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CrossFit

CrossFit

noun [kraws·fit]
1. a branded fitness regimen that’s a mashup of several activities, including sprinting, rowing, strength training, powerlifting, Olympic weightlifting, kettlebell and medicine ball training, gymnastics, plyometrics, strongman, calisthenics, jump roping, parkour, ballroom dancing, mountain climbing, juggling, carpentry, ax throwing, stone masonry, astrophysics, bobsledding, animal husbandry, and no need to continue because you should get the point by now. see also: FRANKENSTEIN

2. a relatively expensive group fitness regimen that apparently isn’t transparent enough as being bullshit to its legion of followers despite its development by a man named Greg Glassman. see also: DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS

3. a loophole employed by pervs to allow them to violently jerk themselves in public without the fear of getting charged with the criminal offense of lewd conduct. see also: PAUL REUBENS

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Calories

calories

noun [kahl·uh·reez]
1. the energy obtained from food; can make you fat if you eat too much of them but are completely canceled out by diet soda. see also: MAGIC

2. the energy used in physical activity — that is, were you to be physically active!

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Questions To Ask Before Starting A Diet

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Questions To Ask Before Starting A Diet

Questions To Ask Before Starting A Diet written in text with image of half of a woman's face and several question marks above her head.

There’s no shortage of diet plans out there but which one is right for you?

If you’re like most people, you’ll decide on a diet plan by picking whatever diet is trendy at the moment. So the diet that your friend is doing and trying to get you to do too, you’ll probably give it a shot just to get them to finally shut the fuck up about it. Or the one your coworker is following whose appearance is to the point it has people in senior leadership positions doing the calculus on whether or not it’s worth the risk of a sexual harassment charge to dangle the carrot of career advancement in exchange for sexual favors. Or maybe the one everybody online is doing and you’re too much of a lemming not to do also.

Whatever the diet is that you choose, the truth of the matter is that basically almost any diet will work for weight loss as long as it’s built on the scientific principle of a negative energy balance, or calorie deficit.

That is, any diet that’s built on that scientific principle will work so long as you actually follow the diet through!

The problem is that not all diets are created equal, as the means by which the required calorie deficit is achieved may be deleterious to your health and wellbeing and may involve any number of things that affect your adherence. That’s why before starting a new diet, you need to ask yourself a few key questions to help decide if the diet you want to do is right for you. Continue reading Questions To Ask Before Starting A Diet