Comments on: Two Photos of Interest from LosCon

By: Shamar Zamora

Shamar Zamora — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:35:05 +0000

I’m personally a big fan of the 12 ounce curl.

By: Peyton

Peyton — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:29:13 +0000

If you’re serious about going on a diet, I highly recommend the South Beach Diet. It’s carb light, instead of carb free. I, a pathetic dieter who has until now never been able to stick to one, have dropped 42 pounds in an easy, breezy year where it hardly ever felt like I was dieting.

I feel it necessary to add that I’m slightly over 40 and was still able to take the weight off. I still have more weight to lose but I’m fairly confident that I’ll be down to my goal weight by next Christmas.

By: Kendall

Kendall — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:22:34 +0000

Anny Mouse: The word “diet” has a warped meaning these days, but recommending diet (to me, this means eating better and eating less) and exercise, as many people (including me) are doing in this thread, is good!

I suspect for most folks, “muscle weights more than fat” doesn’t enter into it (unless going from Pear God to Muscle God, I suppose). As far as weight versus inches, I lost both; I can’t be that unusual (at least, I don’t see how you can lose inches without losing some weight).

Anyway, I agree overall health is key. Like most people, I recommend what’s worked for me (and it has): cardio + weight training, eat less (if you eat too much), and eat better. (Caveat: I don’t know that eating better’s helped my shape any, but I won’t try the reverse to test this. ;-)

Kendall, still working on my shape

By: Glen Murie

Glen Murie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:25:13 +0000

I hear you on the pear shape business. We’re the same age (or thereabouts I’m 38), and after last year’s winter in Wisconsin none of my pants would fit. I ballooned up by a good thirty pounds, and I was going to be GOD DAMNED if I was going to buy new pants just because I lacked the self-discipline to exercise every day. I blame the fact that I had twin three year olds to care for.

I’m lucky though, we live within a few blocks of a YMCA. Since February I went there at least every other day, and I’ve lost near 25 pounds and gotten a lot stronger. So us old farts can do it with a relatively little time investment.

I did have to cut out the beer, wine, and cheese but for special occasions. Also chopped the dining out to a max of three times a month and no fast food, though really that was for money reasons.

There’s a lot of crap out there in the world of fitness publishing, but I’ve had great success with Edward Jackowski’s books. Low on the BS for books of their type.

By: georgmi

georgmi — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:59:19 +0000

…So now you’re taping bacon to young women?

Man, did I pick the wrong career.

By: Dave Moore

Dave Moore — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:50:07 +0000

[John, do you ever just stop now and then and think, “this BaconCat thing is getting out of hand?”]

#2 If you don’t let something get out of hand, how do you know what it will lead to?

Dave

By: MWT

MWT — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:10:44 +0000

24. MarkHB: You could always start walking around on your knees from now on. ;)

By: Anny Mouse

Anny Mouse — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:01:14 +0000

Everyone is saying “Lose weight! Diet and exercise!” but weight isn’t an accurate measure of health… muscle weighs more than fat! I would go for losing inches instead. And I agree with whomever said cardio+healthy diet=best plan of action. Because, for overall health, it can’t be beaten!

By: Steve Buchheit

Steve Buchheit — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:56:22 +0000

Todd, you have read Android’s Dream, haven’t you?

By: M.A.

M.A. — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:46:57 +0000

Hey, learn to love your fat. Cut back on the calories, of course, and start the exercise thing, but once you’ve got those fat cells, they return to full trouble at the slightest provocation (one lousy ice cream cone — BOOM! Let’s not even talk of double-doubles.)