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Just now, strichener said:
Using Americanisms.
I blame Sky.
My sister (mid 30's) pronounces process "prawcess", which I have no doubt she's picked up from American pish.
She doesn't even realise it's wrong either.
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14 minutes ago, gannonball said:
Agreed Im not saying its the worst place by in Scotland by any stretch but for me its the worst city.
Ive studied worked in and out of Aberdeen for most my adult life and whilst it has improved in the past 15 years Dundee seems to have a bit more innovation about the place and are generally less dour c*nts than Aberdonians.
Tbh as soon as you utter the words 'I support Celtic' we're going to be dour c***s to you. Nae luck.
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17 minutes ago, TheScarf said:
Processed meat and bacon is a class 1 carcinogen, along with plutonium and tobacco and other such chemicals.
Actual meat like chicken and beef is a class 2. So bad, but not as bad.
Edit - That's from the World Health Organisation. So don't shoot TheScarf!
Shoot him. Shoot him dead.
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It’s like most things, if it makes up the vast majority of your diet it’ll be bad for you.
I doubt moderate consumption of non-processed meat really does much harm at all, if any.0 -
I hate archers, The Archers and Jeffrey Archer. You're all deceitful cowards. I've just realised that only applies to archers and Jeffrey Archer, not The Archers which to be fair are a mixed bag.
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Will take even greater pleasure in Celtic scudding these right wing Tommy Robinson, Sevco lite wannabes in the SC.
You got hearts?8 -
Actors being criticised for acting as something other than their real life self.
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Can't see it at all either
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3 minutes ago, Guts said:
Haha! What was that taken from?
The linked article in the OP
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17 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said:
There's a kind of understandable nervousness that football fans get around this time.....'why isn't our team signing anyone ? Aaaaaaah'.
Perspective is required. Aberdeen are 3 points off the top of the league, having had (up until a month ago) a misfiring forward line, and having had a fair amount of injuries to important players.
From McInnes's point of view, he's looking at Devlin and GMS (and Reynolds) coming back into contention, and hopefully Hoban back to give us more pace at left-back. Most of us agree that Gleeson has the potential to add something to the side, so that only leaves Forrester to either sink or swim.
If we were to bring in 2 new signings.....probably a full-back and an attacking midfielder....then we're quite nicely set up for the rest of the season. Even with half a side, there are no teams in the league outside Celtic that we can't get the better of.
I'd much rather have McInnes's calm and measure approach to new signings than Neil Lennon's panicked, scattergun nonsense....for instance.
Good post
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8 hours ago, dorlomin said:
First up weighing yourself is not a great way of seeing how your body composition changed.
If you are relatively serious about it, weigh yourself every morning and take the weekly average. Your body will fluxuate by a couple of kilos with water, food retention etc.
But get yourself a pair of calipers and check your body fat.
https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/your-body-fat-percentage-how-its-measured-and-why-its-useful.html
Simply measuring the same skin fold will show progress or the lack there off, but using a calculator like the above will give you a rough idea though they can be inaccurate.
In terms of endurance sports, I am an ultradistance cyclist, I did London to Glasgow in 48 hours last year so have some experience.
You will burn through your muscles glycogen stores for the first hour and a half (or there abouts) of a serious bit of endurance sports. Glycogen is the bodies store of glucose in the muscles and liver. After this point you will start relying heavily on the amount of energy the body can get from fat. This is why the advice is to start feeding after about 1 and a half hours, there are various formulas and the like but 200kcal per hour is a good guide. Drop below this and you risk glycogen depletion or "the bonk". This is the sense of exhaustion you get doing something endurance, people confuse this with a lack of fitness but then once the body has converted fat to glucose or taken in some food they talk of a "second wind".
The body can also turn muscle into glucose but this is really something it does reluctantly (for obvious reasons). If you are losing weight it is hard not to lose some muslce unless you have a relatively high body fat % but its not really going to more than a smallish portion of the weight loss unless you are seriously crashing down something like 3kgs a week.
Things you can do to help reduce the loss of muscle are ensure you maintain a steady input of energy from carbs, (200kcal an hour after one and a half hours). Ensure you eat protein regularly during the event to maintain a "positive nitrogen balance" its the body will not try to break down as much muscle if it thinks it has protein to work with. Do a decent hard set on the body parts you want to retain on the morning you are going to do the event, give the body a signal the muscles are needed.
Muscle can shrink after an endurance event, this is due to loss of glycogen. The glycogen retains a shed load of water and as you lose it you lose water that is both mass and volume. It will all come back as soon as you restore the glycogen and water. This is why loads of people boast about crazy weight loss in the first week of a low carb diet then moan it all comes back again.
People have suggested keto. Its very good, but it requires the dedication of a religion not a diet choice. Low carb is not being in ketosis. Ketosis is when the body burns keytones rather than glucose for energy. It takes weeks of being ultra low carb (less than 50g a day) to get there and you can feel like crap for that couple of weeks.
That said being low carb is good, unsaturated fats and protein are very satiating. Combine that with unrefined carbs like oats and lentils and its actually a way to help yourself feel full, get lots of what your body needs and can really help cut calories without trying so hard.
And if there is one piece of advice for anyone seeking to lose weight. No matter the diet or no diet. Cut refined carbs and especially sugar.
Thanks mate, if I could give more than one greenie would. Will take that all on board.
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“Hey! I’ve made mistakes, I’ve stood on the side of the sidewalk and slow hand-clapped while I watch a woman try to parallel park, you know, and I feel bad about that. And now if I saw a woman doing it now, I would shout instructions’.”
I can’t wait for this.1 -
Now, I'm on a roll (not a Gregg's one), I'll also nominate the saddos who compensate for their own lack of personality by avidly following the goings on of the Royals. "Ooh, Megan's wearing a sleeveless dress - about time someone showed the stuffy royals how it's done."
Drown every fucking one of them.
yes. Every time yes.0 -
Let’s hope it’s equidistant between analysis and chit chat
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YESSSSS
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Buys protein shakes/bars.
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3 minutes ago, MarkoRaj said:
Do you think Shinnie will sign a pre-contract somewhere or will they be looking to cash in?
He's absolutely made for the English championship imo
Very much doubt we'd take a nominal fee and lose him now.
Next to no chance of replacing him in January and he's too important. Whilst I'm certain he will go I don't think he's in such a rush as to leave us this month either.
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There was a nicotine patch advert on tv last night.
The whole premise was it fulfilling a New Years resolution, with the woman claiming her life has changed dramatically for the better because she carried out her New Years resolution of stopping smoking.
This was on the 6th January, so not even a week.0 -
5 minutes ago, betting competition said:
I'm hoping that Max Lowe will be back at the end of the month. Not so sure now going with his interview in the local paper: https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/max-lowe-derby-aberdeen-southampton-2390786
Still a few nice things said about us!
Aberdeen doesn't really sign that much in the January transfer window so expecting the same this time - maybe 1 or 2 max and that will depend if we can get rid of some players
A Shay Logan/Adam Rooney double signing type window from 2014 would be most welcome
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The Iniesta 'blackface' fuss. I don't see the big deal.
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1 hour ago, Merkland Red said:
An interesting transfer window ahead.
Priorities must be a left back, creative midfield type and a striker.
Got a nagging feeling it won't be an interesting window at all
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15 hours ago, Boostin' Kev said:
No idea of your training routine or diet but you could try some whey or, if you have some spare cash to burn, some BCAA's before your run to try to reduce catabolism and then the body might look to the fat for energy instead, probably more effective to look at altering training times, eating times/macros etc .
Sounds like you know how the body adapts to muscle tissue if you're long distance running, the more you train for it the more it seemingly becomes less necessary/a hindrance and the body will respond accordingly, A day or 2 in the gym spending 30-45 mins doing some squat/bench/deadlift might help as long as it doesn't interfere too much with your running, depends on your priorities.
Cheers.
My diet is currently high protein/low carb to aid weight loss but might not be the best for running. I also have a protein shake after every run/gym workout. I'm doing a run 3 days a week (1 of which is interval training) and 3 days at the gym, with gym focus on weights and HIIT. I'm hoping the combination of the two will see the fat burn come in as well.
Will continue to monitor weight loss/composition over the next month or so and see how it goes, also conscious that lack of fat burn could be due to Christmas indulgence.
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53 minutes ago, DA Baracus said:
Farfalle is just for monsters
You mean action man bow tie?
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I said something in my pure magic Glaswegian accent, why aren't you laughing?