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Old 01-01-2009, 11:11 AM
EricT EricT is offline
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Yeah, if EC sites a source it's gonna be Berardi, lol. But he's right. And you're right.

Basically the deal is, as long as there not the "non-responders" you put a bunch of people on different regimins and they all end up in the same place eventually. Just the time courses change. It's the long-term, chronic effect that matters anyway more than the acute effect.

More and more, I've discovered that nothing is a magic bullet. Yes, you may "feel" some effects from this or that, but does that translate into 10 pounds in a month as opposed to 5 pounds?

Doo mentions "the scheme of things" and I couldn't agree more. Frankly, I think it is easier for people to focus on minutia than the big picture. It's comforting to think that minutia makes a difference because you can "zoom in" to one or two little things. Makes you feel like you're in control and know exactly where you stand and what you are doing.

This is going to sound weird but I got a tomtom gps unit for christmas. I really needed it. I can get lost in my own backyard lol. I have no sense of direction. Now, on that unit you have a choice, at any time, whether you want to zoom in to exactly just where you are or you just want a bigger map overview. Most of the time I like to zoom in to just the road I am on, and the immediate surroundings. That is comforting to me. I don't feel so small, lol. BUT, and this is a big but, I got the unit telling every step to take every mile of the way. Life doesn't work that way. Training and nutrition doesn't work that way. You don't have the luxury of dwelling on details and let some electronic advice do the navigating. You have to "zoom-out".
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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.
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