"The Kiss of Death Mistake"

You replay the conversation at 2 a.m. She texted back fast yesterday. Today, nothing. Was that smile friendly or flirty? What did the shoulder touch mean?

Every hour you spend decoding her signals drains your confidence and hands her the controls. Women can sense that insecurity from across the room — and it repels them.

One of the "22 Rules" kills the obsession on the spot: assume she likes you, and act accordingly. Sounds too simple. Works anyway.

Her interest tends to rise to meet your expectations. Psychologists call it a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Health vs. Looks

Health VS Looks

  • Health - I want to live a long healthy life

    Votes: 8 23.5%
  • Looks - I wouldn't mind taking a few months or years off the end of my life to look like a stud

    Votes: 26 76.5%

  • Total voters
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Francisco d'Anconia

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Originally posted by CLOONEY
Studies show one thing one day, and another the next!!

For anyone who has studied business statistics, you are well award that by changing questions, manipulating statistics, and sampling different ranges of people, you can absolutely make any study look how you want!!

Keep yourself fit and in shape, look healthy, eat healthy and you will be healthy!
Plus these "studies" have not been identified to come from credible medical sources such as JAMA or APA. Most of these studies are lame questionaires of only 50 or 100 people done by womens magazines attempting to boost sales.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Warboss Alex

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Health.

Looks are subjective and relative - beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that.

My wife-to-be loved me when I was overweight/unhealthy and loves me just as much (no less, no more) now that I'm bulked up, fairly lean and healthy.

In the long run, looks don't mean anything since your life partner will love you regardless.
 

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interestingly in the falklands war the guys with a little fat on the faired better than the supper fit physical trainer type,as they had body fat to burn the lean type had to use muscle tisuse as fuel,obviously they were burning of more cals than the ration pack gave
 

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Originally posted by Francisco d'Anconia
Plus these "studies" have not been identified to come from credible medical sources such as JAMA or APA. Most of these studies are lame questionaires of only 50 or 100 people done by womens magazines attempting to boost sales.
Exactly.
 

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So is anyone going to post where they found this information??
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Actually tons of studies have attempted to give a link between caloric restriction diets and longevity.

But I don't no about you but it'd be tough for me to enjoy living to 120 years old on only 1000 calories a day!
 

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Originally posted by Ricky
Actually tons of studies have attempted to give a link between caloric restriction diets and longevity.

But I don't no about you but it'd be tough for me to enjoy living to 120 years old on only 1000 calories a day!
That's the problem with most of the diets out their, they are based on restrictions and cutting back instead of focusing on what should be eaten on a regular basis.

It's about eating the amount of calories that you expend and having an active metabolism. It a nutshell it's about balancing what you eat with physical activity. Just cutting back calories tend to drive people nuts, thus go go on binges and get into the cycle of yo-yo dieting.
 
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