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Title: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 15, 2010, 04:54:47 pm
Enough of this crap on the iphone thread. Kvetch here instead.

Me, I'm shooting for 160 by the end of summer. But my ultimate goal is more about body fat percentage than weight. I'm 5'8" and if I can be 160 with less than 10% body fat then y'all can kiss my by then perfect ass. My body type is mesomorph so my goals are not unreasonable.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on April 15, 2010, 05:26:56 pm
I'll have to sit this one out - this is the "commiseration" thread....
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on April 15, 2010, 06:01:57 pm
I was concerned because last year my weight dropped below my norm of around 170 to around 158.  So as a remedial program, I started going to Five Guys and Chipotle a lot, as well as eating a daily Italian sub.   I got up to 165 but my doc told me my cholesterol was out of control, so  cut out Five Guys and the subs completely.   I also started going to the gym frequently to build muscle mass.  Now I'm eating a lot of whole wheat and drinking a glass of red wine each night.

Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: walkonby on April 15, 2010, 06:10:00 pm
i'm six four and weigh two thirty, been working out for about a month now and do have a little gut due to my desire for tasting the best beers on the planet.  am i fat? 
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on April 15, 2010, 08:11:42 pm
  am i fat? 

If you have to ask, the answer is yes.  If you're ever asked and have to answer, the answer is always no.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: eltee on April 16, 2010, 09:47:07 am
I started going to Five Guys and Chipotle a lot, as well as eating a daily Italian sub.   I got up to 165 but my doc told me my cholesterol was out of control, so  cut out Five Guys and the subs completely. 
Glad all well. But, yeah, silly, careful w/ the high fat stuff to bulk up. Chipotle is owned by Burger King - remember that...Better off w/lean meat or protein shakes to gain some weight/muscle mass. Wheat bread/carbs will make you gain weight, I guess, but those calories easily burn off or turn to flab. Beer will make you gain weight, but it's obviously not as healthy as plain ol' protein. My grandma's doctor made her drink one every night to gain. But, I'm a hypocrite, I guess. I eat carbs and should have more protein.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: godsshoeshine on April 16, 2010, 09:50:26 am
lost two pounds last week

started at 165, shooting for 145 by the time it gets cold again. my daughter was born march 3, so i have limited time for beer (good) and running (bad)
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: nkotb on April 16, 2010, 10:01:00 am
I've been amazed at how quickly I've gotten back to running after my son was born.  He was born Feb 22, and I'm already in my third week of solid running again.  Helps that he's such a good sleeper.

Of course, that doesn't change the fact that, while my wife has not been exercising, she's now lighter than she was before being pregnant, while I'm just packing on the pounds...ooof.

started at 165, shooting for 145 by the time it gets cold again. my daughter was born march 3, so i have limited time for beer (good) and running (bad)
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: godsshoeshine on April 16, 2010, 10:35:33 am
she's not such a good sleeper yet. plus i try to help out more at night on weekends so i'm pretty beat. gotta work on this though
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: wml7 on April 16, 2010, 10:37:30 am
I'm 5'7 and 145 am I a meatball?  ;D
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: kosmo vinyl on April 16, 2010, 10:44:23 am
Well don't get Wii Fit to exercise on, you might fall off get injured and become a sex addict.  This is of course also a prime entry for "When Reality Reflects The Onion"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/amanda-flowers-claims-wii_n_537242.html

After falling from her Wii Fit board, Flowers reports that even minor vibrations--such as from a food processor, she says-- "turns her on." She was told by a doctor that she had suffered a damaged nerve that has provoked "persistent sexual arousal syndrome."
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Relaxer on April 16, 2010, 10:52:19 am
Well that certainly solves the "what to get the wife for mothers day" question.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: James Ford on April 16, 2010, 11:01:56 am
I'm 5'7 and 145 am I a meatball?  ;D

No, you're a porky midget.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: wml7 on April 16, 2010, 11:09:15 am
I'm 5'7 and 145 am I a meatball?  ;D


No, you're a porky midget.

great, just great
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: ggw on April 16, 2010, 12:10:26 pm
6'5" and 200lbs, down from 215 last year.  Wouldn't mind losing another 5-10 but I'm okay where I'm at.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on April 16, 2010, 12:32:39 pm
Chipotle is owned by Burger King - remember that...

McDonalds, not Burger King, was the largest shareholder in Chipotle for a while, but they have since divested their shares, and did so almost 5 years ago, mainly because the founder wouldn't bow to pressures from McD's corp to add additional menu items (like cookies and coffee).  The founder credits McD's investment as the reason Chiptole is now a nationwide chain and for helping him deal with a lot of the pressures of fast growth, but he is also happy to be rid of them.  To say that McD's has any influence over how the food is made is to miss the mark completely.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: sweetcell on April 16, 2010, 02:28:11 pm
5'11", 210 lbs... some of that is my muscly build, too much of it is fat.  time to kick in to diet mode, looking to shed 15 to 20.  ugh.

related note: any thoughts on overcoming plantar fasciitis?  i haven't been running much recently because of it, hence a few extra lbs.  time to reverse that trend.  i'll be talking to a doctor about it soon but wanted to see if anyone here had any success dealing with it.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: lagas on April 16, 2010, 02:45:03 pm
good thread, i'm 6'1'' and 180 lbs...my ideal weight would be 184 though...so am actually trying to gain weight...see?, gain weight...
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: nkotb on April 16, 2010, 02:47:58 pm
Yeah...

MAN UP!

related note: any thoughts on overcoming plantar fasciitis? 
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Vas Deferens on April 16, 2010, 02:57:11 pm
wow, some of you guys are real heavy  :o
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: eltee on April 16, 2010, 04:21:44 pm
i try to help out more at night on weekends so i'm pretty beat. gotta work on this though
just getting sleep even sans exercise help keeps off the pounds, I'm told.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: eltee on April 16, 2010, 04:27:14 pm
i haven't been running much recently because of it, hence a few extra lbs.  time to reverse that trend.
Is running the only activity people do? My friends and co-workers do as well. Biking is great for the knees, there's stationary equipment, yoga/pilates...try swimming! Maybe search the internet / runner's forums for advice.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: eltee on April 16, 2010, 04:27:39 pm
wow, some of you guys are real heavy  :o
But, they have height. ;)
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: eltee on April 16, 2010, 04:28:59 pm
Chipotle is owned by Burger King - remember that...

McDonalds, not Burger King, was the largest shareholder in Chipotle for a while, but they have since divested their shares, and did so almost 5 years ago, mainly because the founder wouldn't bow to pressures from McD's corp to add additional menu items (like cookies and coffee).  The founder credits McD's investment as the reason Chiptole is now a nationwide chain and for helping him deal with a lot of the pressures of fast growth, but he is also happy to be rid of them.  To say that McD's has any influence over how the food is made is to miss the mark completely.
I was just basing my info off of a post here [couple years back], about what to eat before a show. Okay, don't blame The King. I blame Rhett.
Either way and with blame aside, make good choices at Chipolte, that's all I am inferring.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: godsshoeshine on April 16, 2010, 04:30:01 pm
i haven't been running much recently because of it, hence a few extra lbs.  time to reverse that trend.
Is running the only activity people do? My friends and co-workers do as well. Biking is great for the knees, there's stationary equipment, yoga/pilates...try swimming! Maybe search the internet / runner's forums for advice.
i like biking, but it takes much longer to burn calories. other than that, running is the only exercise i really enjoy at this age
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: sweetcell on April 16, 2010, 05:39:48 pm
Is running the only activity people do? My friends and co-workers do as well. Biking is great for the knees, there's stationary equipment, yoga/pilates...try swimming! Maybe search the internet / runner's forums for advice.

good suggestions   biking is ok, but less intense... i'd rather run 30 minutes than bike for an hour (or 45 mins, or whatever the conversion is).  swimming is too technical.  i can swim just fine, but i never did so competitively.  whenever i try swimming laps i get frustrated, feels like i'm treading water.  i know, i should learn... but i don't wanna learn, i wanna do!  whine whine whine.

i've been running for years.  not gonna stop now, dammit.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Justin Tonation on April 16, 2010, 05:50:28 pm
I divide my cardio time between an eliptical and a rower. The first burns beaucoup calories while the second does wonders for the upper body.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on April 16, 2010, 06:26:05 pm
wow, some of you guys are real heavy  :o
Gee, music nerds who sit around on their computers all day talking about bands 99% of the worst was unaware of the existence of being overweight? I'm shocked.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on April 16, 2010, 06:51:40 pm
I forgot to mention that I am 6'... and Sugartastic, thanks for the advice.  :)  My Chipotle order is the bean and rice burrito with cheese and guac, which I thought was relatively healthy.   But neither the cheese nor the guac were probably good ideas.

Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on April 16, 2010, 07:09:19 pm
My only consistent exercise is walking home from the bar after hours, raising a pint the 45 degress and 18 inches from the counter to my mouth (my left arm is JACKED) and the occassional yoga class to please the wife and check out the chicks.  Someday I'll take this 6 foot frame to 150 pounds, but it's going to take muscle - fat won't work.

Sometimes, when I drink too much beer I look at my bloated gut and understand what most of you are going through.  Then I burp or fart and I forget all about it...
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on April 16, 2010, 07:17:00 pm
related note: any thoughts on overcoming plantar fasciitis? 

Change shoes.  The #1 cause of PF is that you don't have the right shoes for your feet.  I'm sure the doctor can recommend a fancy footwear store to determine the right type of shoe for you (try to avoid orthotics if poosible. Getting the right shoe recommendation wil be key and if you find a shoe you like, nuy a couple pairs and replace before they're to worn in).  If not, next time you're out here I'll take you to the shoe store over by Venerable's place (next to yancy's in my old hood) and they'll give you the full treatment and tell you what kind of shoe would give you the proper support (pronate/supenate/flat foot/6 toes/whatever)....

In the meantime, icing after running is it (with ibuprofen), but seriously, lay off the running until you get the right shoes. Also, don't jump out of bed in the morning - shockingly the #1 way to tear your ligament is jumping out of bed the morning after a long run when the ligament has tightened during a relaxing sleep.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Vas Deferens on April 16, 2010, 08:37:46 pm
try some aerobics to get rid of your gut, i mean...pouch.

i'm six four and weigh two thirty, been working out for about a month now and do have a little gut due to my desire for tasting the best beers on the planet.  am i fat? 
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Cock Van Der Palm on April 17, 2010, 09:43:08 am
If you're a chick and you weigh over 125 lbs. - you're fat (if you are less than 5'2" and over 105-you're fat)
If you are a guy and you give a shit about losing a few pounds, you're gay...not that there is anything wrong with that.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: thatguy on April 17, 2010, 11:15:20 am
apparently, my stats are news, so my cover is blown.  i'll make everyone else feel better.

6'3", 350ish.  down from i think about 375 at my peak.  made some major changes a little while back, and seeing results (weight, cholesterol, blood pressure all down).  merriweather season always gets me into better shape, so i'll probably drop some more soon.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: nkotb on April 17, 2010, 11:21:55 am
For years, my wife has harped on me for not stretching prior to or after running.  My response: "You don't see cheetahs stretching prior to running."  Granted, comparing myself to any member of the animal kingdom in the realm of physical fitness is absurd.  But imagine my delight when we watched Zombieland (surprisingly not awful), and Woody Harrelson's character said the same thing about mountain lions.

Also, don't jump out of bed in the morning - shockingly the #1 way to tear your ligament is jumping out of bed the morning after a long run when the ligament has tightened during a relaxing sleep.

For me, I'm about 6'1" and right now, weight around 187 or so.  I definitely need to drop a few, mostly around the mid-section, so I just jumped back on a running scheduled; I'm hoping to run the Marine Corps marathon this fall to kill two birds with one stone.  Of course, what's extra annoying is my wife losing more weight than she gained during the pregnancy, all without doing a single bit of exercise.  I think I might have gained a pound for every 5 she lost :(
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on April 17, 2010, 11:33:38 am
6'3", 350ish. 
Poppycock. I wouldn't have pegged you at an ounce over 335!
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: eltee on April 17, 2010, 04:44:47 pm
Of course, what's extra annoying is my wife losing more weight than she gained during the pregnancy, all without doing a single bit of exercise.  I think I might have gained a pound for every 5 she lost :(
Benefits of breast feeding and being a new mom? ;)

Doom - sounds like you are doing well. Cheese and avocado can be good; avocado has the good fat and cheese is a good protein. Both help to put on few pounds when needed. (Good choice on the wine over beer...I was just referencing what my Gram had to do.)

sweetcell: there's a local running store that will provide a free assessment of your feet and what shoe you need. I have lots of friends who run extensively and have had the same foot problem. They've had to do a few things to take care of it, but not running on it is key. I thought the swimming might help to take the weight off. You could do water aerobics. :) My doc pushes swimming, so I suggested it. Although, the process to/from the pool once I get home late is cumbersome, which leads me to excuses for not. Currently I just walk and here and there or do yoga or hike...need to do more strength training for the bones and stretching for muscles and flexibility.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: James Ford on April 19, 2010, 09:40:47 am
I'm 5'9".

Hit my adult low of 142 as a penniless 26 year old in my marathoning prime.

I've been up to 185 in my married government worker incarnation.

I've lost 10-12 pounds since January 1. Mostly by increasing my running mileage and decreasing my beer and snacking intake. I'd like to lost 6-8 more pounds, but I'm not giving up beer. Instead, I've signed up for the Marine Corps Marathon. It will be my first marathon since April 2006.

Glad to hear that Chipotle is no longer owned my McDonalds (I never said BK). Thanks for that info Vansmack. But I've never gone to Chipotle since the day ggw pointed out how many calories were in a Chipotle burrito. I'll be taking my daughter to Java Green for lunch today when my wife (who nonrally works from home) is downtown for a business lunch.

Breastfeeding doesn't necessarily lead to weight loss. Typically, if you're breastfeeding without any supplemental formula shit, you're eating for two people. And if you were a exercise nut (and I'm speaking in the tihrd person here, observing my wife's experience) before the kid, chances are there's just not going to be the time in the day to do what you did pre-pregnancy. And if you're a stay at home mom to a toddler who also works from home and has no nanny, you'll probably overeat and slack on the exercise. But at some point, you'll get fed up, change your diet, get back into running, and do a kickass marathon like my wife did Saturday.

And for the idiot who said any woman over 125 is fat, you're clueless. I dated a gangly woman who was 5'9" 118. My wife is also an athletic 5'9", and will never be anywhere near 125. But she'll still look much better naked than the  5'9" stringbean I dated.  ;)
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: nkotb on April 19, 2010, 09:44:23 am
Prove it.  You can PM me directly with a link to the photos.

My wife is also an athletic 5'9", and will never be anywhere near 125. But she'll still look much better naked than the  5'9" stringbean I dated.  ;)
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: MonkeyPants on April 19, 2010, 10:20:18 am
I forgot to mention that I am 6'... and Sugartastic, thanks for the advice.  :)  My Chipotle order is the bean and rice burrito with cheese and guac, which I thought was relatively healthy.   But neither the cheese nor the guac were probably good ideas.



The tortilla in that burrito alone is 290 calories. 

Switch to the burrito bol, leave the cheese off and you cut at least 390 calories out of that burrito.  You can even keep the guac, which has healthy fat that your body needs.  Cheese does not have healthy fat.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: James Ford on April 19, 2010, 10:43:36 am
You, your wife, and your son should feel free to join us the next time we make a nude beach excursion. Haven't been in several years, but would like to go sometime... :P

It probably wouldn't be a nice thing to do to share nude pics of an ex with others, would it? Even if I haven't talked to her since the 90's.


Prove it.  You can PM me directly with a link to the photos.

My wife is also an athletic 5'9", and will never be anywhere near 125. But she'll still look much better naked than the  5'9" stringbean I dated.  ;)
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on April 19, 2010, 03:04:38 pm
You, your wife, and your son should feel free to join us the next time we make a nude beach excursion. Haven't been in several years, but would like to go sometime... :P

It probably wouldn't be a nice thing to do to share nude pics of an ex with others, would it? Even if I haven't talked to her since the 90's.

Stop being such a prude.  Sexting is the new black...

I'm in on the nude beach, I'll even be a sport and let you sit it out and I'll take Celeste and your daughter for you.

And lastly, there already were half nudey pictures of Celeste on here when she had the baby and they were very tasteful, and dare I say, she was smokin!
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Relaxer on April 19, 2010, 04:25:25 pm
Dude, smoking is not good for babies, whether while still in utero or ex utero, assuming breasts are being savaged.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on April 19, 2010, 08:48:47 pm
I forgot to mention that I am 6'... and Sugartastic, thanks for the advice.  :)  My Chipotle order is the bean and rice burrito with cheese and guac, which I thought was relatively healthy.   But neither the cheese nor the guac were probably good ideas.



The tortilla in that burrito alone is 290 calories. 

Switch to the burrito bol, leave the cheese off and you cut at least 390 calories out of that burrito.  You can even keep the guac, which has healthy fat that your body needs.  Cheese does not have healthy fat.

But I suffer from cheesaholism.  :(
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on April 20, 2010, 12:08:16 pm
But I suffer from cheesaholism.  :(

Milkawhat??!?!?
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: sweetcell on April 20, 2010, 12:22:46 pm
Absurd.  But I do like to randomly throw in a "Milk-a-what?!?" joke here and there...

smackie delivers.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on April 20, 2010, 12:36:20 pm
smackie delivers.

My new favorite joke to drop at the worst possible time is "Pandas.  What a bunch of f#$%in c^nts they are."

Last night it got me a gig in June as a table reader in Hollywood for a pilot.  I'll never get the gig, but it's not a stretch to think that I'll be writing for the show if it gets picked up.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Relaxer on April 21, 2010, 09:39:30 am
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Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: thirsty moore on April 21, 2010, 12:08:10 pm
Magic all up in this !@#$!
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Relaxer on April 21, 2010, 01:03:47 pm
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Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: thirsty moore on April 21, 2010, 03:15:37 pm
It's the distant look that nails it.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: ggw on April 21, 2010, 05:58:21 pm
Fat People Are Dumber (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/brain-damage/?src=me&ref=general)
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: sweetcell on October 07, 2022, 10:48:48 pm
wanna feel better about your expanding middle?  CHECK OUT DA CHONK!!! (https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2022/10/07/fat-bear-week-2022-katmai-national-park-alaska-orig-jk.cnn)
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Space Freely on October 08, 2022, 07:36:50 am
wanna feel better about your expanding middle?  CHECK OUT DA CHONK!!! (https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2022/10/07/fat-bear-week-2022-katmai-national-park-alaska-orig-jk.cnn)

I thought this was going to be about Drekker beers.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: sweetcell on October 11, 2022, 03:24:10 pm
wanna feel better about your expanding middle?  CHECK OUT DA CHONK!!! (https://www.cnn.com/videos/travel/2022/10/07/fat-bear-week-2022-katmai-national-park-alaska-orig-jk.cnn)

SCANDAL: brown bears not the only things stuffed!!! (https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/fat-bear-week-2022-cheating-scandal-finals/index.html)
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 11, 2022, 04:08:41 pm
you didn't think this was worthy of the great head line thread?!
Fat Bear finalists face off after cheating scandal rocks voting
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on October 13, 2022, 07:21:07 pm
Another one of the old threads that delivers....
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: GAY,GUY on October 13, 2022, 08:52:00 pm
If you lose weight, are you in turn, fat phobic?
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 13, 2022, 08:52:45 pm
it's not lost, you burnt it
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: sweetcell on October 14, 2022, 12:38:45 pm
it's not lost, you burnt it

oh i think it's lost... because my body always seems to find it again, eventually
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: methylene blue-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on October 14, 2022, 12:48:35 pm
I was doing so good shedding my covid-19lbs
but I'm nearly back to max again!

I love carbs and this will not end well
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Starsky on October 14, 2022, 12:51:26 pm
I think I have finally hit my perfect weight. Guess I will stop eating.

Distribution of the weight , on the other hand….
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: sweetcell on October 14, 2022, 02:16:47 pm
I love carbs and this will not end well

i want this inscribed on my headstone.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: Space Freely on October 14, 2022, 02:40:45 pm
Facebook reminded me that yesterday was the 9th anniversary of my final marathon run.

I'm 20 pounds heavier today. It was 30 mid-pandemic.

Though I only take the silver medal for weight gain in the Freely family.

Edit: Actually the bronze. Kids gain a fair share of weight going from age 6 to 15.
Title: Re: body image commiseration thread
Post by: vansmack on October 14, 2022, 03:58:43 pm
I loved carbs and it ended well

i want this inscribed on my headstone.

FTFY