LOL.
seriously - you request pictures of dudes here? wow-
seriously - you request pictures of dudes here?
wow-
Damaris
As part of the 2024 London Marathon, I am fundraising for VICTA, a charity that helps blind and visually impaired children. My mentor while in law school, Jim K (a blind attorney), has been a huge inspiration and an example of courage and perseverance. Please consider donating.
Fundraising Page
That's the "and beyond" part of the forum.
lol- maybe I need to just stay a beginner or venture back to L&O with normal people
”Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.”
Tomas
haha... That should shut him up for a while.
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
or start a war
Hip Redux
Wouldn't that be funny if THIS turned out to be the melt down thread?Ahh, interwebs, you amuse me.
yes- that would be funny. but sad because I can only play online a lil longer. I have to actually work later :/
KillJoyFuckStick
Dave is hot. You got a problem with dat?
You people have issues
no problem here. you do what you do.
Village people
he passes them along to the ladies of L&O and then we discuss, mock, whatever.
I know I, for one, don't have a problem with that. But I'm glad you can recognize his hotness too.
he passes them along to the ladies of L&O and then we discuss, drool, circle jerk, whatever.
ok.
Rungry!
So while it's easy for me to say, "Drop the donut, fatty!" I realized pretty quickly that I don't have it all figured out, and there are other areas in which I struggle. It's just that nutrition and exercise don't seem to be that for me right now.
Damn, late again. It sucks being on the west coast, I miss everything. I had problems with being a tad judgemental while I was losing weight, and worked hard not to say something that I would regret to friends/family members that weren't at least trying to do something about their obesity. I was shocked by my lack of compassion and had to constantly remind myself not to judge. That isn't much of a problem now that I've put some weight back on. I believe some people call that eating crow?
Jen
honestly, I think you are normal. I said I dont judge. I should have said I dont typically say what I think. We all have opinions and sometimes we keep quiet about them for the good of others and or ourselves.
I was obese because I like food and didn't exercise enough. Sometimes I watch those biggest loser shows and they are always trying to tie some emotional issues or something that happened to the reason they are fat. I was fat because I liked to eat and didn't move enough. I still like to eat but now I move a lot to make up for it, problem solved (I also gave up soda to decrease some of caloric intake). I think oeople read into things too much, sometimes its the simple answer. I ate to much and didn't exercise enough or at all.
And I got a shirtless photo after getting out of my wet suit on Saturday if anyone wants a half nude photo
But now i have a question to the former bigger people - do you have sympathy for those who haven't/can't lose weight? or do you feel some scorn, like hey, I did it why can't you? Serious question, not rhetorical.
When I was fat, I readily admitted that I was fat because I ate too much and didn't exercise. There was no secret to it then and there is no secret to it now. I don't have any scorn for people who are overweight but I don't have any sympathy either. It's not that a person "can't" lose weight. It's that they don't want to do the things needed to lose the weight. I'm not being judgmental; I'm just stating reality. Shoot, I smoked for 30 years and enjoyed every damn cigarette I ever smoked. I didn't smoke because I was addicted. I smoked because I really, really liked smoking so I get why some people don't want to quit just like I get why some don't want to exercise or change their eating habits.
Despite running 50-70 mpw, I can't eat anything I want. I rarely eat potato chips anymore and when I do, I limit myself to a handful. That compares to me buying an entire bag and scarfing down the whole 1100+ calories in an evening. After supper. I still put dressing on my salad but I use strongly flavored dressing such as blue cheese so you need very little to get the flavor. I still love pizza but I eat 2-3 slices rather than 5-6. I still love ice cream but I get a single scoop rather than a double. I still love a good steak but I get the small portion rather than a size that would feed a small lion. I didn't used to eat veggies at all. Now, I try to start every meal with veggies so I'm not as hungry when I start on the rest of my food. I still snack but I keep healthy snacks like carrots, apples, mangos, and dry roasted peanuts around.
But I never, ever buy the "can't" excuse.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).