(January 8, 2013 at 1:05 pm)BGChuckLee Wrote:(January 8, 2013 at 12:58 pm)festive1 Wrote: I'd just point out that professional athletes get about 10 times the exercise you do on a daily basis. They're running their bodies like finely tuned race cars. You're filling your '70's Buick with the same fuel, it won't mean you get the same results or performance.
So you shouldn't eat what professional athletes/people at the prime of health eat?
(January 8, 2013 at 1:04 pm)Annik Wrote: Looks to me like he puts a lot of work into exercising various parts of his body.
Yes, he is very strong guy, he is almost 60 and can do a 'muscle up' (youtube it if you don't know what it is). I enjoy cardio mostly.
(January 8, 2013 at 12:58 pm)Brian37 Wrote: So again, if you want to be an idiot and take the advice of those outside the medical profession, you can. But just because someone has the ability to jump off a cliff doesn't mean you should follow them.
Athletes are not super human and can and do have problems with body dissmorphea that can cause them to take on very unhealthy diets and to take drugs that ultimately might short term give them that burst in competition but destroy their bodies long term.
If you lost weight because you needed to, then good for you. If you lose weight simply because you want a better looking body, that is fine too. But people in doing both can take it to extremes as well, including athletes.
Listen to a doctor, that is the only rational and reasonable thing to do. Don't chase after what others want or think you should be.
You have to be extreme if you want to win.
That is a good attitude if you want to cripple yourself or die. Now, once again. No one here is suggesting you get fat again. And no one here is judging you for wanting to have a nicer looking body. But pushing yourself to any extreme is a good way to hurt yourself.
The best thing for you OR ANYONE to do is to follow a reasonable exercise and diet program BASED on what a doctor says.
I am quite sure that pro wrestler who killed his family thought his "extreme" of steroid use was ok.
And I am quite sure even Mohammed Ali is enjoying now all those head blows he suffered in boxing.
No one is suggesting you not be happy with yourself. But you are in a world of future pain if you don't loose your ego and deal with reality the way it is.
Being fit is one thing, being an idiot is another.
