Ricky Anderson: Dieting

Dieting

I'm always amazed by people who diet.

Some folks are crazier than others, like Rob Shepherd (Weight Watchers and excercise?!?).

Dieting is part of yet another culture I don't understand, like marathon runners, hunters and bikers.

I get on the scale and measure my progress. When it goes up, I think "Well, a beer and half a pizza will do that to you."

When I want the numbers to go down, I don't eat breakfast or lunch for a day or two. Then I don't have to worry about how many carbs this is, or how organic that is.

I also don't have to go to the Hurting Place. The thing about the Hurting Place is that it hurts. I'm not up for that. I took a quick poll, and all my muscles agree that not hurting is what they like best.

What do you do about dieting and exercising?

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Adam · 719 weeks ago

I enjoy running. It just gives me time to myself and time to think. I am by no means a marathon runner. I am 6'-3" and weigh 285 so I am no light weight. I work out though a few times a week. It is ingrained in me from college I guess.
9I played college baseball and we worked out daily)

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Ricky Anderson 96p · 719 weeks ago

What position did you play?

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Sgt. Wolverine · 719 weeks ago

Always keep in mind the first three letters of diet.

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Ricky Anderson 96p · 719 weeks ago

Doing Insane Exercises?

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Sgt. Wolverine · 719 weeks ago

Don't Ingest Edibles.

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rkness16 43p · 719 weeks ago

I tried the eat-and-drink-whatever-and-whenever-I-want diet for a long time and it didn't work out so well. I didn't have the incredible discipline and focus that you possess to check in at the scale, decide to fast a couple of meals to get back on track, and get back to normal. I love eating too much to skip a meal. So instead, I eat huge amounts of food, but avoid things that have hurt me in the past: like sugar and alcohol.

For exercise, I go by the philosophy my even crazier friend Paul taught me: Strong people are harder to kill. In order to be harder to kill, I endure a few hours a week in the hurting place. It's kinda like an insurance policy. It's a pain to pay it, but I'll be glad to have it when I need it. Plus, with my weekend role of security director at a church, it's important that I look frightening and intimidating to suburbanites. I may add a neck tattoo to help with appearances.

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Ricky Anderson 96p · 719 weeks ago

The last time I thought I was going to die in a situation where being stronger would have helped is exactly never.

Then again, I don't work security. You get a pass on that one.

Also, you frighten me. I may have mentioned this before. You seem intense. And rather large.

I hope that wasn't offensive. If it was, my real name is Rob Shepherd.

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rkness16 43p · 719 weeks ago

Don't worry. Hulk not angry. Hulk just average guy that wears many hats at the church from men's groups to emergency services to IT to facility management.

Book recommendations to put you in a readiness mindset:
Emergency by Neil Strauss
Terror at Beslan by John Giduck
On Killing by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Quote from Grossman: "If you're truly prepared to kill, number one, you're less likely to have to [kill] them. [The enemy] will look in your eyes; they see the steely determination; they back off. A predator smells fear, they attack. They see uncertainty; they see fear; they attack. If they see the steely determination to turn your brains into a flying pink mist, they tend to back off."

Now THAT guy is intense. I went to one of his conferences and it was awesome!