Start Being So Self Actualized and Appealing

[Berliner]

When I'm talking about health nerds, think of Rob Lowe's character from Parks and Rec. Last time I use that phrase.

[scamboogah]

Can I just say now that I feel like I'm not a drunk, I'm just super-nerdy about imbibing alcohol. Thanks Chris!

I've actually heard someone unironically used the phrase, "I'm a total whisky-nerd".

Also what's the max funcon quote from? Funny.

The Max Funcon quote is from Never Not Something-or-other, this podcast with Jibby Parlo, his barber, and some guys out of rehab running the tape machine. They've made 903 episodes, and that's from the latest.

[pixel revolt]

Also if we are on the subject of annoying conversations we are forced to overhear a la nutrition/fitness talk in the gym locker room, at the top of my list has to be college students talking about classes/tests/loans/anything. My local coffee shop is overrun with them and if you are there at the right time you can hear several of these conversations happening at once:

"No, dude. You don't NEED a car. You live on campus, where are you going to drive to? The 7-11? Sell your car and then use the money for food and books."
"No, dude. You should quit basketball because it is going to hurt your GPA. Life isn't about what you WANT to do, it's about what you NEED to do."
"I am thinking about switching majors."
"Ugh, I have X credits this semester."
"No, dude. You got to do summer session. Life is about work, not doing what you WANT to do."
"Community college is like high school because people dress nicer than university students and they look happier and just want to have fun."

[SeanX3]

At my local Y it's old guys talking about their exploits in WWII and how much they have to pee.

[crlygrl]

EVERYBODY is a nerd about something! Think about it. You're a nerd if you hyper focus on the details of something that other people may not be interested in.

This is ridiculous. I have no idea what went down on this board today, but you all need to go eat a pudding cup and give someone a hug.

[Trial]

Berliner, didn't the anti-"elitist" attitude of the fat people remind you of Republicans acting victimized? You can use me as your token fat friend when they start attacking you again

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even though i'm not anymoreeeeeee

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i don't even care if i am using the spoiler tag rightttttt

[Berliner]

I have no idea what went down on this board today, but you all need to go eat a pudding cup and give someone a hug.

Sugar Enabler!

I'm reading what I wrote today, and it just strikes me as so non controversial. The way my words were twisted, argued against in very...odd ways, and seen as some sort of personal attack was...well I think it's more revealing of the other people than me.

This is a thread for people who want to be healthy. It's helped me, and I hope it's helped some other people. If you see anything that's been written in here so far as a personal attack (outside of one certain person) well, you are wrong, at least on my end. I'm not judging you at all. Live the life you want to live. I'm a giant nerd who lost about 35 pounds and am now happy all the time. I want others here to be like me (at least in the living healthy aspect). What is so wrong with that? If I come off as smug, well:



Every one of the "impossible" things I've described was something I was able to do, exactly like I described it. To some degree isos was able to as well. I'm putting you at no higher or lower than the expectations than I put on myself. If I'm right you may have a new tool that can help you maintain regular exercise and a healthy diet. If I'm wrong, nerds are a bunch of hedonistic pleasure seekers who totally lack self discipline.

[SeanX3]

People who disagree = haters?

I do agree with you, though: reading back over your edited-for-controversey comments, they're so much less controversial!

[Berliner]

I only added more points. Never deleted anything.

You certainly are a hater. Trust me, you do not come off looking good here.

Edit: Also: Wow, accusing me of editing things to make them less controversial?!

Second edit: as you can see, most of the edits were done relatively quickly after the post, except the one after you attacked tron because it occurred to me that maybe you would realize how crazy you sounded and try to edit that out later. So I added a quote from you for posterity.

Third edit: That reminds me, I should probably quote this part of you accusing me of editing my comments for controversy:

I do agree with you, though: reading back over your edited-for-controversey comments, they're so much less controversial!

[aenemaTron]

I don't quite understand what happened either. I feel like it went like this:

You: "People who do A should be able to do B. It seems counterintuitive, but look at the things that B has in common with A."

Others: "NOOOOOOOO!"

[scamboogah]

I just said (jokingly) that Berliners motivational techniques struck me as funny. "You already have the OCD, dorks, now focus it on working out instead playing D&D!!".

As usual, others failed to see the subtlety in my humor and ungracefully added their own unnecessary negativity.

[J.B.]

I have yet to meet a person who bought a pair of pants that didn't want to have pants on their legs.

I'm just barely scanning this thread and I don't really know what's being discussed. But I will say I fucking hate pants and almost never want pants on my legs, but society, the workplace, and the weather force my hand into buying stupid fucking pants. Fuck pants.

Also... this thread's about getting healthy, right? I went from being very obese (340lbs) to being just a regular fat guy through lots of grilled chicken, black beans, and using the treadmill while watching hours and hours of televised poker during the poker craze of the early aughts. Worked for me.

Love,
A cliched fat guy who wears shorts.

[ericluxury]

I am not sure nerd has as much to do it as the mental toughness to not say things like exercise 'will make you sweaty and tired and achey'. Being fat is constantly uncomfortable. It makes almost every part of your body work not as well and it can do tons of damage to your emotional state and psyche. The choice is to be sweaty and tired and slightly hungry for a while or be increasingly unhealthy and uncomfortable.
Berliner wasn't saying anything remotely worth the amount of arguing that was happening. He was basically saying what my parents would say to me when I was in middle school (if you can focus so hard on these video games, how come you can't focus like that on your homework?). As an adult you realize thats not a bad argument. The point of the thread is being self actualized which can mean taking your natural strengths and bending them to your will a bit.

[Berliner]

Well, I think what I said was apparently a glass half full/empty kind of thing. Some people read it one way, and some people read it a totally different way.

[Berliner]

The point of the thread is being self actualized which can mean taking your natural strengths and bending them to your will a bit.

In my experience, the hardest part of getting healthier is to keep it up. Week one, you exercise every other day. Week three, a part of your body is a little sore so take just one day off. Week six, you just aren't feeling up to it so you take the weekend off. Week eight you never exercise again. Burnout is the biggest problem, and in my opinion the thing that most people need to conquer to stay fit. Most of my will was used just to force/bribe/play mind games against myself/use my naturally obsessive nature to keep that up. Though luckily, after a while you hit that nice endorphin sweet spot.

[crlygrl]

my-my-my-puddin-cup-my-my-puddin-cup

[MrDys]

So, I just got some dumbbells. Something about that word makes me cringe, so I'm going to call them weighty-weights. I guess I got them more to change up my regular elliptical doings than with a specific goal in mind. Anyone got a killer weighty-weight workout that I should try?

[MrDys]

So there's this thing called Fitocracy. A kinda social/achievement/*wince* quest-oriented website thing to help you keep up with your fitness doings. It's kinda silly, but what's more silly is how much you feel good about getting to the next level or completing new things just to try them out.

It's an invite thing right now, but hit me up if you want one.

[Berliner]

I joined this crazy yoga studio that also does group strength training and capoeira. I'm mainly in it for the capoeira, but I can take any of the other classes for "free." Anyway, one of the yoga teachers started teaching this thing called Budokon, which is supposedly a combo of yoga and martial arts. Anyone else heard of it? I'm guessing it's going to take off soon, and I'd imagine they've already started doing it in LA?

Also, I'm going have my Batizado (capoeira "Bapitism" where a mestre basically takes you down over and over again) where I get my first belt thing and a capoeira nickname on labor day. Should be fun!

[TimBuktu]

Berliner, did you learn nothing from what happened in the sobriety thread? You seem to have come into a lot of confidence, and have found some things in your life that work for you, which is good... but you also seem to be using it to look down your nose at other people, which is not so good.

If I've learned anything in life, trying to force the rest of the world to live as you do is a recipe for unhappiness.

"And, finally, most important of all, endeavor to see things as they are, not as they ought to be." — Ambrose Bierce