Reminders to Self [From the Internet, natch]

Great blog from a seriously in-shape person.

Bodybuilding.com - ChickenTuna's BodyBlog - feeling deprived?:

"...I am offered cakes, muffins, and all kinds of delicious assorted pastries on a daily basis at my real estate office and many other places (drooling over the Starbucks pastry case every morning). I always turn them down, and I’ll hear so many people say to me, “why deprive yourself?… life is too short.”

I see these people chowing down all the muffins every week and I’m actually thinking the same thing about them… Aren’t they depriving themselves of nice bodies by eating them everyday? None of these people are in shape and they are all sitting around with big belly rolls and jiggles all over their bodies. I’m just thinking to myself when I see them, that they are depriving themselves of the great feeling of being fit.

...focus on what you’re getting (the body you want),… not what you’re giving up and it gives it a new positive perspective."

Bodybuilding.com - ChickenTuna's BodyBlog - Number on the Scale Rant:

"It is VERY possible to lose weight eating crappy unhealthy food, or even maintain your weight while eating crap.

…it is very possible to maintain a certain scale number and actually look like total shit. (you can be skinny and have HIGH bodyfat = skinny fat) Scale weight tells you a few things…

Will the scale tell you if you look good ? NO. Does your body look nice because you ring up a certain number on the scale? NO.

Eating properly changes your body composition and makes you look better. How strict should you be about not eating crap?

...If you want to be a certain weight and wear a certain size clothing, and you don’t mind having cellulite, belly rolls, and hanging flab... eat all the crap you want while maintaining your special number on the scale.

...If you want visible muscle and a lean looking body, staying away from the crap and eating properly is what makes the difference… regardless of how great you do your workouts.

...My grandmother used to make sure she always weighed her ‘certain’ special number throughout her entire life. But what she didn’t seem to realize was that without exercising and eating properly, (although she kept maintaining that number), she had 6 inches of hanging flab swinging on the backs of her arms and she always looked 9 months pregnant. It didn’t have to be that way, it’s just a matter of exercising regularly and eating the right food. She was attempting to ‘watch her weight’, but she had it all wrong."