On 6/6/05, Michael T. Tangorre wrote: > Why? A large amount of muscle is absolutely fantastic for the body! Muscle > burns 17x more calories than fat so regardless of total body weight, it is > ok to be a large person when your body fat is low. An old trainer of mine > was 265 and 8% body fat.... he was as healthy as they get.
I always believed if you bulked up too much you'd have to maintain those muscle forever or they'd turn top flab and become dead weight. I could be wrong but how do you get rid of unused muscle? > If by maintenance you mean eating healthy and being active, then yes. If you > mean dedicating 40 hours a week to the gym them you are incorrect. By break I meant getting married having kids and/or a hectic job might keep someone out of the gym for an unplanned five or ten-year period. I've been on and off in the last ten years with every intention of going back to three times a week. > There doesn't have to be. The only time breaks are an issue is when your > workout routine is not part of your daily schedule or weekly schedule. > That's the larger problem with our society... these bullshit diets. Diets > are temporary. People need to think about changing their lives and the way > they think about food in order to get healthy and fit for the long run and > get off the quick fix diet stuff. South Beach, Atkins, BFL, Jenny Craig, > etc... all BS. Get outside and get active. Eat sensible. Burn more calories > than you take in. That alone will alleviate most problems people have. > South Beach isn't a fad diet. It teaches you to eat properly for the rest of your life. The only fad part is the first two weeks you go off most carbs just to help you loose the cravings for the junk carbs like cookies and popcorn etc. Once the craving is gone the rooting around for snacks goes away. Mostly common sense in the book but he says always stay away from white potatoes, sweet potatoes are ok in small doses. It all has to do with the glycemic index, the faster something turns to sugar in your system the worse it is for you. So whole wheat pastas and multi grain breads from now on. And he says judge bread by weight, the lighter it is the worse it is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159683 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
