Is fantasy sports as awesome as it looks?

[Spookshow]

Been having a life crisis (oh no!) recently. I really got into the bodybuilding lifestyle but that shit just costs too much money. All that clean food costs me like $400 a month, then some protein powder and creatine on top. Costly stuff for something you have nothing to show for. I like doing cardio but not so much the lifting of weights. People at my gym seem like a bunch of douchebags too on the weight floor. Always glaring at each other and all that bullshit. I enjoy cardio though.

So I'm thinking of getting a laptop computer for my room and joining a shitload of fantasy pools for all sports. Gonna get a sports package for my cable to follow all the games. I've never done fantasy besides pick 'em pools. Is drafting players and following them all that fun? I get a kick out of playing seasons on my PS3 games and following their stats.

I realize there is none to slim money to be made from this but there are prize packs for top finishers.

I haven't laid down a sports bet all year so far because of this bodybuilding sucking up all my money. I did lose close to 50lbs though.

[westcoastO]

fantasy football and fantasy baseball probably the single greatest inventions on earth

[BigFratDaddy]

its fun but pulling ass cuz girls like your guns is a lot more fun...

[Spookshow]

Originally Posted by BigFratDaddy

its fun but pulling ass cuz girls like your guns is a lot more fun...

Yeah, there is that. I've already had one married woman try to take me home. I would never mess around with another man's wife though.

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

hows the couch doing

[Spookshow]

Got rid of that couch. Have a new green futon now. No sex has been had on it.

[Bobtheicon]

Bodybuilding (as in competitive) may cost a lot, but getting in good shape is relatively inexpensive. Get a $40 bucket of protein every couple weeks and a good multi (you don't need the creatine or any of that other designer crap). A cheap bench and weight set may run you about 200 bucks (or much less at a yard sale). Then you actually gotta do the work to get any results (which may take upwards of a year or more depending on how small your muscles have become). Clean food? - You mean vegetables and lean meat? That doesn't cost that much. Quit the gym - that's what is expensive. You can do cardio out in the street for free.

Congrats on losing the 50lbs.

I'd say, get a weight bench, and get in a Football fantasy league. Well worth the entry fee. Draft day is a blast, and following your guys and trash talking makes the season a lot of fun.

[Spookshow]

The cost of the gym ($60) isn't the problem for me. I find that to be relatively cheap since it's a place I can go and blow an hour if I feel like working out. I could easily waste $60 in 2 hours drinking. So it's money well spent. It's the $400 on food that really kills me. Chicken breast, steak, vegetables, potatos, all that crap costs a shitload. I have a big appetite and eat a ton so I gotta eat clean to make any progress. I know people that can buy a $7 pizza and have it last them the whole day. I'd eat that bitch as a snack.

I like the gym for it's array of workout equipment. Plus I feel more motivated there.

I have this feeling that even though I lost 50lbs it still didn't do shit in the long run. It only made me realize how far I still have to go. I get easily discouraged like that. Plus, I'm a lazy son of a bitch. I get super motivated for a week, then something will throw me off and it's 2 weeks later that I'm at the weights again. Because I went drinking the other day my bank account is gonna bounce and I won't be able to go to the gym for 3-4 weeks until the next payment. But like you said, I can do cardio for free in that time frame.

When I had more money women liked me better (for obvious reasons), now that my money is tied up in that I have better quality of girls talk to me, but still can't take them anywhere.

As for fantasy, I really wanna get in on football and basketball. I don't care much for hockey and baseball pools.

[Bozzie]

Originally Posted by Bobtheicon

I'd say, get a weight bench, and get in a Football fantasy league. Well worth the entry fee. Draft day is a blast, and following your guys and trash talking makes the season a lot of fun.

Do some boning on your futon would be my advise.

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

Originally Posted by Spookshow

Got rid of that couch. Have a new green futon now. No sex has been had on it.

[Spookshow]

Originally Posted by bozzie

Do some boning on your futon would be my advise.

This could go two ways dude....

A ) getting some ugly fat chick right now (I got her number and she wants some lovin')

or...

B ) wait 2 years, get in cut up shape, win a nice parlay ticket, take the winnings and party it up with a hot drunk chick, give her a 2 year in the making blast on her face


what would you do? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

[Bozzie]

I'd do both most likely...

[Gobbler's Knob]

I've been playing fantasy forever , used to keep score with a pen and paper for god's sake. Getting bored with it now .

[westcoastO]

i play plenty of fantasy and still find time and money to go out and party and try gettin laid

don't really think you have to pick one of the other.

also, you don't need to be a greek god to get chicks dude. talk to em, make em laugh, buy em a couple drinks and see where it takes you. it's like baseball dude, you are successful if you can hit it 3 out of 10 times, no doubt.

[be47320]

get some ephedra at your local smoothie shop, gives you energy and severley reduces appetite..like 50$ for 2 month supply and your problems are solved