"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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What not to buy!

Duff

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Hey, I'm starting my training this week and also my diet.
I'm wanting to start a high protein diet. I went food shopping today.
Just wondering when i look on the ingedient contents what to look for. Meaning what i shouldn't get?


Cheers,

Duff
 

"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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Duff

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36 views and no replies?? comon!!!!!!!!!!!! "bump" is that the right term?
 

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Avoid anything with excessive trans fats like certain frozen foods, spreads like margarine, certain chips and crackers, etc.
 

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Originally posted by FitnessGuy
Avoid anything with excessive trans fats like certain frozen foods, spreads like margarine, certain chips and crackers, etc.
Absolutely. Avoid any products containing processed "trans fat" hydrogenated fats/ oils. Number 1 culprits are margarine and cooking foods using cheap vegetable oils. Avoid packaged/ sealed/ tinned convenience (microwave etc) foods aswell.

If you wish to take good nutrition a step further, when shopping for food, make sure the product revolves around the themes of "natural" and "unrefined/ unprocessed". Avoid foods containing (high) amounts of: Colourings, artificial sweeteners/ flavourings, preservatives, E numbers, etc.

- B.A.
 

stormwriter

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Here's what i always get at the store:

Those packs of frozen vegatables, like the Lo Mein, or Chow mein combination. ZERO FAT!!! (ok, one of them has about 1.5 grams fat...)
Then, you take chicken breast (go ahead and get the cheaper, frozen kind, it doesn't take as good, but you are going to cut it up anyways) and put a breast's worth of chicken in the stir fry. Literally takes 7 minutes to make, and its a good amount of protein, and no fat.

My house smells like a chinese restaurant, cause i stir fry so much.

Cottage cheese (lowfat) is great. Want to make it REALLY taste good? Buy some yogurt and put some of that in it. Yogurt is low fat and high protein too.

Protein bars are pretty essential, cause they taste good and easy to pack to work.

I've gotten some cans of turkey chili, and thats only about 3.5 grams fat, but lots o' protein.

Oh yeah, and tuna fish. Goddamn, 32 grams of protein per container for about 45 cents. (dont add lots of fattening mayonnaise though...)

So, those are the things i usually buy. It's a boring diet, but oh well.
 

"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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I second tuna and chicken breasts. Eggs are good as well.

Check diesel's guide to bulking. search for it, a lot of good stuff in there.

remember to train hard to gain mass.

im ****ing sore 24/7 ;)
 
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