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TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge

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  • HoraceH Horace

    I'm trying to use my treadmill as much as my knees will allow. Lifting weights every day, but that's just going to increase my weight. One door to door salesman recently asked if I had played division 1 football. I was so flattered, I bought two solar panel arrays from him. I found out at install, that my home only had one roof. Awkward.

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    @Horace said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

    I was so flattered, I bought two solar panel arrays from him.

    lol

    They always tell me how wonderful my accent is, presumably because complimenting my physique would probably be construed as sarcasm.

    I was only joking

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      Been eating my head off and am about to do it again. Feeling equal parts guilty and truculent.

      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

        Anybody remember this thread?

        I haven't being doing much proper exercise over the winter, but I've been fasting up until 11.30am1 about 4-5 times a week.

        Down at 168 pounds now, which is 12 pounds lost for not much effort.

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        @Doctor-Phibes said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

        Anybody remember this thread?

        I haven't being doing much proper exercise over the winter, but I've been fasting up until 11.30am1 about 4-5 times a week.

        Down at 168 pounds now, which is 12 pounds lost for not much effort.

        Don’t u mean 12 stone?

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        • bachophileB bachophile

          @Doctor-Phibes said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

          Anybody remember this thread?

          I haven't being doing much proper exercise over the winter, but I've been fasting up until 11.30am1 about 4-5 times a week.

          Down at 168 pounds now, which is 12 pounds lost for not much effort.

          Don’t u mean 12 stone?

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          @bachophile said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

          Don’t u mean 12 stone?

          I was translating it for the less well educated types we get here.

          I was only joking

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            And they say Americans will use anything but the metric system.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              I haven’t gained the weight back that I lost during my year long gym absence due to Covid. I also took off about 3-4 months when I tore my rotator cuff last June. But I’m back at the gym, 1hr15 or so 7 days a week. I’m putting muscle mass back on, and I’ve started a treadmill cardio routine for the first time since well before transplant.

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              • MikM Away
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                Try the ellipticals. Outstanding workout for the time invested and low impact. I do about an hour 3 or four times a week, half weights, half cardio. If I don't go, I do half hour cardio at home.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  And they say Americans will use anything but the metric system.

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                  @jon-nyc said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

                  And they say Americans will use anything but the metric system.

                  The Brits use all the systems. Metric, imperial, Ancient Roman...we mix and match as necessary.

                  I was only joking

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                    @jon-nyc said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

                    And they say Americans will use anything but the metric system.

                    The Brits use all the systems. Metric, imperial, Ancient Roman...we mix and match as necessary.

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                    @Doctor-Phibes C1E43CC3-4E8C-471B-8780-1EF941EE88A1.png

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      @Doctor-Phibes C1E43CC3-4E8C-471B-8780-1EF941EE88A1.png

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                      @jon-nyc that's pretty much spot on.

                      When I was a kid, older people would habitually swap between the old money (pre-decimalisation) and the new money, so you'd hear people referring to two-bob or ten-bob, meaning 2 shillings (10 new pence), 10 shillings (50 new pence) despite shillings not being legal tender, and occasionally talk of 'half a crown' - which was 2 shillings and sixpence (12 1/2 new pence). Posh people would talk about Guineas - 1 pound and 1 shilling, or 105 new pence.

                      The really odd thing was that nobody thought it was weird.

                      I was only joking

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                        I failed miserably last year. I’ve been doing next to no added sugar since the beginning of the year, and not eating anything after dinner. And not drinking my calories. Sugar is probably my biggest issue. (It’s not 100% no added sugar, as some of the condiments/sauces and things I cook with have some sugar in them). I’ve got a long way to go, but so far it’s working (and it’s a lot easier now than it was 3 weeks ago).

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                          I am the most out of shape I’ve been in probably 10 or 15 years. Last year I did a really poor job and finding and forcing time to work out. Combine that with really poor sleep (kids…) and snacking at night. Let’s see if I can make 2023 a better year!

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                            Rowing machine for the win!! The only time I allow myself to watch certain shows is when I use it, so it is kind of a reward for exercising.

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                              Rowing machine for the win!! The only time I allow myself to watch certain shows is when I use it, so it is kind of a reward for exercising.

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                              @taiwan_girl said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:

                              Rowing machine for the win!! The only time I allow myself to watch certain shows is when I use it, so it is kind of a reward for exercising.

                              I do that too. If I ever find a serialized streaming thing that I'm interested in, which is rare, i try to keep it for my 'treadmill show'.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                So how is everyone's weight and health doing?

                                It's the new year... time to pretend to (or maybe actually) get in shape this time. I downloaded a calisthenics app that provides daily 20-minute workout guides, which suits how my brain works. I'll try and do that most days, combined with slightly better eating, slightly better sleeping, and much less late night snacking (easily the main culprit of my weight). Will see how 2025 turns out... sadly reading above I had the same idea about two years ago.

                                For excuses? Sure...I have them. Mainly three young kids who have each passed the baton each each were ages 0-2 in terms of getting up often at night. My watch says I average 5 hours of sleep, which isn't bad except I'm "in bed" for 8 hours each night... meaning in aggregate I average 2-3 hours being up with the kids each night... for the past SIX years. Woof. I feel it. Yes this is turning into a diary post. In fact the other day my watch said I got 8 hours of sleep for the first time since I think 2018?

                                Anyway... the youngest is turning two soon, and is starting to sleep through the night so there is light ahead. I've done this before if you recall... back in 2006 or so, I shed about 50 pounds over two years via running and eating subway club sandwiches LOL.

                                I'm currently 225 lbs, and at 6-feet tall I want to be around 175 lbs, but don't want to lose it too fast. Will see how it goes this time around! And as I start to enter my mid-40s, aside from shedding unnecessary weight, I want to start really focusing on flexibility and my core/back. I think my future self will appreciate it.

                                (Oh and my kids this week have suddenly discovered "dad used to be skinny like a stick!" so they remind me each day I used to be skinny.... it's funny, and honestly, they are great motivation to get healthier.)

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                                  Weight is stable +/- 5 lb over the last 3 years. Really no change.

                                  Health is stable, with a few bumps.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    I had Covid then entered heavy travel season then moved house with all that entails. Lost momentum on my gym and protein regimen. Been picking it back up just since my guests left last Thursday.

                                    I need to put on a good 10lbs of muscle mass. I can do it. Diet’s fine, probably need to cut out alcohol all together at least for some time. I’m going to do dry January to start and see where it goes from there.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      @George-K good for you!

                                      @jon-nyc I'll join you on the dry January. Or at least, I'll have a rule to never drink alone (despite it being an absolute relaxing joy at the end of long kiddo day, watching TV when everyone is asleep and the house is quiet). I've cut back on beer a bit already... it's basically liquid bread and for some reason doesn't taste as good as it did in my 20s and 30s.

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                                        I've not done that great since 2022. I have many excuses, such as work being abnormally stressful, and the roads around here being too hilly for easy cycling, and having to drive much further into work, and me being a lazy bastard but none of them really hold water if I'm honest. I've almost given up beer, and cut back to a bottle of wine per week (holidays excepted), and that's made a difference. I ought to give it up really, but hell no.

                                        I was only joking

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