June Low-Content Thread

[gaming_mouse]

Originally Posted by DcifrThs

LOLLL. i guess that's not as funny to you.

when i'm "in shape" it's all cardio. i have a naturally great muscle structure (or rather i used to be super active hockey, running, cardio wise and kinda kept that up over years...and when i lose weight you can see lots of muscle) but it's currently covered by many many layers of fat. i def don't have tons of muscle i've worked years on building.

do you know about what % of each pound i'm losing is muscle? b/c i'm on pace to lose quite a bit of weight and even if like 60% is fat, that's still a LOT of fat loss over 2 weeks. i can already see a change in my body and face so i know at least something is going on that's positive lol. i've lost 8.4 lbs in 7 days as of tonight (1/2 way done w/ the juice fast).

so if 60% is fat that's still 5.04lbs of fat and 3.36lbs of muscle. i ofc just pulled 60% directly out of my ass. do you have a more educated assessment of that %?

i mean what could weight loss be? there's water, fat, muscle, and what else? i guess most of it could be water but i have no idea and i'm drinking lots and lots o' water lol. this just ain't my area of expertise

i don't recall offhand, and it ofc varies depending on genetics and other factors, but it's certainly possible the % of fat you'll be losing is less than 60%. even on an all lean protein style fast, you lose some muscle (5-20%), so losing only 40% on zero protein sounds optimistic but i won't say impossible. you could try H&F for more info.

[DcifrThs]

Originally Posted by gaming_mouse

i don't recall offhand, and it ofc varies depending on genetics and other factors, but it's certainly possible the % of fat you'll be losing is less than 60%. even on an all lean protein style fast, you lose some muscle (5-20%), so losing only 40% on zero protein sounds optimistic but i won't say impossible. you could try H&F for more info.

thanks. and yea..60% came outta my ass. whatever it is i'm happy with it. that's only 1/2 the goal. other half is get healthy again. i'll be eating much better after the fast too and will ease into food again w/ melon, fish like salmon or whitefish, and then whole wheat breads and lean proteins like turkey and chicken and more fish like tuna.

[pig4bill]

Originally Posted by DougL

He might not make any $1000 spins on conventional roulette.

This is why I could never eat in a restaurant with a bunch of gambling degerates. I would have to beg out of the cc roulette and look like a bitch.

[pig4bill]

Originally Posted by Jon_locke

I've been playing a lot of golf last few weeks and am pretty bad, often shooting in the low 100s with the occasional mid. 90s at an easier course. Im tryin to book a bet with a friend That I can shoot a round at par or better within 18 months (course has a slope
Of 108) but we are having trouble coming up with a fair price. Obviously we agree that the larger the bet, the worse price I should get, but would love some input on what people think is a decent line.

Any course you want? What's the slope at a Putt-Putt?

Golf technology sure has come a long way. Back in my day only 1 in a hundred had a chance at shooting par in their lifetime.

[DeathDonkey]

Has little to do with technology and a lot to do with better education. They make better technology, so then they make the courses longer, or tighter, or more bunkered, or whatever. Golf knowledge is evolving rapidly thanks to finally some real science instead of the haphazard and contradictory information you'll get from any random PGA pros at the driving range / local muni

[Mort Stetson]

Originally Posted by Jon_locke

I've been playing a lot of golf last few weeks and am pretty bad, often shooting in the low 100s with the occasional mid. 90s at an easier course. Im tryin to book a bet with a friend That I can shoot a round at par or better within 18 months (course has a slope
Of 108) but we are having trouble coming up with a fair price. Obviously we agree that the larger the bet, the worse price I should get, but would love some input on what people think is a decent line.

I'm in my 30s now, but played golf competitively as a kid and went on to play varsity golf in college. At my best my handicap was a 1. It took a lot of rounds and a lot of practice time before I shot even par for the first time. Its very hard to do. Someone replied that it gets exponentially harder for each 10 stroke reduction from 100 down to 90, etc. and that is a very accurate description.

Unless you can play/practice almost every day, are relatively young and athletic, and just have a good amount of natural aptitude, you probably have virtually no shot. Breaking 80 in 18 months is a more reasonable bet and should probably pay 15-20:1. Shooting even par or better on a legit golf course in the next 18 months really is like 100-1 odds

[Resultsoriented]

Youth and athleticism is overrated in golf IMO. I've never been athletic, just coordinated enough. In my early 30s now, I'm 99% sure that I'd be a better golfer now if I devoted as much time to it as I did in my late teens when I was a 3.

If he has the time, resources and desire, and lives in Phoenix as it seems to be indicated, I think even 15-1 is way over priced to break 80. A coordinated person should do it at least once over 30% of the time. Golf is also a couple notches easier in phx and especially Vegas. The hot air, elevation and hard baked turf make drives go forever and you gain a club on the irons. 7000 yards in the north is LOOOOONG. 7200 yards in the desert ain't no thang.

[pig4bill]

Originally Posted by DeathDonkey

Has little to do with technology and a lot to do with better education. They make better technology, so then they make the courses longer, or tighter, or more bunkered, or whatever. Golf knowledge is evolving rapidly thanks to finally some real science instead of the haphazard and contradictory information you'll get from any random PGA pros at the driving range / local muni

If I had any money I'd make you a prop bet. You use my clubs and see how you score.

[Chasqui]

Originally Posted by Resultsoriented

A coordinated person should do it at least once over 30% of the time.

Sex Panther, works 60% of the time ... every time.

[DcifrThs]

This conversation has solidified the fact that golf truly is the most boring game on the planet that still has a large following.

[AlanBostick]

It's not that golf is boring; it's that the learning curve is so steep that it's not worth the bother to try to get good if you have anything at all that resembles a life. Also, it isn't cheap; while it's not as bad as owning a boat, I know bad regs whose poker habit costs them less than their golf habit.

OTOH, most of the regs where I play are golfers, so learning to play would help me fit in with the boys rather better.

[DcifrThs]

AWESOME LC stuff: i am sooooooooo proud .

my brother has his 3rd or 4th official commercial on air. he does music and his first "real" commercial was the sprite commercial during the all star game. it was mostly an online campaign but they did a few tv spots. THIS commercial though is playing ALL THE TIME . check it out:

http://www.soundthoughtsmusic.com/

it's the champs sports commercial on the bottom/middle. this version is better than the one they ended up going with b/c he kept the synth in there whereas champs had him remove it. the other commercial is the one on the upper left w/ labron james.

champs also used the same music w/ a football commercial and in the past day i've seen it on tv about 10 times.

couldn't be prouder. also ofc feel free to check out the other music on there. i think the eucerin one did get picked up but it was a small job and only played a few times.

the one on the top middle was another famous commercial most of you have probably seen as it was a national monster campaign...but they went with WAY worse music imo.

it's so great to see his talent finally being purchased at a good price. when he was 21 (27now) he won "best original score" for an independent film he scored when it went to a competition in boston.

anyways, enough bragging about my brother. enjoy.

[Jon_locke]

Originally Posted by AlanBostick

It's not that golf is boring; it's that the learning curve is so steep that it's not worth the bother to try to get good if you have anything at all that resembles a life.

I would actually argue that the exact opposite is true.

[KenoVictoryLap]

Yeah, "golf is boring" is something people who don't like/don't play golf say. It's the "but how much did you lose?" of golf.

[DcifrThs]

Originally Posted by KenoVictoryLap

Yeah, "golf is boring" is something people who don't like/don't play golf say. It's the "but how much did you lose?" of golf.

things i believe i know about golf (i.e. **** that may be wrong lol)

- it is expensive to do on a regular basis
- it requires a high degree of coordination/skill/practice
- the activity itself (the workout) is walking from hole to hole. unless you have a cart in which case the activity is swinging the club and hoisting a beer from the cart
- being bad at it is far less fun than being good at it
- the time commitment for 1 round is large
- you have to do it at very specific locations (it's not like you can go to your local y and play golf)
- watching it on tv is about the most boring thing on the planet unless you are extremely into golf
- watching others play it (waiting for your turn for instance) is also quite boring unless you have $ on it or are otherwise invested in other's performance

so yea, seems very boring to me.

amazingly, SKIING has many similar qualities (expensive, can't do it in your backyard, large degree of learning, being bad is less fun than being great) but nobody would ever think to call skiing boring.