Comments on: From Fit to Fat to Fit: Slacking Off https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:13:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Digital Rabbit https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511871 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:42:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511871 To the Wanderer: You’ve probably been ordering your beans medium rare. Try well-done and I don’t think you’ll gag on them!

]]> By: The Wander https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511870 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:40:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511870 Oh yeah. I am going out to a nice restaurant and order me some Chick Peas Bourguignon!

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511869 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:22:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511869 The Wanderer [8]: Try cooking the beans first, they are way better that way!

Digital: When is the marathon?

]]> By: Jake https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511868 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:19:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511868 Ah, but “I’m a picky eater and refuse to eat beans” is an entirely different issue from “it’s too hard to get protein.”

]]> By: Digital Rabbit https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511867 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:48:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511867 Here’s a challenge for you: Sign up to run the Chicago Marathon with me. You’ve got from now to October to train. I’ll set you up with a coach. You’ll have 6 and a half hours to finish. That’s 15 minutes a mile. I know you can do it. You’ll get strong and you’ll be able to keep up with Huxley when he starts walking. I’m serious!!!! Fat to Fit in 9 months. Think about it. Contact me for details.

]]> By: The Wanderer https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511866 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:15:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511866 Are you serious? How are chickpeas harder to eat than beef?

Beef – yum-yum, tasty.
Chickpeas – Dry, gag inducing, nasty.

Seriously, I need to exercise more too!

The Wanderer, or lately, The Sitter

]]> By: Jake https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511865 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:38:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511865

Naw too hard to get all your protein

This is always baffling to me. How are chickpeas harder to eat than beef? What makes lentils more difficult than salmon? When did kidney beans or black beans become hard to find at a grocery store?

Unless you’re so heavily into meat that you’re in the habit of *never* eating starches, you will get complete protein just by eating legumes when you would have eaten meat.

]]> By: jj https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511864 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:25:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511864

Become a vegan and reduce your carbon footprint while you are at it.

Ewww… Naw too hard to get all your protein. Although a heavily reduced omnivore diet’s pretty good, in my mind.

(BTW, I was joking about the ewww part, in fact, the only *canned* Chili I actually enjoy is vegan [Amy’s Chili].)

]]> By: JL https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511863 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:32:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511863 A bad diet is worse than not exercising.

Become a vegan and reduce your carbon footprint while you are at it.

]]> By: Umlud https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511862 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:28:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/01/14/from-fit-to-fat-to-fit-slackin/#comment-511862 Good luck on your fitness-seeking. I know that I had to move farther from work and choose to ride my bike in order to include (nay, force) time for exercise. Still, although I am not anywhere close to the fighting-fit shape I was in my early 20s, I’m happy with how I’m doing right now.

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