Exercising only burns off so many calories at a time, and you'll have a hard time catching up to a Big Mac when you're full time job isn't to run all day.
I disagree, while the act of working out isn't necessarily going to burn those calories off, regularly exercising has the added advantage of increasing your metabolism. I think a lot of people have touched on the best solution: a combination of both exercise and better dieting. I've known some fat people who eat very little but are not active, and their metabolism is such that it keeps them plump. On the flip side, though, I have seen very few people who exercise regularly (regardless of diet) have weight problems.
Another thing I've noted, is when I am active and working out regularly I seem to crave healthier foods more often than when I'm lazy. Could be my imagination, but I'd like to think there's a correlation between working out and your body dictating your diet.
Wow, I thought I was the only one who played this game. One of my favorites was to cut a circular hole in the person's abdomen and then they'd tear you out of the operating room and call you Jack the Ripper. HEH... those were the days.
Like the other responders I never really got past a single surgery sucessfully... in a way one could say that it was a flawed game. It was too difficult (or realistic) for a normal person to want to learn how to play it. Perhaps a medical student might benefit from it, but certainly an average joe would not learn how to successfully perform an ependectomy from playing the game (furthermore would you WANT people thinking that they had learned that?).
Actually, I seem to recall that in some states with metered lights motorcyclists did not trip the sensor in order to change the lights. I've heard several stories of bikers having to get off their bikes, run to the corner, press the pedestrian walk button, and run back to their bikes to avoid breaking the law by running a red light at an intersection with no traffic for miles in any direction.
Just one example of a time when running a red light maybe isn't quite so dangerous or irresponsible as categorized. I wouldn't argue that running red lights is beneficial, but I think there are situations where the letter of the law may be broken, but the REASON for the law (public safety) was not violated. This is one reason I'm against automated ticketing systems.
Just a thought, but if you use the same username for an email address on a different domain (like if you have gyurbhhr44ty@earthlink.net and gyurbhhr44ty@yahoo.com), and have posted THAT email address anywhere (in this case the yahoo one), then many spammers are clever enough to send email to that same username on as many domains as they can think of with the theory that people tend to reuse usernames.
Just one possible (and plausible) explanation *shrug*. I find that far more likely than your ISP sharing your email address without regard to your wishes, but then I'm constantly surprised by how shady businesses can be sometimes. Mostly I would like to assume that spam is a nuisance to ISPs just as much as customers, though, since it's such a gigantic waste of bandwidth and storage space.
On a side note, gyurbhhr44ty will probably be recieving spam now (heh!).
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Exercising only burns off so many calories at a time, and you'll have a hard time catching up to a Big Mac when you're full time job isn't to run all day.
I disagree, while the act of working out isn't necessarily going to burn those calories off, regularly exercising has the added advantage of increasing your metabolism. I think a lot of people have touched on the best solution: a combination of both exercise and better dieting. I've known some fat people who eat very little but are not active, and their metabolism is such that it keeps them plump. On the flip side, though, I have seen very few people who exercise regularly (regardless of diet) have weight problems.
Another thing I've noted, is when I am active and working out regularly I seem to crave healthier foods more often than when I'm lazy. Could be my imagination, but I'd like to think there's a correlation between working out and your body dictating your diet.
Wow, I thought I was the only one who played this game. One of my favorites was to cut a circular hole in the person's abdomen and then they'd tear you out of the operating room and call you Jack the Ripper. HEH... those were the days.
Like the other responders I never really got past a single surgery sucessfully... in a way one could say that it was a flawed game. It was too difficult (or realistic) for a normal person to want to learn how to play it. Perhaps a medical student might benefit from it, but certainly an average joe would not learn how to successfully perform an ependectomy from playing the game (furthermore would you WANT people thinking that they had learned that?).
Is that a variation of the punch the monkey banner ads? I had no idea those were passed down for generations! When will the monkey abuse stop...
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Great post, though. You're absolutely correct.
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Actually, I seem to recall that in some states with metered lights motorcyclists did not trip the sensor in order to change the lights. I've heard several stories of bikers having to get off their bikes, run to the corner, press the pedestrian walk button, and run back to their bikes to avoid breaking the law by running a red light at an intersection with no traffic for miles in any direction.
Just one example of a time when running a red light maybe isn't quite so dangerous or irresponsible as categorized. I wouldn't argue that running red lights is beneficial, but I think there are situations where the letter of the law may be broken, but the REASON for the law (public safety) was not violated. This is one reason I'm against automated ticketing systems.
Just a thought, but if you use the same username for an email address on a different domain (like if you have gyurbhhr44ty@earthlink.net and gyurbhhr44ty@yahoo.com), and have posted THAT email address anywhere (in this case the yahoo one), then many spammers are clever enough to send email to that same username on as many domains as they can think of with the theory that people tend to reuse usernames.
Just one possible (and plausible) explanation *shrug*. I find that far more likely than your ISP sharing your email address without regard to your wishes, but then I'm constantly surprised by how shady businesses can be sometimes. Mostly I would like to assume that spam is a nuisance to ISPs just as much as customers, though, since it's such a gigantic waste of bandwidth and storage space.
On a side note, gyurbhhr44ty will probably be recieving spam now (heh!).
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