Packerrats: Need You to Lose 30 Pounds

[Harlan Huckleby]

Slug? I'm 6'3", 280 pounds - a tweener. Well, midway tween a fat boy and my former athletic self. I feel pretty. I've seen your pic, you look like George Lopez in a fun-house mirror. A freakishly large head and probably a belly to match.

[gbgary]

I noticed you don't get winded as much at the end of your posts as you used to.

lol

[gbgary]

Holy shit, good work.

Just curious how tall are you?

thanks! 5'8"

side benefit of going low carb...cholesterol numbers dropped so i'm off the med.

[ThunderDan]

thanks! 5'8"

side benefit of going low carb...cholesterol numbers dropped so i'm off the med.

Well done!

I am 6'4" with broad shoulders. When I did the Ironman 12 years ago I got down to 203. I looked like a walking commercial for anorexia. I think 225 should be just right.

[MadtownPacker]

Slug? I'm 6'3", 280 pounds - a tweener. Well, midway tween a fat boy and my former athletic self. I feel pretty. I've seen your pic, you look like George Lopez in a fun-house mirror. A freakishly large head and probably a belly to match.

Lying trisket, you ain't seen shit cuz I'm not dark like ole George. Also if a peter peeper like you had you would have glanced up from my "large head" and seen what my belly looked like. Sick mofo!

[Zool]

Chale Brown is fucking funny though.

[ThunderDan]

I just got to 30 lbs in weight loss this morning. Went from 269 - 239. 15 more to get to 225.

[gbgary]

I just got to 30 lbs in weight loss this morning. Went from 269 - 239. 15 more to get to 225.

way to go. slow and steady. be prepared to spend a fortune replacing all your clothes. lol

[3irty1]

I got a standing desk at work last year and have lost 15 pounds that I attribute to just the new desk. One of the best health improvements a software engineer can make IMO.

I'm generally unwilling to make the gym a part of my lifestyle; something about paying to do fake work that I just can't reconcile. I try to smuggle exercise into my life though more productive means. I close on a duplex built in 1922 today so I hope to sink some calories into that.

[gbgary]

I got a standing desk at work last year and have lost 15 pounds that I attribute to just the new desk. One of the best health improvements a software engineer can make IMO.

I'm generally unwilling to make the gym a part of my lifestyle; something about paying to do fake work that I just can't reconcile. I try to smuggle exercise into my life though more productive means. I close on a duplex built in 1922 today so I hope to sink some calories into that.

wow. whodathunkit.
me too. i just do a push ups and dumbbells at home.
gratz. fix 'er upper will do that to ya.

[Patler]

I'm generally unwilling to make the gym a part of my lifestyle; something about paying to do fake work that I just can't reconcile. I try to smuggle exercise into my life though more productive means.

That is what I have always tried to do. For example, I rarely ever take an elevator. Most of the buildings I frequent are no more than 4 or 5 floors, so I always take the stairs. Unless it is raining, I usually park a fair distance away from where I am going, in part for the exercise and in part to be where there are fewer cars. Last night I parked on a side street three blocks from a restaurant we ate at, just to avoid their congested lot and the busy street in front in addition to a brief walk before and after I ate. I have a decent size yard, just under an acre. I have a riding lawnmower but haven't used it in years. I still use a variable pace walk behind mower, and recently bought a new one. My neighbors all have riding mowers, and probably think I am either crazy or cheap. Funny thing is, their yards are the same as mine or even a bit smaller, but it takes me no longer to do mine than they to do theirs, including mowing small areas with a big rider, then trimming afterwards. It takes me no longer, and I get the exercise they do not. I rake by hand, till gardens with a shovel, trim lots of bushes with a hand shear, not electric and I shovel snow in some places I could use my snowblower, etc.

Lots of ways to sneak exercise into your daily activities.

[Patler]

...and, oh ja, I am at a standing desk right now. I have two, a sit down desk and a standing desk; PC at one, laptop at the other. I bounce back and forth between the two, depending on what I am working on. I have had my standing desk since 1999, after I got the idea from a guy I worked with briefly.

[George Cumby]

NEAT:

Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. Essentially getting off of ones ass, standing desk, push mower, walking, not sitting in chairs, you get the idea.

[ThunderDan]

I got a standing desk at work last year and have lost 15 pounds that I attribute to just the new desk. One of the best health improvements a software engineer can make IMO.

I'm generally unwilling to make the gym a part of my lifestyle; something about paying to do fake work that I just can't reconcile. I try to smuggle exercise into my life though more productive means. I close on a duplex built in 1922 today so I hope to sink some calories into that.

I use to be a PGA golf professional. Spent all of my time on my feet. Teaching, playing, helping members in the pro shop. I never was above 215 at that job. Got a desk job and weight ballooned.

[ThunderDan]

way to go. slow and steady. be prepared to spend a fortune replacing all your clothes. lol

Dress shirts still fit. Pants have to have a belt now and belts are at tightest hole. Looking to find a tailor to bring all of my pants in at the waist.