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Old 03-31-2008, 12:56 PM
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Furries. We're called Furries.


fixed that for ya. :-)
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but yeah, don't try to tell yourself "never have soda. ever" or "never eat fast food, ever." etc... just cut back on it. you know if something's good for you before you put it in your mouth. if it's not, do it less often, or in smaller portions. trying to "never" do **** again is why dieters fail all the time...


i totally agree and have started this my self. i cant live without soda and burgers, but i can however cut back from my normal huge cup of soda and tripple stacker, to say a small cup of soda ( kids size, which is still huge btw..)and a smaller double cheese burger with some lettuce. and i have also started eating at subway.
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Originally Posted by Ben
It went like this
Friday: fried chicken
saturday: double whopper + chocolate shake
sunday: dim sum for lunch and mom's turkey w/ gravy and mashed taters for dinner

I'm up 2 lbs since friday, at 212 lbs
Ben, your doing it wrong!
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Originally Posted by y8s
you're not even trying.

step one: never eat fast food again. that'll give you a huge head start.
Saturday was a long, rough day filled with work. And dammit I wanted a whopper. First fast food I'd had in 2 weeks, and considering I was eating it 1 or 2 times per day previously, it's a great start.

I get excersize at work, and I typically walk the dog every evening for 30 minutes. Can't ride a mntn bike or jog because it hurts my knee.
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whats wrong with your knee?
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broke it (literally) a couple years ago
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Originally Posted by Ben
Saturday was a long, rough day filled with work. And dammit I wanted a whopper. First fast food I'd had in 2 weeks, and considering I was eating it 1 or 2 times per day previously, it's a great start.

I get excersize at work, and I typically walk the dog every evening for 30 minutes. Can't ride a mntn bike or jog because it hurts my knee.
Cool exercise helps a lot. yeah I have an old Soccer injury that keeps me from jogging anymore. walking is about as much as i can get away with. some things about getting old sucks, the body falling apart is one of them.
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Originally Posted by devin mac
never pledge to never do XYZ again... that's just setting yourself up for failure.

I dont pledge that kind of thing, I just do it. if you dont remind yourself not to eat that stuff, youll start eating it every 2 weeks and then ever 10 days. and then oh a week isn't too short. maybe every 3 days. how about just once a day. that's not bad.

the best way to stay away from fast food-- dont live near fast food! go to the grocery store 3x a week if you have to. make sandwiches at home. just have stuff on hand and it makes it way easier.
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yuck. i imagine that was the "last time i took the bike out on the street" thing you mentioned.

yeah, i have horrid knees as well, have had two scopes on my left to correct cartilage issues and related scoring of the underside of my kneecap, and various other sports-related twists, pulls, tears, etc... not fun.
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Originally Posted by y8s
I dont pledge that kind of thing, I just do it. if you dont remind yourself not to eat that stuff, youll start eating it every 2 weeks and then ever 10 days. and then oh a week isn't too short. maybe every 3 days. how about just once a day. that's not bad.

the best way to stay away from fast food-- dont live near fast food! go to the grocery store 3x a week if you have to. make sandwiches at home. just have stuff on hand and it makes it way easier.
bah. i'm always gonna love fast food. i guess to me it's not hard to not eat it often.

if you're that addicted, i guess you have to never touch the stuff. a life without a big mac is a life i don't want to live, however.... :-)
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Originally Posted by Ben
It went like this
Friday: fried chicken
saturday: double whopper + chocolate shake
sunday: dim sum for lunch and mom's turkey w/ gravy and mashed taters for dinner

I'm up 2 lbs since friday, at 212 lbs
Why not just make the car lose as much weight as you gain. That could work too.
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Originally Posted by devin mac
fixed that for ya. :-)


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Originally Posted by BenR
Thanks for coming out to the last party. Your membership card is in the mail. Next months theme is animals of the Serengeti.


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Scale dithers between 208.0 & 208.5

~9lbs to go.
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232 lbs this morning.

would have been 235 but the earth quake we had early this morning scared most of the **** out of me.
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can we get some kind of conversion to ftlbs gained?
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Originally Posted by Ben
Scale dithers between 208.0 & 208.5

~9lbs to go.
you weigh exactly the same as me. Even though I wouldnt mind taking it a step further and getting 190.
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200 even yesterday morning. Shooting for 180's.
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My girlfriend and I are going on Weightwatchers soon. Her sister has already lost 40lbs. (mind you, she started off like 260).

This is my third time trying to loose weight. First two times were "Body for life" exercise/diet combos that worked well and made me strong, but also when you have sports injuries its too easy to "take time off" to heal and end up f'ing it all up.

I'd like to go back to "body for life" at some point but I am up to 235 at 5'11". I'd like to bring that down to 215 before I start really pushing the workout stuff hard. Too much mass to move around, among other things... Hoping to get my GF to be my workout buddy - because I know from experience its easier to stay on a routine when someone is pushing you. (in an ideal world, I would have a personal trainer... but whatever)

Good luck Ben!

Btw, I have read that every 100lbs you take off the car is the equivalent of 7 free hp. It would be neat to have a miataturbo.net collective "race to 300hp" or something to keep us all motivated. (or would that be too gey?)
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