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kitchen_kink) wrote2005-05-26 04:44 pm
kitchen_kink) wrote2005-05-26 04:44 pm
What's the deal?
So, fitness geeks:
I just finished my second week of working each major muscle group to failure once a week. Still need a lot of protein, still sleeping a lot, and while it could be the weather, I think it may be affecting my depression (that is, exacerbating it) as well. But we'll see how it goes.
One thing I'm wondering about, though:
So I weighed myself one day before I went to lift. For fun, when I was done lifting, I weighed myself again, to find that I was about a pound and a half heavier than when I started. The next time I tried it: two and a half pounds.
When I mentioned this to someone, they suggested that it was the water I was drinking. Okay, maybe. But today, I drink maybe 2/3 of a pint bottle of water, and after working out, I was still a pound heavier.
What's the deal?
I just finished my second week of working each major muscle group to failure once a week. Still need a lot of protein, still sleeping a lot, and while it could be the weather, I think it may be affecting my depression (that is, exacerbating it) as well. But we'll see how it goes.
One thing I'm wondering about, though:
So I weighed myself one day before I went to lift. For fun, when I was done lifting, I weighed myself again, to find that I was about a pound and a half heavier than when I started. The next time I tried it: two and a half pounds.
When I mentioned this to someone, they suggested that it was the water I was drinking. Okay, maybe. But today, I drink maybe 2/3 of a pint bottle of water, and after working out, I was still a pound heavier.
What's the deal?
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(It's just that cardio is, as you once said, gnaw-my-arms-off boring.)
Oh, and also: analog scale at the gym, not digital bathroom scale. Still, you're probably right.
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If you can find cardio you tolerate, it really is an excellent mood-lifter -- even if you don't feel it in the moment, you should feel it in an overall sense. Do it on whichever day stresses you out the least.
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So how big IS an English pint, when compared with a gallon? I've had lots of pints of beer, but never poured them into a gallon jug to measure. I could ask Google, I suppose, but I'm, uh, really tired.
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According to this (http://www.beagle-ears.com/lars/personal/funny/measure.htm) site:
In current American usage, 8 ounces make a cup, 2 cups make a pint, two pints make a quart, 4 quarts make a gallon. A pint of water weighs a pound.
But in the British empire, it took 20 (fluid) ounces to make an imperial pint, making the Imperial gallon 25% bigger than the American gallon.
So the quick answer is that an Imperial Pint is 25% larger than an American Pint, as is their Gallon.
And keep in mind that, "A hogshead (238 liters) is 7 firkins (US) or just under 6 firkins (British)" so don't let someone stiff you with only 6 firkins when you buy your next hogshead.
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It probably is the water thing.
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"But nuance!" you are probably saying, "To find the amount of mass I'm gaining, I'd have to divide my gain in energy by the square of the speed of light!" (about 9*1016 m2/s2, btw.) That's right! And in order to be gaining a pound, you'd have to be gaining approximately 4*1016 joules of energy, or about the amount of energy released by the explosion of a ten-megaton atomic bomb! This would destroy everything within five miles of you. I myself am almost certainly within this radius, which means that you must be very careful indeed.
Your latent mutant powers have been activated, and no one knows what might set them off -- road rage, violent orgasm, carpet mites -- any of these are possibilities! Our only hope is for you to go to an unpopulated area, recline on a Barcalounger, and eat raw chocolate chip cookie dough from a can while watching Jerry Springer until the threat has passed.
After this is done, you should contact me, Professor Viktor Yumgube, for an unprecedented business opportunity. My father was the Trade Minister of Mali and he left -- oh, I see my excellent friend in the white coat and I must be gone.
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Thank you for that.
And immediately after the email notifying me of your comment, I get this horoscope:
"Your mind is like a sponge today, eager to absorb all sorts of information. However, take care that the information you are absorbing is accurate. There is a high likelihood that the fascinating news you hear is mostly a mix of fiction and fantasy. Go to the source and get the facts before acting on this information. If necessary, do some research in the library. You know that librarian is an impartial third party."
I don't know, I think you are LYING to me!! :)
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