Do you have a healthy outlook ??

Good idea. Ah, Romertopf cooking...excellent.

Stew is always good, too.


Back to the "healthy outlook" topic, what do people on this forum generally do for exercise? What kinds (if any) would you recommend? It seems like everyone says things like "eat healthily" or "exercise" without describing what THEY do to accomplish those goals. And defining what you do to exercise is (for most people) easier than saying what they eat, because a lot of people have a very varied diet...

I'll start--I take martial arts (currently aikido and karate, and hoping to add capoeira and parkour (not really a martial art but not a dance or a game either) to that this summer) and weight-lift.


Or, instead of that...

I think we may not be taking this topic in the spirit it was intended. We keep talking about how to stay healthy--but this topic is about healthy OUTLOOK. How do people here see the world? What's you philosophy of life? If you had to describe why you do what you do--not what you do, or what you like, or even what you're like--but what your motivation is, in a few words, what would you say?

Again, I'll start:

In four words:
Ambition, Justice, Wonder, Curiosity.


Edited by TheARRGH - 19-Mar-2008 at 23:41

wow this has really grown- be back when I have time for it.

Originally posted by Brian J Checco Exercise? Hit the punching bag a few minutes a day, some push-ups, sit-ups seldom, vigorous lovemaking, lifting cigarettes and booze from table (or ashtray) to mouth, walking around campus, playing catch with baseballs and footballs, a run or hike around the lake (weather-permitting), etc. It's really just staying active. Life is motion- remain in motion, remain alive.

An excellent philosophy, and one that I wish more people adopted...

For exercise, I must emphasise that my own routine is half motivated by vanity, and half by genuine desire to be in top physical shape. It goes beyond simple desire for health, but into the desire for a physique I can show off when occasion permits.

I will typically run 5-7 KM, 2-3 times per week. This run should take roughly 23-30 minutes.
For gym I follow a purely weights routine, 5 days per week. This focuses only on the upper body and it covers all areas.
Also I don't drive, so walking and public transport make up a big part of my day. Walking as a means of transportation averages to about 60-70 minutes per day at brisk speed.

Originally posted by Menumorut Originally posted by Cezar You should also study some biochemistry. Your idea of vegetarianism is simply unnatural. You need substances called essential aminoacids and fats that your body can't produce. Some of them are found only in meat or other animal derived foods. Lack of them is causing bad things to your body. The lack of animal fats in a diet leads to brain malfunction. You need phospho- and lipoproteins or else your body will exhaust itself trying to produce them. I have a 2 kgs book which I studied for hours.

Yeah, I know, the Bible. You should eat it as it's made of celulose and then start studying biochemistry. And eat some real food not vegetal stuff only.

*You stated twice about being "vegan". I have a friend from Betelgeuse who would like to emigrate to Vega. What is he required to do? Means fully vegetarian, not lacto-vegetarian.

I got it, you're not fom the Milky Way.

I just had a beautiful pre-Easter dinner of two spring chickens roasted in olive oil with rosemary, lemon juice, paprika and curry; garlic and olive oil green beans with toasted almonds; red peppers sauteed in raspberry vinaigarette with walnuts and chives; red rice with beans and cayenne pepper; a garden salad with hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, lettuce, mushrooms, celery and balsamic oil & vinegar dressing- washed down with copious quantities of red wine and a cup of coffee, and poundcake topped with peaches and fresh raspberries.

That's a healthy meal of champions right there. And, since it's a saturday night and lovely here in Washington DC, I'm going to out drinking and dancing until 3 in the morning to burn off those calories, and hopefully burn off some more later if I meet a nice girl or two.

Tell me that ain't healthy living, and I'll tell you to get your head checked.

Originally posted by Brian J Checco That's a healthy meal of champions right there. And, since it's a saturday night and lovely here in Washington DC, I'm going to out drinking and dancing until 3 in the morning to burn off those calories, and hopefully burn off some more later if I meet a nice girl or two.Tell me that ain't healthy living, and I'll tell you to get your head checked.

You sound frustrated and have a childish terribilism.

Even would be true whast you sayed, ofcourse is not healthy and is boring.




Edited by Menumorut - 23-Mar-2008 at 12:37

Originally posted by Menumorut Originally posted by Brian J Checco That's a healthy meal of champions right there. And, since it's a saturday night and lovely here in Washington DC, I'm going to out drinking and dancing until 3 in the morning to burn off those calories, and hopefully burn off some more later if I meet a nice girl or two.Tell me that ain't healthy living, and I'll tell you to get your head checked. You sound frustrated and have a childish terribilism. Even would be true whast you sayed, ofcourse is not healthy and is boring.

You're the one with illogical fantasies of immortality and I'm the one being childish?

Go back and play with the elves, Frodo. Middle Earth is off exit 19 on the parkway through reality...

Originally posted by Menumorut Originally posted by Brian J Checco That's a healthy meal of champions right there. And, since it's a saturday night and lovely here in Washington DC, I'm going to out drinking and dancing until 3 in the morning to burn off those calories, and hopefully burn off some more later if I meet a nice girl or two.Tell me that ain't healthy living, and I'll tell you to get your head checked. You sound frustrated and have a childish terribilism. Even would be true whast you sayed, ofcourse is not healthy and is boring.

Sounds like he is living. Why stay alive if you don't live? Do you really want to be old, lying on your deathbed and realize you spent your whole life trying to survive by eating grass and plants?

A "healthy" life style, as advertised by the companies making huge amounts of money on "health" products, won't give you immortality or even a guarantee of long life. One of the oldest men in the world, a Japanese, was asked what he had done to live more than a century. It turned out he had spent the last two-three decades eating pizza, drinking beer and watching TV all day.

Originally posted by Menumorut I'm eating what I like. I cann't support even the smell of meat, eggs etc. If I would eat a small piece, one or two days I would feel so bad that I couldn't do something.