# I pit.... DrFidelius! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 23, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916 "2016-03-23T02:26:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/221 "2016-03-29T14:43:08Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Maybe 50-100 metres but it was pretty fast. My friend who is only used to weights and not cardio got quite worn out. Good, that’s a start … did you jog another 100 meters yesterday? > [@JohnClay](#): > > I haven’t even done one day of his diet yet though. You need to start, right away. You’re overeating and this is the primary cause of your weight problem. Half portions of everything at every meal, you have to be hungry to reach your goal, hungry like you’ve never been before. These next three weeks need to be three weeks of hunger, painful hunger. This is your new lifestyle, pain, hunger, headaches, blisters … this is the price you must pay to achieve your goals. You’re never going to get a flat belly, so we need to have you bulk out everyplace else so no one notices … and we won’t, honest, I would not lie to you about this. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/222 "2016-03-29T15:21:21Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > You’re masturbating to all this, aren’t you? That’s one way to exercise an arm. Would be way more beneficial to regularly copulate with someone, though. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/223 "2016-03-29T15:41:57Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > You do know they are sucking it in, right? And paintbrushed. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/224 "2016-03-29T15:49:45Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Why? Really, why do you want that? Pretty sure the Blackadder pic is a joke. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/225 "2016-03-29T17:47:16Z")
I sure am glad I’m not clicking on any of the links in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/226 "2016-03-29T18:04:20Z")
Coward. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/227 "2016-03-29T18:15:09Z")
I was born with yellow fur on _my_ belly … don’t be so jealous. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/228 "2016-03-29T18:16:17Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > **JohnClay** , have you been prescribed medications for your mental illness, and are you currently taking those medications? If the answer to both of those is “yes”, I suggest that you tell your doctor that they are not working. Personality traits and disorders do not respond to medications. And remember, a personality trait only rises to the level of a personality disorder when it causes the _person with the trait_ to suffer significant dysfunction as a result of the behavior, **not** the people around that person. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/229 "2016-03-29T22:12:47Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Why? Really, why do you want that? I think it is a pretty realistic goal. He doesn’t have noticeable belly fat. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/230 "2016-03-29T23:55:05Z")
Ah yes. The sexy, male-model physique of…Rowan Atkinson. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/231 "2016-03-30T00:08:50Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > I think it is a pretty realistic goal. He doesn’t have noticeable belly fat. First up, that link is totally fine to click. Rowan Atkinson as Conan, or something. He, purposefully I am sure, looks ridiculous. Remember that he is a comedian. He looks flabby and completely unattractive. What about that picture says “good looking” or even “healthy”? Setting “dead fish stomach” as your goal is your prerogative, but maybe you should be trying for something just a wee bit less nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/232 "2016-03-30T00:36:36Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > And remember, a personality trait only rises to the level of a personality disorder when it causes the _person with the trait_ to suffer significant dysfunction as a result of the behavior, **not** the people around that person. 😉 Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/233 "2016-03-30T01:58:21Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > So if I lost half of my weight I’d still be “flabby”? Sounds like an anorexic POV. Yes, even if you lost a significant amount of weight, you’d still be “flabby” if you don’t exercise. Flabbiness or lack of flabbiness has to do with muscle tone and body composition, not the number on the scale. And by exercise, I don’t mean jogging 100 meters, or even sprinting 100 meters, and calling that a workout. Lift some weights, stretch some resistance bands, do some bodyweight exercise like pushups, pull-ups, squats. Sitting at the computer whining about wanting a completely flat belly isn’t going to accomplish anything. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/234 "2016-03-30T02:02:57Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > **JohnClay** , have you been prescribed medications for your mental illness, and are you currently taking those medications? If the answer to both of those is “yes”, I suggest that you tell your doctor that they are not working. I’m guessing that the meds make him stop worrying about his “Belly Fat”, and he can’t have that – he’ll never look as good as Rowan Atkinson then. I just reread this thread and caught the word “wife”. He has a wife?!? THAT’S who I feel bad for. It’s bad enough to live with someone who’s obsessed with anything… how much worse it must be when the thing they obsess about is themselves. Seriously, JohnClay, if you’re thinking about your body every day, stop it. If you can’t on your own, get professional help! (btw, my body is proof that I don’t think about it for weeks on end…:D) ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/235 "2016-03-30T02:32:20Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > Yes, even if you lost a significant amount of weight, you’d still be “flabby” if you don’t exercise. Flabbiness or lack of flabbiness has to do with muscle tone and body composition, not the number on the scale… What about Christian Bale in “Machinist”? He didn’t exercise or have muscle tone… Was he “flabby”? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/236 "2016-03-30T02:37:28Z")
> [@digs](#): > > …Seriously, JohnClay, if you’re thinking about your body every day, stop it. If you can’t on your own, get professional help!.. Well I weigh myself every morning and record it. I also check out my belly and moobs but not every day. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/237 "2016-03-30T02:41:52Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > What about Christian Bale in “Machinist”? He didn’t exercise or have muscle tone… Was he “flabby”? If you’re thinking that was anywhere near healthy, you need to show your psychiatrist this thread. Seriously. Your attitude toward health and appearance borders on pathological. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/238 "2016-03-30T02:58:01Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > The summit littered with spent oxygen canisters and the frozen remains of those who succumbed… I think those were just beer bottles and used condoms. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/239 "2016-03-30T02:58:11Z")
John (may I call you John? Do you prefer Mr. Clay? I apologize if I’m being too familiar.): There are a metric assload of folks around here that are diagnosed with everything you can imagine from DSM-IV. Every-goddamned-thing. We got your bipolar and your OCD and some schizophrenia and a little rat’s nest of personality disorder, and a whole shit-ton of depressive sorts. Some of us are medicated. Some not. Mostly what we have here is a community of folks ranging from pretty normal to quite far along the path to Crazy Town who happen to value facts. If you prefer to believe that some majickal incantation and a soupcon of self-delusional nutrition information will help you overcome science? Go for it. Eat your celery and shut up. If you want factual information about diet, nutrition, etc.? Ask. But if you just want folks to confirm whatever theory you picked up from 2 questionable Web sources? This may not be the source you’re looking for. Either ask and fight your own ignorance, or shut up. You are a tiresome person. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916/240 "2016-03-30T03:06:19Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > This may not be the source you’re looking for. :waves hand: These are not the sources you are looking for. May the farce be with you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drfidelius/749916.md?page=13)