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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
What does the average person have to sacrifice? Television? Video games? The internet?
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Here is what it could take for an average man (this is based on averages and estimations):
Current stats:
250 lbs.
Less than 30 minutes of exercise a week
About 10-20 hours of TV a week
1 full time job
4 fast food meals a week
What would be needed:
5-7 hours of exercise a week, including aerobic and weighted exercise, monitored by a professional
3 additional hours a week to prepare meals
1 hour a week planning meals, possibly including a dietician
After 1 year:
180 lbs.
Let's not pretend that's a simple lifestyle change. As someone who has made that change (several times), I can attest that going from 250 lbs. to 180 lbs. is not easy. In order to get into the a state of health similar to the picture above, I would need to spend 15+ hours a week exercising, and would need to remove a great deal of carbohydrates and other foods that I love from my diet altogether. Can you imagine eating a head of lettuce and having a gallon of water for dinner? That would be torture. Do you have an extra 15+ hours a week? I know I don't.
And yes a lot of it is prioritization, but when you're asked to choose between spending time with your family after work or going to the gym, it's not as easy.
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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
Not to derail this thread, but I'm tired of people making excuses for not being in shape. In the photo you shared, Brad Pitt is in excellent shape, not impossible shape. An hour a day in the gym and 2,000 fewer calories a day is about what it would take, but instead we sit at our computer desks with 12 empty Ding Dong wrappers and 5 empty Mt. Dew bottles littering the floor and we complain that we can't meet their standard of beauty.
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It's not impossible, but something not being impossible doesn't mean it's not difficult. And let's not pretend that everyone who is out of shape is that way because they aren't trying. Most transformations do not happen overnight because the lifestyle change is tremendous.
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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
Also, being in shape does not necessarily equate to being beautiful. Just look at Sara Jessica Parker if you need an example. She's in great shape, but to quote Peter Griffin, she looks like a foot.
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I think she's beautiful.
And congrats on making moderator.