"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

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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.

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Not retaining protein??

WesCottII

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I had a urine test today, and after finding no drugs/blood/infections etc, I was informed that I was passing alot of protein in my urine.

Does this mean I'm not retaining protein? Or is it that I have so much, this is just excess?
 

"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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out of curiousity how much protein do you have a day?
 

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Lmao, good point, about 200/300g per day.
 

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200/300g per day sounds a little bit like way too much. :)
 

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So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Mason3385 said:
200/300g per day sounds a little bit like way too much. :)

:crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
 

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Omen

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Francisco d'Anconia said:
It's nice to see someone noting an actual health organization rather than Wikipedia for something like this. :up:
Mayo people are amazing. My sister went there and those people do things in days that would normally take weeks to figure out.

But Wiki is only good for SOME things. I made a statement about this back in my antioxidant discussion. I was told what I said about onions wasn't on Wikipedia. Well damn then, if what I said wasn't on Wikipedia, I DEFINITELY must be wrong.

This is why I hate when people ONLY use it as their main source of info. I mentiond if you use this in any paper you write in college at least where I went, and in the science/exercise field, you'd be laughed at if you cite Wikipedia :up:
 

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I-tallionStallion said:
:crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
While it may sound funny, notice one thing the OP never stated.

If this was some 100lb kid who read everything he read on her and followed it to a T, you bet your ass 300g is too much. Hey mom... Dude online told me I need 3g/lb of bodyweight. :kick:

I dont mean YOU stating that, i'm just saying he listed NOTHING about himself, or herself. lol
 

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so technically we are both assuming...but i know a little about Wescott already. Try looking at his journal :D
 

"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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WesCottII said:
I had a urine test today, and after finding no drugs/blood/infections etc, I was informed that I was passing alot of protein in my urine.

Does this mean I'm not retaining protein? Or is it that I have so much, this is just excess?
Could be either, depends on the amount of protein you're taking and the quality of it. If you're drinking too many shakes then that may not be absorbed well by the body.

MM
 

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Omen said:
While it may sound funny, notice one thing the OP never stated.

If this was some 100lb kid who read everything he read on her and followed it to a T, you bet your ass 300g is too much. Hey mom... Dude online told me I need 3g/lb of bodyweight. :kick:

I dont mean YOU stating that, i'm just saying he listed NOTHING about himself, or herself. lol
Wtf?? Whats with the slightly agressive tone? Absolutly no need. I'm not some "100lb kid", and I was asking other experienced guys what their opinions were.

Thanks for the replies guys, I'm sure it's nothing, probably just my systems answer to the increased protien floating around. Best get in the gym and make my body use it ;)
 

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WesCottII said:
Wtf?? Whats with the slightly agressive tone?
Omen seems to have a chip on his shoulder in a lot of his post not sure why
 

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The real question is: why didn't you ask this question to your GP?

Anyway, you're fine. Little protein in urine is not much of a concern when you are on a high-protein diet. The high-protein diet is yielding you results with the weights, isn't it?
 

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WesCottII said:
Wtf?? Whats with the slightly agressive tone? Absolutly no need. I'm not some "100lb kid", and I was asking other experienced guys what their opinions were.

Thanks for the replies guys, I'm sure it's nothing, probably just my systems answer to the increased protien floating around. Best get in the gym and make my body use it ;)
That wasn't too agressive :D That's nothing. I did that post on the protein post about not converting to fat. Oh yeah, the creatine post too. Now that one put me over the edge :up:

And dont make the mistake that just cause you get back in the gym you will use it. Or maybe you are in the gym now. It wont all of the sudden disappear from your urine.
 

"You Can't Argue a Woman Into Liking You"

You made your case like a lawyer. Stable job. Good guy. Ready for something real. All true. All irrelevant.

She weighed your points, nodded along, felt nothing — then fell hard for some tattooed bartender with a motorcycle and a gambling problem.

Logic is where attraction goes to die. The "22 Rules" work a level deeper, on the subconscious switches that decide within minutes whether you register as a MAN or as part of the furniture.

Stop presenting evidence. Start flipping switches.

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