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Postby clyzm » Fri Jul 03, 09 7:51 am

When you see these commercial dieting gimmicks with stuff saying like "zero calories!" or "less calories per serve", do you honestly believe that nonsense?

When did calories become a bad thing? Calories are a unit of energy. No calories = no energy from the food. So why do marketing campaigns use this and stupid people continuously fall for it, thinking that calories are the main source of fat and health problems?
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Postby James » Fri Jul 03, 09 7:59 am

I honestly don't know, I think most weight gain doesn't come from overeating or lack of regular cardio exercise (read: weight gain, not weight loss), but people sitting on their butt.
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Postby Tantalus » Fri Jul 03, 09 10:22 am

They probably market it because it's easier to reduce and keep the same product. Really it's a catch 22 because to lose the weight you need the calories but to get the calories you must eat. One could argue it's advertising to common ignorance.
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Postby Mr. Tastix » Fri Jul 03, 09 11:03 am

I don't care for calories. I eat loads of sugary foods, loads of fatty foods and loads of foods with high calories in them. And I look like this:

http://i41.tinypic.com/2r3cieh.jpg (me without bulky clothing to make me look bigger = me looking like a twig, not as visible in this pic as others though).
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Postby Spiderbot01 » Fri Jul 03, 09 12:11 pm

You don't look quite so angry in real life.
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Postby Tantalus » Fri Jul 03, 09 12:17 pm

Oh good lord he looks totally normal! I thought you'd have a permanent >:| on your face.
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Postby Mr. Tastix » Fri Jul 03, 09 12:23 pm

[PMS]LONGCAT wrote:You don't look quite so angry in real life.


I'm not really. Anonymity gets the better of me (even though I disclose more info about me than some would, those who don't use social networks anyway...).

I'm just some what hyperactive and cruel, I'm also called an asshole one too many times (I am not unsure if it's still a joke or if it's true but meh, whatever).

Back to the topic at hand: What do YOU eat that would make a dietician kill themselves. Myself, I just eat a lot of junk food. Mostly products with sugar in it but also foods high in fat and sodium.

Hi, my name is Josh and I'm a sugar addict.
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Postby MainMan » Fri Jul 03, 09 1:08 pm

Psychotic wrote:http://i41.tinypic.com/2r3cieh.jpg

LOL. I'd like to see you talk the talk in real life like you do online, hardman.
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Postby Mr. Tastix » Fri Jul 03, 09 1:24 pm

~MainMan~ wrote:
Psychotic wrote:http://i41.tinypic.com/2r3cieh.jpg

LOL. I'd like to see you talk the talk in real life like you do online, hardman.


I can say the same of you. And I think I will.

"LOL. I'd like to see you talk the talk in real life like you do online, hardman."
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Postby Tantalus » Fri Jul 03, 09 1:34 pm

The act of trying to antagonise people is getting incredibly old, Mainman. Find something constructive to do.
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Postby clyzm » Fri Jul 03, 09 3:46 pm

Josh let me just say, New Zealand looks BEAUTIFUL from that pic at least.
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Postby MainMan » Fri Jul 03, 09 8:02 pm

Psychotic wrote:
~MainMan~ wrote:
Psychotic wrote:http://i41.tinypic.com/2r3cieh.jpg

LOL. I'd like to see you talk the talk in real life like you do online, hardman.


I can say the same of you. And I think I will.

"LOL. I'd like to see you talk the talk in real life like you do online, hardman."

Yeah but I don't look like a pre-pubescant faggot clown
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Postby ~SaSQuAtCH~ » Fri Jul 03, 09 8:51 pm

Getting fat is not the only negative side effect of junkfood.
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Postby Tantalus » Fri Jul 03, 09 8:52 pm

portable mp3 player wrote:Josh let me just say, New Zealand looks BEAUTIFUL from that pic at least.
Agreed there.
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