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I enjoy talking about what interests me, and I do eat what I want when I want. The bible says the Earth is square, so it must be right. Which bible? Oh fuck I don't know. The one where they crucify that dude with the big beard.

Sorry to hear about the bitchy wife.

Seriously.

Assuming both were of good quality manufacturing, the only thing I can think of is we can now better compensate for parrallax. Both due to us understanding how to avoid it with our position and repeated cheek weld, and with better mechanical adjustment for parrallax. Optical experts could expand on why its better. Just like with car engines, we get a little better at squeezing more out of less over time. My uncle asked about it earlier, and since I didn't recall seeing it mentioned on any of the forums I figured it was an old issue, so I just suggested that for how much I paid it should be okay.

Since the hop is slow, mine as well fill it up like usual.

I enjoy talking about what interests me, and I do eat what I want when I want. The bible says the Earth is square, so it must be right.

IE: 16k. An unrelated note, but I always thought it was funny when I asked Steve what he metered at the headrest, and he would always go "We meter in the kick, so I don't test there," and I would always ask if he drove with his head in the kick.

Matt, Was there a change in POI with older glass when changing magnification, but now-a-days it's minimal?

Oh I know. I just thought it was funny that he was stating the obvious, and of all people to you.

it does?

Either way for me, I eat after a certain time, and eat whenever I feel like it until it's time to sleep. I typically eat low in carbs, and high in meat, fat, and protein.

Martin Berkhan from the Leangains wrote an article about meal frequency: 1. Myth: Eat frequently to "stoke the metabolic fire". Truth Each time you eat, metabolic rate increases slightly for a few hours. Paradoxically, it takes energy to break down and absorb energy. This is the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). The amount of energy expended is directly proportional to the amount of calories and nutrients consumed in the meal. Let's assume that we are measuring TEF during 24 hours in a diet of 2700 kcal with 40% protein, 40% carbohydrate and 20% fat. We run three different trials where the only thing we change is the the meal frequency. A) Three meals: 900 kcal per meal. B) Six meals: 450 kcal per meal. C) Nine meals: 300 kcal per meal. What we'd find is a different pattern in regards to TEF. Example "A" would yield a larger and long lasting boost in metabolic rate that would gradually taper off until the next meal came around; TEF would show a "peak and valley"-pattern. "C" would yield a very weak but consistent boost in metabolic rate; an even pattern. "B" would be somewhere in between. However, at the end of the 24-hour period, or as long as it would take to assimilate the nutrients, there would be no difference in TEF. The total amount of energy expended by TEF would be identical in each scenario. Meal frequency does not affect total TEF. You cannot "trick" the body in to burning more or less calories by manipulating meal frequency. The most extensive review of studies on various meal frequencies and TEF was published in 1997. It looked at many different studies that compared TEF during meal frequencies ranging from 1-17 meals and concluded: "Studies using whole-body calorimetry and doubly-labelled water to assess total 24 h energy expenditure find no difference between nibbling and gorging". --------------------- He could certainly be wrong, but I choose to believe the above.

So the effect of food on metabolism, well move on, since studies seem to be conflicting, and so I don't know. But... Have you seen any studies on meal frequency?

Well fuck I don't know. There seems to be a lot of conflicting studies, which can be attributed to the testing, but I didn't see anything "funny" in either studies' testing.

Another interesting read about carbs, protein, and muscle breakdown: http://www.gnolls.org/1794/why-snacking-makes-you-weak-not-just-fat/ An increase in insulin / blood sugar levels increases protein synthesis, but if protein isn't available then the breakdown of muscle occurs (proteolysis). If protein is available then , but if your eating carbs all day with no protein.

I guess my take away point could be: don't confuse metabolism with insulin sensitivity.

Of everything I've read, it points to food not being linked to any big effect on metabolism, and so I haven't seen anything that shows whole food vs junk food. But that's not to say that junk food can effect other functions in the body, say insulin sensitivity.

Here's another interesting study done on obese men concerning protein & meal frequency to feeling full: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20339363

To drink water? You can drink water during fasting. I'm presuming your trying to lose weight in fat, but maintain / increase muscle? It's hard for me to drink a lot of water when I am completely empty of food. This is mainly a problem I have in the morning. I'm really tempted to buy/build a carbonation machine. Bubble water is really easy for me to drink. Sean will probably know exactly what I am talking about as I know he loves his sparkling water too. And with my metabolism going so crazy it is really hard to make healthy eating choices. 1 large chicken breast 2 cups of veg and a cup of rice barely keeps me full for 2 hours. Only extremely heavy foods keep me full, and then I'm not being really healthy for most of my meals. How often you eat, and what you eat does not effect your metabolism. Metabolism is effected by body-weight, exercise, and weight loss. I'm not sure how junk food is more filling then whole foods, unless your simply not getting enough calories from the whole foods in comparison to the junk food. I'm going to ask this because I want to make sure you are really stating something that I have never ever heard before in the world of nutrition.You hypothesize that the foods you eat, and how frequently you eat them, does not change your metabolism? When eating there's a thing called Thermic Effect Of Food, which is basically how many calories are burned through the process of eating. Whether you eat it all at once, or throughout the day, it doesn't change. Here's one study about meal frequency and the effects to metabolism: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943985 As to the statement about the types of food of not mattering, yes I'm pretty sure on that, but let me dig up some studies.

I weigh ~135lbs, and eat 3000 kcal per day. If 3000 kcals keeps your muscles maintained, and your losing body fat then that should be your intake for the day. If not, then you need to find out at what Caloric intake that fat is being put on, then you know you have excess, and lower the intake. Keep doing that until you find the point that keeps the muscles maintained, and aren't gaining weight / losing weight. This would obviously take a while to get figured out though. Generally one skilled with the pinchers can take measurements, and tell how body fat is changing in comparison to weight change.

To drink water? You can drink water during fasting. I'm presuming your trying to lose weight in fat, but maintain / increase muscle? It's hard for me to drink a lot of water when I am completely empty of food. This is mainly a problem I have in the morning. I'm really tempted to buy/build a carbonation machine. Bubble water is really easy for me to drink. Sean will probably know exactly what I am talking about as I know he loves his sparkling water too. And with my metabolism going so crazy it is really hard to make healthy eating choices. 1 large chicken breast 2 cups of veg and a cup of rice barely keeps me full for 2 hours. Only extremely heavy foods keep me full, and then I'm not being really healthy for most of my meals. How often you eat, and what you eat does not effect your metabolism. Metabolism is effected by body-weight, exercise, and weight loss. I'm not sure how junk food is more filling then whole foods, unless your simply not getting enough calories from the whole foods in comparison to the junk food.

You could also try a teaspoon of coconut oil throughout the day.

To drink water? You can drink water during fasting. I'm presuming your trying to lose weight in fat, but maintain / increase muscle?