Tarot wrote:
Calories really aren't the big problem with hot dogs.
I didn't mean to imply that high calorie count was the worst offender of a hot dog. Calorie levels are just quantifiable and predicable in terms of intake and expenditure (with respect to eating an exercise). And since numbers effect a more compelling argument, I went with what's quantifiable.
What point was I trying to make with the numbers? That working off the bad that comes with eating hot dogs comes with much greater effort than not eating them in the first place.
In other words, you're going to spend a
lot more time exercising to make up for the unhealthy food you eat than the time you spend eating it. Contrariwise, Khan suggested you can eat "whatever the fuck you want" and "sometimes exercise" (and maintain an comparable level of health). I disagree.
Xkhanx wrote:
When I say Eat whatever the fuck you want I don't mean sit down and eat 3 hot dogs 3 meals a day every day. I mean If I want to eat a hot dog or 2 then I will eat them. Same goes for the small bowl of ice cream I eat every night between 7-8pm. I go to the gym and work out so that if the occasion arises and I want to eat a big ass 'chocolate thunder from down under' after my meal at outback then I do. Any and every Dr will tell you that just eating healthy does not contribute nearly as much to cardiovascular health as exercise. It does help, but not nearly as much as exercise.
I guess I took "eat whatever the fuck you want" and "sometimes exercise" at face value. If what you meant was "occasionally indulge" and "exercise regularly," I agree: those two activities balance each other out nicely.
Xkhanx wrote:
Life is here to live and the excuse for not enjoying life because you are too lazy to take care of your body is pathetic. But you all go right ahead and continue to eat your bland ass food with no fat and no salt and no sugar and sit at your PC's playing games, I will continue to eat as I want, go to the gym and keep my HDL/LDL right where it should be for anyone my age, 45 in 7 days.
You seem to be harping on the "exercise is good for you" point, which I wholeheartedly agree with (as I believe I mentioned earlier); I don't think anyone has questioned that point in the thread.
My objection to what you said is all in the
how muches. Specifically,
how much crap one eats and
how much one exercises - and how much of one balances out how much of the other (to maintain health). A "walk around the block" isn't going to work off a couple hot dogs - but maybe 15 would.
