Beer Drinker Appreciation Society 2 - Closed (Page 44)

Originally posted by justinfss



Count me in on this one as well Thor, local pool (only pool within an hour!!) is renovating and will be closed for the month but I am going to try and dodge the leechs with some OWS's!

Pumped!

Originally posted by justinfss



Count me in on this one as well Thor, local pool (only pool within an hour!!) is renovating and will be closed for the month but I am going to try and dodge the leechs with some OWS's!

Pumped!

Originally posted by jlangene



I'm in:

Weight today: 215, 28% body fat (based off http://www.healthyforms.com/helpful-tools/body-fat-percentage.php) Goal by the end of the month 205lbs.

Originally posted by podemma



I'm in!
Weight today: 234.00, body fat: I don't want to know. Goal by the end of the month 224

Originally posted by Burd According to my wife I shouldn't but I'm in also. Current weight 174, body fat unknown. Goal by the end of the month 165.

Originally posted by thor67

Current 225, goal-215-long term 190.

Originally posted by SportzVision



I am in...current weight 169.8 body fat 24% goal 161 by the end of August. I logged most of my calories yesterday and I have ran every other day min two miles. Since my return my miles were over 13mins and the night before last I had an 11.43 mile. I am still slow but I cannot push it, I was in terrible pain the next day. I have to stretch more after the runs to get past the day after pain. I was suppose to do a tri this weekend but since I am still on the mend I think I will hold off until next week. Also, missed my goal last week and did not swim! Swimming Saturday morning...hold me to it paaaleeessse.

Originally posted by thor67

Anybody in for a 24/31 August workout challenge? Only swim/bike/run workouts count!

Run-Minimum-2miles or 20 minutes

Bike-Minimum-30 minutes

Swim-Minimum-20 minutes

Originally posted by bobddsmd

Hi all. Bobby the bad triathlete here.

Big day. David, I finally had several Founders Dirty Ba$tard scotch style ale! Had to go to Austin to drink it:

Other big news. Tri buddy and wife want me to do Austin 70.3 in late October (wife wants me out of the house).

Just not sure I am feeling up to it. I am still enjoying crossfit and worried a little about injury with ramping up running. Basically I have 2.5 months. I have been doing a fair amount if crossfit and feel pretty strong. I have been doing faster pace low mileage. I intermittently bike 20-35 miles.

So, should I do it?

Originally posted by bobddsmd

Hi all. Bobby the bad triathlete here.

Big day. David, I finally had several Founders Dirty Ba$tard scotch style ale! Had to go to Austin to drink it:

Other big news. Tri buddy and wife want me to do Austin 70.3 in late October (wife wants me out of the house).

Just not sure I am feeling up to it. I am still enjoying crossfit and worried a little about injury with ramping up running. Basically I have 2.5 months. I have been doing a fair amount if crossfit and feel pretty strong. I have been doing faster pace low mileage. I intermittently bike 20-35 miles.

So, should I do it?

Originally posted by bobddsmd

Hi all. Bobby the bad triathlete here.

Big day. David, I finally had several Founders Dirty Ba$tard scotch style ale! Had to go to Austin to drink it:

Other big news. Tri buddy and wife want me to do Austin 70.3 in late October (wife wants me out of the house).

Just not sure I am feeling up to it. I am still enjoying crossfit and worried a little about injury with ramping up running. Basically I have 2.5 months. I have been doing a fair amount if crossfit and feel pretty strong. I have been doing faster pace low mileage. I intermittently bike 20-35 miles.

So, should I do it?

Originally posted by justinfss

So, I did my longest run in a long time last night, 10.25 km. It wasnt fast, and I wanted to quit half-way through (good thing I still had to run home) But I stuck with it and finished pretty strong with the last three Clicks being by far my fastests.

It always amazes me how you can utterly loathe the thought of a run/bike/swim prior too it, and even well into the workout itself, but always by the end of it you are flying high and loving life! Endorphins rock!

Back at work here thinking about my goals for next week....for me it always comes back to food, I havent been logging yet, I always eat more than I should of absolute food.....

What can I do folks????? Help!

Originally posted by Burd



One word...discipline! Stand in the mirror and really focus on your thoughts and ask yourself how bad you want this. Only when you mentally commit 100% will it work. Log everything including condiments. Don't skip one meal of logging because you think you have plenty of calories left. Get into the habit and make it part of your meal time. Work it and it will pay off. I remember in the winter BDAS we had a challenge for the first to break 220. Well that was 51 pounds ago and it is all because I log my a$$ off. You CAN do this. Log, log, then log again!

Originally posted by jlangene

Check in on challenges 2/24, 213lbs, 28% body fat.

Had a great vacation and capped it off this weekend with my friend's wedding. Even with the great food and beer over the weekend kept my weight constant so that is good. Starting today, no alcohol or junk food, getting serious and going to get back on track. Hope everyone has a great week!

Goals for the week:
4x bike
4x run
3x walk

Originally posted by kevinbe

Good stuff here.
Also, education is power. If you haven't done so already, there are many educational documentaries on food today. Good foods, and foods to stay away from. knowledge is power.

Originally posted by justinfss



Thanks guys,

I do have to log, and I do need to research more.

I do think that I may have a legitimate addiction to crappy foods though.... It's going to be a lifelong battle...and it needs to be...

Alex...you are inspirational buddy....should I expect the shakes and hallucination as I try to go cold turkey on this?

Originally posted by mirthfuldragon



If I can do it, you can do it.

For your viewing pleasure, I present: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/running..

I am, and always will be, a fat guy. Forever. Period. I will always be the Blerch. At 183 lbs, with a BMI of 24 and 16% body fat, I still am, deep down, the fat guy who eats a 24oz porterhouse and three beers and potatoes and then still demolishes dessert. I'm the guy who freebases guacamole and orders the biggest burrito on the menu, and then orders a tamale and an enchilada to go with it. I love food - I love everything about it - I love to eat it, I love to buy it, I love to cook it . . .

I've lost 115lbs, down from 296lbs in May 2010. I bought a pair of jean shorts a month ago, and the waist size is 30". I have multiple T-shirts in size small.

I look at all the achievements in my life - college, law school, the bar exam, my career . . .and they all pale in comparison to that number thirty printed on the leather label on my waistband.

It's a battle, every single day. Alcoholics can stop drinking; drug users can stop doing drugs, but fat guys - I have to eat every day. Abstinence is not an option - only control. It's a daily battle - on myfitnesspal, it counts the number of days you continuously log in - and I just ticked over 360. I've been using it for three years, but for the last 360, I've logged in every day.

Some days, I've won the battle. Some days, I lose horribly, and others fall in the middle.

Plato said, "the first and best victory is to conquer self."

Find your motivation - what makes you go, and what feeds the control. My motivation comes from many things. I like having a resting heart rate of 45. I like going shopping and not finding clothes because the sizes are all too big, instead of too small. I like knowing that, when I roll into work at 9am, I've already done more than everyone else in my office. I like the idle fantasy of qualifying for Kona, or the lucky fantasy of getting a lottery slot, or qualifying for Boston. I like think about 6-pack abs with a "when," not an "if." I like the thought of getting a brick at Savageman, or breaking 300 FTP watts on Trainer Road, or climbing that cat 3 hill at Devil's Head in Wisconsin Dells without putting a foot down.

I look forward to the day when I can take my turn pulling for the peloton, wearing team kit, and earning my place at the table. I like the thought of getting my cat 5 cycling license.

The bottom line is that the candy bar in the vending machine downstairs is not going to get me to those goals, and the only person standing in my way is that fat guy who I was, who I am, and who I always will be.

The first and best victory is to conquer self.