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Postby MR25 » Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:57 am

Had my first workout post-concussion last night. No headache, so far so good.

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:32 am

Did you get shingles yet?

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Postby MR25 » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:05 am

That took about a week after last time. Check back later.

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Postby Morkle » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:07 am

Day 5 of the flu. Haven't been this sick since like, 2010. Truly is awful.

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Postby columbia » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:10 am

Day 5 of the flu. Haven't been this sick since like, 2010. Truly is awful.
Sorry to hear. :(

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Postby count2infinity » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:11 am

It's running rampant through our company... hoping to escape it.

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Postby Morkle » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:37 am

Yea, Friday afternoon, it hit me like a truck - was in bed all weekend with the exception of a medexpress trip. These past two days I worked remotely in an effort to stay away. Today I thought I was good enough to last an entire day at work, I don't think that's going to be the case.

Was tested for the flu, didn't come back positive for the major strain used in the flu shot this year - but my wife was ready to give me the business about not getting the flu shot. Haven't gotten one in ten years and have only really been THIS sick twice in that span.

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:43 am

Turns out when you get into a "normal size" such as L in shirts, Goodwill is a gold mine. I went today with just the plan of trying stuff on to see where I'm at as far as size is concerned since I'm swimming in some of my current clothes. I couldn't find much in pants since I'm tall, but shirts... I found a fleece full zip sweatshirt that still had tags on, a couple Eddie Bauer button downs and a couple dress-ish shirts. $5 each.

So far this journey has me at:
285 lbs to 235 lbs
XXL shirt to L
Snug 40 waist to 36
14 ring size to 12
Could barely do a mile sub-12 minutes to 8 minute mile

Thanks to @skullman80 for the motivation, @dodint for MFP recommendation, and @mikey for the workout reading.

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Postby dodint » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:50 am

Congrats!

Watch the baby weight. ;)

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:51 am

Haha, I know it's coming. But luckily, I should be able to keep up with my routine after a couple week break as my wife has off until August. I mean, the half hour I do at the gym everyday shouldn't be too bad. Plus I do all the cooking now, I'm sure that'll continue so I'll be able to control diet that way.

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Postby mikey » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:52 am

Did you patent a magic weight loss drug...? If so, bravo. If not, that's awesome anyway... :thumb:

Frankly, I'm quite sure that you can run a mile faster than I can at this point...and I'm a buck 60 or so... :embarrassed:

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:55 am

Haha, I wish. I could be a bazillionaire.

And I run 4x a week now, so that probably is more than you run in a month (from what I've read from you anyways). That'd be like me being embarrassed that you cook a better pasta side packet or chicken patty than me. :slug:

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Postby dodint » Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:57 am

Literally just finished a chicken patty. #Winning

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Postby mikey » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:00 pm

A month?!?! if you don't count actual sports...I jogged to practice the other night (maybe a mile and a half give or take?) so that makes, um, once, since...uh, when did we invade Kosovo or whatever...?

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Postby NAN » Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:38 pm

Turns out when you get into a "normal size" such as L in shirts, Goodwill is a gold mine. I went today with just the plan of trying stuff on to see where I'm at as far as size is concerned since I'm swimming in some of my current clothes. I couldn't find much in pants since I'm tall, but shirts... I found a fleece full zip sweatshirt that still had tags on, a couple Eddie Bauer button downs and a couple dress-ish shirts. $5 each.

So far this journey has me at:
285 lbs to 235 lbs
XXL shirt to L
Snug 40 waist to 36
14 ring size to 12
Could barely do a mile sub-12 minutes to 8 minute mile

Thanks to @skullman80 for the motivation, @dodint for MFP recommendation, and @mikey for the workout reading.
This is awesome to hear. I've been trying to cut out some pounds. I'm struggling though. I'm about 280 right now and I've been going to the gym religiously 3-4 days a week for the past year now. And I've dropped 0 lbs. I feel a lot stronger from lifting, and my cardio is much better. I've mixed up stairs, treadmill, and circuit training while also fitting in lifting some days, and I can't get rid of anything. Now, I know my food intake has to improve, especially now that I'm older. I'm not looking to lose 60 lbs or anything, but I'd like to knock of 20 or so.

Good to hear you've been doing it. I'm struggling.

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:41 pm

MFP is huge... I knew I wasn't consuming the correct amount of calories per day, but I wasn't aware of just how far over I was every. single. day. I've logged every bite I've taken on MFP for 155 days straight, and it's helped me carve out that balance between eating what I like to eat and eating what I need to eat.

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Postby iamjs » Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:19 pm



1041 lbs. and he looks like he could have held it for another 10 seconds.

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Postby mikey » Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:30 pm

@Godric

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Postby dodint » Wed Mar 07, 2018 10:09 am

Should couples see the same therapist for individual counseling? On the one hand it seems like it should be separate, but on the other you'd think the quality of the service would be higher as she would have a more complete picture of the health of the household. Kicking around the idea of going and my wife really likes hers.

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Postby bhflyhigh » Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:19 pm

Should couples see the same therapist for individual counseling? On the one hand it seems like it should be separate, but on the other you'd think the quality of the service would be higher as she would have a more complete picture of the health of the household. Kicking around the idea of going and my wife really likes hers.
That's a tough one. I went to 2 therapists before I found someone that I really liked and was comfortable with. Once I found 'the one' they really helped me out big time. So you may or may not click with your wife's therapist. I think it also depends on the nature of the consoling. If it is for marriage issues (mine was) then maybe seeing the same therapist would be beneficial. My wife refused any type of consoling so I don't know how that would have worked out.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:17 pm

Generally, I would probably advise against it. For starters, even if your wife really likes hers, each person is wayyy different. On top of that, one of the reasons why I like going to therapy is that I can just unload, and we can sort of un-package my personal life, if that makes sense. I feel like if I knew that my therapist was also seeing my wife once a week, and I have no idea what she is discussing with him, it wouldn't be as good of an experience.

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Postby meow » Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:25 pm



1041 lbs. and he looks like he could have held it for another 10 seconds.
I could do that

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Postby iamjs » Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:55 pm

knocked off almost 5 lbs in a little under two weeks by cutting out the booze and the flatbread pizza from the work cafe.

Possibly heading to Florida in late March/early April and wouldn't mind getting back to where i was last year, which means dropping about 1.5 lbs a week for the next 6-8 weeks.
Update: down 13.3 lbs for the first month, which even includes a slight jump on Monday thanks to some weekend boozing while playing indoor golf. At this rate, I need to burn 2 lbs/week to be where I was when I went to Florida. It's certainly doable and not necessarily about the number itself.

My problem is that I go on these crash diets where I burn off a bunch of weight in the first 2-3 months of the year, take it for granted through the summer and fall before I look in the mirror around Christmas and think "yo, you really need to drop some lbs."
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Postby MR25 » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:22 am

To help build muscle faster, my trainer told me to get 3044-3608 calories/day.

I'm not even sure that's physically possible.

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Postby dodint » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:23 am

Oh, it is...

Not sure about the muscle part though.

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