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Muscle doesn't consume anything, unless you use it. Fat cells (adipose tissue) store calories that you consume but don't use, but those calories are available to provide the energy required to construct new muscle tissue from proteins that you consume. "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
Roger Wright wrote: Muscle doesn't consume anything, unless you use it Actually, yes it does... increasing your muscle mass increases your basal metabolic rate: in other words, if you have more muscle mass, you burn more calories even when you're just sitting around. I saw it on WebMD, it must be true... :) -- Diane C "I think it would be a good idea." (Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization)
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Congratulations! Very smart of her :) Mr.Prakash wrote: Can any one suggest me with something to do when i feel like smoking. Aren't chewing gums effective? Cheers, Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
Smitha Vijayan wrote: Aren't chewing gums effective? X| dont want to start another addiction.
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My GF is changing me a lot.. she made me quit drinking, yeah no alcohol for past 1 month and she is making me quit smoking too, didnt smoke for past 2 weeks... Its good for me and her. They say quiting smoking would make me gain weight, is it true. Can any one suggest me with something to do when i feel like smoking.
I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill - Dire Straits
Mr.Prakash wrote: Can any one suggest me with something to do when i feel like smoking. Eat. This will make you look fatter, and please your GF, because other girls won't be after you anymore.
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One thing you could try is asking her why she thinks she has the right to change you... Just a thought Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++
Rob Manderson wrote: why she thinks she has the right to change you... Because she cares about him? I'd certainly do it; it was still his choice to actually change. It's not like she asked him to dye his hair and leaves his car at the end of the road. :)
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The trick is to make her think she did :) Rob Manderson I'm working on a version for Visual Lisp++
That's a neat trick. Care to share the technique with the rest of us married fools? :) ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned
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Oh that is different, every man should be afraid of having girlfriends. Not good when one finds out about the others. But scared of having a girlfriend? Why? It's great. The love, the fun, the joy, the heartache, the arguements, the love, the fun, the joy. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Oh that is different, every man should be afraid of having girlfriends. Not good when one finds out about the others. But scared of having a girlfriend? Why? It's great. The love, the fun, the joy, the heartache, the arguements, the love, the fun, the joy. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Good going! Takes a lot of effort for sure! My sister used Lemon Drops. I know when I quit smoking back at August 22,1989 I put on 75 lbs before I figured out what was going on. There were problem times but the worse had to be the after meal smoke. It seemed like the meal was never over :) The Lemon Drops (candy) can really help if you put some in your pocket and use them when you feel the urge to smoke. "Woman will usually marry a man hoping to change him and a man usually marries a woman hoping she never changes" :) Rocky <>< www.HintsAndTips.com www.GotTheAnswerToSpam.com
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Roger Wright wrote: Muscle doesn't consume anything, unless you use it Actually, yes it does... increasing your muscle mass increases your basal metabolic rate: in other words, if you have more muscle mass, you burn more calories even when you're just sitting around. I saw it on WebMD, it must be true... :) -- Diane C "I think it would be a good idea." (Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization)
Hmmm... Does that mean that as I continue exercising and building more muscle I'll be acting even more wired than usual? Diane Capewell wrote: you burn more calories even when you're just sitting around. This is a weight loss idea that could really take off!:-D Diane Capewell wrote: I saw it on WebMD, it must be true... Uh oh... I see a lot of things on WebMD that I hope are not true!:omg: "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
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Hmmm... Does that mean that as I continue exercising and building more muscle I'll be acting even more wired than usual? Diane Capewell wrote: you burn more calories even when you're just sitting around. This is a weight loss idea that could really take off!:-D Diane Capewell wrote: I saw it on WebMD, it must be true... Uh oh... I see a lot of things on WebMD that I hope are not true!:omg: "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
Roger Wright wrote: This is a weight loss idea that could really take off! Yes, I hang out on the low carb diet forums a lot and this is one of those things that "everybody knows". It is a always greeted with much relief - finally, a positive feedback loop that does something GOOD! Roger Wright wrote: Uh oh... I see a lot of things on WebMD that I hope are *not* true! I've seen references to this in many places, WebMD is just the most reputable source I found when doing a quick search. I tried typing "basal metabolic rate increase muscle" into Google, and - surprisingly - almost all of the first page of hits AGREED that the BMR can be raised by increasing your lean (or muscle) mass. So apparently it really IS something that everybody knows. :) It probably says this in some reputable books as well, but I am at the office right now and can only search the Web... :| -- Diane C "I think it would be a good idea." (Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of western civilisation)
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John Cardinal wrote: Drinking lot's of water, getting lot's of excercise does help though. DUH! Helps with life... I've never smoked and I do exactly that. What year is it? I thought that was common knowledge by now. :-D Also find out what "lots of water" means exactly. Some people find it very surprising how much they should be drinking. Even if you end up starting back smoking keep up the water and exercise.
"No matter where you go, there your are." - Buckaroo Banzai
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palbano wrote: Some people find it very surprising how much they should be drinking. Well, just to one up you on up-to-date-ness recent studies all show that it's a fallacy that people don't get enough to drink. Until recently it was assumed that people should drink something like 7 glasses of water a day however it's been shown now that drinking and eating anything that contains water is sufficient and beliefs like the one that drinking coffee dehydrates have been proven to be completely wrong. Actually people tend to get exactly the amount of water they need naturally as their bodies will ensure that on their own unless stuck in a desert with no food or water or something. The reason to drink more water than usual when you quit smoking and excercise more is that it helps to more quickly deplete the smoking toxins that are stored in the body fat etc and probably more importantly both cause a direct net calming effect in emotional state which is critical when you quit smoking because for most people it's about the most stress they will ever face in their life.
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My GF is changing me a lot.. she made me quit drinking, yeah no alcohol for past 1 month and she is making me quit smoking too, didnt smoke for past 2 weeks... Its good for me and her. They say quiting smoking would make me gain weight, is it true. Can any one suggest me with something to do when i feel like smoking.
I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill - Dire Straits
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Congratulations! Very smart of her :) Mr.Prakash wrote: Can any one suggest me with something to do when i feel like smoking. Aren't chewing gums effective? Cheers, Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
Smitha Vijayan wrote: Aren't chewing gums effective? Nope. They merely prolong the addiction to nicotine. Besides, they gum up the filters.;) I haven't had much luck with the patches, either. Someone suggested that I may be rolling them too tight, as I find them hard to keep lit. "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
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palbano wrote: Some people find it very surprising how much they should be drinking. Well, just to one up you on up-to-date-ness recent studies all show that it's a fallacy that people don't get enough to drink. Until recently it was assumed that people should drink something like 7 glasses of water a day however it's been shown now that drinking and eating anything that contains water is sufficient and beliefs like the one that drinking coffee dehydrates have been proven to be completely wrong. Actually people tend to get exactly the amount of water they need naturally as their bodies will ensure that on their own unless stuck in a desert with no food or water or something. The reason to drink more water than usual when you quit smoking and excercise more is that it helps to more quickly deplete the smoking toxins that are stored in the body fat etc and probably more importantly both cause a direct net calming effect in emotional state which is critical when you quit smoking because for most people it's about the most stress they will ever face in their life.
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods. - Ambrose BierceVery interesting. Of course I wanted to know what you were talking about and found what looks to be a discussion of the source of this new information here http://www.pihealth.com/water.htm[^] First I sincerely thank you for bringing this information to my attention. :cool: In reading that article I did find the general direction that you refer to. However I must say that it seems you might be overstating some of the points. There is a discussion that the recommended amount for the "Average Person" of 64 ounces a day does not seem to be arrived at from any real formula stemming from the original research. Personally I always question most of the numbers produced from studies and polls. Even this article states that there is no disputing the general issue that getting enough water is vital to health issues. The real question is, "what is enough" and that does not seem to be known at this time.
Conversely, no one disputes that getting enough water is crucial. Indeed, the elderly often have a diminished sensation of thirst and can become dangerously dehydrated without realizing it. People with kidney stones, for example, require lots of water, as does anyone doing strenuous exercise.
There are other points clarified as well, like getting water from food does count. That you don’t have to use bottled water, I don’t know anyone that thought that. Also that you can drink to much water (no it's not called drowning :-D ) and there is even a cited case where a marathon runner apparently died from doing just that. However given the extreme nature of that instance it does not appear that the average person is in any danger of drinking to much water. So as usual, since we are all different, you need to pay attention to your own needs. John, thanks again for bringing this to my attention.
"No matter where you go, there your are." - Buckaroo Banzai
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Very interesting. Of course I wanted to know what you were talking about and found what looks to be a discussion of the source of this new information here http://www.pihealth.com/water.htm[^] First I sincerely thank you for bringing this information to my attention. :cool: In reading that article I did find the general direction that you refer to. However I must say that it seems you might be overstating some of the points. There is a discussion that the recommended amount for the "Average Person" of 64 ounces a day does not seem to be arrived at from any real formula stemming from the original research. Personally I always question most of the numbers produced from studies and polls. Even this article states that there is no disputing the general issue that getting enough water is vital to health issues. The real question is, "what is enough" and that does not seem to be known at this time.
Conversely, no one disputes that getting enough water is crucial. Indeed, the elderly often have a diminished sensation of thirst and can become dangerously dehydrated without realizing it. People with kidney stones, for example, require lots of water, as does anyone doing strenuous exercise.
There are other points clarified as well, like getting water from food does count. That you don’t have to use bottled water, I don’t know anyone that thought that. Also that you can drink to much water (no it's not called drowning :-D ) and there is even a cited case where a marathon runner apparently died from doing just that. However given the extreme nature of that instance it does not appear that the average person is in any danger of drinking to much water. So as usual, since we are all different, you need to pay attention to your own needs. John, thanks again for bringing this to my attention.
"No matter where you go, there your are." - Buckaroo Banzai
-pete
Hi, I've never seen that information before, what I had heard was more along the lines of people think that they aren't getting enough water when it turns out they are actually getting plenty from food etc and that the body will naturally crave water when it needs it so there is no use in force-drinking water because it's probably not doing any good. I like to go mountain biking, about every second day I go for a very strenuous 1.5 hour ride. Before any ride I always make a point of drinking a very large glass of water even if I'm not thirsty, I try to do it about half an hour before the ride. It seems to make a huge difference because on the ride I'm not dying for a drink over and over, but can just stop and take a sip when I feel like it whereas if I don't pre-hydrate I'm not as energetic and must stop more often to drink. I guess the bottom line is I think people should spend more time listening to their bodies and less time reading studies which seems to be the way you feel as well. ;) Weird about the marathon runner though, would make a good episode of CSI crimial investigation show.
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My GF is changing me a lot.. she made me quit drinking, yeah no alcohol for past 1 month and she is making me quit smoking too, didnt smoke for past 2 weeks... Its good for me and her. They say quiting smoking would make me gain weight, is it true. Can any one suggest me with something to do when i feel like smoking.
I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill - Dire Straits
Since she asked you to quit smoking, she should be the craving replacement. ;) Steve
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Smitha Vijayan wrote: Aren't chewing gums effective? X| dont want to start another addiction.
I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill - Dire Straits
:)) Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach
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Smitha Vijayan wrote: Aren't chewing gums effective? Nope. They merely prolong the addiction to nicotine. Besides, they gum up the filters.;) I haven't had much luck with the patches, either. Someone suggested that I may be rolling them too tight, as I find them hard to keep lit. "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
:~ :~ :~ Smitha Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -- Richard Bach