I asked qntmken to fix it.

Don't hate me guys. Plus it's new page time now.

12/10/2010 11:27:29 AM

Really, guys? Really? hahahaha

gg cstrom

12/10/2010 11:28:23 AM

damn it, I was going to repost it for this page and be all "what, this picture? [BOMB]" but its already fixed

12/10/2010 11:29:02 AM

cstrom is looking good!

Now I want to take pics again. Very motivating. I have to take some marketing pics to promote my class ... coming out in a couple of weeks.

I'm kind of bummed that I'm probably the one person in this thread who will have worse "after" pics.

[Edited on December 10, 2010 at 11:35 AM. Reason : s]

12/10/2010 11:33:36 AM

Way to go iheartkisses

I really just using that guy.

But seriously I'm probably not in as good of shape as I was when I started, or at least I don't think I've lost weight.

Only 35 miles to run before the end of the year for 1,000 total.

12/10/2010 11:44:03 AM

^ wtg on reaching your distance goal! That's awesome!


My prob isn't that I gained weight. It's that I'm back in my skinny jeans. I like the way I look in clothing. But since I'm at a lower body fat percentage and lost the pooch, my ribs are suddenly a little too visible ... not as attractive in a bathing suit. I want to gain weight on my rib cage, but not sure how to do that.

[Edited on December 10, 2010 at 11:48 AM. Reason : k]

12/10/2010 11:48:02 AM

http://orlando.injuryboard.com/medical-malpractice/surgeon-uses-caulk-injections-for-butt-enhancement-procedure.aspx?googleid=279290

?

12/10/2010 11:51:48 AM

People are such idiots. DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE A MEDICAL PROCEDURE LIKE THAT!

12/10/2010 11:55:09 AM

I'm one pound away from my "goal" weight and I think I'm less than an inch away from my measurements goal

... sad thing is, I'm pretty sure it's due a lack of eating and walking so much around campus than working out.

I kind of got burned out and I have barely made trips to the gym in the past month. I definitely won't be able to do anything more than run or walk with my doggy through finals and Christmas break, but I think once January gets here I'll start lifting again.

Good thing is, I haven't lost any muscle mass.... At least I don't think I have :\

12/10/2010 11:59:28 AM

^ Great job with your progress, Sam.

If you don't want to go to the gym or just don't have time to go to the gym, you can always throw in some little exercises while you're studying or working on a project.

One of my gfs keeps resistance bands and a crunch ball at her desk for when she's on conference calls. It's an easy way to get in mini-workouts and maintain your muscle mass without the time commitment of going to the gym.

I like to do pushups, lunges and squats when on conference calls or taking a 2-minute mental break from a project.

12/10/2010 12:04:57 PM

you like a b@&!( with no a%* you aint got s$#% - lil wayne



[Edited on December 10, 2010 at 12:06 PM. Reason : caulk em up!]

12/10/2010 12:06:20 PM

Quote :

"Holy crap. Sorry! It was NOT that big on my computer last night. It was showing up normal size. I dunno what happened"

that's what she said.

12/10/2010 12:21:50 PM

how much is "normal" weight fluctuation on a day to day basis?

mine is

out

of

control

12/10/2010 12:29:10 PM

^ I fluctuate between 2 and 6 lbs, depending on alcohol/sodium consumption.

You?

12/10/2010 12:30:43 PM

up to 12 lbs, or like 6.6% body weight

seems a bit extreme

[Edited on December 10, 2010 at 12:41 PM. Reason : eee]

12/10/2010 12:33:49 PM

http://warriordash.com/register2011_carolinas.php

TWWWT round 2?

12/10/2010 12:35:22 PM

Seems like a lot of weight, but the percentage isn't that bad.

6 lbs is 5% of my body weight, but 6 lbs doesn't seem like TOO much of a fluctuation if I've had a lot to eat that day.

12/10/2010 12:37:34 PM

^^^i'm the exact same way. i fluctuate around 10 lbs in a day (which is about 7% of mine)

[Edited on December 10, 2010 at 12:38 PM. Reason : terd]

12/10/2010 12:37:36 PM

12/10/2010 12:39:49 PM

PS sam-im in your same boat, but worse.

im down to about 141 but i think ive lost a lot of muscle mass. im down an inch or so in my hips (i dont know how happy i am about that) but i just don't feel good abot it :shrug: i dunno.

im slowly getting back into weight lifting more often...but keeping it heavy and like 4 days a week as opposed to mediocre and 6 days.



[Edited on December 10, 2010 at 12:45 PM. Reason : i guess its because my clothes are not really fitting differently-and thats disappointing ]

12/10/2010 12:41:38 PM

Samwise, its amazing what pushups and chair dips etc can do for you. $50 bucks for a pull-up bar and a 50lb resistance band can go a long way even if you only have and hour or two to spare during the week. I have a gym membership and haven't been in 2 months because I've done it all at my place. Its easy to get home from work/school and exercise immediately rather than contemplate driving to the gym and such.

12/10/2010 12:42:08 PM

Quote :

"Its easy to get home from work/school and exercise immediately rather than contemplate driving to the gym and such."

100% da troof

12/10/2010 12:42:39 PM

I weigh in at the same weight every day at +-1lb. What are you guys eating lol?

12/10/2010 12:44:29 PM

^ I weigh in twice a day. Morning and evening. Just for the heck of it and out of curiousity.

I eat a lot of seafood (usually sushi) and veggies and drink a TON of water during the day. I wake up at least three pounds lighter every morning, absolutely famished and very thirsty.

12/10/2010 12:47:32 PM

I haven't been able to go to a gym in forever so I thought I would be able to subsist on a pullup bar and dip station at home. They both started to wear on my shoulders and chest (like where my ribs connect) and make them hurt...combined with a bad desk situation at work that kills my shoulders I haven't done anything in awhile.

Hopefully in a few pay checks I'll be able to get my home gym started

12/10/2010 12:47:35 PM

I, too, would be interested in a burned copy of the P90x or Insanity discs. I can provide CD's and a paltry compensation for your time. Thanks in advance.

12/10/2010 3:47:13 PM

At least yall are losing weight. I just finished my sixth round of testing and am now seeing a cushings specialist at Duke. My body isn't metabolizing anything anymore so it's really important I work out to burn off whatever I consume. Otherwise I gain anywhere from 2-4 lbs a day. I've also had so much muscle atrophy that my joints hurt very badly after working out. No more support

12/10/2010 4:44:09 PM

i've been out of town forever so i haven't been able to stick w/my normal routine. I joined a gym here at my parents hometown for $10 so i've been able to keep my exercise up although not quite the intensity as i'd had it before. Bad part is being at home with home cooking is really throwing my diet off. Fortunately i haven't gained any weight but i think that's partly because i've been losing some muscle mass.


when i go back to raleigh in january im going to switch things up a bit and jump my cal intake to 2800-3000/day and lift an extra day per week. I've been trying to stick w/1800-2000/day but i haven't gotten any stronger and i think its because i'm not eating enough. I'll do this for a month or two, see how its working, if im gaining strength ill stick w/it till im done w/school, then once summer starts ill go back to a weight loss routine.

win-win!

12/10/2010 5:47:01 PM

I had to buy new jeans today because all of mine are ridiculously baggy except my skinny jeans, and I usually only wear those with boots... and I can't wear them everyday...

I bought some GAP jeans in a size 8!!! I literally haven't worn a size 8 in jeans since middle school!

12/18/2010 8:13:40 PM

I got an Xbox Kinect over the weekend and got the Your Shape Fitness game...and played a bunch of games wearing a 25lb vest and holding 5lb weights. I can feel it a little in my back from the punching game, and my arms feel like they had a bit of a workout...its something at least

12/20/2010 11:35:41 AM

Congrats Sam, that's really awesome!

12/20/2010 12:08:04 PM

^^ how do you like the fitness game for Kinect? we have a Kinect and i've been eyeing some of the games but i know from my Wii, a lot of the fitness stuff isn't "tough" enough for me.

12/20/2010 1:37:46 PM

I found this photo. It was the last photo I took during the challenge over the summer. This was August so it was right before I started growing.

[Edited on December 21, 2010 at 6:01 PM. Reason : makes me sad and happy at the same time. Confusion.]

12/21/2010 6:01:00 PM

punchmonk you fine.

12/21/2010 6:48:40 PM

Just consumed 450 calories and 26 grams of fat of Fritos Honey BBQ Flavor Twists. Yum. That brings up today's calory count to 600.

12/21/2010 7:21:47 PM

Quote :

"^^ how do you like the fitness game for Kinect? we have a Kinect and i've been eyeing some of the games but i know from my Wii, a lot of the fitness stuff isn't "tough" enough for me."

Its pretty good. I've been mainly just playing the fitness games, which are really fun. I've heard from Samwise and bmel that it is way more involved and accurate than the Wii. bmel was doing a cardio fitness class when I came home a few days ago and it looked pretty tough . I haven't done any of the classes myself yet though.

12/21/2010 9:07:05 PM

dammmmmmmnnn pmonk

12/21/2010 9:46:18 PM

Oh find out which fitness game it is

I do the zumba fitness on the kinect and it's really tough which I like because I like to work up a sweat when I work out.

12/21/2010 9:47:15 PM

It's "Your Shape - Fitness Evolved", and actually there's a demo on the "Kinect Adventures" game you should have - the game that came with the Kinect. It is on the bottom left of the title screen, where you normally would push 'Start'.

It has Yoga too, and will yell at you if you're doing it wrong. I haven't done it yet either though.

Dance Central is a pretty good workout too



[Edited on December 21, 2010 at 9:57 PM. Reason : lkj]

12/21/2010 9:55:54 PM

anyone looking for stretching/mobility stuff, check out:

http://mobilitywod.blogspot.com/

I'd suggest (obviously) going back to the first video....the first 2 weeks were awesome, everything after is sort of a different version of those

12/22/2010 5:10:51 AM

^^ i asked for Dance Central for Christmas

12/22/2010 9:44:40 AM

that bitch on Your Shape yells at me if my squats aren't low enough. I was sore for 2 days.

I love her

12/22/2010 10:19:02 AM

awesome! thanks - this is great to know

12/22/2010 10:29:26 AM

dance central is rough!!! i wouldn't expect to burn too many calories playing it.

track and field sports is probably a good calorie burn.

12/22/2010 12:19:20 PM

weigh in this morn (first time in about 2 weeks)

138

since the whole grandparents thing went down i kinda stopped eating :/
not on purpose but it just kinda happened with the waiting and the driving and a little stress related....etc etc

now my appetite has taken a deeeeeeeeeep plunge.

[Edited on December 22, 2010 at 2:01 PM. Reason : this being said i just made some coffe with a ton of protein powder ]

12/22/2010 1:54:02 PM

On the last week of the first month of insanity round two. Luckily the rest week is next week; just in time for NYE. Starting month two of round two of insanity in Jan. Hopefully the results will be better than I have been seeing the first month. I kind of feel like it hasn't challenged me as much as it did the first time. I think the second month (if I keep up with it) is going to be fucking great and I will see some sweet results.

Anyone wanna let me borrow P90x in Feb?

[Edited on December 22, 2010 at 2:20 PM. Reason : ^ Don't waste away! ]

12/22/2010 2:19:22 PM

^ i know! i dont really wanna go below 140 :/
im trying to eat more, but still remain relatively healthy


by the way i did the max interval training of insanity, its the first time ive ventured beyond the first videos.
HOLY SHIT

12/22/2010 2:23:46 PM

Yeah, the second month is BRUTAL.

12/22/2010 2:45:15 PM

cough ditch insanity/p90x cough

12/22/2010 8:31:14 PM

meh. i like insanity for the cardio aspect. i dont do it everyday or anything.
im trying some new things anyway.


right now im just playing around a lil



[Edited on December 23, 2010 at 12:10 AM. Reason : its not a huge life factor anyway it is what it is]



[Edited on December 23, 2010 at 12:15 AM. Reason : im also really, really picky about what i want...which is probably not a good thing >.< ahahahha]

12/23/2010 12:07:51 AM