Excercise and healthy living

My friend Nicole sent this onto me the other day, given my current excercise drive I just have to share it :)

Good health questions & answers

Dr. LaCoste Health questions and answers

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is
this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it,
don't piss them away on exercise. Everything wears out
eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer;
that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving
it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat?
Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is
nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables
to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good
source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop
can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of
vegetable slop.

Q: Is beer or wine bad for me?
A: Look, it goes to the earlier point about fruits and
vegetables. As we all know, scientists divide everything in the
world into three categories: animal, mineral, and vegetable. We
all know that beer and wine are not animal, and they are not on
the periodic table of elements, so that only leaves one thing,
right? My advice: Have a burger and a beer and enjoy your liquid
vegetables.

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body, and you have body fat, your ratio is
one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one,
etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular
exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain
- Good.

Q: If I stop smoking, will I live longer?
A: Nope. Smoking is a sign of individual expression and peace of
mind. If you stop, you'll probably stress yourself to death in
record time.

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: You're not listening. Foods are fried these days in vegetable
oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more
vegetables be bad for you?

Q: What's the secret to healthy eating?
A: Thicker gravy.

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around
the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger.
You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had.

Who to vote fore

I've just been reading John's blog, within which he suggested trying a little test to see if your in fact going to vote the right way this next election. Now having voted labour the last twice, like many others I'm fed up with being hammered by the tax man, let alone some there other policies. Not wanting to bore anyone, the long and the short is that this time I thought I'd vote conservative. However, the tool seems to think I'm more liberal .... not sure on that one.

Who should I vote for?

Your expected outcome:

Conservative

Your actual outcome:

Labour -7
Conservative -27
	Liberal Democrat 28
UK Independence Party -15
	Green 1

You should vote: Liberal Democrat

The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.

Take the test at Who Should You Vote For

Travel Plans - the update

Today is a good day (except for the searing pain in my back - not sure were that's come from!) Why is it a good day?, well I've finalised my travel plans ... That's why. Today its all come together ... like an A team plan .... So the summer schedule is as follows

June - Australia via Japan (Tokyo to be precise) short lay over on the way out, couple of days with free hotel on the way back. Genius this, because Japan Airlines have some bizarre schedule for flights I get a free hotel in Tokyo, not one to look a gift horse and all that. Now I'd never really fancied Japan before (either on its own, or a preclude to Oz) but as this special was going it was too good a thing to turn down. Have to be honest though my original plan was via Shanghai, but there was no availability on the plane home .... Of course I have Glasto when I come back, good news I not working much in June..

September, Africa beckons. Kenya followed by Tanzania to trot up two little hills ... Of course a trip to Zanzibar whilst I'm then is a must - rude not to... Not working much of Sept. either :)

Now all I have to do is work out how I am going to pay for my little adventures, I guess I may end up moonlighting @ Tesco ... after all every little helps :)

Glasto/weekend fun and games

It never fails to surprise me just how popular Glastonbury is, although perhaps it shouldn't. I mean, in less than 3 hours all 112,000 tickets were sold - which is amazing really. However, the good news from my perspective is that through the combined efforts of John and Tom (thanks very much to both) I'm again the proud owner of a ticket, so I'll be in that field largeing it up again this year..... The fact that we got tickets is perhaps even more remarkable, given that Tom was partying like a rock star in Mirage till the wee hours of Sunday morning .... good effort sir!

Anyways, the news of tickets mean I can also finalise my travel plans for Oz. The cheapest flight at the moment is via China ... so thats were I'm going. You never know I might find communism!.

Other highlights this weekend included the fourth coat of paint on my hallwall, so its nearly finished now. Leeds also won, beating Warrington in scrappy game. Also spent Sunday afternoon in the pub with a friend of mine, which always a good way to end the weekend.

How does one do it?

Counter to the title of the post I'm not looking for advice on sex matters ... Instead I want to know how to post links on my blog homepage to other people / things that interest me. Given that I work in IT, I perhaps should know this already, but that's networking for you ... who needs to know about this html lark??? ..... Anyways my guess is I update the page source code, but how - that's the mystery... maybe I should stick to firewalls?

Anyone want to help?

ps ... am in work avoidance mode, I should be painting the hall right now, instead I'm waiting for the live Ozi rugby game on sky ... far more fun :)

Recent occurrences

I've just been reading through my recent posts, and to the untrained eye it would appear that

a) I am a raving alcoholic, with no will power
b) I seem to be on a beer fueled one man self destruct mission!

I can of course tell you that neither of these is true, and that in fact I don't drink that much. It would just appear that lots of birthdays have all come at once. So plans for the weekend you might ask - off to the pub to get wasted? ..... well no!. At this stage I've no plans for alcohol, although this may change, instead I'm going to dedicate my time to finishing decorating my flat. Oh and Leeds are on grandstand tomorrow .... so I'll be watching that to :)

On another note, I notice today that my friends John and Debbie have declared an interest in a trip to German - or Berlin to be precise. An excellent idea if you ask me, a great city to have a look around, and to party in. I may of course be a little bias, have been born in Germany!