SKY CANDY:
PERSPECTIVE: What you’re packing in your trousers is in so many ways more impressive than your favorite gadget. And not for the reasons you think.
LIFE IS SO UNFAIR: This is why we should all work with what we’ve been given and strive to improve said foundations.
BUST OUT THE TINY VIOLINS: This right here. UGH.
JAM OF THE WEEK: Hopefully it won’t be taken down by the BBC. Fingers crossed.
CIAO ITALIA! Looking to adopt a more Venetian style? Thanks to a tip from reader Ritesh this right here should get you on your way.
BREAKFAST: You realize it really is the most important meal of the day, right? Jump starts your metabolism for the day. Helps keep you from overeating later on. There are more reasons of course. Personal experience has helped me understand this implicitly. Here’s another reason why you shouldn’t skip it.
HEY GUYS: Getting dumped sucks. We know this. But, there’s more to it than that. Consider this a heads up.
OF COURSE HE WOULD:
THE HAZARDS OF CHASING FITNESS: I need to pay a bit more attention to what’s going on around me during my morning runs. Because, no thank you.
WELL THIS IS HELPFUL: Many a time during my TimImprovementProject I’ve managed to pull, strain, muck up and generally hurt myself. And people have been quick to offer help. “Ice It”. “Apply heat, pronto!” So which is it? This aims to steer you in the right direction.
YEEZUS: Just in case you were looking for one more reason to hate on Kanye, this. Of course, the folks at Rolling Stone are certainly smiling at all the attention.
HOLY CRAP! Riddick returns! WARNING: This is violent, FYI.
AT THE RISK OF CHEESING SOME PEOPLE OFF: This. Exactly. Completely. Entirely. No offense.
NOT YOUR KAISER’S ZEPPELIN: Goodyear is updating their fleet. This should be interesting.
THE SAFEST PLACES TO LIVE...may surprise you. Or, not depending on your experience.
HOLY CRAP: Kick Ass 2 WARNING: This is foul mouthed AND violent.
HYPER SPECIALIZED PRODUCT OF THE DAY: I’m pretty certain that this product’s entire success depends on the model showing it off. Because, for reals?
YOU HAVE MANY CHOICES FOR YOUR VACATION PLANS: Increasingly, sailing the seven seas maybe probably most likely shouldn’t be one of them? Goodness.
THE TRUTH IS: I know I should read this, but I have a feeling I best get to it later.
HOLY CRAP! Cosmos returns! WARNING: This is glorious!
Need something else to read?
- As much as it is good to know what TO do, there are times when you should know what NOT to do.
- SCORE! You’ve got a date. Now, let’s make getting ready stress-free. You’re welcome.
- By the way, these work for the fairer sex too. Just sayin’.
Tim Johnstone is Dappered’s music correspondent as well as our resident gatherer of all things interwebs related.
The breakfast issue is not as clear cut as you or that article make it seem. See here:
http://articles.elitefts.com/nutrition/logic-does-not-apply-part-2-breakfast/
As always, we need to be aware of causation versus correlation here. We need to see a study that compares those healthy individuals who skip breakfast intentionally for the health benefits (see here: http://www.leangains.com/2012/06/why-does-breakfast-make-me-hungry.html) fasting brings and then eat healthy meals throughout the rest of the day. I would guess that most of the individuals in this Harvard study who skipped breakfast followed up with a very unhealthy lunch to ‘catch up’. What happens if that is no longer a factor?
Nothing is ever as clear cut as we’d like it to be, but I’ve yet to meat a nutritionist or dietician who believes you should skip breakfast.
I also want to chime in on the breakfast part.
I know there are already some members doing Leangains on Dappered and are familiar with this, but for those who aren’t, could read of the following:
http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html
http://www.leangains.com/2012/06/why-does-breakfast-make-me-hungry.html
I’ve been doing Leangains (Intermittent fasting) for a year and a half now. In a nutshell, I eat all my macros in an 8 hour window, and fast for 16 hours. I don’t eat breakfast. I’m currently in the best shape of my life, my brain is clear as day at work (engineer), and my blood sugar and pressure is perfectly normal.
There is a lot more depth to this, but I just want to raise the awareness of all the “false” information out there. For those who are interested can just look at rippedbody.jp, or go to Reddit’s Leangain sub-board, or just read Martin Berkham’s site.
I agree that the issue isn’t as clear cut as the article makes it out to be, but the linked articles don’t really do a great job of thoroughly examining the issues either.
Implicit in the arguments of the “skip breakfast” group, burning fat and muscle gain is equated with health. Now, those things certainly contribute to a positive and healthy lifestyle, but they are not the end all be all, and can in fact be detrimental as well. I’d also note that the elitefts article treats research findings (the cited sources) as facts, when in reality they are findings (i.e. possibilities), many of which remain to be replicated and confirmed. It is also worth noting that we have no idea about what the long-term effects of skipping breakfast are. From an evolutionary perspective, people who were hungry in the morning had a higher likelihood to procreate and pass those genes onto their offspring. While the short-term effects may be positive, it’s possible that in the long-term, skipping breakfast isn’t a good idea, but that remains to be determined.
I’m not saying that I don’t agree (or that I do for that matter), but as you say the issue isn’t clear cut. More research needs to be done before I’ll be comfortable buying into the skip breakfast camp, until then, it is very well established that eating a healthy breakfast will not harm you, even if it turns out not to be the ideal.
I know the trailers may not be available, but there was some other fantastic footage/announcements shown at Comic Con (I was there, it was amazing): next installment in X-Men had some awesome footage and entire cast was there, Guardians of the Galaxy had some fantastic footage (and after only 10 days of shooting!!; don’t worry, you probably don’t know what this is, but trust me, it’ll be good), Batman/Superman announcement, Avengers 2 title reveal, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes…
Oh, and the new Hunger Games trailer came out of the Con, there’s that too!
Probably your nerdiest reader out here…
Neil deGrasse Tyson extending Cosmos? Don’t mind if I do.
I’m intrigued by the new Riddick movie. Pitch Black is a surprisingly solid action/suspense movie. Chronicles was pretty dumb, but I don’t remember hating it as much as everyone else.
They seem to be kind of remaking Pitch Black here, which isn’t itself a bad thing.
I had the privilege of hearing him speak a few months ago. If anyone can pick up where Sagan left off, it’s Tyson.
It’s great that we live in a country where we can debate about eating vs. not eating.
When you live in a country where food is not taken for granted, then you will understand the reality of “intermittent fasting.” It’s not this getting ripped crap — it’s an immense discomfort that one has to deal with because… guess what? There’s not enough food to go around.
Eat balanced meals and get enough exercise — it’s simple but not easy. Sure I’m not as “ripped” with vanity muscles as these guys selling this leangains stuff, but then again, I don’t need to be to do all the things I want to in life (e.g., rock climbing, BJJ, salsa, running, etc.).
Please sell your weight loss and getting ripped stuff on another site please.