day will soon help lose weight.

This. Approx 3500 calories in a pound of fat so burning off a big mac (~600 cals) every second day would see you shed nearly 3lb in a month, provided, as you say, your food intake remains constant.

Erik Shin · 29-03-2017 04:45AM

Stheno wrote: »

He'll end up divorced after kicking his missus repeatedly though?

Surely a win win?

swiwi_ · 29-03-2017 05:07AM

mfceiling wrote: »

I just did a boot camp there.

I can't walk now.

I hate exercise more than ever now.

#no gain no pain

Just think if you hadn't done the boot camp!

#no pain no pain

stephen_n · 29-03-2017 07:44AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Depends on how fast you run.

Seriously though.

Run for 40 minutes. If you can only run for 5 minutes then walk for 35 minutes and run for 5.

Keep going til you run for 10 and walk for 30. Keep going til you run for 40. Then start running the 40 faster.

You can burn almost 1k calories in a fast 40 min run. Plenty. Do it.

The point I was trying to make, was that it's easier to not put the calories in there in the first place. People equate exercise with burning calories but it's hard to exercise enough to do that if you eat badly. For the average person a 5k run burns around 300 calories, a Mars bar is 280 calories. I think if you have an 80/20 diet and do about 30 mins exercise a day, it's about right.

Big Mac was a bad example, nearly 500 calories :eek: that's a lot of running lol

errlloyd · 29-03-2017 09:02AM

stephen_n wrote: »

The point I was trying to make, was that it's easier to not put the calories in there in the first place. People equate exercise with burning calories but it's hard to exercise enough to do that if you eat badly. For the average person a 5k run burns around 300 calories, a Mars bar is 280 calories. I think if you have an 80/20 diet and do about 30 mins exercise a day, it's about right. lol

Abs are made in the kitchen. (Although I wouldn't know).

Personally I reckon you're probably best off with a little from both columns. When you get into an exercise routine, it makes you want to control your diet, because it makes you feel like you're getting more reward for your exercise.

kuang1 · 29-03-2017 09:24AM

errlloyd wrote: »

Abs are made in the kitchen. (Although I wouldn't know).

Personally I reckon you're probably best off with a little from both columns. When you get into an exercise routine, it makes you want to control your diet, because it makes you feel like you're getting more reward for your exercise.

Not quite...
Regular exercise will automatically bump up your appetite. Trick is to satisfy the extra appetite with protein rather than sugar and carbs.
I was attending a crossfit early morning class for about a year, 4 times a week. I could push a bus for you, but failed to clean up my eating habits. I was eating 200g of peanuts at 9pm and stuff like that.
I'm in the best shape of my life now. My only exercise is 100 push ups a day (20/30 at a time randomly during the day) and 3 x 7km walks a week.
No sugar after 12.00pm, no carbs after 2.00pm.
I have 7/8 bottles or pints every Friday or Saturday night too.

stephen_n · 29-03-2017 10:44AM

I think it's all about balance really, but that's a completely individual thing. My friends used to call me the human fly, because I lived on sugar. Eating 4 chocolate bars a day and drinking 2 liters of Coke. I was always fairly active though, so until my mid thirties I got away with it. Now I train 6 days a week and eat clean about 80% of my diet. I'm in my mid 40's and in better shape than I've ever been but that's what works for me, with my metabolism. Others the same age can eat what they want, run 4-5 times a week and never put on weight. It's just finding what works for you and sticking at it, be that exercise or diet.

CMOTDibbler · 29-03-2017 01:21PM

Brexit day everybody, just in case you missed it.

Be careful anyone crossing the border today that you don't fall off a cliff into the ocean below.

wp_rathead · 29-03-2017 02:10PM

BRING ON THE DIFFERENT SHAPED BANANAS..
..That is what whole thing is about right?

Stheno · 29-03-2017 02:11PM

wp_rathead wrote: »

BRING ON THE DIFFERENT SHAPED BANANAS..
..That is what whole thing is about right?

No it's about having soft borders surely?

Zzippy · 29-03-2017 02:28PM

No it's it stop dem taking ar jobs, innit!

stephen_n · 29-03-2017 03:19PM

Can't see this going well for the UK and as a result us. Even though she has little to back it up, May seems intent on strong arming Europe.

sydthebeat · 29-03-2017 04:03PM

from my completely naive viewpoint... surely ireland and england can go back to pre-EEC foreign and trade policy when brexit occurs?

irishbucsfan · 29-03-2017 04:03PM

Zzippy wrote: »

No it's it stop dem taking ar jobs, innit!

Here's the reason for it today:

Stheno · 29-03-2017 04:08PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

from my completely naive viewpoint... surely ireland and england can go back to pre-EEC foreign and trade policy when brexit occurs?

Don't think so as we have to abide by EU trade agreements?

CMOTDibbler · 29-03-2017 04:11PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Here's the reason for it today:

I never realised energy saving light bulbs were so hated. :eek:

Zzippy · 29-03-2017 05:21PM

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

I never realised energy saving light bulbs were so hated. :eek:

I'm just amazed curved bananas didn't make the list!

irishbucsfan · 29-03-2017 05:24PM

I only retroactively heard about this curved bananas thing... I really don't think it was a big deal at the time? Maybe I'm wrong, I was in the middle of the thing so I mostly ignored the campaigning on both sides until the very end.

Neil3030 · 29-03-2017 05:39PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Here's the reason for it today:

All of those questions could be merged into one:

"Are you over 80?"

sydthebeat · 29-03-2017 06:39PM

Stheno wrote: »

Don't think so as we have to abide by EU trade agreements?

Not if we argue trade agreements are legacy from pre ec days..... Worth a shout for the craic anyway.

stephen_n · 29-03-2017 06:58PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

Not if we argue trade agreements are legacy from pre ec days..... Worth a shout for the craic anyway.

We have already nailed our colours to the mast and they are blue and gold. Cue calls for an Irexit :rolleyes:

Neil3030 · 29-03-2017 06:59PM

It's f**king snowing in Wales... at sea level... I mean, wtf?

mfceiling · 29-03-2017 07:01PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I only retroactively heard about this curved bananas thing... I really don't think it was a big deal at the time? Maybe I'm wrong, I was in the middle of the thing so I mostly ignored the campaigning on both sides until the very end.

The curved bananas harks back years ago...Remember seeing The Sun (rag) running a front page story about it at the time.

I can understand the frustration of the leave crowd. Brussels always seems to be meddling with something and not a lot of people trust them to make things better for "their" country.

It hasn't been sold as a brilliant thing (the EU) and take away the free movement for travel and a common currency and there doesn't seem to be much for people to cheer for.

wp_rathead · 29-03-2017 07:05PM

stephen_n wrote: »

We have already nailed our colours to the mast and they are blue and gold. Cue calls for an Irexit :rolleyes:

Christ I hope not*

*as in i hope there is not a call for an irexit

29-03-2017 07:06PM

How will brexit effect the pro 12

CMOTDibbler · 29-03-2017 07:11PM

mfceiling wrote: »

The curved bananas harks back years ago...Remember seeing The Sun (rag) running a front page story about it at the time.

It was nonsense though. It was an attempt to set quality standards on fruit imports and since there was no indigenous banana industry in the UK (Duh), it hardly merited any kind of reaction. Certainly not the one it got.

mfceiling wrote: »

I can understand the frustration of the leave crowd. Brussels always seems to be meddling with something and not a lot of people trust them to make things better for "their" country.

It hasn't been sold as a brilliant thing (the EU) and take away the free movement for travel and a common currency and there doesn't seem to be much for people to cheer for.

They'll soon see what good the EU brought when the structural grants and other subsidies start to disappear never to be replaced and the workers rights charters and other 'meddling' designed to protect consumers and employees start to get rolled back.

stephen_n · 29-03-2017 07:16PM

mfceiling wrote: »

It hasn't been sold as a brilliant thing (the EU) and take away the free movement for travel and a common currency and there doesn't seem to be much for people to cheer for.

There is a lot for business people and those with money to cheer about, which is mostly what it's about. In reality on a day to day basis, most people aren't really directly affected by the EU. Though I think the fact there hasn't been a conflict between western European countries since it was founded isn't coincidental. Given the history of European politics prior to WW2, that's something big to cheer about.

wp_rathead wrote: »

Christ I hope not*

*as in i hope there is not a call for an irexit

There is always a call for Irexit from the extreme left, thankfully it's not a very loud one.

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