"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Warboss Alex

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I eat wholemeal pasta, wholewheat bread and most dairy (low-fat mostly) and lose bodyfat perfectly well.

If you're talking about white bread then yes, you've got a point.

But there's no need to drop anything at all, we're not training to get down to 6% bodyfat here.

It's all about timing, insulin, etc.
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

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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Derek Flint

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Originally posted by Warboss Alex
I eat wholemeal pasta, wholewheat bread and most dairy (low-fat mostly) and lose bodyfat perfectly well.

If you're talking about white bread then yes, you've got a point.

But there's no need to drop anything at all, we're not training to get down to 6% bodyfat here.

It's all about timing, insulin, etc.
Adding those qualifiers makes it a different issue.

BTW, what's your age?
 

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Originally posted by Warboss Alex
13 and a half.
Dude, at that age, you should have the metabolism of a hummingbird.

You should be able to eat whatever whenever you want without worry.

It's when you get into your 30's that you have to really worry about things like bread and pasta and such, as your metabolism begins to slow and the weight is easy to put on and hard to take off.
 

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LOL!

You believed me man?

I do know what you mean about the metabolism with age stuff, I really wished I'd lifted properly when I was 18-19 to take advantage of the sky-high test levels and metabolic rate.

But I still don't think anything has to be excluded if you're looking to slim down, as long as it's good natural, wholesome food there's nothing wrong with it.

Obviously drinking whole milk and the like isn't going to help your cause either, but it's not one diet component which determines success, it's the overall picture.
 

"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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