Fitness 2021

[crazy canuck]

I ran five miles, saw three wild foxes and was then propositioned by a Persian prostitute. What? I showered, and went to work, but I was late because my putative streetcar was in the middle of a three police car investigation. Same stop where a homeless man had been stabbed two mornings before.

I live in a very white, very bougie, Toronto neighbourhood.

Brain is going to be very confused by the first sentence.

[Malthus]

Malthus, that's pretty impressive,  just another 3 pounds to lose and you'll have lost a whole 4 stone* 


* or the weight of a 7-8 year old kid?

The other day I was carrying 50 pound blocks of stone around for some landscaping work ... I was finding that pretty hard work, then had the thought that, last year, I was carrying around that much weight all the time! 😄

The trick will be not to get lax about eating, and gain it all back again. All too easy to do.

[Malthus]

Weighed myself this morning - weight fluctuates up and down day by day, but today was the lowest I've been so far since I started getting concerned about weight - 190 exactly. I'm pretty encouraged.

My immediate goal is just under 184, simply as that would give me a BMI of 24.9, or "normal". I know BMI is kinda arbitrary for individuals, but this just gives me a goal to aim for.

So, six more pounds to go. Though the more I lose the harder it gets and the slower it goes.

[crazy canuck]

I was 180 when I was 16.  Are you going through a mid life crisis?

[Barrister]

I would be quite concerned if I weighted 180 lb.

[crazy canuck]

I would be quite concerned if I weighted 180 lb.

I would also be concerned if I weighed 180 - thin as a reed I would be.   At 16 I was only 6'4" so it didn't look as bad. 

[Valmy]

Due to my diabetes issues my specialist informed me I need to be 175 to avoid probable liver failure due to this thing called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Fortunately I am under 6 feet tall so hopefully I won't be too freakishly thin.

[crazy canuck]

Due to my diabetes issues my specialist informed me I need to be 175 to avoid probable liver failure due to this thing called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Fortunately I am under 6 feet tall so hopefully I won't be too freakishly thin.

Crap Valmy, I hope you are going to be ok 

[Valmy]

I am feeling less nervous now that I got such good results from my last blood test 

But yeah my genetics were not kind to me in this instance.

[Grey Fox]

I look alright at 180-200. 175 is still fine. I look like I haven't had food in weeks when I get under 160, which has not happened in 10 years, & I'm short.

[crazy canuck]

I look alright at 180-200. 175 is still fine. I look like I haven't had food in weeks when I get under 160, which has not happened in 10 years, & I'm short.

When I had my first growth spurt in the summer between grade 7 and 8 I went from 5'2" to 6'2" - on the bright side I went from a B swimmer to a provincial champion.  On the not so bright side I went through a lot of pain - not the least of which was my parent's bill for groceries.  I entered grade 8 thin as a rail - 6'2" 160 soaking wet.  That is when I hit the gym.   

[Malthus]

Due to my diabetes issues my specialist informed me I need to be 175 to avoid probable liver failure due to this thing called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Fortunately I am under 6 feet tall so hopefully I won't be too freakishly thin.

Damn, that is terrible.

I have high blood pressure (controlled with pills) which is my immediate medical motive to lose weight.

Plus, the whole covid risk thing.

[Eddie Teach]

Fortunately I am under 6 feet tall

Not something you hear everyday.

[alfred russel]

I'm like 6'0/6'1 and weigh 145.

[mongers]

My 52km ride last evening was OK and somewhat easier than last Sundays' 50km ride, because a third of that was off-road.