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Comment Re:danger vs taste (Score 1) 630

Ok, if you meet me right now you would associate me as a fat person(and rightfully so). Which I am at 278lbs. However, 7 months ago I was 360lbs. Thing is, just because you are skinny doesnt mean that you know shit about nutrition, and just because I am fat, doesnt mean I dont know anything about weight management. Sure before I knew "eating too much makes me fat", but I have done A LOT of research in the past 7 months and probably know a lot more than the average person about weight management even though I am fat.

And what is "normal weight"? Ever heard of skinny-fat?. You could easily be a "normal" weight at 170lbs but still be at 35% body fat percentage. Who would be healthier a 170lb person at 35% body fat or someone at 220lbs at 10%BF?

Comment Re:McDonalds nutrition (Score 1) 630

Which is why you go with the diet soda, so it isnt over 1000 calories. That diet soda saves you a couple hundred calories that can be used for weightloss or other food.
Another thing -- eating adequate amount of protein is important during weight loss to minimize muscle loss and keep it mostly fat loss. That is one advantage of being overweight, is I have plenty lower body muscle from lugging my fat ass around all day for the past 20 years, so now during my weight loss I can focus more on upper body.

Comment Re:danger vs taste (Score 1) 630

Seriously? I am losing a bunch of weight, and yes sometimes I go order the double burger from my local burger joint with extra cheese and a diet soda. Guess what? I account for those calories, and I will often skip the fries.

Lets check out nutritional information for mcdonalds --- Double Quarter pounder with cheese -- 740 calories Large fries -- 560 calories. For a total of 1300 calories.
Large soda -- 320calories. So yes, getting that diet soda saves me 320 calorie.s

Since I need 2800 calories per day to maintain, that still leaves me with 1500 calories for the rest of the day to lose weight.

Since you are going to be eating lunch anyways you may be eating an extra what 400 calories by going to mcdonalds instead of a home cooked meal? Since I often skip the fries Ill actually be about the same.

Comment Re:danger vs taste (Score 1) 630

Hey I am one of those larger people out jogging. We need to jog slow for pacing. Im lugging 100+extra lbs then most typical runners. Strap on a 60lb backpack (I will have extra leg muscle due to my weight) and see if you can run your normal speed.

Comment Re:Strictly speaking... (Score 1) 417

I somewhat agree with you, but at the same time, you dont want a factory pumping their sludge directly into a river either. There should be reasonable effort to prevent as much pollution as you can, i.e not idling your car for 5 minutes, regulations on smokestack industries, etc. But yes humans have evolved and most people dont want to go back to caveman era, where even they of course were still effecting the environment.

Comment Re:Blarglefarg (Score 1) 312

Actually I do. I have a friend who basically started his own corporation (which costs like a couple bucks), then funnels his paycheck through that, and takes out dividends. And since he also has his own corporation, he is able to write certain things off.. Not sure how that works as I thought it would have to be a legitimate business expense, but he said what he does is perfectly legal

I dont know exactly how it all works, but in the end makes a fair more than I do and pays less tax than I do.

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