I work out! (well not yet... but I need to)

[Caspian]

Re: I work out! (well not yet... but I need to)

Awesome yyg, very awesome.
And yes, Wendy is quite the cutie.

[Armando]

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I don't think you would have dropped that low. Maybe 150? Don't sell yourself short.

Guess I'll find out in a week or two. Need to look for a gym with a real squat rack. Preferably more than one since other than bench presses all my exercises involve a rack.

I'm still in the process of moving up to Atlanta (my mom still wants to plan everything for me on the Atlanta side of things, though, so it'll probably be a while), but I'll be definitely be more than willing to drop back down to attend, particularly since it will be in December!

It's going to be in Puerto Rico, and the number of seats is pretty limited. The mother-in-law (who is organizing it) is already getting snippy with my mom over the number of relatives she wants to invite as it is. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind.

[Mezlo]

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I did like how YM tried to invite himself to Armando's wedding, LOL...

[DakAttack]

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I'm willing to pay for a plane ticket to get YM to Puerto Rico.

[Fliegar]

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Went for a run this morning because I had a nightmare of Yyg breaking into my house to force me to exercise. Ran further than I expected, though I think I made an ass out of myself in the process by singing along to some songs I was listening to.

Also: It's still WAY to goddamn cold outside to be moving at anything faster than a shuffle.

[Armando]

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Also: It's still WAY to goddamn cold outside to be moving at anything faster than a shuffle.

Cold makes me want to run faster to warm myself up, but in practice I either get worn out sooner as a result or I'm constantly fighting the temptation to just stop and go back inside.

[Caspian]

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Also: It's still WAY to goddamn cold outside to be moving at anything faster than a shuffle.

If you have a gym membership just go there and run on a treadmill. You can usually adjust the incline to work different muscles plus the added ability to watch tv. I've worked out the times I go run to coincide with Big Bang Theory reruns. Works out pretty well.
If you are gonna run outside, though, be careful about sweating too much then walking for awhile for a cooldown. Being that sweaty when its cold outside and just walking around could potentially cause other issues with going from too hot to too cold too quickly.
too...too...

[Fliegar]

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Yeah, I'm going to re-activate my gym membership soon here. Looking for a new job at the moment, and my current city kind of blows for anything decent. I'm actually pretty excited about wanting to exercise more. All I'll need after that is a haircut, and I can be a functioning member of society again! :D

Also, it was fairly chilly this morning, so I ended up sprinting the last few blocks back to my house to get inside for a shower. So if anything, I went from sweaty and slightly cold, to steamy showery goodness. I've had my fair share of colds from spending too much time in the cold, followed by warming up really fast, though. Or if not a cold, at least a bitch of a cough for a few days.

[Aksannyi]

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I usually take the short walk to the fitness center at my apartment complex. It's small and has only a couple treadmills, a bike, an elliptical, and a couple of weight machines, but it's free, and I only really need the bike and treadmill since I'm not trying to do any strength training right now. I'll add swimming in once the weather warms back up again, it's Florida but not what I'd call swimming weather yet because it still gets cool at night.

[Squiggs]

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My New Year's Resolution: I didn't make one.
My Wife's New Year's Resolution: To lose a little bit of weight and get in better shape.
My New Year's Resolution: To lose a little bit of weight and get in better shape.

So far: I've lost 13 (ish, depending on the day) pounds by changing my diet. Started going to the gym for the first time since college. I've never been to the gym with the intent to slim down before, so it's a new experience for me.

[Etra]

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Going to make a plug here. My local hospital has a diet program running. It's a bit of money, but they supply you with everything you need (extremely high protein diet.) If you cheat at all, you're fucked. However, I've seen people losing a ton of weight from it. Mother lost about 60LBs so far in 4 months. Of course, you must go in to the hospital weekly for checkups to make sure you're doing okay on the diet.

So, if you're just looking for weight lose, talk to a local PROFESSIONAL dietitian and see if there are any programs like that near you. On the above diet I mentioned, you are not allowed to exercise until the end of the diet and you must, must, must go in once a week to get checked up. So keep that in mind.

/random hospital diet plug

[Mezlo]

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I've had my fair share of colds from spending too much time in the cold

this is a myth. you can't catch a cold by spending time in the cold. unless you are referring to hypothermia as "a cold" or if there is the cold virus in the air which just so happens to be cold. But you could catch the cold virus if the air was warm. Since viruses and bacteria tend to spread more easily in warmer environments, you are probably less likely to get sick being in a colder environment.

[Yygdrasil]

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this is a myth. you can't catch a cold by spending time in the cold. unless you are referring to hypothermia as "a cold" or if there is the cold virus in the air which just so happens to be cold. But you could catch the cold virus if the air was warm. Since viruses and bacteria tend to spread more easily in warmer environments, you are probably less likely to get sick being in a colder environment.

Not technically true. Your body's immune system alleviates some of its "forces" to help keep your body's temperature stable when you're in the cold. As a direct result, you become more susceptible to catching a cold in such conditions. Although it's true that viruses and bacteria are less frequent in colder climates, as soon as you go in somewhere warmer and come in contact with them, if your body hasn't yet had time to adjust, you're increasingly more likely to catch something than you would have been had you remained constantly warm.

[Mezlo]

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You are wrong, I am correct.

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The reason why the flu season is when it's cold outside is because everyone spends more time inside and around people. You catch the flu from your interaction with other people that have it, not because of the temperature of the air. Nice try though.

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Number 7.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/flu-resource-center/10-flu-myths.htm

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or here:

http://coldflu.about.com/od/cold/f/coldandweather.htm

Read up on it Yyg and learn something...

[Yygdrasil]

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Neither of those prove me wrong.

Also: About.com? This is where you get your reliable information?