Today's walk
Apr. 8th, 2009 06:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redneckgaijin2.2 miles, 45 minutes. Legs cramping and very sore.
One thing about walking outdoors rather than on a treadmill; when you're a mile away from home, when you can't call for a ride home, when the nearest building is half a mile back the way you came, the urge to stop walking is quite easily suppressed...
EDIT: An hour later, my feet are blistering just behind the toes, and my heartrate is still elevated. Don't think I'll be walking that far again for a little while, anyway.
Oh, and forgot to mention- ended up not buying Hydroxycut, or any of the other diet pills Wal-Mart had. Every single one of 'em had caffeine, which does me wrong. (One tablet of Hydroxycut, for example, contains the caffeine contained in two cups of coffee... and you're supposed to take TWO before every meal.) What gets me is, the listed effects of all these diet pills- appetite suppression, elevated metabolism, increased circulation- they're all side effects of amphetamines, of which caffeine is pretty much the only legal variety.
And all the other herbs and additives they pitch as being part of the mix? Considering the amount of caffeine involved, I'm willing to bet they don't do a damn thing. It's all the caffeine... and, were I inclined to risk an aneurism and take the damn things, No-Doz is cheaper.
One thing about walking outdoors rather than on a treadmill; when you're a mile away from home, when you can't call for a ride home, when the nearest building is half a mile back the way you came, the urge to stop walking is quite easily suppressed...
EDIT: An hour later, my feet are blistering just behind the toes, and my heartrate is still elevated. Don't think I'll be walking that far again for a little while, anyway.
Oh, and forgot to mention- ended up not buying Hydroxycut, or any of the other diet pills Wal-Mart had. Every single one of 'em had caffeine, which does me wrong. (One tablet of Hydroxycut, for example, contains the caffeine contained in two cups of coffee... and you're supposed to take TWO before every meal.) What gets me is, the listed effects of all these diet pills- appetite suppression, elevated metabolism, increased circulation- they're all side effects of amphetamines, of which caffeine is pretty much the only legal variety.
And all the other herbs and additives they pitch as being part of the mix? Considering the amount of caffeine involved, I'm willing to bet they don't do a damn thing. It's all the caffeine... and, were I inclined to risk an aneurism and take the damn things, No-Doz is cheaper.
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Date: 2009-04-09 02:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-09 02:26 am (UTC)But no, Hydroxycut is either a pill or (now available in) drink mix that's advertised to help you lose weight and get tight abs and the like.
WAKE UP KRIS
Date: 2009-04-09 12:09 pm (UTC)Your getting blisters and sore muscles because you haven't been getting out and pushing yourself. You are also forgetting you have to go slowly at first, cause if you don't you get hurt.
I have done nutrisystems, its semi flavored cardboard, The people that worked there kept telling me the chocolate flavored drink was delicious. The crap didn't dissolve...unless I put it in some methyl Ethel keytone.
So called diet substances are just compounds that are inert, the body cannot digest or get nutrients from. They just pass through.
The makers of the crap get your money and you get shit.