Article: 10 Standards to Assess Your Fitness Level

In the following article from Men's Health they list out what you should be able to do in order to be considered "Men's Health Fit"

Here's the list...

• Bench 1.5 Times Your Body Weight
• Run 1.5 Miles in 10 Minutes
• Touch the Rim
• Leg-Press 2.25 Times Your Weight
• Swim 700 Yards in 12 Minutes
• Do 40 Pushups
• Measure Up
  
• Run 300 Yards Sub 1 Minute
• Touch Your Toes
• Toss a Basketball 75 Feet Kneeling

are YOU "Men's Health Fit?"

Read more: http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/be_fit/

Article: Stop Eating You Fat Bastard comedy routine

Found this on YouTube. It's damn funny!

Richard Jeni does a comedy routine called Stop Eating You Fat Bastard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7GnOyd_z1w

Article: Fat and Healthy....

Interesting article on misconception of overweight health in America.


http://www.newsweek.com/id/213807/page/1

Article: Skim milk compared with a fruit drink acutely reduces appetite and energy intake in overweight men and women

Thanks to jydorff for sending me the link.

I haven't read the whole article since I don't have a login to the site but the abstract is interesting.

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/1/70

Article: 31 Reasons I'm Still Fat: One Man's Diet Confession [Men's Health]

Funny article...

31 Reasons I'm Still Fat: One Man's Diet Confession

http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/why_im_still_fat/index.php#ixzz0PJt2ss8u

Perry: Howdy & Thanks!

[Moved from comment to post by the editor ;) ]

Happy to be one of the basterds.. => 42 yrs old and presently weighing in at 236lbs and about 25% body fat (5ft 10"). I've been doing the P90X workout for roughly 3 weeks:

Link to P90X

It's tough but effective. My goal is to get under 200lbs & 15% body fat by the end of the year.

Cheers

Welcome: Charles and Perry

We are growing! But not like you think!

We are adding PEOPLE not POUNDS.

Please welcome Charles and Perry to our merry site of Fat Bastards. Perry and Charles, feel free to post some comments and welcome aboard!

Scott: Weigh-in and Begining of Calorie Tracking

I weighed in today: 278.4. Not bad concidering I have been a slacker about going to the gym. I also began tracking my daily intake on Livestrong.com. Soon I am going to begin a picture feed of my meals to help me visualize the portions and help control my overeating habit.

Dale: More Swimming...

Swam Friday and Today. 1/2 mile each day. Slowly getting my speed back up. I had to swim around a bunch of kids today, the lifeguards forgot to keep a lane open for lap swim. They eventually noticed I was having to slalom around kids to get from one end to the other and they moved the kids into another lane. All in all I like swimming and it's a good workout so I'll keep it up. Eating has been going pretty well, except for the fact that there was a pig pickin' this weekend so that wasn't the most healthy fare. Well the pig was pretty healthy but all the other stuff that was there wasn't. :) It was all tasty though.

Now I'm off to make a sandwich and head into the office for some fun and exciting work!

Sound exciting I know...

Article: Why Excersize Won't Make You Thin.

Interesting article in Time.

Why Exersize Won't Make You Thin...

If you read the article, please chime in with your thoughts...